SYLLABI FOR THE EXAMINATION PART-B PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

• Political Science.: Nature & scope of the discipline, relationship with allied disciplines like History, Economics, Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology.

• Meaning of Politics.: Approaches to the study of Politics.

• Key Concepts.: State, Society, Sovereignty, Power, Citizenship, Nation, Global order and Imperialism.

• Political Ideas.: Rights, Liberty, Equality, Justice, Rule of Law. Civil Society Swaraj, Revolution, Democratic Participation.

• Democracy.: Meaning and Theories of Democracy, Electoral system, Forms of Representation & Participation, Political accountability.

• Political Ideologies.: Liberalism, Neoliberalism, Marxism, Socialism, Fascism, Gandhism.

• Party System and Political Process.: Theories of Party System, National and regional parties, Political Parties in the Third World. Patterns of coalition politics, interest and pressure groups.

• Forms of Government.: Parliamentary and Presidential. Federal & unitary Modes of decentralisation.

• Bureaucracy Concept.: Theories, Weber and critiques of Bureaucracy.

• Theories of Development.: Meaning and various approaches. Concept and Theories of under development Debates in the Third World.

• Social Movements.: Meaning, Theories & Forms, Role of Environmental Feminist Peasant & workers movements, Role of Non-Governmental organisation.

• Nationalism and Internationalism :

• Major theories of International relations.: Realist Marxist, Systems & Decision making & Game theory.

• State and the Global order.: Neo-Liberalism, globalisation, structural adjustment, regional economic integration, Nature and Impact of globalisation.

Indian Government and Politics

• Approaches to the study of Governments.: Comparative historical, legal, institutional, Political economy and Political sociology, approaches.
• Classification of Political Systems.: Democratic and Authoritarian, characteristics of political systems in the third world.
• Typologies of constitutions; Basic features of these constitutions & Governments.: including U.K., USA. France, Germany, China, and South Africa.
• Constitutional development.: In India during British Rule: A historical perspective.
• Constituent Assembly.: philosophical and socio-economic dimensions, salient  features of the Indian Constitution.
• Nature of Indian federalism.: Centre-state relations, legislative, administrative, financial and political; politics of regional move and National Integration.
• Fundamental Rights.: Constitutional provisions and political dynamics, Judicial Interpretations and socio political realities; Fundamental duties.
• The Union Executive.: President, Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers, Constitutional provisions & framework and political trends.
• Parliament.: Powers and functions of the Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha; Parliamentary Committees; Functioning of the Parliamentary system in India.
• The Judiciary.: The Supreme Court, Judicial Review, Judicial Activism, Public Interest litigation; Judicial Reforms.
• The State Executive.: Governor, Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers; Constitutional provisions and political trends.
• Indian Party System.: Evolution and contemporary trends; coalition Governments at the Centre and States, pressure groups in Indian politics.
• The interaction of Government & Scientific & Technology business.: Previous and now their inter-relationship and changing roles in society, elites, Role of pressure groups class and voluntary associations in society.
• Local Government & Politics.: Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government, structure Powers & functions. Political realities, Significance of 73rd and 74th Amendments, role of women in Panchayats.
• Bureaucracy and Development.: Post-colonial India; its changing role in the context of liberatis after, bureaucratic Accountability.
• Challenges to Indian Democracy :
  (a) Communalism, Regionalism violence, criminalisation and corruption.
  (b) Regional disparities, environmental degradation, illiteracy, Mass poverty, Population, growth, caste oppressions and socio- economic inequalities among
  backward classes.