POL-34503 credit hours

Sustainability and Environmental Politics

Political Science · 3 hrs Lecture

Offered: Fall Or Winter

No prerequisites listed, you can take this course without prior coursework.

Description

In 1987 the concept of "sustainable development" was popularized by the Brundtland Commission's Report. Since that time, the term has been used and abused in a great variety of contexts worldwide. The course examines the measures and implications of this concept as it impinges on virtually every policy area in Canada. Specific areas to be examined may include, but will not be limited to, the following: Green politics and capitalism, Canadian Round Tables, values and sustainability, international impacts, urbanization, the welfare state, and the role of women.

Restrictions

Students may not hold credit for this course and POL-3420.

Lecture

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