BELLWORK  Create a list of three countries which currently have or have had dictatorships

UNIT 3: IDEOLOGIES & GOVERNMENT  Summative Projects  Task: Choose ONE of the following four assignments from the choice box below and using Internet, Books, Journals and other resources, complete the project as explained below.  Don’t forget to attach a Works Cited list with each project in MLA format.

Notes:  All students must choose which project they will complete Wednesday, April 7.  All students will receive in-class time to work on your projects on Thursday, April 8 – Remember to bring your resources to this class!  Rubrics for each project will be distributed April 8 depending on which project is chosen for completion and all projects will be graded by Monday, April 19.

DUE DATES  All students will be presenting or sharing their projects on Wednesday, April 14.

Forms of Government 1. Democracy, Dictatorship & Oligarchy 2. Case Study: Pakistani Ambiguity of Government Structures

Democracy  Direct Democracy  Representative Democracy

Types of Representative Democracies  Constitutional Monarchies  Republics

Partial, Emerging, Full: A Typology of Democracy  Partial  Emerging  Full democracy: Majority rule Minority rights Rule of law

Full Democracy Independent judiciary from political parties and government Control over armed forces and police Elected officials determine use of military at home and abroad

Full Democracy Extend economic, political and social rights to all citizens Open to philosophies and ideas proposed by its citizens Freedom of information, press, expression and religion

O CANADA!  “true patriot love in all thy sons command” 1.Are we a democracy? 2.Are we a direct or representative democracy? 3.Are we a constitutional monarch or republic? 4.Are we a partial, emerging or full democracy?

Charter of Rights & Freedoms Fundamental freedoms  Section 2. Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: (a) freedom of conscience and religion; (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication; (c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and (d) freedom of association.

Charter of Rights and Freedoms Democratic rights of citizens  Section 3. Every citizen of Canada has the right to vote in an election of members of the House of Commons or of a legislative assembly and to be qualified for membership therein.

Charter of Rights and Freedoms Equality before and under law and equal protection and benefit of law  Section 15. (1) Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.

A ‘Ms. Jeelani, Please Stop Talking’ Activity  THINK, PAIR, SHARE  Write down all of the limitations of full democracies you can think of. Get into a group of two or three, combine your ideas. Share with the group.

Dictatorship  Form of government in which one person or small group holds absolute power and is not subject to consent of the governed  Most non-democratic form of government

Dictarships and Their Successes  Impose totalitarian rule that ignores the wishes of the pepole  Can’t rely on support of their citizens, they must use force as means to secure popular compliance  Rationale: need for social order and economic control  Results: no better or worst

PROPOGANDA  What is Propoganda?

Propoganda  Dictatorships rely on propaganda to manipulate the masses  Do democracies use propaganda?

Propaganda  These “ideologies” are used to distract people from the absence of basic human rights How about using national anthem changes to distract people from our proroguing parliament? What other examples can we think of?

Rosie the Riveter  Women who took war jobs were praised.  The government’s propaganda also called on husbands to encourage their wives to take jobs  Although there was a lot of diversity among women workers, women of color were absent in advertisements.

Aristocracy vs. Oligarchy  Aristocracy – system in which power is held by a small group that rules under law for the common good  Oligarchy – power used by a wealthy minority to exploit an impoverished majority  All political systems are oligarchies – serving interests of the few

Nationalism in Developing Countries  Nationalism is a feeling of attachment and loyalty to a particular nation, society or territory and strong support for its interests  Developing Countries are the “Third World”

Case Study: Pakistan

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Democracy? Dictatorship? Constitutional Monarch? Republic?

Political Parties of Pakistan  People’s Party of Pakistan  Muttahida Qaumi Movement  Muslim League N  Muslim League Q  Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal

Partial, Emerging or Full Democracy?  Majority rule  Minority rights  Rule of law  Independent judiciary from political parties and government  Control over armed forces and police  Elected officials determine use of military at home and abroad  Extend economic, political and social rights to all citizens  Open to philosophies and ideas proposed by its citizens  Freedom of information, press, expression and religion

Pakistani Air Force  A symbol of pride for the nation  sTVS-bPDdI sTVS-bPDdI

Women in the Pakistani Air Force  ZO5U9JKwbU ZO5U9JKwbU  What role did the previous government play in the changing face of the PAF?

Propaganda Analysis  How is this type of nationalism spreading ideals and taking attention away from the human rights issues?

Pat Bagley from the Salt Lake Tribune, Utah

Upcoming Topics  Developmental Aspirations, Expectations and Life Conditions of Developing Countries  Seminar Tuesdays: SAPs and Development in the Global South through a Feminist Agenda  Dependency Theory & World Systems Theory’s Role of the State and Anti-State Neoliberalism  United Nations & Human Rights

Homework  Choose an assignment to do for your summative project and it to me at  Check out msjeelani.wordpress.com for Tuesday Seminar Readings