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Zds 3214: Politics, Power And Development Question Paper

Zds 3214: Politics, Power And Development

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Development And Policy Studies

Institution: Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University Of Science And Technology question papers

Exam Year:2017

JARAMOGI OGINGA ODINGA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS IN DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY STUDIES

2ndYEAR1STSEMESTER 2017 SEPTEMBER EXAMS

MAIN CAMPUS (REGULAR)

COURSE CODE: ZDS 3214
COURSE TITLE: POLITICS, POWER AND DEVELOPMENT

EXAM VENUE: STREAM: BA ARTS

DATE: EXAM SESSION:

TIME: 2 HOURS

Instructions:
1. Answer Question ONE (COMPULSORY) and ANY other 2 questions
2. Candidates are advised not to write on the question paper.
3. Candidates must hand in their answer booklets to the invigilator while in the examination room.

1 (a).What do you understand by the following concepts? :(10 Marks)
i. Politics
ii. Power
iii. The state
iv. Development

b) .Long before the emergence of constitutional monarchies, Kings ruled their kingdoms with the aid of councils. Explain four roles played by the members of the councils in assisting the King.(10 Marks)

c). Aristotle classified governance of states into monarchies, aristocracies, timocracies, democracies, oligarchies and tyrannies. Briefly explain what you understand by each of these categories. (10 Marks)

2.Discuss the five bases of power outlining the rationale for each of them.(20 Marks)

3. States have been categorized as strong, weak, failed and collapsed. Explain with examples the salient features of strong states, weak states and failed states(20 Marks)

4. Discuss the five basic dimensions of the concept hegemony.(20 Marks)

5. Michael Doyle defines imperialism as “effective controls, whether formal or informal, of a subordinated society by an imperial society” Discuss this statement, while taking into account the emergence of the US as the dominant world power after the 1st and the 2nd World Wars. (20 Marks)

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