PL21013: Politics of a changing climate
[Page last updated: 05 August 2021]
| Academic Year: | 2021/2 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 33%, ES 67% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Coursework (CW 33%)
- Essay (ES 67%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Aims: | The main aims are:
* to explore what environmental politics is about;
* to examine competing eco-political discourses. This includes how eco-political actors articulate their concerns, as well as their visions for socio-ecological transformation;
* to investigate how environmental and sustainability issues link into democratic politics;
* to study the appeal or relevance of technocratic, non-democratic, or even authoritarian strands of environmental politics.
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| Learning Outcomes: | Students who complete the unit successfully will be able to demonstrate:
* a clear grasp of competing eco-political discourses and conceptualisations of nature, environment, and sustainability;
* an understanding of the ways in which political ideologies underpin responses to environmental issues;
* an ability to understand and contribute to contemporary debates about the advantages and drawbacks of democratic approaches to environmental issues.
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| Skills: | Skills in critical analysis, conceptual thinking, precision in the use of written and spoken language, exercise of independent judgement, reasoned argument, teamwork and the planning/conduct/reporting of research are developed and assessed in this unit.
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| Content: |
* Competing notions of nature, the environment and sustainability;
* Competing understandings of what constitutes an environmental problem and what its causes are;
* Competing visions for socio-ecological transformation;
* Climate change, the Anthropocene, and climate change denialism;
* Non-democratic and authoritarian approaches to environmental problems;
* Environmental justice and related social movements.
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| Programme availability: |
PL21013 is Optional on the following programmes:
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- UHPL-AYB43 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio French) with Year Abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AYB44 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio German) with Year Abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AYB47 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Italian) with Year Abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AYB48 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Mandarin) with Year Abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AYB46 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Russian) with Year Abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AYB45 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Spanish) with Year Abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AYB43 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (French) with Year Abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AYB44 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (German) with Year Abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AYB45 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (Spanish) with Year Abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AFB30 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations (Year 2)
- UHPL-AAB30 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations with Study year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB30 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations with Year long work placement (Year 2)
- UHPL-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics (Year 2)
- UHPL-AAB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics with Study year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics with Year long work placement (Year 2)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2021/22 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2022/23 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2021/22.
- Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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