Exam Details

Subject Comparative Politics Issues and Trends
Paper
Exam / Course Master in Political Science
Department School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Discuss the Marxian perspective of the state highlighting its differences with the liberal perspective.

2. 'The post-colonial state dominates the politics as well as the civil society because of its over-developed superstructure'. Discuss.

3. Briefly explain the hyperglobalist, skeptic and transformationalist positions on globalisation.

4. Write a short note on any two of the following in about 250 words each

Comparative method

Structural-functionalism

Dependency theory of Andre Gunder Frank

5. MNCs perpetuate under-development. Discuss.

6. Write a short note on any two of the following in about 250 words each

The concept of self-determination.

Marxist approach to nationalism.

Role of religion in anti-colonial struggles.

7. Critically examine multiculturalism as a means to accommodate ethnic minorities.

8. Examine the current thinking on human development.

9. Briefly describe the dominant feminist perspectives on women and development.

10. Examine the key issues in the environment and development debate.


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Australia's Foreign Policy
  • Canada Politics and Society
  • Comparative Politics Issues and Trends
  • India and the World
  • India: Democracy and Development
  • International Relations: Theory and Problems
  • Peace and Conflict Studies
  • Political Theory
  • Social and political Thought in modern India
  • Social Movements and Politics in India
  • State & Society in Latin America
  • State and Society in Africa
  • State and Society in Australia
  • State Politics in India
  • The European Union in World Affairs
  • Western Political Thought (From Plato to Marx)