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COMPARATIVE POLITICS: ISSUES AND TRENDS (MPS-004)
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
Course Code: MPS-004
Assignment Code: Asst/TMA/2020-21
Marks: 100
Answer five questions in all, selecting at least two questions from each section. Each question is to be answered in about 500 words. Each question carries 20 marks.
SECTION- I
Question 1. Evaluate the significance of comparative method in the study of politics.
Question 2. What are the core elements that constitute a state? Discuss the different theories regarding the origin of the state.
Question 3. What is a nation? Explain Benedict Anderson’s view of nation as an ‘imagined’ political community.
Question 4. In what ways the transnational corporations eroded the sovereignty of the governments?
Question 5. The existence of civil society is a necessary precondition for the existence of democracy. Comment.
SECTION- II
Write a short note on the following in about 250 words each.
Question 6. (a) Structural-functional approach
(b) Dependency and underdevelopment
Question 7. (a) Hegel’s view of civil-society
(b) Self-determination and secession
Question 8. (a) Relevance of Constitutionalism in state-building
(b) Gandhian perspective of the state
Question 9. (a) Stateless nation
(b) System approach in comparative politics
Question10. (a) Feminist perspective on development
(b) Surplus
Validity:
These assignments are valid for two admission cycles (July 2020 and January 2021). Validity is given below:
1. Those who are enrolled in July 2010, it is valid upto June 2021 Term End Examination and you must submit assignment to the Coordinator of your study centre latest by 31st March 2021
2. Those who are enrolled in January 2021, it is valid upto December 2021 Term End Examination and you must submit assignment to the Coordinator of your study centre latest by 30th September 2021
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