Evaluate the impact of domestic crises on the development of two democratic states.

Candidates will make an appraisal of the impact of domestic crises on the development of two democratic states. While the focus of the response must be within the timeframe of this topic, the two democratic states chosen need not be contemporaneous with each other and they may or may not be chosen from the same region. Candidates may choose to discuss the development of a democratic state (including, where relevant, its evolution) throughout the timeframe or to focus on a series of domestic crises that occurred within a narrower timespan. Candidates may address “development” in a variety of different ways by, for example, focusing on political, economic or social development. There must be clear links between the crises chosen and their impact on the development of the state. Each democratic state may be considered separately or a thematic approach adopted to compare the impact of similar or different domestic crises on the development of each state.