Evaluate the effectiveness of the responses to domestic crises in two democratic states.

The question requires that candidates make an appraisal of the responses of two democratic states to domestic crises, be that one or more per state, weighing up the strengths and limitations of those responses. The two states may or may not be from the same region and they may or may not have been contemporaneous with each other. The states’ responses may extend beyond the timeframe, but they must be clearly linked to the issue raised in the question. Candidates do not have to offer equal coverage of the two states, but they must address both in their evaluation. A comparative approach may or may not be used. Candidates may refer to political, social or economic crises. Examples of these may include an attempted takeover of the state, the outbreak of contagious disease, severe weather conditions such as widespread drought, famine, hyperinflation, unexpectedly large movements of population into or out of the state. Both strengths and limitations of the states’ responses must be clearly indicated but there does not need to be an equal number of each.