Political science

1) Compare and contrast the assumption about Global Politics made by Marxism and Realism. What assumptions about the nature of Global Politics are advanced by each tradition? Why are Neo-Marxist theories currently predominant in the Periphery and reviled in the nations of the Core? 2) In attempting to explain chronic poverty in the Global South, some theorists direct attention primarily toward what happens within these countries while others focus on the position of developing countries in the Globalized Political Economy. How does Dependency Theory explain the causes of the economic gap between rich and poor countries ? What foreign policy options does it recommend as a solution to chronic poverty? Do you find it convincing? Why or why not?