"Global Climate Change: Policy & Society" - Special Topics Seminar

Instructors

• Yael Wolinsky - 847 4671156 - 2010 Sheridan Road # 108

Meeting Info

• University Hall 318 - Tu 2:00PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

• The goal of this course is to examine global climate change both as a policy issue and as a phenomenon that has affected society and culture. We will compare climate change policy-making at the international, national, state, and local levels. We will examine several dimensions of climate change policies including reaction to scientific information, evaluation of costs versus benefits under uncertainty, leadership, and openness to adaptation. We will then look at how society has reacted to policy-making on climate change. We will compare trends in public attitudes on climate change and examine the relationship between public policy and civic action. We will also look at how the issue of climate change has spread beyond politics and is finding new expressions in the arts, architecture, and other realms of culture.

Class Materials (Required)

• Rabe, Greenhouse Governance
  9780815703310
  
  Kolbert, Field Notes From A Catastrophe
  9781596911253

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