PPOL 587 - Comparative Enviro Policy

Institution:

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Subject:

Public Policy

Description:

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. Additional reading assignments or projects will distinguish this course from its undergraduate version.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umd.umich.edu/

Phone Number:

(313) 593-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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