COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS

Document Links:

Document 29-1: The Diary of Zlata Filipović

Document 29-2: Paresh Nath, EU Membership Prospect Cartoon

Document 29-3: The European Commission’s Energy Roadmap 2050

Document 29-4: The African National Congress, Introductory Statement to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Document 29-5: Chinese Olympic Committee, Announcements on Preparations for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games

Document 29-6: Amartya Sen, A World Not Neatly Divided

  1. How are Zlata Filipovič’s experiences reflected in Amartya Sen’s warning against dividing the world into discrete civilizations?

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    How are Zlata Filipovič’s experiences reflected in Amartya Sen’s warning against dividing the world into discrete civilizations?
  2. What are the similarities between the end of communism in eastern Europe (Chapter 28) and the end of apartheid in South Africa? What are the differences?

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    What are the similarities between the end of communism in eastern Europe (Chapter 28) and the end of apartheid in South Africa? What are the differences?
  3. What comparisons can be made between the European Union’s expansion and energy objectives and China’s preparations for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games? In what ways do they reflect each region’s efforts to redefine its role in the twenty-first century?

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    What comparisons can be made between the European Union’s expansion and energy objectives and China’s preparations for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games? In what ways do they reflect each region’s efforts to redefine its role in the twenty-first century?
  4. Compare Amartya Sen’s vision of finding harmony in the “plurality of our identities” to the Truth and Reconciliation Committee’s goals for attaining national unity and reconciliation in South Africa.

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    Compare Amartya Sen’s vision of finding harmony in the “plurality of our identities” to the Truth and Reconciliation Committee’s goals for attaining national unity and reconciliation in South Africa.