

Case Studies (Week 4 and beyond)Course Content: Brazil 1-3 Update and Supplement (Screen Casts), 1-800 India, India Rising, India Case Study 1 (Screen Casts). Read: Chapters 19, 20, 23, 24, 28 and 30. (Burnell, Raker, and Randall Politics in the developing world 5th edition. Oxford University Press 2017.) Brazil Video #1:https://mediaspace.minnstate.edu/media/Brazil+1/1_apuzbtpa Brazil #2:https://mediaspace.minnstate.edu/media/brazil+2/1_3xy9y5vt Brazil #3:https://mediaspace.minnstate.edu/media/Brazil+3/1_h75ioode Brazil Update: https://mediaspace.minnstate.edu/media/Brazil+World+Cup+Unrest/1_salhoimn Supplemental material on Brazil (Older but solid Video on Authoritarian Development): https://digital.films.com/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=49752&loid=165624 1-800 India Video:https://digital.films.com/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=36341 India Rising:https://digital.films.com/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=40552 India Case Study #1: https://mediaspace.minnstate.edu/media/India+POLS390+1/1_g4ivxez0 India’s “permit raj”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMU_bE_tMro&app=desktop Watch this Yemen video first: https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-fight-yemen/ New Yemen Documentary: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/yemen-under-siege/ Yemen, 3rd Video: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/targeting-yemen/
1.Why do many Africans believe that their own governments and leaders have not served them well? Are there exceptions to this pattern? Why has there been so much emphasis placed on good governance and curbing corruption?
2.In what ways does contemporary Yemen represent the problems faced in Africa? What can be done to put Yemen back together?
3.The Trump Administration has committed to sell Saudi Arabia billions of dollars in new ships, aircraft, and advanced weapon systems, given what you know about the situation in Yemen does this sale seem like a wise course of action? Why or why not?