Course Description
An in-depth exploration of key social and political concepts and theories related to natural resource management and environmental governance. The course includes foundational and applied scholarship on social behavior regarding the environment and natural resources, feedbacks between social and ecological systems, and policy frameworks for natural resource management
Athena Title
Social Pol Theory NR Mgmt
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
- Describe, explain, and compare major theories and concepts related to natural resource social science.
- Understand major debates and controversies related to theories of human social and political organization regarding natural resources.
- Assess the strengths and weaknesses of particular theories and articulate these in writing.
- Integrate social and political theoretical frameworks into their own scholarship.
Topical Outline
- Introduction
- Rational actor theories
- Nature-society interactions
- Trust and legitimacy
- Access and property
- The state in environmental governance
- Government and governance
- Institutions and institutional work
- Resilience and social-ecological systems
- Communities and natural resources
- Discourse and expertise
