For this assignment, you will choose a geographic region to research. You will create a Background Paper to describe the political, economic, and social characteristics and challenges in your region.
Background papers are frequently used in government organizations to provide important information to
leaders considering legislation or visiting foreign locations. They are used by international aid
organizations to report on the status of problems facing an area, and to detail possible solutions.
Background papers are a type of technical writing. As a result, all information presented should be factbased

social contract theory basically says that all individuals are born equal, and provided a god given right to consent to be governed. american government is based of this

thomas hobbes and john locke said that we are selfish, individualistic, and constantly at war with each other, therefore we need to be controlled. 

government is defined as the legitimate use of force to control human behavior within territorial boundaries, here comes in hobbes and locke.

hobbes takes the part about controlling human behavior. while locke takes the part of legitimate use of force, since force is not legitimate unless there is consent of the people. 

there are basically 3 goals of the government: 1) maintain order by protecting life and property. 2) providing public goods, those which are typically not provided by the public sector, such as roads and education. 3) promote equality be it political, opportunist or outcome equality. 

a historian is attempting to study how the puritans affected society in new england

populist movement, in u.s. history, politically oriented coalition of agrarian reformers in the middle west and south that advocated a wide range of economic and political legislation in the late 19th century. thus in 1892 their leaders organized the populist, or people's, party, and the farmers' alliances melted away.