| | This advanced seminar integrates knowledge from sustainability science and surveys and synthesizes existing literature on environmental politics, spanning the subfields of comparative politics, international relations, and American politics. The seminar is mainly comprised of two interrelated parts: 1) how politics shape environmental policies and outcomes; 2) how environmental change influences politics and policy. Topics include the domestic and international sources of environmental policymaking, the political determinants of environmental policy implementation, the resource curse, environmental change and conflict, comparative environmental behavior, environmental (in)justice, and environmental activism. In addition to imparting new knowledge, the seminar will also help you apply and hone your analytical skills, develop a nuanced understanding of core topics, and draw connections between seemingly discrete concepts. The expectations will go beyond summarizing and paraphrasing the readings.
There are no prerequisites, but some background in or willingness to learn basic quantitative research methodology is highly desirable. This class will be of most immediate interest to advanced undergraduate students enthusiastic about evidence-based environmental research in foreign affairs, government, and public policy.
The course requirements tentatively include seminar participation and three response papers.
No cost course materials!
In your SIS enrollment permission request, please briefly introduce yourself. Why do you want to take this course? If the goal is to fulfill a degree requirement, please indicate so. What do you hope to get out of the course?
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PLCP 4500