POL S 6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Liberal Democracy
SOUTH AFRICA AND INDIA CASES
FINAL EXAM - THURSDAY JUNE 14, 4:00PM - 7:00PM
Multiple Choice
Selected from post-midterm material
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25 Questions
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30% of exam
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IDs
Selected from post-midterm material
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Five IDs
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30% of exam
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ESSAY
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Three essay questions will be given in advance, only 1/3 will appear
on the final exam
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40% of the exam
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Multiple paragraph essay
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BLUEBOOK AND GREEN SCANTRON
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FINAL EXAM ESSAY "STUDY GUIDE"
Democratic Regimes and Developed Democracies: Germany, Japan, UK, US
All of the developed democracies listed above share the same basic
political and economic components of liberal democracies, but differ
significantly in a number of important ways. In this essay, you are asked
to:
Provide a brief description of the common attributes of developed
democracies (what they have in common)
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Describe some of the ways the institutions of developed
democracies can differ in general.
Presidential vs. parliamentary
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Electoral and voting systems
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Choosing two of the countries listed above, discuss several
important ways their political institutions differ. Why do you think
they developed in different directions? What are some of the
implications/impacts of these differences for the political process?
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Finally, how are these institutional differences shaped by different
reconciliations of the ideals of freedom and democracy?
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Communism and Post-Communism: China and USSR/Russia
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Developing Countries: South Africa, India, Iran, Mexico•
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Thursday, June 7, 2018
3:38 PM
