Tasks+for+Moira

ASSIGNMENT DUE THURSDAY 1/26/2012 **Instructions (READ CAREFULLY!):**

Please re-read the attached topic sheet from UN-USA headquarters. This document defines the purpose and terms of the upcoming UNDP conference. **For Thursday (1/26) you are expected to have read and understood the document in addition to completing the tasks listed below. Let me know via email if you have any questions or problems.**

Define the following terms and answer the discussion questions. The answers to some questions will be more detailed than others, but do not exceed one paragraph per question. You may split up the vocabulary work between yourself and your partner, but you should answer the discussion questions on your own.

** Please print out your assignment and bring it to class. **

** Vocabulary: **

civic engagement infrastructure accountability democratize marginalized group indigenous rights multiculturalism free and fair elections parliamentary institution local governance transparency <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">public administration <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">empowerment <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Millenium Development Goals <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">corruption <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">rule of law

** <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Discussion Questions: **

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. What type of government does your country have? How does it affect your <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">country’s views about democratic governance?

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Are other countries in the region democratic? Why would your country be    <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">concerned about that?

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. If your country is a democracy, how long has it been one? If it isn’t, why not?

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. What does Amartya Sen say are the five most important human freedoms in terms of facilitating development?

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. How did Indonesia increase the representation of women in its government?

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">6. Name and describe two institutions (associated with the UNDP) that were created to encourage the development of democratic governance.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">7. Name one of the challenges for democratic governance the topic sheet has identified in your country's region. If your country's region is not listed, think of what might help strengthen your country's democratic institutions, based on the research you have already done.



ASSIGNMENT DUE THURSDAY 1/19/2012

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Hi Guys, <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I would like you to have the following tasks completed for next Thursday's class (if not before!): <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">You can activate subtitles on the lectures, but, because we're supposed to be learning about rhetorical strategies in English, please stick to English subtitles. You can also access a transcript of the lecture on the right-hand side of the page (it's labeled “interactive transcript”) <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Thanks in advance for all of your hard work. Please let me know via email if you need any help. <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">
 * 1) <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**Read** the attached excerpts from Vaclav Havel's essay **“The Power of the Powerless”**
 * 2) <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**Watch the two ted.com lectures** I have linked to on the wiki( <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://www.ted.com/talks/srdja_popovic_how_to_topple_a_dictator.html <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">)( <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/wael_ghonim_inside_the_egyptian_revolution.html <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">)
 * 1) <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**Become a member of the wiki**, and **post a one paragraph response** to how this discussion of democratic revolution/ democratization is relevant to your country. You can do this in the section marked “Reading Responses”.
 * 2) <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Next week, we will use these materials as the basis of a moderated caucus in class. **Prepare three discussion questions** about the videos or the essay, especially focusing on ideas that could spark disagreement or discussion between the nations you represent.
 * 3) <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**Print out your discussion questions and response** and bring them to class next Thursday.