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Topic: Understanding poverty through the eyes of inequality, access, and long-term impact.
Background
The purpose of this assignment (research proposal), is to provoke the interest of the reader. It is also to convince the reader the importance and relevance of the topic. In the opening paragraphs, you want to make sure you introduce the reader to the particular question(s) your thesis is seeking to answer. What are you trying to discover or undercover? The introduction is not merely a summary of points to be elaborated on in later sections. Rather, your objective here is to inform the reader of the question(s), why it is important, and how your thesis will provide an answer.
Background: It may be necessary to provide the reader with some measure of background information relevant to the topic. This is particularly useful when your work is interdisciplinary, in which case it is even more likely that the reader will benefit from a section that contextualizes the question and supplies the history (30-50 years) and terminology so that the reader will be better able to follow. Write it as if the reader is not familiar with the topic or issue. Consider this topic from a sociological framework, incorporating one to two sociological theories into the discussion on the topic.
Statement of the Problem, why it is important to study, and the Purpose of the study.
What is the social problem or topic? Why should we as a society study this issue? What is the purpose of this study?
Research Questions – Here you are answering "What are you trying to discover or uncover." (3-5 questions).
Three of the questions that I'm looking to find answers to are:
- How is poverty defined in the United States?
- What are the root causes and complexities of poverty?
- Why do so many individuals still face financial hardship?
Credible Sources.
You want to be sure and include at least four peer-reviewed journal articles no more than three years old. NOTE that the peer reviewed article should have been published in a sociological peer-reviewed journal.
Introduction/Conclusion.
The introduction should include a thesis statement. You want to view your conclusion as a summary of the introduction.