Globalization and Climate Change: Dual Challenges for the Nation State

Dozent/in	Ass.-Prof. Dr. Lena Maria Schaffer
Veranstaltungsart	Hauptseminar
Code	FS211271
Semester	Frühjahrssemester 2021
Durchführender Fachbereich	Politikwissenschaft
Studienstufe	Bachelor Master
Termin/e	wöchentlich (Di), ab 23.02.2021, 16:15 - 18:00 Uhr, 4.B01
Umfang	2 Semesterwochenstunden
Turnus	wöchentlich
Inhalt	This course centers on the question how increasing international interdependence during the last decades (globalization) as well as pressure arising from a global environmental problem (climate change) has impacted on nation states’ policies. It thus brings together two main challenges to any nation state in the 21st century. We first introduce both phenomena and their distinct implications on government ‘s room to manouvre in key domestic areas such as the welfare state or tax policy. What are implications on domestic politics (parties, public opinion)? What can we learn from research on globalization on how to incorporate or compensate winners and loser of climate change? In this context, we will also evaluate the two challenges in light of the currently most salient global crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic. Second, we consider implications of one phenomenon on the other, how do the two challenges interlink, i.e. what are consequences of climate change for globalization and vice versa. In addition to reading recent scholarly contributions, an emphasis will also be placed on how research is designed to answer the substantive questions posed.
Sprache	Englisch
Anmeldung	Anmeldungen werden nach dem "first come first serve-Prinzip" entgegengenommen.
Abschlussform / Credits	regelmässige Teilnahme, Referat, Response Paper / 4 Credits
Hinweise	Studienschwerpunkt: Internationale Beziehungen
Hörer-/innen	Nein
Kontakt	lena.schaffer@unilu.ch
Material	Semesterapparat
Literatur	- Frieden, Jeffrey, David Lake and J. Lawrence Broz. 2017 International Political Economy, New York: W.W. Norton. - Kono, D. Y. (2019). Compensating for the Climate: Unemployment Insurance and Climate Change Votes. Political Studies, 0032321719836066.