ENVS 19906 - Introduction to Environmental Policy

Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0

(PSCI)
Introduction to Environmental Policy This seminar analyzes and conducts research on environmental politics, policy-making and environmental justice. It will introduce students to contemporary debates on common pool resources, resource management and exploitation, and the economic ideas of scarcity. The course draws primarily from a range of political economy and sociological studies. We also examine how environmental humanities inform political and cultural movements in environmental justice. A foundational understanding of political science is helpful but not required. Students will use these texts to analyze contemporary climate and environmental challenges, and critically examine international and domestic US policymaking in environmental justice.