AP Comparative Government: What You Need to Know

Chapter 1: Know Yourself C-SPAN International The Times of London London's Guardian International Herald Tribune The St. Petersburg Times ITAR-TASS News Agency China News Agency Iran Daily A list of Mexican newspapers (if you read Spanish) The Guardian from Lagos AP Comparative Government Course Description		Chapter 2: Know the Course AP Comparative Government Course Description
Chapter 3: Know the Exam AP Comparative Government Course Description		Chapter 4: Know Comparative Theory Bill Tupman's notes on his lectures introducing comparative theory at the University of Exeter (UK) are available online Dr. Timothy C. Lim's class notes from his course "Foundations of Comparative Politics" at California State University at Los Angeles are available online
Chapter 5: Know the USA FactMonster on "frame of reference" Importance of Philosophy on zoning laws Government of Austria on residence registration Wacky Warning Label Contest Corrision Club Reverend Stuart D. Robertson's sermon on our litigious society is no longer online		Chapter 6: Know the UK Milo Clark on the Magna Carta Fifty Years of Political Ads The Review of Keynesian Theory cited in my text is no longer online. A detailed alternative can be found on a Bellevue Community College site. A shorter summary can be found on a popular textbook's web site. The British Library on the Magna Carta
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Chapter 7: Know Russia Election World on the results of the 2003 Duma elections Crazy Quilt definition from the Kansas State University Historic Costume and Textile Museum is no longer online. Here's an alternate. InfoPlease.com on Potemkin Village Christian Science Monitor's report on political violence in Russia		Chapter 8: Know China Stefan Landsberger's Chinese Propaganda Posters Pages The System of Peoples Congresses - a government site Chinese exploration of the world (from PBS' Nova) Explanation of kowtow from Imperial Vietnam Time Magazine's description of Zhongnanhai Syndey Morning Herald on the Iron Rice Bowl The Progressive Labor Party on democratic centralism Hu Jintao and Guanxi Special Economic Zones Quotations from Chairman Mao Ten Years On: Assessing Tiananmen Today
Chapter 9: Know Nigeria The Great University of Sankore at Timbuktu BBC's The Story of Africa Sir Herbert Macauley BBC Profile of President Obasanjo Nigerian Labor Congress statement is no longer online. Rocks for Crops: Agrominerals of sub-Saharan Africa PDF File - requires Acrobat Reader Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages The Free Africa Foundation BBC Country Profile: Nigeria Babawilly's Dictionary of Pidgin English Words and Phrases National Youth Service, A Global Perspective A 2003 news story on the NYSC. Innovations in Civic Participation Nigeria -- Concluding Statement, IMF Staff Visit To Review Monitored Program "Nigeria leader backs bribe probe" from BBC News Club de Paris		Chapter 10: Know Mexico The People and History of Mexico Globalization and Maquiladoras Dinosaurs, Foxes and Democracy published by the Council on Hemispheric Relations is no longer online.
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Chapter 11: Know Iran Millionaire Mullahs by Paul Klebnikov Religious Economy from Alexander's Gas and Oil Connections Diary, A weeklong electronic journal by Reza Aslan in Slate Publish and Be Banned by Hossein Derakshan from Guardian Unlimited		Chapter 12: Know International Organizations The European Union The World Bank The World Bank Bonds Boycott Whirled Bank The International Monetary Fund Global Issues The United Nations' self description The Group of 8 (G8) Club de Paris OSCE IAEA OPEC Council of Europe Shanghai Cooperation Organization CIA World Factbook

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Chapter 1: Know Yourself	\|	Chapter 2: Know the Course	\|	Chapter 3: Know the Exam	\|	Chapter 4: Know Comparative Theory
Chapter 5: Know the USA	\|	Chapter 6: Know the UK	\|	Chapter 7: Know Russia	\|	Chapter 8: Know China
Chapter 9: Know Nigeria	\|	Chapter 10: Know Mexico	\|	Chapter 11: Know Iran	\|	Chapter 12: Know International Organizations