HELP: Can you give me some ideas for this Political Science essay...

[battleknight24]

For my Political Science class (International Organization), we had to choose 2 questions/topics from a list and write a 5 page paper on each one. I already wrote one essay, now I need one more. Here is the topic I chose.

I know you guys might not be familiar with the subject matter- I just need some springboard ideas.

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During the 1992 presidential campaign, President Clinton proposed the creation of a voluntary UN rapid deployment force. Harvard University's Joseph S. Nye, a former member of the Clinton administration, has suggested a rapid deployment force of 60,000 troops supported by member states and built around a professional core of 5,000 UN soldiers. President Clinton made a similar proposal during the 1992 campaign.

Should there be a United Nations Volunteer Force?

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I am sort of leaning toward the "yes," but any ideas will be greatly appreciated.


Peace,

[RPM]

1. do the rules of this assignment permit you to seek help from others?

You wouldnt want to commit a breach of academic integrity, you know.

Or at least not in a way that might get you caught ;-)

You never know - your prof may be lurking here....

(FYI - I am not your prof)

[damntexdem]

2. OK, Battle, you get an F!

Just joking.

[Robb]

3. No rapid deployment force

...because when you rush, you might forget something. Like socks, or a toothbrush.

And then there you'd be, sockless stinky-breath.

:silly:

[RPM]

4. that's what Halliburton is for

to come in, deliver that pair of sox for the low, low price of $25/pair plus a $1250 delivery fee.

Have you not been paying attention? Besides - like body armor, some troops don't even get sox anymore.... :sarcasm:

[battleknight24]

5. ?

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[imenja]

6. I doubt your professor is looking for a specific answer

whether yes or no. He/she will want a thoughtful analysis in which you advance a clear argument supported well with evidence. Some poly sci profs insist that you use models. You probably have a sense if that is what this professor wants.

When I was in grad school, I took a couple of political science courses. My first paper got the equivalent of a C. For the second paper, I wrote the exact same thing using the kind of models the professor liked. He thought it was brilliant and that I should change from my own discipline to do a PhD in poly sci. I found that amusing, since I said nothing in the second that I hadn't said in the first. I simply used their silly models to make the same points. In another political science class I had, the professor didn't care about models. I got the sense that it is a discipline that varies a great deal in terms of methodology.

[boilerbabe]

7. I Hope to help you on this one...

I would say that yes...we needed some United Nations Help...I cant' say in anyway that I would be a "{for certain" person to look to for advice. Wish I could help you more...would have been much more helpful had I not been working so much.
I feel that the Right Wing factor tried and were successful in their endeavour to totally ruin the "left". I have had some personal experience , just more or less with people I work with...I have neither the energy or the stregnth to put them in their place , unfortunately..oh whatever...I work, work, work.
Anyways, once I get on my regular schedule...better get ready!! ONe of these days, KI might just kick some proverbial butt here...