Middlebury

ENVS0385A-S20

Global Political Ecology

Global Political Ecology
From global land grabs and agrarian revolutionary movements to clashes over energy infrastructure and the establishment of protected areas, today’s “environmental issues” are suffused with political relations and deeply entangled with the historical formations of capitalism, colonialism, the state, and science. In this seminar we will analyze how “social” questions of power, political economy, and social struggle, pervade the “natural” (and vice versa). Such questions are invariably messy and full of surprises, confounding reduction to universal theories extended from afar. Often, they require a close in-the-weeds look. That is what this class will invite you to do. The field of political ecology offers a rich repertoire of approaches for developing empirically grounded, historically contextualized, and theoretically nuanced forms of analysis that grapple with the situated complexities of resource and environmental issues. (ENVS 0211 or PSCI 0214) 3 hrs. sem.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
21771
Subject Code:
ENVS
Course Number:
0385
Section Identifier:
A

Course

ENVS 0385

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Spring 2020

ENVS0385A-S20 Seminar (Suarez)