Your text asserts that a state’s failure to govern springs from three typical sources. Identify and discuss the three sources or failures and analyze the obstacles to good governance that exist around the world. In your discussion, highlight what can be done to improve the quality of state governance. Use specific examples from your text to illustrate the sources of challenge states face in governance, as well as the steps that can be taken to overcome obstacles

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What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Students should discuss the three sources of failure for governance: 1) The transnational nature of the problems that affect people’s quality of life; 2) A material or organizational deficiency limiting state capacity; 3) Refusal to admit or address problems. Answers should address the root causes behind each source of failure, such as autocratic leaders, economic concerns, and/or war and conflict. Students should examine ways to remove these challenges and the role of the international community in providing support and financial assistance. Students should also address the real and ideological challenges to good governance, such as poverty and ineffectual/corrupt leaders. Students should offer suggestions for improving governance, such as more economic support from other nations, eradicating “deniers”, international interventions, etc.