Instructions POLI : Political Development of Western Europe • All responses must be 5 to 6 pages in length. • Use standard formatting with: – Double spacing, – 11 or 12 point font (Times, Helvetica, Calibri, etc.), – 1 inch margins, – No more than 1 inch of space dedicated to title and header, – No extraneous space between paragraphs or headers. • Please include the number of the prompt you are responding to. • Cite lecture and class readings where appropriate; – Include a bibliography and in-text citations, – You may use any standard citation style, (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.), * Please note that all style guides provide a format for citing lectures. – Please do not use outside sources, – Plagiarism will not be tolerated. • Please do not include pictures, charts, or figures in your responses. Please do not copy / paste scans of lecture notes into the text of your response. • Please stay on topic. Do not submit papers written for other courses. read reading :Robert Bates, When Things Well Apart, Entire book by Week 3. Prompts Choose and respond to one of the prompts below. 1. Explain the institutional advantages of territorial rulers. 2. Explain the full model of Bates. (Sources: lectures, Bates) 3. Explain the strategies of building as bargaining.

Prompt 2

Introduction

Immediately after gaining their independence from the colonial masters and the eventual end of the cold war in the late 20^th century, a ray of optimism swept across the African continent. Many African leaders as well as the citizens viewed the opportunities presented by these two dynamics as noble for their own advancement and development. However, this will not be the case at least for many countries across the continent. Many societies were largely characterized by pollical upheaval and disorder as well as civil instabilities which left the state chaotic and literally chaotic. This paper explores the reasons and foundations of these chaotic disorders in view of the Bates model. It establishes that in addition to massive corruption and humungous siphoning of public resources by state leaders, other factors such as threats presented by democracy were key in shaping the events leading to state failure at that century.