TEXTBOOK: A Novel Approach to Politics
1.In Chapter 5, Van Belle has 4 steps for his SimGovernment "game". Using these steps, please discuss what sort of government would you create and why.
This answer should have two parts/paragraphs.
2.In Chapter 6 in Van Belle and in the lecture slides, there is a comparison of the office of prime minister and a president.
For this assignment, please pick a US president and compare that person to a prime minister in another country at the same time.
For both please note
When they were born, what sort of education they had, when they entered politics, what political party they belonged to, when they were elected, and any significant events that occured during their terms.
How similar or different were they?
What can this tell you about the difference between the two offices?
3.Pick a chapter from Rourke (either chapter 1, 2 or 13 - not 12). Read through the debate and briefly write about which side you agree with and how it relates to the topic of institutions.