A lot of PDF full text articles are freely available on the Internet, but you will have a far more rich choice using the databases.

nnBrowse the internet or the electronic databases that the University gives access to,https://www.nbu.bg/en/library/electronic-resources/databases/in-alphabetical-order, for example Jstor (or search the internet sites which give access to academic content) and find an academic article in a refered academic journal with at least 10 citations (the number of citations is presented by google just under the article’s title in a google search) on one of the following topics or key-words : bureaucracy, organizations, institutions, rationality, values, ideology, norms, anomie, conformity/deviance, functional analysis (functionalism), classical sociology. A lot of PDF full text articles are freely available on the Internet, but you will have a far more rich choice using the databases.nnGive the correct references of the article.nnPlease read carefully the article and try first to well summarize its main idea and research question, before doing anything else.nnUsing font “Times new Roman”, line spacing 1single, and font size 12 please prepare a 1200-word essay (around 3 pages) trying to fulfill the following requirements:nnWhat is the main idea and research question that the author/authors are trying to answer/prove? (300 words)nnWhat is his/hers theoretical framework (300 words)?nnWhat are the principle methods of argumentation? (research techniques, logical argumentation, types of evidence provided etc.) (200 words)nnIs the author critique towards some theoretical perspectives or other authors and which one? (200 words)nnConclusion (200 words) Was the author convincing in his argumentation and what is the overall usefulness of his article? What is the main conclusion from your own perspective ?nn