Assessment task 2

Title:

Research Essay

Due date:

9am Wednesday 25 October

Details of task:

You are required to propose a (1) topic of research and (2) the Research Question/s concerning national or international governance related to the nineteenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP19) , Warsaw, November 2013. For example it could concern the climate change governance associated with your home country’s negotiating position at COP19 orit could relate to international organisations involved in COP19.

The research essay has two purposes. The first is to help you develop skills in the design, preparation and execution of a research project. The essay is the final product of the project.

Secondly, it is a major contributor to the assessment of your success in fulfilling the objectives of this Unit.

A research essay is intended to define and address a research question. Your research question is a statement of what you intend to investigate and answer. It is more than a descriptive essay.

The Q Manualprovides excellent guidance on how to structure and write such an essay – refer to sections: 4.0 Academic Writing Skills; 5.0 Writing Essays; 6.0 Writing a Literature Review; 7.0 Report Writing.

Assessment Task 2 is to be prepared as if for publication in Governance, apeer-reviewed journal i.e. it must follow the citation, referencing and other features of the style required by the author guidelines. You may nominate another academic journal; if so, explain why you have selected it and provide its guide for contributing authors.

Assessment Requirements

Include an Abstract, Keywords, use headings and (where appropriate) tables with explanatory narrative (as with articles published in Governance.)

Please do NOT conduct a questionnaire, interviews or other type of survey for your research essay. There are several reasons for this. Surveys raise important ethical questions, which are governed by strict controls administered through the Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee (MUHREC), Monash University.

Surveys are difficult to design so as to be unambiguous, objective and collect useable information. Surveys take a lot of time to conduct, which is difficult to justify for an essay accounting for only part of the total assessment for this Unit.

An essay relying on research data collected by you using a questionnaire or other survey will not be accepted.

An example of an article published in the journal Governancewill be posted on Moodle.

Assessment criteria will also be posted on Moodle.

Word limit:

5,000 words maximum, not including Abstract, Keywords and References.

Weighting/Value:

80%

Estimated return date:

26th November 2014

Criteria for marking:

The faculty marking rubric is available at: http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/esg/agu/policies/assessment.html

See also Q Manual available at:

http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/qmanual/qmanual.pdf

Learning objectives assessed:

1, 2 & 3

Submission details:

1. The proposal You must submit your proposal for the research question for approval before you can proceed with Assignment 2. Submit it on the MGF5300 Moodle site. Submit your proposed topic and research question as soon as possible but no later than Monday 25th August.

2. Assignment 2 Submit your Assignment on the MGF5300 Governance Moodle site.

My Topic For research ASSIGNMENT 2

1: Australia political will for climate agreement in international community

Reseach Question For Assignment 2 RESEARCH ESSAY

1: “Does the Australian Government have the policies and political will to adopt climate policies consistently with the rest of the world?”

Prescribed text(s) and readings

The prescribed textbook for the unit is:

Adger, W. N. and A. Jordan, Eds. (2012). Governing Sustainability, Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9780521732437 ISBN: 0521732433

It is available electronically via the Library.

It was published in hardcover in 2009: Adger, W. N. and A. Jordan, Eds. (2009). Governing Sustainability, Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 052151875X ISBN: 13 9780521518758

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