PSCI 4783, Global Issues: Comparative Regional Integration (Fall 2005)

Professor Jupille

Final Examination Preview

 

Exam Basics

·         Final is to be held Saturday, December 10th, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

·         20% of course grade

·         Part I (20% of exam): 5 of 7 “identification” questions: say what a term means and explain its relevance to regional integration.

·         Part II (30% of exam): 1 of 2 “short essay” questions: possible topics include lessons of the EU experience, implications of regional integration for democracy/development, etc.

·         Part III (50% of exam): 1 “long essay” question: this question will involve a large-scale synthesis of course themes and evidence.  This will likely be assessed on a combination of conceptual/thematic breadth, analytical rigor and empirical depth.

·         Please bring a blue or black pen and a bluebook (or two).

 

Motivation/Goals

The purpose of the exam is to assess what you have learned about comparative regional integration over the course of the semester.  “What you have learned” does not refer to a mass of factual information.  It refers, instead, to understanding, analysis and explanation.  The exam gives you an opportunity to demonstrate your own understanding of the causes, contours and consequences of regional integration.

 

Materials

The exam is cumulative.  All of the course material (readings, lectures, discussions) is “fair game” for the test.  There is no particular priority on one or the other source, though of course things that show up more than once, or in more than one medium, stand the greatest chance of appearing on the test.

 

Strategies

Different people learn differently.  That said, I would recommend trying to get a "big picture" understanding of course themes, using evidence in support of insight.  Rather than trying to master all of the details of the various schemes we have looked at, it might make more sense to know a little about all of them and a lot about one or two of them.  In general, though, think, don’t memorize or regurgitate.

 

Some “Identification” Candidates

Below I give a sample of some candidates for part I of the exam. The list is not exhaustive, and I reserve the right to include anything from readings, lectures or discussions.  But this should hopefully get you started.

 

Region

Sovereignty

Institutions

Open Regionalism

ASEAN Way

Cart-and-Horse Problem

Traveling Question

Neofunctionalism

Intergovernmentalism

Balassa’s Typology

Free Trade Area

Customs Union

Common Market

EU as Model

EU as Mentor

EU as Menace

Security and Integration

Stability and Integration

Haas’s Preconditions

Regionalism and Globalization

Sub-Regionalism and Broader Regionalism

Social Policy

Democratic Deficit

Winners and Losers

Pareto Optimality

Comparative Advantage

Trade Creation and Trade Diversion