1) Using any middle-income or low-income country as the context in which you write this paper. Discuss the following statement: [the country or state you have chosen] is underdeveloped because it is part of a world economic system which serves the interests of the core.

In your answer make explicit reference to dependency/world-systems theory and modernisation theory.

2) Choose one of the following social issues facing Irish society today:

• The polarisation of wealth between the wealthiest and the poorest
• The rise in precarious employment
• Increased levels of social isolation

To what extent does Marx or Weber (choose one) give us the tools to be able to understand what is going here?