4-Pol-Science Flashcards
Political Theory and Indian Politics :I. Political Theory:
meaning and approaches.
- Theories of state :
LiberaL Neo-liberal. Marxist, Pluiralist,post-colonial and Feminist.
- Justice : Conceptions of justice with
special referenceto Rawl’s theory of justice and its communitariancritiques.
- Equality :
SociaL political and economic; relationshipbetween equality and freedom; Affirmative action.
- Rights :
Meaning and theories; different kinds of rights;Concept of Human Rights.
- Democracy :
Classical and contemporary theories;different models of democracy-representative,participatory and deliberative.
- Concept of power :
hegemony, ideology and legitimacy.
- Political Ideologies :
Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism,Fascism, Gandhism and Feminism.
9 Indian Political Thought:
Dharatmhastra, i\rthashastraand Buddhist Traditions; Sir Syed Ahmed Khan,Sri Aurobindo, M. K. Gandhi, B. R. Ambedkar, M. N. Roy.
- Western Political Thought :
Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli,Hobbes, Locke, JohnS. MilL Marx, Gramsci, HannahArendt.POLITICAL SCIENCE 1
Indian Government and Politics1. Indian Nationalism :
(a) Political Strategies of India’s Freedom Struggle :Constitutionalism to mass Satyagraha, Noncooperation, Civil Disobedience; Militant andRevolutionary Movements, Peasant and WorkersMovements.(b)Perspectives on Indian National Movement; Liberal,Socialist and Marxist; Radical Humanist and Dalit
2 Making of the Indian Constitution : Legacies of theBritish rule;
different social and political perspet-tives.
- Salient Features of the Indian Constitution :
ThePreamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties, DirectivePrinciples; Parliamentary System and AmendmentProcedures; Judicial Review and Basic Structuredoctrine.
- (a) Principal Organs ofthe Union Government : (b) Principal Organs of the State Government :
a: Envisagedrole and actual working of the Executive, Legislatureand Supreme Court.b: Envisagedrole and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and High Court-;.
- Grassroots Democracy :
Panchayati Raj and MunicipalGovernment; Significance of 73rd and 74thAmendments; Grassroot movement-;.
- Statutory Institutions/Commissions :
Election Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General, FinanceCommission, 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 Minoriti es, NationalBack ward ClassesCommission.
- Federalism : Constitutional provisions;
changing natureof centre-state relations; integrationist tendencies andregional aspirations; inter-state disputes.
- Planning and Economic development :
Nehruvian andGandhi an perspet-tives; Role of planning and publicsector; Green Revolution, land reforms and agrarianrelations; liberalization and em nomic reforms.
- Caste. Religion and Ethnicity in
Indian Politics.
- Party System : National and regional political parties,
ideological and social bases of parties; Patterns ofcoalition politics; Pressure groups, trends in electoralb eh av iour; changing socio-economic profile ofLegislators.
11 . Social Movement :
Civil liberties and human rightsmovements; women’s movement-;; environmentalistmovement-;.POLITICAL SCIENCE 2
Comparative Politics and International RelationsComparative Political Analysis and International Politics:I. Comparative Politics :
Nature and major approaches;Political economy and political sociology perspectives;Limitations of the comparative method.
- State in Comparative Perspective :
Characteristics andchanging nature of the State in capitali ~t and socialisteconomies, and advanced industri al an d developingsocieties.
- Politics of Representation and Participation :
Politicalparties, pressure groups and social movements inadvanced industrial and developing societies.
