PAPER ASSIGNMENT

INTL 190

Democracy in the Developing World

PRELIMINARY STEPS• 1. Pick a country• 2. Pick a topic, for example:

– Transition and its consequences– Civil-military relations– Channels of representation– Quality of judicial system

• 3. Find a problem, puzzle, paradox• 4. Brainstorm about solutions• 5. Review general readings• 6. Develop a proposal (2-4 pp.)

BASIC FORMAT • Introduction (4-6 pp.)

– Nature and importance of theme– Central questions– Selection of country– Sources, data, methods

• Analysis (~15 pp.)– Organization of material around central questions– How and why things happened, not just what– Discrepancies among sources, if any

• Conclusions (2-3 pp.)– Answers to your questions– Needs for further research

• Bibliography (2+ pp.)

DUE DATE

• 4:00 p.m. on Monday, June 6

• Electronic copy to phsmith@dss.ucsd.edu

• Hard copy (with my name on it!) in faculty drop box outside of Political Science, 3rd floor Social Science Building