Fukuyama’s The End of History is often cited as an admiration for American democ
Fukuyama’s The End of History is often cited as an admiration for American democracy and a triumphant expression of America’s victories in the Cold War. But isn’t that a big misunderstanding? Isn’t the book rather a criticism of American democracy and an admiration for Hegel, Kojève and Europe’s development towards a peaceful EU? Discuss.
Here are some requirements that are expected:
The term paper should have an argument or a central point, and it should discuss an issue, not just describe facts or reproduce what others have written. The structure of a good term paper can be: Actualisation and specification of the research question, statement and explanation of the theory that will be used in the assignment, presentation of empirical data, discussion and conclusion. There is no standard recipe for a really good term paper – because one of the things that makes a paper outstanding is often that it challenges conventions in the field. However, there are some simple, general criteria for good academic form. The most important cornerstones of a good term paper are that it is logically organised, empirically substantiated (e.g. by using examples to verify something), theoretically informed and written in good, clear language. Tip: read political science articles and look at the structure, language and argumentation, and the use of sources and references. The most important criteria on which the term paper will be assessed are (1) clarity of the problem, argumentation and presentation, (2) grounding in research literature, (3) logical presentation of the link between argument and premise conclusion, (4) substantiation of the arguments with sources or examples.
In the term paper, the student is required to document claims about empirical conditions (“facts”) and references to existing research literature (“theory” and “method”) with
reference to sources. These sources may be scientific articles, textbooks including methodological literature and “classics”, public documents, reference works, and to a lesser extent newspapers and websites, etc. The term paper must refer to at least 3 scientific sources (peer-reviewed articles and/or book chapters)