GOVT118 CM - The Processes of Environmental Policymaking

This course focuses on how environmental, conservation, and natural-resource policies are developed and chosen in the policy processes of the United States and other countries. This focus permits examination of the methodologies of evaluating environmental policy options, the processes of policymaking, and the institutions involved in conservation, environmental improvement, and other policies that affect the environment. The analytic approaches include the policy sciences framework for understanding the process itself, the methodologies of ecosystem valuation, and the issues involved with different types of policy instruments for environmental and conservation management. Also listed as ECON 118 CM.

Prerequisite: GOVT 020 CM

Offered: Every year

Credit: 1

Course Number: GOVT118 CM