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Western Delta University, Oghara Delta State

department of Political Science
college of social and management sciences
western delta university

first semester examination 2023/2024 session

POL309 - Politics of Development and Underdevelopment time: 3hrs

Answer four (4) questions only. Cancel unused spaces in your answer booklet

  1. Question 1

    Dependency Theory explains Underdevelopment as a conditioning situation in which the Economies of one group of countries are conditioned by the Development and Expansion of the others. Discuss. Make appropriate recommendations to combat this scourge.

  2. Question 2

    Differentiate between Growth and Development. Using Nigeria as a case study, discuss the essential features of its Underdevelopment.

  3. Question 3

    Discuss Modernization as a Development Model and account for the criticisms of this model by scholars.

  4. Question 4

    Discuss W.W. Rostow's linear Growth Theory and Arthur W, Lewis's Two Factor Theory in Development Studies.

  5. Question 5

    Discuss the Marxian Argument that Societal Development and Transformation of societies is through class conflicts rather than through Evolutionary process. Identify its major criticisms.

  6. Question 6

    Give an in-depth definition of Foreign Aid and account for its relevance in less Developed Countries while highlighting its shortcomings.