I. Nations and Society Terms to Consider: patriotism reactionaries society citizen liberalism national identity nation-state liberal democracy citizenship political attitudes communism ascription political ideologies fascism constructivism fundamentalism anarchy solidarity religiousity culture primordialism radicals political culture perennialism liberals heterogeneous population nationalism conservatives homogenization Guiding Questions: 1. Is ethnicity a permanent, ascripted characteristic? Justify your response. 2. How is patriotism distinct from nationalism? 3. What are factors which can lead to fundamentalist movements? Is fundamentalism inherently non-modern? II. Post-Imperial States Terms to Consider: Newly industrializing countries microcredit corruption (NICs) microfinance rule of law Less-developed countries (LDCs) informal economy military rule empires International Monetary Fund authoritarian rule imperialism World Bank state cohesion colonialism bureaucracy gender identity postimperial institutional knowledge family structure patrimonialism clientelism Values Survey neocolonialism rent seeking Traditional values import substitution rentier state Secular-rational values export-oriented industrialization state capacity Survival values structural adjustment programs state autonomy Self-expression values Washington Consensus captured state mercantilism kleptocracy Guiding Questions: 1. What are some of the economic problems frequently experienced by post-imperial states? 2. What is the Washington Consensus, and what are some of its goals with regards to political economies? III. Nigeria: Political History
I. Nations and Society Terms to Consider: society national identity citizenship ascription constructivism solidarity primordialism perennialism nationalism patriotism citizen nation-state political attitudes political ideologies fundamentalism religiousity radicals liberals conservatives reactionaries liberalism liberal democracy communism fascism anarchy culture political culture heterogeneous population homogenization Guiding Questions: 1. Is ethnicity a permanent, ascripted characteristic? Justify your response. 2. How is patriotism distinct from nationalism? 3. What are factors which can lead to fundamentalist movements? Is fundamentalism inherently non-modern? II. Post-Imperial States Terms to Consider: Newly industrializing countries (NICs) Less-developed countries (LDCs) empires imperialism colonialism postimperial patrimonialism neocolonialism import substitution export-oriented industrialization structural adjustment programs Washington Consensus mercantilism microcredit microfinance informal economy International Monetary Fund World Bank bureaucracy institutional knowledge clientelism rent seeking rentier state state capacity state autonomy captured state kleptocracy corruption rule of law military rule authoritarian rule state cohesion gender identity family structure Values Survey Traditional values Secular-rational values Survival values Self-expression values Guiding Questions: 1. What are some of the economic problems frequently experienced by post-imperial states? 2. What is the Washington Consensus, and what are some of its goals with regards to political economies? III. Nigeria: Political History