C O U R S E D E S C R I P T I O N
This course will examine the policy problems and issues faced at the national and international level concerned with the protection of the environment and with the development of the biotechnonological revolution. The course will be divided into three segments:
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The economic, political and cultural context of environmental problems: A general overview
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Review of the current ecotheories -
The "Sustainability principle": Review and critique -
The international debate on the development of global ecostandards
Assessing the possible changes induced by the biotechnological revolution
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Pessimistic scenarios -
Optimistic scenarios -
The real problems that economists, social scientists and policy makers will have to cope with
Designing the new global eco-institutions
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The institutions for an integrated management of the ecosphere -
The "biocybernation institutions" for channelling the biotech revolution
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