UNSW Handbook Course - Global Politics and the Environment

Global Politics and the Environment - POLS1014


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of Politics and International Relations
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Excluded: GENT0703
	Offered: To be advised
	Fee Band: 1

Description

Examines environmental issues from a global perspective. Studies the basic institutions of global politics - the state, the United Nations and International Law - and their respective capacities to deal with environmental problems. Also examines the links between environmental issues and a range of other questions - international trade, population, refugees, indigenous rights - which are central to modern diplomacy. Also examines environmental concerns in relation to the key concepts of world politics: security and sovereignty.

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