| Unit name | Political Economy 2: State, Economy and Society |
|---|---|
| Unit code | GEOG20110 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Fairbrother |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
All units in Single Honours Geography Year 1 |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Geographical Sciences |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This unit will introduce students to the geographical study of political economy - that is, to geographically sensitive research on the politics of economics and the economics of politics. The unit will be global in scale, will rely heavily on comparative (cross-national) research, and will focus on three main substantive topics: political democracy, economic development, and social (in)equality. Students will learn about the definitions, dimensions, causes, and to some extent consequences of these spatial and historical variables, as well as some of the relationships among them. The major assignment will be a paper analysing the current circumstances of a single developing country of each student&�s choice. The unit will give students overviews of the benefits of and rationales for geographic and comparative approaches to political economy; of the historical origins of contemporary spatial variations in political, economic, and social conditions; and of some current policy debates in these areas.
