Is the United States Exceptional?

After comparing how various countries run elections, regulate their economies, collect and share revenue (NHS, CAP, etc.) I want to know if you think the United States can do it better.  Prepare a 3-4 min "Daily show correspondent style" skit comparing United States policy to another country we have studied.

Use iMovie or other platform to record your video. We will airplay in class beginning Friday May 29th

Requirements
     5 pts. Policies clearly identified
     5 pts. Critique of policies justified through factual data
     5 pts. Solution is offered (may already be a policy here or somewhere else
     5 pts. logical (reasonably within the realm of possibility)

You may work alone or with a partner.

DUE: Friday May 29th

Inequality for All

Link to documentary

Raises questions (and attempts to answer) the causes, problems with, and solutions regarding income inequality

AP Comp Final Review

We will have our Final on Tuesday May 19th.

Pick up a review checklist in class on Monday

AP TEST/ Final Review

1. Authoritarian
2. Bicameral
3. Causation
4. Charismatic legitimacy 
5. Civil Liberties
6. Civil Rights
7. Civil Society
8. Cleavages
9. Coinciding (cleavages)
10. Crosscutting (cleavages)
11. Code Law
12. Command Economy
13. Common Law
14. Cooptation
15. Corporatism
16. Correlation
17. Country
18. Conservatism
19. Democratization
20. Dependency Theory
21. Developed countries
22. Developing countries
23. Devolution
24. Federalism
25. First-past-the-post, SMD
26. GDP
27. Gini Index
28. Globalization
29. Government
30. Grassroots Movement
31. HDI
32. Illiberal democracy
33. Institutions
34. Judicial Review
35. Legitimacy
36. Liberal (as an ideology)
37. Liberal democracy
38. Libertarian
39. Market Economy
40. Marxism/Communism
41. Nation
42. Nationalism
43. Neoliberal economics
44. Per capita GDP
45. Political culture
46. Political economy
47. Political Ideology
48. Political Recruitment
49. Political Socialization
50. Politics
51. Post Materialist
52. Proportional representation
53. Radical
54. Rational-legal legitimacy
55. Reactionaries
56. Referendum
57. Regime
58. Rentier State
59. Revolution
60. Socialist
61. Sovereignty
62. State
63. Structural Adjustment Program
64. Theocracy
65. Traditional legitimacy
66. Transparency
67. Under-developed countries
68. Unitary

Link to Quizlet 68 terms

Review these terms by identifying each significance to the (6) countries we've studied

Use the following website to review previous FRQs AP Central

Iran Unit Terms

1. Assembly of Religious experts

2. ayatollahs

3. bazaaris

4. bonyads

5. Constitutions of 1906 and 1979

6. Expediency Council

7. fundamentalism

8. Guardian Council

9. Guardianship of the jurists (velayat – e – faqih)

10. imam

11. islamicists

12. Majles

13. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

14. rentier state

15. rents

16. shah

17. Mossadegh

18. Shi’ism

20. Sunnis

21. supreme leader

22. White Revolution

23. Theocracy

24. Farsi

25. Qur’an

26. Shari’a

27. coup d’etat

28. Islamism (political islam)

29. Hezbollahis

30. dual society

31. linkage institutions (media, political parties)

32. Import substitution Industrialization (Mexico, Iran)

33. PPP Purchasing Power Parity (think effects of sanctions)

34. Unitary

35. Qanun (statutes)

Iran: Frontline video (Intro)

We watched the following video in class on Friday as an introduction to Iran.

Link to "Death in Tehran"

Iranian Politics (divisions within the regime)

Read the following article on Rouhani (Who is he?)

Read Breifing Paper on Iran

Read the following article: 2012 Elections in Iran

     Answer the following questions:
          1. Does Iran have a well developed political party system?
          2. What was voter turnout in 2012?
               2a. What is it usually?
          3. Why are the results (turnout numbers) being contested?
          4. What is the Green Movement? (2009)

Read Chapter 7 section 4 for Monday

Iranian Institutions

Create a flow chart of power / responsibility using the following groups:

Ayatollah (The) Supreme Leader

Majiles

Guardian Council

President

Judiciary (Chief Judge)

Assembly of Religious Experts

Expediency Council

Include the following:
     Number of members
     Who elects them
     What their role is in policy making
   

Iran Section 2

Read pages 308 - 310 for Wednesday; read pages 310-314 for Thursday

Iran (Economy and development)

Go to Gapminder.org

Click on <load gap minder world>
In the right hand column, click on the 6 countries in comparative politics
Adjust the y axis using the following indicators and answer the questions associated with each:
   
    1. Children per woman (total fertility) What policies account for the changes in Mexico, China,
                                                             Russia, and Iran.

     2. Energy - oil - (oil production total) Using Gapminder and the chart below (rising expectations)
                                                            explain the revolution of 1979.

                     Link to theory of "Revolution of Rising Expectations" (read the first few paragraphs)

     3. Economy - poverty and inequality - (richest and poorest 10%) Based on what you read in
         sections 1 & 2 in the book, what you expect the chart to look like through the 1970s?

Iran's nuclear program (read "The U.S. Connection: the nuclear power issue" pg 306)

         Articles on sanctions
               Dodging Sanctions in Iran
               Islamist Maseratis

     4. Are the Sanctions placed on Iran having the "intended" effect?
          a. What effect(s) are the sanctions having on Iran's economy?
          b. How are they affecting Iranian politics?



   

Iran - Read section 1 for Monday 4/20

We'll discuss Critical Junctures on Monday

Watch the following Frontline video: "A Death in Tehran"
      documentary on the Green Revolution and political opposition

Nigeria TEST Today!!!

25 multiple choice: 1 FRQ YYEEEEAAHHHH!

Will Nigeria be a Failed State?

Monday classmates grouped into (4s) and were assigned one of (3) categories (ethnicity, economy, government) First decide whether you agree or disagree with the statement.  Then, using notability, create a web / concept map to justify your decision supported by facts from the text and/or class.

Pick a paper with the requirements for your webmap in class.  Due Wednesday.

Link to Categories: (Ethnicity, Economy, Government)

The Fight for Yemen

Watch the following Frontline special <The Fight for Yemen>

You need to take notes throughout the video:
     Who is fighting for control of Yemen?
     Identify / describe Sunni and Shiite ideologies / interests
     What interest does Iran have in Yemen?
     In what way is Iran involved in Yemen?
     Saudi Arabia?

You will not finish the video in class on Thursday, we'll finish on Monday

Nigeria Section 4

Finish reading and taking notes on Nigeria through Section 4 by Thursday.

Iran Nuclear Agreement

Listen to the following Broadcast: Obama on Iran Deal

What are the specifics of the deal?

What are Democrats and Republicans (presidential candidates) saying about the deal
Netanyahu? (Israeli PM)

Is this a good deal?

Nigeria's regional divisions

Read the following article: Divisions

Summarize the difficulties Buhari faces as well as any solutions the author offers for future success

Nigerian Political Cartoon

Political Cartoons

<cagle.com> has great examples of political cartoons to get you started on this assignment.

Create a political cartoon illustrating your term/ individual using symbols relevant to Nigeria’s political history.  Good political cartoons include perspective so you must write from the perspective of an ethnic, religious, or other social cleavage.

Thursday (time permitting) or Monday you will hang your cartoon in class.  You will vote for which cartoon has the best symbolism/perspective and which cartoon has best artwork.  Extra credit for top 3 from each category.

Obasanjo
Yar'adua
Goodluck Johnathan
Civil Society (types of groups)
Failed State
Dual Culture
Federalism

2015 Nigerian Presidential election results Map

Interactive Map Link

Nollywood (overview)
Nollywood overview #2

Read Nigeria section 2 for Thursday and Friday

Read pages 254 - 260 for Thursday
Read pages 260 (society and economy) - 264

Nigeria's Presidential Election

Read the following article: How Nigeria's election works
                                           Buhari wins election

Listen to the NPR Broadcast: March 30

What does this mean for Nigeria's status as a liberal / substantive democracy?
     - identify the policies/ behaviors of leaders that were different from previous elections which may aid in a smooth transition of power from an incumbent to an opposition party.

Section 1 for Tuesday

Be prepared to teach your "era" to the class on Tuesday. Everyone is responsible for reading and taking notes on all of section 1 by Wednesday.

Colonial Rule / divisive Identities
The First Republic
Civil War / Biafra
Second/third republics
Fourth republic (through Obasanjo)
Fourth republic (Yar'adua to present)

Nigeria Power point

Here is the Link to Nigeria power point

Nigeria Terms Link

Nigerian Vocabulary Terms

Nigeria Vocab Terms

•       Biafra

•       Democratization

•       Dual mandate

•       Federalism

•       Hausa-Fulani

•       Igbo

•       Import substitution

•       Indirect rule

•       Mass political culture

•       Obasanjo, Olusegun

•       Saro-Wiwa, Ken

•       Sharia

•       Structural adjustment

•       Yoruba

•       prebendalism  (Patron-client relations / clientelism)

•       Zero-sum

•       Yar’Adua, Umaru

•       Goodluck Jonathan (current president)

•       Rentier state (dependency Theory)

      In dependency theory, poverty is due to neither so-called backward culture nor deleterious state actions in the political economy but rather the global system itself, in which a relatively small number of "core" countries specialize in high-value-added manufactured goods, while a large number of "peripheral" countries specialize in primary commodity production. Thus poverty in dependency theory stems from the position countries occupy in the international division of labor or system. Colonialism leaves a legacy of slowed economic and political growth in the former colonies.

•       Comparative advantage (relative/absolute)

•       Balance of Payments (deficit/surplus)

•       Trade liberalization

•       GATT

•       Trade protectionism 
(tarrifs/quotas)

•       Non-tarrif barriers (NTBs)

•       Most-Favored-Nation 
(MFN) status

•       Export subsidies

•       (Import) Dumping

•       Gini index / HDI / GDP / GNP (as comparable measures)

•       World Bank

•       International Monetary 
Fund (IMF)

•       Import substitution

•       Debt crisis/trap

•       Structural adjustment

•       Carrying capacity

•       Tragedy of the Commons

•       Failed state

•       Imperialism

•       Parastatal

•       subsistence economy

•       MEND (Movement for the 
Emancipation of the Nigerian)

•       Bunkering (oil)

China Test Thursday 3/19

We will discuss the institutions chart wednesday and review for Thursday

Monday 3/16

Hopefully you have read through section 4 by now.  Use the map (in class) to answer the first FRQ (8 pts)

The second is a short (3 pt) question

When you finish the FRQs read the following article from the NY Times: Dalai Lama

Watch the following: Falun Gong Video  A little goofy and far fetched but entertaining and good foundation for what Falun Gong is to China.

Have China section 3 read for Thursday (w/ notes)

I will check notes on Thursday for China section 3.  Please come to class prepared.

Link to "Tank Man" video