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Seminar: 08-26-M13.1-1 Climate politics - Details

Seminar: 08-26-M13.1-1 Climate politics - Details

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Course name Seminar: 08-26-M13.1-1 Climate politics
Subtitle
Course number 08-26-M13.1-1
Semester SoSe 2026
Current number of participants 16
expected number of participants 30
Home institute Politik
Courses type Seminar in category Teaching
First date Monday, 13.04.2026 16:00 - 18:00, Room: UNICOM 3.0210 Seminarraum 2
Type/Form
Englischsprachige Veranstaltung Ja
Anzahl ältere Erwachsene 4
ECTS points 3/6

Module assignments

Comment/Description

In this course we study climate change as a political and social challenge using approaches from comparative politics and international political economy. Climate change raises questions of power, fairness and responsibility that are central to political analysis. The seminar examines why climate policies differ across countries, parties and governments and how citizens perceive fairness and justice in climate action.
The course is divided into two main parts. The first addresses the formation of climate policy and explores how public opinion, party competition and political communication shape the political supply of environmental policies. The second part focuses on inequality, justice and the social consequences of climate change, including vulnerability, protest and transitions. Students work with comparative case studies, survey and experimental evidence and recent empirical research.
By the end of the course students will be able to explain why climate change is a political issue, compare how institutions and interests influence climate policy, and evaluate questions of fairness, inequality and justice in climate action.

Literatur zur Vorbereitung/Preparatory Reading:

Tvinnereim, E., & Ivarsflaten, E. (2016). Fossil fuels, employment, and support for climate policies. Energy Policy, 96, 364–371.
Spoon, J., Hobolt, S. B., & De Vries, C. E. (2014). Going green: Explaining issue competition on the environment. European Journal of Political Research, 53(2), 363–380.
Lockwood, M. (2018). Right-wing populism and the climate change agenda. Environmental Politics, 27(4), 712–732.
Dolšak, N., & Prakash, A. (2022). Three faces of climate justice. Annual Review of Political Science, 25, 283–301.
Thomas, K. et al. (2019). Explaining differential vulnerability to climate change: A social science review. WIREs Climate Change, 10(2), e565.
Bolet, D., Green, F., & González-Eguino, M. (2024). How to get coal country to vote for climate policy. American Political Science Review, 118(3), 1344–1359.

Prüfungsleistungen und CP/Assignments and Credits:

Presentation and written report for 3 CP / Presentation and term paper for 6 CP.
(Referat und schriftliche Ausarbeitung bei 3 CP; Referat und Hausarbeit bei 6 CP.)

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