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166-026 The Politics of Ecology | |
Note | Formerly available as 166-229/329. Students who have completed 166-229/329 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | John Dryzek |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of first year Politics subject. Students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the second/third year coordinator. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | Usually two 1-hour lectures, and a 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | The politics of ecology are analysed through scrutiny of the last thirty years of environmental discourse. The responses examined include survivalism, democratic politics, markets, green politics, sustainable development, and ecological modernisation. Reference will be made throughout to concrete issues such as wilderness, global climate change, pollution, and biodiversity. Students who complete this subject should be able to: analyse environmental problems and understand and deploy a range of frameworks for the analysis of environmental problems and politics; understand how environmental politics has developed since 1970. |
Assessment | Two essays of 1500 words each, and a tutorial paper of 1000 words. |
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