Multiple facets of each aspect should be compared and contrasted. So, for instance, the student writing about the judicial systems of China and Russia would cover such things as the basis of law in the two countries, the structure of the court systems, how judges are selected, the power of the courts, checks on the judiciary, etc. The final narrative part of the paper would be its conclusion. In this, a student should answer the research question posed in the introduction. It would also be appropriate in the conclusion to suggest avenues of future research that scholars might undertake pertaining to comparative analysis of the governmental aspect in question. In writing the research paper, students will make use of a minimum of 10 political science journal articles, governmental sources, law review articles, academic book chapters from edited volumes, and/or books. While one may use sources such as newspapers or magazine articles from popular publications (., Time, Newsweek, etc.), do so sparingly. Most of your sources should be academic ones you find on GALILEO library databases. (If you are a bit rusty in using GALILEO, visit the following URL and make use of the several tutorials and learning aids that the USG has housed there: All sources should be included in a bibliography, which must be turned in along with the final research paper. You may use only reputable sources to develop anything you produce for this class. Examples of such sources might include the Oxford Dictionary of Politics, the Encyclopedia of . National Security, Europa World Online, West’s Encyclopedia of American Law, and the Oxford Guide to the United States Government, to name but a few representative examples. Many others may be found by browsing around the UNG Department of Political Science & International Affairs Faculty Research Resources, which you can find under Student Resources on the departmental home page.
