INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE

Instructor: / prof. dr. Vida Motiekaitytė, mob. ph.: +37068558249
e-mail: ;
Ieva Kapačiauskaitė,
Language of Instruction: / English
Required Prerequisites: / none
Suggested Academic Cycle or Year of Studies: / Bachelordegree studies
ECTS credits: / 6 / Local credits: / 4
Contact Hours per Week: / 4
Semester: / autumn or Spring
Methods of Teaching: / classes and discussions,case studies will be analyzed, presentations by students, movie watching, individual tutoring
Form of Assessment: / final test or final essay, presentations

This course examines the development and evolution of global environmental governance and analyzes the role and performance of international organizations and actors.The aim is to help students to develop their ability to think critically about global environmental problems through exposure to both theory and practice. The basic frameworks, institutions and actors will be analyzed.

Reading list

  1. Axelrod R., Downie D. L.,Vandever S.D. The Global Environment: Institutions, Law, and Policy (3nd edition). Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2010.
  2. Biermann F., Bauer S. A World Environment Organization: Solution or Threat for Effective International Environmental Governance? Aldershot: Ashgate,2005.
  3. Biermann F., Siebenhüner, B., Schreyögg, A. (editors). International organizations in global environmental governance. New York: Routledge, 2009.
  4. Biermann, F. Global Environmental Governance. In: Handbook of Globalization and the Environment. Thai, K. V., Rahm D. and Coggburn, J. D. Raleigh, CRC Press: 2007. P. 137-154.
  5. Carter N. The Politics of the Environment. Ideas, Activism, Policy. Cambridge:CambridgeUniversity Press, 2007.
  6. Chasek P. S., Downie D. L., Brown J.W. Global Environmental Politics: Fifth Edition (Dilemmas in World Politics). Westview :Boulder, 2010.
  7. Dobson A. Green Political Thought. Fourth edition, LondonNew York: Routledge, 2007.
  8. Elliott L. The Global Politics of the Environment. Second edition, London: MacMillan Press, 2004.
  9. Glasbergen P., Biermann F., Mol A. P. J. (Eds.) Partnerships, Governance and Sustainable Development. Reflections on Theory and Practice. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2007.
  10. Haas P. M., Speth J. G. Global Environmental Governance (Foundations of Contemporary Environmental Studies). WashingtonDC: Island Press,2006.
  11. Hardin G. Tragedy of the Commons. Science 162 (3859): 1243-1248, 1968.
  12. O’Neill K. The Environment and International Relations. Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press, 2009.
  13. Pattberg P. Private Institutions and Global Governance. The New Politics of Environmental Sustainability. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, USA: Edward Elgar, 2007.
  14. Sands P. Principles of International Environmental Law. Second edition. Cambridge:CambridgeUniversity Press, 2003.
  15. Speth J. G. Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment. New Haven:YaleUniversity Press, 2004.

Comments

Reading list could be updated before the beginning of the course. In addition, readings in connection to the sessions will be indicated during the classes.