EPS-06

BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME

(B.D.P)

ASSIGNMENT 2012-2013 For JULY 2012 AND JANUARY 2013 SESSIONS

COURSE CODE: EPS-06

COURSE TITLE: GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN EAST AND

SOUTH EAST ASIA

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-68

ELECTIVE COURSE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE-06 EPS-06: GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN EAST AND SOUTH EAST- 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 batch Last date of submission Place of submission

For the students admitted

in July 2012

31stMarch, 2013 Co-ordinator of the

student's study centre

For the students admitted

in January 2013

30th September, 2013 Co-ordinator of the

student's study centre

COURSE: GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN EAST AND SOUTH-EAST

ASIA (EPS-06)

TUTOR MARKED ASSINGMENT `

Course Code: EPS –06

Assignment Code: Asst /TMA /2012-2013

Total Marks: 100

Answer 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 rural reforms in post-1978 China.

OR Discuss the political reforms in China from 1970s onwards.

2. Discuss the factors determining China’s foreign policy. OR

Examine China’s role in the United Nations.

B) MCQ: Answer the following in about 250 words each. 4x12

3. Trace the rise of capitalism in the Meiji era in Japan.

OR Describe the basic principles of the Japanese Constitution.

4. Write a note on economic development in North Korea. OR

on the relation between North and South Korea.

5. Examine Malaysia’s position and role in international affairs. .

OR

Discuss the Muslim issue in the Philippines.

6. Describe as to how Thailand escaped colonial rule.

OR Write a short note on the movement for democracy in Burma (Myanmar).

C) SCQ: Answer the following in about 100 words each. 2x6

7. Describe perestroika in Vietnam.

OR

The salient features of the Paris Peace Agreement.

8. What is the Chinese view of human rights? Explain.

OR Comment on Big Power role in South –East Asia.