Political Science Answers

Identify the correct option that best describes South Africa’s relationship with the rest of the 

African continent in terms of economic and political development in the post-apartheid era. 

1. Exploits its hegemonic status to advance the interests of South African owned MNCs on the 

continent that undermines the fundamental principle of cooperative development.

2. Is a benevolent hegemon that provides credit and capital investments required to develop 

basic infrastructure necessary to stimulate local industries in weaker economies.

3. Adopts an aggressive interventionist foreign policy stance when addressing political crisis on 

the continent. 

4. Options 1 and 2 are correct.

5. None of the above.

Indicate the correct option. 

Which one of the following groups in society is responsible for perpetuating colonial relations of 

exploitation in the post-independence era in developing countries?

1. The proletariat 

2. Cadres

3. The peasantry

4. The middle class

5. The comprador class

Indicate whether the following statement is True or False. 

For a society to be classified as modern, it must only display any one of the following two 

characteristics; namely, greater levels of specialised adaptation or social maturity. 

1. True 

2. False 

Question 6

Consider the following features of neo-Marxism. Indicate the incorrect option.

1. Neo-Marxism presents the ideas of Marx in more modern and workable form.

2. Neo-Marxism does not subscribe to the methodological marker of the superstructure.

3. Neo-Marxism perceives the traditional dualistic view of society as being too simplistic and

inadequate to explain political development.

4. Neo-Marxism does not see the state as a united front, but as a reflection of the class system.

Which one of the following options regarding the categories of industrialization is incorrect? 

1. The concentration of power in the hands of military and bureaucratic elite enhances the level 

of specialisation in structures of government during the post-industrial phase that is ideal for 

democratisation. 

2. The pre-industrial phase is characterised by uneven spatial development with urban areas 

being relatively better developed than rural areas, which contains the majority of the 

population. 

3. Between 30-70% of population in the industrial phase work in manufacture, whilst a 

significant number of the population in the post-industrial phase work in the services sector.

4. Many groups are marginalised from broader processes of democratisation in the pre-

industrial phase.

5. Options 2 and 3 are incorrect.

Which of the following options is not one of the development stages / steps proposed by 

Almond and Powell as part of the route to political and economic development?

1. Nation Building

2. Democratisation 

3. Demarcation

4. Redistribution

What are the assumptions that realist, liberals, constructivist (see next section) have about international relations? How do each theories understand power? Who are involved in the international system, according to each theory? How does each theory differ from each other?How does these assumptions affect the ways they think about international cooperation? 

How does Realist/Liberal/Constructivists perceive NGOs/IGOs and International Law?

How does NGOs/IGOs make international cooperation possible? In what ways do they attempt to make international system less anarchic and more peaceful and how successful are they?

Do people always benefit from the globalizing liberal economy? Should we keep/challenge the globalizing nature of the liberal economy? If there are detriments, how can we resolve it? What are some ways we can ease the challenges of globalization? 

Write an essay in which you discuss the five trends in the rise of MNCs.

Make sure you also address the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on MNCs.

This essay provides you with an opportunity to describe your ontological and epistemological preferences and convictions. What are your ontological and epistemological stances? Why do you favor one way of knowing over others and what implications does this (will this) have on your choice of methodological focus in the execution of a future research?

ways of knowing my ontological and epistemological stances.