Global Political Economy of the Environm (760M9)
Global Political Economy of the Environment
Module 760M9
Module details for 2017/18.
30 credits
FHEQ Level 7 (Masters)
Module Outline
In this module, students will critically engage with mainstream political and economic assessments of environmental degradation and climate change by employing a political-economy approach. In coming to terms with these environmental threats, the module returns to a broader type of ethical, natural and social theorisation that defined an earlier political economy. This is not a moudle on environmental or resource economics, nor are students expected to have an economics background. Rather, this module tries to problematise social production as something much more than a series of market relations. It tries to develop a broader socio-cultural understanding of production that 'de-naturalises' the way we view and exploit the natural world.
Topics covered in the module include theoretical approaches to political economy of the environment; global capitalism and the environment; environmental economics; ecological economics; sustainable consumption; sustainable development; climate change; trade and the environment; international environmental goverancance; and private environmental governance.
Module learning outcomes
Writing skills through composing a long essay that requires students to read widely from the reading list and other sources, and to synthesise the information for the purposes of the essay.
Research skills in broadening investigations beyond the module readings for the long essay.
Understand the key distinctions between a political-economy approach and those of environmental economics and ecological economics.
Understand the key debates regarding anthropogenic climate change and environmental degradation and the value of a political-economy approach to conceptualising these issues.
Develop knowledge of the key institutions of the governance of the global environment.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Essay (5000 words) | Semester 2 Assessment Week 2 Thu 16:00 | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Semester | Workshop | 3 hours | 111111111111 |
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Mx Emilia Moscardini-Powers
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Dr Andrea Brock
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Dr Lucila Newell
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