MOOC

Question 1

what is a trend?

Answer 1

anything that may lead the system resilience to change (climate change)

Question 2

explain the agricultural technology treadmill

Answer 2

a theory by willard cochrane that explains the role of technological innovation in the process of land consolidation that he observed at the time in the US

Question 3

causal mechanism

Answer 3

set of processes through which this change in resilience is brought into being (increased occurrence of droughts)

Question 4

megatrends are long-term driving forces that ar observable now and will likely have a significant influence –> name the four steps

Answer 4

1. framing: what questions are we trying to answer?
2. orienting: listing all the relevent trends
3. scanning
4. interpreting: decrease or increase resilience?

Question 5

instumental power

Answer 5

involves the direct influence of one actor over another (lobbying)

Question 6

structural power

Answer 6

involves the setting of limits or rules that restrict or change the payoffs to the choices given to other actors (governmental restrictions)

Question 7

discursive power

Answer 7

involves creating and influencing value, ideas and norms (consumers spreading awareness)