This information is for the 2019/20 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Richard Perkins STC.S413, Dr Michael Mason STC.S510, Dr Myung Ae Choi and Dr Eugenie Dugoua
Availability
This course is available on the MPhil/PhD in Accounting, MPhil/PhD in Environmental Economics and MPhil/PhD in Environmental Policy and Development. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
The number of students that can be accommodated is limited. If the course is over-subscribed, places will be allocated at the Department’s discretion and a waiting list may be created. For further details, please contact your relevant Programme Coordinator.
This course cannot be taken with GY465 Concepts in Environmental Regulation or GY475 Issues in Environmental Governance or GY420 Environmental Regulation: Implementing Policy.
Course content
This course provides critical insights into the characteristics, processes and evolving dynamics of environmental policy, regulation and governance. In MT, the course considers the rationale for public policy intervention, and the factors that shape the influence of different interest groups over government policy making. It proceeds to examine the nature, design and performance of different policy instruments, together with the various influences governing policy implementation processes. In LT, the course highlights key themes in environmental regulation informed by the concept of multi-level governance. This concept suggests new alignments and forms of regulation within and across state borders: the themes chosen to explore this concept include governing technological change, international negotiations, governance beyond the state, and different rationalities of regulation (science, ethics and justice).
Teaching
15 hours of lectures and 13 hours and 30 minutes of seminars in the MT. 10 hours of lectures and 13 hours and 30 minutes of seminars in the LT.
Formative coursework
Students are expected to prepare one formative essay, as well as give one presentation on a specified topic, in the MT: feedback will be provided on both. In the LT, students are required to give one presentation on an agreed topic: this will be graded with feedback.
Indicative reading
While there is no one single text that covers all aspects of the course, you are strongly advised to consult the following:
Core reading, MT: D Fiorino (2006) The New Environmental Regulation, London: MIT Press; J Holder and M Lee (2007) Environmental Protection Law and Policy (2nd edition), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; S Bell, D McGillivray, O Pedersen, E Lees and E Stokes (2017) Environmental Law (9th edition), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Core reading, LT: S Barrett (2005) Environment and Statecraft: The Strategy of Environmental Treaty-Making, Oxford: Oxford University Press; A Gupta and M Mason (eds.) (2014) Transparency in Global Environmental Governance, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press; S Piattoni (2010) The Theory of Multi-level Governance, Oxford: Oxford University Press; A Randall (2011) Risk and Precaution, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Assessment
Essay (100%, 6000 words) in the LT.
Key facts
Department: Geography & Environment
Total students 2018/19: Unavailable
Average class size 2018/19: Unavailable
Value: One Unit
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