The essay exam will consist of a single essay question. Dr. Call will choose the essay
question from the list of prompts below. Your essay must contain a clear and arguable
THESIS STATEMENT. You must develop a consistent and effective ARGUMENT in
support of that thesis.
Your essay must make use of the REQUIRED READINGS for the course. You are
encouraged to use direct quotations from the readings; paraphrasing is also acceptable.
Please provide the names of the authors whose works you quote or paraphrase. In cases
where you were assigned more than one work by an author (for example, Marx), please
also provide the title of the work you’re referring to. You are encouraged, but not
required, to provide page citations when you quote or paraphrase from the readings. BE
CAREFUL TO AVOID PLAGIARISM. DO NOT COPY AND PASTE
MATERIAL FROM ONLINE SOURCES INTO YOUR ESSAY.
READINGS:
The Theoretical Evolution of International Political Economy: A Reader, Third Edition, ed. Darel E. Paul and Abla Amawi (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), referred to in the syllabus as Paul and Amawi.
Robert Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers, Seventh Edition (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013), referred to in the syllabus as Heilbroner.
Possible Essay Topics
1. Compare or contrast the theoretical communism described by Karl Marx and his
followers with the “real world” Communism which developed in the Soviet Union. Did
Soviet communism represent an effective implementation of the Marxist theory? Why or
why not?
2. Industrial capitalist nations responded to the Great Depression with two major
strategies: the welfare state, and the warfare state. Which one of these strategies
represented a more effective response to the Depression, and why?
3. Compare or contrast the global economies which developed during the following three
periods: the early modern age (fifteenth and sixteenth centuries), the age of industrial
imperialism (nineteenth century), and the age of contemporary globalization (late
twentieth and early twenty-first centuries). How has the global economy changed over
time? Which changes are most important, and why?
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