Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL1042: Rational Choice and Environmental Problems

This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Kenneth A. Shepsle (2010). Analyzing Politics: Rationality, Behavior, and Institutions, 2nd Edition. (New York, NY: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc.) 

Elinor Ostrom (1990). Governing the Commons: The evolution of institutions and collective action. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press) 

Avinash K. Dixit, David H. Reiley, Jr., Susan Skeath (2009). Games of Strategy. (New York, NY: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc.) 

James Connelly, Graham Smith, David Benson, Clare Saunders (2012). Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice, 3rd Edition. (New York, NY: Taylor & Francis) 

Nick Hanley, Jason F. Shogren, and Ben White (2001). Introduction to Environmental Economics. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press) 

United Nations Environment Programme (2012). Global Environmental Outlook: Environment for the future we want. (Valletta, Malta: Progress Press Ltd.) 

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2013). Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Summary for Policy Makers & Chapter 1. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press).