This assignment is for a class of comparative politics which a branch of political science. Throughout the semester in this class, we were examining how political leaders facilitate, and respond to, the need to modernize national economies, balance the interests of different social groups, and develop and reform the institutions of government. We saw how different social and economic conditions promote different paths to economic modernization and political development.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTION
A list of countries has been given for the assignment and you should only choose ONE for the assignment.
This paper will examine a country that has made, or is making, a transition from an authoritarian regime to a democracy. You will discuss why the country is making that transition, what the problems are with that transition, how they could be overcome, and what the likelihood is that your country will emerge as a democracy.
In order to do this you must define your terms. What is an "authoritarian regime"? What is a "democracy"? Do not look in the dictionary for a definition of democracy. Think about the variables that characterize democracies. In other words, ask yourself how a democratic regime can be distinguished from an authoritarian regime. The Third Wave(book) by Samuel Huntington provides some useful ideas about evaluating whether a country is a democracy. Next, you must evaluate whether your country is, or is becoming, a democracy. Make this evaluation as a political scientist. Explain why your country was not democratic and why it made a transition toward democracy. What were the forces that promoted democracy and what forces threaten democracy? Use the theories from the readings and class discussions to evaluate how others would view your country, reach your own conclusions, and defend your conclusions against possible objections. If you make a well-reasoned argument, whether or not the professor agrees with your conclusions, you will get a better grade than if you just give the recent history of your country, or if you just state what Marx or Huntington would think. Finally, use your argument to predict what problems will emerge in the future and, ultimately, whether your country will make a successful transition to democracy.The paper doesn’t consists of narrating the history of the country you choose but should demonstrates the evolution of the concept of democracy if the country has become democratic or should analyze the authoritarian regime and demonstrate why the country is not democratic and the likelihood of the country to become democracy.
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