APU SOC311 Assignment 3: Journal Article

SOCIOLOGY 311

Political Sociology

Assignment 3: Journal Article (100 pts)

Due: Saturday December 22, 2018 by 11:55 p.m. ET

 

Note: This course has “Resubmission” status enabled to help you if you realize you submitted an incorrect or blank file, or if you need to submit multiple documents as part of your Assignment.  Resubmission of an Assignment after it is graded, to attempt a better grade, is not permitted.

Instructions:

Pick and read an article related to any topic studied in this course published in an academic journal (use JSTOR electronic database available via APUS Library*). It can be onany topic related to political sociology and that is of interest to you, for example, class struggle, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, democracy in America, globalization, etc.). Please pick an article published in the past 10 years and be sure to use a sociological academic journal. The initial search will likely result in many items, so be sure to narrow it down to a specific aspect of theory that is of interest to you. The journal article should be at least 20 pages.

Write a 3-5 page report on the article. In your paper, do your best to ANSWER ALL of the following questions:

 

1.  What is the main topic of the article?

2. What do the author or authors argue?

3.  What type of evidence do they present?

4.  What are the author’s conclusions?

5. Which arguments do you find the strongest/ weakest?   

6. Which topics that we covered in class in the first weeks does this article best relate to?

7. Why did you pick this particular article?

Please be sure to cite the article and the class textbook(s) and/ or other materials  in the APA citation format. 

 *Once in JSTOR: Go to Advanced Search; Limit by Type (Article); Limit by Date (2005-2017); Limit by Subject (Sociology)

Format:

• APA-style formatting
• Typed
• 1” margins
• Double-spaced
• Arial or Time New Roman, 12 pt font

 

Grading Rubric:

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Assignment 3 meets the following course objectives:

 

CO1: Explain selected theories of political sociology

CO2: Differentiate among the different components of civil society

CO3: Explain the sources of power and effects of organized interests

CO4: Describe processes of political action

CO5: Describe the ways, in which state manifests itself

CO6: Interpret state policies

CO7: Demonstrate how gender and race matter in politics and society

CO8: Compare different conceptions of globalization