Political Science Answers

Which of the following best describes a developmental state?

1) A state with a laissez faire approach 

2) A country with a weak union movement 

3) A state which easily disregards the constitution, for the common good

4) A technocratic state that is central to the economic affairs of the country

Decolonial theory is about … 

1) ensuring that white farmers give all the land back to the state. 

2) removing all the European books in the African libraries. 

3) replacing white people in positions of power with black people. 

4) ending the interlinked hierarchies of domination.

Dependency theorists argue that …

1) imposing the Western economic model onto the world serves the interests of the 

global North. 

2) imposing the Western economic model onto the world serves the interests of the 

global South. 

3) capitalism is the best economic system for the entire world. 

4) Marxists and neoliberals share identical views.

 The coloniality of being critiques the notion that…

1) Those who own the means of production will always exploit the proletariats.

2) Those who are not Western and or from the global North are not human.

3) Those who are not educated will remain voiceless.

4) Those in the global North impose their logic on the less powerful countries

According to Kragelund (2014, prescribed e-reserve article), the funding that Zambia receives

from non-traditional state actors such as China, India and Brazil has (Kragelund 2017, e-reserve

article):

1. provided the funds to pay off all of Zambia’s loans from its traditional donors.

2. provided the opportunity for Zambia to finance more autonomous developmental policies.

3. entrapped Zambia in a whole new set of aid conditionalities.

4. made absolutely no change to Zambia’s copper-dependent developmental trajectory.

QUESTION 15

According to Makgala and Botlhomilwe (2017, e-reserve article), why is the use of tribalism in

political campaigns rarely successful in political campaigns? 

1. Because the people of Botswana ignore ethnic difference for fear of an outbreak of civil

war.

2. Because ethnic differences are simply not important in Botswana.

3. Because the people of Botswana are more concerned with issues of government service

delivery.

4. None of the above.

Although “developmental state” is a contested concept, it basically entails a state in which

(study guide, Botlhale 2017 prescribed e-reserve article):

1. The government relies on developmental aid from foreign donor states.

2. The government is responsible for directing and/or financing the developmental goals of

less fortunate states.

3. The government is the primary director of the developmental proce

Which one of the following was responsible for Botswana’s political stability and economic prosp

erity (study guide)?

1. The government followed sound advice from International Financial Institutions. 

2. The government had good leadership and made sound policy decisions.

3. The government followed sound advice from the South African government.

4. The government abolished the capitalist system after colonialism’s end.

QUESTION 12

How are Botswana’s civil society associations different from South Africa’s civil society associat

ions (study guide)?

1. Botswana’s civil society associations do not have an influence on the politics of the

country in the way that South African civil society associations do.

2. Botswana’s civil society associations have a lot more influence over the government than

South African civil society associations do.

3. Botswana’s civil society associations do not depend on international donors in the way

According to Matlosa (2017, prescribed e-reserve article), social democracy only makes provis

ion for economic and social rights: 

1. False. Social democracy places a premium on social and economic rights while also 

making provision for the realisation of political and civil rights.

2. True. Social democracy emphasises the practical realisation of concrete social and eco

nomic rights while acknowledging abstract political and civil rights only in principle.

3. False. Social democracy places a premium on political and civil rights while making

minimal provision for economic and social rights.

4. True. Social democracy is no different to one-party socialism wherein the government c

horeographs all political participation, making political and civil rights meaningless.

Which of the following is not a reason or factor given by Tarisayi 2009 (cited in the study guide)

for Zimbabwe’s economic crisis starting in the 1990s?

1. The government authorised the unconstitutional occupation of white-owned commercial

farms.

2. The war veterans were given unbudgeted payments in compensation for their role in the

Zimbabwean liberation struggle.

3. The government spent money on sending Zimbabwean troops to the DRC to help the 

Congolese government fight the rebels.

4. The economy was suffering from the effects of Western sanctions on Zimbabwe because

Western governments opposed the land reform programme.

What is the name of the baTswana indigenous decision-making structure that is likened to parl

iament (study guide; de Jager and Sebudubudu, 2017, prescribed e-reserve article)?

1. Tshekatshekô (discussion)

2. Bokôpanô (meeting)

3. Legae (home village)

4. Lekgotla (court or public meeting)

QUESTION 7

According to Bwalya and Sichone (2018, prescribed e-reserve article), intra-party conflicts are:

1. Just as destabilising as inter-party conflicts at the party and national levels.

2. Less destabilising than inter-party conflicts at the party and national levels.

3. More destabilising than inter-party conflicts at the party and national levels.

4. More destabilising at the local level and less destabilising at the national level.