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PSIR

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Political Theory and Indian Indian Government and Politics Comparative Politics and India and the World
Politics : 1. Indian Nationalism : International Relations 1. Indian Foreign Policy :
1. Political Theory: meaning (a) Political Strategies of Comparative Political Analysis Determinants of foreign policy;
and approaches. India’s Freedom Struggle : and International Politics : the institutions of
2. Theories of state : Liberal, Constitutionalism to mass 1. Comparative Politics : policy-making; Continuity and
Neo-liberal, Marxist, Pluiralist, Satyagraha, Non- Nature and major approaches; change.
post-colonial and Feminist. cooperation, Civil Political economy and political 2. India’s Contribution to the
3. Justice : Conceptions of Disobedience; Militant and sociology Non-Alignment Movement
justice with special reference to Revolutionary Movements, perspectives; Limitations of the Different phases; Current role.
Rawl’s theory of justice and its Peasant and Workers comparative method. 3. India and South Asia :
communitarian Movements. 2. State in Comparative (a) Regional Co-operation :
critiques. (b) Perspectives on Indian Perspective : Characteristics SAARC-past performance and
4. Equality : Social, political National Movement; Liberal, and changing nature of the future prospects.
and economic; relationship Socialist and Marxist; Radical State in capitalist and (b) South Asia as a Free Trade
between equality and freedom; Humanist and socialist economies, and Area.
Affirmative action. Dalit. advanced industrial and (c) India’s “Look East” policy.
5. Rights : Meaning and 2. Making of the Indian developing societies. (d) Impediments to regional
theories; different kinds of Constitution : Legacies of the 3. Politics of Representation co-operation : River water
rights; Concept of Human British rule; different social and and Participation : Political disputes; illegal cross border
Rights. political parties, pressure groups and migration; Ethnic
6. Democracy : Classical and perspectives. social movements conflicts and insurgencies;
contemporary theories; 3. Salient Features of the in advanced industrial and Border disputes.
different models of Indian Constitution : The developing societies. 4. India and the Global South :
democracy—representative, Preamble, Fundamental Rights 4. Globalisation : Responses Relations with Africa and Latin
participatory and deliberative. and Duties, Directive from developed and developing America; Leadership role in the
7. Concept of power : Principles; Parliamentary societies. demand
hegemony, ideology and System and Amendment 5. Approaches to the Study of for NIEO and WTO
legitimacy. Procedures; Judicial Review International Relations : negotiations.
8. Political Ideologies : and Basic Structure Idealist, Realist, Marxist, 5. India and the Global
Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism, doctrine. Functionalist and Centres of Power : USA, EU,
Fascism, Gandhism and 4. (a) Principal Organs of the Systems theory. Japan, China and Russia.
Feminism. Union Government : Envisaged 6. Key Concepts in 6. India and the UN System:
9. Indian Political Thought: role and actual working of the International Relations : Role in UN Peace-keeping;
Dharamshastra, Arthashastra Executive, National interest, security and Demand for Permanent Seat in
and Buddhist Traditions; Sir Legislature and Supreme power; Balance of power the Security
Syed Ahmed Court. anddeterrence; Transational Council.
Khan, Sri Aurobindo, M. K. (b) Principal Organs of the actors and collective security; 7. India and the Nuclear
Gandhi, B. R. Ambedkar, M. N. State Government : Envisaged World capitalist economy and Question : Changing
Roy. role and actual working of the globalisation. perceptions and policy.
10. Western Political Thought : Executive, 7. Changing International 8. Recent developments in
Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Legislature and High Courts. Political Order : Indian Foreign Policy : India’s
Hobbes, Locke, John S. Mill, 5. Grassroots Democracy : (a) Rise of super powers; position on the recent crises in
Marx, Gramsci, Panchayati Raj and Municipal Strategic and ideological Afghanistan,
Hannah Arendt. Government; Significance of Bipolarity, arms race and cold Iraq and West Asia, growing
73rd and 74th war; Nuclear threat; relations with US and Isreal;
Amendments; Grassroot (b) Non-aligned Movement : Vision of a new world order.
movements. Aims and achievements.
6. Statutory (c) Collapse of the Soviet
Institutions/Commissions : Union; Unipolarity and
Election Commission, American hegemony;
Comptroller and Auditor Relevance of non-alignment in
General, Finance the contemporary world.
Commission, Union Public 8. Evolution of the
Service Commission, National International Economic System
Commission for Scheduled : From Brettonwoods to WTO;
Castes, National Socialist economies and
Commission for Scheduled the CMEA (Council for Mutual
Tribes, National Commission Economic Assistance); Third
for Women; National Human World demand for new
Rights Commission, international economic
National Commission for order; Globalisation of the
Minorities, National Backward world economy.
Classes Commission. 9. United Nations : Envisaged
7. Federalism : Constitutional role and actual record;
provisions; changing nature of Specialized UN
centre-state relations; agencies—aims and
integrationist functioning;
tendencies and regional need for UN reforms.
aspirations; inter-state 10. Regionalisation of World
disputes. Politics : EU, ASEAN, APEC,
8. Planning and Economic AARC, NAFTA.
development : Nehruvian and 11. Contemporary Global
Gandhian perspectives; Role of Concerns : Democracy, human
planning and rights, environment, gender
public sector; Green justice terrorism,
Revolution, land reforms and nuclear proliferation.
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.
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