The aim of the course is to familiarize with the long-run aspects of globalisation. The lectures will offer an approach underlining the most important issues of globalisation (space, time, the commodities, oil industry and energy, the financial world). Later these aspects will be tested in the transformation of the world economy after the end of Cold War. In the meantime the same topics will be seen in the very long-run, by offering a parallel with the other phases and forms of globalisation
Each lecture will be introduced by a short reading (usually newspaper articles) permitting the students to interact during the lectures. PPT presentations will be offered as well
Obiettivi Formativi
The main objective is demonstrating that globalisation is an historical but not unique process, and that discovering the long-run trajectories of its most important aspects permits to understand it better
Prerequisiti
Good knowledge of political economy, international relations, geography, and economic sociology will help very much but it is not a formal requirement
Metodi Didattici
The course will be taught by two instructors. The first one will present the main aspects of today's globalisation, while the second one will be dealing with the long-run vision of globalisation.
Altre Informazioni
The lectures will be structured with PPT presentations available in the Moodle platform before each lecture.
The students will be asked to prepare a group presentation on one of the issues of the course. The presentations will take place during the last week of the course. A short individual paper (6-7 pages, 15,000 bytes, bibliography excluded) on a different subject will also be requested.
Modalità di verifica apprendimento
The final grade will be the sum of the group presentation (20%), the individual paper (30%) and the written exam (50%).
The non-attending students will be asked to prepare an individual paper (20 pages, no less than 6,000 words, bibliography excluded), with a value of 30% of the final grade. The written exam will give them 70% of the final grade. The written exam will be devided into two sections: in each section there will be three open questions. The students will be required to answer at two out of three questions per section.
Programma del corso
1) different globalisations in space and time
2) the commodity market
3) the energy market
4) the financial markets
5) the many paradoxes of today's globalisation
6) USA and globalisation
7) The failure of the Japanese challenge
8) the rise of China
9) Space and geography in the past
10) the row materials in the long-run
11) the new Russian economy
12) money and finance in the long-run
13) the alternative model of the Asian Tigers
14) the search for -and use of- energy in the long-run
15) Africa and the globalisation process
16) Deseases and pandemic in the long-run
17) demography, incomes, and life conditions in the long-run