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How Should a Transitional Democracy Ensure Law and Order? (Worksheet)
Since the transition from military dictatorship to democracy in 1999, Nigeria has had a problem maintaining security within the country. Should vigilante groups fill the void ...
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Is Authoritarianism and Corruption Endemic in Nigeria? (Worksheet)
Is authoritarianism and corruption endemic in Nigeria? Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka answers this question about his home country in this 2006 talk. This activity works ...
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How did Mexico Evolve into a Democratic State? (Worksheet)
Mexico was a one-party state for 71 years until Vicente Fox was elected in 2000. How did Mexico's democracy evolve into the system that we see today? ...
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Is Mexico Ruled by an Elite Class? 1980 (Worksheet)
Is Mexico ruled by an elite class? In 1980--in the midst of PRI's 71-year one-party rule of the country--famed Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes answered this ...
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Mexico, Civil Society, and Women's Rights
From 1993-2003, about 370 women were brutally killed in Ciudad Juárez. Why did this level of gender violence occur and what was done by civil ...
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Gender and Religious Discrimination in Iran (Worksheet)
In these two short excerpts, Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi discusses gender and religious discrimination in Iran. This activity works well in a comparative ...
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Is Iran a Theocracy, a Democracy, or Both? (Worksheet)
An Iranian government official explains that Iran is a "democratic structure based on Islamic rationality." What does that mean? This activity works well in a ...
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How Did the White Revolution Help Lead to the Fall of the Shah? 1979 (Worksheet)
Written in 1979, the excerpt allows students to evaluate how the White Revolution lead to the opposite of its intended goal--a toppling of the Shah's power ...