previous year questions

Question 1

a great terrible world

Answer 1

antonio gramsci

Question 2

black skin white masks

Answer 2

frantz fanon 1952
historical critique on the effects of racism under colonial domination on the human psyche

Question 3

Capital in the 21st century

Answer 3

Thomas Picketty 2013
(recommended a 4% global wealth tax)

Question 4

End of History and The Last Man

Answer 4

Francis Fukuyama 1992
(the idea that world was heading towards socio-political and economic equilibrium)

Question 5

silent spring

Answer 5

rachel spring 1962
evs book
deals with environmental harm caused by indiscriminate use of pesticide

Question 6

The Intellectual Crisis in American Public Administration

Answer 6

written by vincent ostrom and barbara allen; deals with public choice approach; 1974
explains recent political changes in the american admin
(re-bush)
public choice theory= application of economic instruments to classic political science problems
analysis of political behaviour.

Question 7

the social contract

Answer 7

rousseau 1762

Question 8

Emile, Or Treatise on Education

Answer 8

rousseau 1762

Question 9

discourses on inequality

Answer 9

rousseau 1755

Question 10

discourses on the arts and science

Answer 10

rousseau 1750

Question 11

reveries of a solitary walker

Answer 11

rousseau 1782

Question 12

on liberty

Answer 12

js mill 1859

Question 13

utilitarianism

Answer 13

js mill 1861

Question 14

the subjection of women

Answer 14

js mill 1869

Question 15

considerations on representative government

Answer 15

js mill 1861

Question 16

chapters on socialism

Answer 16

js mill 1879

Question 17

principles of political economy

Answer 17

js mill 1879

Question 18

two concepts of liberty

Answer 18

Isaiah berlin 1969

Question 19

democracy in america

Answer 19

tocqueville 1835

Question 20

athenian constitution

Answer 20

aristotle

Question 21

politics

Answer 21

aristotle

Question 22

leviathan

Answer 22

hobbes 1651