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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Political Science

166-229/329 The Politics of Ecology

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

John Dryzek

Prerequisite/s:

Normally 25 points of first-year Politics; students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the 2nd/3rd-year coordinator.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

Two 1-hour lectures, and one 1-hour tutorial per week

Content:

Ecological problems present special challenges to political systems. The politics of ecology are analysed through scrutiny of the last thirty years of political discourse on environmental issues. The responses examined include survivalism, liberal democratic politics, markets, participatory democracy, green politics, sustainable development, and ecological modernisation. Reference will be made throughout to concrete issues such as wilderness, global climate change, pollution, nuclear power, and biodiversity.

Assessment:

Essay work or equivalent totalling 5000 words.

Prescribed Texts:

  • William Ophuls, Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity
  • Albert Weale, The New Politics of Pollution
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