Course description
This course aims to introduce the students to the concept of sustainability in applying it to the case of India. As this class doesn’t expect any broader knowledge of the Indian subcontinent, the course will start in introducing the students to the modern Indian society and current political challenges. Next to this, the class aims to introduce the students to several concepts for the study of sustainability, f.e. the three-pillar model and its criticism, strong and weak sustainability as well as Indian answers to current challenges like Radical Ecological Democracy and Ecoswaraj. Finally, we will have a closer look at several cases in India, covering the broader topics of India in global sustainability (and climate) politics and ecological activism in an intersectional perspective.
Course learning objectives
- Understand the basic cultural and societal background for studying India as a case
- Introduce students to the main concepts of sustainability
- Promote a critical understanding of a global north and a global south perspective on sustainability
- Identify the multidisciplinary and interdependent approaches in studying social, ecological and economical sustainable development
- Introduce students to current challenges and projects of sustainable development in India
Course design
The introductory class will present the technical structure and assign the respective readings and mandatory course contributions (“Studienleistungen”). Students will have to prepare readings and small input presentations.
Please use the allocation system called “Seminarplatzvergabe” offered by the Institute of Political Science to register for this course.
Grading
The mandatory course contributions (“Studienleistung”) will be discussed in detail in the first session. If students wish to conclude the course with an examination (“Prüfungsleistung”), they can write a term paper according to their respective course regulations (“Prüfungsordnung”). We will (shortly) discuss the formal structure of such papers during the course.
- Lehrende/r: Anica Roßmöller