POL8013 Environmental Politics and Policy (FOBUS)

Semester 1 (WEB)Toowoomba (EXT)Toowoomba

Units 1.0 (Political Science) Band 1

Students are required to have access to a personal computer, e-mail capabilities and Internet access to USQConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at <http://www.usq.edu.au/business/student/computerreq.htm>.

Synopsis

Environmental management is about the management of both physical problems and political and policy debates. This course provides students with the means to understand the origin of conflicts over environmental issues and some of the key aspects of current debates about environmental problems. In the first part of this course, students will learn about the development of environmental ideas awareness, and how environmental thinking entered mainstream politics. In the second part of the course there is a discussion of some of the major approaches to dealing with environmental problems. In particular, students will consider the arguments about the type and degree of policy and systemic change that is necessary to achieve an improvement in environmental outcomes. This course will provide students with a broad understanding of the history and politics of environmentalism and current directions in environmental policy, so they have the capacity to be informed participants in debates and decision-making that relate to the environment. Formerly MGT8013.