PL2202:04
*NOTE* Environmental Politics and Policy
Townsville, Cairns
HECS Band 1
26 hours lectures, 12 hours tutorials. Semester 2.
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. It will culminate in a simulation of the management of a major hypothetical environmental conflict. The subject is designed to cater for both students with an interest in political science and students with an interest in environmental policy.
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” affect conflicts involved in the management of environmental policy choices;
- to provide students with skills to enable them to relate “politics” to environmental policy analysis in either public, including non-government, or private organisations;
- to develop team-based skills in policy research collaboration.
Assessment by presentations, research essay and examination.