Prof Michael Storper

This course is available on the MPhil/PhD in Economic Geography, MSc in City Design and Social Science, MSc in Development Management, MSc in Environment and Development, MSc in Environmental Economics and Climate Change, MSc in Human Geography and Urban Studies (Research), MSc in Local Economic Development, MSc in Urban Policy (LSE and Sciences Po) and MSc in Urban Policy (LSE and Sciences Po). This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

The number of students that can be accommodated is limited. If the course is over-subscribed, places will be allocated at the Department’s discretion and a waiting list may be created. For further details, please contact your relevant Programme Coordinator.

The economic geography of globalization, and examination of some of the principal effects of globalization on economic development of cities, regions and nations. Theories of regional economic development, location, and trade are applied to the contemporary process known as "globalization", and used to decipher this phenomenon and its effects on development, employment, and political institutions. A number of major issues for regional and industrial policy are considered, including trade, convergence/divergence, corporate power, knowledge and technology, governance, and inter-place competition.

20 hours of lectures and 15 hours of lectures in the MT.

Students will be expected to participate in group debates throughout the course, with written presentation slides required.  Feedback is provided in the sessions.

P Aghion; J G Williamson, Growth, Inequality and Globalization, Cambridge University Press, 1998;

S Brakman, H Garretsen; C van Marrewijk, The New Introduction to Geographical Economics, Cambridge University Press, 2009;

G Clark, M Gertler; M Feldman (Eds), The Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, 2000;

C Crouch, P Le Galès, C Trigilia; H Voelzkow (Ed), Local Production Systems in Europe: Rise or Demise?

Oxford University Press, 2001;

J H Dunning (Ed), Regions, Globalization and the Knowledge-Based Economy, Oxford University Press, 2000;

P Krugman; M Obstfeld, International Economics: Theory and Policy, Harper-Collins, 1991; A Scott (Ed), Global City Regions, Oxford University Press, 2000;

M Storper, The Regional World: Territorial Development in a Global Economy, Guilford Press, 1997.

A number of more specialised texts will be recommended at the beginning of the course.

Take home exam (100%) in the ST.