Assignment : Case Study
- Select this continent: 1. Argentina
- Prepare a 2,500-3,000 word case study. The case study will ask at the outset whether the country has an effective and fair government.
- The paper should begin with an introduction that says just what an effective and fair government is and then outlines/explores the six dimensions below to show the government is or is not effective and fair.
- Context: Geography, Demography, International Position
- Context: Historical Development,
- Society and Political culture
- Electoral system and Institutional Structure
- Party System
- Policy Making and Current Issues
- The Deliverable/Paper:
- Bibliography: The paper is consult at least 10 different sources. (Wikipedia is not considered an adequate source to cite.) It is appropriate to cite books, scholarly journals, news services, institutes, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, multilateral organizations (e.g., the UN), international financial institutions (e.g., the World Bank or IMF), political parties., etc.
- Citation. For each separate entry, give the citation first and then the annotation. The paper will be penalized for incorrect citation form. For general information, see the following source:
http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/Documentation.html
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocChiNotes_1stRef.html.
One strategy is to imitate an existing system: copy examples from serious journals, e.g., World Politics, Comparative Politics, Ethnic and Racial Studies, British Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, etc.
