Description
This literature review should assess “structural realism” as a theoretical approach, evaluate the findings from the scholarly literature that exists on your research topic. At least 8 sources must be cited. The purpose of this assignment is to propose a theoretical perspective that informs your research and assess the scholarly literature that has been written on your research question, including how it informs your research question and hypothesis. It should be 4 pages in length. The literature review is NOT an annotated bibliography. Rather, it is an analytical exercise in which you evaluate a body of literature. As such, your literature review should be organized by theme (NOT an article-by-article summary). A good literature review is a thoughtful study of what has been written, a summary of the arguments and findings that exist (whether you agree with them or not), and is arranged thematically. The literature review should be written in coherent narrative style. At the end of the evaluation, there should still be gaps in the literature that you intend to fill with your research. Note that a good literature review is not a list of sources with description, but it involves synthesis and dissection of sources, with minimal use of quotes. All references must be cited in Chicago/Turabian format, which means including page numbers.
