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Section A
POLITICAL THEORY AND INDIAN POLITICS
POLITICAL THEORY
Political Theory: Meaning and approaches
Theories of the state:
Liberal
Neo-liberal
Marxist
Pluralist
Post-colonial
Feminist
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.
Democracy:
Classical and contemporary theories;
Different models of democracy – representative, participatory and deliberative.
Concept of :
Power,
Hegemony,
Ideology and
POLITICAL THEORY AND INDIAN POLITICS
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.
Principal Organs of the Union Government: Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and Supreme Court.
Principal Organs of the State Government: Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and High Courts.
Grassroots Democracy:
Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government;
Significance of 73rd and 74th Amendments;
Grass root movements.
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.
Federalism:
Constitutional provisions;
Changing nature of centre-state relations;
Integrationist tendencies and regional aspirations;
Inter-state disputes.
VARIOUS DIVERSE TOPICS
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.
Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics.
Party System:
National and regional political parties, ideological and social bases of parties;
Patterns of coalition politics;
Pressure groups,
Trends in electoral behavior;
Changing sociology- economic profile of Legislators.
Social Movements:
Civil liberties and human rights movements;
Women’s movements;
Environmentalist movements.
PAPER – II
Section A
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ANALYSIS AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS:
Nature and major approaches
Political economy and political sociology perspectives
Limitations of the comparative method.
State in comparative perspective: Characteristics and changing nature of the State in capitalist and socialist economies, and, advanced industrial and developing societies.
Politics of Representation and Participation:
Political parties,
Pressure groups and
Social movements in advanced industrial and developing societies.
THEORIES AND CONCEPTS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:
Globalisation: Responses from developed and developing societies.
Approaches to the Study of International Relations:
Idealist,
Realist,
Marxist,
Functionalist and
Systems theory.
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.
Changing International Political Order:
(a) Rise of superpowers; 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.
GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS AND GROUPS:
Evolution of the International Economic System:
From Bretton woods 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.
United Nations:
Envisaged role and actual record;
Specialized UN agencies-aims and functioning;
Need for UN reforms.
Regionalisation of World Politics:
EU,
ASEAN,
APEC,
SAARC,
NAFTA.
Contemporary Global Concerns:
Democracy,
Human rights,
Environment,
Gender justice,
Terrorism,
Nuclear proliferation.
India and the world:
Indian Foreign Policy:
Determinants of foreign policy;
Institutions of policy-making;
Continuity and change.
India’s Contribution to the Non-Alignment Movement:
Different phases;
Current role.
India and South Asia:
Regional Co-operation: SAARC – past performance and future prospects.
South Asia as a Free Trade Area.
India’s “Look East” policy.
Impediments to regional co-operation: -river water disputes;
Political Science and International Relations can prove to be a smart choice considering several factors
It overlaps with almost the entire GENERAL STUDIES syllabus.
It has also witnessed many successful candidates.
Study material is easily available.
Helpful in preliminary exam as around 15 to 20 questions from Indian Polity and governance section are asked every year for sure.
Political Science integrates your prelims and mains preparation. Thus, saving time for other topics.
The philosophical perspectives of political thinkers help to enrich the essay's articulation.
Most of the topics of GS paper II of Civil Services Main examination are covered under Political Science optional itself.
In GS paper 4 of Civil Services Main examination (Ethics, Integrity and aptitude), most of the thinkers are Political Science scholars.
Again, in the UPSC- Civil Services interview, some questions are asked about international relations irrespective of your academic background
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