Inhalt
Der Erwerb der genannten Kompetenzen und Fähigkeiten erfolgt durch Behandlung folgender Themen:
A global perspective: colonisation and industrialisation; globalisation, global warming and bio-diversity.
Design of environmental policy: environment as an economic and social asset; voluntary, command and control, and incentive based programmes; pressure groups.
Environmental policies in industrialised countries.
Developing countries, poverty and the environment.International environmental protection.
This seminar corresponds to level C1 of the Common European Framework.
Lernergebnisse
On successful completion of the module, seminar participants will have:
Subject Competence:
Method Competence:
an abilty to see their technical subject and its consequences through the perspective of social science.
an ability to understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning.
an ability to express themselves fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.
an ability to use the English language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.
an ability to produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.
Social and Personal Competence:
Literatur
Ken Conca & Geoffrey D. Dabelko (eds.). Green Planet Blues (4th edition). Four Decades of Global Environmental Policies. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 2010.
Frances Cairncross. Costing the Earth. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1993.
Carolyn Snell and Gary Haq. The Short Guide to Environmental Policy. Policy Press, Bristol, UK, 2014.
