Sunday, July 26, 2015
The Iran Nuclear Deal: Historical Lessons
Friday's Washington Post published two op-eds using historical cases to support (Phil Gordon) or counter (Fred Kagan) the viability of the Iranian nuclear deal. Political scientists conduct qualitative case study analysis might be pleased to see such arguments. But taken together, the articles suggest that one may pick and choose historical analogies to prove a point, making the logic of any comparison indeterminate. Not sure if this is good or bad for doing comparative historical case study analysis.
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ReplyDeleteI am an English teacher in California and I am in the process of assigning a research paper to my 11th grade AP Lang & Comp students. I have a minor in anthropology, most of my undergraduate study in anthropology was in social movement theory. I want my students to research a particularly powerful piece of rhetoric that is the product of a social movement that had lasting impact. Would you be willing to help me find a list of social movements on the web other than what is on Wikipedia? I would really like to point them in a more academically appropriate direction.
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I see a comma splice. How embarrassing.
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