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POL 1, ANSWER THREE Qs FROM AT LEAST 2 SECTIONS, E.G. SECTION 1: 1,…
POL 1
HOBBES
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Why did Hobbes believe that the creation of a sovereign was the only rational solution to the problem of human conflict?
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Why did Hobbes think that human beings were so prone to disagreement and what did he regard as the political implications of this characteristic?
WEBER
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What did Weber mean by the ethical paradoxes of modern politics and how did he think political leaders could cope with them?
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CONSTANT
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Why did Constant believe that political participation was so important for the citizens of modern states?
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HAYEK
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What role did Friedrich von Hayek envisage for the state in a society which respects the principle of economic liberty?
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What for Hayek were the limits of knowledge, and why did he think they mattered for politics?
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GANDHI
Is Gandhian ‘self-rule’ a solution to contemporary problems such as criminal violence and environmental catastrophe?
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.In Gandhi’s view, how is it possible to do politics without violence?
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MARX
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Is Marx right that the fundamental conflicts of politics transcend the boundaries of the nation-state?
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Are appeals to “tradition” in politics no more than the self-interested claims of an aristocratic elite?
DEMOCRACY
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
If representative democracies are becoming increasingly unequal in the distribution of wealth, is this evidence that the system is malfunctioning?
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NATURE OF DEMOCRACY
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Is democracy a set of political rules, or a social commitment of its citizens?
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PARTIES AND VOTERS
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Is the irrationality of voters to blame when representative democracy produces poor policy outcomes?
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TOCQUEVILLE
Was Tocqueville right to think that there were generalisable truths about democracy to be found in the United States?
Is it plausible to think, as Tocqueville did, that ‘the great privilege of the Americans is the ability to make repairable mistakes’?
Was Tocqueville right to say that in the United States the republic has “deeper roots” than the Union?
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FANON
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According to Fanon, why does the European model of the state not serve as an inspiration for the post-colonial world?
MACKINNON
‘Male power is systemic’ (MacKinnon). What did MacKinnon believe followed from this for the status of women?
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ARENDT
Under what conditions can political freedom be established, according to Hannah Arendt?
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MODERN STATE
Can the modern state be anything other than a device for administering the common affairs of the bourgeois class?
HAIDT
What can we learn from Jonathan Haidt about the nature of political disagreement in contemporary democratic societies?
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ANSWER THREE Qs FROM AT LEAST 2 SECTIONS, E.G. SECTION 1: 1, SECTION 2: 1, SECTION 3:1, 1500 EACH