Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S1-EXT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S1-INT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-EXT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-INT-2018-ONGOING

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Learning outcomes

1.
Demonstrate how the idea of sustainability has changed and evolved over the last four decades;
2.
Identify the key thinkers, events and publications in the history of sustainability;
3.
Critically reflect on the main approaches to sustainability today;
4.
Engage with the contestability of the concept of sustainability; and
5.
Communicate clearly both orally and in writing.

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Additional information

Unit content:Module 1 Emerging global unsustainability Module 2 Rise of the modern sustainability concept Module 3 Sustainability: The state of play Module 4 The role of government in achieving sustainability Module 5 The market: Technology – Fixing Sustainability? Module 6 The market: Business responses to sustainability Module 7 The role of civil society in achieving sustainability Module 8 North and South: Development perspectives Module 9 Radical approaches to sustainability Module 10 Contesting sustainability: The sceptics Module 11 Contesting sustainability: The role of the media Module 12 Conclusions: Approaching the future