Select an area or issue of interest and conduct a scholarly literature review to gather factual background data

The length of this assignment should be between 5-6 pages of text (double-spaced, APA format), plus any tables, references, etc…

Select an area or issue of interest and conduct a scholarly literature review to gather factual background data supporting your case analysis.  You must use minimum of (3) scholarly sources.

1. What is the history and identity of this group/coalition from its own?

perspective? From the perspective of others in that country and region?

What cumulative or cross-cutting cleavages exist?  Have issues of group/coalition membership and/or identity played roles in initiating the violence? If so, how?

1. What are the main political/social/economic issues involved with the origin/continuation violence?  Structural factors?  How has tersonality and worldview of major leaders on either side affected the conflict

1. Who supports this group/coalition domestically? Internationally? What kind of support is offered?
2. How has the use of violence affected this group/coalition’s overall agenda / socio-economic status/political future (if applicable, assuming there is some agenda outside of violence)?
3. How has the violence affected the country domestically? Internationally?
4. Why does the violence continue? What peace efforts have been made, if any/failed?
5. What does the future look like for this group/coalition and country, in terms of stability?

See syllabus and/or rubric located below…

 Assessment

  Continuum

    Mastery

    100-90

      89-80

Developing

     79-70

  Emerging

      69-60

     59-50

 No Points

 Achieved

Development

Development of topic is outstanding, very focused and well-articulated

Development of topic is   very good, clearly focused and articulated

Development of topic is good, focused, and articulated

Development of topic is adequate but not always focused

Development of topic is too general and loses focus

Topic is not developed

Analysis

Unusual insights and/or flashes of brilliance with creative and original analyses

Very good reasoning, explanations and analysis

Decent reasoning, explanations, and analysis

Some inaccuracies or flaws in reasoning and/or analysis

Unclear reasoning, explanations, or analysis

Explanation, reasoning or analysis is missing

Support

Ideas are supported with more than one scholarly source and cited correctly in both text and reference list

Ideas  are supported by one scholarly source which is cited  correctly in both text and reference list

Ideas are primarily supported by non-scholarly sources though cited correctly in both text and reference list

Sources supporting ideas are not consistent or are not correctly cited in text and reference

Ideas consist primarily of personal opinions

Ideas are cursory

Thesis & Conclusion

Excellent thesis and concluding statements

Very good thesis and concluding statements

Adequate thesis and concluding statements

Thesis or concluding statements lack clarity

Thesis and concluding statements are unrelated

Lacks a thesis or concluding statement

Style

Writing has a real sense of style, with excellent organization, and strictly follows MLA guidelines

Writing has very good organization, few grammatical or spelling errors, and follows MLA guidelines

Writing has, serviceable prose but errors in spelling and/or grammar, and MLA guidelines not always used

Writing is disorganized with poor grammar or spelling, and MLA guidelines not always used

Writing is difficult to read, poor grammar or spelling, and MLA guidelines are not followed

Writing does not meet graduate level standards