GOVT-285 Introduction to Environmental Politics
An overview of environmental politics, domestic and global. Topics include the environmental movement and its history and values, anti-environmentalism, environmental policy analysis, the relation between environmental science and politics, the domestic and international environmental policy processes, the North-South debate, globalization, race and environmental justice, and the implications of environmental politics for liberal democracy.
Standard Course (40)
Credits
1
Cross Listed Courses
ENVST-285
Offered
Spring
Notes
Students will explore these topics directly and through selected policy issues, including forest politics, sprawl and climate change. (American Politics)