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First, I am posting a series of long quotes from Wolin that you can refer to in your answers.  You do not need to use all of them, but in some of your answers where I ask you to include Wolin’s analysis, you should at a minimum make use of some of what is in these quotes.
Second, below you will find four questions that I would like you to answer as you final writing assignment.  Each answer will be worth 15 points for a total of 60 points.  Each answer should probably be two pages (double spaced, 12 point font, paragraphs).  If you have more than two pages to write, please do so.  If you refer or quote something, include the parenthetical citation with author and page.  If you are using Wolin and McAlevey, you do not need to include a bibliography, the in text citation will be enough.  
Include your name and the course on the first page, number the answers and please number your pages.
1. Discuss and describe the methods of organizing and of “sloughing off political passivity” (as Wolin writes) that McAlevey outlines in Chapters 5, 6. Using an example of one of the people whose story McAlevey tells, evaluate Wolin’s statement that creating a democracy requires “the democratization of the self.”
2. First, McAlevey recites many of the reasons why criticism of unions are incorrect.  In terms of what Wolin defines as democracy (see quotes), how are unions democratic and what might that mean for the one place where our democratic rights are absent, the workplace?  Second, evaluate how McAlevey establishes that unions have actually failed in their duty to be democratic organizations and what examples does she give us that show how unions can and have become more democratic?
3.  McAlevey asserts that the work of shifting power in workplaces so that workers have greater respect, dignity and a share in the resources of a workplace builds democracy as a political project.  In other words, democracy is a situation where power is not concentrated in the hands of one group of people.  Using Wolin and McAlevey, what is the relationship of workplaces and political citizenship?  Then either argue for or argue against the idea that citizenship and employment are mutually reinforcing in the political society that we have in the United States.  I’m asking you to choose one position or the other and explain that position and its justification or argument.
4.  Read the account of the LA teacher’s union and their campaign in 2014 (Chapter 6).  First, how were the two key ingredients of union organizing, leader identification and structure tests, used by UTLA to organize for a new contract?  Second, what were the teachers not fighting for and why were charter schools seen by UTLA as such a problem?  Third, what have you learned about public schools, teachers and democracy from the story McAlevey recounts about the LA schools?

You’ll be writing an essay that critically examines the usefulness and limitations of theories related to urbanisation in explaining a contemporary social issue in the Asia Pacific region. You can choose an issue we’ve discussed in class or explore a broader transnational concern. Your essay will need to delve into how theories of globalisation, migration, and China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) apply to the chosen social issue. You’ll need to evaluate how these theories help us understand the issue’s complexities and where they might fall short in providing a comprehensive explanation.
For your methodology, you’ll employ a mix of theoretical analysis and primary sources related to the chosen social issue. You should use at least 5 sources provided by me. Additionally, you’ll need to include at least 8 additional primary sources relevant to your chosen social issue. These could include government reports, academic studies, media articles, or firsthand accounts. The goal is to offer a thorough analysis of the issue, grounded in both theoretical frameworks and real-world evidence, to provide a nuanced understanding of urbanisation’s impact in the Asia Pacific region.
Sources:
1. Everyday knowledge, education and sustainable futures : transdisciplinary approaches in the Asia-Pacific Region
Book Author: Robertson, Margaret
2. The Location of Cultural Authenticity: Identifying the Real and the Fake in Urban Guizhou
Author: Kendall, Paul
3. Important but De-centred: ASEAN’s Role in the Southeast Asian Human Rights Space
Author: Davies, Mathew
4. China’s Shanzhai Culture: ‘Grabism’ and the politics of hybridity
Author: Chubb, Andrew
5. Sharia, charity, and minjian autonomy in Muslim China: Gift giving in a plural world
Author: ERIE, MATTHEW S.
6.The invention of tradition
Author: Hobsbawm, E. J. (Eric J.),
7.The Location of Cultural Authenticity: Identifying the Real and the Fake in Urban Guizhou
Author: Kendall, Paul
8.The Gift Economy and State Power in China
Author: Yang, Mayfair Mei-Hui
9.Taming Tibet : landscape transformation and the gift of Chinese development
Author: Yeh, Emily T. (Emily Ting)
10. Mirror of modernity : invented traditions of modern Japan
Author: Vlastos, Stephen 
Attached are 2 examples of high-quality essays. This is the level pf quality that i am looking for