Environment, Governance and Development

Key information
- Status
- Module not running
- Module code
- 15PDSH050
- FHEQ Level
- 7
- Credits
- 15
- Department
- Department of Development Studies
Module overview
Objectives and learning outcomes of the module
This module will introduce students to the major debates around governing the environment. It will offer a critical analysis of the different scales we use to understand the relationships between environmental governance and development. At the end of the module students should:
- have developed a thorough understanding major debates in environmental governance and development
- be able to critically interrogate those debates
- have a solid knowledge of a series of empirical cases in the global South
Workload
Teaching takes place through a weekly 2 hour seminar.
Scope and syllabus
1. Understanding global environmental governance
2. Science, Knowledge and Epistemic Communities
3. International Environmental Agreements
4. Governing the Commons
5. The politics of scale – regional environmental governance
6. Community based natural resource governance
7. Self Governance, environmentality
8. Neoliberal Governance of Environments
9. Population, consumption and environment
10. Conclusions – political ecology and environmental governance
Method of assessment
100% coursework. Each student will be expected to submit one essay of worth 60% and a policy brief 40% of the overall grade. Resubmission of coursework regulations apply.
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