Coursework Essay: You are required to complete one 3,000 word essay, choosing from the six
essay titles below. You are not at liberty to alter the title. You should treat these essays as a critical
review of the published literature relevant to the question being asked in the essay title, supported
by additional evidence as appropriate. You may use tables, graphs and/or illustrations in your
essay as appropriate.
A. Critically assess the extent to which the Cultural Theory of Risk helps us understand why
people disagree about climate change and what this means for policymaking.
– Include at least 18 references.
– Include Harvard referencing
These are some recommended texts for the essay if you wish to include anything from them:
Recommended Texts:
Hulme, M. (2009) Why we disagree about climate change: understanding controversy, inaction and
opportunity, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 393pp.
Hulme, M. (2014). Can science fix climate change? A case against climate engineering.
Cambridge: Polity.
Kenis, A. and Lievens, M. (2015). The limits of the Green Economy. From reinventing capitalism to
repoliticizing the present, London/New York: Routledge, 188pp.
Smith, J., R. Tyszczuk and Robert Butler [eds.] (2014) Culture and Climate Change: Narratives.
Shed, Cambridge, UK, 128pp [Print and online]. Available at: http://
www.cultureandclimatechange.co.uk/projects/#narratives (Accessed 21st December 2017).