Rhodes University

What is the realism theory?

Discuss the global impact of israel palestine conflict

How did the modern state come about? Describe and critically discuss the processes whereby the world came to be divided into states.

According to Shilliam (2021), the comparative method has unfortunately often been compromised by the ‘colonial paradox of comparison’. What is this paradox and how does it negatively affect comparative politics?

Green and Luehrmann (2017) discuss the reasons why they decided to replace to the term ‘Third World’ with the term ‘Global South’ when re-issuing their comparative politics textbook. Using their discussion as a starting point, describe and discuss the various terms that have been used to refer to the countries of Africa, Asia, South America and the Middle East. Indicate which term you think is preferable and why.

how did Nigeria become a state