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Global Politics and the Environment - POLS1014
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Social Sciences and International Studies
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/politics/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Excluded: GENT0703
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

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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