Gregory M. Scott, Stephen M. Garrison

The Political Science Student Writer's Manual and Reader's Guide

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a supplemental text for all political science courses that facilitates, invigorates, and enhances student learning by teaching students to read and write effectively.

Produktdetails

• The Student Writer's Manual: A Guide to Reading and Writing Nr.1
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Eighth Edition
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 387g
• ISBN-13: 9781442267107
• ISBN-10: 1442267100
• Artikelnr.: 45469614

Autorenporträt

Gregory M. Scott, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Central Oklahoma, is best known for his co-authored (with Stephen M. Garrison and others) thirty-three volumes of sociology texts and readers published by Pearson Higher Education. He and Professor Garrison are now developing a series of ten writer's manuals with Rowman & Littlefield. He holds a BA from Ohio Wesleyan University, an MDiv from Oral Roberts University, and an MA and PhD from the University of Virginia. Dr. Scott's has also served for fifteen years as Editor of Pearson's Choices: An American Government Reader. His text Foundations for a Fifth Millennium: The Discipline of Sociology (Prentice Hall 1996) casts academic political inquiry as creative activity.

Inhaltsangabe

TO THE STUDENT: Welcome to a Community of Skilled Observers TO THE TEACHER:
What's New in the Eighth Edition? PART 1: Reading & Writing for
Introductory Political Science Courses 1. Read & Write to Understand
Politics 1.1 Reading Politics Analytically Read & Write: Analyze a
Presidential Address 1.2 Reading News as Political Power Read & Write:
Compare the Slants of Front Pages 1.3 Skillful Reading Techniques: How to
Read Newspapers as a Political Scientist Read & Write: Critique a Lead News
Article 1.4 Analytical Reading Techniques: How to Read Editorials and Op-Ed
Essays Read & Write: Respond to an Editorial 2. Read & Write Effectively
2.1 Get into the Flow of Writing Read & Write: Narrowing Topics 2.2 Think
Creatively Read & Write: Freewriting to Engage Your Creativity 2.3 Organize
Your Writing Read & Write: Write an Outline for a Paper Inspired by a
Published Article 2.4 Draft, Revise, Edit, and Proofread Read & Write:
Discover Your Own Identity and Style 3. Practice the Craft of Scholarship
3.1 The Competent Writer Read & Write: Rephrase to Eliminate a Sentence
Fragment 3.2 Avoid Errors in Grammar and Use Punctuation Correctly Read &
Write: Proofread for the President 3.3 Format Your Paper and its Contents
Professionally Read & Write: Explain the Data in this Table 3.4 Cite Your
Sources Properly in APSA Style Read & Write: Create an Actually Usable
Bibliography 3.5 Avoid Plagiarism Read & Write: Properly Summarize an
Article from The Economist or Mother Jones 4. Become Familiar with
Government Documents 4.1 Welcome to the National Archives Read & Write:
Describe Five Images from the Digital Vaults 4.2 Welcome to the Library of
Congress Read & Write: Recall Some Actual American Slave Narratives 4.3 How
to Read the Congressional Record Read & Write: Correspond with Your
Representative About Current Legislation 4.4 How To Read the Federal
Register Read & Write: Contribute Comments to Pending Government
Regulations 5. Introductory Skilled Observations 5.1 Presidential Campaign
Commercials Read & Write: Analyze a Presidential Campaign Commercial
Classroom Project: Create Your Own Campaign Commercial 5.2 Local Government
Policy Read & Write: Analyze a Local Government Policy Read & Write: Report
on a Local Government Agency Meeting 5.3 The Presidential Decision-Making
Process Listen and Write: Analyze Styles of Presidential Decision-Making
5.4 The Law-Making Process Read & Write: Analyze a Bill Currently Before
Congress PART 2: Becoming a Political Scientist: Learning Scholarship
Skills 6. Read and Write Professionally and Critically 6.1 How to Read
Political Science Scholarship Read & Write: Explain the Content of a Recent
Article from a Political Science Journal 6.2 How to Critique an Academic
Article Read & Write: Critique a Recent Article from a Political Science
Journal 6.3 How to Write a Book Review Read & Write: Review a New Political
Science Book 6.4 How to Write a Literature Review Read & Write: Write a
Political Science Literature Review 7. Preliminary Scholarship: Research
Effectively 7.1 Institute an Effective Research Process Read & Write: Write
a Research Proposal 7.2 Find and Evaluate the Quality of Online and Printed
Information Read & Write: Locate a Dozen High Quality Sources PART 3:
Practicing Political Science in Advanced Courses 8. Analyze Public Opinion
Learn the Steps in Writing a Survey Paper Read & Write: Write a Public
Opinion Analysis 9. Analyze a Domestic or International Government Policy
9.1 Learn the Basics of Policy Analysis Read & Write: Write a Brief
Domestic Policy Analysis 9.2 Foreign Policy Analysis Read & Write: Analyze
a Specific Foreign Policy 10. Author an Amicus Curiae Brief Learn the Rules
for Writing Briefs for the U.S. Supreme Court Read & Write: Write an
Abridged Amicus Brief 11. Political Philosophy Papers Consider Some Options
for Political Philosophy Papers Read & Write: Write a Political Philosophy
Paper Appendices A List of Political Science Periodicals B Forms of Proper
Address C Glossary D Bibliography