relative deprivation, guerilla, terrorism (check defnition p. 245)
Sultanistic regime.  communist regime.

un-institutionalized politics, normal political patterns in third world (Mexico, Peru, Zimbabwe, Iran, Turkey, Indonesia), Mugabe, Ataturk, Darfur
  identity politics, weapons of the weak, liberation theology, shariah, secularism,
  millennial movements,   BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party), Ayodhya,

Ethnicity
            Armenians, Hutu,  Tutsi, Ibo, Biafra, Yoruba, Hausa-Fulani, Sinhalese, Tamil, How many killed in Rwanda genocide? Kurds (check text book, p. 251)
            Consociationalism, partition, ethnic hegemony,
            structure of ethnic relations (e.g.: Rwanda type explosion,  Kenya style relations,  Sri Lanka style Tamil secession movements)
What are specific triggers of conflict?

Executive Outcomes
Simon Bolivar,  man on horseback, junta, coup (golpe), Allende, Pinochet, charismatic leader, latifundia, minifundia

civil-military cycle, disappear, amnesty, truth commission (original ,  inspired others), inflation,

third wave of democracy, which regions of the world have become reasonably democratic?  Which seem to be transitional?  Which are generally autocratic?

What are inherent risks and problems of expanding democracy?

1. What factors seem to trigger ethnic violence?  What factors (or institutional arrangements)  seem to ameliorate ethnic tensions?

2. Review the ethnic tensions of Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and Rwanda.  What political patterns seems common in all three cases?

3. What is the experience with the use of foreign countries to impose solution to relax ethnic tensions

4. Discuss the policies of consociationalism and partition.  Give some examples of where these policies have been tried, and their results.

5. Compare and contrast the patterns of ethnic politics in Kenya (as described by Koigi) and Rwanda (as illuminated in class-room video)?

6. What are the features of political rule in Kenya?  Democratic?  Autocratic? Military?
 
 

STOP HERE

FGM, "honor killing", infanticide

1. List the problems that women face in various Third World countries.  Of these problems, which ones are closely linked to the government and politics?  (include those that are evident in Good Earth.)
2. If it is true that in some country most of the food crops are grown by women, what are some of the implications for government policy?
3. Explain why in countries that may have great gender biases, women sometimes become political leaders.  Include some specific examples..
4. Discuss traditional methods of coping with the risk and reality of famine, as illustrated in The Good Earth.