comparative analysis of Canada and US political systems

You task is to prepare a Power Point presentation (approx. 10 slides excluding the title page and references page) with a comparative analysis of two countries’ political systems of your choice. You can choose some of the major formal institutions in these countries (e.g. legislatures, executives, judiciary) or some informal institutions (levels of political engagement, trust among the countries’ population, civil societies etc.). You can also reflect upon how the formal and informal institutions correspond with each other. It is advisable to make a deeper reflection (fewer variables) than an all-encompassing and shallow one (many variables). Try to pose a rather specific (research) question that your comparative analysis attempts to answer.

Check list before submission:

-do you pose a narrow question that you can provide an answer to in this short analysis?

-do you motivate your selection of countries? Why do you want to compare these two? This will define your strategy – for instance are they similar (in what respects?) and you are looking for some differences? Or are they dissimilar (in what respects?) and you are looking for some similarities?

-are you systematic in your comparison, comparing the same aspects in both cases?

-do you use credible data for your comparison?

-are you referring to the theoretical concepts introduced in the course literature?

-do you provide an answer to your question/conclusion?

-you do not need to use references in the slides, but have you included a reference list as the last slide?

I have uploaded the course literature files.