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 Use quote on page 311 to introduce country…. “ | Number of subunits -Federalism | Description of arrangement (for example, devolution, etc) See instructions on the left |
Presidential, Parliamentary, or Mixed? | Name of Head of State (for example, President) (must discuss CURRENT leadership as well as historical changes in structure) | Name of Head of Government |
Head of State/Head of Government *Research from outside source. The book is outdated in this information* | Powers of head of state, length of term | Powers of head of government |
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) | Describe elections of legislative branch |
Name of Judicial Branch | How are judges selected? - The Judiciary | Describe type of power |
Bureaucracy/Cabinet | Describe bureaucracy | Describe cabinet |
Political Recruitment | How are elites recruited? - Political Recruitment (factors: region, military, education, role of money) | |
Other important institutions (complete only if applicable to the country) | - Independent National Election Commission (INEC) *Discuss role of military in - Regulative Behavior ( Nigerian Police Force) | |
Media | Describe type of “feedback” citizens receive - The Mass Media (among other things, discuss the restriction reversed by the 1999 Constitution) -Discuss the state’s propaganda campaigns. | |
Legitimacy | Describe levels of legitimacy - Democratic Norms and Values (What are 2 values widely held?) | Identify sources of legitimacy - Political Corruption |
Features of the Constitution | When was it written? - The Development of the Constitution of 1999 (discuss background by which it was written and key players involved) | Identify 3 unique features |
Historical Evolution of Political Traditions | (Identify 3 key events and briefly explain how the events shaped current government (revolutions for example)) - The Enduring Effects of Pre-colonial Events (MUST discuss how - The Colonial Interlude (1900-1960) - Nigerian | Constitutional History: - Periods from 1983-1999, Discuss the 3 Constitutions of 1963, 1979, and 1989 |
Key Political Leaders and their Policies | Identify and describe at least 3 key political leaders Discuss Moshood Abiola, Olusegun Obasanjo, General Babangida | |
Ethnic Cleavages | Identify the major ethnic cleavages in the country - Igbo, Hausa, Fulani, Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba (also see 315 and how they dominate regions of - Hausa-Fulani, Igbo, Yoruba - Religion | Describe the results of these cleavages in political conflict and government response; include a description of women - The Political Role of Women - Ethnic Solidarity and Party Loyalty |
Political Parties (Identify/describe platforms of 3) | - Parties and Elections Describe: National Council of Nigeria and the cameroons (NCNC), Action Group (AG), Northern Elements’ Progressive Union (NEPU), Northern Peoples’ Congress (NPC), United Party, and All Nigeria’s People’s Party (ANPP) | |
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 | |
Citizens | Describe attitudes towards government (political socialization) - Discuss effects of “indirect rule” by British on Nigerian people, the incompatible objectives of the British, and the influence of missionaries and education by the British. - The Evolution of Nigerian Nationalism - Political Socialization (family, schools, the state, contact with urban life, religion) | Describe types of political participation - Describe how Nigerians are subjects not participants. - Political Participation |
Interest Group System (identify pluralist or corporatist) | Identify key interest groups - INTEREST ARTICULATION (Ethnic and Religious Associations, Associational Groups, Nonassociational Groups, and Patron-Client Networks) *Key interest groups to discuss (at minimum) include: Igbo Federal Union, Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), National Union of Petroleum and Gas Workers (NUPENG), Professional organizations, universities, National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), the Campaign for Democracy (CD), and the Kaduna Mafia | Describe their power and activities |
Economic System (identify capitalist, socialist, etc.; identify major economic policies government has adopted) | Identify state-owned industries, foreign-owned industries, nature of privatization | Describe nature of private/public industries - Petroleum - The Geographic Distribution of Natural Resources: Political Effects - Prospects for Development |
First World/ | Describe level of economic development - Conditions Affecting Agricultural Production and the Sale of Primary commodities | Identify 5 socioeconomic indicators that places the country in this category - Environmental Potential and Limitations (GNP, Per capita GNP) - How - Disease, Population Growth, Urbanization - Discuss the United Nations Development Programs’ Human Development Index and how |
Supranational Organizations | Identify supranational organizations that country is a part of - OPEC, Nigerian National Oil Corporation - | Discuss impact of supranational organizations on sovereignty and on development - The International Environment (Discuss: Cold War, end of Cold War, and how international debt has affected its relationships with other countries) |
Public Policy | Identify and describe 3 recent policies - May be found under the following: Policy Formation and Implementation (Extractive Performance (discuss importance of oil on economy), Distributive Performance | Identify and describe most pressing current problems - Current Policy Challenges - Dealing with Debt and Structural Adjustment - Conclusions on Performance |
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