The essay should be approximately four to five pages in length (1200 words) in length. The page and word count does not include endnotes, or the bibliography, which will be very important elements in the evaluation of your paper. Citations should follow the CPSA (or APSA) author date format or Chicago style author date format. This policy paper needs to include a section outlining why you personally feel that the issue is of significance and should be related to concepts discussed in class. You paper also needs to include your proposed solution to the issue.
Your argument in the essay requires acceptable, relevant and adequate evidence. Without good research you will not have a successful paper. To meet these standards, you need a to use a minimum of three sources in the essay, of which at least two must be academic sources, while the other one can be from popular magazines, newspapers or websites. Textbooks and encyclopedias are not suitable sources and cannot be used in this assignment. This also means that you should not be using Wikipedia as a source. The source has to be recent (max 5 years).