Type of Credit: Elective
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Number of Students
The aim of this course is to give students a general background of environmental politics by theoretical explanations in order to understand the contemporary environmental challenges in the world. There is no doubt that environmental issues have brought a great influence on contemporary politics and society. Therefore, students will examine the environmental issues with a range of key concepts in the course: what political actors are reacting, how power is distributed in the environmental issues, and how the environmental issues / policies at both national and international levels are affecting our lives.
能力項目說明
Upon completion of this course, students are expected to learn:
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Topic |
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Week 1 |
Introduction to the Course What is environmental politics? |
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Week 2 |
What is the environmental problem? Philosophical Debates on the environment |
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Week 3 |
Driving Forces, Institutions and Actors in Environmental Politics: How do the driving forces achieve a sustainable society? |
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Week 4 |
Environmental Challenges: What are some of the main problems human beings have created / are facing nowadays? |
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Week 5 |
The making of environmental policy: Where does power lie in environmental policymaking? |
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Week 6 |
The politics of science and the shaping of public opinion |
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Week 7 |
Mid-term test |
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Week 8 |
Sustainable development and economic growth: The relationship between the legal order of free trade and environmental protection |
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Week 9 |
Effectiveness of international environmental regimes? |
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Week 10 |
Selected issues in global environmental politics (I): Environmental Problems in Authoritarian regime |
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Week 11 |
Selected issues in global environmental politics (II): Environmental Problems and environmental movement
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Week 12 |
Selected issues in global environmental politics (III): Transboundary environmental problems in ASEAN
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Week 13 |
Group presentation (I) |
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Week 14 |
Group presentation (II)
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Week 15 |
Revision
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Week 16 |
Paper Preparation & Consultation
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Coursework: 100%
Class participation: 20% (10% class participation; 10% seminar)
Mid-term In-class Test: 40%
Group Project: 30% (10%: simulation; 15%: brief paper; 5% discussant)
TOTAL: 100%
Required textbook:
Neil Carter, The Politics of the Environment: Ideas, Activism, Policy, 2nd ed. UK: Cambridge Press, 2007.