MPS 004
COMPARATIVE POLITICS ISSUES AND TRENDS Solved
Assignment 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
1. Evaluate the significance of comparative method in the study of politics.
2. What are the core elements that constitute a state? Discuss the different theories regarding the origin of the state.
3. What is a nation? Explain Benedict Anderson’s view of nation as an ‘imagined’ political community.
4. In what ways the transnational corporations eroded the sovereignty of the governments?
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:
6. (a) Structural-functional approach
(b) Dependency and underdevelopment
7. (a) Hegel’s view of civil-society
(b) Self-determination and secession
8. (a) Relevance of Constitutionalism in state-building
(b) Gandhian perspective of the state
9. (a) Stateless nation
(b) System approach in comparative politics
10. (a) Feminist perspective on development
(b) Creole nationalism
