POL 487 - Comparative Enviro Policy

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University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

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This course explores environmental policy as a result of political processes involving diverse participants and entailing movement through several stages ? from defining an issue as an environmental problem to placing it on political agenda and then receiving a response at domestic governmental or international levels. This course analyzes environmental issues from a cross-cultural and comparative perspective, with a particular attention given to political institutions, political change, levels of development, political culture, public participation, and international commitments that shape the nature and dynamics of environmental politics and policy in different countries. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Sciences Department Course Attributes: Upper Division

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umich.edu

Phone Number:

(734) 764-1817

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Trimester

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