University of Bristol (UOB) • Geography

Lecture 2 reading notes - ‘Is population growth good or bad for economic development

Notes on a one hour tutorial session where the main point of discussion was migration.

Taken from a two hour lecture in which the following areas were studied: Gender in Geographical analysis. Gender as a social construction. Gender division of labour. Contemporary gender inequality. The New Economy. Women in the New Economy. Crisis of Masculinity.

Taken from a two hour lecture in which the following areas were studied: Labour and the Remaking of Economic Landscapes. Industrial Decline in the US and the UK. The automobile Industry. The Changing Geography of Production. The Changing Organisation of Production. Consequences.

Taken from a two hour lecture in which the following areas are addressed: Theoretical and policy background. Changing nature of labor market: significance of diversity. Transnational migration. Agency workers. Globalized workers in local employment: a new migrant division of labor?

Notes on all required reading for the economic geography unit studied in year 2.

Taken from a two hour lecture in which the following areas were studied: Global Economic Restructuring. Third World Manufacturing. Maquila. Employment in Third World Manufacturing. Feminized Labour Market. Gender Differentiation. The Subordination of Women. Responses.

Information from a 2 hour lecture in which the following areas are addressed: Global Cities (Saskia Sassen). Global City Theories Globalisation and World Cities. World Cities of Various Ranks. Alpha Cities. Global Cities. Global Cities and the Creative Class. Polarisation of Employment. New Spatial Exclusion in Cities. Global Work. Rich Work. Conclusions