Essay question: “When did you first realise you are a “political subject”? Analyse and reflect on your experience and what this told you about politics.”
Remember to answer the question.
Define your terms: i.e. political subject, politics.
No fudge, you simply do not have space
Always ask: “What is this adding to my answer?”
This essay asks you to look at your own life, but be sure to relate this to the academic literature.
Include examples from the articles i will provided in uploaded files and relate them to how one is a political subject. Regarding my personal details and what you can write about, please include the fact that i am syrian which contributes to the fact of how i feel like a political subject and i lived in paris my whole life, and find examples which relate to that. I also included a sample essay.
articles to be used: Fugitive Democracy – Wolin, Sheldon S 01/12/1994

-Politics and the English Language – Orwell, Geoge, 1946

-If Men Could Menstuate – Steinem, Gloria, 1986

-Power in International Politics – Michael Barnett and Raymond Duvall 2005

-Political analysis – Colin Hay, MyiLibrary 2002 (electronic resource)
Book Chapter 5: “Divided by a Common Language? Conceptualising Power.”

-Political analysis – Hay, Colin 2002
Book Chapter 5: “Divided by a Common Language? Conceptualising Power.”

-The Twilight of International Morality – MORGENTHAU, HANS J 1948

-Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence – Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr, 1967

– Discover an adequate number (minumum of 5) scholarly sources that address the topic.
– Write a concise, well-argued paper with proper documentation and illustration.
– Write clear, concise prose; organize your thoughts into a logical argument.
– Content – The following elements should be found in the
paper:
A. Thesis – A clear statement of what you intend to show in the paper;
B. Description – An adequate and lucid description of the object(s) (city, building, text) under
scrutiny;
C. Analysis – Account for the salient features of your subject as they pertain to your thesis;
D. Interpretation – Explain the meaning of your object of study; and
E. Conclusion – revisit your thesis and argument and explain why you believe you’ve proved your thesis.

Paper should include:
1. Footnotes or Endnotes;
2. Bibliography – Cite at least 5 scholarly sources; and
3. Illustrations (refer to each illustration in your text, write captions, give sources for each
illustration).

Summary of assignment
• Task: The four-source essay asks you to synthesize the arguments of four sources.
• Length: minimum of 1000 words. The instructor will give you comments on the first
draft and let you know if you need more development beyond 1000 words.
• Format: APA
• Sources: four sources, all of which you will find through library searches. You will
select a topic of your choice, conduct searches in the library databases, focus the topic,
and determine four sources to use in this essay.
o Please use only four sources. Please do not incorporate more than four sources
into this essay.
Articles to Use for the Essay
For this essay, you will select four articles on a topic of your choice. The articles should be on
the same topic but feature different perspectives, opinions, or conclusions about some aspects of
the topic.
For example, if you are majoring in cybersecurity, you might locate four articles about the need
for improved training for employees on mobile security issues. The four articles might take
different angles on the topic, perhaps even disagreeing in some respects.
To use another example, if you are majoring in criminal justice, you might locate four articles on
the CSI Effect. The articles should take different perspectives on the topic. Perhaps one or two
of them say that the CSI Effect exists and one or two say that it does not exist. Or perhaps all
agree that it exists but they all take slightly different approaches to addressing the problem.
Organization for this Essay
You will write an introductory paragraph with a thesis statement. Your thesis statement will
demonstrate what the various sources say on the topic. You might use the Forrest Gump
exercise as an example, although keep in mind that that essay was written in a less formal style
than you want to use for this assignment.
You will also have various body paragraphs that show synthesis. In synthesizing sources, you
will divide your paper into themes.
For example, let us assume that you find four articles on the need for improved training for
employees on mobile security issues. In this situation, assume that the four articles emphasize
different issues. One emphasizes the costs of data breaches to companies. Another emphasizes
reasons that employees do not practice safe cybersecurity practices. Another discusses methods
for training employees. Another mentions costs of training for such initiatives.
You might divide the paper into two categories:
• Reasons for implementing a training program
• Methods of and costs involved in implementing a training program
Point of view
For this essay, you will use third-person point of view.
Please do not use first person point of view (e.g., “I,” “me,” “we”) in writing this essay.
In addition, please do not use second-person point of view (“you” or “your”) in writing this
essay. For example, instead of “Smith argues that, as a director, you have a duty to coordinate
cybersecurity efforts…” you would write, “Smith argues that directors have a duty to coordinate
cybersecurity efforts…”
APA Style
The paper should be formatted in APA style. The video How to format your paper according to
APA style might be helpful to watch. In summary, you should observe the following:
• Use one-inch margins.
• Double space.
• Use size 12 Times New Roman font.
• Include a running head.
• Include page numbers.
• Include a title page.
• Include a “References” page on which you list the four articles in APA style
• Do not include an abstract. This paper is not long enough to warrant an abstract.
Submitting the assignment:
You will submit a first draft of the essay to the assignment folder. The first draft will not be
graded. The instructor will provide comments to it.
After receiving comments from the instructor, you will submit a revised draft. The final draft
will be graded.
Helpful Resources
• Kennedy, M.L. and Kennedy, W., “Synthesis,” from Writing in the disciplines: A reader
and rhetoric for academic writers. This chapter in in the e-reserves of our class. It
provides an excellent description of an exploratory synthesis essay, a literature review,
and a thesis-driven synthesis essay.
• Graff, G. and Birkenstein, C., They Say / I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic
Writing with Readings. This chapter in in the e-reserves of our class. It mentions
various techniques to apply in stating what an author said and your response to the
author. It is recommended that you read through that chapter so that you might apply
these techniques to this essay.

Web Activity: Evaluating Websites for Women and the West
It is very important to learn to think critically information that you find on the internet. Just because it is
online doesn’t mean it is true (or that it is the whole story!). So how can we know what information is
trustworthy and accurate? In this assignment, you will be evaluating a website that includes information on
19th century Women in the West. You will be evaluating your website for general accuracy, credibility and
currency. You will also be evaluating the website for its content relating to women’s history specifically.
1. Choose from one of the following websites for your evaluation:
 BlackPast.org Pages on African American History in the American West
http://www.blackpast.org/aaw/african‐american‐history‐american‐west
 San Francisco Digital Archive http://www.foundsf.org
 PBS “New Perspectives on The West” http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/program/
 Angel Island Immigration Station http://aiisf.org/
(this site mainly covers early 20th century history, but it is still connected to ideas we have been
exploring about female immigrants (and diversity) on the West Coast.)
 Utah History‐to‐Go: http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/pioneers_and_cowboys/
(Start with this link and click on the blue links on the left hand‐side to further explore the
content)
2. Conduct a General Website Evaluation:
Print out the Website evaluation checklist (see this week’s Assignments to download this
document) to help you think critically about your website. This checklist will guide you through
some questions regarding the accuracy, credibility, clarity, and purpose of the site as well as how
current the information is. You will not be handing in this checklist, just simply use it to help guide
your thinking. Write up the important points of what you discovered in a narrative form (1‐2
paragraphs).
3. Conduct a Women’s History Evaluation on the Website:
Secondly, you will explore your website and evaluate it for how well it presents women’s history
and a woman’s perspective in the West. If it is a general website on the West, search the site for
articles specifically pertaining to women. Evaluate how many pages are devoted to women and
how the information is portrayed. Does the site reflect the diversity of women’s experiences in the
West? Consider how the site confirms, expands or contradicts information that we have learned in
lecture and readings this week on women in the West (and other weeks that may be relevant). As
usual, you want to make sure to reference specific details, quotes and primary sources from lecture
and readings to back up your ideas and enhance your discussion. Write this up in narrative form (2‐
3 paragraphs).

Comment on Gerald Gills “Timeline of Boston’s Black Protest, 1930-1960.” What does it tell about the ways in which the struggle for equal opportunity in Boston went way beyond education? Why was Boston important in Malcolm X’s life? What does “A Swimming Lesson” reveal about Boston’s social geography, i.e. the way in which de facto segregation often exists in many of the city’s residential and recreational areas? How did Gomez’s grandmother “desegregate” Revere Beach? Why was busing resorted to in an attempt to achieve racial balance in the city’s schools? And why has the struggle for quality education for all residents in the city lasted so long? Why were so many residents of South Boston opposed, even violently opposed, to busing as a way to achieve racial balance in the city’s public schools? How did busing expose underlying class and racial issues in the city? Why is the “Soiling of Old Glory” photograph so emblematic of the city’s racial climate in the mid-1970s? Compare and contrast how Ted Landsmark and Joseph Rakes look back on that era and how the event impacted their lives. How do the history of Boston’s pro sports teams and the experiences of athletes like Bill Russell shed light on race relations in the city? What do we learn from Derrick Jackson’s article “A Racial Lab for the 21st Century” that might suggest that race relations in Boston have improved in recent years?

Below are links to these topics

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1. Write a four (4-5) page essay introduction that includes steps 4-11 listed below. (see attached examples )

2. In this assignment you will utilize your creativity by creating a business using the background information listed in step 4. Although the background information is listed, Additionally, you may add or create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

3. For step 5, based on the type of business you’ve created, describe the type of business you are supporting.
4. Background information of the company.

i. You have been made the Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer (CIO / CTO) of an innovative e-Commerce start-up company that a venture capital group has funded.
ii. The CEO has given you sixty (60) days to deliver an information technology project plan in anticipation of the company locating to a new facility.
iii. Since this is a start-up company, there is currently no building or technology infrastructure to support the business. All information technology (hardware and software) must be implemented in either a hosted solution, on-site solution or a hybrid model.
iv. The CEO is expecting you to integrate different technologies from different partners and incorporate industry best practices in connection with the development of technological systems.
v. The new facility is a two-story stand-alone building.
vi. The company currently consists of ten (10) employees with revenues of $5 million but is expected to grow to thirty (30) employees with revenue of $30 million over the next two (2) years.

5. The type of business in which the company is involved.

6. Description of the information systems that the company should have to support the business. The description should include the following:

7. Databases

8. Systems Analysis

9. Networking Computer Infrastructure

10. Human Computer Interaction

11. Web Design

12. The use of at least three (3 quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

choosing to do the editorial piece on US school lunches, the lack of nutrition and time that children have to eat their food. The impacts that it has on their eating habits and their school day.

Think of an editorial as a short/brief, evidence-based persuasive essay, like the one you would see in the newspaper.

Write a one- page editorial about your topic. The format is open (2 paragraphs at least, but beyond that, it is up to you. It should be at least one solid, typed page IN MLA FORMAT).

Requirements:

1 page

MLA format

strong, argumentative claim

logical reasons and (optional) researched evidence (If you are doing some research, use valid resources — not biased websites, etc.)

MONEY SUPPLY AND FINANCIAL MEASURES COMPOUND ANNUAL GROWTH RATES

The growth of various measures of money supply have frequently been used to indicate future expected inflationary trends in the economy. Similarly, it has been suspected that easy money has been good for growth in stock markets. The Federal Reserve (Fed) sets targets for growth in money (previously M1-M3, now primarily M2) and both preliminary weekly and monthly results are studied by analysts and forecasters. Weekly or monthly growth rates may vary, but the Fed tries to adjust as needed, and the annual rates are usually close to targets. Historically, the stock market indices are not targeted, but Former Federal Reserve Chairman Greenspan has indicated that the Fed watches the stock market for excessive growth and significant “wealth effects.” More recently, it seems the Fed is considering the drastic declines that have occurred in the stock market. Hence, changes in growth rates indices should be of some interest to the Fed and to average investors who observe how their wealth and retirement funds are growing or decreasing.
Since the US economy typically grows year-to-year, most economic variables have a natural upward trend. Thus, they typically have positive growth rates. Some economists argue that because most growth rates are positive, the rates of change in growth rates are more meaningful when analyzing economic trends and relationships among economic variables. Due to the UAE Dhs peg to the USA dollar, it is expected that monetary policy of the USA may affect the monetary aggregates of the UAE
The objectives of this assignment are to analyze the historical relationships between various monetary aggregates and related economic variables. Included are measures for consumer credit (ConsCredit), inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the Federal Funds rate, GDP, the broad stock market (S&P 500), and M1and M2 data are included for years from 2002-2017, which means 15 years of changes will exist. The data for monetary aggregates (M1 and M2) are in $Billions for the US data available at the Federal Reserve website. http://www.federalreserve.gov/datadownload/, http://research.stlouisfed.org,
Compute the rate of change in: M1, M2, S&P 500, and ConsCredit. That is, compute the year-to-year changes in the growth rates of these variables.
1. Calculate the year-to-year changes in the Federal funds rate.
2. Compute the average growth rate or average year-to-year change for each of the variables from your calculations in (1) and (2).
3. Create a correlation matrix using the results from (1) and (2). (In Excel, go to Tools>Data Analysis>Correlation.)
4. Using the correlation matrix, discuss the relationships between:
a. The rates of change in M1, M2, and the yearly changes in inflation.
b. The year-to-year changes in the Fed Funds rate and CPI.
c. Consumer credit to the rate of change in M2 and the growth rate of GDP.
d. The rate of change in M2 and the growth rate of the S&P 500 index.
5. Graph the growth rates of the variables and discuss noticeable time trends.
6. Apply OLS regression with money supply measures and inflation. (use money supply measures as explanatory variables) Comment on the relationship that you find. Is it as expected?

Comments may be included on the spreadsheet or on a separate sheet.

Example of discussion between economic variables:
The Fed Funds rate and Inflation: Suppose that the correlation between these two variables were negative. As we have learned this semester, the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve has shifted from a goal of full employment to a goal of low price inflation combined with sustainable economic growth. Thus, as inflation increases, threatening economic growth, the Fed raises the Fed Funds rate to curtail and prevent higher inflation. So, it should be expected that as the Fed Funds rate is raised, economic growth will slow and inflation will decrease.

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION Y/N
Introduce the capter. Open with an introductory sentense of what
will be presented in this chapter in terms of
significance and limiations.
1.1.Background of the Study 1-2 page of essay higlighting importance of
the subject and background surrodning the
same.
1.2.Statement of the Problem Highlighting the problem which needs to be
studied.
1.3.Motivation of the Study Achieving compeletion of this research will
give you what satisfcation.
1.4.Significance of the Study Importance of this subject of research to the
industry
1.5.Research Objectives Objectives which will be achieved by doing
this research. There are supposed to be 4-5.
and not more.
1.6.Research Questions Simple questions which govern your work in
the research. For example, if you are looking
at the trend of stock prices then the question
should be What is the trend price trend?
1.7.Research Methodology It gives brief of chatper No. 2. So it will
highlight if the research will be qualitative or
quantitative.
1.8.Prior Studies Any studies which happened on the same
topic of your research. This will help to
identify if the research is unique or exploring
somethig which happened in the past but with
different or deeper aspect
1.9.Limitation of the Study Any research cannot be complete or perfect.
It might rely on data sources which cannot be
100% authenticated. There could be day time
share price movement which will be ignored.
The limiation will highlight things which protect
the researcher from questioning
1.10. Scope of the Research The research cannot be covering everything.
Hence the scope will mention things which will
be covered. For example stock prices for a
limited period and not for a period during the
research
1.11. Chapterization It will brief all the chapters of the thesis and
what will have under each section. The
description would be in 1-2 sentense.
1.12. Conclusion It will conclude the entire chapter in 1-2
paragraph.
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE
REVIEW
Introduce the capter. Open with an introductory sentense of what
will be presented in this chapter in terms of
flow of literature topic which will be briefed or
reviewed.
2.1. Research done on concepts on
the study
Give a brief about prior literature written on
concepts related to build up or needed in the
topic. For example for shares pricing,
literature on shares defintion, stock market
functionality, stock price pricing etc. will be
the headlines which need to be researched in
the prior literature
2.2.Research Gap Going through all the literaure, there seems to
be a research gap which is not fulfilled. For
example, literature found on stock prices
during 2008. Also some literature was found
on oil price impact in boom economy. But
there might be no studies (research gap)
which correlate the share prices during crises
and oil prices.
2.3.Conclusion It will conclude the entire chapter in 1-2
paragraph.
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
Introduce the capter. Open with an introductory sentense of what
will be presented in this chapter in terms of
methodology and sources.
3.1.Research Methodology Whether it is qualitative or quantative?
3.2.Inquiry Methods Positivist, Interpretive, Critical
3.4.Source of Data From where and which data will be analyed.
a) Primary date
b) Secondary Date
3.5.Foreign Language Material In case foreign langugage data or reports will
be used then how it will be reported. Whether
the same will be translated or transliterated.
3.6.Research Design How the research work will flow? First you
collect stock prices, then you identify the
trends, and so on. The end of design should
be conclusion.
3.8.Conclusion It will conclude the entire chapter in 1-2
paragraph.
References

Case Study 1 on Electronic Retailing (40%) answer the following five questions.

1. Does the growth in ‘online shopping’ mean the extinction of the typical ‘high street’ store?

2. Examine the various models, ‘clicks’, ‘bricks’, ‘bricks & clicks’ and ‘clicks & bricks’. Which if any is the most sustainable?

3. We are increasingly hearing the term Omni-Channel retailing what does this mean and how can businesses exploit this new phenomenon?

4. Why are online travel services such a popular Internet application? Why do so many Web sites provide free travel information?

5. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of distributing digitisable products electronically versus physically.

 Word Limit: 1500 words (excluding cover page/table of contents, reference/bibliography, and tables, images or charts/diagrams)