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Course Outline: School of Social Sciences
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 24 units of credit in the Environmental Studies stream or 24 units of credit in the Development Studies stream or 72 units of credit overall
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 2 (more info)
 
   
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

Subject Area: Environmental Studies
This course can also be studied in the following specialisations: Development Studies

The concept of environmental justice upholds the right of all people to a safe, healthy, and sustainable environment. The Environmental Justice movement seeks to address the ways the costs of environmental harm and the gains of environmental exploitation are disproportionately experienced by different groups within and between societies. The course is taught using an interdisciplinary approach drawing on expertise in Environmental Studies, Development Studies, Philosophy, and Sociology. Part One ‘CONCEPTS’ focuses on conceptual and ethical frameworks. Part Two ‘INJUSTICE’ deals with historical and contemporary case studies from Australia, the USA, India, and Thailand. Part Three ‘PROTEST’ explores collective action in response to environmental injustice. The course examines the ways injustice is contested by communities, and the ways the search for environmental justice has been a catalyst for contesting other issues – such as civil rights, slum dweller rights, women’s rights, and ethnic minority rights.

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