Please choose one essay.

The length is between 3500-5000 words.

Deadline: Friday 19 December 2003

For essay consultation, my Office Hour is on Friday 4pm at Sociology Department (Room 235). Otherwise email or telephone me.

1. Critically discuss the concept of ‘power’.
2. ‘The society has been defined by elites and class interests.’ Evaluate this statement.
3. Assess the significance of institutions, networks and organisations for the emergence and development of civil society and democracy.
4. Explain the different implications for society of the emergence of modern political parties.
5. Evaluate the different theoretical perspectives of the relationship of the state and society.
6. What is the nature of the nation-state? How has it changed over time?