How to write the chapter outline ?

 

How to write the chapter outline

In this article I am going to explain to you how to write the chapter outline. This is the last section that you have to cover in your research proposal. Let’s see how to do it.

This is very simple to define. The thing that you have to cover in this part is to describe what you are going to do within your chapters briefly. It should be done very clearly and simply. Then readers can achieve sound knowledge on what you will do in your whole research. Then their curiosity will also be increased to read your research too. When you write this section, you have to describe the basic matters that you are going to include in each chapter. Separately you have to describe your basic matters in each chapter. I will explain this to you about this furthermore with an example too.

Example 01.

Research topic

Maintenance of the status quo in South Asia: India and China’s soft power usage

The chapter outline:

The first chapter will be a general introduction of the overall conduct of the research. It includes an introduction that defines key elements such as power, soft power, national interest, public diplomacy, cultural diplomacy and soft power tools and soft power tools use by India and China. Then the problem statement, objectives and research questions can be seen. Techniques of data collecting, content analysis and types of data will be included in the research methodology and it emphasizes the way of how collected data will be analysed. Finally, there will be a chapter outline that describes the smooth flow of the research study which is conducted by the researcher.

The second chapter will be the literature review which will provide the relevant literature regarding the relevant areas of the study. This may include books, journals, magazines, newspapers etc. It will bring out the literature regarding the concept of national interest, the national interest of India and China, regional hegemony and regional security under the concept of national interest, foreign policy and foreign policy of India and China.

The third chapter will be the theoretical background of the research study. Therefore relevant theories regard to this study will be taken into consideration. Basically, soft power, cultural diplomacy and public diplomacy will be taken into consideration.

Chapter four will describe the national interest and soft power tools used by India and China. Therefore, the researcher has given much consideration to regional hegemony as well as regional security. And culture, foreign policy, domestic values and properties have been taken as China’s soft power tools and the economy, politics and governance, social aspects and culture have been taken as India’s soft power tools.

Chapter five will describe the successes, failures and the impact of soft power usage on the maintenance of the status quo in South Asia. There are numerous successes and failures faced by these two countries when implementing soft power tools and the impact of their soft power usage on the maintenance of the status quo in South Asia has also become very much significant.

Chapter six will bring out the conclusion of the overall research study while bringing some recommendations. Therefore, the researcher is going to give some recommendations after determining their national interest as well as their soft power tools, successes, failures and impact of their soft power usage.

 

Finally, I promise you that you will be able to write a good chapter outline to your thesis well. Now I have explained to you all the essential matters in the research proposal. So, you will be able to give your thesis a good start. As you have finished your proposal in your thesis well, let’s move on to the next sections in your research. In the next article, I will explain to you how to write an abstract perfectly.