MPS4 EM 2022-23 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

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COMPARATIVE POLITICS: ISSUES AND TRENDS (MPS-004)
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
Course Code: MPS-004
Assignment Code: ASST/TMA/2022-23
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. Briefly describe the main approaches to nationalism.
2. Analyse the impact of regional integration on the state and its sovereignty.
3. Examine the Neo-Marxist understanding of the state in developing countries.
4. Critically examine the impact of globalization on the internal functioning of a
state.
5. Discuss the impact of multinational corporation on developing nations.
SECTION-II
6. Write short notes on the following in about 250 words each:
a) Gramsci’s conception of civil society
b) Marxist conception of political economy
7. Write short notes on the following in about 250 words each:
a) State building and nation building
b) Cultural deprivation as an inducement to ethnicity.
8. Critically evaluate Maurice Duverger’s classification of Party Systems.
9. Assess the position of developing countries on the key issues in the
environment debate.
10. Write short notes on the following in about 250 words each:
a) Relationship between parties and pressure groups
b) Ecofeminism and its critics