Writing in Political Science: A Practical GuideWriting is the single most important tool of the political scientist's trade. While teaching her own classes, Diane E. Schmidt realized that no book on the market addressed the specific needs of the political science writer-the unique set of skills, vocabulary, sources, and methods of inquiry. Writing in Political Science: A Practical Guide, Second Edition does just that for almost any level of political science course, from freshman American government to senior capstone courses. Based on a Writing Across the Curriculum approach often mandated by state boards of higher education, this text offers clear, straightforward instructions, written in an engaging conversational tone which students will find easy to follow. Among its many features, this text includes: *NEW! A thorough treatment of how to use the internet for political science research, including citation guidelines and information on evaluating sources *NEW! thorough description of political inquiry and what it involves *An easy to use topics selection guide tied to subdisciplines in the field *Examples of every kind of writing assignment used in the discipline *Sections addressing common writing problems faced by students *A chapter explaining the basics of writing letters of introduction, vitaes, and resume |
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Contents
Political Inquiry Defined | 4 |
CRITICAL THINKING ABOUT POLITICS | 19 |
Example of a Political Argument | 32 |
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activities administration American analysis answer argument assertion assignments assistance campaign candidate Combination conclusion Congress Congressional continue Court covers critical decisions Describe economic effect election employment environmental essay event evidence examine examples facts families federal funding goals groups ideas identify important indexes individuals influence institutions interest issues journal justice Kelley labor legislation limited List major material means objectives opinion organization paragraph party political science poor Poshard position poverty presented President problems professional programs question reasons reference Report representative response Review Senate sentence skills social specific standard statement statistics tables theory thesis sentence topic types values vote welfare writing youth
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Writing in Political Science: A Practical Guide |
| Author | Diane E. Schmidt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Longman, 2000 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Oct 9, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0321069986, 9780321069986 |
| Length | 369 pages |
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