faculty

Robert Darst, PhD

Associate Professor

Political Science

Contact

508-999-8989

508-999-8919

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Education

1994

University of California Berkeley

PhD

1987

University of California Berkeley

1984

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

PSC 385: Politics Global Climate Change

Examination of the politics of global climate change. Topics include the politics of climate science, the political psychology of climate concern, international climate change negotiations, climate change and violent conflict, and policies to mitigate and adapt to climate change at the local, national, and international levels.

PSC 386: The Law of Armed Conflict

Examination of just war theory and efforts to codify and enforce limits on the use of force through international legal agreements and international organizations.
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Research

Research interests

International relations
Environmental politics
Human rights

Select publications

Robert Darst (2001).
Smokestack Diplomacy: Cooperation and Conflict in East-West Environmental Politics

Professor Darst is a specialist in international relations, environmental politics, and human rights. He is author of the book Smokestack Diplomacy: Cooperation and Conflict in East-West Environmental Politics (MIT Press). He coathured the article "Exit, Voice, and Denial: Confronting the factory farm in the United States" which appeared in Society and Animals, and his article "Waiting for the Nuclear Renaissance" was published in Risks Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy He has also published articles in journals such as Environment, Journal of Human Rights, Environmental Politics, Journal of Refugee Studies, and Global Environmental Politics.