1 GEOG 4712 Summer 2009 Recitation 3a: Combined Recitation/Reading/Lecture Themes re: Davis Slums; Grant + Nijman; Harvey; Portes + Roberts; Sachs et al; Taylor Commentary I) Definitions a) “accumulation by dispossession” (Harvey) b) “primitive accumulation” (Marx in Harvey) c) “spatial fix” (Harvey) d) “economic globalization” (Grant + Nijman) e) “monstrous hybrid” (Taylor via Jacobs) f) ‘geographical disadvantages’ (Sachs et al) g) “import substitution industrialization” (8 key features listed in Portes + Roberts) h) “informal sector”: examples, causes (Davis; Portes + Roberts) i) “slums”: compare/contrast ‘classical’ vs. ‘contemporary’ understanding (Davis) j) “hyper-differentiation of uneven development” (Grant + Nijman) II) Concepts: Globalization as inherently geographic + the role of re-scaling/the value of a multi-scalar approach a) Sachs: arguments; assumptions; hypothesis; measures; examples; critiques b) Harvey: summary of “4 conventional views” to conceptualize uneven development c) Harvey: “4 conditionalities” of a “unified field theory of uneven development” d) Harvey: the notion of “capitalistic” vs. “territorial” geopolitics e) The Environment: “production of nature” (Harvey) vs. “geographical disadvantages” (Sachs) f) Taylor: ‘import replacement’ vs. ‘import substitution’ g) Davis: “Urbanization as structural transformation” h) Grant + Nijman: Three conditions leading to economic globalization i) Portes + Roberts: Figure/Table 1, i.e. actual vs. expected outcomes of policy change j) All: Examples of urban and regional inequality/growth/poverty trends and metrics k) All: “Development” as a discourse: competing structural, statistical, and spatial views III) Questions/Criticisms a) “Why not states? Why cities?” Do such questions help avoid the ‘territorial trap’ in thinking about ‘development’? b) Is Sachs an environmental determinist? Why or why not?2 c) What explains the map distribution in the Sachs article? d) Does Harvey’s model fit to the global financial crisis of today? Explain why or why not. e) Which perspectives offer the best geographic approach to studying globalization? f) Which approaches, metrics, assumptions, examples, and methods are least convincing? g) What particular policy implications/prescriptions derive from these analyses? h) Should Chile serve as a positive or a negative model for future economic policy makers? i) What do you think about the critique in Davis (via Portes and Hoffman) of ‘microentrepreneurs’ and ‘survivalist’ vs. ‘growth’
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