Sunday, 12 October 2008

POLITICAL SCIENCE

SECTION – A
1. Political Science: Nature & scope of the discipline , relationship with allied disciplines like History , Economics , Philosophy , Sociology , Psyshology.
2. Meaning of Politics: Approaches to the study of Politics.
3. Key Concepts: State, Soceity, Sovereignty , Power, Citizenship , Nation , Global order and Imperialism.
4. Political Ideas : Rights, Liberty, Equality Justice, Rule of Law. Civil Society Swaraj , Revolution , Democratic Participation.
5. Democracy: Meaning and Theories of Democracy, Electoral system, Forms of Representation & Participation , Political accountability.
6. Political Ideologies: Liberalism , Neoliberalism, Marxism, Socialism, Fascism ,Gandhism .
7. Party System and Political Process: Therories or Party System, National and regional parties , political parties in the Third World . Patterms of coalition politics , interest and pressure groups.
8. Forms of Government: Parliamentary and presidential . Federal & unitary modes of decentralization.
9. Bureaucracy Concept: Theories, Weber and critiques of bureaucracy.
10.Theories of Development: Meaning and various approaches. Concept and Theories of underdevelopment Debates; in the Third World.
11. Social Movements: Meaning , Theories & Forms, Role of Environmental Feminist Peasant & Workers movements , Role of Non Government organization.
12. Nationalism and Internationalism:
13. Major theories of International relations: Realist Marxist, Systems & Decision making & Game theory.
14. State & the Global order: neo – Liberalism, globalization , structural adjustment , regional economic integration , Nature and Impact of globalization.

SECTION-B
INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
1. Approaches to the study of Governments: Comparative historical, legal institutional , political economy and political sociology , approaches.
2. Classification of Political systems: Democratic and Authoritarian, characteristics of Political system in the third world.
3. Typologies of constitution : Basic feature of these constitutions & governments: including U.K., USA, Farnce , Germany, China and South Africa.
4. Constiutional development: In India during British Rule - A historical perspective.
5. Constituent Assembly: Philosophical and socio- economic dimension , Salient features of the Indian Constitution.
6. Nature of Indian federalism: Centre- state relations, legislative, administrative, financial and political ; politics of regional move and National Integration .
7. Fundamental Rights: Constitutional provisions and political dynamics. Judicial Interpretions and socio politics realities ; Fundamental Duties.
8. The Union Executive: President , Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers ,Constitutional provision & framework and political trends.
9. Parliament: Power and functions of the Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha; parliamentary Committees; Functioning of the Parliamentary system in India.
10. The Judiciary: The Supreme Court ,Judicial Review, Judicial Activism, Public Interest Litigation; Judicial Reforms.
11. The State Executive: Governor , Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers; Constitutional Provision and Political trends.
12. Indian Party System: Evolution and Contemporary trends; coalition government at the Centre and States, pressure groups in Indian politics.
13. The interaction of Government & Scientific & Technology business : Previous and now their interrelationship and changing roles in society, Elites, Role of Pressure groups class and voluntary associations in society.
14. Local Government & Politics : Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government, structure power & function. Political realities, significance of 73rd and 74th Amendements, role of women in Panchayats.
15. Bureaucracy and Development : Post-colonial India; its changing role in the context of Libralisation, bureaucratic Accountability.
16. Challenges to Indian Democracy : (a) Communalism Regionalism violence, criminalization and corruption.
(b) Regional disparities, environmental degradation, illiteracy, Mass Poverty, Population, growth, caste oppressions and socio economic inequalities among backward classes.

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