Country Fact Sheet
Directions
Below is some key information you should know about each countries you studied in Comparative Politics. Use this chart to test yourself and see what you need to review
Federal/Unitary | Number of subunits | Description of arrangement (for example, devolution, etc) -Policy Implementation (discuss relationship between central and local government) |
Presidential, Parliamentary, or Mixed? | Name of Head of State (for example, President) | Name of Head of Government |
Head of State/Head of Government | Powers of head of state, length of term State Council | Powers of head of government - Describe the way policy making is done at executive level. |
Election of head of state, length of term | Election of head of government | |
Name of Legislative Branch (Identify both houses if applicable) | Number of seats in legislative branch, length of term, describe power of legislative branch (rubber stamp, powerful) - National people’s Congress - National Party Congress, Central Committee, Politburo | Describe elections of legislative branch |
Name of Judicial Branch | How are judges selected? | Describe type of power |
Bureaucracy/Cabinet | Describe bureaucracy -Fragmented Authoritarianism | Describe cabinet |
Political Recruitment/Participation | How are elites recruited? | What are various forms of participation? |
Other important institutions (complete only if applicable to the country) | - People’s Liberation Army | |
Media | Describe type of “feedback” citizens receive -Discuss state-dominated mass media | |
Legitimacy | Describe levels of legitimacy - Historical (describe rise of Chinese Communist Party and how they gained legitimacy among the people) “Economic Reform” the role it has played in legitimacy of the leaders | Identify sources of legitimacy - Role of history in legitimacy of nation. |
Features of the Constitution | When was it written? | Identify 3 unique features -Rule of Law (what mean in |
Historical Evolution of Political Traditions | (Identify 3 key events and briefly explain how the events shaped current government (revolutions for example) - Changes in current participation compared to Mao | |
Key Political Leaders and their Policies | Identify and describe at least 3 key political leaders - Mao (good quote about him being the “chief architect”) | |
Ethnic Cleavages | Identify the major ethnic cleavages in the country | Describe the results of these cleavages in political conflict and government response; include a description of women - Describe views towards women and girls in Chinese society as a result of the one-child policy. |
Political Parties (Identify/describe platforms of 3) | - Party Leadership in Political. Structures (nomenklatura, party committees, penetration in political structures, party core groups, practice of “wearing two hats” | - Party Structures |
Electoral Systems | Describe the methods by which citizens elect their leaders. Include length of terms, frequency of elections, | |
Role of Political Elites | Identify elites (people with political power) and describe the role - Elite Recruitment | |
Citizens | Describe attitudes towards government (political socialization) - Describe “nationalist approach to building community” - How citizens feel about corruption today? -Describe the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution and how they impacted the businesses and citizens’. - Political Socialization (“new socialist man”, Post Mao Leaders policy, economic liberalization, and educational reforms) - Difference between PRC and average citizen. | Describe types of political participation - How knowledgeable are Chinese about public affairs? Who is more likely to be knowledgeable? How view Communist government? -Political Participation (how different from Mao…see bottom right column on. How Chinese leaders encourage participation?) - Unacceptable Political Participation (Make sure you explain why these are banned - Interest Articulation and Aggregation (satellite parties, multiparty cooperation, mass organizations |
Interest Group System (identify pluralist or corporatist) | Identify key interest groups - Self-Employed Laborers Association, Private Enterprises Association, and Federation of Industry and commerce, | Describe their power and activities - describe rejection and evidence of “rejection of political pluralism” - Articulation by ordinary citizens is aimed at rectifying problems, not influencing policymaking. |
Economic System (identify capitalist, socialist, etc.; identify major economic policies government has adopted) | Identify state-owned industries, foreign-owned industries, nature of privatization - How leaders define their “current quest?” Describe “socialist market economy.” -Economic Reform (describe old economic system and changes since)..describe reform plan (discuss socialist market economy, agricultural decollectivazation, collective enterprises, industrial production among state and private enterprises, and banking sector) | Describe nature of private/public industries |
First World/ | Describe level of economic development | Identify 5 socioeconomic indicators that places the country in this category |
Supranational Organizations | Identify supranational organizations that country is a part of - WTO-Describe short term costs for people and businesses | Discuss impact of supranational organizations on sovereignty and on development |
Public Policy | Identify and describe 3 recent policies - Compulsory Family Planning (one-child policy, Figure 9.5, how implement this policy? How view abortion? - - | Identify and describe most pressing current problems - “some get rich first” - Policymaking and Implementation (How policymaking changed since Mao?) - Discuss challenges of implementing policy - Corruption - Briefly discuss policy performance priorities (economic policy in too much depth because that will have already been discussed) |
Other | -Criticism of Chinese Law and Legal Practices outside of - Tiananmen Square (describe and impact on society. - How affect |
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