| Dozent/in |
Prof. Dr. Lena Schaffer |
| Veranstaltungsart |
Masterseminar |
| Code |
FS161314 |
| Semester |
Frühjahrssemester 2016 |
| Durchführender Fachbereich |
Politikwissenschaft |
| Studienstufe |
Bachelor
Master |
| Termin/e |
Mo, 22.02.2016, 13:15 - 17:00 Uhr, 4.B04
Mo, 07.03.2016, 13:15 - 17:00 Uhr, 4.B04
Mo, 21.03.2016, 13:15 - 17:00 Uhr, 4.B04
Mo, 04.04.2016, 13:15 - 17:00 Uhr, 4.B04
Mo, 18.04.2016, 13:15 - 17:00 Uhr, 4.B04
Mo, 02.05.2016, 13:15 - 17:00 Uhr, 4.B04
Mo, 09.05.2016, 13:15 - 17:00 Uhr, 3.B01 |
| Umfang |
2 Semesterwochenstunden |
| Turnus |
14-täglich, ab 22.2. |
| Inhalt |
Climate change is seen as a major threat to human well-being. In fact it is the top global threat in many countries worldwide according to a recent study of the Pew Research Center (2015). World leaders have met in Paris and signed a new global agreement as a follow up to the Kyoto Protocol, which expired in 2012. How do governments cooperate to solve global environmental problems such as climate change? Is a global agreement necessary to combat climate change or can other form of cooperation, e.g. minilateral agreements or voluntary local agreements act as substitutes? The course gives the necessary background to the concepts and perspectives employed in international political debates on climate change. It wants to draw attention to the latest research and provides students with the conceptual tools to evaluate different climate change policies and governance approaches. Thus, at the end of the course, students will have learnt to evaluate policy debates relating to key issues in international climate change politics. In the first part there will be an introduction to global environmental problems (especially climate change) and how the international community has dealt with these problems so far. We will also recap major international relations theories to apply to the climate change governance approaches chosen so far. In a second part we will look at climate change governance efforts at the international, national and local levels. What are the implications of these different forms of governance? What are their prospects to develop climate change policies that are effective as well as legitimate? Concerning the national level, we ask ourselves: Why do some nations enact more rigorous climate change policies than others? What are strengths and weaknesses of different climate change policies? In a third part, issues concerning legitimacy and public demand for climate change policies will take center stage. |
| Sprache |
Englisch |
| Abschlussform / Credits |
Aktive Teilnahme (Essay, benotet) / 4 Credits
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| Hinweise |
Internationale Beziehungen |
| Hörer-/innen |
Nach Vereinbarung |
| Kontakt |
lena.schaffer@uni-konstanz.de |
| Material |
wird auf OLAT zur Verfügung gestellt |
| Literatur |
Luterbacher, U., & Sprinz, D. F. (2001). International relations and global climate change. MIT Press. Hoffmann, Matthew J. (2011) Climate Governance at the Crossroads: Experimenting with a Global Response after Kyoto. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Bulkeley, Harriet, Liliana Andonova, Michele M. Betsill, Daniel Compagnon, Thomas Hale, Matthew J. Hoffmann, Peter Newell, Matthew Paterson, Charles Roger, Stacy D. VanDeveer (2014) Transnational Climate Change Governance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Giddens, A. (2009). The politics of climate change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Harrison, K., & Sundstrom, L. M. (2010). Global commons, domestic decisions: The comparative politics of climate change. MIT Press. |