jge331 (2015) final assignment instructions.pdf

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JGE 331 - Final Essay

Weight: 35% of final grade2000 words (excluding bibliography, including quotes!ub"ission: #lac$board online sub"ission (please put your na"e in the filena"e pleasee&g& ')33*finalessay'a"es+ugent&doc&

Fireside Chat - Draft Outline:ebruary 23rd2-th.!tudents will "eet with the /nstructor in groups of 23 for *5"insto go oer the outline of their essay and chat about the course(worth 5% pass1fail&

Essay Draft: ue nline 4arch *th, 2p"

Peer Reviews (x!: ue by 4arch 25th, 2p"

Final Essay: ue 6pril *st, **:57p"

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2000 words, nothing "ore and not "uch less (use up as "uch of the word li"it as you

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"#ndi$ate the w%rd $%unt after the very last senten$e %f y%ur &a&er .

*&5 spacing, *2point font, 6rial or i"es +ew ;o"an, yped

.or the"es in this course& his essay is not "eant to be an extensie research paper&;ather, / a" expecting you to do a close reading and engage"ent with the articles listedbelow as well as those on the syllabus& =ou "ust use at least six of the readings fro" the list&=ou can use chapters fro" the textboo$ but only up to two chapters can count as part of thesix required readings for this assign"ent&

!o"e exa"ples: =ou "ay decide that you want to co"pare and contrast eniron"entalecono"ics with ecological econo"ics& r you "ight want to contrast ecological"oderni?ation with eco"arxis"& r eco"arxis" with ecological econo"ics& Within these

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debates, you "ight want to focus on +) of the following debates that cut across all thesetheoretical approaches, for exa"ple:

is a steady state or 9?erogrowth9 econo"y possible@ /s it desirable@

is resource scarcity a pressing issue@ 8an we find substitutes through technoinnoations@

how do social and eniron"ental >ustice considerations fit into these debates, withspecific exa"ples@

to what extent can all 9externalities9 be incorporated into the "ar$et@ 6re there anyundesirable effects of this internali?ation@

conte"porary exa"ples of enclosure for the sa$e of eniron"ental regulation

an assess"ent of an exa"ple of co""onpool resource "anage"ent (+ coeredin the textboo$

putting a price on nature: is it really possible@ What are the social, political, ethical andecological considerations (with reference to one or "ore specific exa"ples of pricing"echanis"s

how do questions of de"ocracy and goernance factor into arious approaches tosoling eniron"ental proble"s (e&g& how is or isn9t the question of de"ocracy ta$enup by eniron"ental econo"ics and ecological econo"ics or free"ar$eteniron"entalis" s& )cosocialis"@

debates oer the calculation of the discount rate, in relation to its application for aspecific eniron"ental proble"

explore an exa"ple of the tension between A>obs s& the eniron"entB: who are theactors on the different sides of this debate@ What shapes their interests around theissue@ What are the social, political, econo"ic and eniron"ental aspects of the

proble"@ What "ight be a solution to the tension@etc&

.a$e a loo$ oer so"e of the reading guide questions for further inspiration& 6nd pleasefeel free to co"e tal$ to "e in office hours if you hae an idea&

./ would suggest !6;/+ your essay by thin$ing about which the"es or readings you wantto coer& hen consider what reallife topics or eniron"ental issues would be a good casestudy for engaging with that debate& he readings the"seles reference so"e exa"ples, butyou should not si"ply use the exa"ples or case studies already presented in the readings&/t9s fine to find a si"ilar exa"ple or an altogether different exa"ple that proides for aninteresting contrast to the exa"ples in the reading&

=our topic can be be a specific geographically situated case study (e&g& Cobsterfishers9co""onpool resource "anage"ent in 4aine or a specific policy (e&g& carbon capandtradesyste"& =ou "ay find it easier to ground your discussion using a conte"porary or historicalcase study (e&g& eniron"ental conflictD exa"ple of co""odificationD conte"porary debatearound resource scarcityD etc&& Coo$ here for so"e suggestions if you are really stuc$ for

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ideas: http:11archies&cbc&ca1eniron"ent1 #ut $eep in "ind, that you are not required to doextensie research& =ou "ay find it helpful to closely co"pare and contrast the ideas ofauthors within one paradig" or topic listed below with another paradig" or topic&

One w%rd %f $auti%n: o not try to do too "uch with this paper& =ou only hae 2000 wordsto "a$e your argu"ent& !o while there "ight be a hundred different argu"ents you could"a$e about the debates and topic you choose, you will need to be strategic& Writing well isalso about choosing what + to write& =ou "ight use your introduction to introduce thebroader debates in the literature or the full scope of your case study, and then be explicitabout what you will and will not be discussing for the rest of the paper& 4aybe then try toco"e bac$ to that broader debate or issue through your conclusion&

Gradin'

=our paper will be "ar$ed according the aculty of 6rts and !cience "ar$ing sche"e:

http:11www&artsandscience&utoronto&ca1ofr1calendar1rules&ht"

=ou will be graded on the basis of:

ritin' ()*!:writing style, organi?ation or structure of paper, gra""ar,clearlystated thesis, s"ooth flow between sentences and paragraphs, creatietitle and introduction

Criti$al analysis (+)*!:quality of your thesis state"ent, the degree to whichsupporting argu"ents and clai"s are properly bac$ed up by eidence (in thiscase, "ost if not all of your eidence will be co"ing fro" secondary sources&


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will need to proide "e with appropriate docu"entation&or "edical exe"ptions, only anofficial F of for" signed by your physician will be accepted& or non"edical e"ergencies,please contact your college registrar, which "ay be able to proide a letter docu"enting yoursituation& #e aware that sub"itting a note that has been altered or obtained under falsepretences is considered a ery serious offence by the Fniersity&

ritin' and Pla'iaris:

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Over&%&ulati%n and ,iits t% Gr%wth;

4althus, & ;& (ho"as ;obert, *-HH*3I & 6n essay on the principle of population, as it

affects the future i"proe"ent of society& With re"ar$s on the speculations of 4r&

odwin, 4& 8ondorcet, and other writers& )lectronic ext 8enter, Fniersity of

Girginia Cibrary& http :11 etext& lib & irginia & edu 1 toc 1 "odeng 1public1 4al


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air pollution: 6 surey and synthesis, Cand )cono"ics 5H(I: 37*I*H

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)niron"ental !ociology&B'merican /ournal of Sociology*05, no& 2: 3HHI05&> 7%u %nly need t% Read &'5 3+3-3@A

.K8onnor, 4artin& (*773& An the "isadentures of capitalist nature&B 8apitalis", +ature,!ocialis"& I(3:-I0&

Glachou, 6ndriana& 2005& A)niron"ental regulation: a aluetheoretic and classbasedanalysis&B %am"ridge /ournal of #conomics 27(I: 5--&

#enton, ed& *77& A4arxis" and +atural Ci"its: 6n )cological 8ritique and ;econstructionB/, no& *- (+oe"berece"ber&

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