Instruction
Josie(IRLS)
For this assignment, please write a prcis, which literally means to cut short.
Begin by choosing one of the peer-reviewed journal articles from the course materials. You may use any of the articles in this class. For your convenience, below is a comprehensive list. As you read, highlight the questions the author is trying to answer. Then highlight the answers the author found to those questions.
Of Networks and Nations by John Arquilla
Human Rights and Business by Wesley Cragg, Denis Arnold, and Peter Muchlinski
Global Gun Control: Examining the Consequences of Competing International Norms by Suzette Grillot
In the Defense of Women: Gender, Office Holding, and National Security Policy in Established Democracies" by Michael Koch and Sarah Fulton
This Time Its Real: The End of Unipolarity and the Pax Americana by Christopher Layne
The Politics of NGOs, Human Rights and the Arab-Israel Conflict" by Gerald Steinberg
Terror on Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube" by Gabriel Weimann
History, International Relations, and Integrated Approaches: Thinking About Greater Interdisciplinarity" by Steve Yetiv
Western International Law and Chinas Confucianism in the 19th Century. Collision and Integration" by Yang Zewei
Next, write your prcis, which consists of a citation and two paragraphs. At the top of your submission, provide the citation for the article you chose. Beneath that, begin the first paragraph by explaining the authors general focus and perspective. What issue is the author examining and what seems to be the theoretical framework? Continue on by explaining the answers the author found as a result of the study and include at least three reasons that support them. Why does the author think his or her answers/conclusions are correct?
In the second paragraph start by assuming that the authors answers/conclusions are in fact correct. Why are the authors ideas important? What are the implications? What does this mean for related issues or what else might be true? For clarification, the objective here is to find the implications of the study. We sometimes refer to implications as the so what? question. What does all of this mean in the bigger picture?
Your submission should be no more than one page long, double-spaced. Be sure to paraphrase the authors words into your own words. Do not quote the article directly. Please use 12 pitch, Times New Roman font and 1 inch margins. Finally, please include your last name in the filename and upload your work as a .doc or .docx file.