PL32105: The political economy of environmental breakdown and the green transition
[Page last updated: 25 April 2025]
| Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | CWRG 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Country-based climate policy assessment (CWRG 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
Students successfully completing this unit will be able to demonstrate:
芒锟铰nderstanding of the interaction between political and economic factors on climate change.
芒锟铰nderstanding of the connection between historical economic development and current environmental crises.
芒锟铰nowledge of current economic policies proposed across the political divide to deal with climate change.
芒锟铰nowledge of key socio-economic impacts of environmental breakdown.
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| Synopsis: | "Explore the global political economy of climate change.
You will study how states pursuit of economic development has impacted the environment and how economic thinking has evolved to deal with the fallout from environmental breakdown.
You will learn about:
- the links between capitalist development and climate change
- the role that resource extraction played in socialist economies
- state-of-the-art economic policies proposed to bring about the green transition "
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| Content: | This unit will cover some or all of the following topics: fossil capitalism; the resource curse; carbon pricing; the Green New Deal; eco-socialism; degrowth; emissions trading; climate finance and stranded assets; ESG investing; from petro-states to electro-states.
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| Course availability: |
PL32105 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Economics
- UHES-AAB01 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Politics with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- UHES-AKB01 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Politics with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHES-ACB01 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Politics with Combined Placement and Study Abroad (Year 4)
- UHES-AFB11 : BSc(Hons) Economics with Politics (Year 3)
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- UHPL-AYB43 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio French) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB44 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio German) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB47 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Italian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB48 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Mandarin) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB46 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Russian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB45 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Spanish) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB43 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (French) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB44 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (German) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB45 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (Spanish) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AFB53 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations (Year 3)
- UHPL-AAB30 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AKB30 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHPL-AFB54 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics (Year 3)
- UHPL-AAB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics with Year long work placement (Year 4)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2025/26.
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