Final University Paper

Current University Student looking for help with Final Semester paper. Topic: Write a case study of the country of Ecuador. Requirements: 7 page, typed, double – spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font. The written analysis should not simply be a checklist, but a scholarly interrogation of the country and the sources used for the assignment. You are REQUIRED to use at least four (4) scholarly articles and three (3) scholarly books. You should also incorporate at least two (2) online sources such as contemporary newspaper and magazine articles. However, avoid online encyclopedias dictionaries, and blogs. The paper should include a brief description of your respective country inclusive of the following: Geographical location, historical background, demographic statistics, population, economic development and resources (natural), political situation, and health related statistics. A good model for finding this type of information needed for this part of the paper would be online sources such as the CIA World Factbook, U.S. Department of State, or United States embassy websites for the respective country. The questions that should be addressed when writing the paper are as follows: Describe the historical narrative regarding the nation-building process. What strategies did intellectuals, politicians, businessmen and/or other elites employ in their efforts to construct a modern nation? Did the masses fit within the construct of the nation as constructed by elites? What were the mechanisms employed by the government and the citizenry to incorporate all elements of the population into the nation? Popular culture has often served as a vehicle by which non-elites have transformed the national character of a nation. Describe the development of popular culture in the nation. How does the incorporation of cultural elements into the national identity discourse promote/prohibit homogeneity? Is the nation’s strategy consistent with models discussed in class? What role (if any) does the United States play in the nation-building process? U.S. influence could be political (military intervention, advisement, diplomacy), economic (corporate expansion, aid), or cultural (music, film, dress, the arts, etc.). Has the nation-building process been successful? What factors have contributed to that success? Or failure?