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Course Information Class Time: Monday/Wednesday 1:25-2:15 + section (Wed. 2:30-3:20 or Wed. 3:35-4:25)Classroom: 14 Fernow Hall Blackboard site: http://blackboard.cornell.edu & go to Environmental Governance (NTRES331) Instructor: Professor Steven Wolf Office: 124 Fernow Hall, Department of Natural Resources Email: saw44@cornell.edu Phone: (607) 255-7778 Teaching Assistant: Kathy Mills *Note: This course is normally a 3-credit course, but it may be taken at the graduate level as NTRES631 for 4 credits. Course Description Environmental governance is defined as the assemblage of institutions that regulate society-nature interactions and shape environmental outcomes across a range of spatial and temporal scales. Institutions, broadly defined, are mechanisms of social coordination including laws (formal) and social norms (informal) that guide the behavior of individuals. Participants in the course will explore the roles of governments, markets, and collective action in environmental management and mismanagement. We will emphasize interactions among leading environmental policy strategies: public regulation, market-based incentives, and community-based resource management.Traditionally, political science and government studies have focused on the nation state and questions of public policy. Economics has principally concerned itself with patterns of private exchange in markets. And, sociology has addressed norms, values and community interactions. We will borrow from each of these academic traditions to offer an interdisciplinary perspective for thinking about environmental degradation and resource conservation. Empirical examples of governance arrangements from different parts of the world, different historical periods, and different ecological contexts (e.g., forestry, fisheries, agriculture, land use planning, urban air quality) will highlight opportunities and constraints to progress. The course is focused around a set of analytic perspectives. These theoretical frameworks allow us to synthesize empirical observations and material changes in ways that inform our understanding of contemporary evolution of environmental policy and management. Visit Course Resources to see the syllabus and reading list, or Student Products to see examples of projects students have created for this course. |
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