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Exam Instructions for European Politics Module at NUI Galway (2007-2008), Exams of Political Science

Baba Ghulam Shah Badhshah UniversityPolitical Science

Instructions for students taking the european politics exam at nui galway during semester i in the academic year 2007-2008. The exam lasts for two hours and students must choose any two questions from a list of 13. The questions cover various topics related to european politics, including the role of nato and the eu, ethnic nationalism, federalism, german foreign policy, russia, party politics, and the rise of right-wing populist parties. Students are required to make references to at least three authors listed in their course outline in their answers.

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Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh
National University of Ireland, Galway
Semester I Examinations 2007 / 2008
Exam Code(s) 2BA1, 2BA6, 1OA1, 1EM
Exam(s) 2
nd
Arts
Module Code(s) SP216
Module(s)
European Politics
Paper No.
Repeat Paper
External Examiner(s) Professor Henri Goverde
Hilary Tovey
Internal Examiner(s) Professor Chris Curtin
Dr. Brendan Flynn
Instructions:
From the list below choose any TWO questions. You have TWO
hours.
Duration TWO Hours
No. of Pages
Department(s) Political Science & Sociology
Course Co-ordinator(s) Dr. Brendan Flynn
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Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh

National University of Ireland, Galway

Semester I Examinations 2007 / 2008

Exam Code(s) 2BA1, 2BA6, 1OA1, 1EM

Exam(s) 2 nd^ Arts

Module Code(s) SP

Module(s) European Politics

Paper No.

Repeat Paper

External Examiner(s) Professor Henri Goverde

Hilary Tovey

Internal Examiner(s) Professor Chris Curtin

Dr. Brendan Flynn

Instructions: From the list below choose any TWO questions. You have TWO

hours.

Duration TWO Hours

No. of Pages

Department(s) Political Science & Sociology

Course Co-ordinator(s) Dr. Brendan Flynn

SP216 European Politics,

Semester One, (2007)

Instructions:

From the list below choose any TWO questions. You have TWO hours.

  1. Is NATO fading as a security institution for Europe, and the EU becoming a serious alternative? In your answer please make reference to the arguments or evidence presented by at least THREE authors listed in your course outline.
  2. Is ethnic nationalism breaking up Spain as a nation state? OR Was ethnic nationalism really the cause of Yugoslavia’s bloody break-up?. In your answer please make reference to the arguments or evidence presented by at least THREE authors listed in your course outline.
  3. What are the most important features of any federal state, and would these accurately describe the EU today? In your answer please make reference to the arguments or evidence presented by at least THREE authors listed in your course outline.
  4. Considering the controversy over the Iraq war, and the historic deployment of German peacekeepers abroad, should we now consider that German foreign policy has dramatically changed from its cold-war character? In your answer please make reference to the arguments or evidence presented by at least THREE authors listed in your course outline.
  5. Is Europe facing a new cold war with Russia? Crtically consider how recent developments in Russian politics and foreign policy should be interpreted. In your answer please make reference to the arguments or evidence presented by at least THREE authors listed in your course outline.
  6. To what extent has party politics after the fall of communism become normal? In your answer compare and contrast how party systems and elections have evolved in at least TWO post- communist European states. In your answer please make reference to the arguments or evidence presented by at least THREE authors listed in your course outline.
  7. Compare political developments in any TWO Balkan states (excluding Greece). To what extent are they becoming successful democracies? In your answer please make reference to the arguments or evidence presented by at least THREE authors listed in your course outline.
  8. Is Italy since the 1990s an example of a successful political transformation? Consider to what extent political change has been deep and substantive or do Italy’s post-war political problems still remain? In your answer please make reference to the arguments or evidence presented by at least THREE authors listed in your course outline.
  9. Describe and explain both how and why parties of the right have proven so apparently successful within Nordic countries, after recent elections. Offer evidence from at least TWO such countries. In your answer please make reference to the arguments or evidence presented by at least THREE authors listed in your course outline.
  10. To what extent is the rise of right-wing populist parties killing consoctaional democracy in Europe: can they be accommodated? Consider evidence from any TWO consociational states (Switzerland, Austria, Belgium or the Netherlands). In your answer please make reference to the arguments or evidence presented by at least THREE authors listed in your course outline.

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