GEOG 301—Global Economic Geography Spring 2013

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GEOG 301—Global Economic Geography
Spring 2013
A systematic survey of human economic activities. Analysis of resource exploitation and use, including agriculture, extractive
activities, industry, commerce, and service functions. Recommended for business and liberal arts majors. This is an approved
Global Culture (GC) course.
MWF 11-11:50
Butte 503
Dr. Jacque Chase--jchase@csuchico.edu
Office Hours: MWF 12-1 and MW 3-4 Butte 527
We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one
directly affects all indirectly—Martin Luther King “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” 1963
Structure and Objectives of the Class
Economic Geography focuses on the distribution of production, consumption and circulation on the
earth’s surface, and how and why this distribution is changing. What are the forces that drive the “creative
destruction” of economic space and place? How are new global players like China going to influence
where and how you work? Do globalization and technology erase the friction of distance in our economic
transactions? How do transnational corporations create and destroy productive spaces? How has the
mobility of the workforce changed, and why? Which cities will take command of the global economy?
How do we explain the emergence of places like Silicon Valley, Hollywood, or Bangalore? Can people
plan for regional prosperity? All these questions are animated by the restless geography of a diverse
capitalism. This course takes a broad social science approach to the subject of global economic
geography. We will at times draw on social, cultural, political, and psychological realms to understand the
uneven and dynamic nature of the global economy. You are not expected to have previous knowledge of
economic theories or models, although we will go over some of these.
The course is a combination of interactive lectures, class discussions on readings, and exercises. In
general, I will introduce a new topic or set of topics each Wednesday. The course will not meet on most
Fridays, marked in red in the course calendar. During these times you will be required to complete
exercises that help you practice and understand concepts in the readings. You will have basic reading
quizzes every Wednesday that help me establish your attendance and the extent to which you are getting
readings done in advance of each new topic. We reconvene on Monday, at which time you will show your
critical understanding of the non-textbook readings. Throughout the course you will also practice “critical
writing” and “critical seeing,” which will be explained later. During the entire course you will be
practicing critical thinking skills that you will use the rest of your intellectual life (in school and beyond).
You will find that the skills you will practice here will hone your abilities and make reading and writing
(as well as seeing) more meaningful to you. These are lifelong capabilities.
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The textbook gives us a “short cut” to intellectual trajectory of economic geography. The main focus of
our critical reading, however, will be chapters and articles that are related to the enduring yet current
issues in economic geography (such as location of production).
Learning Outcomes
This course will introduce or expand on five of the Geography and Planning Department’s student
learning outcomes (SLOs):
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Formulate geographic research questions.
Recognize the presence and application of regional, local and global dimensions of the social and
physical worlds in data.
Understand varying interpretations of causality, interaction, policy and values in humanenvironmental relationships.
Understand the ways we use the environment can affect future generations and other human and
natural systems.
Analyze information from different physical or social sciences from a geographic perspective.
The course will reinforce the following learning objectives of general education (global cultures):
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Recognize and appreciate the diversity of the world economy.
Learn to think critically about the economic and cultural diversity of the world economy and
theories that explain this diversity.
Know basic factual information related to global economic diversity.
Course Requirements
Activities
Points
Participation/Critical Reading
2 Critical Writings
2 Critical Seeing Exercises
9 Other Friday Exercises
14 Skeletal Reading Quizzes
Final Project
Total
50
60
40
90
28
32
300
Attendance will be taken every day, either in the form of reading quizzes (also graded—no make ups),
participation, or roll. I will drop students who miss more than one class in the first two weeks of class.
Absences will affect your participation grade. Do not plan trips or schedule work during times when you
should be in class.
In addition to attendance, your participation grade will be based on how well prepared you are to discuss
the critical readings in class. I will provide a rubric for your own notes on the readings that you must
complete prior to class. I will usually collect these on days we are scheduled to discuss the readings
(usually on Mondays). This is not about getting it “right” but making an effort and improving critical
reading skills.
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I do not accept assignments turned in to my mailbox or to my email, unless you have been instructed to
do so. Computer or printer breakdowns are not acceptable excuses for missing work so please plan ahead
and leave time for emergencies. When you are asked to post an assignment to Blackboard Learn, please
make sure you have the computer connectivity to do so if you plan to work from home. If you are having
ANY problems with Blackboard Learn that seem to be systematic (and not related to your own
computer), please let me know immediately by my regular email (jchase@csuchico.edu). Please put your
name and “GEOG 301” in the subject area.
Cell phones, computers and other media will be turned off when you come into class.
Many announcements, your grades, assignments, handouts, and other materials will be on Blackboard
Learn. You are responsible for checking Blackboard Learn for information. If you want to contact me
outside of class you should use the Blackboard Learn email. If it is an emergency, you can use my regular
email, but make sure you put your name and “GEOG 301” in the subject area.
Be aware of the campus’s policy on academic honesty. If I have any reason to suspect you have copied
any portion of your papers or gotten unauthorized help, I will send the information to Student Judicial
Affairs and you risk failing the course. If you have questions about what constitutes academic dishonesty,
please ask.
Americans with Disabilities Act: If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a
disability or chronic illness, or if you need to make special arrangements in case the building must be
evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible, or see me during office hours. Please
also contact Accessibility Resource Center (ARC) as they are the designated department responsible for
approving and coordinating reasonable accommodations and services for students with disabilities. ARC
will help you understand your rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act and
provide you further assistance with requesting and arranging accommodations.
Accessibility Resource Center--Student Services Center 170-- 530-898-5959--arcdept@csuchcio.edu
Starting the second week of class we will mostly follow this sequence:
Wednesday
Start new topic. Quick skeletal reading quiz followed by introduction of the topic through
interactive lecture, discussion, or speaker.
Friday
No class held but students complete project and turn in by 5 p.m. that day to Blackboard Learn.
Professor available during office hours and by email for help.
Monday
End topic. Critical reading assignments turned in. Exercises handed back to students. Discussion
on readings and /or exercises.
A note on the readings: You will to do a lot of reading in this class. By developing critical reading skills,
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you will find it easier to get through all kinds of readings. As you learn how to dissect your readings you
will find it easier to understand and appreciate them even if they are not written in a light style. You will
also break down your reading before you even begin by seeing its structure (“skeletal reading”).
What you should hand in when you do a critical seeing or critical writing assignment: Put your name and
the title of the page at the top of the first page. All pages should be numbered at the bottom right or center
of the page. Write double-spaced with one-inch margins all around. Use indentation to denote the
beginning of a paragraph. Do not insert additional spaces between paragraphs. Your font should be 1112.You may print on both sides of the paper or use the clean side of scratch paper when you print an
assignment. You always have the option of revising and resubmitting a paper as long as you submit a
complete paper to begin with. (In other words, this is not a way to give you an extension.) All late
assignments will be marked down.
Course Purchases
1. Wood, Andrew and Susan Roberts. 2011. Economic geography: Places, networks, flows. London and
New York: Routledge. Available at the AS bookstore. Noted as WR in calendar. About $45.
2. All other readings are on Blackboard Learn.
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COURSE CALENDAR Spring 2013
Introduction
Jan. 28, 30
(M,W)
Feb.1, 4 (F, M)
Warm up, introductions, quick write, critical reading example
Pre-course assessment
Von Thunen/transportation and rent
Weber/transportation and raw materials
Location: Traditions
WR 13-23
Chapters 1, 2 from The Box (Levinson)
Enterprise Record article on Sierra Nevada in N. Carolina
(Sweeny 2012)
Reading Quiz #1 Friday
Critical reading on Levinson Ch. 1-2
due Monday
Critical writing #1 Exercise on Weber due Monday Feb. 4 in
class and on Blackboard Learn
Quantitative Revolution
Feb. 6, 8, 11 (W,
F, M)
Regional Multipliers
Feb. 13, 15, 18
(W, F, M)
Christaller central place/Retail
Geography/Spaces of Consumption
Feb. 20, 22, 25
(W,F,M)
Corporate Geog;/Fordism Wal*Mart’s
global model
Feb. 27, Mar. 1,
4 (W, F, M)
Role of government in economy/Neoliberal thought
Private sector in New York Times article January 7 (Rich)
Globalization and its discontents, Ch. 3 (Stiglitz)
Mar. 6, 8, 11 (W,
F, M)
Micro Firms/HH/Informal
"Global back channel" and "Culture of the copy" from Stealth of
Nations (Neuwirth)
Mar. 13, 15 (W,
F)
Foreign Direct Investment: Dimensions,
patterns, explanations
Product Cycle
March 18-22
Mar. 25 (M)
WR 43-49
Economic impacts of prisons on rural places (Farrigan and
Glasmeier)
Consumption
WR 26-33; 36-43
Starbucks and Seattle (Lyons)
Two-for-one at the Pyramid of the Sun (Lida)
The Firm/Institutional Approaches
WR 53-71
Fordlândia Intro , Ch. 1 (Grandin)
Globalization
WR 73-93
The Box Ch. 14 (Levinson)
Reading Quiz #2 Wednesday
Critical reading on Farrigan and Glasmeier due Monday
Exercise #1 on regional multiplier due Friday by 5 p.m. on
Blackboard Learn
Reading Quiz #3 Wednesday
Critical reading Lyons; Lida due Monday
Critical seeing #1 on spaces of consumption due Friday by 5 p.m.
on Blackboard Learn
Reading Quiz #4 Wednesday
Critical reading on Grandin due Monday
Exercise #2 on global firms due Friday by 5 p.m. on Blackboard
Learn
Reading Quiz #5 Wednesday
Critical reading on Rich; Stiglitz due Monday
Exercise #3 on role of state due Friday by 5 p.m. on Blackboard
Learn
Reading Quiz #6 Wednesday
Critical reading on Neuwirth due Monday
Critical writing #2 on Informal Economies due in class on Friday
and on Blackboard Learn
Reading Quiz #7 Wednesday
Critical reading on Levinson due Monday
Exercise #4 on product cycle due Friday by 5 p.m. on Blackboard
Learn
SPRING BREAK
Spring Break
Trade, Commodity Chains, Technology
Guest speaker, TBA
WR 93-97
Ch. 5 from Fresh: "vegetables" (Friedberg)
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Reading Quiz #8 Wednesday
Critical reading on Friedberg due WEDNESDAY
Exercise #5 on commodities: Map your breakfast
Mar. 27, 29 (W,
F)
Monday April 1
Holiday
Political Economy/uneven development
of capitalism/labor
Apr. 3, 5, 8 (W,
F, M)
Measuring and Visualizing
Development/Emerging Nations
Apr. 10, 12, 15
(W, F, M)
Population/development/women
Professor at Conference
WEDNESDAY—no class
Apr. 17, 19, 22
(W, F, M)
Local/Regional quotients and shift-share
Apr. 24, 26, 29
(W, F, M)
Clustering/Economies of Agglomeration
May 1, 3, 6 (W,
F, M)
On the Fringes of Globalization
May 8, 10, 13
(W, F, M)
Project Presentations Wednesday and
Monday
May 15, 17 W,
F
Project Presentations Wednesday and
Friday
May 20 12-1:50
(M)
Project Presentations
due Monday
Geographic Inequalities/Uneven Development under Globalization
WR 99-101
Reading Quiz #9 Wednesday
Boomtown girl (Hessler); Mfg in US (Davidson); Global elite
Critical reading on Hessler; Davidson; Freeland articles
(Freeland)
Due WEDNESDAY
Exercise #6 on outsourcing due SUNDAY by 5 p.m. on Blackboard
Learn
WR 101-24
Reading Quiz #10 Wednesday
Global land grab (Zoomers)
Critical reading Zoomers due Monday
Critical Seeing #2 on mapping due Friday by 5 p.m. on Blackboard
Learn
Japan fertility decline (Boling); America's Egypt; (Mitchell)
ONLINE Reading Quiz #11 Wednesday
Critical reading on Boling; Mitchell
Due Monday
Exercise #7 on population: due Friday by 5 p.m. on Blackboard
Learn
WR 125-30
Reading Quiz #12 Wednesday
City of Quartz, Ch. 7 on Fontana (Mike Davis)
Critical reading on Davis due Monday
Exercise #8 on location quotient due Friday by 5 p.m. on
Blackboard Learn
WR 130-36
Reading Quiz #13 Wednesday
New Argonauts (Saxenian)
Critical reading on Saxenian; Florida due Monday
The world is spiky (Richard Florida)
Exercise #9 on clustering due Friday by 5 p.m. on Blackboard
Learn
New Guinea: The godsend of cargo; New Guinea redux (Linden)
Reading Quiz #14 Wednesday
Critical reading on Linden due Monday
No exercise this week
Work on project on Friday and provide update
No reading
Attendance both days is required. Friday activity TBA.
Feedback will count as critical reading. We will decide your
presentation dates by lottery.
No reading
This week and next you must attend only ONE hour of presentation
on a date other than your own. Your feedback will count as a critical
reading.
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Course Bibliography
Boling, Patricia. 2008. Demography, culture, and policy: Understanding Japan’s low fertility. Population
and Development Review 34(2):307-26.
Davidson, Adam. 2012. Making it in America. The Atlantic Monthly, January/February.
Davis, Mike. 1990. City of quartz: Excavating the future in Los Angeles. New York: Vintage Books.
Chapter 7 on Fontana.
Florida, Richard. 2005. The world is spiky: Globalization has changed the economic playing field, but
hasn’t leveled it. The Atlantic Monthly, October.
Freeland, Chrystia. 2011. The rise of the new global elite. The Atlantic Monthly, January/February.
Friedberg, Susanne. 2009. Fresh: A perishable history. Cambridge and London: Harvard University
Press.
Glasmeier, Amy K. and Tracey Farrigan. 2007. The economic impacts of the prison development boom
on persistently poor rural places. International Regional Science Review 30:274-99.
Grandin, Greg. 2009. Fordlandia: The rise and fall of Henry Ford’s forgotten city. New York:
Metropolitan Books. Introduction and Chapter 1.
Hessler, Peter. 2001. Boomtown girl: Finding a new life in the golden city. The New Yorker, May 28.
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2001/05/28/010528fa_fact_hessler?printable=true (accessed
1/23/2010).
Levinson, Marc. 2006. The box: How the shipping container made the world smaller and the world
economy bigger. Princeton University Press. Selected chapters.
Lida, David. 2009. First stop in the New World: Mexico City, the capital of the 21st century. New York:
Riverhead Books. Chapter: Two-for-one at the Pyramid of the Sun.
Linden, Eugene. 2011. The ragged edge of the world: Encounters at the frontier where modernity,
wildlands and indigenous peoples meet. New York: Plume. Chapter 3 “New Guinea: The
godsend of cargo;” Chapter 4 “New Guinea redux.”
Lyons, James. 2005. ‘Think Seattle, act globally:’ Specialty coffee, commodity biographies and the
promotion of place. Cultural Studies 19(1):14-34.
Mitchell, Timothy. 1995. The object of development: America’s Egypt. In Power of development, ed.
Jonathan Crush, 129-57. London: Routledge.
Neuwirth, Robert. 2011. Stealth of nations: The global rise of the informal economy. New York:
Pantheon Books.
Rich, Mokoko. 2007. Private sector gets job skills. New York Times. January 7.
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Stiglitz, Joseph. 2003. Globalization and its discontents. New York: W.W. Norton. Chapter 3 Freedom
to choose.
Sweeny, Katy. 2012. North Carolina on tap. Chico Enterprise Record. January 25.
Saxenian, AnnaLee. 2006. The new argonauts: Regional advantage in a global economy. Harvard
University Press.
Zoomers, Annelies. 2010. Globalisation and the foreignisation of space: Seven processes driving the
current global land grab. The Journal of Peasant Studies 37(2): 429-47.
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