Instruction
Due tomorrow need done ASAP
4. Answering a question in Political Theory.
In this assignment, pose a question about political theory. For instance, what do Madisons arguments in the Federalist tell us about representation? Does Tocquevilles analysis of American life inform our understanding of American ideals of equality? What do the Constitutional convention debates tell us about the various concepts of political sovereignty held by the Framers? Can we use the theories of Marsilius of Padua to understand current issues of political corruption?
The research design will be approximately 8-15 pages in length, and will include an Abstract, an Introduction, a Literature Review, and a Data and Methods section. Do not worrywe will go over all of these concepts in class before you write your first RD!
Abstract: This is a short paragraph that summarizes your entire project in about four to five sentences. It should include your main argument and provide the reader with enough information to understand what topic you are addressing.
Introduction: Introduce your research question and hypothesis in 1-3 pages. Your introduction might include such information as where you got the idea for the study, and why it is an important question to try to answer. This section will also (obviously) include your hypothesis.
Literature Review: Complete a 4-8 page literature review about existing research on your topic. Your goal is to place your own study within the existing body of scholarly work on the subject, and to begin to locate yourself (and your ideas) within the larger world of research. What work has been done on this topic, and how have researchers tested their theories? Where does your theory fit in the discussion?
The literature review is (most likely) where you will spend the most timestart early!
Data and Methods: The final section is where you will describe your data and methods, in as many pages as you need.
There are many questions to ask yourself for this section. For instance, will you utilize roll call votes, survey evidence, court decisions, interviews, etc. as your data source? Where will you get your datawill you collect it yourself, or rely on data collected in previous studies? How will you analyze your datacontent analysis, statistical analysis, qualitative analysis? What do you expect to find? Are there shortcomings to your methodology that will limit or influence your projected findings?
You do not have to conduct an actual experiment or gather data. in Data and methods you simply need to explain how you would conduct the experiment. I have attached an American politics design that is the same format and study