AP Comparative Government and Politics

Sample Class Questions to Explore

Russia• Is a liberal

democracy possible in Russia?

• How will Putin’s rule and Russia itself change as he enters his 3rd term?

• Will popular democratic pressure rise in Russia?

China• How does the authoritarian,

bureaucratic, pseudo-Communist government work in China?

• Is China’s model of state capitalism economically sustainable?

• Will popular political pressure mount as China becomes more wealthy and open?

Iran• How will the pressures of the

theocracy control the semblance of democracy in Iran?

• Will Iran continue to pursue becoming a nuclear armed international pariah?

• Will its young, democratically minded youth in Iran force any changes in Iran’s government?

United Kingdom• What elements of the UK’s

democracy are a model to the world and what elements are archaic?

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of the UK’s parliamentary model as compared to presidential systems?

• Will the UK make electoral changes so that it transitions from a two-party system to more of a multiparty model?

Nigeria• How is Nigeria both a model to

sub-Saharan Africa and representational of the conflicts that hold back many African countries?

• Will regional and religious pressure push Nigeria closer to civil war?

• What models of government and economic development would be most effective to Nigeria?

Mexico• Will Mexico continue its

movement to a multiparty democracy?

• What are barriers to Mexico’s economic development?

• How can its current conflict with internal corruption and organized crime resolve?