2021/22 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
SOEE5472M Environmental Policy and Governance
15 creditsClass Size: 150
Module manager: Dr James Van Alstine
Email: J.VanAlstine@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: 1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2021/22
This module is not approved as an Elective
Module summary
Within this module, we examine the multiple pathways through which human-environment interaction is governed. We recognise how both structural forces and multiple actors at and between multiple scales and levels may shape and constrain environmental governance processes and outcomes. A central focus of the course is how the alleged limitations of conventional state-led environmental protection have given way to a proliferation of 'new' environmental policy instruments where state-market-civil society distinctions blur. We explore changing modes of climate and environmental policy and governance within and between the international, regional, national and local levels of analysis. The course illustrates these ongoing processes through the use of practical examples from both developed and developing countries. The seminars engage critically with the core readings and showcase the wide-range of research being undertaken within the Sustainability Research Institute. For further information contact j.vanalstine@leeds.ac.uk.Objectives
On completion of this module, students should:1. Understand the nature, influence and limits of different environmental policy instruments.
2. Be familiar with the changing ways in which environmental governance processes and outcomes are shaped and constrained in different contexts.
2. Understand the significance of scale in environmental governance.
3. Understand the different roles that governments, markets and civil society actors can play in influencing environmental policy and governance.
4. Understand the changing role of government and the significance of institutional capacities in shaping the abilities of governments to exert influence.
5. Be familiar with cross-cutting issues such as community governance and conservation, social justice, climate change and decarbonisation, and the politics of the anthropocene.
6. Have improved written, group and public communication skills.
Syllabus
Part I: Introduction to environmental policy instruments
1. Introduction and Policy instruments 1: Environmental regulations
2. Policy instruments 2: Market-based instruments
3. Policy instruments 3: Information-based instruments
4. Policy instruments 4: Voluntary instruments
Part II: Theory and conceptual debates
5. Global environmental governance
6. Theories of the policy process
7. Non-governmental and community governance
Part III: Cross-Cutting Issues and Future Directions
8. Multi-scale environmental governance
9. Social justice and decarbonisation
10. Environmental policy and governance in the Anthropocene
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lecture | 10 | 2.00 | 20.00 |
| Seminar | 10 | 1.00 | 10.00 |
| Private study hours | 120.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 30.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150.00 | ||
Private study
Private study- 6 hours reading per lecture/seminar (60 hours)
- Preparation for exam (60 hours).
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Practice exam questions and an exam prep workshop/seminar.Methods of assessment
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Open Book exam | 48 hr 00 mins | 100.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 100.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 30/06/2021 16:25:49
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