AP/GEOG 4220 3.00

Geographies of Industry: Neoliberal Era

This course draws on contemporary institutional approaches and theories of regulation to interpret trends in industrial production and location in the current neoliberal age. Emphasis is put on concepts of: restructuring; the evolution of post-Fordist systems of production; new regional and global divisions of labour; neo-artisanal production; the mergence of new industrial spaces; cultural production; resource economies; and the social economy.