Dr. Öğretim Üyesi Gülçin Tunç E-mail: gulcintunc@uludag.edu.tr Tel: 0224 2941171 Adres: Uludağ Üniversitesi İİBF Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü, Görükle Kampusu 16059 Nilüfer/Bursa
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Objective of the Course:
To enable students to comprehend the multi-scalar (body, local, micro regional, national, macro regional and global) relations between ecological crisis and different dimensions of the social structure (economic, political, social and cultural).
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Contribution of the Course to Professional Development
Contribution to academic development
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Learning Outcomes:
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To be able to identify the economic, political, and socio-cultural factors behind ecological degradation. ;
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To be able to compare between apolitical and political approaches in the field of ecology and identify their differences.;
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To learn about the different meanings attached to the concepts of nature and environment. ;
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To learn about the changing relation between humans and nature throughout history.;
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To learn and compare between different approaches to nature- society relations and the mitigation of environmental risks in economic thought. ;
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To learn the basic assumptions, arguments and concepts employed by the political ecology perspective. ;
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To learn the basic of the political ecology literature.;
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To be able to analyse the processes of urban growth, urban waste management, urban tourism and urban food regimes from the perspective of political ecology.;
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Course Content:
Week
Theoretical
Practical
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Building the Relations Between Ecology, Economy, and Politics
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Nature, Environment and Society
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Environment in Economic Thought
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Environmental Economics
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Ecological Economics
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Anthropocene or the Capitalocene Epoch?
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Political Ecology-I
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Political Ecology-II
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Urban Political Ecology-I: Redefining the “Urban”
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Urban Political Ecology-II: Basic metabolic processes
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Political ecology of urban growth
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Political ecology of urban waste
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Political ecology of urban tourism
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Political ecology of food regimes
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Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:
-John Barry/ Environment and Society - Charles R. Beaton & Chris Maser/ - Economics and Ecology - Paul Robbins/ Political Ecology_A Critical Introduction - Magnus Boström& Debra J. Davidson/ Environment and Society - Tom Perreault& Gavin Bridge& James McCarthy - The Routledge Handbook of Political Ecology
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Assesment
TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES
NUMBER
PERCENT
Midterm Exam
1
40
Quiz
0
0
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
Final Exam
1
60
Total
2
100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade
40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade
60
Total
100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Written examination including true/ false and essay type questions.
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE
Activites
NUMBER
TIME [Hour]
Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical
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3
42
Practicals/Labs
0
0
0
Self Study and Preparation
10
8
80
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
0
Projects
0
0
0
Field Studies
0
0
0
Midtermexams
1
12
12
Others
0
0
0
Final Exams
1
16
16
Total WorkLoad
150
Total workload/ 30 hr
5
ECTS Credit of the Course
5
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CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
