Since i have taken this course previously I am able to say that the time spent in the computer lab was very valuable. It was so focused and specific and allowed me to search alot more quickly and weed out alot of research off the back. I have spent alot of time looking through old sources trying to see if it is a good fit with the new direction I’m taking my research.
So far the new potential sources I have found are peer reviewed. Its hard to say how useful they are going to be at this point because I havent gotten a chance to read them throughly at this point. However, I have skimmed through all my new sources and read through the abstracts so I am confident they will be useful.
Hey Maggie,
http://www.economist.com/node/8173039 (This is the link I am describing)
I came across this article that discuses the organ market from an economist perspective. It begins with some general information about the market and how there is a shortage in supply because it is illegal in many countries. The article may be useful to you because it gives a scenario of how things may look like if organ selling was legalized. They explore this through the legalization of organ selling in Iran. This is useful because it describes all the positive outcomes of legalizing this market. For example, after legalizing the market people are more likely to get appropriate medical attention, or ensure compensation to the donor and most importantly get the kidney’s to people who need them to survive.
One of the more interesting comments in this article is the comment: “America already lets people buy babies from surrogate mothers, and the risk of dying from renting out your womb is six times higher than from selling your kidney”. This may be helpful to you because it opens this whole realm of political influences that may discourage organ selling, basically what is the politics behind it. I don’t know if this is actually true, so I would definitely say investigate this fact further, nevertheless it’s still something to consider.
Salome is actually doing something about the Kyoto Protocol and why the US isn’t signing on. While both of your topics are very different, I believe she is looking into the politics behind certain decisions that the US government makes and therefore she may guide you to a source where you can explore the topic of government preferences further.
Finally, as I was studying for my ever so complicated economics exam this week and I came across an article that discussed the supply, demand and equity (economic fairness) of the “organ market”. I took a picture and tried to upload and then I realized that there is no way to do that here so I may bring it in if you’re interested.