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Last update: prof. RNDr. Petr Pavlínek, Ph.D. (13.12.2019)
include the historical development of the world economy and globalization from the geographical perspective, trends in geography of global production, trade and investment, the most important factors and actors in the globalization processes and its geographic effects, geography of transnational corporations, case studies of economic geography of selected industries and service activities, effects of globalization on the developed and developing countries. Note: the entire course will be taught and conducted in English. |
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Last update: PhDr. Martina Tůmová, Ph.D. (24.04.2020)
REQUIRED MATERIALS (ALL AVAILABLE ON MOODLE) Knox, P., Agnew, J. and McCarthy, L. (2014) Geographical dynamics of the world economy. In: Knox, P., Agnew, J. and McCarthy, L.: The Geography of the World Economy, 6th Edition, pp. 61-92. Dicken, P. (2015): Global Shift: Chapter 1 What in the world is going on? pp. 28-38. Finbarr Livesey (2018) Unpacking the possibilities of deglobalisation. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 11, 177–187. Dicken, P. (2015): Global Shift: Tangled webs: unravelling complexity in the global economy, pp. 49-73. Dicken, P. (2015): Global Shift: Technological change: 'gales of creative destruction', pp. 74-113. Knox, P., Agnew, J. and McCarthy, L. (2014) Globalization of economic activities. In: Knox, P., Agnew, J. and McCarthy, L.: The Geography of the World Economy, 6th Edition, pp. 145-175. Sunley, P. (2011): The Consequences of Economic Globalization, In: The Sage Handbook of Economic Geography, pp. 102-118. Dicken, P. (2015): Global Shift: 'Capturing value' within global production networks, pp. 251-278. Ritzer, G. and Dean, P. (2015) Neo-liberalism: Roots, Principles, Criticisms and Neo-Marxian Alternatives. In: G. Ritzer: Globalization: A Basic Text, 2nd Ed., Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 83-110. Smith, A., Pickles, J, Buček, M., Pástor, R., Begg, B. (2014) The political economy of global production networks: regional industrial change and differential upgrading in the East European clothing industry. Journal of Economic Geography 14 (6), pp. 1023–1051 Sturgeon, T. J., Van Biesebroeck, J., Gereffi, G. (2008) Value chains, networks and clusters: reframing the global automotive industry, Journal of Economic Geography 8, pp. 297–321. Pavlínek, P. (2019) Restructuring and internationalization of the European automotive industry. Journal of Economic Geography. DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lby070, pp. 1-33. (Advance access) Dicken, P. (2015) Global Shift: ‘Making the World Go Round’: Advanced business Services, pp. 510-538. Dicken, P. (2015): Global Shift: Winning and losing: where you live really matters, 304-353. |
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Last update: prof. RNDr. Petr Pavlínek, Ph.D. (14.02.2021)
CREDIT (zápočet) The summer semester has 14 weeks. There are 13 reading summaries assigned. In order to pass the credit (zápočet) and be allowed to take the final exam, a student has to turn in at least 10 reading summaries and receive a minimum of 20 points for them. These points will be added to your final score, which will determine your final grade.
ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION In order to encourage your class attendance, students will receive 0.5 bonus points for each attended class. You can collect 14 points for class attendance (0.5 points for each class). These points are very important and will be added to your final score.
RESEARCH PAPER Students will be allowed to turn in the research paper only after collecting a minimum of 20 points for reading summaries. TOTAL POINTS: 100 DUE DATES: May 29, 11:59 pm: Outline, one-page summary and bibliography on Moodle. Failure to meet this first deadline will automatically lower your paper grade by 10 points. If you fail to submit the final paper, these points will be removed from your grade. They will also be removed if you plagiarize your assignment. These points are awarded in order to encourage you to work early on your paper. However, you cannot keep any points for your term paper if no final paper is actually done and submitted. June 12, 11:59 pm: FINAL VERSION OF THE PAPER on Moodle. Late papers will be assessed an automatic 10-point penalty for each late date. I. TOPIC · The goal of the research paper is to apply ideas, approaches, concepts and/or theories from our course and readings in a constructive way in order to understand and interpret a topic of your choice. · You are free to choose a topic which interests you but you are asked to deal with a contemporary global economic issue (i.e. historical topic that have no direct relationship to the contemporary world economy are not acceptable). However, you may focus on its regional, national, sub-national or local manifestations. For example, you choose to analyze the globalization of a particular industry, economic activity or TNC. You may approach your topic at the global scale but you may also choose to focus on the manifestations of global changes in a particular economic activity or TNC in a particular country, region or locality. · You are asked to formulate your ideas in a clear and understandable way in order to communicate with a reader. · I ask you, however, to make sure that you try to employ ideas, approaches, concepts and theories you have learnt in this particular class to deal with your topic.
Therefore, it is a good idea to start with our textbook and our readings when thinking about a suitable topic for your paper. Of course, you are not limited by the topics covered in your textbook or our readings and are free to write about anything you think is a relevant issue you can analyze.
II. RESOURCES · Do not base your paper chiefly on internet sources unless web-based editions of academic journals or governmental documents. You may use trusted magazines or newspapers for supplementary information. While it is fine to use internet sources, you must be aware that anyone can post any information whether it is true or not. · Wikipedia is neither academic nor necessary trustworthy source of information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_reliable_source. Basing your paper on Wikipedia is simply unacceptable and will be treated accordingly. · You must use at least five different sources of material, and only one may be a popular magazine or newspaper (it means that you must use at least four books or academic journals (articles) and as many popular magazines or newspapers as you wish).
III. REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION · Only original papers written for this class will be accepted. Papers written for other classes (or any other purposes) will not be accepted and will receive 0 points. · In your paper, you must clearly explain how you conducted your research – how you collected the information and how you arrived at any numbers you are presenting. · Think about including a map where appropriate because it may significantly enhance the quality of your paper. · Your paper must be typed double spaced with proper margins. · The paper should be a minimum of ten pages and a maximum of 12 pages of the actual text (i.e. this length does not include the cover page, bibliography, tables and map). · The font type and size should be Times New Roman 12. · Name your paper with your last name first, followed by the name of your topic e.g. Jones_ABC. · The electronic version of your paper must be submitted in one of these formats: docx or pdf. · The final version of your paper is due on Moodle on June 12 at 11:59 pm. Late papers will be assessed an automatic 10-point penalty for each late date (the paper submitted on June 13 up until 11:59 pm will lose 10 points, the paper submitted on June 14 up until 11:59 pm will lose 20 points and so on).
IV. ORGANIZATION · Solid organization is key to an excellent paper. You may organize yours any way you wish, but do include the following: a) Cover page with your name and the title of your paper. b) An introduction. c) Use headings and subheadings to structure your paper and your argument d) Conclusion. e) Bibliography
V. PLAGIARISM · Plagiarize: to "pass off as one's own the ideas or words of another", to "use (a created production) without crediting the source." (from Webster's Third New International Dictionary) · The Internet and the wealth of available materials on-line make it easy to copy words and ideas from other sources and to paste those words or ideas into reports and papers. To do so without giving credit to the person(s) who originated the words or ideas is plagiarism. · The paper must be written in your own words. Papers that are not written in the student’s own words and in which direct quotes are not properly cited will automatically fail, even if less than one whole sentence is all that was copied. Direct quotes from other sources must be clearly marked by quotation marks and referenced after the sentence, including the page number of the original source. Additionally, using someone else’s ideas without crediting them in the main body of the text is also plagiarism. Listing the sources in the list of references without citing them in the text where appropriate is not sufficient. · Changing one or two words in a sentence does not result in a paraphrase. To paraphrase someone is to restate the idea of that person in one's own words. Of course, some ideas are so well expressed that it is difficult to rephrase them; in such case, use a quotation. · Learn more at www.plagiarism.org · All assignments will be run through Turnitin to check if they were plagiarized. Turnitin compares submitted assignments against a set of academic papers (including student papers) and internet sources to identify areas of overlap between the submitted assignment and existing works. If your paper is plagiarized you will get 0 points for the assignment and automatically fail the entire course.
VI. REFERENCING · You must credit your sources in the text and in the list of references. Please, use the Chicago Manual of Style author-date format to cite your sources. In the body of your paper, use the last name(s) of the author(s) or the name of the institution that published the information and the year an article or book was published (e.g. Dicken 2015). Additionally, provide the complete reference in the list of references (e.g. Dicken, P. (2015) Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy. London: Sage). Do not put the complete references in the main body of your text. · Similarly, you have to list the source(s) of any maps or illustrations. If the chart or map are your own creation you write: Source: The author based on the information (or data) in … (for example: Source: The author based on the information in Dicken (2015)). · Listing the sources in bibliography without citing them in the text where appropriate is not sufficient. · Missing or incomplete references will automatically lower the grade of your paper.
VII. DIRECT QUOTES · You may use direct quotes from other papers, books or documents but do not base your paper on the compilation of direct quotes from other publications. Your paper must be written in your own words and direct quotes must account for less than 5% of your total text. · Direct quotes have to be put in quotation marks and you must clearly indicate the source and page number from which the quote has been used (in addition to author’s name and the year of publication (e.g. Dicken 2015, p. 329).
Your paper will be graded on: · The quality of your research, description, explanation, and analysis; · Your understanding of the subject; · Organization; · How well written it is (mechanics - spellings, capitalization, complete sentences, sentence structure, correct punctuation etc.). · The quality of referencing your sources of information and data. Poorly written papers will receive a lower grade.
FINAL GRADE You can collect up to 126 points plus the bonus (100 for the final exam, 26 for reading summaries plus the bonus points for class attendance and excellent reading summaries) Final grade scale: Excellent 113 and more points (more than 90%) Very good 100-112 points (80-89%) Good 88-99 points (70-79%) Failed Less than 88 points |
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Last update: PhDr. Martina Tůmová, Ph.D. (15.01.2020)
SCHEDULE OF LECTURE TOPICS 1. Introduction: What is globalization? Historical perspective on the development of the world economy. Theoretical explanations of the global economy; global division of labor; globalization after WWII; globalization debate; globalization and internationalization. 2. Network approach to the world economy: Basic concepts: production chains and production networks. 3. Global economy: Trends in production, trade and investment: aggregate trends in global economic activity. 4. Technological change and globalization 5. Transnational corporations: theoretical interpretations, how transnational corporations operate 6. Transnational Production Networks 7. State economic policies and globalization 8. Relationships between transnational corporations and states 9. The clothing industry 10. The automotive industry 11. Advance business services including finance 12. Winning and losing in the global economy |