<p>Lecture, three hours. Examination of political forces that contribute to environmental policy outcomes in U.S. Exploration of how political identity, distributive conflict, economic mobilization, representation gaps, and inequality in exposure to environmental risks and benefits shape individual attitudes and collective decision making about environmental issues, including climate change. Letter grading.</p>

Public Affairs

Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs

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PUB AFF 162 - U.S. Environmental Politics

U.S. Environmental Politics

Students will gain competency in writing in different formats, including for academic and political or policy audiences.

Students will gain competency in identifying institutional obstacles and political opportunities for environmental change.

Students will gain understanding of representational biases in U.S. political systems that contribute to environmental injustice.

Students will gain understanding of social identity roots of environmental attitudes and environmental political coalitions.

Students will gain understanding of political logics of policy tools for addressing environmental problems.

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U.S. Environmental Politics

PUB AFF 162

4 units