Admission requirements
None, but one of the 100-level EES/GED Sharing Scarcity courses (previously: Foundations of Common Pool Resource Management) is recommended.
Description
This course investigates contemporary forms of environmental politics and governance. In recent decades, industrial pollution and anthropogenic climate change have put ‘the environment’ on the political and policy agenda. Increasingly, governments propose plans to tackle environmental problems in a variety of ways. The goal of this course is to offer BA students with an understanding of pressing environmental governance issues of today, including the ‘wickedness’ of environmental problems, prospects of green state regulations, the rise of green capitalism, environmental citizenship, and issues of inequality and justice. Governance approaches are explored in urban, national and transnational contexts. The course will also address the role of private stakeholders and civil society actors, in a wider governance perspective. Throughout the course, special emphasis is put on governance related to climate change.
Course Objectives
Characterise different types of environmental governance;
Explain the role of state and non-state actors in environmental governance;
Reflect on normative aspects underlying environmental governance.
Timetable
Timetables for courses offered at Leiden University College in 2020-2021 will be published on this page of the e-Prospectus.
Mode of instruction
The course uses a mix of interactive lectures, group discussions and peer assessments. Interaction and discussions during class are typically based on the assigned readings that must be read in advance of the class.
Assessment Method
Policy memo - 50%
Final paper - 50%
Reading list
Bulkeley, H., & Newell, P. (2015). Governing climate change, 2nd edition. Abingdon: Routledge.
Carter, N. (2018). The politics of the environment: Ideas, activism, policy, 3rd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Additional articles are assigned per theme and week (accessible online).
Registration
Courses offered at Leiden University College (LUC) are usually only open to LUC students and LUC exchange students. Leiden University students who participate in one of the university’s Honours tracks or programmes may register for one LUC course, if availability permits. Registration is coordinated by the Education Coordinator, course.administration@luc.leidenuniv.nl.
Contact
Dr. Shivant Jhagroe, s.s.jhagroe@fgga.leidenuniv.nl
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