Essay bank
3.1 - The state and globalisation
Examine the impact of globalisation on the development of humanitarian intervention and international law [12]
Examine the criticisms of globalisation’s impact on the nation state and national sovereignty [12]
Examine the proposed advantages of globalisation’s impact on the nation state and national sovereignty [12]
Examine the ways in which globalisation affects national economies and cultures [12]
Examine the reasons for the wider and deepening interconnectedness of states in a globalised system [12]
Evaluate the view that globalisation has eroded national sovereignty [30]
Evaluate the view that globalisation has made the nation-state irrelevant [30]
Evaluate the view that the development of international law is the most significant outcome of the process of globalisation [30]
Evaluate the view that the hyperglobalist perspective is the most convincing framework for explaining ht eprocess of globalisation [30]
Evaluate the view that economic integration is the most important element of modern globalisation [30]
3.2 - Political and economic global governance
Examine the criticisms of the IMF and World Bank [12]
Examine the strengths of the IMF and World Bank [12]
Examine the significance of the G7 and G20 [12]
Examine the limitations of the G7 and G20 [12]
Examine the reasons for the poverty divide between the ‘North’ and ‘South’ [12]
Examine the arguments made by structural and development theorists to explain the existence of poverty in the developing world [12]
Examine the criticisms of the membership/structure and veto powers in the UNSC [12]
Examine the criticisms of SAPs and conditionalities [12]
Evaluate the view that institutions of global governance have been ineffective at resolving economic issues [30]
Evaluate the view that the IMF and the World Bank have been successful at dealing with poverty through the Washington Consensus [30]
Evaluate the view that structures of global economic governance require reform [30]
Evaluate the view that structural dependency theory offers the best template for global economic governance [30]
Evaluate the view that global civil society has done more than institutions of global governance in solving contemporary global issues [30]
3.3 - Human rights and environmental global governance
Examine the strengths of international courts and tribunals [12]
Examine the criticisms of international courts and tribunals [12]
Examine the factors that explain the success and failure of humanitarian interventions [12]
Examine the significance of the UNFCCC and IPCC [12]
Examine the limitations of the UNFCCC and IPCC [12]
Examine the reasons that global institutions tend to follow shallow rather than deep green ecological philosophies [12]
Examine the significance of the Kyoto and Paris Agreements [12]
Examine the criticisms of the Kyoto and Paris Agreements [12]
Examine the reasons for obstacles to inter-state cooperation on climate change between developing and developed states [12]
Evaluate the view that international law is accepted and enforced effectively [30]
Evaluate the view that international law has undermined state sovereignty [30]
Evaluate the view that international courts and tribunals have successfully advanced a global ‘human rights regime’ [30]
Evaluate the view that humanitarian interventions do more harm than good [30]
Evaluate the view that humanitarian interventions are in most circumstances a tool of Western neo-imperialism [30]
Evaluate the view that sustainable development provides a convincing template for global environmental governance [30]
Evaluate the view that state sovereignty is the greatest obstacle to successful global environmental governance [30]
Evaluate the view that international agreements produced under the UNFCCC framework have been effective in tackling environmental issues [30]
3.4 - Power and developments
Examine the impact that rogue states and failed states can have on global politics [12]
Examine the differences between democratic and autocratic states [12]
Examine the impact that non-democratic and autocratic states can have on global politics [12]
Examine the impact that democratic and semi-democratic states can have on global politics [12]
Evaluate the view that how democratic or autocratic a state is an important determinant of its behaviour in global politics [30]
3.5 - Regionalism and the EU
Examine the reasons for the growth of security and economic regionalism [12]
Examine the significance of political regionalism and regional governance [12]
Examine the limitations of political regionalism and regional governance [12]
Examine the differences between functionalism and federalism [12]
Examine the significance of NAFTA/USMCA and ASEAN [12]
Examine the criticisms of the African Union and Arab League [12]
Examine the reasons for the formation and development of the EU [12]
Examine the criticisms of economic and monetary union in the EU [12]
Examine the criticisms of the EU’s institutions and enlargement [12]
Examine the impact of the Maastricht and Lisbon Treaties on the EU [12]
Examine the political and economic impact of the EU on the global stage [12]
Examine the constraints on the EU’s global structural and military influence [12]
Evaluate the view that the EU has been a model for regionalism worldwide [30]
Evaluate the view that regionalism outside the EU has been largely unsuccessful [30]
Evaluate the view that regionalism is a counterweight to globalisation [30]
Evaluate the view that regionalism has undermined state sovereignty [30]
Evaluate the view that the EU has successfully fulfilled its objectives [30]
Evaluate the view that the supranational approach to regionalism is more successful than intergovernmental approach [30]
Evaluate the view that the European Union is a significant global actor [30]
Evaluate the view that regionalism addresses contemporary global issues [30]
3.6 - Comparative Theories
Analyse the difference between the realist and liberal views of human nature [12]
Analyse the difference between the realist and liberal views of power [12]
Analyse the difference between the realist and liberal views of order and security [12]
Analyse the difference between the realist and liberal views of the inevitability of conflict [12]
Analyse the difference between the realist and liberal views of international organisations [12]
Analyse the difference between the realist and liberal views of states [12]
Analyse the difference between the concepts of the security dilemma and complex interdependence [12]