ECOP3015 - Political Economy of the Environment

Semester 2, 2013  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Joy Paton
Phone: +61 2 9351 6616
Email: joy.paton@sydney.edu.au

Description

This Unit of Study examines how economic interactions with the environment are conceptualised, and the nature of environmental problems, their emergence and how they are 'managed' within capitalism. Different conceptions of the economic-environment relation are explored largely through the lectures which introduce theories of environmental economics, ecological economics and radical critiques of human interactions with ecological systems. Tutorials examine concrete economic-environment problems along with the public policies and business management practices implemented in response.

Assessments

1x1500wd essay (25%), 1x1000wd group tutorial paper/presentation (20%), 1x3000wd case study (45%), tutorial participation (10%)

Classes

1x2hr lecture/week, 1x1hr tutorial/week

Prerequisites

ECOP1001 and (ECOP1003 or ECOP1004)

Prohibitions

ECOP3005

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