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Georgetown on the Great Barrier Reef: Politics of Marine Conservation

This program takes students to Queensland, Australia, where the coastal city of Townsville will serve as the gateway to understanding the array of competing interests that affect the Great Barrier Reef. Through an integration of lecture, discussion, field research, and experiential activities, the course will use the Great Barrier Reef as a case study to examine the process of evidence-based policymaking, emphasizing the roles of vested interests, party politics, and political institutions.

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