CSPP TAKE HOME EXAM (Part I)
INSTRUCTIONS
This exam consists of 4 open questions. Max. 7,5 points can be scored for each
question.
Word limit: 300 words per question (“Concision is a virtue; verbosity is a vice”).
Do no repeat the question in your document (this leads to high plagiarism scores).
Language: Your answers may be written in English or Dutch.
Submit your answers in a single document in Word- or PDF-format (not ODT or PAGES).
Please mention your name and student number in the document.
Do not use quotations other than to illustrate your own argument. You must explain
the concepts and arguments in your own words.
Using secondary sources is permitted, but note the questions refer to concepts and
arguments in the primary sources.
Plagiarism (including student collaboration) will be reported to the Examination
Board. Plagiarism may result in exclusion.
, CSPP TAKE HOME EXAM (Part I)
QUESTION 1.
Here is a statement: because Rawls’s method for doing political theory is closely connected
to
the contents of his political theory, his critics will have to offer an alternative not only to the
latter, but also to the former.
a. Explain this statement [4 points].
b. Discuss at least one critic/alternative [3,5 points].
Note that you need not [fully] agree with the statement. You are allowed to nuance or
reject it.)
QUESTION 2.
Populism is often seen as a threat to democracy. Explain in detail how, according to Chantal
Mouffe, a ‘left populism’ is needed to save it and discuss whether you agree with her on this.
In your answer, you must use the distinction between agonism and antagonism. [7,5
points].
QUESTION 3.
Consider the following statement by Cohen (2004: What toleration is):
“To be tolerating some X requires that one’s refraining from interfering is based on principle;
put another way, one’s noninterference must be due to a good (and, we will see, particular)
reason” (p. 80).
a. What is this “good reason for non-interference” for Will Kymlicka (2001, Two
models of pluralism and tolerance)? [2,5 points].
b. What is this “good reason for non-interference” for Bhiku Parekh (1999, The
logic of intercultural evaluation)? [2,5 points].
c. Which of these two reasons provide for the most toleration for non-liberal minority
groups? Explain why. [2,5 points].
QUESTION 4.
Suppose you are Arash Abizadeh (author of the article ‘On the demos and its kin’, APSR 2012)
and your minister of Immigration asks you to develop an immigration policy. What would this
INSTRUCTIONS
This exam consists of 4 open questions. Max. 7,5 points can be scored for each
question.
Word limit: 300 words per question (“Concision is a virtue; verbosity is a vice”).
Do no repeat the question in your document (this leads to high plagiarism scores).
Language: Your answers may be written in English or Dutch.
Submit your answers in a single document in Word- or PDF-format (not ODT or PAGES).
Please mention your name and student number in the document.
Do not use quotations other than to illustrate your own argument. You must explain
the concepts and arguments in your own words.
Using secondary sources is permitted, but note the questions refer to concepts and
arguments in the primary sources.
Plagiarism (including student collaboration) will be reported to the Examination
Board. Plagiarism may result in exclusion.
, CSPP TAKE HOME EXAM (Part I)
QUESTION 1.
Here is a statement: because Rawls’s method for doing political theory is closely connected
to
the contents of his political theory, his critics will have to offer an alternative not only to the
latter, but also to the former.
a. Explain this statement [4 points].
b. Discuss at least one critic/alternative [3,5 points].
Note that you need not [fully] agree with the statement. You are allowed to nuance or
reject it.)
QUESTION 2.
Populism is often seen as a threat to democracy. Explain in detail how, according to Chantal
Mouffe, a ‘left populism’ is needed to save it and discuss whether you agree with her on this.
In your answer, you must use the distinction between agonism and antagonism. [7,5
points].
QUESTION 3.
Consider the following statement by Cohen (2004: What toleration is):
“To be tolerating some X requires that one’s refraining from interfering is based on principle;
put another way, one’s noninterference must be due to a good (and, we will see, particular)
reason” (p. 80).
a. What is this “good reason for non-interference” for Will Kymlicka (2001, Two
models of pluralism and tolerance)? [2,5 points].
b. What is this “good reason for non-interference” for Bhiku Parekh (1999, The
logic of intercultural evaluation)? [2,5 points].
c. Which of these two reasons provide for the most toleration for non-liberal minority
groups? Explain why. [2,5 points].
QUESTION 4.
Suppose you are Arash Abizadeh (author of the article ‘On the demos and its kin’, APSR 2012)
and your minister of Immigration asks you to develop an immigration policy. What would this
