LSTU-L 290 International Trade, Labor and the Environment, 1 cr hr;
Class Number 13018; 5:45-8:25 PM, Thursday, WH007. Class meets March
26, April 2, 9, 16 and 23.   This course explores the links between
labor and the environment from an international perspective.  We
discuss how actors – organized labor, environmentalists,
transnational corporations, and consumers – manage labor and
environmental issues in a context of increased economic and trade
liberalization, population pressures and resource scarcities.  Key
questions we consider include: What are the environmental
implications of international trade and labor?  Why is it hard to
bridge the rich-poor and urban-rural gaps?  How can we improve the
North-South dialogue on trade and the environment?  How can we
promote greater social and gender equity, and commitment to
environmental justice?  Instructor:  Tatyana Ruseva, SPEA, IUB.