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Dec 08, 2025
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POLS 5260 - Politics of the Contemporary Environmental Movement
Analysis of the U.S. modern environmental movement including the characteristics and contributions of the mainstream; radical environmentalists’ tactics and philosophies; grassroots environmentalism, and the role of women in environmental activism, and environmental racism and justice, and the role of people of color in the environmental movement.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss the catalysts for environmental activism by people of color; define key terms including disproportionate impact, and environmental justice; and critically analyze environmental racism, differentiating between discriminatory impact and disc
- Discuss the characteristics and contributions of the environmental mainstream, and explain the significance of
- Discuss the evolution of grassroots environmental activism; explain the contributions made by women, and analyze the forms of gender discrimination faced by women activists.
- Discuss the tactics and philosophies of radical environmentalism; differentiate between civil disobedience and ecotage; explain how radical environmentalists justify ecotage; and critically analyze
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