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Research Mediation, a viable tool in armed conflict resolution in the Central African
Region.
Research
Question: To
what extent can international mediation be considered as a viable tool in
resolving armed conflict resulting from socio- economic and political struggle
in the Central African Region?
Also, below are this assignment instructions, Thank you.
This week you need to propose what topic you will cover
for you literature review assignment. In this literature review,
you will be expected to assess the literature in regard to the relative merits
of two IR theories in explaining the outcome of a case study of your choice. In
order to prepare you for you Literature Review assignment, please provide:
1. A brief description of the specific case-study that you are
interested in examining, and an explanation for why this is an important case
to study (for example: the Cold War, the Israeli-Arab conflict, the Kyoto
Treaty, the Landmine Ban treaty, European integration, the rise of China,
America’s potential decline. In short, there are many different topics that you
can choose from. Just make sure that the topic that you choose is directly
related to international relations).
2. A clear and concise research question (for example: why didn’t the
Cold War escalate into an actual war between the United States and the Soviet
Union? What explains the failure of the Kyoto Treaty? What explains the passage
of the Landmine Ban treaty? Why did the United States and the Soviet cooperate
during WWII? Why did the League of Nations fail?). Note that a good research
question is analytical in
nature and can be answered within the time and space available. In other words,
it is not merely descriptive,
and should not take a book-length manuscript to answer. A descriptive question
is one that seeks to describe an event (i.e., what happened? Example: what did
Germany do in September 1939?), an analytical question focuses on why things
happened the way they did, or why expected outcomes did not happen (see the
examples above). Keep in mind that predictive questions (or speculative
questions) are also not suitable for this assignment. We don’t know how events
are going to play out in the future (regardless of how confident we are), and
the effectiveness of IR theories cannot be tested with respect to events that
have not happened.
3. A list of six preliminary scholarly sources
Please note that you will not be writing an actual research paper.
Rather, you will focus on a literature review that you would have used to write
a full research paper were it required. So, what you will be doing is
discussing the current state of literature about your topic. What are the
main works? How can you categorize them? Are there gaps?
General Instructions for Assignments and Rubric
All assignments should be written in Word and uploaded as attachments within
the Assignments section of the classroom (please do not upload a PDF
document). Use 12 pt. font and double-space. Be sure to put your
name and class information on the document and put your name on the file.
Insert page numbers.
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