Political and Social Tribalism in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan Research Question How do the authoritarian regimes of Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan utilize tribalism to weaken the emergence of a united opposition within the population?
ARTICLE REVIEW: ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS OVERVIEW In the field of federalism and intergovernmental relations, the Christian statesman needs the skills to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate content from many sources. Toward that end, the purpose of the Article Review Assignment is to aid in the development of those skills as they apply to scholarship. The focus of […]
Media and politics Read book media and politics in a globalizing world and compare it to a real life event and write about it.
American Presidency In this course we examined, among other things, the powers of and limits on the American presidency, as well as the relationships between the president and other major actors in the political system. And we studied presidential leadership during time of war and crisis. Now it is time to appraise and evaluate. (For […]
Political Financing Elections in the United States vs. Canada How is the problem of political financing in another liberal democracy, compared with the US?
Write a critique of FDR’s Commonwealth Club Speech from the point of view of John Locke’s second treatise of government Use at least three quotes from the book
New York politics Research Assignment Conduct research and write a paper on an aspect of contemporary New York politics. Conduct preliminary background research using library and on-line resources to help you choose your topic. Discuss your progress with the instructor in a brief conference online or on the phone, and develop a concrete proposal that […]
2 prompts to answer. 800 words each. 1) “The military is the most important unelected component of government.” Evaluate this statement. In your answer, consider (a) the ways that militaries are involved in domestic politics around the world including their main tasks and (b) the other two main unelected components of government we discussed, including […]
Electoral Coordination under Different Levels of Democracy and Development. For Scenarios A, B and C below, do the following: 1. Depict the strategic interactions between North and South, the two players, as a game. 2. Identify all dominant and dominated strategies. If a player does not have a dominant strategy explain why. 3. Explain what […]
Reflection Paper Create an “intervention” that could be included in an online survey that would reduce either partisan animosity, support for partisan violence, and/or anti-democratic attitudes. You can design it as a survey question someone answers, a piece of text they read, a website they have to browse, or a video they have to watch. […]
