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Regarding midterm and final exam test (format is identical):
ID section, identify and explain 6 key terms (sometimes 4 of 6)
More important to be able to detail
Essay component; answer one of 2 essay questions
An understanding of the larger concepts; be able to tell the big picture (along with the details)
Summarizing what you’ve learned
Regarding the research paper, try to pick an interesting topic
Regarding research proposal (early feedback)
A research topic (deals with relevancy i.e. deals with the making and implementation of foreign policy;
not primarily about int’l relations, e.g. but more so U.S. foreign policy towards a particular country, and
hypothesis. I.e. Research question should not just be about India or Pakistan (should relate to U.S.
foreign policy. Actors that shape American foreign policy domestically.
Regarding hypothesis (a good research paper is intended to be a critical analysis of a controversy or a
contentious issue regarding the topic)
E.g. Analyze 2 competing claims between 2 differing opinions and argue for one side
Hypothesis best educated guess about what your research paper (allows us from the outset to
analyze each of the sources critically, which papers support the hypothesis (include certain
evidence into your hypothesis)
o Change hypothesis if you can’t find any flaws to the competing claim
Research proposal (give direction early on) most choose a topic that is far too broad
Research paper should follow the model of the professor’s
Best (most efficient) way to do research is to look at the research bibliography of other research papers
Research proposal doesn’t have to have a tentative bibliography
8 25 sources
40% of grade is based on research, 40% of analysis, 20% on presentation
Due date June 11
th
Lectures
The degree of poverty in Latin America is due to dependency theory i.e. it’s underdeveloped… further
along in industrial development
I.e. The west developed at the expense of the South
o Dominant actor being the U.S.
Reinforced the inequality, benefited substantially from the nascent poverty, to
take advantage of it
o American foreign policy has had a crucial impact on Latin America (and on other regions
of the world)
E.g. Middle east
o Development of the 1
st
world and underdevelopment of the 3
rd
world are flip sides of
the same coin
The 3
rd
world was distorted by the creation of narrow elites as the 1
st
world was
created from industrializing
The poverty that has emerged as a result of this narrow imposition fuels the
accumulation of wealth in the developed regions of the planet
The pattern of settlement was unique in the southern states (similar to Latin
America, but with small white elite owned vast majority of land
U.S. has emerged as a global hegemon
o Why the U.S. behaves the way it does is crucial to understanding its foreign policy
The study of U.S. foreign policy bridges 2 sub-disciplines within the field of political science

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o Each has very different approaches to understanding its behavior
o Heterogeneous disagreement
Tends to be disagreements at the margins
No dominant paradigms (various competing paradigms)
o Political scientists can’t even agree on what politics is
Comparative politics
International affairs
David Easton (very representative of one approach to foreign affairs)
o Politics = allocation
I.e. who gets what when where and how?
Any political society has to deal with this core question
This process refers to not only desired goods (also refers to disvalued aspects of
social existence (i.e. paying taxes))
E.g. Disvalued: military service
Not all allocations are properly political, various ways to deal with this allocation
1. Tradition
o The method that most (feudal) societies dealt with their
allocation requirements
E.g. Caste system in India
Determined by birth e.g. monarchical systems
o Based primarily on consensus (e.g. feudal order in Europe was
something God created)
I.e. to disagree is heresy i.e. go against God’s order
2. Exchange
o Means of allocation that we’re all more familiar with
(determined by the market)
Wealth caused by property ownership or specialized
skills
Can’t legally force you or coerce you
3. Command
o Neither tradition nor exchange are in fact actually political
Tradition rests upon consensus (not enforced against an
unwilling individual)
Exchange is about an inherent relationship of equality;
not based on coercion
o Politics is limited through the method of command
Compliance to a command is somewhat voluntary
Is political when it applies to an entire society (wide
method)
Enforceable via physical coercion or violence
Represents consensus;
o Understanding politics as something to be critical of
Politics is about different groups and individuals competing for various goals
Different understanding of politics in IR (politics defined as the realm of the state)
o State defined as a political entity (politics as the realm of the state) doesn’t increase
our comprehension of what politics is
Most other disciplines are defined by some basic dichotomies;

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Regarding midterm and final exam test (format is identical): ID section, identify and explain 6 key terms (sometimes 4 of 6)  More important to be able to detail Essay component; answer one of 2 essay questions  An understanding of the larger concepts; be able to tell the big picture (along with the details)  Summarizing what you’ve learned Regarding the research paper, try to pick an interesting topic Regarding research proposal (early feedback) A research topic (deals with relevancy i.e. deals with the making and implementation of foreign policy; not primarily about int’l relations, e.g. but more so U.S. foreign policy towards a particular country, and hypothesis. I.e. Research question should not just be about India or Pakistan (should relate to U.S. foreign policy. Actors that shape American foreign policy domestically. Regarding hypothesis (a good research paper is intended to be a critical analysis of a controversy or a contentious issue regarding the topic)  E.g. Analyze 2 competing claims between 2 differing opinions and argue for one side  Hypothesis best educated guess about what your research paper (allows us from the outset to analyze each of the sources critically, which papers support the hypothesis (include certain evidence into your hypothesis) o Change hypothesis if you can’t find any flaws to the competing claim Research proposal (give direction early on) most choose a topic that is far too broad Research paper should follow the model of ...
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