Ecologism | AQA A-Level Politics (7152)
Ecologism
- 77 questions
- 6 subtopics
- Paper 3: one further ideology of five
- Paper 3
Nature valued for itself rather than for what it yields, sustainability and the limits to growth, and the gap between light greens who would reform the system and dark greens who would replace it..
It covers ecologism, Environmentalism and Ecocentrism, sustainability and the Limits to Growth, light Greens and Dark Greens, green Consumerism, Technology and Greenwashing, leopold and Carson and schumacher, Merchant and Bookchin.
Sample questions from Ecologism
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Ecologism, Environmentalism and Ecocentrism
What is ecocentrism?
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Ecocentrism is the view that the ecosystem as a whole is the source of value, so human interests must be judged against the needs of the wider natural community. -
Ecologism, Environmentalism and Ecocentrism
What political conclusion do dark greens draw from the Gaia hypothesis?
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That the health of the planet rather than human comfort is the measure of value, and that humanity is one species among many with no special claim on the Earth. -
Sustainability and the Limits to Growth
What is a steady-state economy?
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It is an economy held at a constant level of population and physical throughput, in which improvement comes from a better quality of life rather than from growth in output. -
Sustainability and the Limits to Growth
Why do many ecologists favour decentralisation?
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Small self-governing communities feel the consequences of their own decisions directly and can match what they consume to what their local environment is able to supply. -
Light Greens and Dark Greens
Which of the two strands is anthropocentric, and why?
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The light green strand, because it defends nature mainly on the grounds that human health, prosperity and future generations depend upon it. -
Light Greens and Dark Greens
Define biocentric equality.
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Biocentric equality is the deep ecological claim that every organism has the same intrinsic worth, so that human interests carry no automatic priority over any other species. -
Green Consumerism, Technology and Greenwashing
What criticism do light greens make of dark greens?
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That their programme is impractical and would demand sacrifices no electorate would ever accept, so it forfeits any chance of influencing actual policy. -
Green Consumerism, Technology and Greenwashing
What does ecofeminism argue?
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It argues that the domination of nature and the domination of women spring from the same patriarchal outlook, so the two forms of liberation belong together.
The 6 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Ecologism, Environmentalism and Ecocentrism | Recall questions on what ecologism is, how it differs from environmentalism and on anthropocentrism and ecocentrism. | 9 |
| Sustainability and the Limits to Growth | Recall questions on sustainable development, weak against strong sustainability, natural capital and the central claim of the limits to growth. | 17 |
| Light Greens and Dark Greens | Recall questions on the two positions, which of them is anthropocentric and why, and on the meaning of shallow ecology. | 8 |
| Green Consumerism, Technology and Greenwashing | Recall questions on typical light green policies, the split over technology, green consumerism and dark green distrust of it, and greenwashing. | 13 |
| Leopold and Carson | Recall questions on Leopold's land ethic and wilderness conservation, and on Carson's exposure of synthetic pesticides, bioaccumulation and the grassroots environmental movement she inspired. | 12 |
| Schumacher, Merchant and Bookchin | Recall questions on Schumacher's appropriate technology, small is beautiful and Buddhist economics, Merchant's partnership ethic, and Bookchin's social ecology, libertarian municipalism and attack on deep ecology. | 18 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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