Contents:
The course will provide students with in-depth knowledge and engagement with international environmental politics, including new actors and mechanisms of rule-making and implementation. We will bring diverse theoretical traditions in political science, international relations and global environmental governance to bear on the ways in which to different actors conceptualize and work towards the legitimacy, accountability and effectiveness of international efforts to combat key trans-boundary environmental challenges.
Learning outcomes:
After successful completion of this course students are expected to be able to:
- understand historical evolution and diverse theoretical traditions (realist, institutionalist, constructivist, deliberative) in international environmental politics;
- understand the latest theoretical debates about the changing nature and practices of international environmental policy-making, including actors, agents, architectures and accountability;
- understand the theory and practice of international environmental negotiations and diplomacy;
- read scholarly literature critically and synthesize key arguments;
- formulate and defend an own viewpoint, in writing and orally;
- write clearly and concisely;
- present and/or debate key concepts in international environmental politics;
- present and engage with alternative perspectives, through negotiation simulations.
