Background Information: – Geographic location (place on the map) – Natural reso

Background Information:
– Geographic location (place on the map)
– Natural resources and/or land use
– Current international disputes
– Any other background information you think is interesting or germane to our studies
Historical Factors: What significant historical factors shaped your nation-state?
– Colonialism/imperialism
– Wars (interstate, civil, world, etc)
– Self-determination/independence
– Role in global/regional history
– Other significant events
Political Structure/Institutions: What is the basic structure of the government?
– Who is the head of government?
– How does he/she come to power?
– How does the government perform law-making (legislation), law enforcement/administration, and legal adjudication?
– How are these positions filled?
– Who is responsible for foreign relations?
– How does this person come to power?
Societal Factors: Chose one social movement/interest group within your case study.
– Laswell said politics is simply “who get’s what, when and how”. Consider the “who, what, when and how” when responding to the following:
– Describe the factors that led to its mobilization (institutional, historical, etc).
– How did the regime respond?
– What do you think are possible next steps?
Political Culture/Identity: Political culture is defined as “A society’s widely shared beliefs, values, and orientations towards politics”
– Please describe the political culture in your case study country.
– Further, using either the civic culture approach (pg. 77), the self-expression approach (pg. 79), or the social capital approach (Draper, 2016, pg. 81), discuss how the political culture links or conflicts with the system of government in place.
– Please indicate specifically which approach you are using.
Economic Systems/Institutions:
– Considering your state on a domestic level, what are the major advantages/disadvantages of the current economic system?
– How does the economic system mesh (or compete) with the political system? Do they support each other? Or are they the source of conflict/protest/poverty/failure within the state?
– Consider the role of the resource curse. To get started https://www.bloomberg.com/quicktake/resource-curse Consider the dependency theory. To get started https://youtu.be/JN6LlMY2ApQ
– Consider the Cold War and the influence of evolving from a communist system
– Consider the impact of WWII
– Did colonialism matter?