Assignments (and other course materials)

Assignments (posted no later than 5 PM)

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  • Daily Homework

    1/22 Reading Assignment
    Required
    1.pdf
    1/24 Reading Assignment
    Required
    1.pdf
    1/27 Time to Review
    Required
    1.pdf
    1/29 Reading Assignment
    Required
    softpoweritems.pdf
    1/31 Extra-Credit Assignment
    Required
    1.pdf
    1/31 Reading Assignment
    Required
    1.pdf
    2/3 Reading Assignment
    Required
    2.pdf
    2/7 Reading Assignment
    Required
    2.pdf
    2/10 Reading Assignment
    Required
    110ass.pdf
    2/12 Reading Assignment
    Required
    212 ra.pdf
    2/14 Reading Assignment
    Required
    2.pdf
    2/21 (was 2/19) Reading Assignment
    Required
    2.pdf
    2/24 Extra-Credit Reading Assignment (Not Required)
    Required
    2_24Ra.pdf
    2/26 Reading Assignment
    not "2/21" as marked
    Required
    2.pdf
    2/28 Reading Assignment
    Required
    Ukraine.pdf
    3/3 Reading Assignment
    Required
    3.pdf
    3/5 Reading Assignment
    Required
    35ra.pdf
    3/10 Reading Assignment
    Required
    3.pdf
    3/14 Homework: See "Coursework."
    Should pop up automatically for you anyway.
    Required
    See.pdf
    3/24 assignment. Click to see notice on incomplete "Daily Homework" and on research project
    Required
    3.pdf
    4/28-4/30 Reading Assignment
    Required
    428 430.pdf
    5/2 Reading Assignment
    Required
    5.pdf
    5/7 Final Exam Guide
    Changed from 5/5 version.
    Required
    final guide.pdf
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  • Books/Readings

    "Military power: The uses of force," The Economist (11/23/13 )
    Required
    Military power_ The uses of force _ The Economist.pdf
    "American primacy: If I ruled the world" (The Economist, 11/23/13)
    Required
    American primacy_ If I ruled the world _ The Economist.pdf
    "Economic power: Time to pay the piper"
    Required
    Economic power_ Time to pay the piper _ The Economist.pdf
    "Time to cheer up" (The Economist, 11/23/13)
    Map is of interest
    Required
    Time to cheer up _ The Economist.pdf
    "Soft power: Making up" (The Economist, 11/23/13
    Required
    Soft power.pdf
    "The Middle East peace process: Could two become one?" (The Economist, 3/16/13)
    Required
    The Middle East peace process_ Could two become one_ _ The Economist.pdf
    "In South Sudan, Some Lessons of Rwanda Learned, Others Revisited"(Somini Sengupta, 1/16/14, New York Times)
    Required
    In South Sudan, Some Lessons of Rwanda Learned, Others Revisited - NYTimes.pdf
    "Muslims Imperiled in African Nation," by Krista Larson (Boston Globe, 2/19/14 )
    Required
    The Boston Globe.pdf
    "Can censorship help heal Rwanda?" (pt 1) by Peter Canellos (Boston Globe, 2/5/12)
    Required
    Cannellos Pt 1 (Rwanda).pdf
    Canellos, part II
    Required
    Cannellos Pt 2 (Rwanda).pdf
    "Chechnya and Dagestan: Islamists in Russia. The Boston bombs have put new focus on Russia’s Islamist republics' (The Economist, 4/27/13)
    Required
    Chechnya and Dagestan_ Islamists in Russia _ The Economist.pdf
    "Boston Suspects Are Seen as Self-Taught and Fueled by Web" by MICHAEL COOPER, MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and ERIC SCHMITT (4/20/13, New York Times)
    Required
    NEW YORK TIMES.pdf
    "Libya: It takes a village to support a military intervention," (The Economist blogs, 3/21/11)
    Required
    Libya_ It takes a village to support a military intervention _ The Economist.pdf
    "Saving Ukraine: How the West can help," (The Economist, 3/1/14)
    Required
    Saving Ukraine_ How the West can help _ The Economist.pdf
    "Grab for power in Crimea raises threat of split" (Boston Globe, 2/28/14)
    Required
    boston globe piece on crimea ukraine.pdf
    "A History Lesson That Needs Re-Learning" (New York Times, 3/1/14)
    Required
    A History Lesson That Needs Relearning - NYTimes.pdf
    "Making Russia Pay?" (New York Times, 3/1/14)
    Required
    Making Russia Pay_ It’s Not So Simple - NYTimes.pdf
    Ukraine crisis: “Ukraine protesters seek pro-EU pact 10,000 march urging president to sign accord” (12/1/13 Boston Globe); “Making Russia pay? It’s not so simple” (3/1/14 New York Times); “EU may halt talks” (3/4/14 Boston Globe)
    Required
    The Boston Glob1.pdf
    Jeff Jacoby's "'Never Again' is now" and "Where is out shame?" (Boston Globe, respectively, 5/9/12 and 2/6/14)
    Required
    north korea.pdf
    Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince"
    3/31: xvii, xx (2,4), xxi, viii ("cruelties" and "injuries"). Egyptian case, 4/7
    Required
    prince.pdf
    "Gendercide: The worldwide war on baby girls" (The Economist, 3/4/10)
    Required
    Gendercide_ The worldwide war on baby girls _ The Economist.pdf
    "You Thought It Was Tough Being Gay in Uganda. It's Hell in Nigeria" (Mother Jones, 3/13/14)
    Required
    You Thought It Was Tough Being Gay in Uganda. _It's Hell in Nigeria.pdf
    Case-study: Pakistan (Economist, Associated Press, Thai News Service)
    Covered in class during 4/28 and 4/30. Extremist turn of Islam in Pakistan. Assassination acts: Salman Taseer, Malala Yousufzai
    Required
    3_27inclass_r_110.pdf
    "Climate treaty negotiators struggle to reach deal" (11/28/11, Associated Press)
    Required
    Climate treaty negotiators struggle to reach deal 12 10 11 Assoc press.pdf
    "Hope, skepticism on cold fusion," Boston Globe, 11/28/11
    Required
    Hope, skepticism on cold fusion BG 11_28_11.pdf
    Selections on Northern Ireland, Israel, and United States (5/1/14 JTA News Service, 5/2/14 Boston Globe)
    Required
    Northern Ireland Palestinian-Israeli Death Penalty.pdf
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  • Research Project Assignments and Documents

    3/28 Assignment. Stage 1: Research Question Essay
    Required
    Stage 1_PO312.pdf
    Sample of student work in stage one
    Sample includes only those discussed in class.
    Required
    abc.pdf
    4/4 assignment. Stage 2: Annotated Bibliography
    Required
    Stage 2_PO110.pdf
    4/9 assignment. Stage 3 Outline
    Required
    Stage 3 The Outline.pdf
    Sample stage 2 used for "class notes on stage 3" below
    Required
    Political Violence Annotated Bibliography.pdf
    4/9 class notes on stage 3 process
    Required
    I don.docx
    4/16 assignment. Stage 4: Rough Draft
    Required
    Stage 4 The Rough Draft.pdf
    Bowden outline. Sample used in class (MS Word)
    Required
    Bowden sample.docx
    Bowden outline. Sample used in class (PDF)
    Required
    Bowden sample.pdf
    4/16 Class "Rough Draft" Notes (MS Word)
    Required
    4_16 Class Session Rough Draft Notes.docx
    4/16 Class "Rough Draft" Notes (PDF)
    Required
    4_16 Class Session Rough Draft Notes.pdf
    Finding "Grammar & Style" options in MS Word
    Click "Options" or you can start checking a document and then select "Grammar & Style" from the drop down menu.
    Required
    Doc2.pdf
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Bookmarks

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  • Bookmarked Reading Selections

    Thanassis Cambanis, "Medical Care is Now a Tool for War," Boston Globe (2/22/14)
    Required
    thanassiscambanis.com
    Ukraine/Russia 1 (Daily Beast)
    Required
    www.thedailybeast.com
    Ukraine/Russia 2 (BBC News Europe)
    up to "Olexiy Solohubenko reports"
    Required
    www.bbc.com
    Ukraine/Russia 3 (from Daily Beast)
    "At first, . . . . possible at all."
    Equivocation, impeachment procedure (328/447), Party of Regions, oligarchs as pivot 
    Required
    www.thedailybeast.com
    Ukraine/Russia 4 (The Economist)
    up to "vulnerable areas"
    Putin, media control, propaganda; Generic green uniforms; eventual closing of Ukrainian media and broadcasting of Russian media in eastern U.
    Required
    www.economist.com
    Ukraine/Russia 5 (Boston Globe/New York Times)
    Required
    library.franklinpierce.edu
    Ukraine/Russia 6 (Boston Globe - AP)
    Required
    www.bostonglobe.com
    November 29, 2013
    Required
    www.telegraph.co.uk
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  • Other relevant materials

    Terms of political science methodology
    Required
    campusweb.franklinpierce.edu
    Economist Blogs video on American foreign policy, 11/13
    Required
    www.economist.com
    Human Development Index (Components)
    From The Economist
    Required
    www.economist.com
    United Nations Development Project - HDI rankings and trends
    Concepts: economic development, prosperity, national success
    Required
    data.undp.org
    Transparency International (Corruption)
    Concept: rule of law, strength of state
    Required
    www.transparency.org
    Realism, Idealism, Liberalism
    Required
    campusweb.franklinpierce.edu
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  • Facebook

    Franklin Pierce Political Science (on Facebook)
    Required
    www.facebook.com
    Frankly Speaking (my blog)
    Required
    www.facebook.com
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