Environmental Politics and Policies

Enseignants

Aubin David;

Langue
d'enseignement

Anglais

Thèmes abordés

This course presents the problems raised by human pressure on nature and the environment as well as the reme-dies designed by the public authorities in Europe in order to tackle these problems.

Acquis
d'apprentissage

A la fin de cette unité d’enseignement, l’étudiant est capable de :
1	At the end of the course, students will havve the capacity to: - Identify the issues at stake in international and European negotiations about climate change and nature protec-tion; - Deconstruct any environmental policy with analytic and strategic ends; - Evolve through the multi-level governance arrangements of environmental policies; - Conduct original analyses of actors' games within the policy arenas.

Contenu

The course introduces the main concepts about environmental protection and sustainability (e.g. precautionary principle, emission quotas or integrated management). An analytical framework of environmental regulation is proposed that puts an equal emphasis on procedural mechanisms and substantial rules. This analytical framework is then applied to various sectors (e.g. water, air, climate, sustainable development) and different levels of authority in a comparative perspective (e.g. European Union, The Netherlands, or the Belgian Regions).

Autres infos

Individual or group paper that analyses a particular sustainability or environmental policy in a mul-ti-level perspective. Portfolio of readings.

Faculté ou entité
en charge

PSAD