level of analysis

Theme

  • Understand the various levels of analysis theories that are involved in foreign policy making with a focus in US foreign policy. Reading and lecture will focus on theories by Kenneth Waltz and Robert Jervis.

WRITE A REVIEW BASED ON LEVEL OF ANALYSIS :TEXTBOOK AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY CHAPTER ONE, PDF ATTACHMENT BY AUTHOR JERVIS AND VIDEO LECTURE 1 & 2… PAPER MUST INCLUDE ATLEAST 4 REFERENCES FROM THE BOOK AN PDF.. MUST identify key points/main ideas of each reading.

The reviews MUST follow this Format/Content: review is based on video an pdf attached

The point is not to write a detailed summary of the readings but to identify the key and salient points of each author’s findings and assertions. You can, but you do not need to, write these reviews in essay format; you can simply name the author and identify key arguments/points that you think are most important in that particular reading.

2 A minimum of a 5 page, maximum of a6 P page. The Review must be typed double-spaced, with one inch margins and font 12 format.

3 Must Bold the names of authors.

4 identify key points/main ideas of each reading.

5 Contrast and compare relevant and related reading materials when a comparison is appropriate.

6 For the Video/Audio lectures (or conversations) that are required for a review, you need to focus, as is the case with the readings, on identifying a few main ideas and key points.

7 Avoid long quotations.