SEMESTER ASSIGNMENT 2011/2012 SESSION

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

BAYERO UNIVERSITY, KANO

SEMESTER ASSIGNMENT 2011/2012 SESSION

POL 2204  POL4301

POL 3314  POL 4313

POL 8406

The distinction between Theoretical Framework and Literature Review in construction of knowledge is indisputable but the distance between the two is doubtful as any literature review is an assessment of many theories on the subject under study and theoretical assumptions are constructed with available literature relevant to the assumption.

Subsequently, from methodological point of view a literature review contains many theoretical postulations.

Each seminar in all the above five courses is to formulate a theoretical assumption relevant to the course offered. For postgraduate students is each student:- for example:

•  Differences in language and religion stand out among the factors that generate conflict and tensions.
•  Shift of global production to service-oriented changes the patterns of global trade
•  Commodity production, of exchange value leads to development of capitalism
•  New Military New Mission and Operation
•  To understand youth upheavals in Africa today is to get to the relation between State and Economy.

These are examples of theoretical assumptions derived from POL 4313, POL 3314, POL 2204, POL 430 and POL 8406 respectively.

So, each seminar/individual from the above five levels is to formulate a theoretical assumption similar to above. But note that a theoretical assumption may be of a descriptive type; paradigmatic; abstractly theoretical; classificatory; or interpretative.

Then you are to search for relevant materials to construct the assumption to become like a theoretical framework. In other words it is like building a literature review on the assumption.

The following are to be observed:-

1.  If you are ten not less than twenty different texts to be reviewed. If fifteen as in POL2204 not less than the number of students in the seminar times two.
2.  Presentation must be according to standard i.e. to acknowledge all the references used e.g. (Mandel 1975:20) i.e. by Harvard system.
3.  Each report is not to be less than 10 pages computer processed.
4.  Each seminar/individual is to submit the assumption for approval this week and then within 4 weeks to finish and submit.
5.  When submitted, reports would be exchanged between the seminar for review and discussion.
6.  The report may appear like an article with sub-headings
7.  All references must be listed as references at the end of the work.

Good luck

M. M. Yusif