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PSIR (OPTIONAL)

PAPER‐ I- Political Theory and Indian


Politics
TOPIC LECTURE READ PYQ NOTES ANSWE
PRAYAS ( MICRO) WRITTIN
NOTES. G

Introduction to Political
Science and International
Relations

Introduction to Western
Political Thought

Western Political Thought -


Plato

Session on Answer writing

Aristotle

Machiavelli,

Session on Answer writing

Hobbes

Locke

Rousseau

John S. Mill

Marx

Gramsci

Hannah Arendt

🔴 POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES 🔴
Session on Answer writing

Political Ideologies :
Liberalism

multiculturalism
Socialism

Marxism

Fascism

Gandhism

Feminism

Post modernism

End of ideology

Theories of state - Liberal

Neo-liberal

Marxist

Pluiralist

post-colonial

Feminist

Concept of power-
hegemony,
ideology and legitimacy

Democracy - Classical and


contemporary theories;
different models of
democracy—
representative, participatory
and deliberative.

Justice - Conceptions of
justice with special
reference to Rawl’s
theory of justice and its
communitarian critiques

Equality: Social, political


and economic; relationship
between equality and
freedom; Affirmative
action.

Rights: Meaning and


theories; different kinds of
rights; Concept of Human
Rights.
Political Theory: meaning
and approaches.

🔴 INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT 🔴


Indian Political Thought:
Dharamshastra,Arthashastra
and Buddhist Traditions

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

Sri Aurobindo

M. K. Gandhi

B. R. Ambedkar

🔴 INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS 🔴


M. N. Roy

1) Indian Nationalism
- (a) Political Strategies of
India’s Freedom Struggle :
Constitutionalism to mass
Satyagraha,Non-cooperatio
n, 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.

4) (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;
Significanceof 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 behaviour;
changing socio-economic
profile of Legislators

11) Social Movement : Civil


liberties and human rights
movements; women’s
movements
environmentalist
movements.

Comparative Political Analysis and International


Politics

TOPIC LECTURE READ PYQ NOTES ANSWER


PRAYAS WRITING
NOTES

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.

🔴 PART B- INDIA AND 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 Isreal;
Vision of a new world order.

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