POL. SC. 441 State And Economy Past Questions

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE COURSE TITLE: STATE AND ECONOMY 

SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2014/2015 ACADEMY SESSION

COURSE TITLE: STATE AND ECONOMY

COURSE CODE: POL. SC. 441

TIME ALLOWED: 3HRS

DATE: 17^TH JULY, 2013

Instruction: Answer question No. 1 and any other 3 of your choice

1. With reference to appropriate literature and at least 5 empirical indicators, assess the health of Nigerian and American economies.
2. With the aid of appropriate literature, critically analyze the factors behind Chin’s economic miracle.
3. Write short notes on any three of the following:
4. Gross Domestic Product
5. Growth theory
6. Linear stages of the growth model
7. Development economies
8. Free trade
9. The economic miracle of the Asian Tigers.
10. With reference to appropriate literature, discuss the ideologies of political economy you have studied. Which ideology do you recommend for Nigeria and why?
11. With the aid capture theory of politics, critically analyze how the Nigerian economy has been managed since 1960.
12. Outline and discuss the various sectors of the Nigerian economy you have studied which sector is most fundamental and why?
13. Define the concept of economy. Critically analyze the various types of economy you have studied.
14. With the aid of appropriate literature, differentiate economic growth from economic development. Critically analyze two theories of economic development you have studied.

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

Second Semester Examination 2012/2013 Session

Course Title: State and Economy

Course Code: Pol. Sc. 441

Time Allowed: 3 hours

Instruction: Answer Question 1 and any other 3 of your choice.

1. With reference to appropriate literature, outline and discuss five indices for measuring the health of Nigerian and American economies. Which state has the strongest economy and why?
2. With reference to at least five relevant pieces of literature, outline and discuss the main issues raised n Pol. Sc. 441 – State and Economy. Which issue is most fundamental and why?
3. Write short notes on any three of the following:
4. Poverty Tree Three
5. Globalization and the Nigerian economy
6. Economic Development Plan
7. Money and Monetary Policy
8. Market Economy
9.  With Reference to appropriate literature, outline and discuss the various stages in the development of the political economy as a field of study. Which stage is most fundamental and why?
10. With the aid of appropriate theory and literature, explain why the Nigerian economy has refused to respond to treatment.
11. With the aid of relevant literature, outline and discuss the key factors that facilitated the emergence of China as the world’s economic surprise. Is it possible for Nigeria to emerge as the China of Africa by the year 2020?
12. With reference to Gilpin’s (1987) Political Economy of International Relations, critically analyze the three ideologies of political economy. Which ideology is most suitable for Nigeria and why?
13. What is an economy? Outline and discuss the various sectors of the Nigerian economy you have studied.