Due BY Tuesday, May 18 at 11:59 PM EST
— Do not waste valuable time and space on sentences that do not add anything substantial to the answer. Show your understanding of a subject also by knowing what to exclude as less important. Include relevant detail and examples.
— Please make sure the responses answer exactly what the question is asking and answer all parts of the question. The answers will be found in the readings and lectures, therefore please gather information from ONLY from both the readings and lectures (I will send pdfs after selection). Please do not come up with answers on your own or from online. This is a really important assignment, so I want it to be done with proper effort, please!
**A lot of readings, and answers have to come from them, so make sure you’re willing to put in effort into reading advanced texts, and then writing accordingly**
Essay Questions
Part 1 (700-800 words)
The last part of the course was about building of democracy from below. What does that mean? What are some of the main different ways of doing it? How does it work at the local, national and global levels? This can be seen as an aspect of the project of democracy. Does it play a role in other conceptions of the project of democracy we have considered, such as the two forms of the project of radical democracy, or Elkin’s republicanism, or the two conceptions of populism? Should it be included in our conception of the project of democracy? Why? Why not?
Part 2 (400 words)
What is distinctive about Gandhian politics? Discuss the different forms of Gandhian politics.
Part 3 (400 words)
What is distinctive about community organizing? Discuss the main forms of community organizing
Part 4 (400 words)
We read two efforts to outline the goals of the global civic movement. Compare those two efforts. If you think we should support this emerging movement, say why. If you think we should oppose it, say why. Indifference is not an option.
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