| Kommentar |
Inhalt: Climate change and the environment are becoming central topics for politics and societies in many countries. This course introduces students to the politics surrounding the environment,with a focus on political behavior, party politics and policy-making. It will provide an overview of the main debates on the environment within political science, also integrating research from economics. The focus will be - but is not limited to – established democracies in the Global North and quantitative empirical research. Prior knowledge of hypothesis testing and familiarity with quantitative methods is essential to participate. Participants must prepare a presentation and write an empirical research design paper (inEnglish) to receive full credit. |
| Literatur |
- Bernauer, Thomas (2013) Climate Change Politics. Annual Review of Political Science 16,421-448.
- Cao, Xun et al (2013). Research Frontiers in Comparative and International EnvironmentalPolitics: An Introduction. Comparative Political Studies 47, 291-308.
- Howe, Peter et al. (2019). How will climate change shape climate opinion? EnvironmentalResearch Letters 14, 113001. |
