Expert answer:draft introduction
Expert answer:Submit a draft introduction with the thesis (argument) of your paper. The introductory paragraph should make a clear, strong statement of your argument. You should also include a “road-map” paragraph that clearly presents the organization of the paper. do you remember the assignment of the Preliminary bibliography and Annotated bibliography?this is the same assignment.
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Final paper assignment
POLS 442/JSISa 408
Government and Politics of China
Autumn Quarter 2017
Term Paper Deadlines:
Preliminary bibliography (2 peer-reviewed sources): Tuesday, November 7th via Canvas
Annotated bibliography (for 1 peer-reviewed source): Tuesday, November 9th via Canvas
Draft introduction with thesis: Thursday, November 30th via Canvas
Term paper: Monday, December 11th via Canvas
On the next page of this document is a list of five term paper topics from which you may choose. The questions
reflect themes of the course and, especially, the governance challenges addressed in Part III. If you would like to write
on a topic of your own choosing, you must propose a specific topic and you must receive explicit approval from me to
pursue it. After obtaining approval, submit a written statement of your topic to me via email no later than Monday,
November 6th.
All of the topics (below) are important and can be debated or approached from different perspectives. For
example, a hypothetical paper topic might focus on the role of the internet in contemporary China. There is debate over
whether communication technologies like the internet destabilize authoritarian regimes. Internet idealists argue that new
technologies undermine the regime’s control over information and create new avenues for citizen communication and
organization that enable unprecedented challenges to the authority of the regime. Internet pessimists argue that a
regime’s capacity to control information flows and to monitor citizen behavior can evolve just as fast, enhancing regime
control and protecting the regime from such threats. To resolve this debate, the paper must present evidence. The paper
should not be simply descriptive. A paper that simply describes the state of the internet in China would be interesting
but incomplete; rather, the paper should make an argument supported by evidence. The best papers will acknowledge
disconfirming evidence where it exists, even while coming to the conclusion best supported by the preponderance of
evidence.
Each of the topics listed below builds on material we have covered or will cover in class. Identify the relevant
session on the syllabus and read that information first. You are also required to identify and read at least two additional,
peer-reviewed sources on your chosen topic. Keyword searches in research databases like Academic Search Complete
are good places to start. In addition, the articles cited are often available full-text online through the UW Library
Catalogue. There are also a number of journals that specialize on China; and there are many general social science
journals that contain valuable research. Some examples of specialized journals include The China Quarterly, Modern
China, the Journal of Asian Studies, the Journal of Contemporary China, and The China Journal. Other scholarly
journals—like the American Political Science Review and Comparative Political Studies, along with scholarly books,
are good secondary sources for your term paper. Keep in mind that the footnotes and bibliography of each source you
use can be helpful guides to additional sources. Note that web-based sources like Wikipedia and print media sources,
including magazines like the Economist, can be helpful in piquing your interest and you may cite them, but do not rely
on them exclusively in developing your paper.
In addition, there are a number of primary sources on contemporary China available in English. You are
encouraged—but not required—to use original, primary sources for your term paper. (Graduate students are required to
include primary sources.) Primary sources include official documents, speeches, first-hand accounts, statistical data, etc.
Remember to keep track of all the sources (both primary and secondary) that you use during the course of your
research. These should be reflected in a comprehensive bibliography at the end of the paper even if they are also found
on the course syllabus. (The bibliography may be single-spaced.)
In order to avoid plagiarism, you must acknowledge the source of any idea that is not common knowledge and
that is not your own—even if you do not quote the source directly. These intellectual debts should be acknowledged in
footnotes, endnotes, or author-date references in the text.
Reminders: First, be sure to apply what you learn in the course. Second, the term paper is not to exceed 10
double-spaced pages in length with reasonable margins and font size. Finally, late papers will be marked down 0.2
points per day.
Final paper assignment
POLS 442/JSISa 408
Government and Politics of China
Autumn Quarter 2017
Topics
1. Building on the readings for Session 15, use the following documents to assess labor conditions and make an
argument about the roles of global corporations, non-governmental organizations, and the Chinese government
in shaping these conditions. As part of your analysis, critically evaluate each document’s source and content:
Labor Contract Law
http://www.lawinfochina.com/display.aspx?id=6133&lib=law
World Bank Working Paper
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15902
Apple Supplier Responsibility Report
https://images.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/pdf/Apple_SR_2014_Progress_Report.pdf
China Labor Watch Investigative Report
http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/upfile/2014_09_04/2014.09.02_Suqian_Catcher_FINAL_PDF_UPDATE.pdf
2. On March 21, 2017, a writer for the New York Times’ Monkey Cage blog stated that the “NPC is generally
considered a rubber-stamp parliament.” The March 5, 2012 issue of the Economist referred to both “frequent
invocations of the term ‘rubber-stamp’ to describe the NPC, as well as heated complaints about that term from
Chinese officials.” Building on what you learn in the course, use evidence from the scholarly, peer-reviewed
sources to critically evaluate the role of the People’s Congress system at both the central and local levels.
3. Building on what you learn in the course, use evidence from scholarly peer-reviewed sources to critically
evaluate the statement by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences scholar Liu Peng that religions in China have
“essentially become another state-run enterprise managed by the Party.”* *Quoted in “Religion in China,”
Council on Foreign Relations, June 10, 2015.
4. Building on the readings in Session 14 and the research by the team of King, Pan, and Roberts, make an
argument about whether a pluralist civil society exists on the internet in China. Define pluralist civil society, and
use evidence from scholarly peered reviewed sources to support your position.
5. Reflecting on the recently concluded 19th Party Congress and drawing on the readings in Session 11, make an
argument as to whether the leadership transition has become institutionalized in contemporary China. If yes,
what are the most important features of institutionalization? If no, what characteristics of succession are
inconsistent with institutionalization? Be sure to define institutionalization as part of your analysis.
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