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ECOP3015: Environmental Political Economy
2024 unit information
This unit explores the relationship between our economy and environment. It compares different ways of understanding this relationship including environmental economics, ecological economics, Marxist ecology and eco-feminism. Students will learn how these schools diagnose environmental problems as products of market failures, limits to growth or social inequalities. Students will examine different policy solutions for creating more sustainable economies, such as market mechanisms, steady state economies and environmental justice. Students will apply debates on the political economy of the environment through case studies of issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss and water scarcity.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Political Economy
| Code | ECOP3015 |
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| Academic unit | Political Economy |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 2000 level in Political Economy |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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ECOP3005 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand theories of economy-environment relations
- LO2. examine the nature and causes of environmental challenges
- LO3. evaluate competing policy approaches
- LO4. produce well-researched pieces of work.
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