Choose just one question and Give some specific examples from the book
answering one of the following questions:
1. To what extent can even the most powerful states preserve their autonomy and impose their will on others in a globalized world?
2. What is the relationship between democracy and successful national economic performance? Which causes which, or do they occur simultaneously?
3. Is there a relationship between political stability and democracy? Which causes which, or do they occur simultaneously?
4. How does collective identity affect a country’s distributional politics (the process of who gets what and how resources are distributed)?