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Category: Political Economy

Quoting versus paraphrasing

Posted on 12 June 202016 June 2020 by Michael Plouffe

When dealing with sources in the body text of a paper, writers frequently face the choice between paraphrasing or quoting the source. In student writing, mistakes in either can lead to reduced marks or plagiarism procedures. Having seen far too many problems with this recently, I provide a brief overview of both here. This is…

Writing for university

Posted on 12 June 202028 January 2022 by Michael Plouffe

This is targeted to university students, primarily at students in the BA/BSc and MA/MSc/MPA classes that I most frequently instruct, although the points are relevant beyond those levels and my specific classes. Most of the poor written-assessment outcomes I see appear to stem more from carelessness than a lack of intellect. The prompt and assessment…

Respectability Politics and Asian America

Posted on 28 April 2020 by Michael Plouffe

I originally submitted this on 7th April to The Atlantic, and got sick of waiting for their promised response. I pitched to a couple of other outlets, and email conversations dwindled to nothing. So here it is, three weeks later.   The spread of COVID-19 has reignited anti-Asian bigotry in the United States, particularly following…

Nudge nudge

Posted on 26 April 20206 May 2020 by Michael Plouffe

The UK government’s initial response to COVID-19 of reliance solely on a combination of nudge theory and assumed herd immunity, combined with a more recent criticism of some of the people and work underlying the policy,(1) got me thinking about the different responses to nudge theory and behavioral economics I’ve encountered. The first memorable introduction…

More on privacy and security

Posted on 22 April 20204 May 2022 by Michael Plouffe

As a companion to my brief overview, this post focuses on browser and networking considerations. Hardening Your Browser Because everyone uses a browser, these pieces of software can present a significant security risk if they’re not kept updated. However, tracking of your browsing activities, as Google Chrome does, presents a threat to privacy (and potentially…

Some reflections on online teaching

Posted on 14 April 202015 April 2020 by Michael Plouffe

At the end of our second term, all teaching was shifted to online delivery because of concerns relating to the novel coronavirus and the related illness. For me, this meant I had to deal with two new preps, one on a completely new topic, all in the course of a couple of weeks. This was…

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