A tantárgy szakmai tartalma: This course provides a foundation for relatively new and interdisciplinary strands within the science of economics. Apart from underlying abstract theories about globalization, the students will get acquired with the spatial dimension of economic trends (economic geography), and with the interrelation between economics and social structures. As a special geographic focus, the Central and Eastern European region will be in the limelight during the semester.
The course is organized as lectures and seminars. |
Évközi tanulmányi követelmények: The course is consisted of lectures and seminars.
1) On the seminars, each student has to prepare with a presentation of high quality, after careful consultations with the course leader.
2) The presentation has to be submitted in written form as an essay, following the rules of academic writing. (More details about essay will be clarified on the course.)
1) Assesment of presentation:
• the quality of the content presentation: theoretical background, presentation of given information, presentation of relevant data, the quality of the argument(s): 10 points
• the quality of the presentation (language, slides, etc.): 4 points
• The quality of the questions asked from the fellow students and the quality of the discussion: 6 points
2) A small essay has to be completed about the topic of the presentation. In this paper of which length shouldn’t be more than 10 page please try to summarize the material you have read, ask some questions and try to include your own thoughts as well. Please, do not copy-paste! The method and deadline of essay submission is to be discussed in the first class.
+) Additional 20 points are distributed for classroom activity.
Class attendance is mandatory for seminars only. |
Az értékelés módszere: Written final exam: 40 points
Presentation + Essay: 20+20 points
Participation on seminars: 20 points
After missing more than three seminars, no point can be given for participation.
Grades are non-negotiable. Please take into account that any complaints concerning the points of the midterm and final written exams (except for obvious adding mistakes) will result in a re-evaluation of the entire test.
It is in my interest that you receive the best possible grade on this course. Due to this, I will be available throughout the semester for consultation, either by e-mail, during our office hours or by appointment.
Grading is according to the standard grading table: 51%, 63%, 75%, 87% |
Tananyag leírása: 1-2) Theories about globalization. The new economic geography. 14 September
Overview of globalisation studies (world-system theory, transnationalism, glocalisation). The neoclassical answer to globalisation (flat-world model) and the New Economic Geography.
The Blackwell Companion to Globalization. Ed. by Georg Ritzer. The Blackwell Publishing, pp.125-143.
Paul Krugman: The New Economic Geography, now Middle-Aged. Prepared for presentation to the Association of American Geographers, April 16, 2010
No Seminar on this occasion.
3) The economics of semi-peripheries. 5 October
Central & Eastern Europe, from a global perspective; socio-economic processes in transition and emerging markets.
Globalisation and the New Semi-Peripheries. Ed. by Owen Worth and Phoebe Moore. Palgrave-Macmillan, 2009. pp.9-57.
Hu Xiangdou - Central Europe on the Chinese market
Kwon Seora - Central Europe on the South Korean market
Munkhsaikhan Buyanbileg - Central Europe on the Mongolian market
4) Growth and inequality. 12 October
The neoclassical concept of growth. Growth and spatial inequalities. Startup ecosystems and the techno-pessimistic criticism. How to measure spatial disparities. Behemoths, oligarchy and the Global Cities.
Lecture notes.
Dmitrievskaya Elizaveta - Czech and Slovak products in the CIS countries
1. - general tendencies
Dmytriyenko Filipp - Czech and Slovak products in the CIS countries
2. - case studies
Zhang Shulue - Location of Chinese companies in Central Europe
Lytvynenko Kateryna - Location of Russian companies in Central Europe
5) Post-fordism and Global Cities. 26 October
The forms of urbanisation, re-urbanisation. The NyLonKong-phenomenon, the concept of City Regions, megacities. World cities in small states: Polisisation in CEE.
The Blackwell Companion to Globalization. Ed. by Georg Ritzer. The Blackwell Publishing, pp.255-271.
Ma Jing - Global Cities
1. The transformation of the cities in the era of globalization
Yang Jianrui - Global Cities
2. The connection between centres and the hinterlands
6) Developmental states, development policies 9 November
The concept of developmental states and its neoclassical critique. Strategies and tools of development policies. The ambiguous role of cities in regional development. The Regional Competitiveness Index of the EU.
Lecture Notes.
Eremina Alexandra - Transformation of Moscow, Kiev and St. Petersburg
Liu Tian - Developmental states
7) The economics of cultural diversity 16 November
Literature: Jessie Bakens, Peter Nijkamp and Jacques Poot: E Pluribus Prosperitas: on cultural diversity and economic development. In: The Economics of Cultural Diversity. Edited by Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot and Jessie Bakens
Victor Ginsburgh, Shlomo Weber: The Economics of Linguistic Diversity. How Many Languages Make Sense? Princeton University Press, 2010.
Wang Kunxu - Central Europe in the Chinese public discourse
Li Zihan - Hungarian wines in China
Lezhenin Gleb - Central Europe in the Russian public discourse
8) The economics of language 23 November
The gravity model of international trade. The role of lingual diversity and distance in product personalities. Branding and naming strategies on the global market.
Barry R. Chiswick: The Economics of Language: An Introduction and Overview. Bonn, 2008. + Lecture Notes.
Hu Shuanglan - Budapest and the "Danube" as a brand
on the Chinese tourism market
Kovylina Oksana - Budapest and the "Danube" as a brand
on the Russian tourism market
9) The economics of heritage 30 November
Heritage, as an economic resource. Economic incentives in museumification and in the development of heritage sites.
Handbook on the Economics of Cultural Heritage. Ed. by Ilde Rizzo, Anna Mignosa. 2013. Chapters 3,5,7,11,17
Zhang Jiawei - Membership Economy
Zhang Yu Fei - Growth and territorial inequalities: Brain drain within a state
10) Economics of transnationalisation 7 December
Tourism, expats, migration – the form of cultural penetration in the globalized world. The „globalization of nothing”. Summary of the whole semester.
The Blackwell Companion to Globalization. Ed. by Georg Ritzer. The Blackwell Publishing, Chapters 16-20, 26.
Georg Ritzer: Rethinking Globalization: Glocalization/Grobalization and Something/Nothing. Sociological Theory, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Sep., 2003), pp. 193-209
Zhao Yili - Image of Central Europe in China
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