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| Semester | fall semester 2018 |
| Course frequency | Every fall sem. |
| Lecturers | Aya Kachi (aya.kachi@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | In a globalizing world, energy and climate challenges reach beyond national borders. For example, the concentration of greenhouse gases---hence climate change---is determined by the emissions of all nations. Consequently policy strategies to address climate change require collective efforts from all nations. However, achieving international and transnational cooperation for providing global public goods is subject to conflicting interests and can be very difficult. Multiple political and economic actors have to find a way to agree on a single policy protocol. These conflicting interests among nation states and their resolution raise many important and challenging questions for policymakers and researchers. Among all countries that are highly heterogeneous (e.g. in terms of polluting behavior, vulnerability, political interests, economic capacity) what is ``fair" burden-sharing for global solutions? Who should be deciding on the allocation of such burden? How and by whom should actors' compliance with global protocols be monitored? How can we enforce these protocols when there is no ``world government"? As you might have already wondered, the need for cooperation and the difficulty due to conflicting interests reside not only between countries but also between multiple actors within a country. For any energy- and environment-related policies, national governments are expected to be responsive to voters' (citizens') preferences, but they also constantly face the demand from domestic interest groups with competing preferences. Furthermore, what we call ``the government" in reality is typically divided into different branches, such as parliament, local governments, courts, and bureaucratic offices. They all operate under varying principles and incentives. The complex domestic policy process raises important issues regarding how a government can justifiably aggregate competing interests among domestic actors. Based on studies in Economics and Political Science (international relations), this course first identifies and provides an overview of relevant policy issues, actors, and institutions in the context of global energy and climate governance. In particular, the course is aimed to gathering a better understanding of political and economic dilemmas associated with domestic and international cooperation on energy and climate policy. Along the course, we study both what constitutes 'good" or ``legitimate" transnational governance in terms of participation, rule-making, monitoring and enforcement, as well as how certain governance structures affect political and economic outcomes in our societies. The course should be of interest particularly---but not limited---to students who are interested in international energy and climate policy-making as well as in academic research involving international relations and international cooperation. Active participation in class is required to complete the course. |
| Learning objectives | The goal of this course is to provide an overview of issues associated with collective policy-making in climate and energy policy domains from political-economic perspectives. |
| Bibliography | Reading materials ("required" or "recommended") are mainly from published scholarly articles, book chapters and reports by international organizations. All these materials will be provided for download on ADAM. |
| Weblink | Weblink |
| Admission requirements | No special requirements. However, basic knowledge of microeconomics and game theory will be useful. |
| Course application | Registration: Please enrol in MOnA. EUCOR-Students and students of other Swiss Universities have to enrol at the students administration office (studseksupport1@unibas.ch) within the official enrolment period. Enrolment = Registration for the exam! |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Electives Bachelor Business and Economics: Recommendations (Bachelor's degree subject: Business and Economics) Modul: Vertiefung Politikwissenschaft B.A. (Bachelor's degree subject: Political Science) Modul: Wirtschaft in Osteuropa (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies) Modul: Wirtschaft in Osteuropa (Bachelor's degree subject: Eastern European Cultures) Module: Economics II (Bachelor's Studies: Business and Economics) |
| Assessment format | end-of-semester examination |
| Assessment details | (1) Active participation (2) Written final exam: you will take a 75-minute written exam during the university's final exam period after the semester. The exam consists of (a) true-false, (b) multiple-choice, (c) short-answer, and (d) open-ended questions. The questions should be answered in English; however, grammatical elements are of less importance in earning points. (3) Group activity - policy and business case study at the end of the semester. Final Exam: 24.01.19; 14:15-15:35; Bernoullianum: A-Z. You can still withdraw from the examination by submitting a completed, signed form to our office from 16.10.18 until 26.10.18 / 12:00 o’clock. Withdrawals sent by email will not be accepted. You will find the examination withdrawal form on the Homepage of the Student Dean’s Office. Prior to 15.10.18, please only use MONA for withdrawing. The exam rooms will be published up to 09.12.18. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Registration: course registration |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | 1-6 0,1 |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Business and Economics , studiendekanat-wwz@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Faculty of Business and Economics |