Fall 2025 Environmental Policy IA6320 section 001

Political Context of Environmental Manag

Politics of Environmental

Call Number 15571
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Sara Tjossem
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Political Context of Environmental Management explores how environmental challenges are framed, debated, and addressed within political systems. The course examines how public issues emerge on the policy agenda, how competing interests shape environmental decision-making, and how policy solutions are formulated and implemented across sectors and scales.

Emphasizing the intersection of politics, governance, and environmental management, students will analyze tensions between economic and political models of policymaking, the role of interest groups and expertise, and the complexities of managing cross-jurisdictional issues such as federalism and globalization. Case studies, including agriculture, will provide practical insight into the dynamics of environmental policy from local to global levels.

By the end of the course, students will develop a deeper understanding of environmental advocacy, the formal and informal actors in environmental governance, and the political conditions that enable or constrain policy change.

Web Site Vergil
Department MPA-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE POL
Enrollment 0 students (35 max) as of 10:06AM Saturday, June 7, 2025
Subject Environmental Policy
Number IA6320
Section 001
Division School of International and Public Affairs
Open To Architecture, Schools of the Arts, Business, Engineering:Graduate, GSAS, SIPA, Journalism, Law, Public Health, Professional Studies, Social Work
Section key 20253ENVP6320U001