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Question 1

Appeared in Year: 2014

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Do you agree the UN has failed to contain transnational terrorism? Elaborate with examples.

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UN and Transnational Terrorism

  • Terrorism is often defined as the use of violence to fulfil political objectives.
  • Terrorism is deployed as a tactic by non state actors against governments or their citizenry.
  • It is the hallmark of asymmetrical warfare, which means that two sides locked in battle have a massive gap in war fighting capabilities.
  • As a strat…

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Question 2

Appeared in Year: 2014

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In what respect is the new social movement new in nature? Discuss.

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Social Movements

  • Social movements started emerging in the west after 1960՚s and 70՚s.
  • These movements were fundamentally different from those movements that led to the ushering in of democracy and rights.
  • Certain socio-economic conditions that led to the change have to be studied in depth.
  • Firstly, it was the Cold War era. US and USSR were secretly bat…

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Question 3

Appeared in Year: 2015

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What are the major approaches to comparative politics? Explain in brief, the political economy approach to the study of comparative inquiry.

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Comparative Politics and Major Approaches

  • Comparative Politics is a methodology that employs the comparative method in the study of politics.
  • It involves comparison of multiple political systems, their economies, their socio-cultural beliefs, conflicts etc.
  • The purpose of comparative studies can be either goal based or ideal based.
  • Goal based study is …

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Question 4

Appeared in Year: 2014

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“Liberty and Equality are the two contradictory concepts equally dear to the human mind. Comment.”

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Of course, Liberty and Equality are the two contradictory concepts to our mind for the following reasons:

Liberty and equality are complimentary to each other and have a common end, the promotion of individual personality.

Liberty and equality share a posh relationship. Different scholars treat their relationships differently

The relationship between …

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Question 5

Appeared in Year: 2020

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Discuss the subject matter of comparative politics. Outline the limitations of comparative political analysis.

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  • The term politics has three meanings in the subject of comparative politics: political activity, political process, and political power. Political activity entails making attempts to generate and resolve conflict conditions in a way that is as beneficial to the interests of people as feasible who participate in the struggle for power.
  • Political acti…

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Question 6

Appeared in Year: 2021

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A Discuss the political Economy Approach to comparative analysis of politics. (Paper 2)

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The term “political economics” was developed in the 18th century to refer to the study of the economies of states or polities. Political economy was replaced by economics at the close of the 19th century, which coincided with the 1890 release of an influential textbook by Alfred Marshall. After decolonization began, various theories, including inst…

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Question 7

Appeared in Year: 2022

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Write note on: Systems Approach (Paper 1)

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The Systems Approach is the study of interconnected variables that make up a single system, unit, or whole that is made up of numerous facts or a collection of pieces that are in interaction. This method presumes the system has observable, regular components and internally consistent patterns, each of which interacts with the others to create the o…

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