What are some similarities and differences between the EU and globalization?

PROJECT HELP! (POLITICAL SCIENCE)?

• I am in my first year at college and I need to choose one of the following topics for my project. I need to follow this topic in the media so it should be something that is going on today. I don't know very much about any of them so I NEED help. 1. Aboriginal Sovereignty (Chapter 2 or 13) a. Is Canadian aboriginal sovereignty desirable? (chapter 2) b. Is Canadian aboriginal sovereignty compatible with the Constitution? (chapter 13) c. Consider the role of: i. Indian Act and Dept. of Indian Affairs ii. Assembly of First Nations (AFN) iii. Issues of land claims, poverty, assimilation and aboriginal systems of justice and governance 2. Canadian Nationalism (Chapter 2) a. Is Canada a nation-state? b. Can Canadian nationalism be reconciled with Canadian multiculturalism? c. Can different nations and nationalist projects coexist? How? 3. Globalization (Chapter 2) a. Is globalization a positive force? b. Consider the role of: i. Legal, economic, and cultural globalization ii. International economic, governing, and legal institutions 4. Free-Market Capitalist System v. Socialist Economic System (Chapter 3) a. Which one serves the ‘common good’ to the greater extent? b. Consider the role of: i. Equality and equality of opportunity ii. Freedom 5. Gender Inequality (Chapter 3, pp.67-71 and Chapter pp.125-132) a. To what extent does it exist? b. What are its political causes and solutions? c. Are affirmative action programs needed? 6. Quebec Sovereignty Referendum, 1995 (chapter 2) a. What were the short and long-term causes? b. What were the short and long-term consequences? 7. Democracy Promotion Abroad (chapter 19) a. Should Canada promote and/or enforce democracy abroad, using military force? b. Consider Canada’s role in: i. NATO and the UN ii. War in Afghanistan 8. Canadian Political Culture (Chapter 7) a. How can we describe Canadian political culture and Canadian values? b. Has it changed in the last 15 years? How? 9. Environment, Politics and the Economy (Chapter 3, pp.54-62 and Chapter 6, pp.132-140) a. Do we have a sustainable society in Canada? i. If so, what role politics played to achieve it? ii. If not, what are the obstacles brought by our economic and political systems? 10. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Chapter 13) a. Is the Charter democratic? b. Consider the role of: i. Written and unwritten declarations of rights ii. Judicial activism 11. Minority and Coalition Governments in Parliamentary Systems (Chapter 15) a. Are they effective ways to take decisions? To govern? To represent the will of the people? b. Consider both Canadian and foreign parliamentary systems 12. Executive Powers in the Canadian Parliamentary System (Chapter 15) a. Too much or too few? b. Consider the role of: i. Prime Minister and Governor General ii. Legislative process in House of Commons iii. Cabinet secrecy and accountability 13. Canadian Parliamentary System v. U.S. Presidential System (Chapter 16) a. Is the U.S. Presidential System more democratic? b. Similarities and differences of Executive Power c. Select a case study and compare how it was dealt by both systems. d. Consider the role of: i. Senate ii. U.S. ‘checks and balances’ 14. Political Party Financing in Canada (Chapter 9) a. Is it in need of reform? b. To what extent does party financing effect democracy? c. Consider: i. Election and political party leadership campaigns ii. The cost of running for elected office 15. Interests Groups and Social Movements: What impacts? (Chapter 11) a. What impacts do social movements or interests groups have on politics and democracy? b. Do they positively or negatively affect democracy? c. Select a social movement (Greenpeace, Amnesty International, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, etc.) 16. Political Party Systems: Two-party v. Multi-Party Systems (Chapter 9) a. How representative are both party systems? b. Consider: i. strength and weakness of both systems ii. rates of party membership iii. effect on political executive 17. Electoral Systems: Single-Member Plurality v. Proportional Representation (Chapter 10) a. Is Canada in need of federal electoral reform? b. Should Canada change to a proportional representation system? c. Consider the role of: i. Democratic representation ii. Minority and coalition government 18. ‘Free and Fair’ Democratic Election (chapter 4 or 10) a. On what criteria should a ‘free and fair’ election be measured? i. Comparison with the democratic ideal? (Chapter 4) ii. Democratic principles? (Chapter 10) 19. Voter Turnout in Canada and Abroad (Chapter 10) a. Are levels of voter turnout in Canada worrisome? Why? b. Consider: i. Youth and political engagement ii. Different kind of electoral systems and their influence on voter turnout iii. State(s) with mandatory voting requirements (i.e. Australia) 20. ‘New Technologies’ in Politics

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  globalization is very common topic you can get lot of material on this at different sites. almost all subtopics are too easy. thus its too easy to make on this topic