文档介绍：European Politics & Government (SL
363)
Final Exam Study Guide
The final exam will consist of essay questions drawn from all of the material presented in this course,
including all readings and lectures, for all of the topics covered (basic concepts parative
politics; and the politics and government of Great Britain, France, Germany, and the European
Union). All of the questions on the exam will be parative and analytical in nature.
The focus of the questions – and the bulk of your answers – will be paring and contrasting
these states and analyzing the relative utility and functioning of different political and economic
structures. Given this, the exam will be open book. (A note of caution, however -- if you do not
know the material going into the exam, you will not have enough time to figure it out. Do not use
“open book” as an excuse not to study. You will regret the consequences.) You will have limited
choice in which questions you will have to answer. In thinking about potential questions, keep in
mind the major themes of the textbook…
• The interaction of states within the international order.
• The role of states in economic management
• The particular challenges facing European democracy and the pressures for more democracy.
• The political impact of diverse sources of social identity, including class, gender, ethnicity, a