Creating Your Ideal State

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

• Textbook: Chapter 15, 16, 17
• Lesson
• Text book: Magstadt, T. M. (2017). Understanding politics: Ideas, institutions, and issues (12th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage.

InstructionsYour country just overthrew its dictator, and you are the newly elected President. Unfortunately, due to the divisions in the country and the years of war, economic, military, and political structures are non-existent. A group of loyalists to the old dictator have been detonating bombs, murdering civilians, assassinating leaders, and terrorizing towns with help from a neighboring country’s dictator.

Create a comprehensive plan for your new government. While creating this government identify 1) the governing style of your government and the principles that govern your leaders (see rubric); 2) the functions of various branches of government; 3) how to maintain public good in domestic areas through at least two programs; 4) an economic structure that is most beneficial to your citizens; 5) ways to create national unity; 6) ways to combat terrorism and violence; and, 6) international organizations to join.

See rubric for specific ways to meet the requirements of the paper.

Paper headings: (Use of APA paper format with headings required!)

• Introduction (1 paragraph)
  • Introduce your country
  • Briefly outline all of the parts of the paper
• Domestic Concerns (1-2 pages)
  • Identify governing style and principles that correlate to this style
  • Identify the branches of government and its functions
  • Development of two public good domestic programs and how they will meet the public good
  • Economic structure and reason why this should be used
  • Socializing citizens is noted with rationale for how it creates national unity
• Foreign Concerns (1-2 pages)
  • Two international organizations are noted, one for economics and one for security
  • Descriptions of both organizations
  • Rationales for joining these organizations
  • Steps to joining
  • Two ways your country will combat the neighboring country’s terrorist threat and the domestic threat
  • Two ways these will be effective
• Conclusion (1 paragraph)
  • Summarize information

Writing Requirements (APA format)

• Length: 3-4 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 source
• Please, follow the guidelines:

Explains each branch of government and the function of the particular branch and how they support the governing style.

 

Two domestic programs are created clearly explaining how public good is maintained with these programs

 

The economic structure is named and supports the governing style with a rationale for using the structure.

 

There is at least one method the new government will use to socialize citizens to create national unity and rationales for using these methods.

 

At least two different international organizations, one economic and one for security, were identified to join with brief descriptions of the purposes of these organizations, rationale for joining, and steps on how to join.

 

Two ways were offered to combat terrorism and violence (one to deal with international threat and one with domestic). Effective rationale for solutions were offered.

 

Uses both the book and, at least, one outside scholarly source