{"id":19178,"date":"2023-05-09T15:19:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T15:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/joseph-nye-and-francis-fukuyama-predicted-the-advance-of-us-influence-in-the-1990s-and-beyond-through-soft-power-and-ideological-dominance-why-did-they-believe-this-and-to-what-to-what-extent-were\/"},"modified":"2023-05-09T15:19:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T15:19:45","slug":"joseph-nye-and-francis-fukuyama-predicted-the-advance-of-us-influence-in-the-1990s-and-beyond-through-soft-power-and-ideological-dominance-why-did-they-believe-this-and-to-what-to-what-extent-were","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/joseph-nye-and-francis-fukuyama-predicted-the-advance-of-us-influence-in-the-1990s-and-beyond-through-soft-power-and-ideological-dominance-why-did-they-believe-this-and-to-what-to-what-extent-were\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Nye and Francis Fukuyama predicted the advance of US influence in the 1990s and beyond through &#8216;soft power&#8217; and ideological dominance. Why did they believe this, and to what To what extent were their analyses realized?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">a) An introduction, which should clarify your understanding of the question and what is at stake in<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">answering it. Why is this an important and complicated question? Are there different possible<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">interpretations that you are grappling with? Which one do you think is best? Your introduction<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">must include a direct answer to the question, often articulated in the last sentence of your<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">opening paragraph.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">b) A main body of your essay, comprised of a series of paragraphs. Each paragraph should start<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">with a clear claim, a claim that is relevant to the overall answer to the question you outline in<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">the introduction. Then proceed to provide evidence that supports the claim, drawn from class<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">materials (assigned readings\/media or ideas discussed in class). Though this is in no way<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">expected or required, if you wish you may refer to other sources to provide supporting<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">evidence. If you make use of any materials that do not come from the syllabus or our in-class<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">discussions you must cite them completely and accurately using footnotes and Chicago manual<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">of style format. Any sentence that contains outside information must include a footnote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">c) Finally, in a concluding paragraph, summarize your key points and reflect on the broader<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">significance of your answer- why should we care that you have come up with this answer? What<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">does this answer reveal about a bigger picture? What are the implications of the answer you<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">have arrived at?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a) An introduction, which should clarify your understanding of the question and what is at stake in answering it. Why is this an important and complicated question? Are there different possible interpretations that you are grappling with? Which one do you think is best? 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