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Chapter 13 Online quizzes
Governance
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What is the correct order of the policy making cycle?
agenda setting, policy formulation, decision making, implementation, evaluation
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agenda setting, decision making, policy formulation, evaluation, implementation,
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agenda setting, implementation, evaluation, policy formulation, decision making
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agenda setting, policy formulation, decision making, evaluation, implementation.
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In the context of food governance, what is meant by framing?
Framing refers to the activity of selecting certain stakeholders and policy options with the goals of influencing the decision making process
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Framing refers to the capability of stakeholders to put a small policy problem into a broader more general perspective.
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Framing is an activity that refers to the attempts by stakeholders to select and highlight specific aspects of an issue and their importance
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Which four factors make food sustainability a wicked governance problem?
Technical complexity, changing diets, the local trap, and food price volatility
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Technical complexity, food demand, short-termism, and lobbying.
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Technical complexity, stakeholder involvement, boundary conflicts, and adaptation.
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When and how do stakeholders execute their power?
During the formal decision-making stage.
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During agenda setting.
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Prior to a decision-making process, by convincing decision makers to change their minds.
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All of these options
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What has been suggested as one of the main reasons for the successes of more sustainable Brazilian soy governance between 2006 and 2014?
Rapid soybean expansion
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Brazilian dictatorship
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The Soy Moratorium
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Reduced global demand for soy
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What is an essential characteristic of network governance?
It implies both horizontal and vertical relationships between stakeholders
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All stakeholders in the network have equal amount of power
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There is no clear hierarchy in the governance process
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Coordination is achieved by coercion
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What is an example of a solution to reduce the "short-termism" of politicians?
Organizing more elections
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Increase media scrutiny of politicians.
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By setting up an independent agency with its own structural financing and legal protection.
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By increasing multi-annual budget reservations from different ministries for specific sustainability projects.
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Why are time horizons a source of boundary conflicts in food governance?
Food sustainability is a problem that needs long-term solutions that are slow to implement and take effect; these clash with the short-term interests of politicians.
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The long time-horizons of politicians make short term innovation and risk investments in sustainability projects particularly difficult.
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Small agribusinesses are not able to compete with larger companies on a longer period. However, they are more competitive in the short term.
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What is a policy domain?
a set of different parts of a governance system that are organised around a certain policy issue.
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a group of stakeholders working together
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a specific frame within a group of stakeholders that guides the decision making process
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a specific set of stakeholders within a geographical area
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Boundary conflicts arise when:
different parts of the same organisation engage with the same issue, but without effective coordination
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attempts are made by stakeholders to select and highlight specific aspects of an issue and highlight their importance
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governance systems are adapting to their natural environment without losing existing expertise.
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All three options above are correct.
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