Research Project (Country Study) You are to prepare a country study of two states that you chose. These states must be from different categories (liberal democracies, post communist and communist states, new democracies, less developed states, Islamic states, or marginal states). For example, you may choose to research France (a liberal democracy) and Guinea-Bissau (a marginal state), but you should not choose two states from the same category. You will need to examine several factors, all of which can be found in the CIA World Factbook located at https://www.cia.gov. There are additional mega sites that offer information on individual states, such as the University of Texas Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) at https://lanic.utexas.edu and Columbia University’s Comparative Studies Portal at https://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/lehman/guides/compol.html#Country. You are to go through the list of factors provided, carefully selecting the items from the World Factbook or other data sources, typing them individually and citing your sources accordingly. Where appropriate, you should compare the various factors of your two states to provide context. For example, in gross domestic product growth rates, a state’s per capita GDP may be $10,000 or less per year, but if its growth rate is 6 percent per year, what is that information telling you? At that point, you would check the other state’s GDP growth rate (or another that you think might be comparable) to see what is going on in your state. After you have examined and noted the specific geographic, demographic, political, economic, etc., factors listed below, you will need to do some research on what you believe to be the two states’ most compelling issue in two areas: politics and economics. Lastly, you will be asked to provide a recommendation on how to solve each of the issues you present. How do the governments of each state help or hinder progress toward a solution? How to Organize Your Paper, There will be three sections for each country. Each section should have its own paragraph. Country 1 1. General data: your listing of the numerical and brief textual facts, as provided on the attached list 2. Issue 1 (politics): statement of the issue, background, factors bearing on the problem, possible solutions, your recommendation for solving this issue, and rationale for your decision 3. Issue 2 (economics): statement of the issue, background, factors bearing on the problem, possible solutions, your recommendation for solving this issue, and rationale for your decision Country 2 1. General data: your listing of the numerical and brief textual facts, as provided on the attached list 2. Issue 1 (politics): statement of the issue, background, factors bearing on the problem, possible solutions, your recommendation for solving this issue, and rationale for your decision 3. Issue 2 (economics): statement of the issue, background, factors bearing on the problem, possible solutions, your recommendation for solving this issue, and rationale for your decision ANALYSIS 1. How are the issues in each of your two countries different? How are they the same? 2. Are these differences impacted by the type of government existing in each country? 3. What can you say about government’s ability to solve these problems? 4. Are there any other countries you have studied that might serve as a model for the problems of Country 1 or Country 2? 5. What general recommendations would you have for Country 1? For Country 2? For Section 1 on the CIA World Factbook Data, this should be about one page for each country. You may combine data in sections, writing in paragraph style. You may also list the data in a tabular format, as long as it is well organized under the particular headings given. Try to match the data to the issues you are examining. Sections 2 and 3 for each country should be in paragraph form, using the executive summary format (statement of the issue, background, factors bearing on the problem, possible solutions, your recommendations, and your rationale). For the analysis section, compose three well-written paragraphs; one for Country 1, one for Country 2, and a concluding comparative paragraph. In the concluding paragraph, try using the word although at the beginning of your thesis statement to show how these countries (and problems) differ. ABOUT SOURCES FOR THE RESEARCH PAPER Use sources that are peer-reviewed, which means that other scholars have reviewed and approved the findings prior to publication. There is no end of erroneous information on the Internet, so be careful in choosing your sources. Generally, anything with a .com suffix should not be used. • No Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a peer-reviewed source, and it often contains misleading or erroneous information. • Sources should be from academic sites (.edu), including journals, working papers (.gov), and books/textbooks. • Commercial Internet sites should be used sparingly and for data only (for example, the RAND Institute), as some sites have an inherent bias. LIST OF FACTORS TO BE INCLUDED IN SECTION 1 OF THE PAPER GEOGRAPHY • location • comparative area size (about the size of what state in the United States?) • land boundaries (total, bordering states) • climate, terrain, elevation extremes • natural resources • land use (arable land and permanent crops), irrigated land, natural hazards, environment PEOPLE • population • population growth rate, birth rate, death rate, infant mortality (M/F), life expectancy (M/F), HIV/AIDS (adult prevalence, deaths) • nationality, ethnic groups, religions, languages • literacy (total, M/F) GOVERNMENT • state name (long form, short form, local form), government type, capital, independence • constitution, legal system, suffrage, executive branch (chief of state, head of government), legislative branch, judicial branch, political parties, and leaders ECONOMY • GDP (gross domestic product) and purchasing power parity (PPP), real growth rate, per capita, by sector • unemployment rate, population below poverty line, inflation rate, exports, export partners, imports, import partners, economic aid (recipient, donor) COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPORTATION • telephones (mobile cellular, land lines) • radio broadcast stations, television broadcast stations • airports with paved runways over 3,047 meters, railways and roadways (total), ports and terminals MILITARY • military branches, military service (age and obligation), military expenditures (percent of GDP) TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES • disputes, refugees, trafficking in persons, illicit drugs
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