Assignment Five is an individual PPT presentation of about 12 slides on the topic of history and governance comparing at least two countries.
Reference the section of the Acemoglu and Robinson book, especially Chapters 4 and 5. The focus is on what events (historical, economic, social, political, etc.) led to shifts in government and governance in your two countries.
Then, focusing on one country, develop a SWOT chart, showing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to a high performing government.
Then, focusing for the same country, develop a forced-field chart, showing how to overcome hindering factors and how to encourage facilitating factors. This thinking will help to focus attention on “critical junctures” and how societies developed (or did not develop).