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POL 2 EXAMINER REPORT - Coggle Diagram
POL 2 EXAMINER REPORT
APPROACH
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choose questions which invite critical engagement over those which tempt descriptive regurgitation of rehearsed arguments from key thinkers
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CRITICISMS
GENERAL
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regurgitating material from lectures without considering alternative perspectives, e.g. narrow focus on ICC
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TOPIC
RISE OF THE WEST
neglecting to discuss theories of hegemonic stability, balance of power dynamics, international power transition
RACE
potential to include material from social anthropology and colonialism but not enough confidence to do so
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COMMENDED
GENERAL
good historical understanding, 1918 to present
knowledge of origins of European state system, Renaissance diplomacy to Treaty of Westphalia, to global system through industrialisation, imperialism, world war, decolonisation.
using material from other tripos papers e.g. Sumerians, Ancient Greece and China before Han dynasty
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evidence of having encountered counter-arguments to orthodox its and sophisticated ability to marshall material
uniting different parts of the course, taking risks to draw less obvious connections among diverse material
draw on specific authors, texts, schools of thought, clear debate, well-reasoned and thoughtful counterarguments
relevant empirical material, enough depth to avoid becoming a 'current-affairs' essay
breadth of reading, ability to focus on key texts and critically engage with ideas and arguments
drawing on texts from outside the paper's core reading requires that students develop original approaches to ideas
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