Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science: Politics of Sustainability

<p>The Politics of Sustainability course addresses political approaches to and perspectives on sustainability issues and place these in relation to the actual ability to address sustainability challenges. </p><p>The course tackles both central political factors and the creation of alternative pathways towards change. The main focuses of the course are:</p><p>the concept of politics, its history and components;</p><ul><li>current political forms and challenges in connection to sustainability issues and our ability to address sustainability challenges;</li><li>how political actors and processes collaborate or clash on different levels and scales, across time and geographies;</li><li>alternative approaches to politically engaged societal change, including addressing central elements of justice, religion, and ethnicity.</li></ul>