Assignment
Instructions
For this assignment, you will produce a document containing an annotated summary of the major sources that will be used in the research paper, all of which must be peer-reviewed articles or scholarly texts. Students will identify the source, offer a short synopsis of its main argument, and offer a statement of relevance to the research project. Length: 6-8 pp.
Purpose Statement of Research Paper -
The purpose of this research proposal is to examine whether globalization of Islam presents either opportunity or threat by considering how globalization may be approached, policy prescription options available, and the future versions to deal with it.
References:
Banchoff, T. (Ed.). (2008). Religious pluralism, globalization, and world politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Baylis, J., Owens, P., & Smith, S. (Eds.). (2017). The globalization of world politics: An introduction to international relations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Culpeper, R. (2005). Approaches to globalization and inequality within the international system. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.
Held, D., & McGrew, A. G. (Eds.). (2007). Globalization Theory: Approaches and controversies (Vol. 4). Cambridge: Polity.
Keohane, R. O. (2002). The globalization of informal violence, theories of world politics, and the "liberalism of fear." Dialogue IO, 1(1), 29-43.
Nye Jr, J. S., & Welch, D. A. (2016). Understanding global conflict and cooperation: an introduction to theory and history. London: Pearson.
Owens, P. (2016). Globalization of world politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Smith, S., & Baylis, J. (2001). The globalization of world politics. New York.
Remember, the literature review should present the content of the following sources and should have no editorializing. At the same time, you don't want the review to be purely descriptive. One way to avoid a dry description of each source is to identify areas of consensus and disagreement. Asking the following questions can help you identify these:
- What common topics, themes, and problems come up in my sources?
- Do all the authors agree on such problems?
- On what do all the sources agree, if anything?
- Where do they sharply divide?