EPS-06

BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME

(B.D.P)

ASSIGNMENT 2010-2011
For JULY 2010 AND JANUARY 2011 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 31stMarch, 2011 Co-ordinator of the

in July 2010 student's study centre
For the students admitted 30th September, 2011 Co-ordinator of the
in January 2011 student's study centre
 COURSE: GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA(EPS-06)
TUTOR MARKED ASSINGMENT
TMA `

Course Code: EPS –06

Assignment Code: Asst /TMA /2010-2011
Total Marks: 100
Answer all questions. Try to answer in your own words.
SECTION1

A) DCQ: Answer the following in about 500 words each.

1. Describe the socio-cultural traits of the East Asian region.

2x20
2. Discuss the contemporary profile of Indians in South-East Asia.

3. Enumerate and describe the salient features of Mao Zedong's thought.

4. Write an essay on political reforms in China during the time of Deng Xiaoping.

SECTION II
B) MCQ: Answer the following in about 250 words each.
4x12
5. Trace the rise of the modernization quest in Korea.

6. Write a note on the Korean War. .

7. Describe the main contours of Singapore's security and foreign policies.

8. Explain the salient features of the Malaysian Constitution.

9. Discuss the profile of Philippines today.

10. What are the salient features of Soekarno's concept of Guided Democracy? Explain.

11. Discuss how Thailand escaped from colonial rule.

12. Briefly discuss the movement for democracy in Burma (Mynmar).

SECTION III
C) SCQ: Answer the following in 50 words each

13. Persetroika in Vietnam

14. Indo-Cambodian relations

15. Chinese view of Human Rights

16. Association of South -East Asia (ASA)