What was the name of the article written by Garret Hardin which said that looking after your own self-interests only has harmful consequences.
The Tragedy of the Commons
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What is the Conflict based approach (don't have to be exact)?
If something already hasn’t been done because some powerful interests are preventing it.
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True or False?
Most of the farmers in Iowa are members of the PFI.
False.
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Why would one think knowledge shouldn't be cultivated through monologic ways? What are other ways do you think one can inform people within a group?
Dialogic consciousness is more viable for a liberatory education that emphasizes on true trust/discussion
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Give an example of people who use top-down monologic ways of cultivating knowledge?
Religious leaders and political leaders
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Sentiments promote interests, but interests do not promote sentiments.
True or False?
False
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What sociologist came up with double politics--honey and vinegar?
Randy Stoecker
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Who is the author of our book?
Michael Mayerfeld Bell
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Why, after so many years of environmental education, do we still have environmental problems?
It is hard to put our knowledge into action because of the way our lives are organized.
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"Education is about trust and the social relations in which we gain a sense of what to pay attention to."
True or False?
True
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Which of the following is NOT one of the solidarities in the Dialogue of Solidarities?
a. Solidarity of trust
b. Solidarity of interests
c. Solidarity of sentiments
Solidarity of trust
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What are nodal people?
People positioned at the intersection of networks.
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True or False?
Hardin said that his theory of the Tragedy of the Commons could be applied to many other environmental problems.
True
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If you wanted to start a grassroots environmental movement, how would you go about?
Discuss
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"Knowledge is a matter of identity and social relations of trust that shape the identity" What is this the definition of?
Cultivation of knowledge
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What is the glue that holds the solidarity of sentiments and the solidarity of interests together?
Trust
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Identify two of Stoecker’s four factors to consider in deciding between conflict or consensus.
1. Openness of decision maker
2. Implementation power decision maker have
3. Structure of alliance that shape how they will feel compelled to act
4. Stability of all of the above
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Why did Carter order a grain embargo on the Soviet Union?
Because of its invasion of Afghanistan
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The author tells us that it is not the common ownership of resources that led to the tragedy of the commons, but rather_____?
Individualism
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What is a phenomenological rupture?
When one has an experience that causes them to doubt the bases of trust upon which they had long committed themselves to their cultivation of knowledge
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Which of the following is NOT a criticism of Hardin’s theory?
a. He assumes that the herders do not communicate with each other.
b. He assumes the herders will not notice the overgrazing of pastureland before it is too late.
c. He assumes people are complex and that they are also moved by their sentiments.
c. He assumes people are complex and that they are also moved by their sentiments.
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What spurred the animosity between the Iowa farmers and the Iowa State University?