1.) What is 'Political Economy'?
2.) Describe the development of Europe from 1900 till the end of World War 1.
3.) Describe and interpret the development of nationalism.
4.) Describe and interpret the development of Europe from the interwar period till the end of World War 2.
5.) Describe and interpret the development of Europe since the end of World War 2 till 1992.
6.) Describe and interpret the development of Europe since 1992.
7.) Describe the problems of the current deep global crisis.
8.) Why is ideology important? Refer to Keynes' statement on the subject and give your own interpretation.
9.) Characterise the market oriented paradigm using the optimal allocation of consumption goods as a typical model.
10.) Characterise the market oriented paradigm using the optimal allocation of labour inputs in production as a typical model.
11.) Provide an overview of the market oriented paradigm and present several levels of critique of this paradigm.
12.) Provide an overview of Marx' paradigm and present several levels of critique of this paradigm.
13.) What is the 'corn model' and which role does it play for Marx' paradigm?
14.) Characterize exploitation and alienation in the ´Marxian paradigm.
15.) What is the labour theory of value and which role does it play for Marx' paradigm and political economy in general?
16.) Compare the market paradigm and Marx' paradigm
17.) Characterise the fascist paradigm from the point of view of its historical emergence.
18.) Characterise the fascist paradigm from the point of view of its own logic. Is there still a danger of re-emergence?
19.) Give your view on the constituent influences of the newly emerging progressive paradigm.
20.) What are the major tenets of voting theory? Give a simple example.
21.) Describe the historical development of the European Union.
22.) Describe the major institutions of the European Union and their interplay.
23.) Are there democratic deficiencies in the European Union? Which remedies would you propose?
24.) What is the Treaty of Lisbon? Give your personal evaluation of the value of the Lisbon strategy.
25.) What is the concept of 'qualified majority' in EU decision making? Discuss advantages and disadvantages.
26.) Describe the current role of the European Union as a major political institution in the global economy.
27.) What are the bottlenecks for further democratization of the global political economy? How has the European Union to be transformed to contribute to overcome them?
28.) Describe Europe's possible tasks to help mastering the world economy's big problems (poverty, war and environmental dangers).
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