Date

Schedule

1 

24^th June 2023

Paper 1 Part A

Western Political Thought: Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, J.S. Mill, Marx, Gramsci, Hannah Arendt.

2 

 8^th July 2023

Paper 1 Part A

Political Ideologies: Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism, Fascism, Gandhism, Feminism and other ideologies.

3 

 22^nd July

Paper 1 Part A

Concept of power: hegemony, ideology and legitimacy, Democracy: Classical and contemporary theories; different models of democracy—representative, participatory and deliberative.

4 

 5^th August

Paper 1 Part A

Equality: Social, political and economic; relationship between equality and freedom; Affirmative action. Justice: Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawl’s

theory of justice and its communitarian critiques. Rights: Meaning and theories; different kinds of rights; Concept of Human Rights.

 5 

 19^th August

Paper 1 Part A

Indian Political Thought: Dharamshastra, Arthashastra and Buddhist Traditions; Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Sri Aurobindo, M. K. Gandhi, B. R. Ambedkar, M. N. Roy.

6 

 2^nd September

Paper 1 Part B

Indian Nationalism: Political Strategies of India’s Freedom Struggle: Constitutionalism to mass Satyagraha, Non-cooperation, Civil Disobedience; Militant and Revolutionary Movements, Peasant and Workers Movements. Perspectives on Indian National Movement; Liberal, Socialist and Marxist; Radical Humanist and Dalit. Making of the Indian Constitution: Legacies of the British rule; different social and political perspectives. 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

7 

 16^th September

Paper 1 Part B

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; Grassroot movements. Federalism: Constitutional provisions; changing nature of centre-state relations; integrationist tendencies and regional aspirations; inter-state disputes. 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.

8 

 30^th September

Paper 1 Part B

Social Movement: Civil liberties and human rights movements;  women’s movements; environmentalist movements. 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 socio-economic profile of

Legislators.

   9

 14^th October

Paper 1 Complete

  10

 28^th October

Paper 2 Part A

Comparative Political Analysis and International Politics: Comparative 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. Globalisation: Responses from developed and developing societies.

  11

 11^th November

Paper 2 Part A

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; Transitional actors and collective security; World capitalist economy and globalisation. Contemporary Global Concerns: Democracy, human rights, environment, gender justice terrorism,

nuclear proliferation.

  12

 25^th November

Paper 2 Part A

Changing International Political Order: Rise of super powers; Strategic and ideological Bipolarity, arms race and cold war; Nuclear threat. Non-aligned Movement: Aims and achievements. Collapse of the Soviet Union; Unipolarity and American hegemony; Relevance of non-alignment in the contemporary world. 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, AARC, NAFTA

  13

 9^th December

Paper 2 Part B

India and the World: Indian Foreign Policy: Determinants of foreign policy; the institutions of policymaking; 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; illegal cross border migration; Ethnic conflicts and insurgencies; Border disputes. India and the Global South: Relations with Africa and Latin America;

Leadership role in the demand for NIEO and WTO negotiations.

  14

 23^rd December

Paper 2 Part B

India and the Global Centres of Power: USA, EU, Japan, China and Russia. India and the UN System:  Role in UN Peace-keeping;  Demand for Permanent  Seat  in  the

Security Council. India and the Nuclear Question: Changing perceptions and policy.