Module POL3074 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3074: The Politics of Climate Change
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- Challenges of climate change mitigation governance
- Challenges of climate adaptation governance
- The Political economy of climate change: the role of markets and business
- Climate policy instruments
- Politicisation of climate science
- Climate scepticism
- Public understanding and engagement with climate change
- International dimensions of climate change – Development, equity and justice
- International dimensions of climate change – Human rights and migration politics
- International dimensions of climate change – international policy
- Climate change and sustainable futures
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 44 | 256 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 44 | 22 x 2 hour Seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 118 | Reading and seminar preparation |
| Guided Independent Study | 34 | Learning diary writing and preparation |
| Guided Independent Study | 4 | Role play preparation |
| Guided Independent Study | 20 | Poster research and preparation |
| Guided Independent Study | 80 | Case study research and writing |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
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.
Basic reading:
Brandstedt, E. and Bergrian, A (2013) Climate Rights: Feasible or not? Environmental Politics. Vol.22, issue 3, pp394-409
Jordan, A., & Huitema, D. (2014). Innovations in climate policy: the politics of invention, diffusion, and evaluation. Environmental Politics, 23(5), 715-734
Hulme, M (2009) Why we disagree about climate change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Rayner, T .and Okereke, C. (2007) The Politics of Climate Change pp.116-135 in: The Politics of the Environment (ed.) Okereke, C., Routledge, London
Sanderson H, Hildén M, Russel DJ, Penha-Lopes G, Capriolo A (Eds.) (2018) Adapting the Future for Climate Change in Europe, New York: Elsevier.
