ENG102 Initial Research Essay Topic Proposal-Genocide
Instructions: 1. Please complete the assignment Using Good Questions to Guide Your Research, and review the Selecting Your Topic & Practice ctivit! and " Stages o# Genocide Presentation $e#ore completing proposal $elow. %. T!pe !our answers in this document and save using !our last name. &a'e sure !our name is on the assignment. Please use complete sentences. 3. WARNING: if you answer with one word or short phrased answers, it is an automatic zero. Please write complete sentences. This is important for your essay.
Your Name: Bar ara !arrison "hich #enocide o$ people ha%e you chosen& "hy& You will $e researching a group o# people, #rom an!where around the world that has su##ered #rom some 'ind o# genocide at the hands o# another group o# people.
(((()o not use the e*ample o# the +ews under ,a-i German!. Though this is a ver! relevant topic #or this assignment, . 'now that all o# !ou are alread! #amiliar with what happened to the +ews in German!. . would li'e !ou to choose a group o# people that !ou are less #amiliar with.
nswer !ere: I chose the "wanda genocide #ecause I was shocked to learn that other countries knew the genocide was going to occur and chose not to get involved.
Please talk to me after class if you have different take on this topic I have suggested not to do for this assignment.*****
"hich o$ the ' (ta#es o$ Genocide )ill you address or incorporate into your essay& $o not choose all of them. I recommend a minimum of % and a ma&imum of 3 stages. nswer !ere: 'ut of the eight stages of genocide, I am going to address the dehumanization and denial aspects. "hich su *ect area $rom the #enocide )ill you choose $or your essay and )hy& "hat aspect o$ that su *ect are you considerin# to discuss& Only choose one subject and subtopic. (&le: )aw*human rights, punishment, etc. Su$/ect possi$ilities0 1aw Prevention Punishment 2ducation ction Politics Science Technolog! Religion &one! and 3usiness Ps!chological nswer !ere: I intend on writing a#out the politics+prevention of genocide. I chose this su#,ect #ecause this is the start of if a genocide was to occur or not. I haven-t come up with a specific aspect yet.
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+,E(TI-N(: "hat is your outloo. or %ie) a out #enocide& nswering these .uestions will #e a great addition to your notes and help you decide how you feel a#out genocide su#,ects and help you lead to your thesis statement. /N("ER these 0uestions usin# your o)n thou#hts $reely usin# 2 or more 1-2P3ETE (ENTEN1E(4 Indi%idual and (ociety: Identity 1. 4hat are the various #actors that shape identit!5 .n what wa!s do others de#ine our identit!5 %. 6ow does societ! in#luence our identit! and the choices we ma'e5 7. 6ow does where we are #rom in#luence who we are5 nswer !ere: /actors that shape our society are the morals and values parents teach us at a young age. %0 1ociety influences our identity and the choices we make #ecause we want to 2fit in3 and will do whatever possi#le to fit into society. 30 4here we are from influences who we are #ecause of the #eliefs we are #rought up on. 2em ership: "e 5 They 1. 6ow do people ma'e distinctions $etween 8us9 and 8them95 4h! do the! ma'e these distinctions5 %. 4hat is communit!5 6ow are decisions made a$out who $elongs and who is e*cluded5 7. 6ow does a societ! integrate immigrants and how do immigrants trans#orm societies5 nswer !ere: 50 6o two people are the same. People make distinctions to make themselves feel superior to others. %0 community is a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. People in the community decides who #elongs or e&cluded if someone appears different from them. 30 Immigrants are discriminated against7 therefore, causing a lot of chaos and disruption. 6ud#ment7 2emory and 3e#acy 1. 4hat is /ustice5 6ow can it $e achieved5 %. 4hat does /ustice loo' li'e a#ter genocide5 7. 6ow can individuals and societies remem$er and commemorate di##icult histories5 :. 4hat is the purpose o# remem$ering5 4hat are the conse;uences o# #orgetting5 <. 6ow do !ou evaluate the legac! o# historical events5 nswer !ere 50 8ustice is ,ust #ehavior or treatment. 8ustice can #e achieved if the laws are carried out. %0 fter genocide, it appears ,ustice does not e&ists #ecause no one is #rought to ,ustice #ecause the laws of genocide is not very clear. 30 1ociety and individuals could remem#er and commemorate difficult histories #y not repeating them. 1hoosin# to Participate 1. 4h! do some people stand $! during times o# in/ustice while others tr! to do something to stop or prevent in/ustice5 %. 4hat #actors in#luence decision=ma'ing in the #ace o# in/ustice5 7. Under what conditions are most people li'el! to #eel more responsi$le #or helping others5 :. 4hat #actors reduce #eelings o# personal responsi$ilit!5 <. 4hat o$stacles 'eep individuals #rom getting involved in their communities and larger world5 >. 4hat #actors encourage participation5
?. 4hat can we, as individuals, groups and nations, do to prevent massive acts o# violence in the #uture5 nswer !ere 50 People do not want to get involved when in,ustice is happening #ecause of the repercussions. 'thers will do whatever it takes to help regardless of the repercussions. %0 /actors that influence decision*making in the face of in,ustice are7 morals, conse.uences, and fear. 30 People may feel responsi#le for helping people if they felt they could win. 90 /actors that reduce feelings of responsi#ility are lack of communication, morals, and fear. :0 The main o#stacle that keeps people from getting involved in their communities is fear. ;0 /actors that encourage participation is if everyone sticks together to fight the same fight. <0 4e as a people can help to prevent mass acts of violence #y starting with the young, to teach them not to hate. !uman Beha%ior7 Race and 2em ership7 Genocides7 etc4 1. 4hat choices do people ma'e in the #ace o# in/ustice5 %. 4hat ma'es it possi$le #or neigh$or to turn against neigh$or5 7. 6ow are genocide and other acts o# mass violence humanl! possi$le5 :. 4hat choices do people ma'e that allow collective violence to happen5 <. 4ho decides how laws or rules are applied5 6ow can we ensure that laws and rules are applied to ever!one in the same wa!5 nswer !ere 50 =hoices people make is the face of in,ustice is not to get involved. %0 There is no loyalty #etween people7 therefore, making it easy to turn against on another. 30 >enocide e&ists #ecause of all the hatred in the world. People that commit genocide has no reasoning #etween right and wrong. 90 People make the choice to allow violence to happen #y not stepping up and going against with what they know is wrong. :0 The government decides how laws are applied. There is no way to ensure that the laws and rules apply to every#ody. 8Yard=deep9 Research Question ?@ile deep .uestions will #e addressed after completing research and your annotated #i#liography assignment00 nswer !ere
Related 8inch9 and 8#oot9 ;uestions @minimum 7A0 nswer !ere 50 4hy didn-t the A.1 get involved when they knew genocide was a#out to #e committed in "wandaB %0 !ow much influence did the =atholic Priests have in the "wanda genocideB 30 4hat constitutes a genocide and who decides if genocide was committedB
4h! did !ou select this topicBresearch ;uestion @several sentences e*plaining wh!A0
nswer !ere: I selected this research topic #ecause I want to look into the ways genocide can or could have #een prevented. I-m also curious to know how many genocides were known a#out prior to happening and could have #een prevented.
4hat do !ou alread! 'nowBhave alread! learned a$out this topicBresearch ;uestion5 @Unaccepta$le answers0 8nothing9 or 8a lot9. Tell me something speci#ic.A nswer !ere: I-ve learned that the government have military in place to protect some countries, #ut when really needed, they pull out and leave the people to fend for themselves.
Possi$le search terms or 'e!words @list at least <A0 nswer !ere: 1ome possi#le search terms to find information on my topics are7 genocide prevention, genocide laws, "wanda genocide, A.1 government, genocide politics. 4ill !ou $e using &1 or P st!le5 2*plain wh! !ou have chosen that st!le. nswer !ere: I think I will chose to use the P format #ecause I am more familiar with it. Create &1 or P citations !ou will possi$l! use #rom the li$rar! data$ases or other sources @list at least 7A0 @Unaccepta$le answers0 Google, 4i'ipedia. Dor 23SCE, list 46 T data$ases in 23SCEA nswer !ere
1) Ngoc, D.H. (1991). Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science, Vol. 3 , No. !, "he #hina #hallenge$ American Policies in %ast Asia (1991), &&. 131'139
2) Elihu D. Richter +ournal o# Pu$lic 6ealth Polic!, Fol. %G, ,o. 7 @Sep., %HH"A, pp. %><=%?: 3) The Political Science of Genocide: Outlines of an Emerging Research Agenda Ernesto erde!a
Perspectives on Politics, Fol. 1H, ,o. % @+une %H1%A, pp. 7H?=7%1
") #Genocide Denial# $a%s as Secular &eres': A (ritical Anal'sis %ith Reference to )osnia Ro*ert +. &a'den Slavic Review, Fol. >?, ,o. % @Summer, %HH"A, pp. 7":=:H?
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3ist o$ Genocides
3elow are lists o# possi$le genocides to select #romI however, tr! to avoid those associated directl! with ,a-i German!. .n addition, ma'e sure that !ou are choosing a genocide that !ou can #ind research #or using the li$rar! data$ase s!stem. )ist of >enocides !o =hi @in ?Gietnam, 5D:3*:;0 @ao Ce*$ong ?=hina, 5D:E*;5 and 5D;;*;D, @ichel @icom#ero ?Hurundi, 5D<%0 Ti#et 5D9D*:F0
dolf !itler ?>ermany, 5D3D*5D9:0 )eopold II of Helgium ?=ongo, 5EE;*5DFE0 8ozef 1talin ?A11", 5D3%*3D0 !ideki To,o ?8apan, 5D95*990 Ismail (nver ?'ttoman Turkey, 5D5:*%F0 Pol Pot ?=am#odia, 5D<:*<D0 Iim Il 1ung ?6orth Iorea, 5D9E*D90 @enghistu ?(thiopia, 5D<:*<E0 Jaku#u >owon ?Hiafra, 5D;<*5D<F0 )eonid Hrezhnev ? fghanistan, 5D<D*5DE%0 8ean Iam#anda ?"wanda, 5DD90 1addam !ussein ?Iran 5DEF*5DDF and Iurdistan 5DE<*EE0 Tito ?Jugoslavia, 5D9:*5DEF0 1uharto+1oeharto ?Indonesian communists 5D;:*;;0 /umimaro Ionoe ?8apan, 5D3<*3D0 8onas 1avim#i * #ut disputed #y recent studies ? ngola, 5D<:*%FF%0 @ullah 'mar * Tali#an ? fghanistan, 5DE;* %FF50 Idi min ?Aganda, 5D;D*5D<D0 Jahya Ihan ?Pakistan, 5D<F*<50 nte Pavelic ?=roatia, 5D95*9:0 Henito @ussolini ?(thiopia, 5D3;7 )i#ya, 5D39* 9:7 Jugoslavia, 44II0 @o#utu 1ese 1eko ?Caire, 5D;:*D<0 =harles Taylor ?)i#eria, 5DED*5DD;0 /oday 1ankoh ?1ierra )eone, 5DD5*%FFF0 1uharto ? ceh, (ast Timor, 6ew >uinea, 5D<:*DE0
1lo#odan @ilosevic ?Jugoslavia, 5DD%*DD0 !assan Tura#i ?1udan, 5DED*5DDD0 8ean*Hedel Hokassa ?=entrafrica, 5D;;*<D0 "ichard 6i&on ?Gietnam, 5D;D*5D<90 (frain "ios @ontt * #ut disputed #y recent studies ?>uatemala, 5DE%*E30 Papa $oc $uvalier ?!aiti, 5D:<*<50 "afael Tru,illo ?$ominican "epu#lic, 5D3F*;50 Hashir ssad ?1yria, %F5%*530 /rancisco @acias 6guema ?(.uatorial >uinea, 5D;D* <D0 !issene !a#re ?=had, 5DE%*5DDF0 =hiang Iai*shek ?Taiwan, 5D9<0 Gladimir Ilich )enin ?A11", 5D5<*%F0 /rancisco /ranco ?1pain0 /idel =astro ?=u#a, 5D:D*5DDD0 )yndon 8ohnson ?Gietnam, 5D;3*5D;E0 @a&imiliano !ernandez @artinez ?(l 1alvador, 5D3%0 !afez l* ssad ?1yria, 5DEF*%FFF0 Ihomeini ?Iran, 5D<D*ED0 "o#ert @uga#e ?Cim#a#we, 5DE%*E<, 6de#ele minority0 "afael Gidela ? rgentina, 5D<;*E30 >uy @ollet ?/rance, 5D:;*5D:<0 !arold @c@illans ?Hritain, 5D:%*:;, Ienya-s @au*@au re#ellion0 Paul Ioroma ?1ierra )eone, 5DD<0 'sama Hin )aden ?worldwide, 5DD3*%FF50 ugusto Pinochet ?=hile, 5D<30
