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Sustainable Governance Flashcards

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What is a “Wicked Problem”?

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  1. Impossible to solve
  2. The problem is many different problems.
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What are some tools used for Environmental Governance?

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Heuristic Things (useful for helping us think about the world)
Values, Norms and Beliefs

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Who quoted “The era of management is over”?

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Ludwig, 2001

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What are Ludwigs (2001) main arguments?

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  1. Old environmental management paradigm does not fit the current problem understanding or realities.
  2. Complex “Wicked” problem domains are pluralistic settings.
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Why is it important to have a multi-sector approach when dealing with “Wicked” problems?

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It is difficult to understand an entire problem because there are variables that only one group cannot understand.

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What are Ideologies?

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A set of opinions / beliefs

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How are Ideologies used to influence environmental governance?

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To promote the view that experts using scientific methods can manage the world’s problems.

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What is one common misconception of ideologies discussed in lecture?

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Where it state that experts are the ‘smartest’ and most powerful person in the room. A healthy dose of criticism is critical to understanding a broader perspective.

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Where do we often find a “Legitimacy Crisis”?

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In environmental planning and management.

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What is Legitimacy?

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Consensus / agreement, valid, aligns with what we believe in.

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What does it mean when we say “Experts are facing a legitimacy crisis…”?

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People are not believing in or accepting experts results.

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What is an example of de-legitimizing?

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Political powers undermining evidence and research of the experts.

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What are some challenges / barriers faced with the legitimacy crisis?

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Making science accessible to non-specialists.

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True or False: Governance and class play a significant role in wicked problems.

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True.

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What is an example of a wicked problem and why?

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Climate change.
Because it is a large-scale problem with solutions in philosophy and methods.
Also, because there are many variables at play that require the involvement of many different knowledges.

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True or False: Wicked problems exceed the ability of unilateral action.

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True.

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What are the 3 Ideologies proposed by Ludwig?

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  1. Economism
  2. Scientism
  3. Technocracy
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Explain the role of Economism in environmental governance:

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Economic values emphasized at the expense of all others. An anthropocentric ideology that views nature based on conferred value.

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Explain the role of Scientism in environmental governance:

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Belief that science is inherently capable of solving all human problems; derives from unquestioned achievements of science.

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What ideology of environmental governance does the following statement apply to “It’s valuable because it is useful to us”?

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Economism

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What are some pros of Scientism?

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Increase in food supply, decreased mortality rates, etc.

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What are some cons in Scientism?

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Improvements in military capabilities.

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What was Ludwigs main argument in regards to Scientism?

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The blind faith in science is involved in the sociological interactions, and decisions being made off this blind faith.

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Explain the ideology of Technocracy in relation to environmental governance:

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Tendency to view technological innovation as the magic bullet for resolving various problems.

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What is often view as the “Cure all” for resolving problems?

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Technology

26
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Are Funtowicz and Ravitzs’ environmental governance ideologies base on:
Quantitative Data or
Qualitative Data

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Quantitative (Western Science)

27
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Economists see the _______ as ideal.

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Market

28
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Biologists see ____ as ideal.

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Biodiversity

29
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International development sees ________ as ideal.

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Community

30
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What is Ludwigs argument in terms of values and actions?

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That we are imbedded within values and belief systems.

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What conditions make expertise hard to come by?

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Controversy
Uncertainty

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What does Ludwig mean by “New Role of Experts”?

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That there is radical uncertainty and controversy and opportunity for change in expert knowledge.

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Why does Ludwig associate blunt metrics with “wicked” problems?

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Because the current tools used for addressing “wicked” problems are currently blunt metrics, AKA not capable of solving the issues.

34
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What are the 3 key components of addressing a “Wicked” problem?

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Adaptive Management
Consideration
Collaboration (Inter-agency)

35
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What are the three components of Post-Normal science?

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  1. Env. Policy: The nature of environmental policy problems today is “post normal”.
  2. Uncertainty: System uncertainty and decision stakes dictate the approaches used to solve problems.
  3. Legitimate Perspectives: New system assumptions
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Who proposed the idea of Post-Normal science?

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Funtowicz and Ravetz

37
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What is post-normal science?

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The management of complex science-related issues.
It focuses on aspects of problem solving that. tend to be neglected in traditional accounts of scientific practice: uncertainty, value loading, and a plurality of legitimate perspectives.

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What are the 3 new systems assumptions of post-normal science?

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  1. Unpredictability
  2. Incomplete Control
  3. Plurality of perspectives
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What is the Khunsian view of Science?

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Science does not progress via a linear accumulation of new knowledge but undergoes periodic revolutions.

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What are the three main components of the Khunsian view of Science?

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  1. Uncertainties addressed automatically.
  2. Values are unspoken.
  3. No foundational problems (Believes what we are working with is sound, until said otherwise)
41
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What is the 5-step flow of “Normal-Science”?

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  1. Normal Science
  2. Model Drift
  3. Model Crisis
  4. Model Revolution
  5. Paradigm Shift
42
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Define a Paradigm:

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Entire constellation of beliefs, values and techniques, accepted by a group of practitioners for a period of time.

43
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Who invented the idea of K-Waves?

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Nicolai Kondratiev’s

44
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What are K-Waves?

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The process of innovation and development cycles.

45
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What is the acronym used in K-Waves?

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P - Prosperity
R - Recession
D - Depression
E - Improvement

46
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What is the meaning behind K-Waves?

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As innovation increases and time increases, we know more about the different systems moving together at the same time.

47
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What are Funtowicz and Ravetzs’ critiques of science?

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  1. Traditional v. Western Knowledge
  2. Access to science due to privilege.
  3. Scientific expertise leading to Policy dilemmas
48
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What is an example of scientific expertise leading to policy dilemmas?

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Aral Sea

49
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What happened to the Aral Sea?

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They drained the lake for agriculture because the government wanted to be self-sufficient in cotton production.
Desperation and pressure caused the government to make this decision, by the soviet decision makers.

50
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What are the four approaches environmental governance from Funtowicz and Ravitz?

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  1. Applied Science
  2. Professional Consultancy
  3. Post-Normal Science
  4. Core Science
51
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Which of the four approaches from Funtowicz and Ravitz applies to the following: Mission oriented

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Applied Science

52
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Which of the four approaches from Funtowicz and Ravitz applies to the following: Client Serving

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Professional Consultancy

53
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Which of the four approaches from Funtowicz and Ravitz applies to the following: Issue Driven

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Post-Normal Science

54
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Which of the four approaches from Funtowicz and Ravitz applies to the following: Curiosity Driven

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Core Science

55
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(Approach by Funtowicz and Ravitz) ____________: Uncertainties at technical level, Standard routines and procedures and Peer-review extended based on use and impacts of whatever solutions we develop.

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Applied Science

56
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(Approach by Funtowicz and Ravitz) ____________: ii. High level judgements and skills needed; calculation less helpful.

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Professional Consultancy

57
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(Approach by Funtowicz and Ravitz) ____________: i. Nature of uncertainty is different, either epistemological or ethical in kind

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Post-Normal science

58
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What are the 6 main arguments brought by Funtowicz and Ravetz?

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  1. Science is complex.
  2. Facts uncertain
  3. Much unknown
  4. High stakes
  5. Urgent decisions
  6. High value component and values disrupted.

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