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The introduction is like a hook in fishing. Make it attractive with a clear structure and you will get the reader to investigate further. It is often the first thing readers look at. Make it unclear and you will already lose your audience before they start reading the body of the text.
Unit examples are from articles on the Finnish forest industry.
G.3. Reading Look at this before doing the tasks to be found in No.7 in the dropdown menu. After which the Answer Key Pointers and Sources can be used to evaluate your answers to the tasks.
Think About:
“The average introduction to almost any book is somewhat of a bore” – Boris Karloff
"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things" – Niccolo Machiavelli
Materials Updates/News:
Periodically, materials will be updated, or there may be news items worthy of attention related to this Unit. They will be notified here. If you come across any news/resources, e.g. journal/newspaper articles relevant to the content of this website, please let me know. I can be contacted via the email address below.
Myllyllä, S. (2015) Terrains of Struggle. The Finnish Forest IndustryCluster and Corporate Community Responsibility to Indigenous Peoples in Brazil. PhD. School of Business and Economics, Jyväskylä University.
Kröger, M. (2013). Grievances, agency and the absence of conflict: The new Suzano pulp investment in the Eastern Amazon. Forest Policy and Economics 33: 28-35.
Myllylä, S. & Takala, T. (2011). Leaking Legitimacies: The Finnish Forest Sector´s Entanglement in the Land Conflicts of Atlantic Coastal Brazil. Social Responsibility Journal. 7(1): 42-60.
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