TERM PAPER TEMPLATE

The term paper for Advanced Topics in Political Science will involve one the following:

You can tackle the general question over what is preferable as an engine of success in American society government or business, private sector or public. Select a policy issue as your case study. Be sure to provide constitutional support, evolution of policy on the issue, along with a discussion of foundational values. Take a position, one way or the other, on the larger issue and the case, or

You can identify a topic involving the intersection of business and government in the United States in the 21st century. Detail the nature of the issue, on whose behalf the topic is being advanced and, how it is being advanced. Show how this issue illustrates the relationship between these two spheres of American society. You are going to need to cite relevant constitutional, historical and legal considerations that are salient for the topic. Your task is to characterize the outcome as being a net positive or negative for American society, in your explanation of the outcome.

You will then select another nation in the world and show how the same or similar issue has been addressed there. You will cite relevant traditions there that account for its outcome. You will explain which outcome and system you regard as the preferred one. If they are equally meritorious, that is fine as well.

SUGGESTED OUTLINE

I. Problem Identification.

II. Brief Topic Description

III. Research Questions

IV. Hypotheses

V. Detailed topic description

VI. Detailed outcome description

VII. Comparative Analysis (if comparative)

VIII. Conclusion