GOVT-780 Proseminar in Comparative Environmental Politics: Climate Change (3)

This course frames the specific policy debates in philosophical terms by considering assumptions about relations between humanity and nature implied in climate change discussions, and in evolving policy objectives of mitigation versus adaptation. The course looks at international, national, and subnational interest groups and actors across a range of cases around the world and considers the role of individual behavior. This is a new field, and the objective of the course is to help define the domain of the subject and to consider the role of structural issues and the agency of individuals and institutions in the determination of how the international system, nation-states, firms, organizations, and individuals address the climate crisis. Usually Offered: spring. Grading: A-F only. Restriction: PhD program.