An appropriate review will situate the books contribution into the broader literature, discuss the methods used to evaluate the hypotheses and explain the shortcomings of the book. An excellent review will also direct readers to future research questions posed by the book. As you read the course materials you should ask yourself the following questions: 1) “In one sentence, What is the thesis of the article/book?” 2) “What is the theory?” 3) “What are the assumptions?” 4) “What is the independent variable?” 5) “What is the dependent variable?” 6) What is the evidence used to support the thesis or the theory?” 7) “What are the causal mechanisms?” 8) How generalizable are the findings?” 9) “What is useful for future research?” 10) “What is not/How could this be improved?” 11) “What should we ignore?