ETHNICITY POWER AND IDENTITY
ESSAYS
THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS TO CONSIDER FORYOUR ESSAY:
1) THESIS CONSTRUCTION
A)
OUTLINE
THE ISSUE.
B)
OUTLINE
THE RELEVANT RESEARCH LITERATURE AND FINDINGS RELATED TO THE ISSUE.
C)
OUTLINE
YOUR PARTICULAR ANGLE/ FOCUS/ CONTRIBUTION TO THE ON-GOING SCHOLARLY
CONVERSATION.
D)
THESIS:
CONSTRUCT A CONCISE AND EXPLICIT AND CONTESTABLE ARGUMENT THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED
AND SUBSTANTIATED.
2) RESEARCH {SOCIAL-STRUCTURAL
ANALYSIS}
A)
“DATA”
(I)
EXAMPLES
{EMPIRICAL/ ANTECDOTAL}
(II)
STATISTICAL
PATTERNS {RATES/ POLLS/ CONTENT ANALTYSIS/ DEMOGRAPHICS}
(III)
PARTICIPANT
OVSERVATION {ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY/ INTERVIEWS}
(IV)
PRIOR
RESEARCH FINDINGS {ESTABLISHED BODY OF EVIDENCE/ KNOWLEDGE/ LITERATURE}
B)
“ANALYSIS”
(I)
TYPES
(II)
PROCESSES
(III)
PARADIGMS
{CAPITALISM/ PATRIARCHY/ WHITE HEGEMONY}