Environmental Politics
Postgraduate
In Keele
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Postgraduate
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Keele
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Environmental problems are indisputably a part of the contemporary political landscape. Societies across the globe increasingly confront innumerable and often inter-related environmental challenges ranging from climate change and loss of biodiversity to local conflicts about land-use. Each of these challenges has political, economic, cultural and ethical dimensions; each provides an opportunity to rethink longstanding debates and opens up new fields of political enquiry.
SPIRE’s Masters in Environmental Politics has run since 1996 and is taught by some of the most prominent figures in the field. The course is designed for people who wish to understand and analyse the wide range of political and policy questions thrown up by increasingly complicated environmental problems. It has attracted students from all over the UK, the EU and the world. The international mix of students and staff adds greatly to the nature of discussion and learning.
Keele University has an unrivalled reputation for its work in Environmental Politics, with internationally recognised experts in various fields of social science environmental research particularly in the fields of sociology, political theory, economics, international relations, environmental ethics and public policy. Our interdisciplinary approach, together with a large and active research community on environmental issues within Keele, contributes to a thriving intellectual culture of which you can expect to be a part as an Environmental Politics student.
The course is taught over a 12 month period (September-September; January-January). It is available as a full-time and/or part-time mode of study. Students completing the course have gone on to a variety of careers in the public, private and voluntary sectors.
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Prospective students should have a first or good second-class honours degree, or its equivalent. This first degree should be in Politics or International Relations, or any other social science subject (e.g. Law or Sociology), or a humanities subject (e.g. History, Philosophy, English, or Modern languages).
Where English is not a first language, proof of English language competence will be required (IELTS 6.0 or equivalent, with a minimum of 5.5 in each sub-test).
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Subjects
- Politics
- International
- International Relations
- Global
- Public
- Climate Change
- Political Theory
- Climate
Course programme
You will study the following core modules:
• Advanced Approaches to Politics and International Relations*
• Research in Action*
• Perspectives in Politics and International Relations*
• Dissertation
The following is a list of indicative elective modules:
Climate Change: Governance, Power and Society
Dimensions of Environmental Politics
Environmental Decision Making: The Case of Complex Technologies
Environmental Diplomacy
Green Political Theory
The EU and the Global Commons
Approaches to Dialogue
Comparative European Politics
Crisis, Continuity and Change: Trends and Issues in Contemporary Global History
Diplomatic Law
Diplomatic Practice
Equality, Discrimination and Minorities
Foundations of Human Rights
Human Rights and Global Politics
International Environmental Law
Learning and Research Skills
Maritime Security
Parties and Democracy
Party Politics and the European Union
Race and Justice: Civil Rights in the US
Rethinking Fault-Lines: Beyond the East/West Divide in Global Politics
The Changing International Agenda
The Politics of Sin: Culture Wars in the US
The Theory of Global Security
The US Presidency and Public Policy
War, Memory and Popular Culture
* Please note: this is a pathway of the MA in Politics and International Relations. For further details on this course, please visit our website
Environmental Politics