Bren School of Environmental Science and Management

ESM 595E
Science, Politics, & the Environment

Location: Bren Hall 1510 (Oak Room)

Course grading option: Pass/No Pass
Instruction ends: June 8
Quarter ends: June 15
Grades due: June 20
Units: 2.0 to 4.0
Maximum enrollment: 20
Enrolled: 16
Course syllabus
Reading list

Meeting times:
Session #1 - 5 April, 9-10:50
Session #2 - 9 April, noon-1:50
Session #3 - 23 April, noon-1:50
Session #4 - 25 April, 9-10:50
Session #5 - 2 May, 9-10:50
Session #6 - 9 May, 9-10:50
Session #7 - 16 May, 9-10:50
Session #8 - 21 May, noon-1:50
Session #9 - 30 May, 9-10:50
Session #10 - 6 June, 9-10:50

Course readings (in syllabus order)
NOTE: two copies of the course readings will be provided in the Bren Periodicals Room, 3L;
class notes produced by the instructor are included below with the readings for the relevant sessions.

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Session #1
Notes for Session #1

Downs, Anthony, 1998, Political Theory and Public Choice, Edward Elgar, Northampton, Mass., pp. 100-112. (63KB)

Cozzens, Susan E. and Edward J. Woodhouse, 1995, "Science, Government, and the Politics of Knowledge," in Sheila Jasanoff et al. eds., Handbook of Science and Technology Studies, Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 533-553. (1.2MB)

Schreurs, Miranda, "Divergent Paths: Environmental Policy in Germany, the United States, and Japan," Environment, 45, 8. (5.3MB)



Session #2
Notes for Session #2
Session 2 notes E.C.Myers.doc

Day, Jon, memo, "Philosophical and practical differences between research scientists and environmental managers." (35KB)

Miller, Norman, 2002, "Uncertain Science - Uncertain Politics," in Norman Miller, Environmental Politics: Interest Groups, the Media, and the Making of Policy, Boca Ration: Lewis Publishers, 65-80. (980KB)

Choi, Bernard C.K. et al., 2005, "Can scientists and policy makers work together?" Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 59:632-637. (191KB)

Bimber, Bruce and David H. Guston, 1995, "Politics by the Same Means: Government and Science in the United States," in Sheila Jasanoff et al. eds., Handbook of Science and Technology Studies, Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 554-571 (1MB)

Greenberg, Daniel, 2001, "The Ossified Enterprise," in Daniel Greenberg, Science, Money, and Politics, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 23-40. (905KB)

Greenberg, Daniel, 2001, "The Ethical Erosion of Science," in Daniel Greenberg, Science, Money, and Politics, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 348-364. (902KB)

Skodvin, Tora and Arild Underdal, 2000, "Exploring the dynamics of the science-politics interaction," in Steinar Andresen et al., Science and politics in international environmental regimes. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 22-34. (733KB)

Freudenburg, William R., 2005, "Seeding Science: Courting Solutions," Sociological Forum, 20:1, March. (105KB)

William R. Freudenburg, "Scientific Certainty Argumentation Methods (SCAMs): Science and the Politics of Doubt," Sociological Inquiry, 77:2, forthcoming. (171KB)



Session #3
Notes for Session #3

Haas, Peter M. "Introduction: Epistemic Communities and International Policy Coordination," International Organization, 46: 1-35 (4MB)

Reinicke, Wolfgang (1999): The other world wide web: Global public policy networks. Foreign Policy 117, 44-59. (1.3MB)

Guston et al., 2000, "Report of the Workshop on Boundary Organizations and Science," Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs (308KB)

Litfin, Karen T., 1995, "Framing Science: Precautionary Discourses and the Ozone Treaties," Journal of International Studies, 24:2, 251-277. (3MB)

CHSRF/FCRSS, 2004, "The Third Community: Knowledge Brokers, Research, and Policy," Report on the Third Annual National Knowledge Brokering Workshop and Professional Development Day of the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Vancouver, Canada, October 25-26. (214KB)

Adger, Neil et al., 2001, "Advancing a Political Ecology of Global Environmental Discourses," Development and Change, 32:4, 681-715(35) (230KB)

Jasanoff, Sheila, 1996, "Beyond Epistemology: Relativism and Engagement in the Politics of Science" (2.5MB)



Session #4
Notes for Session #4

Clark, William, Ronald B Mitchell, et al., "Information as Influence: How institutions mediate the impact of scientific assessments on global environmental affairs" (251KB)

Arild Underdal, "Science and politics: the anatomy of an uneasy partnership," in Steinar Andresen et al. eds., Science and politics in international environmental regimes. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000, 1-21 (1.1MB)



Session #5
Notes for Session #5

Larkin, Peter A., 1977, "An Epitaph for the Concept of Maximum Sustainable Yield," Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 1-11. (217KB)

Andresen, Steinar, 2000, "The Whaling regime," in Steinar Andresen et al., Science and politics in international environmental regimes, Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK, 33-69. - references (2.1MB)

COMPASS, "Scientific Consensus Statement on Ecosystem-Based Management" (729KB)

Elfin, James, 2004, "International Cooperation in Environmental Politics: Ecosystem Management of the Great Lakes and the Baltic Sea," 2970323 in Neil E. Harrison and Gary C. Bryner eds., Science and Politics in the International Environment, Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham, US. (1.8MB)

Session #6
Notes for Session #6

Rutford, Robert H., 1986, "Summary of Science in Antarctica Prior to and Including the International Geophysical Year," in Polar Research Board, Antarctic Treaty System: An Assessment, Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 87-101. (78KB)

Budd, William F., 1986, "The Antarctic Treaty as a Scientific Mechanism (Post-IGY)," in Polar Research Board, Antarctic Treaty System: An Assessment, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 103-151. (1.9MB)

Zumberge, James H. "The Antarctic Treaty System as a Scientific Mechanism: The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research and the Antarctic Treaty System," in Polar Research Board, Antarctic Treaty System: An assessment, Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 153-168 (1.1MB)

Roots, E. Fred, "The Role of Science in the Antarctic Treaty System," in Polar Research Board, Antarctic Treaty System: An Assessment, Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 169-184 (1.1MB)

Berkman, Paul A., "Science Into Policy: Global Lessons from Antarctica," Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University; Academic Press (101KB)
Antarctic Treaty Searchable Database (http://aspire.nvi.net)



Session #7
Notes for Session #7

Edwards, Paul N., 2001, "Representing the Global Atmosphere: Computer Models, Data, and Knowledge about Climate Change," in Clark Miller and Paul Edwards eds., Changing the Atmosphere: Expert Knowledge and Environmental Governance," MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 31-65. (1.6MB)

Bolin, Bert, 1997, "Scientific Assessment of Climate Change," in Gunnar Fermann ed., International Politics of Climate Change, Scandinavian University Press, Oslo, 83-109 (1.4MB)

Boehmer-Christiansen, Sonja, 1997, "Uncertainty in the Service of Science: Between Scientific Policy and the Politics of Power," in Gunnar Fermann ed., International Politics of Climate Change, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, 110-152. (2.3MB) - references (1.3MB)

Edwards, Paul N. and Stephen H. Schneider, 2001, "Self-Governance and Peer Review in Science-for-Policy: The Case of the IPCC Second Assessment Report," in Clark Miller and Paul Edwards eds., Changing the Atmosphere: Expert Knowledge and Environmental Governance, MIT Press, Cambridge, 219-246. (1.3MB) - references (1.6MB)

IPCC WG 1, AR4, Summary for Policymakers (1.3MB)



Session #8
Notes for Session #8

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005, Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Synthesis," Island Press, Washington, DC, 1-24 (3.1MB)

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Current State and Trends, Island Press, Washington, DC, 1, 1-23 (2.1MB) - references (1.1MB)

Norgaard, Richard B., "The Ringing Bell that Clanks" (1.2MB)

Carpenter et. al., Stephen R., "Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Research Needs" (61KB)



Session #9
Notes for Session #9

Bush, Vannevar, "Science: The Endless Frontier" (124KB)

Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, "Unlocking Our Future: Toward a New National Science Policy" (977KB)

Polanyi, Michael, "The Republic of Science" (1.4MB)

Jasanoff, Sheila, 2005, "The New Social Contract," in Sheila Jasanoff, Designs on Nature, Princeton University Press, 225-246 (2.0MB) - references (1.2MB)



Session #10
Notes for Session #10

Kates, Robert, 2000. Sustainability Science. Presented at World Academies Conference Transition to Sustainability in 21st Century, 5/18, Tokyo, Japan (111KB)

Kates, Robert et al., 2001, "Sustainability Science," Science, 27 292:5517, April, 641 - 642.
short (95KB) - long (202KB)

David Cash et al., "Knowledge Systems for Sustainable Development," (1.6MB)

Clark, W. C. (2007). "Sustainability science: A room of its own." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104(6):1737-1738. (296KB)

McNie, Elizabeth C. "Reconciling the Supply of Scientific Information with User Demand" (433KB)