The purpose of this assignment is to get you to think conceptually and analytically about a particular question in the study of political behavior.
All research begins with a question.
This step of the process necessarily involves a great deal of reading. One of these ideas will serve as the basis for your research design. You will in a paper approximately 15 pages in length lay out your research question and your strategy for answering that question. Additionally, you will prepare a 10 minute presentation about your research design that you will deliver before the class at our last class meeting, April 19, 2001. Do not use a plastic cover for your paper.