Heavily Indebted Poor Countries - Power and Inequality in the Third World - Past Exam, Exams of Political Science

Download Heavily Indebted Poor Countries - Power and Inequality in the Third World - Past Exam and more Exams Political Science in PDF only on Docsity! TROSODD / Please Turn Over ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS SEMESTER ONE EXAMINATIONS ACADEMIC YEAR 2008/2009 IP10620/GW10620 INTRODUCTION TO THE THIRD WORLD IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS Time Allowed: Two Hours Answer both Part 1 and Part 2 of the exam paper. You should spend one hour on each section. Each section will count for 50% of the overall exam mark. PART 1: Write a short answer explaining or defining FIVE of the following ideas, concepts, events, etc. A) Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) B) Military Coup C) Decolonisation D) Sustainable development E) Democratisation F) Gender and development G) The Third World H) Entitlement theory of famine PART 2: Write an essay on ONE of the following questions. Use examples to back up your argument. 1) Critically discuss the relationship between economic growth and development. 2) In your opinion, is the Third World State the engine of growth or an obstacle to development? 3) What do you understand by the term ‘the civilizing mission’? 4) How can HIV/AIDS be seen as a security issue? Do you agree with this perspective? 5) To what extent is it possible for other Third World countries to replicate the experience of the Newly Industrialised Countries (NICs)? 6) What explains the frequency of the military coup in Third World politics?