Group Three Discussion

Blog post due at 11:55pm on Feb. 17 and comment due at 11:55pm on Feb. 20.

Nondemocratic Rule
1. What are some of the essential differences between democracies and authoritarian regimes?
2. What are authoritarian leaders mainly concerned in their political rule?
Political Culture
3. Do you agree with Huntington that today’s world is increasingly characterized by a “clash of civilizations”?
4. How does political culture differ from political ideology?

Group Two Discussion

Blog post due at 11:55pm on Feb. 10 and comment due at 11:55pm on Feb. 13.

Political Ideology

• In addition to being faiths, are all religions political ideologies?
• Should religion and politics be kept strictly separate, or is that impossible?
• Why is Marxist theory called utopia?
• How were Marx’s ideas developed by succeeding generations?
• What are the different approaches used by democratic socialism and communism to pursue for equality? 

Group One Discussion

Blog Discussion Group One 

Blog post due at 11:55pm on Feb. 3 and comment due at 11:55pm on Feb. 6.

Politics, the State, and Nation.

1. Discuss some of the reasons why governments may exhibit inefficiency and ineffectiveness. Can anything be done to overcome these problems, or are they inherent in the nature of government?

2. Are some countries or world leaders more nationalistic than others? Too nationalistic? If so, what can be done about it?

3. What are some examples of states with more than one nation? Would it be better if such states broke up into separate states? Why?

Presidentialism & Parliamentarism

4. Which is more democratic: presidentialism or parliamentarism?

5. Should the Unites States change its single member district/plurality system for elections to the House of Representatives to a proportional representation system?

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