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PIED1330 Debating Europe20 credits semester 2• What is Europe? Does it matter?• Is Europe heading for ecologicalcatastrophe?• Is the EU (and are its member states)racist?• Is Europe safer now than it was during thecold-war?• Can Europe meet the challenge of anaging population?• How true is it to say that the EU has‘fundamentally failed its citizens’?Europe is a rapidly changing entity with little agreement about either what it is or where it isheading, with the early years of the 21 st Century leading to ever more questions about the natureof Europe: Is it right that Europe is often seen as synonymous with the EU? How safe is Europetoday? Can the EU ever hope to be democratic – and is it relevant anyway? Is Europe heading forecological crisis or are the critics doom mongers? Debating Europe will help you to answer suchquestions.The module uses a unique method centred (much as its title suggests) on accessing such issuesthrough staff and student debates, providing a lively and provocative yet informative method ofaccessing a number of subjects which profoundly shape the world within which we all live.Timing Weekly lectures Monday 4-5 Weekly seminars at a time to fit your timetable.Module Leader Dr Nick Robinson, room no SSB 13.44, 3434790, email: N.Robinson@leeds.ac.ukAssessment 20 minute group debate with accompanying written report (50%) 1 x 3000 word essay(50%)Short Reading List:Gowland, D., Dunphy, R. and Lythe, C. (2006) The European Mosaic (Harlow: Pearson), 3 rdEdition.Manners, I. (2003) Europe and the World: Between Regional Integration and Globalisation(Basingstoke: Palgrave) .Sakwa, R. and Stevens, A. (2006) Contemporary Europe (Basingstoke: Macmillan), 2 nd Edition.14
PIED1501 Global Politics and theEnvironment20 credits semester 2• Is a system of sovereign states conducive toenvironmental cooperation?• What is the extent of international cooperationin the "global commons" areas?• Are environmental NGOs a challenge tostates?• How does economic globalisation influenceenvironmental change?• Can we achieve ‘environmental security’?Everyone is concerned about the environment,but what can we do about it? What hope is there for the future of our planet? How can wemanage environmental problems on a global scale? Such questions are addressed in thisintroduction to the international relations of the environment – one module of two in this subjectarea which could collectively add a ‘global environment’ aspect to your degree programme, orsimply offer an alternative perspective in a single module. This level one module provides anintroduction to the political, legal, economic and spacial dimensions of the global commons - thoseareas beyond national jurisdiction and sometimes called the ‘common heritage’ of humankind -and the new environmental challenges to the management of our shared world are introduced inthe context of global politics. The module introduces such topics as: the limits of the territorialstate; the legal and political definitions of the global commons; international regimes; economicactivity, resources and the environment; and 'sustainable development'.. Interests and insightsestablished through this module at level one can be developed through a related ‘globalenvironment’ module at level three (Global Political Theory and the Environment).Timing Weekly lectures Tuesday 10-11 Weekly seminars at a time to fit your timetable.Module Leader Dr Hugh Dyer, email H.C.Dyer@leeds.ac.uk, room no SSB 13.36a 3436840Assessment 1 x 3 hour examinationShort Reading List:DeSombre, Elizabeth R. The Global Environment and World Politics (Continuum Press, 2002) [GeographyK-25 DES]Elliott, Lorraine The Global Politics of the Environment (New York, NY: New York University Press,1998) HDC [Politics C-6.9 ELL]Vogler, John The Global Commons: environmental and technological governance (Chichester; New York:J. Wiley & Sons, 2000) [Politics Q-0.7 VOG]15
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