Instruction
Answer all three questions, make sure to answer all parts in order to earn full credit, you should have at least a full paragraph for each part of the question and a strong conclusion. Check grammar and spelling and make sure this is your own work, each final will be run through Turnitin to check for original work. Doubled Spaced, Time Roman 12 point font. Label each question and create one document to upload to Canvas. Make sure to include Bibliography.
1) How does the Chinese government work?
Please write an essay that explains the Chinese model of institution building. In order to answer this question, please consider the following specific issues: 1) how did China arrive at its present (post-WWII) set of government institutions? 2) How is power organized and laws made in the People’s Republic? 3) What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Chinese system? 4) What does the future hold for the country with the largest population in the world – change, stability, democracy, fragmentation, or Superpower status? 5) Don’t forget to provide plenty of historical examples and evidence to defend the analysis presented in the essay. For instance, you could consider attitudes to trade, COVID, and Hong Kong. Or you might want to write about questions of national security and military alliances such as the ongoing conflict with the US and China’s relations with its neighbors. The choice is up to you.
2) How does the Iranian government work?
Please write an essay that explains the Iranian theocracy model of institution building. To answer this question, please consider the following specific issues: 1) how did Iran arrive at its present (post-revolution 1979) set of government institutions? 2) How is power organized and laws made in Iran? 3) What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Iranian system? 4) What does the future hold for the country with the largest Shia population in the world – change, stability, democracy, terrorism? 5) Don’t forget to provide plenty of historical examples and evidence to defend the analysis presented in the essay. For instance, you could consider attitudes to region cooperation, Iran vs. Israel, Iran vs. Saudi Arabia. Or you might want to write about questions of national security and the exporting of terrorism throughout the Middle East and Europe and the ongoing conflict with the US over nuclear ambitions. The choice is up to you.
3) How does the Brazilian government work?
Please write an essay that explains the Brazilian model of institution building. In order to answer this question, please consider the following specific issues: 1) how did Brazil arrive at its present (post-colonial) set of government institutions? 2) How is power organized and laws made in Brazil? 3) What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Brazilian system? 4) What does the future hold for the country with the largest population in South America and land size equivalent to the United States of America– change, stability, democracy, fragmentation, or trade status? 5) Don’t forget to provide plenty of historical examples and evidence to defend the analysis presented in the essay. For instance, you could consider attitudes to religion, race, poverty, nationalism, free-market reforms. Or you might want to write about questions of national security and military alliances and Brazil's relationship to the rest of South America and its role in expanded industrialization and environmental impacts. The choice is up to you.