Kkh Assignment
KRISHNA KANTA HANDIQUI STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY
SUBJECT: POLITICAL SCIENCE
Paper I: Recent Political Theory (MPS-01)
Home Assignment (MA –First Semester), 2012 (June)
Total Marks = 50
A.
Answer the following three questions:
2 x 3= 6 marks
1.
Write briefly about the Structural-Functional Approach to the study of political theory.
2.
What do you understand by the concept of Initial Acquisition as given by Robert Nozick.
3.
Mention the five variables determining a class in the Marxian sense as identified by
Bendix and Lipset.
B.
Answer the following three questions:
1.
Write a short note on the origin of Justice. Explain the different categories of justice.
2.
Explain the meaning of Original Position as propounded by John Rawls.
3.
Explain any four causes for the decline of political theory.
C.
Answer the following two questions:
1.
What is meant by empirical enquiry? Explain the new horizons of political theory.
2.
Explain Marx’s concept of Historical Materialism.
D.
Answer the following two questions:
1.
Examine the concept of communitarianism in the context of the “Debate over Self”.
2.
Explain any ten characteristics of liberal democracy. Examine the merits and demerits of democracy. 4 x 3= 12 marks
6 x 2= 12marks
10 x 2= 20 marks
(Assignments are required to be written in own language. Copying in toto from the learning materials will carry less score)
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KRISHNA KANTA HANDIQUI STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY
SUBJECT: POLITICAL SCIENCE
Paper II: Western Political Thought (Select Political Thinkers) (MPS-02)
Home Assignment (MA –First Semester), 2012 (June)
Total Marks = 50
A.
Answer the following threequestions:
2 x 3= 6 marks
1.
What did Lenin mean when he opined that imperialist capitalism was the way to socialism. 2.
Write about the Democratic State as a major tenet of Henry George.
3.
What do you understand by Bentham’s
SUBJECT: POLITICAL SCIENCE
Paper I: Recent Political Theory (MPS-01)
Home Assignment (MA –First Semester), 2012 (June)
Total Marks = 50
A.
Answer the following three questions:
2 x 3= 6 marks
1.
Write briefly about the Structural-Functional Approach to the study of political theory.
2.
What do you understand by the concept of Initial Acquisition as given by Robert Nozick.
3.
Mention the five variables determining a class in the Marxian sense as identified by
Bendix and Lipset.
B.
Answer the following three questions:
1.
Write a short note on the origin of Justice. Explain the different categories of justice.
2.
Explain the meaning of Original Position as propounded by John Rawls.
3.
Explain any four causes for the decline of political theory.
C.
Answer the following two questions:
1.
What is meant by empirical enquiry? Explain the new horizons of political theory.
2.
Explain Marx’s concept of Historical Materialism.
D.
Answer the following two questions:
1.
Examine the concept of communitarianism in the context of the “Debate over Self”.
2.
Explain any ten characteristics of liberal democracy. Examine the merits and demerits of democracy. 4 x 3= 12 marks
6 x 2= 12marks
10 x 2= 20 marks
(Assignments are required to be written in own language. Copying in toto from the learning materials will carry less score)
*****
KRISHNA KANTA HANDIQUI STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY
SUBJECT: POLITICAL SCIENCE
Paper II: Western Political Thought (Select Political Thinkers) (MPS-02)
Home Assignment (MA –First Semester), 2012 (June)
Total Marks = 50
A.
Answer the following threequestions:
2 x 3= 6 marks
1.
What did Lenin mean when he opined that imperialist capitalism was the way to socialism. 2.
Write about the Democratic State as a major tenet of Henry George.
3.
What do you understand by Bentham’s