000106R - POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

The course in political geography aims to outline the regional implications of political dynamics in light of the most recent doctrinal approaches to human geography, and to offer a tool for reading the events that are changing the political, economic and social reality at a global level. EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS: At the end of the course the student will be able to: - know the theoretical bases and the doctrinal aspects of political geography; - describe the main research methods used in geographic research, with particular reference to political aspects; - describe the most recent orientations in geographical research, with particular reference to political aspects. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY: At the end of the course the student will be able to: - identify the main political and economic processes that govern the interdependence between States, supranational bodies and macro-regional scenarios, with particular reference to geopolitical and geoeconomic dynamics; - interpret the empirical data emerging from research in the field of political geography, with particular reference to commercial, financial and communication flows and their regional effects; - use the terminology of political geography.