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| KAM4020 | @Global Environmental Politics | 3+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Abdulgazi YIKICI | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Environmental problems constitute one of the main items on the contemporary global political agenda. Global environmental problems observed in various forms such as climate crisis, biodiversity loss, pollution, deforestation, etc. jeopardize the sustainability of the environment by causing a number of problems in political, economic, social and environmental dimensions. In this context, the aim of the ?Global Environmental Politics? course is to provide students with a vision that will enable them to understand and critically analyze the common heritage of humanity, the relationship between globalization and the environment, global environmental regimes and green ideologies, green politics and actors of global environmental politics, major environmental agreements and conventions, climate change, biodiversity loss and deforestation, energy and water crisis, food security, waste management and sustainability. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Will be able to understand and communicate the political, economic, social and cultural dimensions of globalization and its effects on the environment. | 5,8 | 1,5, | | LO - 2 : | Gain critical thinking skills and awareness about environmental regimes, green ideologies and global environmental governance and the political actors in this process. | 5,8 | 1,5, | | LO - 3 : | Interpret a range of quantitative and qualitative research findings on pressing global environmental issues such as climate change and biodiversity. | 5,8 | 1,5, | | LO - 4 : | Familiarize themselves with debates and current developments on environmental issues. | 5,8 | 1,5, | | LO - 5 : | Will be able to make oral and written arguments about the sustainability of the environment and economic development. | 5,8 | 1,5, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The relationship between environment and politics; common heritages of humanity; globalization process and its reflections on the environment; global environmental regimes and governance; actors of global environmental politics; global environmental problems; global energy, water and food crisis; sustainable development. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to Global Environmental Politics | | | Week 2 | Global Commons | | | Week 3 | Globalization and Environment | | | Week 4 | Global Environmental Regimes and Green Ideologies | | | Week 5 | Actors of Global Environmental Politics | | | Week 6 | Global Environmental Governance and Participation | | | Week 7 | Global Climate Change Regime | | | Week 8 | Global Forced Climate Migration and Refugees | | | Week 9 | Midterm Exam | | | Week 10 | Global Environmental Justice and Urban Ecological Security | | | Week 11 | Global Energy Crisis and Security | | | Week 12 | Global Biodiversity Loss and Deforestation | | | Week 13 | Global Water and Food Crisis | | | Week 14 | Assessing Global Waste Management | | | Week 15 | Sustainability of Global Commons and Development | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Chasek, P. S., Downie, D. L., & Brown, J. W. (2018). Global Environmental Politics. Routledge. | | | |
| 1 | Stevenson, H. (2018). Global Environmental Politics: Problems, policy, and practice. Cambridge University Press. | | | 2 | Conca, K., & Dabelko, G. D. (Eds.). (2015). Green Planet Blues: Critical Perspectives on Global Environmental Politics. Westview Press | | | 3 | Harris, P. G. (Ed.). (2022). Routledge Handbook of Global Environmental Politics. Routledge. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 9 | 04/2025 | | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 06/2025 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Ödev | 2 | 4 | 8 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 7 | 21 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 100 |
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