Module POL3250 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3250: Environmental Policy in Times of Crisis
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
The module aims to introduce you to the concept and development of environmental policy in light of the recent economic crisis and Brexit. In so doing, it will encourage you to consider: the environment as a policy problem; the evolution of EU and British environmental policy, the ‘leaders’ and ‘laggards’ in environmental policy; the opportunities and challenges arising from the economic crisis and Brexit to the EU and the UK respectively; and the investigation of some case studies.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Critically analyse the interplay between the economic crisis, Brexit and the changes and evolution of environmental policy, over the long term and from a European and British perspective. 2. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the environmental, political, economic and social impact of the recent economic crisis and Brexit negotiations on environmental policy. |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Critically reflect on key elements of the environmental debates regarding the actions, intentions and ambitions of the EU and the UK environmental policy. 4. Display awareness of a range of conceptual frameworks to understand the changing dynamics and trends in environmental policy at the international level. |
| Personal and Key Skills | 5. Demonstrate an ability to problematize settled truths and assumptions about the state of the environment and our knowledge of these. 6. Demonstrate awareness of the evolution and effectiveness of environmental policy. 7. Study independently and manage time and assessment deadlines effectively. 8. Communicate effectively in speech and writing. 9. Demonstrate critical and analytical skills through tutorial discussions and module assessments. 10. Demonstrate proficiency in the use of the internet, online journal databases and other IT resources for the purposes of tutorial and assessment preparation. 11. Demonstrate effective applied writing. |
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.
Bache, I., & Jordan, A. (2006). The Europeanization of British Politics. In The Europeanization of British Politics (pp. 265-279). Palgrave Macmillan, London.
Bauer, M. W., & Knill, C. (2012). Understanding policy dismantling: an analytical framework. Dismantling public policies: Preferences, strategies, and effects, 30-51.
Carter, N. (2007). The politics of the environment: Ideas, activism, policy. Cambridge University Press.
Jordan, A. (2002). The Europeanization of British Environmental Policy: A Departmental Perspective. Springer.
Jordan, A. J., & Liefferink, D. (2004). Environmental policy in Europe: the Europeanization of national environmental policy. Routledge.
Jordan, A. (2012). Environmental policy in the European Union: actors, institutions, and processes. Earthscan.
Jordan, A., Bauer, M. W., & Green-Pedersen, C. (2013). Policy dismantling. Journal of European Public Policy, 20(5), 795-805.
Knill, C., Heichel, S., & Arndt, D. (2012). Really a front-runner, really a Straggler? Of environmental leaders and laggards in the European Union and beyond—A quantitative policy perspective. Energy Policy, 48, 36-45.
Liefferink, D., Arts, B., Kamstra, J., & Ooijevaar, J. (2009). Leaders and laggards in environmental policy: a quantitative analysis of domestic policy outputs. Journal of European public policy, 16(5), 677-700.
