Compartive poltics 14 questions 1. India came out from under British domination with both good and bad aspects to the post-colonial state. What were some of these aspects that developed under colonialism and continued to play a role after independence? What role has been played by some of Indias stronger leaders? 2. India has faced immense challenges, and yet it has been relatively stable in its 62 years as an independent state. What are some of the major economic changes that India has gone through during the modern era, from the 1940s to today? What effects have all of these changes had on Indian society? 3. How is the Indian state structured, institutionallyboth at the national and the sub-national, or regional level? Who seems to have the most power in this system? 4. Who plays the largest policy-making role in India, and why? What other states that weve looked at can we best compare to India? 5. Discuss Indias major political parties. Do you believe that the extremist BJP and its allies pose a threat to Indias long history of stable secular rule? 6. The authors point to three important aspects of Indias political culture. What are they, and what sorts of impacts do these have on Indian political life? 7. Thinking about these cultural tendencies and the other challenges to the state brought up by the book, why do you think India has remained so staunchly democratic? Do you think this trend will continue in the future? 8. The book introduces the United States by looking at five eras, from the Revolution to 9-11. Pull out two of these and contrast them in terms of the relative power of the federal government during each era vis--vis the states and the citizenry. 9. The States has a very different political economic system than other countries weve looked atwhat is the role of the government in the economy? How does the character of the governments relationship with both industry and labor differ from some of the other cases weve studied so far? 10. What is the institutional structure of the United States government? How does it compare to other advanced states we have looked at? 11. Does the institutional system of checks and balances work to truly balance power, or is it lop-sided? The book briefly mentions the iron trianglewhat is this, and does it undermine the institutional division of power in the policy-making process? 12. Why does the US have only a two-party system, effectively? What would have to change to make third parties more viable, institutionally and/or culturally? 13. Discuss American political culturewhat issues are politicized within the electorate, and how do these influence elections and representation in general? 14. Throughout the chapter there is an ongoing discussion of mass organizations, minority communities in politics, and some of the challenges America faces domestically and in its foreign relations. Given the institutional structure of the US and its political culture, is it possible to see resolution of some of these big issues through the current divided political climate, do you think?

Compartive poltics 14 questions 1. India came out from under British domination with both good and bad aspects to the post-colonial state. What were some of these aspects that developed under colonialism and continued to play a role after independence? What role has been played by some of Indias stronger leaders? 2. India has faced immense challenges, and yet it has been relatively stable in its 62 years as an independent state. What are some of the major economic changes that India has gone through during the modern era, from the 1940s to today? What effects have all of these changes had on Indian society? 3. How is the Indian state structured, institutionallyboth at the national and the sub-national, or regional level? Who seems to have the most power in this system? 4. Who plays the largest policy-making role in India, and why? What other states that weve looked at can we best compare to India? 5. Discuss Indias major political parties. Do you believe that the extremist BJP and its allies pose a threat to Indias long history of stable secular rule? 6. The authors point to three important aspects of Indias political culture. What are they, and what sorts of impacts do these have on Indian political life? 7. Thinking about these cultural tendencies and the other challenges to the state brought up by the book, why do you think India has remained so staunchly democratic? Do you think this trend will continue in the future? 8. The book introduces the United States by looking at five eras, from the Revolution to 9-11. Pull out two of these and contrast them in terms of the relative power of the federal government during each era vis--vis the states and the citizenry. 9. The States has a very different political economic system than other countries weve looked atwhat is the role of the government in the economy? How does the character of the governments relationship with both industry and labor differ from some of the other cases weve studied so far? 10. What is the institutional structure of the United States government? How does it compare to other advanced states we have looked at? 11. Does the institutional system of checks and balances work to truly balance power, or is it lop-sided? The book briefly mentions the iron trianglewhat is this, and does it undermine the institutional division of power in the policy-making process? 12. Why does the US have only a two-party system, effectively? What would have to change to make third parties more viable, institutionally and/or culturally? 13. Discuss American political culturewhat issues are politicized within the electorate, and how do these influence elections and representation in general? 14. Throughout the chapter there is an ongoing discussion of mass organizations, minority communities in politics, and some of the challenges America faces domestically and in its foreign relations. Given the institutional structure of the US and its political culture, is it possible to see resolution of some of these big issues through the current divided political climate, do you think?

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