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    POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

    PAPER- I

    Section A: Political Theory and Indian Politics

    1. Political Theory: meaning and approaches.


    2. Theories of the state: Liberal, Neo-liberal, Marxist, Pluralist, Post-colonial and Feminist.
    3. Justice: Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawl’s theory of justice and its communitarian
    critiques.
    4. Equality: Social, political and economic; relationship between equality and freedom; Affirmative action.
    5. Rights: Meaning and theories; different kinds of rights; Concept of Human Rights.
    6. Democracy: Classical and contemporary theories; different models of democracy—representative,
    participatory and deliberative.
    7. Concept of power: hegemony, ideology and legitimacy.
    8. Political Ideologies: Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism, Fascism, Gandhism and Feminism.
    9. Indian Political Thought: Dharamshastra, Arthashastra and Buddhist Traditions; Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Sri
    Aurobindo, M. K. Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar, M. N. Roy.
    10. Western Political Thought: Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, John S. Mill, Marx, Gramsci, Hannah
    Arendt.

    Section B: Indian Government and Politics

    1. Indian Nationalism :
    a) Political Strategies of India’s Freedom Struggle: Constitutionalism to mass Satyagraha, Non-cooperation,
    Civil Disobedience; Militant and Revolutionary Movements, Peasant and Workers’ Movements.
    b) Perspectives on Indian National Movement: Liberal, Socialist and Marxist; Radical Humanist and Dalit.
    2. Making of the Indian Constitution: Legacies of the British rule; different social and political perspectives.
    3. Salient Features of the Indian Constitution: The Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties, Directive
    Principles; Parliamentary System and Amendment Procedures; Judicial Review and Basic Structure doctrine.
    4. a) Principal Organs of the Union Government: Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive,
    Legislature and Supreme Court.
    b) Principal Organs of the State Government: Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive,
    Legislature and High Courts.
    5. Grassroots Democracy: Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government; Significance of 73rd and 74th
    Amendments; Grassroot movements.
    6. Statutory Institutions/Commissions: Election Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General, Finance
    Commission, Union Public Service Commission, National Commission for Scheduled Castes, National
    Commission for Scheduled Tribes, National Commission for Women; National Human Rights Commission,
    National Commission for Minorities, National Backward Classes Commission.
    7. Federalism: Constitutional provisions; changing nature of centre-state relations; integrationist tendencies and
    regional aspirations; inter-state disputes.
    8. Planning and Economic development: Nehruvian and Gandhian perspectives; Role of planning and public
    sector; Green Revolution, land reforms and agrarian relations; liberalization and economic reforms.
    9. Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics.
    10. Party System: National and regional political parties, ideological and social bases of parties; Patterns of
    coalition politics; Pressure groups, trends in electoral behavior; changing socio-economic profile of Legislators.
    11. Social Movement: Civil liberties and human rights movements; women’s movements; environmentalist
    movements.
    PAPER-II

    Section A: Comparative Political Analysis and International Politics

    1. Comparative Politics: Nature and major approaches; Political economy and political sociology perspectives;
    Limitations of the comparative method.
    2. State in Comparative Perspective: Characteristics and changing nature of the State in capitalist and socialist
    economies, and advanced industrial and developing societies.
    3. Politics of Representation and Participation: Political parties, pressure groups and social movements in
    advanced industrial and developing societies.
    4. Globalisation: Responses from developed and developing societies.
    5. Approaches to the Study of International Relations: Idealist, Realist, Marxist, Functionalist and Systems
    theory.
    6. Key Concepts in International Relations: National interest, security and power; Balance of power and
    deterrence; Transational actors and collective security; World capitalist economy and globalisation.
    7. Changing International Political Order:
    a) Rise of super powers; Strategic and ideological Bipolarity, arms race and cold war; Nuclear threat;
    b) Non-aligned Movement: Aims and achievements;
    c) Collapse of the Soviet Union; Unipolarity and American hegemony; Relevance of non-alignment in
    the contemporary world.
    8. Evolution of the International Economic System: From Brettonwoods to WTO; Socialist economies and the
    CMEA (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance); Third World demand for new international economic order;
    Globalisation of the world economy.
    9. United Nations: Envisaged role and actual record; Specialized UN agencies—aims and functioning; need for
    UN reforms.
    10. Regionalisation of World Politics: EU, ASEAN, APEC, AARC, NAFTA.
    11. Contemporary Global Concerns: Democracy, human rights, environment, gender justice terrorism, nuclear
    proliferation.

    Section B: India and the World

    1. Indian Foreign Policy: Determinants of foreign policy; the institutions of policy-making; Continuity and
    change.
    2. India’s Contribution to the Non-Alignment Movement: Different phases; Current role.
    3. India and South Asia:
    a) Regional Co-operation: SAARC-past performance and future prospects.
    b) South Asia as a Free Trade Area.
    c) India’s “Look East” policy.
    d) Impediments to regional co-operation : River water disputes; illegal cross border migration; Ethnic
    conflicts and insurgencies; Border disputes.
    4. India and the Global South: Relations with Africa and Latin America; Leadership role in the demand for NIEO
    and WTO negotiations.
    5. India and the Global Centres of Power: USA, EU, Japan, China and Russia.
    6. India and the UN System: Role in UN Peace-keeping; Demand for Permanent Seat in the Security Council.
    7. India and the Nuclear Question: Changing perceptions and policy.
    8. Recent developments in Indian Foreign Policy: India’s position on the recent crises in Afghanistan, Iraq and
    West Asia, growing relations with US and Israel; Vision of a new world order.

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