Thursday, September 5, 2013

Case Study


The Case Study involves examining a particular case demonstrating an environmental issue in terms of its governance challenges. The Case
Study is about identifying the problems within its governance structures, and the analysis is about how you’d fix the governance problems.
This assessment task is designed to increase your skills in researching and analysing sustainability issues and to start thinking about
complexities oftheir governance. Your Case Study should be a formal, essay-style document of no longerthan 2500 words. It should be broken
down into sub-sections that cover the following:
Introduction: brief introduction ofthe issue at the centre ofthe case study;
Actors:
a brief outline ofthe key actors involved and their position on the issue (a diagram can be useful here); and
Analysis ofthe issue’s
governance challenges (drawing on concepts and issues discussed in the unit), which might include:
value conflicts
contested
knowledge(s)
competing interests
institutional barriers
(Further elaboration on these criteria will be discussed in the first weeks
ofthe unit)
Your informed assessment ofthe most significant governance challenge in your case. are having difficulty finding a case,
please contact your tutor for some suggestions.
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your Case Study will be assessed against the following criteria:
demonstrated knowledge ofthe issue including a brief
account of its history, the key actors, institutions and debates
competent application of relevant concepts and ideas from the unit and the
literature on environmental governance
analysis ofthe issue: move beyond the descriptive and examine the issue using material from your
research and from the unit
articulation of your own ideas on the key challenge facing the governance ofthe issue demonstration of
independent research and thinking.
structure and coherence: presenting a logical case that connects your description ofthe
issue and your
discussion of its various components.
presentation and expression including succinct writing with minimal spelling,
punctuation and
grammatical errors.
diverse and appropriate sources including: policy background material (e.g. relevant
reports, newspaper articles, radio
transcripts, think tank reports, web citations etc.) as well as relevant academic literature. As this is your main written assessment piece
you are expected to have at least 12-15 references for this piece of work.
accurate and consistent referencing

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