The paper must be approximately 2,800 words (8 pages).Papers must be one-and-a-half or double-spaced with one-inch margins.Please make sure to number your pages.

Make sure your paper includes your name, recitation section, and course title.

Please use MLA parenthetical (in-text) reference style for your paper citations. Also please

include a Works Cited Page at the end of your paper. For format information, see

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NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT PENALTY. Your grade will dropone half grade for every day it is late (e.g., a B paper that is turned in one day late will receive aB-, two days late a C+, etc.).

To lessen (or avoid) a penalty, you must speak with your recitation leader at least 48hours (two days) before the paper is due. Papers turned in late with less than 48 hours noticewill be subject to the full grade penalty listed above. If you are granted an extension, you andyour recitation leader will decide on the date and time your paper is due.

The Final Paper must be UPLOADED to Turnitin on Friday, December 18, by 6pm

FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS

(Please Select One of the Three Choices Below For The Final Paper)

1. 1) Drawing on Michael Saward’s “The Representative Claim” and Hannah Pitkin’s “TheConcept of Representation,” analyze some of the major representative practices youwitnessed in the 2020 Presidential election. Drawing on various newspaper articles fromclass and putting them in conversation with Saward and Pitkin, discuss what forms ofrepresentation you saw being invoked by candidates and/or the larger public. What sortsof problems and/or possibilities do you see emerging from their varied approaches torepresentation? And finally, what do you think are some of the best ways of thinkingabout the practice of political representation?
2. 2) In this course, we have analyzed various forms of violence aimed at Latinx populationsand the many ways Latinos have sought to fight against such forms of civic and socialharm in order to create spaces of resistance and possibility.For this paper, discuss four academic readings from the semester that allow youto compare how earlier forms of anti-Latino violence and the forms of anti-Latinxviolence we see today. How has anti-Latinx violence in the Trump era been similarand/or different from earlier forms of violence against Latino populations? Howdoes citizenship status impact these forms of violence? And finally, what practicesof resistance and possibility do you see as most promising for these communitiesgoing forward?NOTE: While you are welcome to select any four academic readings you choose,some good possibilities include works by: Monica Mun?oz Martinez; JenniferJones; Tanya Maria Golash-Boza; Cristina Beltra?n; Ana Celia Zentella; AlyshiaGa?lvez; Gloria Anzaldu?a; and Victor Rios. In addition to the four academicarticles, you may also supplement your four readings with newspaper or magazinearticles assigned in class.
3. 3) Drawing on the readings by Tanya Maria Golash-Boza, Leo Chavez, Philip Wolgin, andTom Gjlten, discuss the most important factors that have shaped (and transformed)migration flows into the United States. Discuss the key factors impacting which countriessend both documented and undocumented populations into the U.S. How do U.S.immigration laws end up shaping migration into the U.S.? What are some of theunexpected outcomes created by U.S. immigration law? And finally, what are a few ofthe key facts you think U.S. citizens need to understand when trying to understand thepolitics of immigration?