Fluent Essays

Instructions Initial Post Explain what you want to focus your paper on, discussing both the problem and possible solution (s) you want to propose. In your response, integrate a quote from the Conclusion to Violent Borders that speaks to your ideas. And include enough detail to let the reader know the types of things you want to talk about and the information from Violent Borders you want to draw on. Note: if you are considering a couple possibilities for your essay, it is okay to express two or even three for this post. Reply to two posts Reply to a minimum of two posts to add on to their ideas by suggesting: ways to help focus their problem-solution ideas, if you feel that it is too broad or general, and/or ways to break down the essay into smaller parts (i.e. paragraph topics) additional ideas or information from the book Violent Borders to draw on research ideas, articles, or news stories to consider Make sure to indicate where you are drawing your information from by noting the page number from Violent Borders and/or using the toolbar to link in the URL when using an outside source. (See Helpful Canvas Guides below) Length: 2000-2500 words (5-7 pages) Research Requirements (see below) Essay 2: Violent Borders Mode of Writing: Argumentation/Problem-Solution Research Paper Problem-Solution Essays  Problem-solution essays first (1) articulate the scope of an important problem while creating an argument for it to be immediately addressed, and second (2) articulate a solution in depth, laying out how the solution would work in a step-by-step fashion while addressing any objections to the parts of your solution. Background Reece Jones’ book Violent Borders situates itself on the structural inequalities necessary to creating and maintaining national borders, and the underlining goal of global equality to access resources and opportunities is a driving focus for his argument. In the conclusion to Violent Borders, Reece Jones outlines three long-term solution areas that would work to relieve global inequality with respect to accessing resources and opportunities, but he does not offer much insight as to the details of these ambitious solutions nor how they could be instituted on a global level. These solutions are categorized as: 1. Free movement between states 2. Global rules for working conditions 3. Global rules for environmental protection and limits on private property. Jones’ explanation of these “solution categories” are prefaced with the statement: “incremental changes can often be more effective and more achievable than holding out hope for a completely different world. This problem-solution research paper asks you to propose what you believe to be the most pressing and important “incremental change” that needs to occur. Essay Prompt  A problem-solution paper basically asks you to articulate a complex problem and propose and explain an effective solution. Therefore, your task is: 1. to articulate what you belieFirst peer post For my essay, I want to focus on how border violence and all the issues that goes with borders stems from capitalism. I want to integrate the idea that long ago all humans were hunter-gathers and now that characteristic of humans has become extinct due to the many restrictions placed on mobility as a result of capitalism (162). I want to demonstrate the drastic changes humans have gone through and the steps that were taken by states in order to gain more power. I also want to highlight the issues that become present when borders are placed such as environmental issues, violence, more control, less rights to the individual, and many more stated in the novel. I definitely want to state all the things the United States has done, and other countries but mainly the United States, to control the people more such as requiring passports, drivers license, and other documents. This will help further my thesis that capitalism is the reason states are so power hungry which is why borders were formed. A solution I might recommend in my paper would probably be to change this capitalistic ideology that states have in order to obtain from creating more strict borders which could eventually lead to more extreme systems of migrant capture and control (180). I might also bring up the idea that the United Nations should start taking actions towards the problems being discussed in their conferences such as climate change which borders to contribute to. Basically, the solution should be something that attacks capitalism directly because states will never stop being power hungry. Second peer post For my essay, I want to look at ways to make immigration easier. There will most likely continue to be conflict and economic hardship, so at least making it easier for people to legally move between countries would be a step in the right direction. I am going to focus on the two main places that the book mentions, The EU and the US, and look at the tactics used to prevent legal migration as well as illegal migration. There are two parts of that as well, the physical and bureaucratic restrictions like a physical wall or an intangible travel ban, but also the political messaging used to justify restricting migration such as Australias anti-immigration campaigns and the justifications in the US like the Real ID act in 2005 or even earlier and the examination of the ramping up of security after 9/11 with measures like the patriot act. In the last few paragraphs, I will provide my own solutions with some evidence that I find to try to justify my solution to make immigration easier and try to reduce the amount of illegal and dangerous methods of immigration like smuggling. I will also try to find evidence to reject the claims of anti-immigration campaigns in regards to the possible benefits of taking immigrants aside from just the moral and ideological high ground. I will format my essay and show each problem in one paragraph and the solution in the next alt