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A great topic still eludes me. This is for my PS 172: Comparative Politics and Government of European Nations. The first part of the course description is okay, however, what makes this more tasking is the fact that it concerns Europe. And let us face it, the continent has not really been of much discussion in who-counts-how-many years of education.
Of course, it must be established first that in order to select a topic, a considerable amount of knowledge must be present. Otherwise, all you can think of are topics which have been long discussed and debated, and are common already. That is if you want to have a new and innovative topic.
And actually, that is what I want. Though there is nothing wrong in choosing a common topic, but you have to admit that a sense of fulfillment is achieved when a great topic is selected and discussed fully. I want to venture to other things, wherein only a few people have seen. But the real obstacle is I really don’t know a whole freaking lot about Europe. And now I am still reading more about it.
As the deadline is fast approaching, the pressure mounts in choosing my topic well. But I have to admit though, adding to what I said earlier, even considerable knowledge of a field does not warrant a great and novel topic for research. This has long been my problem as the papers i have written have somewhat added to the bulk of related articles dedicated to it (Federalism, Democratization through Economic Development — though the latter is not as common as the former). I want to break this trend of doing so.
With limited time, I hope I can find something good and interesting to write about. Something so good and cool that this can serve as a preliminary output for my ’seminar paper’ — AKA thesis.
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