PSIR (OPTIONAL)
PAPER‐ I- Political Theory and Indian Politics
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Introduction to Political
Science and International
Relations
Introduction to Western
Political Thought
Western Political Thought -
Plato
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Aristotle
Machiavelli,
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Hobbes
Locke
Rousseau
John S. Mill
Marx
Gramsci
Hannah Arendt
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🔴 POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES 🔴
Political Ideologies :
Liberalism
multiculturalism
Socialism
Marxism
Fascism
Gandhism
Feminism
Post modernism
End of ideology
Theories of state - Liberal
Neo-liberal
Marxist
Pluiralist
post-colonial
Feminist
Concept of power-
hegemony,
ideology and legitimacy
Democracy - Classical and
contemporary theories;
different models of
democracy—
representative, participatory
and deliberative.
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.
Political Theory: meaning
and approaches.
🔴 INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT 🔴
Indian Political Thought:
Dharamshastra,Arthashastra
and Buddhist Traditions
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Sri Aurobindo
M. K. Gandhi
B. R. Ambedkar
M. N. Roy
🔴 INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS 🔴
1) Indian Nationalism
- (a) Political Strategies of
India’s Freedom Struggle :
Constitutionalism to mass
Satyagraha,Non-cooperatio
n, Civil Disobedience;
Militant and Revolutionary
Movements, Peasant and
Workers Movements.
(b) Perspectives on Indian
National Movement;Liberal,
Socialist and
Marxist;Radical
Humanist and Dalit.
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.
4) (a) Principal Organs of
the Union Government :
Envisaged role and actual
working of the Executive,
Legislature and Supreme
Court.
4) (b) Principal Organs of
the State Government :
Envisaged role and actual
working of the Executive,
Legislature and High
Courts
5) Grassroots Democracy :
Panchayati Raj and
Municipal Government;
Significanceof 73rd
and 74th Amendments;
Grassroot movements.
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.
7) Federalism Constitutional
provisions; changing nature
of centre-state relations;
integrationist tendencies and
regional aspirations;
inter-state disputes.
8) 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.
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.
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;
Transational actors and
collective security;
World capitalist economy
and globalisation.
7) Changing International
Political Order :
(a) Rise of super powers;
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.
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.
9) United Nations
:Envisaged role and actual
record; Specialized UN
agencies—aims and
functioning; need for
UN reforms.
10) Regionalisation of
World Politics : EU,
ASEAN, APEC,
AARC, NAFTA
11) Contemporary Global
Concerns : Democracy,
human rights, environment,
gender justice terrorism,
nuclear proliferation.
🔴 PART B- INDIA AND WORLD 🔴
1. Indian Foreign Policy :
Determinants of foreign
policy; the institutions of
policy-making; Continuity
and change.
2. India’s Contribution to
the Non-Alignment
Movement Different phases;
Current role.
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.
4. India and the Global
South : Relations with
Africa and Latin
America; Leadership role in
the demand for NIEO and
WTO negotiations.
5. India and the Global
Centres of Power : USA,
EU, Japan, China and
Russia
6. India and the UN System:
Role in UN Peace-keeping;
Demand for Permanent Seat
in the Security Council.
7. India and the Nuclear
Question : Changing
perceptions and policy.
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 Isreal;
Vision of a new world order.
DAY OF START - 1 JANUARY 2025 DEADLINE DATE - 15 MAY 2025
135 DAYS - 450 HR TO COVER THE PSIR OPTIONAL…. WITH IN THE GUIDENCE OF
DHANANJAY SIR . ( DRONACHARYA)
TIME - 7 AM TO 12 PM
5 HOUR A DAY ( MONDAY TO FRIDAY)
● POLITICAL THEORY - 86 HOUR
● IGP - 36 HOUR
● COMPARATIVE POLITICS ANALYSIS AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS - 29 HR
● INDIA AND WORLD - 25 HR
16 MAY TO 30 MAY - REVISE AND MAKE EXAM ORIENTED NOTES.
