GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

POL2GEP

Not currently offered

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject introduces students to the major areas of contestation in global environmental politics. It maps the emerging global framework for addressing environmental problems and examines the key claims of environmental movements and their critics. This involves examining the main environmental controversies in the Australian and global contexts, including climate change, biotechnology, energy generation, whaling, forests, water, and the tensions between trade liberalisation and environmental protection. The main premise of the subject is to demonstrate the ways in which emerging environmental actors, interests and agendas challenge the basic norms and institutions of a system of global governance underpinned by sovereign states and global economic institutions.

School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Ben Habib

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: 60 credit points of first-year subjects

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: POL3GEP

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Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

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Learning resources

LMS

Resource Type: Web resource

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Multiple

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Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

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Total hours/days required: N/A

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Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Demonstrates a broad understanding and critical evaluation of the different institutional responses to global ecological problems.
02. Demonstrates a comprehension of the different ways in which new environmental issues, actors, interests and agendas have challenged the basic norms and institutions of global governance.
03. Demonstrates a broad understanding of the diverse claims of the modern environment movement.
04. Demonstrates an applied understanding of the main environmental issues in global politics and their lines of contestation.
Subject not currently offered - Subject options not available.