Review for Iran, Nigeria, and Mexico

This Wednesday you will have a test that covers Chapters 9, 10, and 11 in the O'neil book for the multiple choice portion.  For the FRQ portion, the subject matter will be both country specific to Iran, Nigeria and Mexico, but it will also cover concepts such as globalization, ethnicity, political violence as they relate to the countries.

First read these articles (Iran, Nigeria, Mexico) and comment, keeping a thought to the concepts you wil be tested on, then get to work on reviewing.  We will do a practice FRQ towards the end of class.

Freedom House analysis of Nigeria in 2012

Go here to read an extremely detailed and illuminating analysis of the current state of Nigeria's illiberal democracy by Freedom House.  Comments, questions and analysis welcomed below.  Quarter's almost over!  Boost that participation grade!

Iran, Nigeria, Mexico and the Media

These three countries give an opportunity to look at the different roles of the media in underdeveloped countries.  Go to the following sites for Nigeria, Iran and Mexico and answer the following prompts:

1.  Compare and contrast the ways the media affects political culture in each of the countries.
2.  Analyze how the history of each of the countries is reflected in the nature of media coverage.
3.  What do you believe is the "formative event" in shaping the political culture in each of these countries?  Explain your reasoning.