Global Studies 120 Short Paper

Global 120 First Short Paper: Prompts and Cover Page Fall 2019

Professor Kai M. Thaler

Due October 15 in class

This paper should be between 1250 and 1500 words, and submitted double-spaced, in 12-point

font, with each page numbered. The pages should be stapled together and compiled in this order:

A. Please fill in the cover page included below and put it as your first page. B. As the second page, please include a copy of the rubric, with check marks in the boxes

that you think reflect the quality of your work. You may include comments to explain

your reasoning. This will help section leaders and me to understand if there have been

issues with the clarity of the assignment and expectations.

C. Your completed paper.

You are not expected to do any outside research or reading, but you can cite arguments,

ideas, and examples from lecture and optional, recommended readings. References to material

from readings or lecture and any short direct quotations must be properly cited. All work,

wording, and ideas that are not cited must be your own. You may choose any one of the

following citation formats: APA, MLA, or either Chicago style, but please use it consistently.

Information on these formats is available here:

http://guides.lib.uw.edu/research/citations/citationwhich.

Prompts and Structure Please choose one of the two prompts below. You should provide an introductory paragraph

about your chosen topic, present a thesis statement, and then write several paragraphs providing

examples and elaborating on these to support your thesis. You should then have one or two

concluding paragraphs restating your argument and making a case for its significance.

Prompt 1. Liberalism and anarchism both developed in part out of concerns about state tyranny,

and each came to its own conclusions about what role the state should have in an ideal world.

How and why are liberalism and anarchism’s views of the state similar or different? Which

provides a more convincing case? Formulate an argument and support it using examples, from

readings and lecture, of authors’ arguments and real-world cases.

Prompt 2. Ideologies are designed to organize not only political life, but also social life, and so

they offer different visions of how people live or how they should live. Liberalism and fascism

see different roles for individuals in their ideal societies. What do each of them see as giving

individuals meaning, and why do they take different stances on this issue? Choose one of these

two ideologies and discuss the potential flaws or downsides in its ideal vision of individuals’ role

in society. Formulate an argument and support it using examples, from readings and lecture, of

authors’ arguments and real-world cases.

Global 120 First Short Paper Cover Sheet

Name:

Perm #:

Section Leader:

Section Day and Time:

Academic Integrity I certify that this assignment is my own work, except where I have acknowledged

the use of the works of other people.

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Signature Date