Sociology 300 Assignment 1

Assignment 1: The Effects of War and
Peace on Foreign Aid
Due Week 4 and worth 200 points

Use the Internet to research one (1)
developing nation of your choice. Your research should include an examination of
the effects that war and peace have on the distribution of foreign aid, as well
as the material covered by the Webtext and lectures in Weeks 1 through
3.

Write a three to four (3-4) page research
paper in which you:

1. Assess the positive and negative effects
   that peace and war, respectively, have on the distribution of foreign aid in the
   developing country that you have selected. Support your response with concrete
   examples of each of the results that you have cited.
2. Analyze the specific actions that the
   leadership of the selected country has taken, through the use of its foreign aid
   from donor nations and international lending institutions, to relieve the severe
   problems caused by warfare.
3. Discuss whether or not the extension of
   foreign aid has successfully reduced poverty and the incidence of warfare in the
   selected country. Support your response with examples.
4. Use at least five (5) quality academic
   resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia, blogs, and other
   nonacademic websites do not qualify as academic resources. Approval of resources
   is at the instructor’s discretion. Resources must also be within the last seven
   (7) years.  

When referencing the selected resources,
please use the following format: 

• Webtext Format:
• • Name of the author. Name of title. Retrieved
    from website url.
  • • Example:

Soomo. Understanding Development [Webtext].
Retrieved from http://www.webtexts.com/courses/9218-cathey.

• Lecture Format:
• • Name of the Author. Name of the lecture
    [lecture type]. Retrieved from lecture url.
  • • Example:

Strayer University. (2013). Understanding
Development [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from /bbcswebdav/institution/SOC/300/1136/Week1/lecture/story.html.

• Internet
  Resources:
• • Author’s Name. (Date of publication).
    Title of the resource. Retrieved from website url.
  • • Example:

Wuestewald, Eric. (2014). Portraits of
people living on a dollar a day. Retrieved from http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2014/04/living-on-a-dollar-a-day-photos-renee-byer-thomas-nazario.

Your assignment must follow these formatting
requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New
  Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and
  references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor
  for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of
  the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and
  the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required
  assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes
associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze how funding in the form of aid,
  investment, and loans moves from industrialized nations to the developing world
  to alleviate the problems caused by warfare.
• Use technology and information resources to
  research issues in sociology of developing countries.
• Write clearly and concisely about sociology
  of developing countries using proper writing mechanics.