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Course description

This course will be offered as the Level 2 POLS2115 in 2014 and will move to the Level 3 POLS3115 from 2015. Students who commenced their program prior to 2014 and who wish to obtain credit for this course as a Level 2 should enrol in this course in 2014. From 2015 students who complete this course will obtain credit as a Level 3 course. Please note: the course Levels are not interchangeable ¿ if the course is completed as a Level 2 it cannot be credited as a Level 3. Introduction to environmental politics. How can the environment be protected and sustained against the power of economic forces and land-use development? What factors help to explain why some countries are successful and others fail? Australian and foreign experience examined.