Module details
GV591-7-SP: INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
Year: 2013/14
Department: Government
Essex credit: 15
ECTS credit: 7.5
Available to year(s) of study:
Available to Study Abroad / Exchange Students: No
| Staff |
| Supervisor: |
Hugh Ward |
| Teaching Staff: |
Hugh Ward |
| Contact details: |
Hugh Ward e-mail hugh (Non essex users should add @essex.ac.uk to create the full email address) or Graduate Administrator, Claire Chell, clchell (Non essex users should add @essex.ac.uk to create the full email address) |
| Module is taught during the following terms |
| Autumn |  | Spring |  | Summer | |
Module Description
This course investigates international environmental cooperation (or lack thereof) and international environmental regimes on a theoretical and empirical level.
In the spring term we will have a closer look at two international environmental problems ozone depletion and global warming and the international regimes regulating them (i.e. the Montreal and Kyoto Protocol respectively). Towards the end of the second term we will look at theoretical and practical aspects of environmental negotiations. This familiarisation with negotiations is meant to be a preparation for a simulation of a post Kyoto Protocol negotiation. Students will assume different roles in the simulation and will be able to combine the acquired knowledge about the science, policies and politics of global warming and put it to practical use.
Learning & Teaching Methods
2 hour seminar
Assessment
100 per cent Coursework Mark
Coursework:
Two essays
Exam Duration and Period
Bibliography
- Ian Rowlands: The Politics of Global Atmospheric Change, Manchester University Press, Manchester 1995
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Lorraine Elliot: The Global Politics of the Environment, Macmillan, London 1997
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Hasenclever, Peter Mayer and Volker Rittberger: Theories of International Regimes, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1997 .
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Michael Grubb with Christian Vrolijk and Duncan Brack, The Kyoto Protocol: A Guide and Assessment, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London 1999
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Todd Sandler: Global Challenges, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1997,
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Lorraine Elliot: The Global Politics of the Environment, Macmillan, London 1997
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Further information
External Examiner Information
- Name: Prof Jocelyn Evans
- Institution: THE UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD
- Academic Role: Head of School
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