| Unit name | Geographies of Political Economy |
|---|---|
| Unit code | GEOGM0007 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Geographical Sciences |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
Geographies of political economy necessitate empirically grounded theoretical and policy relevant accounts of economic, political and socio-cultural change. Work in this field draws on diverse theoretical frameworks including international political economy, cultural anthropology, the regulation approach, neo-Foucauldian analyses, actor-network theory, Gramscian state theory and feminism. This course will explore these literatures as a means of introducing students to the diverse range of work being undertaken by the GPE research group in the School of Geographical Sciences. It will show how geographical conceptions of global assemblages, new state spaces, exceptionalism and socio-spatial inequalities take account of the fissured, hybridized, and contradictory political-economic, cultural, and governmental formations of the present. Particular attention will be paid to the case sites in the UK, France, North and Central America, New Zealand, India and China as means of grounding the strong and heterodox theoretical orientations within the group.
