Question

explain the importance of environment in political science. (in 75 words)​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Environmental politics designate both the politics about the environment[1] (see also environmental policy) and an academic field of study focused on three core components:[2]

The study of political theories and ideas related to the environment;

The examination of the environmental stances of both mainstream political parties and environmental social movements; and

The analysis of public policymaking and implementation affecting the environment, at multiple geo-political levels.

Neil Carter, in his foundational text Politics of the Environment (2009), suggests that environmental politics is distinct in at least two ways: first, "it has a primary concern with the relationship between human society and the natural world" (page 3); and second, "unlike most other single issues, it comes replete with its own ideology and political movement" (page 5, drawing on Michael Jacobs, ed., Greening the Millenium?, 1997).[2]

Answer 2

Environmental thinkers have offered powerful critiques of modern science, but they have also relied on science both to understand environmental problems and to legitimate political responses to them. ... Science can inform public attitudes toward environmental policies, and it can help justify such policies.