Humanities

Response Paper #9

Write a one-page paper summarizing the readings, articles or report. Students should analyze by answering one or more of the following questions:

• How significant is the question?
• How convincing or persuasive is the argument?
• Is there a different methodology the author could have used?
• How logical are the causes and outcomes behind the argument?
• Is the empirical evidence and methodology sound, why or why not? Are there alternative explanations the author could have considered?
• What solutions does the reading propose to solve a specific issue and do you agree with them and have others to propose?
• Required Readings must be used in paper
  • Stacey Philbrick Yadav, “Republic of Yemen” in Mark Gasiorowski and Sean L. Yom (eds.), The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (Boulder, Co: Westview, 2017): pp. 377-403.

Topics Covered Yemen – From Separatist Republic to Civil War

Required Readings Stacey Philbrick Yadav, “Republic of Yemen” in Mark Gasiorowski and Sean L. Yom (eds.), The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (Boulder, Co: Westview, 2017): pp. 377-403. Recommended Reading: Lisa Wedeen, “The Politics of Deliberation: Qat Chews as Public Spheres in Yemen,” Public Culture 19.1 (2007): pp. 59-84. International Crisis Group, “Yemen: Is Peace Possible?” Middle East & North Africa Report 167, February 9, 2016: pp. 1-38.