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GEOG 534

ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE: MARKETS, STATES AND NATURE

3 credits.

Covers real-world questions of how the environment is managed and governed through state policy, economics, and social institutions. Includes strategies within and outside of the formal institutions of government, and extends the discussion to the commodification of nature and the use of science to understand and govern the environment. Also includes case studies of environmental governance in water, carbon, species, and urban sustainability.

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Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2022 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the concepts of governance and the tools for its analysis. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify the tools, concepts, and controversies associated with market-based environmental governance and its origins in debates over the past century. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Discuss the variety of traditions in understanding the relationship between states, civil society, and the environment. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Describe and articulate connections and common themes in environmental governance as they are expressed in a variety of settings such as economic globalization, urban planning, water resource development, conservation, and climate change. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Discuss the scholarly literature around environmental governance, state theory, and neoliberalism. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the concepts of governance and the tools for its analysis. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify the tools, concepts, and controversies associated with market-based environmental governance and its origins in debates over the past century. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Discuss the variety of traditions in understanding the relationship between states, civil society, and the environment. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Describe and articulate connections and common themes in environmental governance as they are expressed in a variety of settings such as economic globalization, urban planning, water resource development, conservation, and climate change. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Discuss the scholarly literature around environmental governance, state theory, and neoliberalism. Audience: Graduate

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