Justify the relevance of Kennedy’s statement
Global Issues
Common Assessment
Please focus on the following points as you prepare your essay:
1. The essay questions require you to integrate information taken from several different (referenced) sources at least three, to organize that information and to summarize the information, with conclusions that may be new to you. Your sources should include at least two from the readings in the class thus far and one outside. Also, all three could incorporate the readings from the course.
2. Begin with a thesis statement, (or a claim) that you will explain and justify in your essay. Support your ideas with a rationale and evidence (not just, “I think”), logically organized throughout the essay. Your ideas and the support should be clear to the reader.
3. Select relevant material to illustrate your points and provide specific references to class readings (at least two) as well as additional research (at least one. Your essay must make substantive reference to at least three resources. Do not cite, quote or reference from Wikipedia or general non-verifiable sources References should follow the APA or MLA format.
4. Your essay should reflect proper grammar and syntax..
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Global Issues – Common Assessment Spring 2017 Page 1
Essay Topic. Read this carefully.
The economist Jeffrey Sachs argues that specific and achievable goals help to develop more effective policy reforms. As an example, he quotes President John F. Kennedy who gave the commencement address at American University in 1963. In that speech, Kennedy said: “By defining our goal more clearly, by making it seem more manageable and less remote, we can help all people to see it, to draw hope from it and to move irresistibly towards it.” Kennedy meant the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty needed to have specific and achievable goals to be effective, and Sachs meant that the clarity of the Millennium Development Goals has helped achieve policy reform. How would you use the same idea of specific and achievable goals to think about changes in policy or society in relation to sustainability?
Specifically,
(i) Justify the relevance of Kennedy’s statement with
the UN Sustainable Development Goals with specific references to the role of governments and private corporations.
(ii) Identify three of the SDGs that you consider
important (as they relate to either your local community or to your core values). With the three selected SDGs, evaluate the interdependence of those goals while considering how the funding needs and action plans for the goals are interconnected.
Parameters: Each essay will be a total of 3-4 pages, (of content). The reference page will be extra. It must be double spaced in font 12 Times Roman with an additional page for references. Essays will be submitted via Webcampus for grading. Use MLA or APA format for citations and references. You must cite anything directly taken from the source within the paper as well, even if it is paraphrased. Do not copy and use large quotes. Infuse ideas from your sources that back up the analysis of Parts I and II above.
