Dr R Falkner, CLM 615

Course intended primarily for MSc International Political Economy. MSc Global Politics, MSc Regulation, MSc Regulation (Research), MSc Management, and MSc Political Science and Political Economy. Also available to students taking MSc International Relations, MSc Environmental Policy and Regulation, MSc Environmental Economics and Climate Change, or MSc International Political Economy as part of the LSE-Sciences Po Double Degree in Affaires Internationales. Open to other interested students where degree regulations permit.

All students are required to obtain permission from the Teacher Responsible by completing the online application form linked to course selection on LSE for You. Admission is not guaranteed.

An introduction to concepts and issues in the study of international environmental politics, with special emphasis on the political economy of environmental protection.

The global politics of sustainable development; Ecological perspectives on international political economy; environmental politics at the UN; domestic sources of environmental diplomacy; environmental leadership in international negotiations; international environmental regimes; role of epistemic communities and non-state actors; private environmental governance; trade and environment; international environmental aid; greening foreign direct investment. Case studies: climate change; ozone layer; biosafety; deforestation.

18 weekly lectures (IR407.1) beginning in the first week of MT and 18 one-and-a-half hour seminars (IR407.2) beginning in week three of MT, including one revision seminar in week three of ST.

Students are expected to submit three 2,000-word essays to be marked by the seminar teacher and to present at least three seminar topics.

Axelrod, R.S., Downie, D.L., and Vig, N.J., Eds. (2005). The Global Environment: Institutions, Law, and Policy. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press; Bernstein, S. (2001). The Compromise of Liberal Environmentalism. New York: Columbia University Press; Betsill, M.M., Hochstetler, K., and Stevis, D., Eds. (2006). Palgrave Advances in International Environmental Politics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan; Clapp, J., and Dauvergne, P. (2005). Paths to a Green World: The Political Economy of the Global Environment. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press; DeSombre, E.R. (2002). The Global Environment and World Politics. London: Continuum; Elliott, L. (2004). The Global Politics of the Environment. London: Macmillan; Falkner, R., (2008). Business Power and Conflict in International Environmental Politics. Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan; Falkner, R., Ed. (2007). The International Politics of Genetically Modified Food: Diplomacy, Trade and Law. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan; Laferrière, E., and Stoett, P.J. (1999). International Relations Theory and Ecological Thought: Towards a Synthesis. London: Routledge; Lipschutz, R.D. (2004). Global Environmental Politics: Power, Perspectives, and Practice. Washington, DC: CQ Press; Vig, N.J., and Faure, M.G., Eds. (2004). Green Giants? Environmental Policies of the United States and the European Union. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press; Young, O.R. (2002). The Institutional Dimensions of Environmental Change. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.

One three-hour written examination in the ST based on the lecture course and work covered in the seminars. The paper contains about 12 questions, of which three are to be answered.