GLST 6423 - Social and Environmental Justice in Development

3 credits

This course considers issues of justice between people, and between people and the rest of creation. Students explore the politics of transformation, and grapple with core areas of injustice such as sexual slavery, economic inequality, globalization, political oppression, war and peace issues, indigenous rights, and gender inequality. The course also considers the historical roots of environmental problems, some contemporary approaches to ecological challenges, and the ways in which environmental justice values must influence the practices of community development. These issues are positioned in the larger context of global systems–economic, cultural, and geopolitical—and students are challenged to examine the ethical and spiritual foundations of their own roles as responsible global citizens.