Question 1: Write 300-500 words to explain how ‘Political Behavior’ is formed in a nation or state.  Examining the political ideology, political socialization, political culture as some principles that can explain political behavior of the masses. Reflect through research and principles of “political behavior, governmental institutions, political ideology, political culture”. Provide examples of a nation to justify your critical statement on this rhetorical question and try to relate another two posed comparative questions: Who rules? and Why?
Question 2: Write 300-500 words to define through research what it identifies a nation-state? What are the characteristics that can identify a modern state in comparison to strong, weak or failed state.  Is a nation comes first? or the State is created first? Therefore are the strong states defined as modern or post modern, and are there successful democracies?  Considering their history some may have derived from regimes.
Question 3: Write 300-500 words to define through research what it identifies ‘Consolidated Democracies’ reflecting on one former USSR Communist state that have become a European member state.  What are the characteristics that can identify a liberal democratic state in comparison to an advance democracy? Why were central European countries most likely to become consolidated democracies? (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). 
IMPORTANT: Please use 3 sources and include a bibliography for each discussion question.
One resource for each: https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Saint_Mary’s_College_(Notre_Dame_IN)/Introduction_to_Comparative_Politics