Many countries have gone through various ways of governing-by one, by a group, or by the people. Pick one developing country. Examine this country's political history and current barriers in developing their democracy. Create a concise argument on the type of democracy they should institute and why. Choose from any of the following: Albania, Ecuador, Namibia, Algeria, Gabon, Palau, American, Samoa, Grenada, Panama, Antigua and Barbuda Iran, Islamic Rep., Peru Argentina, Jamaica, Romania, Azerbaijan, Jordan, Russian, Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia, Seychelles, Botswana, Lebanon South, Africa, Brazil, Libya, St. Kitts and Nevis Bulgaria, Lithuania, St. Lucia, Chile Macedonia FYR, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, China, Malaysia, Suriname, Colombia, Maldives, Thailand, Costa Rica, Mauritius, Tunisia, Cuba, Mayotte, Turkey, Dominica, Mexico, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Montenegro, Venezuela, RB Writing Requirements (APA format) Length: 1.5-2 pages (not including title page or references page) 1-inch margins Double spaced 12-point Times New Roman font Title page References page (minimum of 2 scholarly sources) Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity:Textbook: Understanding Politics: Ideas, Institutions, and Issues Thomas M. MagstadtLesson  Introduction ????Many of us like to complain about politics and the politicians who hold positions in government, but a great deal of thought has gone into the creation of our form of representative democracy. This week we will explore the evolution of democracy since its inception.In doing so, we will also examine the original application of democratic theory in Athens as a means of understanding the changes made to it in the attempt to make it a stable and reliable form of government. Furthermore, we will examine how Great Britain and other democracies represents its people. Democracy ????When people read political philosophy from the ancient world, they find a decidedly negative evaluation of democracy. We have become so accustomed to our modern image of democracy that the ancient world's adverse view might seem strange. What could someone possibly have against rule by the people?In the ancient world, specifically the Greek city-state of Athens, democracy was "rule by the people" in the most direct sense. Political assemblies involved meetings of every single citizen, which at the time included only men with a certain standing in society. Attendance at these meetings would number in the hundreds, and everyone would be involved in the decision-making process. You can imagine how chaotic this might have been! Just picture one of the presidential debates with no moderators or television end time. These assemblies would last all day, and would often erupt in great debates and disorganized talking. The leaders of these assemblies would simply be the individuals who could speak more articulately and persuasively than the o.

1. Many countries have gone through various ways of governing-
by one, by a group, or by the people. Pick one developing
country. Examine this country's political history and current
barriers in developing their democracy. Create a concise
argument on the type of democracy they should institute and
why.
Choose from any of the following: Albania, Ecuador, Namibia,
Algeria, Gabon, Palau, American, Samoa, Grenada, Panama,
Antigua and Barbuda Iran, Islamic Rep., Peru Argentina,
Jamaica, Romania, Azerbaijan, Jordan, Russian, Federation,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia,
Seychelles, Botswana, Lebanon South, Africa, Brazil, Libya, St.
Kitts and Nevis Bulgaria, Lithuania, St. Lucia, Chile Macedonia
FYR, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, China, Malaysia,
Suriname, Colombia, Maldives, Thailand, Costa Rica,
Mauritius, Tunisia, Cuba, Mayotte, Turkey, Dominica, Mexico,
Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Montenegro, Venezuela, RB
Writing Requirements (APA format)
Length: 1.5-2 pages (not including title page or references page)
1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page
References page (minimum of 2 scholarly sources)

2. Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:Textbook:
Understanding Politics: Ideas, Institutions, and Issues
Thomas M. MagstadtLesson
Introduction
????Many of us like to complain about politics and the
politicians who hold positions in government, but a great deal
of thought has gone into the creation of our form of
representative democracy. This week we will explore the
evolution of democracy since its inception.In doing so, we will
also examine the original application of democratic theory in
Athens as a means of understanding the changes made to it in
the attempt to make it a stable and reliable form of
government. Furthermore, we will examine how Great Britain
and other democracies represents its people.
Democracy
????When people read political philosophy from the ancient
world, they find a decidedly negative evaluation of democracy.
We have become so accustomed to our modern image of
democracy that the ancient world's adverse view might seem
strange. What could someone possibly have against rule by the
people?In the ancient world, specifically the Greek city-state of
Athens, democracy was "rule by the people" in the most direct
sense. Political assemblies involved meetings of every single
citizen, which at the time included only men with a certain
standing in society. Attendance at these meetings would number
in the hundreds, and everyone would be involved in the
decision-making process. You can imagine how chaotic this
might have been! Just picture one of the presidential debates

3. with no moderators or television end time. These assemblies
would last all day, and would often erupt in great debates and
disorganized talking. The leaders of these assemblies would
simply be the individuals who could speak more articulately and
persuasively than the others and convince others what to do. In
retrospect, many of the decisions made by such assemblies were
not wise. This led many of the philosophers at the time, most
notably Plato and Aristotle, to be suspicious of the merits of
democracy. Based in part on the criticisms of pure democracy
in the ancient world, when the first democracies began to
emerge in the modern world, many believed that the only way to
have a stable democracy was through representatives being
elected by the people. After the American Revolution, the U.S.
founders were interested in creating a government that would be
well ordered to prevent chaos and instability. The notion behind
this new form of government was that every person would have
a vote, but that this vote would be communicated to the
government through an elected representative. This
representative would have the primary responsibility of setting
public policy and would remain faithful to the will of the people
through regular elections. This representative form of
government is referred to as republican democracy.The
representative form of democracy in the modern world is also
combined with the enlightenment ideal of individual liberty.
This idea, which evolves from an expanding acceptance of
human reason and equality, suggests that governments should be
primarily responsible for ensuring that individual liberties are
respected and that the basic needs of citizens are met. Thus, in a
liberal sense, government is intended to be limited to the role of
protector, a role that might be needed among a population.
Representatives elected according to liberal democratic
principles are responsible for providing for the national defense
and ensuring that everyone's liberty is preserved.
Textbook: Chapter 7, 8, 9

4. Lesson
Minimum of 2 scholarly sources