Description:
This course will explore the historical, political, economic, social, and cultural contexts in which human-environment interactions occur. We will cover critical topics and trends in the field of political ecology, from its early manifestations to more recent expansions. Using case studies from the global south and north, we will discuss factors that shape social and environmental change across scales from the personal to the global, and we will examine the role of gender, race, class, and power in struggles over resources. Students will become familiar with the academic debates in which political ecologists are engaged, and they will apply the concepts discussed in a case of their choice.
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Distribution(s):
III - Social Sciences , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , WI - Writing-Intensive
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Course Tags         |
ENVST-CRSE   |
ENVST-EL: Env Studies Major Electives   |
This course is an approved elective for the Environmental Studies major and minor.   |
ENVST-CRSE   |
ENVST-EL: Env Studies Minor Electives   |
This course is an approved elective for the Environmental Studies major and minor.   |
ENVST-SS   |
ENVST-SS: Env Studies pre-2024 Minor - Social Science   |
This course has been approved to count towards the Environmental Studies minor Social Science area.   |
AFRAM0001   |
AFRAM: African concentration   |
This course has been approved to count towards the concentration in African Studies within the African & African-American Studies major and minor.   |
NXDEV0001   |
NXDEV: Nexus in Development Studies   |
This course is approved for the Development Studies Nexus track.   |
EOS0003   |
EOS-3: Structures of Inequality   |
This course has been approved to count towards the EOS minor in the Structures of Inequality subject area   |
CRPE0001   |
CRPE-1: CRPE - Major Pathway/Minor   |
This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE major pathway and the CRPE minor.   |
CRPE0002   |
CRPE-2: Africana Studies - Major Pathway/Minor   |
This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Africana Studies major pathway and the CRPE Africana Studies minor.   |
CRPE0003   |
CRPE-3: Critical Social Thought - Major Pathway   |
This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Critical Social Thought major pathway.   |
CST0001   |
CSTH: Critical Social Thought major   |
This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor.   |
CST0001   |
CSTH: Critical Social Thought minor   |
This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor.   |
IR0002   |
INTREL-GC: Global Commons   |
This course has been approved to count towards the International Relations major's Global Commons focus.   |