Edexcel Government and Politics Unit 4 Exam 13/06/2014

ecologism being a single doctrine is a possiblity, any 15 mark feminist qs?

I was just about to post saying I think a question about ecologism being a single doctrine could come up. I really hope it doesn't though because it's easily the worst 45-marker out of all those that have come up before. All the others I would be totally fine with.

Ah I think the single doctrine one's are pretty straightforward, especially compared to some stuff that could come up. Unfortunately (well fortunately for you!), I don't reckon it'll come up - all 4 have had "is a single doctrine" once now, and Anarchism was "a single doctrine" on Monday...
I reckon the Ecologism (if there is one) will be like January '12 - "Deep ecology lies at the heart of all ecological thinking", something to do with Deeps anyhow.

That would be a wonderful question.

The last time Ecologism had a 'single doctrine' question was in 2010 though, so I don't think I can rule it out.

Yeah that's true - the questions aren't even that dissimilar though, there's a lot of cross-over so I'm quite optimistic!

Actually, the more I look at this 'single doctrine' question, the more I see it's quite accessible. I thought it was only interested in things like eco-feminism and eco-socialism, but it seems you could focus primarily on the distinction between deep and shallow ecologism.

Maybe it wouldn't be such a bad question after all.

Any predictions on 15mark feminist questions?

Main policies of deep ecology?

Here's more on the conservative critique of feminism
1. Many conservatives call themselves 'anti-feminists' and they have clear objections to the fundamentalist feminist beliefs:
a) these beliefs threaten the traditional family structure, because conservatives see the conventional family structure as a strong basis for a stable society

b) they argue that social change should be natural and evolutionary. But on the contrary, feminists seek to promote social change based on fixed principles and utopian dreams - conservatives argue that if women are to achieve liberation, this should occur naturally

c)most conservatives insist that the biological circumstances of women are natural so the role of the wife and mother is also natural. Conservatives go further on to say that feminists challenging the fact of natural roles, they are defying nature.

d) it has always been a conservative value that individuals should be free to lead their own private lives as they wish. But many feminists, especially radical feminists, dictate to women how to conduct themselves and even what consciousness of the world they should adopt. Conservatives have always resisted jacobinism - the tyranny of ideas - and they see the more militant forms of feminism in this light

however despite these criticisms it is reasonable for conservatives to believe that society can embrace female emancipation and equality, and reduce gender differences without risking disintegration. It's also possible for a conservative to accept that there are valid forms of family other than the standard nuclear family model. It's also true that there has been something of a conservative reaction within the feminist movement against radical perspectives - these conservative feminists wish to restore women's ability to choose a traditional role for themselves. They admit that it might be reasonable to propose that women may be more appropriate homemakers than men given their biological status. conservatives feminists insist in common with other feminists that women should have free and informed choices, the resources and opportunities to choose for themselves and must not allow themselves to be governed by patriarchy

At first I thought you wrote this out yourself and was very impressed. Now I've just read through my textbook and seen you copied it word for word.

What textbook do you guys have, I don't remember that in the Heywood one...

Basically, totally ecocentric. So they advocate a paradigm shift, holism, etc, and more specifically
-bioregionalism -population control -wilderness preservation -simple living
I think that's the main points...

Ohh I see, thanks! That's like the one we had for AS I think actually... Hehee the Andrew Heywood one has a better cover