Governing for the Environment

Module Description

The module will examine key concepts (e.g. tragedy of the commons, sustainable development, ecological modernisation), different levels of governance (e.g. global, regional, national), a range of topics (e.g. policy instruments, international trade, regime formation), various policy problems (e.g. climate change, biodiversity protection, ivory trade) and aspects of environmental politics (e.g. Green parties, party politics, ENGOs).

Module Objectives

The aims of this module are to understand the complex theoretical and practice issues associated with the environment as a major policy problem, to identify the key actors involved in environmental politics and policy, analyse the making of global and national environmental policy and to examine emerging forms of environmental governance.

Preliminary Reading

Carter, N. (2007) The Politics of the Environment, Cambridge: C.U.P

Clapp, J. and Dauvergne, P. (2011) Paths to a Green World: the Political Economy of the Environment Cambridge MA: MIT Press

Newell, P. (2012) Globalization and the Environment, Cambridge: Polity

O'Neill, K. (2009) The Environment and International Relations, Cambridge: C.U.P

Assessment

One essay of 4000 words (100% of total mark).