Santa Monica College Comparative Politics and Government you need to pick one country and do research on that, fill up the sheets. Please review the Sourc

Santa Monica College Comparative Politics and Government you need to pick one country and do research on that, fill up the sheets.

Please review the Sources and References page for help finding information about your chosen country!

political science 2 comparative politics and goverment.

Sources and References

BBC Country Profiles

CIA World Factbook

Democracy Index

Fragile States Index

Freedom House

Human Development Index

Transparency International

GDP (World Bank)

GINI (CIA World Factbook) Political Science 2
Fall 2019
Professor Gabler
Name: __________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 3 – Nations and Society – Identities
The purpose of this assignment is to apply the concepts addressed in the text to the country you
chose to study this term.
1. Please complete the Evidence Log below. (Note: The evidence column should include
properly cited references to the textbook.)
CONCEPT
EVIDENCE
(find supporting evidence in the textbook to answer the question/define
the terms; please include source citations)
ETHNIC IDENTITY
Explain the concept of ethnic identity.
What are some of the characteristics or institutions related to ethnicity?
NATIONAL IDENTITY
Explain the concept of national identity.
How does nationalism relate to national identity?
ETHNIC CONFLICT
NATIONAL CONFLICT
What is the basis of ethnic conflict?
What is the basis of national conflict?
(Be sure to focus on how this differs from ethnic conflict.)
2. Find one example of a current conflict between identity groups. If you are unable to find a
conflict in your chosen state (the state you wrote about in the first evidence log), you may
use another state for this assignment. What is the nature of the conflict (social, economic,
political)? What groups are involved? How has the government responded to this conflict?

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