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7 pages of political science analysis paper

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You should NOT use outside sources.

You’d use ONLY lecture notes I’d attach later on.

Please use in-text citations for the lectures, with different dates as relevant. The paper should include citations as needed, but most of your sentences should be your own arguments. If there are a few sentences in a row that are paraphrasing lecture notes, you can just put the cite after the final sentence. e.g. (Lecture, date)

You do not need to turn in a works cited page; in-text citations are fine.

It should address ONE of the following prompts, using only lecture notes and Fromkin:

1. Use structural theory to explain the behavior of one major power in 1914.

2. Use institutional theory to explain the behavior of Austria, Hungary, Germany, and Russia in 1914.

3. Explain the security dilemma using WWI data to illustrate it.

4. Use WWI to illustrate the balance of power.

5. Explain the problem or paradox of domestic commitment.

Do not use outside sources.

The instructions are the following:

  • 6-7 pages in length
  • 12pt Times New Roman font, double-spaced, 1-in margins
  • Include page numbers
  • Include a title on the first page of the paper (see topic-specific titles above)
  • Cite only the lectures and course readings
  • Use in-text citations [e.g., “(Lecture, date)”, or (Otoxby et al., p. x)”] whenever you reference words/ideas from the course materials!
  • Direct quotes must be in quotation marks (“”) even if you include a citation, otherwise this is plagiarism and will result in a low or failing grade—where possible, you should be paraphrasing in your own words rather than using lots of quotations
  • No works-cited page is necessary (unless you are citing something not from the course, which you shouldn’t be doing anyway 🙂

I’d attach lecture notes as soon as this session’s started.

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