Book Critique and Policy Review Paper Instructions
You are required to write a book review on the book title: Beyond Sovereignty by Cusimano Love.
Cusimano Love Maryann. Beyond Sovereignty: Issues for a Global Agenda. 4th ed. Boston MA: Wadsworth Cengage 2011. ISBN: 9780495793236.
The Book Critique and Policy Review Paper must be 67 pages not including the title and reference page. Format the body of your review in 4 main sections: summary critique application and policy review. Do not summarize or critique the chapters chronologically. Consider the book as a whole. Avoid excessive quotations. State the authors viewpoints in your own words and give specific page references when paraphrasing.
Summary
Summarize the main theme of the book. What is the overall perspective purpose or argument of the book? If the author wanted you to get one idea from the book what would it be?
Critique
This section needs to balance the book’s strengths and weaknesses in order to unify your evaluation. What strikes you as noteworthy? What has the book accomplished? In what ways was the book effective or persuasive? Challenge assumptions approaches or arguments made by the author. Does the argument make sense? You can offer agreement or disagreement and identify where you find the work exemplary or deficient in its knowledge judgments or organization. Provide concrete evidence for your assertions. Support judgments with references from the textbook reading in this course and other scholarly resources. All citations must be in current Turabian. Be sure that your evaluation is balanced respectful and fair. Control the tone of your critique.
Application
This section must demonstrate how the book has enhanced your understanding of current public policy issues. Why is this topic important today? How can this information be used in forming and maintaining a strong foreign policy?
Policy Review
Identify and assess a current public policy issue in current events in light of the theories presented in this material. Do not merely state what the policy is. Explain the policy and provide a short but detailed briefing on the policy. Additionally state if the policy is good or bad based on the perspective you gained in reading this book. You must also introduce new ideas that go beyond the book if they complement ideas you have gleaned from reading in the book. Support judgments by referencing the book. But you must indicate specific page number(s) for easy cross-checking. If you use other books or sources to support your policy review you must also indicate specific page number(s) for easy cross-checking. Falsification is 100% prohibited.
Note: if your book review is identical reflect otherss review and/or is parallel to any book review related to this book your review will not be accepted. Check your work in Turnit In for similarity or plagiarism.
Due by 9:00 a.m. (ET) on Wednesday April 5 2017