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    POLITICAL SCIENCE :

    Paper I : Group A

    Western Political Thought - Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Rousseau, Bentham, J. S. Mill, Marx.
    (A History of Political Thought: Plato to Marx)

    Indian Political Thought - Kautilya, Rammohan Roy, Vivekananda, Syed Ahmed Khan, Rabindranath,
    Gandhi, Ambedkar.
    (IGNOU and pdf notes)

    Political Concepts - State, Civil Society, Government, Governance, Power, Authority, Nation, Nationalism,
    Internationalism. (Pdf saved name wise)

    Political Ideas - Rights, Duties, Liberty, Equality, Justice, Rule of Law, People Participation.(O.P Gauba and
    Duties, Rule of Law, People Participation from pdf notes)

    Political Ideologies - Liberalism, Democratic Socialism, Feminism, Terrorism.(O.P GAUBA


    only Terrorism from pdf notes)

    Different aspects of Democracy - Meaning and Theories of Democracy; Direct vs Representative


    Democracy; Electoral System; Electoral Reforms. (O.P Gauba and Electoral System; Electoral
    Reforms from Lakshmikant )

    Political Process - Party System, Single Party, Bi Party, and Multi Party Systems; National Parties and
    Regional Parties; Lobbyists and Pressure Groups. (Lakshmikant chap 67)

    Forms of Government - Dictatorial vs Democratic; Totalitarian vs Liberal. Presidential vs Parliamentary,


    Unitary vs Federal. (PDF notes)

    Social Movements Environmental movements, Womens movements, Human rights movements. (PDF
    notes)

    Group-B

    Basic features of Indian Constitution - Constituent assembly, Salient Features of the Indian Constitution,
    Nature of Indian Federation, Centre-State relations, Legislative, Executive and Financial-Fiscal
    dimensions, Evolving political trends.

    Fundamental Rights - Directive Principles & Fundamental duties - Constitutional provisions and judicial
    interpretations regarding fundamental rights.

    Union Legislature - Composition, Powers and Functions of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Functioning of the
    Committee System.

    Union Executive - President, Vice President - Election, Position, Functions, Prime Minister, Council of
    Ministers, Relationship between President and Prime Minister.

    The Judiciary - Supreme Court and the High Courts, Composition and Functions, Judicial review and
    Judicial activism, Public interest litigations, Judicial reforms.

    Government in the States - Governor, Chief Minister and Council of Ministers, Position and Functions.

    State Legislature - Composition and Functions.

    Local Government and Politics - Panchayati Raj: Evaluation, Structure, Powers and Functions, Municipal
    Government; Significance of 73rd and 74th amendments; Role of women, SCs & STs in Local
    Government.

    Bureaucracy - Classical administration and Development Administration; Changing role of bureaucracy in


    Post-Colonial India, Representative bureaucracy, Issues of bureaucratic
    accountability.

    Social Processes - Role of Peasants and Workers in Indian Politics; Role of Interest / Pressure Groups;
    Regionalism, Casteism, Linguism and Communalism in Indian Politics; Issues of Criminalisation,
    Corruption; Citizens movements.

    (Full from Lakshmikant)


    Paper II : Public Administ rat ion and Int ernational R elations

    Group - A

    Public Administration

    Theories of Administration - Scientific Management, Classical Theory, Webers theory of bureaucracy,


    Riggsian Model of Echological Approach to Public Administration.

    Forms of Public Organizations - Ministries and Departments; Corporations, Boards and Commissions.

    Principles of Organization - (a) Hierachy (b) Unity of Command (c) Span of Control (d) Authority (e)
    Centralization, Decentralization and Delegation, (f) Line and Staff.

    Processes of administration - (a) Decision - making and Policy Formulation (b) Communication and
    Control (c) Leadership (d) Co-ordination.

    Accountability and Control - Legislative, Executive and Judicial Control over administration; Role of Civil
    Society; Public opinion and Media; Right to Information; Administrative Corruption; Grievance Redressal
    Machineries like Ombudsman.

    Development Administration - Evolution of the Concept; Basic features.

    Control of Public Expenditure - Parliamentary Control, Control of Parliamentary Committees;

    Indian Administration - Continuity and Charge - brief historical outline.

    Recruitment and Training of Civil Servants in India - Role of Union and State Public Service Commissions
    and Training Institution.

    Organization of the Union Government in India - PMO, Cabinet Secretariat, Secretariat Administration.

    Organization of the State Governments in India - Chief Secretary - Relationship between Secretariats and
    Directorates.

    District Administration in India - Changing role of District Officers, Sub-divisional Officers & Block Officer;
    their interfaces with Local Self Government.

    Group-B

    International Relations

    Some Basic Concepts of International Relations - (a) Balance of


    Power (b) Collective Security (c) Bi- polarity and Unipolarity (d) Neo-
    Colonialism (e) Globalization.

    Foreign Policy - Concept and Techniques; Determinants of foreign policy.


    Evolution of World Politics - League of Nations; United Nations; Cold War; Detente; Collapse of the Soviet
    Union; Regional Integrations; International Terrorism.

    Non-Alignment - Evolution of the Movement and Role of India.

    Major Issues in Indian Foreign Policy - Sino-Indian relations, Indo-Pak conflicts and the liberation of
    Bangladesh, developments in Sri Lanka, Indian role in promoting regional cooperation through
    S.A.A.R.C., the Kashmir question and India becoming a nuclear power. India and South East Asia;
    Indias relations with U.S.A., China, Japan & Russia. India on the question of nuclear weapon. India and
    the U.N. system-Indias role in U.N. peace keeping and global disarmament. India and the emerging
    international economic order.

    Recent Global Issues - Egypt, Lebanon and Lybia.

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