Central themes of the lectures and the readings have been the evolving ideas of equality, democracy, and limited government. Your understanding of these ideas in 2022 may or may not be the same as how the Founders understood these ideas. Evaluate how the Founders’ understood each of these ideas as evidenced by the lectures and […]
Democracy Read Chapters 1,6,7,9-11 of the attached documents and answer the following questions As indicated by its subtitle, Mazower’s Dark Continent offers a history of “Europe’s Twentieth Century.” Like all histories, Mazower’s account is not simply a telling of names, dates, and facts, but advances a particular argument with respect to 20th Century European history. […]
Question for analysis, from the We The People text: Is Democracy for sale in America? In what way has the American Presidency become a tool for corporate influence and subsequent manipulation of public policy for special interests – the power elite.
Discussion post. Need two scholarly sources. Does democracy require equality of income or wealth? Discuss why democracy might make a country more or less egalitarian?
A critical analysis on the topic “Key political issues in the context of Covid-19” Description The presentation will have to provide a critical analysis on the topic “Key political issues in the context of Covid-19”, by incorporating key concepts, themes and ideas that we covered in this module: Politics, Research, State, Nation, Sovereignty, Government/Governance, Democracy, […]
Democracy, International relationship This writing is meant to assess your knowledge and understanding of the material covered the second half of the course. Choose two of the prompts below to respond to. Make sure to answer each sub-question. Your answers to these prompts should be written as short essays with a combined length of 5-7 […]
MENA politics You learned about state formation and the increasing diminishing capacity of the state in Egypt. What struck you (either as specific or general) about the Egyptian story? What were the key take-aways for you? Why? What does this the current government in a weakening state mean for everyday Egyptians? What does the US […]
Democracy, Personhood, Capitalism: Whose Value? Which Future? Description Read the film (“Capital: In the 21st Century” on Netflix) as a philosophical text with a clear argument: an argument, premises, and evidence to support the premises. You should organize your essay to answer the following questions in approximately 750 words: What do you think the text […]
Democracy Description Is democracy in decline? We frequently see this question indeed, a google search for the phrase ‘democracy in decline’ turns up over 100,000 results but we also see protests for improved democratic governance in many parts of the world. Drawing on two examples, consider if those countries have become or are trying to […]
Essay Describe the three major issues that Andrew Jackson dealt with as president. How did he respond to each and was his response appropriate or constitutional? Given what we discussed about Andrew Jackson, do you think he was more or less dangerous to democracy than Trump was as president? 1. Crappy Introduction a. Native Americans […]
