Assignment:
Essay
Developing Nation Problem-Solution
Within Unit VII, you are going to submit a Problem/Solution Research Paper that analyzes a social issue being faced by a particular periphery or semi-periphery nation. You will begin your research paper project in this unit. You will submit an essay which will act as a beginning draft for your Unit VII Research Paper. This Unit V essay assignment will not be submitted through SafeAssign since this is a draft assignment. You will be permitted to copy and paste material from this essay directly into your Unit VII paper.
Before starting the Unit V essay assignment:
1. Read the requirements for the Unit VII problem-solution paper, . This information can be found below, within the Unit VII Research Paper instructions.
2. Pick a country for your essay assignment which will also be the same country used for the Unit VII paper (the country must be from a periphery nation or semi-periphery nation). Note: The Unit II reading explains the concept of periphery and semi-periphery which will help you in choosing your country.
3. Begin brainstorming and researching about the issues and solutions you want to cover in this essay assignment and subsequently in your research paper. You can choose one of the topics listed in the link below, or you may pick your own topic:
Sample List of Social Issues
Some Potential Social Issues to Research in the Developing World (periphery nations):
• Overpopulation in urban area or population demographic issues (like growth in aging population sector)
• Other population issues like migration and immigration
• Race, Religious, Ethnic, or Cultural disputes or issues. Endangered language/culture, social inequality, caste system
• Human Rights (children's rights, gay rights, women's right, domestic violence, child brides, sweat shops or poor working conditions, child labor, sex trafficking of children).
• Environmental Issues (water and air pollution, deforestation, impacts of climate change, drought, endangered plants and animals, oil drilling/coal extraction, energy consumption, land use issues, pesticides)
• War, Conflict, Terrorism, unstable regime, border or land disputes, refugee situations, aftermath of cold war, etc.
• Crime, drug cartels, corruption
• Economic struggles, debt, joblessness, extreme poverty, lack of resources or infrastructure, hunger, economic inequality.
• Educational issues like illiteracy
• Health problems (clean water, access to medicine/vaccines/hospitals, smoking and lung cancer, disease prevention or treatment), Ebola, Aids.