politic assignment due in 20 hours
Ar#cle Summary and Review 600 words You will be given a choice of ar2cles to read. You should select ONE of these ar2cles, summarize it your own words and offer a short review.
Detailed Instruc2ons 1. Choose and read ONE of the following 9 ar2cles.
It might be useful to read the abstracts as well as the introductory and concluding paragraphs of all of the ar2cles before choosing so you choose an ar2cle or topic that interests you the most. Your next wriFen assignment will be based on this topic, so choose wisely!
• • Themes: human rights, press freedom, repression Gohdes, Anita R and Carey, Sabine C (2017) ‘Canaries in a coal-‐mine? What the killings of journalists tell us about future repression’ Journal of Peace Research 54(2): 157-‐174.
• Themes: Freedom, poli:cal equality, socio-‐economic equality, Giebler, Heiko and Merkel, Wolfgang (2016) ‘Freedom and equality in democracies: Is there a trade-‐off?’ Interna:onal Poli:cal Science Review, 37(5): 594-‐605.
• Themes: Arab Spring, authority, democracy, authoritarianism, Hassanzadeh, Navid (2017) ‘On the ques2on of authority in the Arab Spring’ European Journal of Poli:cal Theory, 16(3): 325-‐344.
• Themes: exper:se, legi:macy, environmentalism, neoliberalism, Chile Barandiaran, Javiera (2016) ‘The authority of rules in Chile's conten2ous environmental poli2cs’ Environmental Poli:cs, 25(6): 1013-‐1033.
• Themes: China, exper:se, democracy, Almén, Oscar (2016) ‘Local par2cipatory innova2ons and experts as poli2cal entrepreneurs: The case of China's democracy consultants’ Democra:za:on, 22(3): 478-‐497.
• Themes: Gender, feminism, civil , power, La:n America Piscopo, Jennifer M (2015) ‘States as Gender Equality Ac2vists: The Evolu2on of Quota Laws in La2n America’ La:n American Poli:cs and Society, 57(3): 27-‐49.
• Themes: Bosnia-‐Herzegovina, civil society, legi:macy, peacebuilding Puljek-‐Shank, Randall and Verkoren, Willemijn (2017) ‘Civil society in a divided society: Linking legi2macy and ethnicness of civil society organiza2ons in Bosnia-‐Herzegovina’ Coopera:on and Conflict, 52(2): 185-‐202
• Themes: refugees, responsibility to protect, humanitarianism Souter, James (2016) ‘Good interna2onal ci2zenship and special responsibili2es to protect refugees’ The Bri:sh Journal of Poli:cs and Interna:onal Rela:ons, 18(4)
• Themes: Humanitarian interven:on, the United Na:ons, Libya, responsibility to protect Hehir, A. (2013) ‘The Permanence of Inconsistency: Libya, the Security Council, and the Responsibility to Protect’. Interna:onal Security, 38(1): 137-‐159.
2. Ensure you take notes as you are reading the ar2cle. Highlight the main argument or issue that they want to address. Also think about how they ‘prove’ their argument or ‘explore’ the issue they are interested in (note: not all ar2cles in poli2cal science will try to ‘prove’ something. Some will take an issue and simply aFempt to analyse it or understand it in par2cular way). How do they make their argument or analyse their topic? What are their conclusions? Do they admit that there are limita2ons or weaknesses in their argument? Do you spot any weaknesses in their argument? Finally, ask yourself what you have learned about the one of the key concepts with which the ar2cle is linked.
3. Based on your notes, write a summary and review of the ar2cle. By this I mean that you should o Tell me what ar2cle you have read and summarize what the ar2cle is about—iden2fy its
main argument or purpose o Summarize how the argument is made—iden2fy how the author proves/makes their
argument, including what type of evidence or data they use to illustrate their argument o Briefly assess and analyse their argument: Did they make a convincing argument? Why
or why not? What ques2ons do you s2ll have about the topic aner reading the ar2cle? o Include a bibliography in Chicago Author-‐Date style o If you quote the ar2cle or use specific sta2s2cs/details from the ar2cle you should
follow proper in-‐text cita2on guidelines (also found in the style guide)
Grading: You will be graded for this assignment based on how well you address the three bullet points above. You should also begin to think about your style of wri2ng. It should be professional, clear and structured. At the same 2me, it should not be ‘mechanical’. It should not list the above bullet points as subheadings and then just address each answer concisely in turn. You should focus on wri2ng a single, coherent and flowing argument in which each part of your answer flows into the next—your ability to start wri2ng in this less formulaic way will also be graded.