Sunday, 4 November 2012

DD203 - Power, Dissent, Equality : Advice for TMA02

I have just listened to the audio at the start of the study for book 1, there is nothing that startling in it except for at the end of the discussion when it turns to what is needed for the TMA.

"Well the TMA for this part of the course is explicitly designed to test understanding and use of competing evidence. So, evidence from across the different elements of the part and different kinds of evidence that serve to support or disprove certain kinds of arguments. So obviously comparative narrative would be an important part of this in terms of understanding and using competing evidence. "
 
"Well one of the five themes people will note quite easily is that of evidence and argument and that provides some kind of pointer I think to its relevance to this particular TMA which is the theme developed in Chapter 5 of the book. But it is equally important to draw on material from across the parts in this respect in order to assemble a range of competing evidence in order to support or disprove a certain kind of argument. So a focus there, but also drawing on a whole range of material to provide a really good answer. "
 
So, that is pretty clear, evidence is needed from all chapters, all exercises and all audios - that gonna be a lot of referencing.
 
The next TMA question is,
 
What are the advantages of using a comparative approach to the study of contemporary politics? Please illustrate your answers making use of two empirical examples drawn from the module material.  

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