Please answer the following four questions in short essay form:
Explain the difference between the concepts of traditional (state) security and human security. If you were the government, what would you emphasize or focus on if you wanted to ensure state security? What would you emphasize if you wanted to further human security?
Why has democracy not worked well in the countries of the bottom billion? An earlier prescriptive literature in political science argued for dictatorship first, then economic development, and only after this has been achieved, democracy. This has been the route taken by successful countries such as South Korea and Taiwan, for example.
Why does Collier reject authoritarianism as a solution to the ills of democracy in very poor countries?
What factors explain why some countries are poor? Using differential diagnosis, provide a couple examples of how your prescriptions for economic development might vary from one country to another.
13. Using material from the books and class discussion, please write about the major changes you think will be likely in the world around 2040. Please address political development, economic development, social development and sustainable development. Please explain why you are optimistic or pessimistic.
