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In this week, you will submit the final version of essay #1. What causes countries to transition to
democracy? You should respond to the basic questions of: How do we measure democracy so that we
know if a country has made such a transition (Week 1)? What are the main debates about democratic
transitions (Week 2)? How do authoritarian regimes survive (Week 3)? What are the internal or domestic
causes of democratic transitions (Week 4)? What are the external or international causes of democratic
transitions (Week 5)? What sorts of specific choices and actions by specific actors are needed to usher in
democracy (Week 6)? What is an example of one country that illustrates your arguments well? The essay
will meet the following criteria:
1) It will be approximately 2,100 words long
2) It will make use of the six readings in the first six weeks of this course
3) It will also draw upon other scholarly, peer-reviewed research that you find through the PSU library
4) It will NOT make use of any
“www” references, i.e. do NOT Google your research.
5) Citations will follow any format (APA, Chicago, Harvard, etc.) as long as they are consistent
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