1. PAPER ASSIGNMENT INTL 190 Democracy in the Developing World

3. PRELIMINARY STEPS 1. Pick a country 2. Pick a topic, for example: –Transition and its consequences –Civil-military relations –Channels of representation –Quality of judicial system 3. Find a problem, puzzle, paradox 4. Brainstorm about solutions 5. Review general readings 6. Develop a proposal (2-4 pp.)

4. BASIC FORMAT Introduction (4-6 pp.) –Nature and importance of theme –Central questions –Selection of country –Sources, data, methods Analysis (~15 pp.) –Organization of material around central questions –How and why things happened, not just what –Discrepancies among sources, if any Conclusions (2-3 pp.) –Answers to your questions –Needs for further research Bibliography (2+ pp.)

5. DUE DATE 4:00 p.m. on Monday, June 6 Electronic copy to phsmith@dss.ucsd.eduphsmith@dss.ucsd.edu Hard copy (with my name on it!) in faculty drop box outside of Political Science, 3 rd floor Social Science Building