Topic: Contemporary Global Concerns
Explain the non-traditional security threats in the context of food and environmental crises.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 security once state-centred / military → non-traditional turn → welfare threatened by non-military, transnational sources (Caballero-Anthony) → food + environment as…
Comment on the Red Lipstick Movement in the context of feminist rights.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 red lipstick as agency → contests gendered policing → appearance tied to political powerRoute 2 everyday adornment → becomes a feminist…
The world currently has been in the throes of a twin process of ‘democratic backsliding’ and ‘democratic backlash. How would you explain this paradox?
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 democracy more championed than ever, yet more eroding than in decades → the paradox statedRoute 2 Held: nations embrace democracy just…
Do you endorse that the conventional discourse on human rights has failed to include women’s rights? Explain in the context of feminist theories.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 universalism only apparent → Okin: rights of “man and male household heads” → endorse the failureRoute 2 the neutral human subject…
Examine the main problems and challenges involved in looking after environmental concerns in world politics.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 environment once peripheral → now the archetypal borderless global issue → Buzan: central to the security agendaRoute 2 a borderless problem…
Give an assessment of the Feminist critique of contemporary global issues.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 “where do women stand?” in gender-neutral problems → feminism reveals the hidden gendered dimensionsRoute 2 contemporary global issues appear neutral →…
The recent move of USA to withdraw from the Paris
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Paris (2015) = rare voluntary consensus, bottom-up NDCs, <2°C → US exit a real setback (rests on collective commitment, not enforcement)Route…
Would you agree that the on-going debates on international environmental politics continue to be marred by a new North-South ideological divide over historical responsibility and developmental model? Illustrate your answer with suitable examples.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 agree → environmental politics = a new arena of the old North–South conflict → Dauvergne’s two goals (improve environment vs reform…
Is democracy promotion in developing countries a feasible idea?
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 can democracy be exported? → the record is mixed → feasibility turns on method, not goal → feasible as facilitation from…
Examine the role of the United Nations Framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC) and other major efforts by the UN to address the global environmental crisis.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 environmental crisis = archetypal global issue, crosses borders → collective UN governance the natural siteRoute 2 Eckersley: state-centric realism → ecocentric…
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