Writing an introduction, coming up with effective headings and titles, presenting a conclusion, and the important steps of editing and revising are covered with class-tested advice and know-how in this book. In addition to using updated examples of student topics that pull from both American government and international relations, Baglione also includes examples of actual student writing to show readers how someone "just like them" accomplished tasks while writing their papers. Practical summaries, calendars, exercises, and a series of handy checklists make this a must-have supplement for any writing-intensive political science course.
Dr. Lisa A. Baglione is a professor in the
Department of Political Science and a member
of the International Relations Program at Saint
Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. Currently,
Dr. Baglione also serves as the co-director of the
Gender Studies Program.
During her career, Dr. Baglione has conducted
research in five areas, and while they
are varied, she has benefited from the ways that
insights from each have interwoven: negotiations
between adversaries, authoritarian transformation,
peacebuilding, gender in politics, and
pedagogy. She has published two other books, To
Agree or Not to Agree: Leadership, Bargaining, and
Arms Control with University of Michigan Press
and Writing a Research Paper in Political Science:
A Practical Guide to Inquiry, Structure, and
Methods, now in its fourth edition, with Sage.