MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMME IN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSIGNMENT (First Year) July 2015 and January 2016 Sessions

POLITICAL THEORY (MPS-001)

TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Code: MPS-001

Assignment Code: Asst/TMA/2015-2016

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

1. What do you understand by contemporary political theory? Elaborate.

2. What is Procedural and Substantive Democracy? Explain.

3. Discuss the inter-relationship of equality with justice or equality with liberty.

4. Write a note on Group Differentiated citizenship.

5. What is Civil Disobedience? Is it different from Satyagraha?

SECTION- II

Write a short note on each part of the following questions in about 250 words.

6. (a) Welfare State

(b) Lenin on party as vanguard of the proletariat

7. (a) Frankfurt School

(b) Some representative conservatives

8. (a) Core characteristics of Fundamentalism

(b) Anti- colonial Nationalism

9. (a) Sex- Gender distinction

(b) Technique of non-violent action

10. (a) Republican government

(b) Globalization and Identity Politics

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: THEORY AND PROBLEMS (MPS-002)

TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Code: MPS-002

Assignment Code: Asst/TMA/2015-16

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

1. Describe the essential elements of the centre-periphery model of underdevelopment

bringing out the views of different scholars.

2. Critically examine the post-positivist approach to international relations.

3. Examine the response of the international community to the growing incidence of terrorism.

4. Critically examine the concept of self-determination with reference to its application in multi-ethnic societies.

5. Assess the position of China in the present international order.

SECTION- II

Write a short note on each part of the following questions in about 250 words.

6. a) Functionalism and Neo-functionalism

b) NGOs and social movements

7. a) Human rights accountability of Transnational Corporations

b) Intervention in the post-War period

8. a) Features of the non-proliferation regime

b) The problem of global disarmament

9. a) Role of foreign aid in development process

b) FDI and Portfolio investment

10. a) Future of the Nation-state

b) Post-Soviet state formation in Central Asia

INDIA: DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT (MPS-003)

TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Code: MPS-003

Assignment Code: Asst/TMA/2015-16

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

1. Explain the evolution of political democracy and economic development in India during 1947-67.

2. Critically examine the following in about 250 words each:

a) The idea of planning

b) The Karachi resolution

3. How does social inequality affect politics and developmental policies in India? Explain.

4. Discuss the working of federal system in India.

5. Write an essay on the ethnic politics in north-east India.

SECTION-II

6. Comment on the following in about 250 words each:

a) Media and public opinion

b) Significance of elections in Indian democracy

7. Comment on the following in about 250 words each.

a) Language and politics in India

b) The basis of regionalism in India

8. Enumerate the similarities and differences between substantive and procedural types of democracy.

9. Comment on the following in about 250 words each:

a) Development and gender

b) Role of civil society in Indian democracy

10. Discuss the features of farmers’ movements in contemporary India.

COMPARATIVE: POLITICS: ISSUES AND TRENDS (MPS-004)

TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Code: MPS-004

Assignment Code: Asst/TMA/2015-16

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

1. Critically examine main features of the Political Economy approach to the study of comparative Politics.

2. Write an essay on different approaches to the study of nationalism.

3. Analyse the impact of growing influence of regional integration on the nature and functions of the state.

4. Describe and evaluate the Marxist conception of Civil Society.

5. Write Short notes on the following in about 250 words each:

(a) Gandhian Perspective of State

(b) State building and nation building

SECTION-II

6. Examine different approaches adopted by states to deal with ethnic groups in plural societies.

7. Distinguish between a dominant party system and a one party system and describe the demerits of each.

8. How has the nature and role of bureaucracy been changing in the times of globalization?

9. Explain the differences between North and South on environmental issues and factors responsible for those.

10. Critically examine different perceptions in the debate on the role of women in development.