MPS-004 COMPARATIVE POLITICS: ISSUES AND TRENDS
Solved assignment 2020-2021
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
Course Code: MPS-004
Assignment Code: ASST/TMA/2020-21
Marks: 100
| Title Name |
MPS-004 POLITICAL SCIENCE Solved Assignment 2020-2021 |
| University | IGNOU |
| Service Type | Solved Assignment (Soft copy/PDF) |
| Course | MA(POLITICAL SCIENCE) MPS |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Semester | 2020-2021 Course: MA(POLITICAL SCIENCE) MPS |
| Session | 2020-21 |
| Short Name | MPS-004 (ENGLISH) |
| Assignment Code | ASST/TMA/2020-21 |
| Product | Assignment of MA(POLITICAL SCIENCE) 2020-2021 (IGNOU) |
| Submission Date | For July 2020 Session- March 31, 2021 For January 2021 Session- September 30, 2021 |
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
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