Department of International Relations

International Environmental Policies(RI311)

Course Code Course Name Semester Theory Practice Lab Credit ECTS
RI311 International Environmental Policies 5 3 0 0 3 5
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Language of Instruction French
Course Type Elective
Course Level Bachelor Degree
Course Instructor(s) Feride Selcan SERDAROĞLU POLATAY sserdaroglu@gsu.edu.tr (Email)
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Objective To help students to analyze current environmental issues in the global governance, mainly the conservation and sustainable use of the biodiversity and climate change. The course explores the evolution of ecopolitics through the philosophical origins of ecocentrism and anthropocentrism and the transition from a state-level protection to a multilevel sustainable development paradigm.
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Course Learning Outcomes 1) To explain basic concepts of the scientific and political ecologies
2) To understand the philosophical basis of national and international environmental politics
3) To explain the role of the state as regards the internatiional protection of the environment and the limits of its sovereignty
4) To understand the emergence of international collective action
5) To understand contradictory aspects of different international environmental regimes
Teaching and Learning Methods This is a lecture course. The students are compelled to do complementary readings and to make presentations in parallel with the course program.
References DRYZEK John S., The Politics of the Earth. Environmental Discourses, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005

KLARE Michael (Çeviren: Özge İnciler), Küresel Çatışmanın Yeni Alanları (The New Landscape of Global Conflict), Devin Yayıncılık, 2005

Le Monde Hors-Série, Climat. L'Urgence. Les enjeux de la COP21, Alerter, Agir, İnnover, Novembre 2015-Janvier 2016

LIPIETZ Alain, Qu’est-ce que l’écologie politique ? La grande transformation du XXIe siècle, La Découverte, 1999

GIDDENS Anthony (Çeviren: Erhan Baltacı), İklim Değişikliği Siyaseti, Phoenix, 2013

Regards sur la Terre, La gouvernance du développement durable, 2009
Regards sur la Terre, Villes: changer de trajectoire, 2010
Regards sur la Terre, Océan: la nouvelle frontière?, 2011
Regards sur la Terre, Développement, alimentation, environnement: changer l'agriculture?, 2012
Regards sur la Terre, Réduire les inégalités: un enjeu de développement durable, 2013
Regards sur la Terre, Les promesses de l'innovation durable, 2014
Regards sur la Terre, Construire un monde durable, 2015

ORHAN Gökhan, Semra Cerit MAZLUM, Yasemim KAYA, Uluslararası Çevre Rejimleri, Dora , 2017

STERN Nicholas, A Blueprint for a Safer Planet, How to Manage Climate Change and Create a New Era of Progress and Prosperity, The Bodley Head London, 2009

TEKELİ İlhan, Anlı ATAÖV, Sürdürülebilir Toplum ve Yapılı Çevre. Stratejiler Yelpazesi, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2017

VALANTIN Jean-Michel, Écologie et gouvernance mondiale, Autrement, 2007
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