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The sources provide background information and/or empirical details about the topic, and in most cases come from journals or books that have been refereed (i.e., they were subject to review by experts before being accepted for publication).

Articles from news services or blogs have been kept to a minimum.

Your paper must include material from at least three of the sources listed here for your topic. You are welcome to add other sources, from scholarly materials. Keep news articles and blogs to a minimum.

After each item listed under “Sources” below, you will see a location, either “Lionsearch,” a call number (if a book is on reserve) or a url.

For items with a url -- you can cut-and-paste the url into a web browser to bring up the item.

For items that say “see DB” -- please check with me to borrow my copy.

The paper should

1) explain why the topic is important;

2) provide a brief outline of what you will cover;

3) present evidence and examples to support your argument; and

4) provide a conclusion.

5) include references to your sources: put the name of the author in parentheses in the text, with a page number, and include a list of your sources at the end. If you are unsure about how to format your list of sources, see the examples listed below.

The paper should not cover material that we are covering in class.

The paper should focus on one or more of the post-Soviet countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Checklist for papers

1) Include references to your sources in the text of the paper. Failure to do this will result in a lower grade.

2) Include a bibliography/list of references at the end. See below for the format.

3) Spell-check the paper. Make sure that sentences are complete.

4) Submit a hard copy to me, and post an electronic copy to the Drop box. Use your lastname_firstname for the name of the version in Dropbox.

Grading of papers

A=the paper reflects clear organization, with an introduction of the topic and why it is important; a logical outline; and a conclusion. It incorporates evidence and examples from readings to support the argument; and includes appropriate references in the text and bibliography at the end. The idea is to persuade the reader, by using evidence and examples to support the argument you want to make. The paper provides a narrative that explains how different ideas/different paragraphs fit together.

B=the paper reflects knowledge of subject, but may have some gaps or problems in organization, logic or clarity; may lack sufficient evidence/examples or may lack references; ideas may be presented without explanation of how they are connected.

C=the paper reflects some knowledge of the subject, but may omit key issues/arguments, or may be poorly organized or ambiguous, or may lack evidence/examples or references.

D=paper does not show understanding of key issues, or reflects little or no analysis, is poorly organized/unclear, or lacks evidence/examples.

F=paper does not address the assignment; or does not reflect knowledge of materials; or lacks evidence/examples; or is poorly organized/unclear.

3 - Sports What is the connection between sports and politics in the Putin era? What prompted the Russian govt to bid for the 2014 Olympics & other international competitions? What problems arose over the preparations and conduct of the Olympics?		Richard Arnold and Andrew Foxall 2014. “Lord of the (Five) Rings: Issues at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games,” Problems of Post-Communism 61(1). [Lionsearch] Robert W. Orttung and Sufian Zhemukhov, 2014. “The 2014 Sochi Olympic Mega-project and Russia's Political Economy,” East European Politics 30(2): 175-191.[Lionsearch] Martin Muller, 2014. “Event Seizure: The World Cup 2018 and Russia’s Illusive Quest for Modernisation.” Zurich: Geographisches Institut, Universität Zürich. [http://adverbum.hautetfort.com/media/00/02/2778055286.pdf] Joshua Yaffa, 2014. “The Waste and Corruption Behind Vladimir Putin’s 2014 Winter Olympics,” Bloomberg Businessweek (January 2). [http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-02/the-2014-winter-olympics-in-sochi-cost-51-billion] Ben Aris, 2011. “Russia’s Use of Sport in Regional Development Policy,” Russian Analytical Digest no. 95, (April 6, 2011). [http://www.css.ethz.ch/publications/pdfs/RAD-95-2-5.pdf] Valery Dzutsev, 2011. “The Olympic Games in Sochi: Infrastructural and Security Challenges,” Russian Analytical Digest no. 95, (April 6, 2011). [http://www.css.ethz.ch/publications/pdfs/RAD-95-2-5.pdf]