Political Theory and Indian Politics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Political Theory: meaning and approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Theories of the State: Liberal, Neoliberal, Marxist, Pluralist, Post-colonial and feminist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Justice: Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawl\u2019s theory of justice and its communitarian critiques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Equality: Social, political and economic; relationship between equality and freedom; Affirmative action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Rights: Meaning and theories; different kinds of rights; concept of Human Rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Democracy: Classical and contemporary theories; different models of democracy \u2013 representative, participatory and deliberative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Concept of power, hegemony, ideology and legitimacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. Political Ideologies: Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism, Fascism, Gandhism and Feminism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. Indian Political Thought : Dharamshastra, Arthashastra and Buddhist traditions; Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Sri Aurobindo, M.K. Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar, M.N. Roy .<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. Western Political Thought: Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, John S. Mill, Marx, Gramsci, Hannah Arendt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Indian Government and Politics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Indian Nationalism:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Making of the Indian Constitution: Legacies of the British rule; different social and political perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. (a) Principal Organs of the Union Government: Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and Supreme Court. 5. Grassroots Democracy: Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government; significance of 73rd and 74th Amendments; Grassroot movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Federalism: Constitutional provisions; changing nature of centre-state relations; integrationist tendencies and regional aspirations; inter-state disputes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. Planning and Economic Development : Nehruvian and Gandhian perspectives; role of planning and public sector; Green Revolution, land reforms and agrarian relations; liberalilzation and economic reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. Party System: National and regional political parties, ideological and social bases of parties; patterns of coalition politics; Pressure groups, trends in electoral 11. Social Movements: Civil liberties and human rights movements; women\u2019s movements; environmentalist movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Comparative Politics and International Relations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Comparative Political Analysis and International Politics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Comparative Politics: Nature and major approaches; political economy and political sociology perspectives; limitations of the comparative method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. State in comparative perspective: Characteristics and changing nature of the State in capitalist and socialist economies, and, advanced industrial and developing societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Politics of Representation and Participation: Political parties, pressure groups and social movements in advanced industrial and developing societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Globalisation: Responses from developed and developing societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Approaches to the Study of International Relations: Idealist, Realist, Marxist, Functionalist and Systems theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Key concepts in International Relations: National interest, Security and power; Balance of power and deterrence; Transnational actors and collective security; World capitalist economy and globalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Changing International Political Order:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. United Nations: Envisaged role and actual record; specialized UN agencies-aims and functioning; need for UN reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. Regionalisation of World Politics: EU, ASEAN, APEC, SAARC, NAFTA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11. Contemporary Global Concerns: Democracy, human rights, environment, gender justice, terrorism, nuclear proliferation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n India and the World:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Indian Foreign Policy: Determinants of foreign policy; institutions of policy-making; continuity and change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. India\u2019s Contribution to the Non-Alignment Movement: Different phases; current role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. India and South Asia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. India and the Global South: Relations with Africa and Latin America; leadership role in the demand for NIEO and WTO negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. India and the Global Centres of Power: USA, EU, Japan, China and Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. India and the UN System: Role in UN Peace-keeping; demand for Permanent Seat in the Security Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. India and the Nuclear Question: Changing perceptions and policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. Recent developments in Indian Foreign policy: India\u2019s position on the recent crisis in Afghanistan, Iraq and West Asia, growing relations with US and Israel; vision of a new world order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paper – I Political Theory and Indian Politics: 1. Political Theory: meaning and approaches. 2. Theories of the State: Liberal, Neoliberal, Marxist, Pluralist, Post-colonial and feminist. 3. Justice: Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawl\u2019s theory of justice and its communitarian critiques. 4. 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(b) Principal Organs of the State Government: Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and High Courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
behaviour; changing socio- economic profile of Legislators.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPaper II<\/h3>\n\n\n\n