Political and Economic Geography Lech Haydukiewicz lechhaydukiewicz gmail com

Political and Economic Geography Lech Haydukiewicz lechhaydukiewicz@gmail. com

What issues does the course cover? • Political map of the world and its changes (beginnings of world economy, the age of imperialism, decolonisation) • The field of political geography - the concepts of state - a world-systems approach to political geography (the spatial structure of world economy, the concepts of core and periphery, the dynamics of the world economy)

• Processes of integration and disintegration of countries • Socio-economic issues - (human geography: population growth, migration, gender, nationality, languages, literacy, health, income) - land use, global and regional food supply - mining, manufacturing and services - international trade patterns

• • • • The course is to give the most important issues on political and economic geography. A student has the knowledge about the main international organizations, their geographical distribution and their international value. A student has the knowledge from the sphere of historical and political geography which refers to the main changes on the political map of Europe form the 18 th century and the Rest of Word A student has the knowledge about the main geographical background and the distribution of demographical, social and economic phenomena. A student is able to analyze the changes on the political map of the Word and the global and region al demographical changes. Student is able to recognize the cultural differentiation of particular regions of the Word. Student understands the need of permanent learning and improving its knowledge and skills to improve the quality of recognition and analysis the problems of modern Word.

• • • • Introduction to the course and to economic and political geography, 2 Historical and political geography: the changes on political map of the World: reasons, processes and results. 8 The classifications of countries. Some issues on borderlines. 4 Demography: the population growth, migrations, age and sex ratio. 6 Social and cultural diversity of modern World: ethnicity, language, religion. 4 Economic Geography: Industry, agriculture, services, international organizations. 6 Student is obliged to attend the lectures and to pass the writing test on the political map of the Word (student must point 90% or more from the given countries). The absence in more than 3 lectures must result with an additional consultation. The below mentioned parts are obligatory to be admitted to the final examination which is the writing multiple-choice and filling test (student is obliged to have at least 65% of total score) Student is obliged to have between 65% and 69% of total score of the final examination which is the writing multiple-choice and filling test. 3, 0 Student is obliged to have between 70% and 74% of total score of the final examination which is the writing multiple-choice and filling test. Student is obliged to have between 75% and 79% of total score of the final examination which is the writing multiple-choice and filling test. Student is obliged to have between 80% and 84% of total score of the final examination which is the writing multiple-choice and filling test. Student is obliged to have 85% or more of total score of the final examination which is the writing multiple-choice and filling test. 5, 0

Literature • [1] James B. Rubinstein — The Cultural Landscape. An Introduction to Human Geography, Upper Saddle River NJ, 2010, Prentice Hall [partially] • [2] Historical Atlas of the World, • [3] Geographical Atlas of the World,

Literature • [1] Colin Flint, Peter Taylor — Political Geography. World Economy, Nation-state and Locality, 2007, Pearson, Prentice Hall • [2] Frederick Stutz, Barney Warf — The World Economy, Resources, Location, Trade and Development, 2007, Pearson, Prentice Hall • [3] Kevin Cox — Political Geography: Territory, State and Society, 2002, Wiley-Blackwell

The Map

Number of states 1914: 52 independent states Europe: 22 Asia: 8 – which ones? Africa: 2 – which ones? Americas: 20

Number of states 1957: 84 independent states Europe: 32 Asia: 19 Africa: 9 Americas: 22 Oceania: 2

Number of states 1975: 153 independent states Europe: 33 Asia: 39 Africa: 46 Americas: 28 Oceania: 7

Number of states 2004: 196 independent states Europe: 43 – which new ones? Asia: 48 Africa: 53 Americas: 36 Oceania: 16