EPS-06

BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME(B.D.P)

ASSIGNMENT for July 2013 and January 2014 sessions

EPS-06: GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCESINDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITYMAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-68

ELECTIVE COURSE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE-06EPS-06: GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

Dear Student,

As explained to you in the programme Guide, you will have to do a Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA) for each of the elective courses in Political Science. This booklet has Tutor Marked Assignment for the Elective Courses EPS-06: Government and Politics in East and South-East Asia.

Before attempting the assignment, please read the instructions provided in the Programme Guide sent to you separately. It is important that you write answers to all TMA questions in your own words. Your answer should be within the word limit set for a particular section. The assignment is divided into three sections.

Submission of the completed assignments:

Admission batchLast date of submissionPlace of submission

For the students admittedin July 201331st March, 2014Coordinator of the student's study centre

For the students admittedin January 201430th September, 2014Coordinator of the student's study centre

COURSE: GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA (EPS-06)TUTOR MARKED ASSINGMENT ` Course Code: EPS 06Assignment Code: Asst /TMA /2013-2014Total Marks: 100Answer all questions. Try to answer in your own words.

A) DCQ: Answer the following in about 500 words each. 2x20 1. Write an essay on political traditions in East Asia.ORWrite an essay on Indians in South-East Asia.2. Discuss the salient features of Mao Zedongs thought. ORDescribe the political reforms in contemporary China.

B) MCQ: Answer the following in about 250 words each. 4x12 3. Write a note on nationalism in Japan. OR Describe the powers and functions of the parliament. 4. Discuss the search for modernity in Korea. ORBriefly describe the partition of Korea.

5. Discuss the salient features of the Singapore economy.. OR the administrativesocial conditions in modern Malaysia.

6. Explain Soekarnos concept of Guided Democracy. OR Describe the salient features of Thailands foreign policy.

C) SCQ: Answer the following in about 100 words each. 2x6 7. Tonkin Incident of 1966 OR Rule of General Lon Nol

8. Foreign Investment in South-East Asia OR Politics of inter-community relations in South-East Asia.

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