Overview
Environmental destruction and climate change are urgent planetary problems. Framed by Mātauranga Māori, de/anticolonial and justice theories this course examines the politics of environmental and climate (in)justice.
As environmental disasters – from floods to drought, fires to species extinctions – dominate the news many of us ask: what can we do about it? To assist answering that question POLS224 | POLS324 examines such things as modern theories of justice versus environmental reality, individualised property regimes versus collective good, colonialism versus te Ao Māori, positivism versus mātauranga Māori, universalism versus localism, and seeks just ways forward. Case studies will be drawn from Aotearoa and global experiences of environmental and climate injustice. We look at the foundations of liberal political thinking and draw from critical and decolonial theory and te ao Māori in our search for useful tools to fashion just decolonial environmental politics.
About this paper
| Paper title | Current Issues in Environmental Politics |
|---|---|
| Subject | Politics |
| EFTS | 0.1500 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,040.70 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 18 100-level POLS points or 108 points
- Restriction
- POLS 324
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Notes
- May not be credited together with POLS330 passed in 2022, 2023, 2024.