Part B - Optional subject - Political Science & International Relations |
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PAPER - I |
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Administrative Theory | |||||||
Political Theory and Indian Politics |
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1. Political Theory: meaning and approaches. |
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Indian Government and Politics |
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1. Indian Nationalism | |||||||
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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. |
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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. |
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5. Grassroots Democracy: Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government; significance of 73rd and 74th Amendments; Grassroot movements. |
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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. |
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7. Federalism: Constitutional provisions; changing nature of centre-state relations; integrationist tendencies and regional aspirations; inter-state disputes. |
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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. |
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9. Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics. |
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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. |
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11. Social Movements: Civil liberties and human rights movements; women 's movements; environmentalist movements. |
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PAPER - II |
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Comparative Politics and International Relations Comparative Political Analysis and International Politics: |
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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; Transnational actors and collective security; World capitalist economy and globalisation. |
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7. Changing International Political Order: (a) Rise of super powers; strategic and ideological Bipolarity, arms race and Cold War; nuclear threat; (b) Nonaligned movement: Aims and achievements; (c) Collapse of the Soviet Union; Unipolarity and American hegemony; relevance of non-alignment in the contemporary world. |
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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. |
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9. United Nations: Envisaged role and actual record; specialized UN agenciesaims and functioning; need for UN reforms. |
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10. Regionalisation of World Politics: EU, ASEAN, APEC, SAARC, NAFTA. |
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11. Contemporary Global Concerns: Democracy, human rights, environment,gender justice, terrorism, nuclear proliferation. |
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India and the World: | |||||||
1. Indian Foreign Policy: Determinants of foreign policy; institutions of policymaking; continuity and change. |
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2. India 's Contribution to the Non-Alignment Movement: Different phases; currentrole. |
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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. |
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4. India and the Global South: Relations with Africa and Latin America; leadership role in the demand for NIEO and WTO negotiations. |
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5. India and the Global Centres of Power: USA, EU, Japan, China and Russia. |
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6. India and the UN System: Role in UN Peace-keeping; demand for Permanent Seat in the Security Council. |
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7. India and the Nuclear Question: Changing perceptions and policy. |
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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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