MPSE-2 EM 2024-25 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

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STATE AND SOCIETY IN LATIN AMERICA (MPSE-002)
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
Course Code: MPSE-002
Assignment Code: ASST/TMA/2024-25
Marks: 100
Answer any five questions in about 500 words each. Attempt at least two questions from
each section. Each question carries 20 marks.
SECTION –I
1. Contemporary Latin America is in many ways a prisoner of its colonial legacy. Elucidate.
2. Examine the features of the plantation economies in the Caribbean.
3. Describe the major elements of the neo-liberal economic policy adopted by Latin American
countries in recent years.
4. Write a short note on the following in about 250 words each:
a) Features of New Social movements in Latin America
b) Agrarian populism in Mexico
5. Write an essay on peasant and land rights movements in Latin America.
SECTION –II
6. Write short notes on the following in about 250 words each:
a) Peron of Argentina
b) Jose De Sam Martin
7. Latin American experience shows that political democracy and economic development
reinforce each other. Discuss.
8. Describe the evolution of regionalism in Latin America.
9. Write short notes on the following in about 250 words each:
a) Patterns of democratic transition in Latin America
b) Latin America Free Trade Association
10. Examine the rise and fall of Pampas as ‘food basket’ for the European countries during
1853-1930.