NSTRUCTIONS: For each of these 5 concepts, Nationalism, Civil Society, Globalization, Modernization Theory, Public Goods. Provide a thorough response to each of the following three section prompts, labeled and formatted exactly as specified here. Each of your 5 three-part short essays should be on its own separate page, with the conceptual term clearly bolded at the top of the page (on its own line), and each essay should be organized into exactly three paragraphs, ordered and labeled exactly as I have labeled the prompts below (e.g. the first paragraph should be labeled as “SECTION 1. CONCEPT DEFINITION” and so on). Your responses should be single-spaced, using 12-point Times New Roman font, parenthetical citations and bibliographic references in APSA or Chicago (author-date) format. Note that parenthetical citations are required even when you paraphrase another source; and you should avoid using direct quotes anyway. Each of the five essays should be no more than 400 words (min. 250 words), not including titles and references, so your answers on this exam are expected to be robust and detailed but there is no room for excess “fluff” (and simply meeting my word count expectations won’t help you anyway). Your final document should be uploaded as a single PDF, with a cover page including: your name, my name, the number and title of the course (01:790:103:H1 Comparative Politics), and the date of submission. All papers with be run through the TurnItIn plagiarism detection system, so let me emphasize how important it is to really put things in your own words. This part of the final exam is due by 11:59PM EDT on Sunday, August 11th. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.

SECTION 1. CONCEPT DEFINITION: In your own words, Briefly define the concept as it relates to the study of comparative politics. Be sure that your definition is specific enough that it distinguishes the concept from other related ideas. In addition to providing an abstract definition, also consider how this might be (or already is) operationalized/measured in order to study it scientifically, and identify any key debates about or potential issues with defining and measuring this concept in real-world political research.

SECTION 2. BROAD RELEVANCE: Describe the concept’s broad relevance to the study of comparative politics. Why is this concept important? Why are we even interested in studying it? How does this concept fit into the larger picture?—i.e. Situate the concept within the broader framework of similar ideas (e.g. if the the concept were “parliamentary democracy,” this is the part where you would compare/contrast it to presidential and semi-presidential regimes. What are some of ways in which differences in this concept across countries might shape the political and economic systems or outcomes of a society?

SECTION 3. SPECIFIC EXAMPLES: Provide specific examples (citing references) of how the concept shapes comparative politics and/or political research, and identify some current research or reports on the topic that demonstrate its importance. This may include a brief discussion of historical events or key findings from past research (prior to 1990) if you deem that such is important to include for any particular concept, but you should identify about 2-3 contemporary political phenomena and/or recent research articles on the topic as well, and clearly explain how these examples support your arguments about the broad relevance of the concept, as you discussed in the previous section. The primary purpose of this section is to provide support for your arguments in the second section. (Note that I don’t expect for each section to be the exact same length.)