UM Political Science Animal Rights Essay

Answer the question: Why did the issue of animal rights proliferate into such a broad movement with many specific issues?

Make a political science argument about a social movement or social movements in general, write a minimum of eight pages to a maximum of ten pages, double spaced, and support your argument with evidence from at least one social movement.

Technical requirements:

• 8-10 pages double spaced, not counting the bibliography
• At least five sources, of which at least three must be scholarly (from a peer reviewed journal or university press)
• Citations in author-year format in the text, plus a bibliography
• Minimal errors

Structural requirements: your paper should have these five clearly labeled sections

• Introduction
• Literature review
• Argument
• Case/Evidence
• Conclusion

Content requirements:

• Make a political science argument about social movements or a social movement
• Support your argument with evidence from a social movement (this means identifying and familiarizing yourself with a social movement)
• Go beyond what we did in class. If using a movement or argument that we addressed in class, take it further, go into much more detail, and make it your own.