Urban political economy 4208-Epm-OG

The lecture will focus on showing the relationship between economic processes and the actions of public authorities. It will address the issue of the role of the public sector in the allocation of resources within the economic system, in this case the cities. Cities will be treated as part of a global network on the one hand, and as a local system with a complex socio-economic structure on the other. This will make it possible, in the first perspective, to show, among other things, issues concerning competition between cities occurring at different hierarchical levels, including, above all, at global level. In particular, the lecture will show the relations and links between transnational corporations, nation states and metropolises. From a local perspective, however, the role of public authorities in the functioning and planning of the city will be discussed, which will include the answer to the question of who the actors 'playing' the city are, as well as how functional areas of cities are managed in the light of 'game theory'. As part of the classes, students will take part, among other things, in an original game concerning cooperation and competition taking place within the metropolitan area.