Politics 341: The Politics of Environmental Policy
Making
Spring 2008
TuTh 8:00-9:300 am Collins 210
LAB Th 1-4 pm Collins 211
Dr.
Joe Bowersox
Department of Environmental and Earth Science
Collins 206, 370-6220, jbowerso@willamette.edu
Office Hours: Tu 1-2 pm, W1:00-2:00 pm, or by appointment
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| 1/15 | Introduction: PBDEs and the Policy Sciences | Syllabus, "American Politics 1 vs. 100." Class handouts | ||
| 1/17 | A. Democracy, technology and progress. B. Environmental Policy and the Legal Apparatus |
L. Marx (distributed); Federalist 10 (distributed); EL ch. 1 | ||
| 1/17 | LAB | Intro to Problem Oriented Learning: Spatial Dimensions of Alternative Transportation Planning. | ||
1/22 |
A. "This Land Was Your Land, this Land is My Land" B. Environmental Politics--Learning from History. |
Jefferson, Jackson, Catlin, Seattle, Pinchot, Muir(distributed).
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| 1/24 | Introduction to Climate Change | GCC ch 1&2. | ||
| 1/24 | LAB | Intro to GIS: Spatial analysis of electoral trends and issue salience | ||
| 1/29 | Ecological, Economic, and Cultural Impacts of Climate Change | GCC ch 3&4; Northwest and National Synthesis Reports | ||
| 1/31 | The Politics of Climate Change |
"FOCUS THE NATION" Special Session. Meet in Montag Den. GCC chapters 5-6; handout. |
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| 1/31 |
LAB |
Vector GIS: using GIS to visualize urbanization, suburbanization, and aggregate socio-economic data | ||
| 2/5 | A Change In Political Climate? | Shellenberger & Nordhaus (distributed) | ||
| 2/7 | Value pluralism, political economy, science, and the adversarial system |
"Economic Myths;" Costanza, 2001 (distributed); EL ch.2; Local Development and Amenities (distributed). | ||
| 2/7 | LAB | Vector GIS (continued): Salem development data | ||
| 2/12 | Methodological Issues: Ways of Analyzing Policy | Dudley, et al; Schlager/Blomquist (distributed) | ||
| 2/14 | Why Regulate? | EL ch. 4. | ||
| 2/14 | LAB |
Introduction to raster GIS: working with vegetation, elevation, and slope. | ||
| 2/19 | Review and discussion of research topics |
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| 2/21 | MIDTERM
EXAM NUMBER 1 |
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| 2/21 | Lab: Corridor work |
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| 2/26 | Toxics | EL ch 7 | ||
| 2/28 | Toxics/waste | EL ch. 8, handouts. | ||
| 2/28 | LAB | Raster GIS (Continued). Basic Modelling. | ||
| 2/28 | SELC/CSC LECTURE:
LYNN MARGULIS, 7 PM HUDSON HALL |
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| 3/4 | waste | EL ch. 8, handouts. | ||
| 3/6 | Endangered Species | EL ch. 10; Soule et al. 2003; Beschta 2005; Ripple and Beschta 2004 (distributed). | ||
| 3/11 | TBA Research Paper Proposals Due |
TBA | ||
| 3/13 | NO CLASS! |
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| 3/13 | LAB | Group work on transportation corridor planning | ||
| 3/18 | Politics of Water | EL ch. 6. | ||
| 3/20 | Water and Wetlands--Science | Wetlands, chs. 1 & 2. | ||
| 3/20 | LAB | Group work on transportation corridor planning | ||
| MARCH 24-28 SPRING BREAK |
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| 3/29 | SELC
Lecture: Dr. Michael Mann on Climate Change: Past and Present (7
pm Loucks Auditorium) |
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| 4/1 | Wetlands--History, Politics, and Value | Wetlands, chs. 4-6OECA Compliance Report | ||
| 4/3 | Local Wetlands Challenges | Wetlands, chs. 3 & 7; Planning Documents. | ||
| 4/3 | LAB | Modelling for decision-making | ||
| 4/8 | Review | |||
| 4/10 | MIDTERM
EXAM NUMBER 2 |
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| 4/10 | LAB | Working with remotely sensed data--satellite image interpretation | ||
| 4/15 | The politics of land use planning | Marsh (distributed) | ||
| 4/16 | STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP
RECOGNITION DAY |
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| 4/17 | land use planning (continued) | TBA | ||
| 4/17 | LAB |
Pulling it all together: Regional Environmental Planning in the Willamette Valley | ||
| 4/22 | land use planning (continued) | TBA | ||
| 4/24 | Final Project Presentations | |||
| 4/24 | LAB | Pulling it all together: Regional Environmental Planning in the Willamette Valley | ||
| 4/24 | SELC/CSC
Lecture: Ralph Cavanaugh on Energy Policy (7 pm. Hudson Hall) |
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| 4/29 | Final Project Presentations | |||
| 5/1 | Final
Papers Due |
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