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Last update: Mgr. Anna Altová (07.01.2022)
Currently, environmental politics shares space with all the major issues that are commonly reported by the media. This raises the question – how then, to think about the environment? This course on “Environmental Politics” is aimed at helping students develop a critical lens on various environmental issues, and gain a more nuanced understanding of the many dimensions of environmental politics – in different geographical contexts, as well as in relation to different thematic areas. Each class of the course will be focused on a specific theoretical or empirical theme – e.g. Political Ecology, Postcolonial Environmentalism etc. In some of the classes documentary films on these topics will be screened as part of the lecture. The first part of the course is an introduction to environmental political theories that will help students think more critically and in a more multi-perspectival way. The second part of the course focuses on the intersections between politics and specific environmental issues. Its geographical focus moves from the local/regional to the global – the course will explore environmental issues that have been critical to the politics of Czechia and post-communist countries in Europe, as well as those such as climate change that have involved the entire globe. The course also includes an emphasis on postcolonial approaches to the solution of environmental problems, and discusses these with regard to the geographical context of India. As such, the course also offers value for those wishing to understand the tradeoffs and convergences between environmental conservation and development. |
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Last update: Radhika Borde (14.02.2022)
Power, knowledge and political ecology in the third world: a review. Bryant, R. L. Progress in Physical Geography. 22(1):1998. |
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Last update: Radhika Borde (16.02.2022)
Course Evaluation: 40% online group participation + 60% short individual paper and presentation |
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Last update: Radhika Borde (14.02.2022)
Meeting 1: Course Orientation. Meeting 2: Environmental Politics and Theory 1 - Ecological Modernization and Sustainable Development Ecological modernization as a social theory of environmental reform. Mol, A. P. J. In: Redclift, M. R. & Woodgate, G. The International Handbook of Environmental Sociology. 2010. Sustainable Development: Mapping Different Approaches. Hopwood, B., Mellor, M. & O’Brien, G. Sustainable Development. 13:2005. Meeting 3: Theory in Practice 1 - Ecological Modernization and Sustainable Development Further discussion on the readings. Presentations by practitioners working in fields where these approaches are used. Meeting 4: Environmental Politics and Theory 2 - Political Ecology, Eco-Socialism and Deep Ecology Classroom discussion on these environmental theories - focus on encouraging students to relate these theories to environmental problems, politics and issues that they are aware of. Students will also have to present their opinions on the readings. Power, knowledge and political ecology in the third world: a review. Bryant, R. L. Progress in Physical Geography. 22(1):1998. On Contemporary Eco-socialism. Pepper, D. In: Huan, Q. Eco-socialism as politics: Rebuilding the Basis of Our Modern Civilization. 2010. Deep ecology and radical environmentalism. Devall, B. Society & Natural Resources. 4(3): 1991. Meeting 5: Theory in Practice 2 - Political Ecology, Eco-Socialism and Deep Ecology. Further discussion on the readings. Presentations by practitioners using some of these approaches (perhaps all). Meeting 6: Environmental Politics in the Global South (mostly) - Postcolonial Environmentalism; Environmental Politics and Indigenous Peoples Readings: Global designs and local lifeworlds: Colonial Legacies of Conservation, Disenfranchisement and Environmental Governance in Postcolonial India. Randeria, S. Interventions. 9(1): 2007. Indigenous People and Environmental Politics. Dove, M.R. Annual Review of Anthropology. 35: 2006. Meeting 7: Environmental Politics in Communist and Post-Communist Contexts Classroom dicussion on these topics. Students will have to present their opinion on the readings. Environmental quality in Central and Eastern Europe. Pavlínek, P. and Pickles, J. In: Pavlínek, P. and Pickles, J. Environmental Transitions: Transformation and ecological defence in Central and Eastern Europe. 2000.4 Post-communist reform and the democratization of nature. Pavlínek, P. and Pickles, J. In: Pavlínek, P. and Pickles, J. Environmental Transitions: Transformation and ecological defence in Central and Eastern Europe. 2000.4 Meeting 8: Environmental Politics Internationally Classroom dicussion on these topics. Students will have to present their opinion on the readings. Summit theatre: exemplary governmentality and environmental diplomacy in Johannesburg and Copenhagen. Death, C. Environmental Politics. 20(1): 2011. 2002. Meeting the challenge of permanent nuclear waste disposal in an expanding Europe: Transparency, trust and democracy. Dawson, J. I. & Darst, R. G. Environmental Politics. 15(4): 2006. |