Topics in environmental politics, policy, and law. In U.S. domestic politics, an emphasis on the role and impact of the environmental movement; regulation and proposals for more flexible responses to achieve environmental goals; collective action and free rider problems; the role of science in environmental policy-making in a democracy; courts and the impact of federalism, commerce clause, and rights on regulation. Since environmental problems cross both state and national boundaries, we will examine the role of not only national but also supra-national organizations and institutions in managing environmental problems, with special attention to the European Union and additional attention to more developed/less developed world environmental controversies. We seek to understand patterns of responses to environmental problems and possible future options in different issue areas. Environmental topics include most of the following: air and water pollution, toxic and radioactive waste, sustainable development, ecology, natural resource management, wilderness, environmental racism, green movement, workplace environment, ozone depletion, global warming.
Fall 2002 Nackenoff
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