Choose a current health issue. Choose a news article reflecting the issue.
What is your research topic? (One sentence)
What is your research question? (One sentence)
Briefly describe what you would like to explore about this issue, how you will approach a political economic analysis, and what you may expect to conclude, based on the questions below (eg, By examining the role of the state and the state’s policies/agenda/actions …. Through an analysis of class structure…. By examining the colonial context…Through an analysis of medical ideology….). (1-2 sentences for each of your main arguments).
For your paper, address: What does an analysis of colonialism and capitalism (political economic analysis) (pick at least 2 out of 4 questions below) tell you about this issue. Answer the questions below to guide your analysis, with definitions of the concepts below found in the reading A Marxist View of Medical Care:
What is the role of the state? What were/are the state’s policies, agenda, action?
What does an analysis of class structure reveal about the issue? How is class reflected in the issue and how does it reproduce class structure (and patterns of domination)?
What is the role of profit? (Where is it, how is it made, who gets it)
What does an analysis of medical ideology reveal about the issue?
Also answer: What does an analysis of the context of colonialism reveal about the issue? (eg function of racism, goals of profit/land/resources, apartheid system)
Is your analysis reflected in the news article? Why or why not? (Apply a political economic analysis of the news
Annotated Bibliography Requirements
For each of your 10 sources, write 2-3 sentences on how you will use this source in your papers.
Term Paper Requirements
Use at least 10 academic sources, in addition to any course readings you cite.
Your paper should be 10-15 pages double-spaced.
