Бакалавриат
2025/2026
Политическая география
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Политология и мировая политика)
Где читается:
Санкт-Петербургская школа социальных наук
Когда читается:
4-й курс, 3 модуль
Онлайн-часы:
20
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Зиновьев Андрей Станиславович
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
4
Контактные часы:
38
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course «Political Geography» is designed to show the significance of the political-geographical approach in solving the most important regional and global problems; scientific doctrines, theories and concepts of political geography; methods of political-geographical analysis; developing the fundamental categories, processes, phenomena of political geography to create a systematized integral idea of the patterns of development of the modern world.
Learning Objectives
- - to understand the problems and methods of political geography and their use in comprehensive political science research; - to understand the theoretical basis and methodology of political geography, conceptual provisions of political geographical theories and hypotheses that make up the scientific framework of the political geography; - to have ideas about the directions of spatial transformation of the center-periphery system of the power on different spatial levels; - to learn to establish cause-and-effect relationships, to characterize and evaluate socio-political and socio-economic events and processes, and to identify their relationship to the spatial contexts of places.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- knows of the key political ideas in a chronological and cross-country perspective;
- uses the theoretical approaches for understanding and explaining changes in international relations and problems of world politics;
- works with geographical maps;
- compares different types of information (graphic and text, etc.).
Course Contents
- 1. Space and Politics: How Political Geography is Made?
- 2. Nation, nationalism and citizenship
- 3. Electoral Geography
- 4. Rise of Populism: Geography of Discontent
- 5. Geographies of Social Movements
- 6. Regional Institutions
- 7. Places of Memory
- 8. Urban Politics
Assessment Elements
- SeminarAt each seminar, the student has the opportunity to answer questions, participate in discussions and complete the proposed tasks.
- TestTest (at the last seminar) includes open and closed type questions in text or graphic (cartographic) form.
- EssayTo pass through exam student should write and download an essay before the deadline, which will be declared by the teacher during the course both with the possible topics. Essay will be evaluated on a 0-10 point scale.
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Flint, C., & Taylor, P. J. (2018). Political Geography : World-Economy, Nation-State and Locality (Vol. Seventh edition). New York, NY: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1802663
- Jones, M., Dixon, D., Hannah, M., Whitehead, M., Jones, R., & Woods, M. (2015). An Introduction to Political Geography : Space, Place and Politics (Vol. Second edition). New York: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=905853
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Agnew, J. A., & Muscarà, L. (2012). Making Political Geography (Vol. 2nd ed). Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=442867