UNIVERSITY
OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA
DEPARTMENT
OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
SECOND
SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2014/2015 ACADEMY SESSION
COURSE
TITLE: CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL ANALYSIS
COURSE
CODE: PSC 364
TIME ALLOWED: 3HRS
DATE: 1st August, 2015
Instruction: Answer 3 questions in all and
at least one in each section
1.
How is Liberalism as a paradigm of political
analysis fundamentally different from Marxism in terms of focus, central
organizing concepts and methodological requirements?
2.
Contribute to the debate that the Classical and
Scientific traditions of studying politics are not mutually exclusive but
complementary.
3.
Critically evaluate the strength and weaknesses
of adopting the classical input-output Matrix of System analysis to the study
of politics.
4.
Use either Hagea McClelland’s psychological
model or W.W. Rostow’s model of economic growth to explain the modernization
theory of Development.
SECTION B
5.
The emphasis on ‘politics of democratization’ as
an instrument of making political power appear popular undermines the
democratic project in post-Gaddafi’s Libya. Discuss.
6.
Critically examine the relationship between
military rule and political development in terms of the Liberal and Marxist
Political Economy.
7.
Using the Marxian paradigm, what do you consider
to be the features of a developed and underdeveloped state?
8.
With Reference to the outcome of the 2015
Presidential election in Nigeria, use
the Marxism framework of analysis to explain the relationship between ethnicity
and politics in Nigeria.
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