Democratic Revolutions since 1980 Discussion

The documents in Kenney’s 1989’s Part Two, Chapter One (pp. 23-54) are by intellectuals opposing dictatorships in one way or another. To understand their ideas (and these ideas’ appeal for the contemporaries), you will first focus on identifying keywords— goals, or values, or concepts—important to the authors.

Choose THREE keywords—that is, concepts that are discussed or are integral to several if not all of the documents (which may, of course, use somewhat different terms; for example, one writer may refer to the “rule of law”, and another to “civil rights”, and you may decide that they are essentially discussing the same thing). For each keyword/concept, write a one-page (min. 200 words, please include the word count for each) discussion of how it is used or described in two or three of the documents. Note similarities and differences, and try to account for them.

There are some examples of such keyword analysis from previous years in Canvas. See how these students approach and organize their analyses. You can learn something from them. But please do not plagiarize. Their keywords may not be your keywords. And not all of them get the grade of A or A-.

Also, you will have to cite the documents you discuss for each keyword. The citation should simply indicate the author and the page number immediately following the sentence in which you quote, paraphrase, summarize, or refer to a document, such as: (Havel, 27).

Grading will be based on

1. Accuracy of your understanding of the documents and the concepts intended by the authors.

2. Logical and reasonable interpretation of the keywords across the documents.

3. Clarity of thesis (thesis statement about each keyword’s meaning or uses or effects necessary) and convincing use of substantive content from the documents to support your thesis (evidence).

4. Clarity of your presentation and efficient style. Logical progression from sentence to sentence. No typos, no empty big words. You don’t have much space

 

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