LINGNAN UNIVERSITY SECOND TERM ONLINE EXAMINATION, 2020-21 POL3217: MODERN POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS 12 May (Wednesday) 09:30 — 11:30 (Hong Kong time) INSTRUCTIONS: - This paper catries 100 marks, ~ Answer any TWO questions. ~ Please save your answer in Microsoft Word format and name it according to the following format, ie. POL3217_“YOUR Student ID”, - Students are given 15 minutes for submitting their files to ‘Turnitin on the Moodle course page. You need to submit the file the latest at 11:45 (Hong Kong time). - Late submission will NOT be accepted. - The examination is designed for the students to 1) demonstrate their understanding of the core features of different political ideologies and 2) adopt these concepts to explain and analyze political development in the contemporary world. ~ Students are advised to prioritize the latter (2) over the former(1) due to the open-book nature of the online examination. ‘You are reminded of the necessity for a clear and orderly presentation in your answers POL3217/2021 1Answer any TWO questions. (50 marks each) 1 Which political spectrum do you consider best to understanding contemporary politics, the lineal, two-dimensional or the horseshoe spectrum? Do you agree with the liberal idea that the individual is more important than society? Answer with reference to liberalism and at least one of the following ideologies: conservatism, Marxism and socialism. How do conservatives justify the preservation of tradition? Are there problems with their justifications? ‘What are the key differences between Marxist communism and non-Marxist socialism? Does the failure of Communism in the 20th Century mean that Marx’s theories are wrong? To what extent the global rise of right-wing populism is a rejection of the neoliberal economic order? What are the core concepts of green ideology? Is the utopia offered by green ideology an attractive one? What are the three waves of feminism? Are the differences between these waves of femit sm greater than the similarities! ‘If you believe you are a citizen of the world, you are a citizen of nowhere’, said Theresa May at the Conservative party conference in 2016. Do you agree? ~ End of paper - Pous2i7a021 2