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2014.
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This paper examines the use of short writing assignments in undergraduate international relations courses. It gives instructors ideas about thinking beyond traditional research papers and instead focuses on shorter assignments that demand critical thinking skills. The ability to write concisely is useful for students with future careers in government, business, nonprofits, journalism, electoral politics, or academia. By requiring application of theoretical frameworks (perhaps as policy recommendations in a memo), students can see how policymakers employ international relations theories, thereby simulating the work inside the National Security Council or US State Department. This highlights the connections between theory and policy. Short papers can also better showcase role playing and connect with active learning techniques. Research papers of 10 pages or more may not be as useful as shorter assignments that focus students' attention on analyzing an issue, presenting a case study, or writing a policy brief.
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090964
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2009.
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It is widely accepted that local elections in Korea are dominated by national issues, such as punishing the president's party. However, the degree to which local issues matter in Korea's local elections has thus far not been subjected to empirical scrutiny. To fill this void and explain the failures of the president's party more fully, this paper tested two sets of hypotheses. First, it estimated the relative importance of national and local issues-the president's popularity and the governor's or mayor's popularity-in local elections. Second, it tested whether the failures of the president's party in local elections relate to voters' tendency to vote negatively. Although the results do not support the negative voting hypotheses, both national and local issues are shown to impact voters' choices. Furthermore, the extent to which a mayor's or governor's popularity influences voters' choices depends on the salience of national issues. In turn, the salience of national issues is affected by the timing of the local election. Combined, these results can shed some light on how the institutional context determines the fortunes of the president's party in low-turnout elections.
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