ESPM 259 - Transnational Environmental Politics & Movements (Fall)
O'Neill
Contemporary issues in international environmental politics; impacts of globalization on the environment; comparative transnational environmental movements. Study of current and historical texts. Case studies drawn from around the world with a focus on methods and research techniques.
Contemporary issues in international environmental politics; impacts of globalization on the environment; comparative transnational environmental movements. Study of current and historical texts. Case studies drawn from around the world with a focus on methods and research techniques.
posted by GSPP EPG at 10:03 AM
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I audited aabout 2/3 of this class. It is very heavy in International Relations theory. To me, IR theory is very intellectual-theoretical-heavy, like the greater political science literature, with little practical grounding. If you like that kind of thing, great.
(I did enjoy the discusssion of the int'l expert "discourse" around ozone layer science and regulation, and comparing it to the climate change/IPCC process.)
Kate O'Neill is interesting and kind - but very academic. I think grading was a) lead one discussion and b) big paper.
I am a physical scientists that is very interested in interdisciplinarity in environmental sciences. I took this class, without a problem, and even got to publish the term paper that I wrote for this class in a peer-reviewed journal ... it is not a hard class at all, if you do your part (the only time I had a hard time with the discussion was when I actually didn't read the assigned readings)
Kate is great at balancing both student led discussion and providing guidance.
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