Answer each exam question with 800-1000 words (excluding headings, bibliography, including in-text references)
Question 1. Some market environmentalists propose ecosystem services as a means to alleviate global poverty. Explain the concept of ecosystem services. Based on the course readings and lectures, discuss to what extent the idea of ecosystem services is compatible with what the social historian Ramachandra Guha has called the “environmentalism of the poor”. Use examples to illustrate your point.
Question 2. According to the political scientist John Dryzek, the discourse of limits and survival “does not […] sit easily in the real world”. Discuss this statement based on the characteristics of the limits and survival discourse. Use examples from different course readings, lectures, and discussions to illustrate your points.
Question 3. Ecofeminism and deep ecology are two branches of what Dryzek calls the discourse of ‘green radicalism’. Explain why you think these two movements should or should not be clustered under the same discourse. Provide a balanced answer, including at least one argument for the position you are arguing against.
For each answer, indicate which question you are answering (it’s enough to state the number of the question, no need for a fancy title)
In your answers, come straight to the point. Please give a short thesis statement/introductory sentence at the beginning of each answer and substantiate your answer with examples and references from the course readings and the lectures. Finish with a strong concluding sentence. Use paragraphing to structure your argument
Give balanced answers. Our questions might ask you to explain and reflect. Make sure you dedicate sufficient space to both
Provide evidence and examples, reference properly (incl. page numbers). Use APA 7 according to the FASoS writing guide (don’t simply copy from the reading list). For lectures, please use the date they were given AI generated text used to answer exam questions/assignments can be seen as commissioned work that represents plagiarism and fraud and will be sanctioned under the Rules and Regulations.
The Dryzeks reading that should be cited in 2 questions is attached below