26 Jul Written Assignment: Failed StatesThis is the only written assignm

Written Assignment: Failed StatesThis is the only written assignment due this quarter, so it counts for 400 points and is worth 28% of your grade.Written Assignment: The Reasons Underlying Failed StatesDue Week 9 and worth 400 pointsUse the Internet to research one developing nation of your choice. Your research should include an examination of the effects that issues such as bad governance, civil war and corruption have on the creation of states that have failed.  Include in your research the articles from the discussion questions as well as the material covered by the Webtext and lectures in Weeks 1 through 8.Write a six- to eight-page research paper in which you: Identify the factors that contribute to a state’s failure to deliver good governance to its people.  Support your response with concrete examples of each of the results that you have cited. Analyze why the specific actions taken by the leadership of the selected country have failed. Discuss the prospects for success in the selected country and support your response with examples. Use at least seven quality academic sources in this assignment.  Note: Wikipedia, blogs, and other nonacademic websites do not qualify as academic resources.  Approval of resources is at the instructor’s discretion.  When referencing the selected resources, please use the following format:  Webtext Format: Name of the author. Name of title. Retrieved from website URL. Example: Soomo. Understanding Development [Webtext]. Retrieved from http://www.webtexts.com/courses/9218-cathey.            Lecture Format: Name of the Author. Name of the lecture [lecture type]. Retrieved from lecture URL. Example: Strayer University. (2013). Understanding Development [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from (URL Web address). Internet Resources: Author’s Name. (Date of publication). Title of the resource. Retrieved from website URL. Example: Wuestewald, Eric. (2014). Portraits of People Living on a Dollar a Day. Retrieved from (URL Web address). Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Contain no abstract and be at least six pages of written text in length, excluding tables, photographs and graphs. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow the APA format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. DO NOT INCLUDE AN ABSTRACT but do include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Analyze how funding in the form of aid, investment, and loans moves from industrialized nations to the developing world to alleviate the problems caused by warfare. Use technology and information resources to research issues in sociology of developing countries. Write clearly and concisely about sociology of developing countries using proper writing mechanics. The grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, the logic and organization of the paper, and your language and writing skills.  You are strongly advised to work from an outline.AS SOON AS YOU SEND ME YOUR CASE STUDY IN WEEK 9, IT WILL   AUTOMATICALLY BE SUBMITTED THROUGH A SOFTWARE TOOL CALLED SAFEASSIGN, WHICH IS USED TO DETECT PLAGIARISM.  AFTER YOU UPLOAD YOUR PAPER INTO THE WEEK 9 DROPBOX, YOU WILL RECEIVE A RETURN FILE FROM SAFEASSIGN TELLING YOU WHAT PERCENTAGE OF IT WAS COPIED AND PASTED FROM OTHER STUDENTS’ PAPERS OR FROM INTERNET SITES.  IF YOUR READING IS HIGHER THAN 30%, I WILL RETURN IT TO YOU WITH A DEDUCTION OF POINTS AND INSTRUCTIONS TO PARAPHRASE THE HIGHLIGHTED PORTIONS UNTIL YOU BRING THAT PERCENTAGE BELOW 30%.  A FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN A FAILING GRADE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT.These are the only countries you may write about.AfghanistanChadEgyptEthiopiaHaitiIraqLibyaTanzaniaYemenThe following criteria will be used to grade your paper based on your:1. Identifying the factors that contribute to a state’s failure to deliver good governance to its people.  Support your response with concrete examples of each of the results that you have cited.  (20%)2.  Analyzing why the specific actions taken by the leadership of the selected country have failed.  (20%)3. Discussing the prospects for success in the selected country and support your response with examples. (20%)4.  Support for ideas based on the use of sources (20%)5.  Writing, grammar and mechanics (20%)