1 Instructor: Dimiter Ialnazov [email protected]
The Political Economy of European Integration
Spring-summer semester 2012 Term paper (期末レポート) requirements
1. Length of the term paper (if written in English)
between 3000 and 4000 words, typed and printed in A4 format (recommended: font size 12, 36 lines on each page, 39 letters on each line)
期末レポートについて（日本語で書いた場合）
レポートの題目は、ヤルナゾフとの相談上、5 月 21 日（月）までに各自で決めておい てください。A4 1 枚に題目と要旨を書いて 5 月 21 日（月）午後 17 時までにメールで送 ってください （ファイル形式は word, open office, pdf が可能）。レポートは横書きで 7000 字（A4 7 枚）以上を書いて 8 月 3 日（金）午後 17 時までに提出してください。
・ 必ず自分の文書で論述してください。他人が書いた文書を使う場合、必ず引用 してください。
・ 参考文献を 3 点以上（インターネットのホームページ以外、図書や雑誌論文も 必ず含めて）明記してください。
・ 参考文献に依拠して引用する際に、引用した文書の後、必ず括弧内に出典、
出版された年、及び引用ページを明記してください。
2. Language: English or Japanese
3. Important deadlines
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after consulting with the instructor, please submit until 21 May 2012 a one-page (A4 format) proposal containing the topic of your term paper and a short summary of its contents・
please include your thesis statement, the main argument(s) you are going to make, the questions whose answers you will be looking for,2 and the titles of some books or articles you‘ve already read or are planning to read
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you are encouraged to choose a topic that enables some critical thinking (e.g. it has been the subject of a certain controversy, there are 2 or more different views on the topic, etc.)・
please prepare until early July a Power point presentation based on the contents of the paper. Students whose preparation is at an advanced stage may also submit a draft version of their paper.・
please hand in to the school office (教務係
) one printed copy of the paper and e-mail me the word or pdf file until 5 pm on 3 August 20124. Structure of the paper
Front page (course title, topic of the paper, student’s name and number, date of submission)
Table of contents Introduction
The main text* organized in sections (please don’t forget the in-text citations)
Conclusion Notes (if any) References
* Tables and figures may be inserted inside the text, or attached at the end of the paper.
5. Contents: the paper should contain a thesis statement and students should try to support it by using various arguments and empirical evidence (statistical data, opinion polls, case studies, etc.).
The thesis statement（問題提起）could be an assertion（主張）or a hypothesis
（仮説）
, but not a statement of fact or an observation (事実確
3
認、観察). For example, "Japanese farmers use many chemicals" is an
observation, but "Japanese consumers are being poisoned through their daily food because of the use of chemicals by farmers" is a thesis statement.Always try to answer not just the question "What happened?" but also
“Why did it happen?”, “What kind of problems have occurred as a result?”,
“How should we deal with those problems?”.
6. No plagiarism. When you use articles, books or any other text (including any text on the Internet) written by someone else, please always cite your source. Please use (a) in-text citations, (b) notes in the bottom of each page, and (c) references at the end. Don’t use “copy and paste” because this will automatically lead to failing the course.
How to cite a source?
If, for example, you have used a part from p. 57 of Douglass North’s 1990 book, please write inside the text (North, 1990, p. 57) and in the references at the end: North, D., Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance, Cambridge University Press, 1990.
In the case of an article posted on the Internet, please write the title of the article in brackets inside the text and also write in the references the title of the article, the web site address (for instance, http://www.europa.eu.int/index_en.htm) and the date of access (accessed on, for instance, 16 June 2011).
7. Paper presentation
（期末発表 ）
: each student should also make a presentation in English of his/her progress on the term paper on a prescribed date during the semester (in July). Students who are not confident to present in English can try using both Japanese and English.Please distribute to the other students copies of your Power point slides (or the
レジュメ) in advance and try not to read the text during the
presentation.4 Last years’ topics:
(2011) The long-term strategies for economic growth in EU, the eurozone crisis, what hindrances Turkey’s accession to the EU, the impact of the expected free trade agreement between EU and Thailand, Polish people’s migration in the EU, the influence of the eurozone crisis on the exchange rate of the euro towards the USD, about the Asian Regional Forum and its importance for regional security in Asia, can East Asia form a monetary union?
(2010) “The eurozone crisis and the Spanish economy”, “EU’s policy toward the solar cell industry”, “Problems of China – EU trade relations”,
“Lessons from EMU for the future Asian currency”, “The VAT in the EU:
a comparison with Japan”, “Germany and the euro”, “The Greek crisis and the possibility of contagion to Italy”, “Problems faced by Japanese companies in the EU”, “The Accession of Turkey to the EU”, “The impact of the PIGS crisis on the world economy”
