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TUTOR-MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA01)
Note to Students:
1. You are to include the following particulars in your submission: Course Code, Title of the
TMA, SUSS PI No., Your Name(s), and Submission Date.
2. Please refer to the Student Handbook for details regarding plagiarism. The University has
strict guidelines and will enforce severe penalties for direct and unacknowledged copying
of course materials or the work of any other authors as this is regarded as cheating. You
are required to use in-text citations and include a reference list at the end of your essay.
Please do not include a cover page with plagiarism and collusion declaration or use
footnotes and endnotes as this might impact your Turnitin scores.
3. This is an individual assignment. You are required to upload a single essay (TMA) via
your respective seminar group site in Canvas. You are responsible for the timely upload
of your assignment in Canvas.
Question 1
• Identify an issue in
Southeast Asia which involves inequality and describe the relevant
social, economic and/or political context of this issue. (20 marks)
• Outline the variousfactors that cause this inequality, and examine the ways these
factors harm the people involved. (20 marks)
• Apply either John Rawls' Theory of Justice OR Amartya Sen's Capabilities approach to
further your understanding of this issue, and explain why this issue is significant to
the identified society now. (50 marks)
• Articulate your ideas clearly and grammatically. Include proper in-text citations and
references. (10 marks)
Note to students
1. The issue you choose for TMA01 should not be the same as
the issue examined in your DB01. You should also avoid
repeating the examples discussed in the study guide. You will
unlikely do well if you do so since your response will lack
original effort and ideas.
Marking Rubric