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Does Immigration Challenge National Sovereignty? (Worksheet)
What is sovereignty? How does the concept change when related to a state versus a nation? How are contemporary issues such as the Syrian refugee ...
FEB 2, 2022 • page
Why is the Resource Curse an Obstacle to National Prosperity? (Worksheet)
Why is the resource curse an obstacle to national prosperity? Author Leif Wenar looks at three underlying reasons and gives examples of lost opportunity in ...
FEB 2, 2022 • page
How Should the United States Address Authoritarian States in the post-Arab Spring World? (worksheet)
This worksheet explores how the U.S. should address authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa after the Arab Spring. Students will come to ...
FEB 2, 2022 • page
Working within Nigeria's Sharia Courts (Worksheet)
Since the end of military rule in 1999, some of Nigeria's states have extended Sharia laws to criminal matters. How did this system of law enter ...
FEB 2, 2022 • page
Nigeria and the Horror of Boko Haram (Worksheet)
What is Boko Haram and how did it originate? How did it turn into a violent movement? Why is it in Nigeria and who is ...
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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 ...
FEB 2, 2022 • page
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 ...
FEB 2, 2022 • page
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? ...