Global Environmental Politics and World Politics, 7.5 Credits
The course is discontinued
Swedish name: Global Environmental Politics and World Politics
This syllabus is valid: 2006-11-06
and until further notice
Course code: 2SV023
Credit points: 7.5
Education level: Basic level
Main Field of Study and progress level:
Political Science: first cycle, has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: VG Pass with distinction, G Pass, U Fail
Responsible department: Department of Political Science
Contents
This course covers theories of global environmental change and international relations. It includes issues such as global warming, acidification, deforestation, energy, and recycling. To what extent are environmental problems domestic or international in character? Are we all equally affected by them? Causes, effects and policies concerning these problems are discussed with examples from the industrialized countries, both West and East, and from third world countries. How does the structure of the international system impact on our ability to resolve environmental problems? Did the end of the Cold War clear the way for serious attention to global environmental issues? An overview of important international organizations and agreements within the environment arena is presented, including discussion of the environmental movement and its development.
Form of instruction
The course is given in the form of a mix of lectures and seminars.
Examination modes
Students are awarded grades on the basis of their performance on written work, which may include papers and/or take-home and/or in-class examinations.
Literature
Valid from:
2006 week 45
Global environmental politics Chasek Pamela S., Downie David L., Welsh Brown Janet 4. ed. : Boulder, Colo. : Westview : 2006 : xviii, 350 p. : ISBN: 978-0-8133-4332-7 (pbk.) Search the University Library catalogue
Paths to a green world : the political economy of the global environment Clapp Jennifer, Dauvergne Peter Cambridge : MIT Press : cop. 2005 : xxi, 327 s. : ISBN: 0-262-03329-1 (inb.) Search the University Library catalogue
Elliot Lorraine The Global Politics of the Environment New York : Palgrave Macmillan : 2004 :
Paterson Matthew Understanding global environmental politics : domination, accumulation, resistance Basingstoke : Macmillan ;a New York : 2000 : 199 s. : ISBN: 0-333-65610-5 (Macmillan) Search the University Library catalogue
