Pol Sc. 425: Third World and Dependency Past Questions

UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Course No. Pol Sc. 425

Course Title: Third World and Dependency

Date: 16/4/08

Time: Allowed: 2 hours

Instruction: Answer Question number one and any other two of your choice.

1. What do you consider to be the core concepts discussed in Pol. Sc. 425, Third World and Dependency. With reference to appropriate literature explain these concepts.
2. To what extent can modernization theories explain underdevelopment in Africa?
3. Write short notes on any three of the following:

• Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
• Dependency theory
• WWW Rostow’s stages of economic development.
•  Theories of development and underdevelopment
• Theories of imperialism
• The debate on NIEO

4. With reference to appropriate literature explain how Europe underdeveloped Africa
5. Africa is a victim of media imperialism. Discuss
6. To what extent can NEPAD contribute to Africa’s development in the 21^st century?

UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2012/2013 ACADEMY SESSION

COURSE TITLE: THIRD WORLD AND DEPENDENCY

TIME ALLOWED: 3HRS

DATE: 4^TH FEBRUARY, 2013

Instruction: Answer question 1 and any other three of your choice

1. With reference to at least five (5) relevant pieces of literature, outline and briefly discuss the main issues discussed in Pol. Sc. 425 – Third World and Dependency. How relevant is the course in a globalizing world?
2. Differentiate Growth from Development. With reference to Prof. Okwudiba Nnoli’s edited work – Path to Nigeria’s Development, is Nigeria really developing?
3. To what extent does Walter Rodney’s book. How is Europe’s Underdevelopment of Africa relevant in contemporary African societies?
4. Critically analyze the theories of imperialism you have studied. Is there any relationship between imperialism and dependency?
5. Nigeria is a victim of media imperialism. Discuss.
6. With reference to appropriate literature, outline and discuss the main issues raised in the North-south Dialogue.
7. With reference to appropriate literature, define the concept and analyze the theories of modernization you have studied.
8. Write short notes on any three (3) of the following,
9. NIEO
10. The concept and theories of Failed State
11. Objectives of the Millennium Development Goals
12. New World Information and Communication Order
13. Poverty Tree Theory
14. NEPAD

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