The Reasons Underlying Failed States

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Written Assignment: The Reasons Underlying Failed States Due Week 9 and worth 400 points Use the Internet to research one developing nation of your choice. Your research should include an examination of the effects that issues such as bad governance, civil war and corruption have on the creation of states that have failed. Include in your research the articles from the discussion questions as well as the material covered by the Webtext and lectures in Weeks 1 through 8. Write a six- to eight-page paper in which you: 1.Identify the factors that contribute to a state’s failure to deliver good governance to its people. Support your response with concrete examples of each of the results that you have cited. 2.Analyze why the specific actions taken by the leadership of the selected country have failed. 3.Discuss the prospects for success in the selected country and support your response with examples. 4.Use at least seven quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia, dictionaries, encyclopedias, blogs and similar websites do not qualify as academic resources for college-level research papers. Approval of resources is at the instructor’s discretion. 1.When referencing the selected resources, please use the following format: •Webtext Format: â—¦Name of the author. Name of title. Retrieved from website URL. â—¾Example: Soomo. Understanding Development [Webtext]. Retrieved from http://www.webtexts.com/courses/9218-cathey. •Lecture Format: â—¦Name of the Author. Name of the lecture [lecture type]. Retrieved from lecture URL. â—¾Example: Strayer University. (2013). Understanding Development [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from (URL Web address). •Internet Resources: â—¦Author’s Name. (Date of publication). Title of the resource. Retrieved from website URL. â—¾Example: Wuestewald, Eric. (2014). Portraits of People Living on a Dollar a Day. Retrieved from (URL Web address). 1.Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: •CONTAINS NO ABSTRACT and be at least six pages of written text in length, excluding tables and graphs and at least seven sources. •Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow the APA format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. •Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. 1.The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: •Analyze how funding in the form of aid, investment, and loans moves from industrialized nations to the developing world to alleviate the problems caused by warfare. •Use technology and information resources to research issues in sociology of developing countries. •Write clearly and concisely about sociology of developing countries using proper writing mechanics. These are the only countries you may write about. Angola Central African Republic Chad Congo Libya Malawi Niger North Korea Pakistan Sudan Yemen Venezuela Zimbabwe 1.The grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, the logic and organization of the paper, and your language and writing skills. You are strongly advised to work from an outline. The following criteria will be used to grade your paper on the basis of your: 1. Identifying the factors that contribute to a state’s failure to deliver good governance to its people. Support your response with concrete examples of each of the results that you have cited. (20%) 2. Analyzing why the specific actions taken by the leadership of the selected country have failed. (20%) 3. Discussing the prospects for success in the selected country and support your response with examples. (20%) 4. Support for ideas based on the use of sources (20%) 5. Writing, grammar and mechanics (20%)