Individual research essay of 3,000 words: 60% due Monday 10 September 2018 Choose one of the below three seminar questions to write your Individual research essay on 1. What were the major intellectual influences that shaped the Bretton Woods international monetary and financial order? How, since then, have they changed? 2. Has the financial crisis of 2007 – 2009 overturned long-held central bank policy taboos and norms? 3. Who controls the IMF? In researching this essay you are expected to read widely, well beyond the required reading in your chosen area. ? Usually you will find the reading list more than sufficient, though you may also find other useful empirical material or scholarly articles elsewhere. ? Your essay should address the question directly and refer to the scholarly literature and empirical evidence relevant to it. ? The purpose of the essay is to develop research, argumentation, conceptual and empirical analysis skills. ? Ensure that you provide clear referencing (Harvard citations are the best) and a bibliography. Avoid the use of appendices and footnote sparingly. Provide a word count. ? To avoid losing marks on this assessment: these are strict criteria to follow when writing up this Individual research essay 1. Ensure that you provide clear referencing (Harvard citations are best) and a bibliography 2. Avoid the use of appendices and footnote sparingly and provide a word count. 3. Do not exceed the 3,000 word limit or you will be penalised: note that only the bibliography is excluded in calculating this limit. Key assessment criteria for this individual research essay ? This research essay require you to reflect on the issues and material covered in the syllabus. Assessment will be based on the following criteria: ? Knowledge and understanding of the relevant debates ? Ability to deploy analytical skills rather than purely descriptive skills ? Awareness of differing perspectives and analytical approaches ? Ability to deploy empirical material to assess the merits of contending theories and approaches ? Effective and comprehensible narrative style ? Coherence of essay/policy brief structure and argument
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