EV5006:03
Environmental Politics and Policy
Townsville
Inadmissable Subject Combination: EV4006 EV4007 PL2202 PL3202
52 contact hours. Second semester.
Staff: Assoc. Professor H Lesbirel.
This subject introduces students to the study of environmental politics and policy. It is concerned with understanding environmental conflict and how political institutions and processes play a role in solving (or exacerbating) environmental problems. The subject examines key issues and perspectives involved in managing environmental conflict in both comparative and international perspective; explores similarities and differences in the ways different nations politically address environmental policy problems and how nations deal with each other, particularly in international fora, in addressing and managing international environmental issues. The subject is designed to cater for both students with an interest in political science and students with an interest in environmental policy. It will culminate in a simulation of the management of a major hypothetical environmental conflict.
Learning Objectives:
- to provide students with the ability to conceptualise the origins and management of environmental conflict in both comparative and international perspective;
- to provide students with skills for understanding how “politics” affects conflicts involved in the management of environmental policy choices;
- to provide students with skills to enable them to relate “politics” to environmental policy analysis either public, including non-governmental, or private organisations;
- to develop team-based skills in policy research collaboration.
Assessment by presentations, research essay and an examination.
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