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 * Recommended Reading and Research Resources: **To competently prepare for classroom and research assignments, students should make use of the following publications and resources, available in the library or on-line:


 * I. Primary Sources ** : Defined as original material including constitutions/basic law, government documents, speeches or policy papers delivered by government officials, bureaucrats, or political challengers, non-governmental organizations, etc. Students should familiarize themselves with various international organizations, especially those that focus on developing nations, including the United Nations, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), IMF, World Bank, National Endowment for Democracy, International Development Foundation, World Mercy Fund, Global Service Corps, International Food Policy Research Institute, Association on Third World Affairs, Academy for Educational Development, and Peace Corps, to name but a few.


 * II. Secondary Sources: ** Defined as reporting, analysis, or commentary, whether scholarly or popular press, by media or academics.

** A. Scholarly/Academic journals, including ** //International Affairs, Third World Quarterly, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, The World Today, the World Economy, The National Interest, Orbis, Parliamentary Affairs, Current History, Government and Opposition Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Political Studies, SAIS Review, Contemporary Review, World Policy Journal//.


 * Journals Useful for Military/Military Assessment**

//Aviation Week and Space Technology// //Armed Forces Journal// //International Defense Review and Interavia// //NATO Review// //Scientific American// //Survival// //Soldat und Technik// //U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings//


 * B. Reference Annuals and Key Websites: **

// Political Handbook of the World // // The Statesman’s Yearbook // Freedom House //Freedom in the World// and //Nations in Transit// The World Bank, //Global Economic Prospects and Developing Countries//. The World Bank, //World Development Report// Pew Research Center, [] International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), //The Military Balance// Library of Congress, Global Gateway, [] Library of Congress, Federal Research Division, [] CIA World Factbook [|www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook] U.S. State Department Background Notes: [|www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/] Global Museum on Communism: [] Political Resources on the Net, [|www.politicalresources.net/] Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy: [|www.islam-democracy.org/] Democracy and Governance: [|www.usaid.gov/democracy/index.html] Foreign Government Resources on the Web < [|www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/foreign.html] > United Nations Development Programme: [|www.undp.org/] Vanderbilt University Library Resource Page: [] Election Guide: []

Reporters Without Borders: [] Committee to Protect Journalists: [] The Boroumand Foundation: []

 1. American: //The New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Times, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Commentary, the Progressive, Tikkun, The American Prospect, The New Republic, National Review, Weekly Standard,// etc
 * Media: newspapers, opinion magazines, etc. including **

 //2.// European: //The Economist, BBC, New Statesman, International Herald Tribune, The Times, Financial Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, L’Express, Le Point, Le Nouvel Observateur, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung//

 //3.// East and Central Asia//: Asia Times, South China Morning Post, Malaysia-Kini, The Times of India, Indonesia Business Center Online, The Central News Agency (Taiwan), Xinhua News Agency (PRC), Bangkok Post, Far Eastern Economic Review, Nation (Thailand), Hong Kong Standard), Japan Times, Mainichi Newspaper, Korea Web Weekly.//

4. Middle East: //Arab News// [Saudi Arabia], //Ha-aretz// English [Israel], //Al-Jazeera// English, //Daily Star// [Lebanon].

 5. African: //The Namibian African Perspective, Africa Confidential, Arusha Times, Daily Kenyan, The East African, Ethiopian Review, Ethiopian Commentator, The Monitor// [Uganda], //Nigerian Tribune, The Star// [Johannesburg], //The Mail and Guardian// [Johannesburg], //Express Online// [Tanzania], //Sudan Tribune, East African Standard//, and see the excellent collection of links at []

 6. Latin America: //Latin America Press, Mercopress, Prensa Latina, Latin American Post, Hispanic Online//


 * ESSAY ASSIGNMENTS: GRADING RUBRIC **

Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell. William J. Strunk, Jr. //The Elements of Style// (1918)

FORM
All essays must be typed, double-spaced, with standard margins, on 8 ½” x 11” white paper. All citations must follow the format recommended by Kate Turabian or //The Chicago Manual of Style.//

CRITERIA

 * Superior (Grade: A)**
 * Addresses a well-defined, significant, thoughtfully selected topic or question.
 * Addresses the question fully and explores the issues thoughtfully.
 * Shows substantial depth, fullness, and complexity of thought. Goes beyond the obvious. Offers illuminating insights.
 * Demonstrates clear, focused, unified, and coherent organization.
 * Is fully developed and detailed.
 * Evidences superior control of diction, syntactic variety, and transition. May have a few minor flaws.
 * Flawless footnotes.


 * Strong (Grade: B)**
 * Addresses a well-defined, significant topic or question.
 * Clearly addresses the question and explores the issues.
 * Shows some depth and complexity of thought. Demonstrates recognition of important ideas.
 * Is effectively organized.
 * Is well-developed, with supporting detail and good citation technique.
 * Demonstrates control of diction, syntactic variety, and transition. May have a few flaws.


 * Competent (Grade: C)**
 * Addresses a clearly defined topic or question.
 * Adequately addresses the question and explores the issues.
 * Shows clarity of thought but may lack complexity. May tend to rely on the obvious and the cliché.
 * Is organized.
 * Is adequately developed, with some detail.
 * Demonstrates competent writing. May have some flaws.
 * Minor flaws in footnotes.


 * Weak (Grade: D)**
 * Addresses an ill-defined or ill chosen topic or question.
 * May distort or neglect parts of the question.
 * May be simplistic or stereotyped in thought. May be essentially uninformative.
 * May demonstrate problems in organization. May be aimless.
 * May have generalizations without supporting detail or detail without generalizations. May be undeveloped.
 * May show patterns of flaws in language, syntax, mechanics, and citation.

Incompetent (Grade: F)

 * Failed attempts to begin discussing the topic.
 * Deliberately off-topic papers. Failure to understand the topic.
 * Papers so incompletely developed as to suggest or demonstrate incompetence.
 * Papers wholly incompetent mechanically.
 * Seriously flawed or absent footnotes.


 * Azusa Pacific University Spring 2013 **
 * // Dept. of History and Political Science //**** Prof. Palm **

POLI 385: Developing Political Systems

March 5, Indonesia: Fugate, Garcia March 5, South Africa: Morgan, March 7, Mexico: Lewandowski, March 14, Nigeria: Tucker March 19, Iraq Jones, Gaddini, Winston March 21, India: Madrigal, March 21, China: Patton, Torkelson April 2, Guatemala: Zarghami, Salazar, Morgan, Rao, Sider April 4, South Korea: Loving, Matza, Kohatsu, Schneider April 9, Pakistan: Ardill, Duvauchelle, Manhard, Johnson
 * Roundtable Discussions: **


 * Assignment: ** Using your text chapter as background, and several primary and secondary sources, each group member will prepare a ten-minute briefing on a current social or political problem in your assigned country, coordinating with your group to avoid duplication, and including at least one concept discussed in that country’s text chapter. Your presentation may be simply informative, or may conclude with a policy recommendation.

In preparation for your roundtable, begin by learning all you can about your country’s current situation--problems as well as opportunities and progress made--using sources listed in your syllabus, and deciding with your colleagues which you will consider. Prepare an argument about the issue that you can make coherently and persuasively in no more than ten minutes per speaker. It’s essential that you familiarize yourself with the relevant text chapter on your country, and educate the class on the essential terms and concepts relevant to its political development identified therein. Prepare __a single page of bullet points__ from which you can speak during your presentation, with a bibliography listing your five most important resources (on back if needs be). You are expected to use the Burnell text chapter, and to collect at least five additional primary or secondary sources (some of each is recommended). Consult the syllabus list of news and academic resources available online. Be sure to learn correct pronunciation of foreign names and terms, and to plan with your fellow panel members, knowing in advance who is taking what position or what they’ll address. After each member of the panel has spoken, there will be time for the panel members to question one another if they choose, and for the class to pose questions to you.
 * Making your Roundtable a Success: **
 * 1) ** Text ** : Read the text chapter on your country and identify with your group the problems and ideas presented there, and research where things stand with them more recently. You may be certain that if your group doesn’t address the issues raised in the text chapter your professor will ask you to do so in Q/A.
 * 2) ** Coordinate ** with your RT colleagues periodically as you prepare, and make sure everyone has something current and interesting to speak about.
 * 3) ** Avoid Generalizing: ** Don’t let one person in your group volunteer to explain the past history of the country or its general statistics. Each person should have one aspect of the country’s __current__ situation to address—for example, political parties and current positions, economic condition and policies, a particular health problem, demographic trends and issues, clean water, land use and environmental issues, crime, corruption, religious conflict, security problems, human rights issues, etc.
 * 4) ** Statistics ** : Any stats used in any presentation should include an explanation to the audience a) why they are the most recent you could find, and b) why significant.
 * 5) ** Relevance: ** Everything discussed should relate to the country’s government or politics (what is the government doing or not doing? What policies does a particular candidate or party propose and why?), and the information you provide recent—use reliable news and analysis sources to give your presentation currency alongside other material, including the relevant text chapter, to give it depth.

Along with your text chapter, a great place to start your research is //The Economist// website or magazine.


 * The Paper: ** Your paper should be 1000 words, +/- 25 words, with approximately one half of the paper summarizing the situation as it stands, and the second half solutions, and assessing where things might be headed. Your paper is __due the date of your Roundtable Presentation. Papers submitted after class will be considered one day late__. Footnotes done following //Chicago Manual of Style///Turabian are required, and you should include references cited with footnotes to recent events, developments and trends that are relevant. Include on a separate page at the end of your paper a Bibliography of news and other sources consulted. Most should be sources from the past 24 months. The grade you receive on this short assignment will be based on quality and clarity of writing, the depth of your analysis, and the quality of sources consulted.


 * Presentation ** : Your ppt presentation should at least include a map or maps of the country and region. Also useful but not required are:
 * Statistics or charts, w/ source and date on screen.
 * Quoted material from important figures involved, or notable observers, in quotation marks w/ date and source on screen.
 * Relevant news video, again w/ date and source, or video interview that you have done with someone knowledgeable on the issue.

No text (other than quotations) or bullet points should appear on the screen: maps, charts, statistics, quotations, or video only.

On the day of your Roundtable, don’t plan on reading your paper to us; use bullet points or note cards from which you can speak during your presentation. Familiarize yourself with the correct pronunciation of foreign names and terms. After each member of the panel has spoken, there will be time for the panel members to question one another if they choose, and for the class to pose questions to you. It’s not necessary for the panel to be in agreement. Typically students on a panel find several points on which they do and don’t agree, and this makes it more interesting. It is essential that you are familiar with the latest developments on your country/issue.

For this assignment you’ll receive a score on your written paper; the quality of your class presentation will be included as part of your class participation grade. Primary criteria include the following:

> > ** International Relations Prof. Palm, Spring 2014 **
 * General comprehension of the topic;
 * Quality of sources consulted (demonstrate familiarity with primary and secondary sources, and properly cited);
 * Arguments clearly stated and comprehensible, foreign names pronounced capably.
 * Logic/orderliness of presentation

> ** Roundtable Discussion and Paper, Instructions and Schedule ** > > ** Roundtable Panel Presentations: ** Class during weeks 3 – 8 will include in-class discussions during which students will work in a small group, individually writing a short essay of 1000 words (+/- 25) on a topic of current interest as assigned. Each student will summarize a specific situation and trends in about five minutes, including policy recommendations if desired. > > Required for this assignment on the day of your presentation is your 1000-word essay. Roundtable Groups will meet briefly during the first few weeks of class, and later, as needed. Following individual presentations, panel members may question each other if they choose, and the class will be required to pose at least three questions to the panel. > > ** Background ** : Roundtable panel discussions are a typical forum at professional academic conferences. Unlike panels in which prepared scholarly papers are presented and discussed, roundtables allow a similar number of scholars to share information or perspectives on the topic, followed by time for informal interaction among themselves and their audience. > > ** The Paper: ** Make your paper 1000 words, +/- 25 words, with approximately one half of the paper summarizing some aspect of the situation as it stands, and the second half assessing where things might be headed, including (if you wish) your policy recommendations for specific people (President, U.S. Secretary of Defense, Sec. of State, other nations’ heads of state, etc.) who might influence events. If you’re writing about U.S. foreign policy, keep in mind its three foundational elements — national interest, political principle, and prudence, as discussed in class. Your paper is __due the date of your Roundtable Presentation. Papers submitted after class will be considered late__. Footnotes done following //Chicago Manual of Style///Turabian are required, and you should include references cited with footnotes to recent events, developments and trends that are relevant. Look for a good mix of primary and secondary sources as described in the course syllabus. Include on a separate page at the end of your paper a bibliography of news and other sources consulted. Most should be sources from the past 24 months. The grade you receive on this short assignment will be based on quality and clarity of writing, the quality of your analysis, and the quality of sources consulted. See the rubric in the course syllabus for details. > > ** Ppt Presentation ** : Your presentation should include a map or maps of the country and region, it should have a clear, simple point, and have clearly presented facts that your classmates can absorb and note. Your best points and facts may be used as questions on the Midterm and Final, so avoid information overload. Please abide by a 50-word total limit on screen, including quotations. Also useful, but not required are: > > On the day of your Roundtable, don’t plan on reading your paper to the class; use note cards or a page of bullet points from which you can speak during your presentation. Familiarize yourself with the correct pronunciation of foreign names and terms. After each member of the panel has spoken, there will be time for the panel members to question one another if they choose, and for the class to pose questions to you. It’s not necessary for the panel to be in agreement on a particular policy. Typically students on a panel find several points on which they do and don’t agree, and this makes it more interesting. It is essential that you are familiar with the latest developments on your country/issue. > > Aim to make your oral presentation as professional as possible. Have a clear point that you want to make, support it well, and avoid unprofessional and vague slang adjectives (e.g., random, lame, bogus, sketchy, etc.). > > For this assignment you’ll receive a score on your written paper; the quality of your class presentation will be included as part of your class participation grade. Primary criteria include the following: > All papers will be graded and returned near the end of the semester, when all have been turned in. > ** International Relations Roundtable Presentations Schedule ** > ** Unless otherwise noted, presentations will be scheduled on Wednesdays. ** > RT 1: Russian Relations w/ “Near Abroad” Neighbors, 2014: Andaya, Hunt, Withers, Power > RT 2: Afghanistan Status, 2014: Rocha, Freed, Johnson, Ludwig > RT 3: Egypt’s 2014 Crisis and Foreign Relations: Castillo-Rodriguez, H. Park, Laggren, Watson > RT 4: The Syrian Crisis and Syria’s Neighbor Countries, 2014:, Jones, Madsen, Rodriguez, Mr. W. Park > RT 5: Case Studies in Successful Economic Development, 2014: Marquecho, A. Garcia, Seo, Mikail, Taboada > RT 6: U.S. Policy Options for a Nuclear Iran, 2014: Garcia, Haros > RT 7: IR and the Korean Peninsula, 2014: Al Darei, Gomez, Orozco, Small
 * Statistics or charts, w/ source and date on screen.
 * A quotation or two from important figures involved, or notable observers, in quotation marks w/ date and source on screen.
 * Brief and relevant news video, again w/ date and source, or video interview that you have done with someone knowledgeable on the issue.
 * General comprehension of the topic;
 * Quality of sources consulted (demonstrate familiarity with primary and secondary sources, and properly cited);
 * Arguments clearly stated and comprehensible, foreign names pronounced capably.
 * Logic/orderliness of presentation

Term Paper Assignment
**Final Drafts due in class: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 [last class before Easter] **

//<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">“Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all. ////<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">” //<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> --Winston Churchill

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Write a 2000-word (+/- 50 words, not including title page, bibliography, or footnotes) paper, typed, double spaced, on one of the following topics:


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">International relations and al Qaeda and affiliates in Northern Africa, 2012-2014
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Turkey’s international relations, 2012-14
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Natural gas and international relations, 2012-14
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">International relations and the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands dispute, 2012-14
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Cyber-security and international defensive measures, 2012-14

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Your paper should include a general discussion of the recent course of events and consideration of major nations involved, the national interests of nations involved, and political or religious aspects that enter into the equation. Also include a section on U.S. foreign policy perspectives on the issue—what is the Obama administration’s and/or Republican opposition’s stated policy on the issue?

Your paper is only considered “turned in” when your stapled paper copy has been received by the instructor in person or date-stamped by Dept. Staff and placed in his mailbox. Prof. Palm will not print and grade your emailed final draft.

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Papers must be focused, cite reputable sources consulted w/ Turabian/Chicago Manual of Style footnotes, and must have in the opening paragraph/s a clearly identifiable thesis statement. Your paper may briefly (1-2 pages) summarize the past history of the issue, but should be describing recent events by the top of your third page, and continuing through the paper to offer analysis of the various sides’ arguments as conveyed in government position papers, statements, speeches, and analyzed by academic and professional resources. The paper may conclude with policy recommendations for resolving the conflict, using appropriate measures (military, diplomatic, economic).

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">All sources in your footnotes and bibliography __should include the date of publication__. For websites, include date of publication as well as the date you accessed it.


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Thesis statement **<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">: Your first or second paragraph must include a clear thesis statement or question and may include the words, “This paper will consider . . .” For example: “This paper will consider the debate about current U.S. policy in Afghanistan, and assess the various participants’ recommendations.” A thesis statement must be sufficiently narrow to allow for a paper of significant depth.


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Opinion **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">: Students often ask if they are permitted to add their opinion to the paper. Short answer: Mere opinion, no. Informed, logically deduced conclusions, yes. For this assignment, consider the entire paper 1) an explanation of the facts that concern your thesis, and 2) proof or fulfillment of your thesis statement. Avoid horrible phrases like, “My personal opinion is . . ., I feel that . . .” __In fact, the personal pronoun “I” should appear nowhere in your paper__ (unless, of course, you are quoting someone else). Set forth the facts as you have researched them, and let your paper serve as support for your thesis statement. In other words, you’re not writing a personal opinion paper here; you have researched the topic and know something about it, and you are now explaining it to your readers, or persuading them about a policy direction that should be taken. Uninformed opinion has nothing to do with this assignment.


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sources: **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> It is expected that you will do substantial reading in researching this paper. A strong paper for this assignment will have the following:

> > The instructor will be reading your paper noting the quality of your sources, and the ways in which you utilize them in support of your thesis. > > Encyclopedias (including //wikipedia.com//) and the course textbook may be useful for your initial background research, __but are not to be used as a resource when writing your paper__.<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">[1] In college writing, with rare exceptions, none of your footnotes should refer to the text or an encyclopedia. We assume that you will use such sources __for introductory research__ only, moving on to other sources to produce an original work of some depth. Except for a few short quotations, the entirety of your paper should be original material that you have written. __Do not attach to your paper printed or photocopied pages from other sources__. One or two charts, graphs, maps __that you have produced yourself (not downloaded)__ are allowable.
 * 1) **<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">At least three primary sources **<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">, including any of the following: references to relevant portions of the constitution of your country, published laws, published speeches, policy papers or other documents, or published interviews with government officials, bureaucrats, or candidates for office from the countries you are covering, or even an interview you have done yourself with a bona fide candidate or government official from the country. On the web, anything w/ a “dot gov” ending is good. (Note that a news article that includes a few quotations from a government agency or representative is not a primary source.)
 * 2) **<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">At least three recent reputable secondary sources **<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">: Scholarly and professional journal articles (e.g. //Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Orbis, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings//, etc.) are best, but newspaper articles, and other library/internet resources, including online periodicals are useful. Interviews (in person, telephone or on-line) with people from the region or countries you are researching, or Americans who live in the U.S. but retain ties with their country of origin can be quite valuable, especially if they have direct connections with government or military. Published books may well be useful for background, of course, and those very recently published may be important to include if available. The latter will usually be harder to come by, but it may well be worthwhile to spend some time looking online and accessing them by Link + or electronically.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">As a rule of thumb, a well-written research paper will likely have two or three paragraphs, and two to six footnotes, per page.


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Late Policy: **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Late papers will be accepted, but penalized one letter grade per calendar day.


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Return of Graded Papers **<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">: I’ll make every effort to have your papers graded by the date of the final exam. If this isn’t possible, you may, of course, pick up your papers from the Department Secretary next semester in Ronald 130.

=Notes On Writing Term Papers=


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Writing: **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Everything in your paper should be expressed and argued in standard English, and grammatically correct prose, avoiding slang and informal expressions. Take a few minutes to review basic grammar before writing. Remind yourself of the definitions of a sentence and a paragraph.


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Spelling: **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Prof. Palm does not believe in the existence of the “typo,” and holds to the view that correct spelling is one mark of an educated and careful person. He believes that there are no excuses for spelling errors in college writing (especially in an age of computer spell-check tools!). Always use a computer spell-check function //and// have a reliable friend or classmate proofread. More than one or two spelling errors in your paper will likely result in a grade drop.


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Style: **


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Write clearly. Avoid jargon of all types. Use words that are in the dictionary and have stood the test of time.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Write with dignity. Make sure that your arguments are firmly grounded in facts. “Given x and y, the outlook for the near future is z.” Avoid forms of the verb “to be” (is, are, were, etc.). Instead, use strong verbs that show action.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Write with confidence. If you are to argue a point in a paper, think through your argument, and then make your case. Avoid using the first person (e.g. I believe that . . .); avoid using “seem” (e.g. Harlan seems to be saying . . . ) and avoid the verb “feel.” Such expressions make your writing far less forceful and convincing. Instead, prefer verbs like “contend” or “argue.” (Instead of “President Obama felt that . . .” write “President Obama argued that . . .”).


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Format: **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">With respect to the physical appearance of your paper, simplicity is a virtue. Papers must be typed, double-spaced, pages numbered, and should be held together with nothing more than a single staple in the upper left-hand corner. No plastic/ cardboard binding is necessary//.// Do include a cover page as produced at the end of this document, followed by your first page of text.


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Font **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">: Use Times New Roman, 12 pt. No other fonts or sizes are acceptable.


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Quotation **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">: Resist the urge to fill your paper with long quotations. Use a few direct quotations well and wisely, and be sure to introduce those quotes you do use, and of course you will use quotation marks at beginning and end. In a paper of this short length, it is unlikely that you would have a quote longer than five lines of text, but if you do, indent the quote an inch on each side, single space, justify, and do not use quotation marks. This is referred to as a “block quote.”


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Bibliography: **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Include a bibliography at the end of your paper, to indicate all the sources you consulted for this paper, whether or not you cited them in specific footnotes. Arrange your Bibliography page like this:

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Bibliography **


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Primary Sources **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Interview with President Obama on Colombia-U.S. Trade Deal, BBC News, Jan. 14, 2012, http://www.bbcnews.com 1/14/09/ [accessed Nov. 15, 2013].

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">“Economic Relations”, Embassy of Colombia website <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">[] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [accessed Nov. 15, 2013].

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Etc.


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Secondary Sources **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">McDermott, Jeremy. “Colombia’s Rocky Regional Relations” //New York Times//, July 20, 2009 <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">[] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [accessed Nov. 20, 2009].

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Kissinger, Henry. “China’s Future Foreign Policy” Foreign Affairs, Aug. 1, 2013. <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">[] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [accessed April 14, 2014].

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Etc.


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Footnotes **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">: MS Word and most other word processing programs include “References” and “Insert Footnote” commands that makes the whole process quite simple. Remember that the proper order of punctuation, when footnoting a quote at the end of a sentence, is as follows: period, quotation mark, footnote #. For example:

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">As Abraham Lincoln said in his address at Gettysburg, this nation was “conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">[2]

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Examples for your footnotes are to be found at the //Chicago Manual of Style Quick Guide// website.

__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">For citations to the same source __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> __immediately following and on the same page__, use Ibid., an abbreviation of the Latin //ibidem//, “the same.” Note that Ibid. is not all caps, and, as an abbreviation, it needs a period at the end.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">2 Ibid., 404.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Remember that Ibid. can never be the first footnote on a page.

Footnotes should be single-spaced at the bottom of the page. Use Times New Roman 10 pt.

Term Paper Checklist

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Before turning your paper in, go through the following checklist of common mistakes.

Ö <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Have you read your own paper aloud, //and// had a person of outstanding moral character give your paper a final proofread? If not, do so.

Ö <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Do a word search for the following words or phrases: being, bias, feel, stance, fixate, lame, sketchy, mindset, basically, irregardless (use “regardless”), “in regards to” (use “respecting”), and “people group” (“population” or simply “people” will do nicely). Delete or change and rewrite the sentence.

Ö <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Did you use any of the following homonyms? If so, check a dictionary: lead/led, boarder/border, its/it’s, cite/site/sight, they’re/there/their.

Ö <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Did you write about your personal feelings? If so, delete and rewrite making an argument that refers to evidence or uses logical argument.

Ö <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Cover page: Produce a cover page like that below.

Ö <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Bibliography: Be sure your Bibliography page follows the formatting described above, distinguishing primary and secondary sources.

Ö <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Check your footnotes: Did you indent the first line of each footnote using the MS Word ruler? Is the author’s first name first and last name last? Correct if necessary.

Ö <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Respecting footnote numbers appearing in the text of your paper: are they at the very end of each sentence, after the period or quotation marks? They should be. Correct if necessary.

Ö <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Word Count: Do not include bibliography, footnotes, or cover page in your word count. To eliminate footnotes from your word count, simply click on “Words” in the bottom left corner of your MS Word screen, and check the box.

Ö <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Did you skip an extra line between paragraphs? Don’t.

Ö <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Is each and every apostrophe properly placed?

Ö <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Are any of your paragraphs longer than one page? They probably shouldn’t be.

Ö <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Is there a page number on your cover page? Get rid of it—cover pages don’t need one.

Ö <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Is your staple straight? If not, re-staple.

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">FORM AND CRITERIA For ESSAY ASSIGNMENTS

Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell.

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">William J. Strunk, Jr.//,The Elements of Style// (1918)

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">FORM
<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">All essays must be typed, double-spaced, with standard margins, on 8 ½” x 11” white paper. All citations must follow the format recommended by Kate Turabian or //The Chicago Manual of Style.//

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">CRITERIA

 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Superior (Grade: A) **


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Addresses a well-defined, significant, thoughtfully selected topic or question.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Addresses the question fully, explores the issues thoughtfully, using a variety of excellent resources.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Shows substantial depth, fullness, and complexity of thought. Goes beyond the obvious. Offers illuminating insights.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Demonstrates clear, focused, unified, and coherent organization.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Is fully developed and detailed.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Evidences superior control of diction, syntactic variety, and transition. May have a few minor flaws.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Flawless footnotes.


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Strong (Grade: B) **


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Addresses a well-defined, significant topic or question.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Clearly addresses the question and explores the issues, using mostly good resources.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Shows some depth and complexity of thought. Demonstrates recognition of important ideas.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Is effectively organized.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Is well-developed, with supporting detail and good citation technique.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Demonstrates control of diction, syntactic variety, and transition. May have a few flaws.


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Competent (Grade: C) **


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Addresses a clearly defined topic or question.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Adequately addresses the question and explores the issues, utilizing some good resources.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Shows clarity of thought but may lack complexity. May tend to rely on the obvious and the cliché.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Is organized.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Is adequately developed, with some detail.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Demonstrates competent writing. May have some flaws.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Minor flaws in footnotes.


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Weak (Grade: D) **


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Addresses an ill-defined or ill-chosen topic or question.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">May distort or neglect parts of the question, using too few good resources.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">May be simplistic or stereotyped in thought. May be essentially uninformative.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">May demonstrate problems in organization. May be aimless.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">May have generalizations without supporting detail or detail without generalizations. May be undeveloped.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">May show patterns of flaws in language, syntax, mechanics, and citation.

Incompetent (Grade: F)

 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Failed attempts to begin discussing the topic, utilizing few to no good resources.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Deliberately off-topic papers. Failure to understand the topic.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Papers so incompletely developed as to suggest or demonstrate incompetence.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Papers wholly incompetent mechanically.
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Seriously flawed or absent footnotes.

Print this statement and sign, after your bibliography. A separate page is not necessary.

“I certify that all material presented in this assignment is my own work except where I have clearly acknowledged the work of others by means of accurate citation. I have read and understand the University’s Academic Integrity Policy.”

Signed: ___ Date:_____

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">[1] Middlebury College in Vermont has established a similar policy<span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;">: <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;">“Wikipedia is not an acceptable citation, even though it may lead one to a citable source.” <span style="font-family: &#39;Times&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">[2] Abraham Lincoln, “Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg,” November 19, 1863, in Stanley Appelbaum, ed., //Great Speeches: Abraham Lincoln// (New York: Dover Thrift Editions, 1991), 103.