M.A. Geography

UNIT-I
Nature of Economic Geography : Commercial Geography,
Environmental Determinism, Aereal Differentiation, Locational
Analysis, World Economy.
Fundamental Concepts : Capital and Circuits of Capital, Capital
Accumulation, Capital Accumulation by Dispossession.
Unit-II
Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism, Merchant capitalism
and colonialism, Capitalism in Twelth Century-Organized
Capitalism, Disorganization of Capitalism : Neo-Liberalism and
New-Imperialism.
Unit-III
World Economy and the Capitalist mode of production, The
Basic Elements of World Economy : A Single Market, a Multiple
State System, the Three-tier structure; A Space-Time Matrix of
the World Economy, Dynamics of World Economy, Spatial
Structure of the World Economy.
Unit-IV
Economic Development : Globlization or Internationalization,
Patterns of International Trade, A Brief introduction to World Trade
Organization; WTO and Developing Counrties.