The Politics of Environmental Crises

Catalog description

This course helps students understand what happens during and after a disaster in terms of politics and policy. It is structured around five themes: crisis detection; decision-making and coordination; crisis communication; accountability; and learning and policy change. During the course, we will apply each of these themes to case studies of environmental crises, for example oil spills and chemical leaks. Readings will be a combination of theory and case studies from around the world. 001554