Ronald B. Mitchell, Professor

PS477/577 Lecture notes: Suggested Uses and Caveat

  • All lectures are copyright of Ronald Mitchell
  • These are lecture notes from approximately 2018 and are simply an archive for use as people see fit.
  • Provided as a service to students to facilitate note-taking during class.  They are not a substitute for class attendance. I produce these for my own use and they may have inaccuracies, for which, my apologies. If you miss a lecture, you may want to see if you can find my video of the corresponding lecture at my Youtube website
  • They do not provide complete coverage of topics discussed in class and may have little relationship to the content of a lecture. They currently follow the planned schedule for the course but may not correspond exactly to scheduled lecture dates. Download notes as they become available, print them out double-spaced and annotate them during lecture.

LECTURE NOTES WILL BE POSTED A DAY OR TWO BEFORE EACH CLASS.

WeekDateLecture – Powerpoint
1TuesdayLecture 1: Introduction
1ThursdayLecture 2: Types of Intl Envl Problems
2TuesdayLecture 3: Causality
2ThursdayLecture 4: Economic and Legal Perspectives and the Tragedy of the Commons
3TuesdayLecture 5: Ecophilosopical and Political Perspectives
3ThursdayLecture 6: Scientific Perspectives and Sustainability science
4TuesdayLecture 7: Science and problem identification – Guest Lecture by Prof. Jennifer Hadden, University of Maryland
5TuesdayLecture 9: Negotiation Practice + some Final Paper Ideas
5ThursdayLecture 10: Guest Lecture by Prof. Jessica Green, University of Toronto
6TuesdayLecture 11: Compliance
6ThursdayLecture 12: Writing a good research paper
7TuesdayLecture 13: Relative Effectiveness
7ThursdayLecture 14: Free Trade and the Environment
8TuesdayLecture 15: Sustainable development
8ThursdayLecture 16: Environmental security
9TuesdayLecture 17: Climate Change (1 lecture over 2 days)
9TuesdayHappy Thanksgiving
10TuesdayLecture 19: Climate Change (Part 2 of lecture from week 9 Tuesday)