Civil Society, Interest groups, and Participation

Read pages 26 (civil society); 36-38 (Interest group systems); and 24 (forms of participation) in the BLUE book in class.  Define pluralist system and corporatist system.

Answer the following FRQ: (First decide which of the 6 core countries you will focus on)

A. Does this country have a pluralist or corporatist interest group system?
B. What is the nature of civil society in this country and why?
C. What forms of political participation occur?
D. How and why do the forms of political participation vary from country to country?

Scoring FRQs

Verbs: The following is a list of verbs that alert you to specific tasks you need to perform for points

Identify (the two parties that formed a coalition government in Britain); List, Describe, Define, and Explain.

1. Describe the relationship between interest groups and the state in a pluralist system. Describe the relationship between interest groups and the state in a corporatist system. Identify one country studied in the AP Comparative Government and Politics course that historically was corporatist but is now pluralist.

            How many points is this question worth?