Description
The countries chosen in any question must not include: United States or United Kingdom, at least one must be from the non Western world and the institution relevant for the question must be present in all three countries.
Question – Comparatively analyse the impact of social movements on institutional change in three countries.
– Define: social movements
– Define: institutional change
– Comparison at one point in time or across time?
Structure for Essay:
– Introduction (300-350)
What is the question, why is it important, what will be done?
– Literature Review (1200-1250)
Define the dependent variable and main independent variables, what does the theory say we should expect to find – keep focus on theory
– Case selection (300-350)
Why the three countries you have chosen, what can we learn from them?
– Analysis (1200-1250)
Present the facts, Do we find what the theory say we should find?
– Conclusion (300-350)
Answer the question presented in the introduction
Please make sure you:
– Answer the question
– Use academic literature mostly – how much literature you ask?
– Support your empirics by sources, again best with academic sources, if you cannot find any, then other material might be needed
– Writing, referencing and bibliography are all correct
Here are some good sources:
1 – Repression and Revolutionary Action: East Germany in 1989
2 – Identity Politics and Politicized Identities: Identity Processes and the Dynamics of Protest
3 – From Social to Political Identity: A Critical Examination of Social Identity Theory
4 – Power in Movement : Social Movements and Contentious Politics
