Instruction
Write a 3000 word essay applying an IR theory to analysis of a global issue. Theories from which of the prominent IR paradigms (realism, liberalism, constructivism, Marxism, dependency theory, or Feminism) do you think best explain international relations and global relations today, and why?
Each IR theoretical paradigm has components that determine how they define, analyze, and approach the components, problems (and solutions to those problems), and relevance of major global issues. They apply their understandings of how the global system works to address global issues and events.
Your paper should address the fundamental beliefs of the theoretical paradigm, the major components of the paradigm, and the hypotheses of how those components affect the global system and how it deals with important events and issues in the world. Be sure to highlight the key assumptions and predictions of each perspective, and connect them to a contemporary global issue. Some issues that you can address are: environment and climate change, human rights, international development, global poverty, and conflict (including war). Focus your essay on one issue area and apply your chosen theoretical paradigm to that topic. Your paper should answer the questions of: how does the theory define major actors in the global system, what are these actors driven by, how do actors approach your chosen global issue, what do they propose the solutions are to the issue?
Be sure to follow a clear structure in your essay. Introduce your topic and tell me what you're going to cover in the body of the essay. Use the bulk of the essay to cover the points that I have assigned you to cover. Finish by summarizing everything neatly with a good conclusion.
Use MLA or APA formatting for your paper. You should have proper in-text citations (APA) or footnotes (MLA) to cite all of your work within the text, and create a Bibliography with all of your sources listed correctly (alphabetical, and using APA or MLA citation style). You will be submitting your papers to Unicheck to check for plagiarized material, so make sure that you check that and cite anything that it found to be repeated material.
Also - be sure to check your grammar and sentence structure. I do count off for grammar errors, as they hinder your writing