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- Index: BA Political Science
- Index: MA Political Science
- MPS-001 Political Theory
- MPS-002 International Relations- Theory and Problems
- MPS-003 India Democracy and Development
- MPS-004 Comparative Politics- Issues and Trends
- MPSE-001 India and the World
- MPSE-003 Western Political Thought (Plato to Marx)
- MPSE-004 Social and Political Thought in Modern India
- MPSE-006 Peace and Conflict Studies
- MPSE-007 Social Movements and Politics in India
- MPSE-008 State Politics in India
- MED-002 Sustainable Development- Issues and Challenges
- MED-008 Globalisation Environment and Development
- Official UPSC Syllabus Pol.Sci. Paper 1
- Official UPSC Syllabus Pol.Sci. Syllabus Paper 2
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Following modules from MA Political science, not included in above zips, reason: they’re not explicitly mentioned in the official UPSC syllabus,
- MPSE-002 State and Society in Latin America
- MPSE-005 State and Society in Africa
- MPSE-009 Canada- Politics and Society
- MPSE-010 Dissertation
- MPSE-011 The European Vision in World Affairs
- MPSE-012 State and Society in Australia
- MPSE-013 Australia’s Foreign Policy
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Index: BA Political Science
EPS-03 Modern Indian Political Thought
- Colonial Intervention in Society, Economy and Polity
- Modern Indian Political Thought – Issues and Approaches
- Introduction
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Justice M.G. Ranade
- Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Introduction
- B.G. Tilak
- Sri Aurobindo
- Bhagat Singh
- Colonialism, Caste Order and Tribal Movements
- Jyotiba Phule (1827-1890)
- E. V. Ramaswami Naicker
- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
- Anti-Colonial Tribal Movements In India
- Introduction
- Swami Dayanand Saraswti, Swami Vivekananda and V.D. Savarkar
- Sir Syed and Ahmed Khan, Mohammad Iqbal, M.A. Jinnah and Abdul Kalam Azad
- Concept of Swaraj, Satyagraha and Critique of Western Civilization
- Sarvodaya and the Gandhian Alternative
- Gandhian Social Reform – Bhudan Movement
- Introduction
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Subhash Chandra Bose
- Political Thought of JP and Narendra Dev
- Rammanohar Lohia
- Introduction
- Communists and the Indian National Movement (1925-47)
- M.N. Roy – Marxism and Radical Humanism
- Contemporary Marxist Thinking (Indian)
- Nationalism and Social Revolution – An Overview
EPS-06 Government and Politics in East and South East Asia
- Introduction to the East Asian Region
- Introduction to the South-east Asian Region
- Indians in South-east Asia
- Chinese in South-east Asia
- Revolution and Ideology
- Economic and Political Reforms
- Foreign Policy
- Historical Context- Nationalist Upsurge and Rise of Capitalism
- Politics- Structure and Processes
- Foreign Policy
- Evolution of Modern Korea
- Patterns of Political and Economic Development
- Foreign Policy
- Singapore
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Indonesia
- Thailand
- Burma
- Vietnam
- Combodia
- Laos
- Patterns of Economic Development in Southeast Asia
- Patterns of Political Development in East and Southeast Asia
- Ethnicity and Nation-Building
- Dynamics of State and Civil Society in East and Southeast Asia
- Regional Co-operatian with Special Reference to ASEAN
EPS-07 International Relations
- Why Study International Relations? Scope and Approaches
- Some Concepts – Imperialism, Nationalism, Fascism, Revolution
- Some Concepts – State System, Power, National Interest, Security
- World War I – Clauses, Events and Consequences
- Bolshevik Revolution and its Impact
- World War II – Causes and Consequences (Emergence of Super Powers)
- Cold War – Meaning, Patterns and Dimensions
- Non-Aligned Movement
- Arms Race and Nuclear Threat
- Disarmament and Peace Movement
- Colonialism & Patterns of National Liberation Movements
- Features of Third World States
- The Gulf War
- Distintegration of the Socialist Bloc
- Perspectives on the Changing World Order
- Restructuring of the U.N. System
- Globalisation of the Economy – IBRD, IMF and WTO
- Regional Organisations – European Union, ASEAN, APEC, SAARC, OIC and OAU
- Environment and Sustainable Human Development
- Human Rights and International Politics
- Ethno-National Conflicts-Patterns and Dimensions
- International Terrorism
- Revolution in Communication Technology
EPS-09 Comparative Government and Politics
- Nature, Scope and Utility of Comparative Study of Politics
- Comparative Method and Strategies of Comparison
- Institutional Approach
- Systems Approach
- The Political Economy Approach
- Ideology, Social Bases and Programmes of National Movements
- Patterns of Anti-Colonial Struggles
- Dynamics of State Formation in Colonial Era
- Social Structures and Stratification
- Class Formation
- Social Bases of State Power
- Development Strategies
- Modes of Classification of Political Regimes
- Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes
- Civilian and Military Regimes
- Secular and Theocratic Regimes
- Organs of Government – Executive, Legislature and Judiciary
- Unitary and Federal Systems – Patterns and Trends in Federal Systems
- Republicanism
- Party Systems
- Pressure Groups
- Electoral Process
- Trade Union Movement
- Peasants
- Women’s Movement
- Environment
- Human Rights Movements
- Globalisation- Background and Features
- Impact of Globalisation on Developing Societies
- Globalisation and the Response of the Developing Countries
EPS-11 Political Ideas and Ideologies
- Understanding the Political
- Theorising the Political
- The Need for Political Theory
- Conceptions of Political Theory
- Political Arguments and Conceptual Analysis
- Indian Political Traditions
- The Confucian Tradition
- Arabic-Islamic Political Traditions
- Greek and Roman Traditions
- Western- Liberal and Marxist Traditions
- Meaning and Nature of the State
- Sovereignty
- State, Civil Society and Community
- Power and Authority
- Legitimacy
- Political Obligation and Revolution
- Rights and Citizenship
- Equality
- Liberty
- Justice
- Direct and Participatory Democracy
- Representative Democracy
- Socialist Democracy
- Individualism and Communitarianism
- Fascism
- Marxism
- Gandhism (Dharma, Swaraj, Sarvodaya and Satyagraha)
- State and Globalisation
- Secularism
- Development
- Disadvantaged and Affirmative Action
EPS-12 Government And Politics in India
- The Consequences of Colonialism
- Responses of Indian Society
- National Movement
- Emergence of New Classes
- The Making of Indian Constitution
- Basic Features
- Vision of Social Transformation
- Rights and Citizenship
- What it Means to be A Parliamentary Democracy
- Legislature
- Executive
- Judiciary
- Bureaucracy in India
- Nature of Indian Federalism
- Special Provisions for North-East, J&K, Etc
- Issues in Conflict and Cooperation in Indian Federalism
- Autonomy Movements and State Reorganisation in India
- Local Self-Government Institutions- Rural and Urban
- Nature of Party System in India
- National and Regional Parties
- Elections
- Caste, Class and Politics in India
- Coalition Politics
- Women
- Dalits
- Tribals
- Environment
- Workers and Peasants
- Globalisation and Liberalisation
- Secularism and Communal Challenge
- Democracy in Search of Equality
- Crime, Repression and Terror in Indian Politics
EPS-15 South Asia – Economy Society and Politics
- Struggle for Independence and Nationalism in South Asia
- Human Development Profile
- India in the Global Power Structure
- India in the Global Economic Order
- India and its Neighbours
- Political Structures and Processes in Pakistan
- Economy and Society in Pakistan
- Military in the Politics of Pakistan
- Political Structures and Processes in Bangladesh
- Economy and Society in Bangladesh
- Political Structures and Processes in Nepal
- Economy and Society in Nepal
- Economy, Society and Politics in Bhutan
- Political Structures and Processes in Sri Lanka
- Economy and Society in Sri Lanka
- Ethnic Accommodation in the Politics of Sri Lanka
- Economy, Society and Politics in the Maldives
- Human Rights
- Civil Society
- Challenges to Managing Pluralism in South Asia
- Liberalisation and SAPs
- Globalisation and the State
- Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development
- SAARC
- Dynamics of South Asian Security
- Nuclear Issues
- Resolution and Management of Conflicts
Index: MA Political Science
MPS-001 Political Theory
- What is political theory and why Study it
- Democracy
- Rights
- Liberty
- Equality
- Justice
- Idea of Duty
- Citizenship
- Sovereignty
- State and Civil Society-
- Power and Authority
- Legitimation and Obligation
- Civil disobedience and Satyagraha
- Political Violence
- Classical Liberalism
- Welfare State
- Libertarianism
- Marx,Lenin and Mao
- Lukacs, Gramsci and the Frankfurt School
- Socialism
- Conservatism
- Fundamentalism
- Nationalism
- Multi-Culturalism
- Fascism
- Feminism
- Gandhism and Pacifism
- Communitarianism and Civic Republicanism
- Political Theory in a Globalising World
MPS-002 International Relations- Theory and Problems
- Realist and Neo-Realist Approaches
- Liberal and Neo-Liberal Approaches
- Marxist and Other Radical Approaches
- Neo-Radical Approaches
- Post-Structuralist and Post-Modernist Approaches
- Feminist Approaches
- Environmental Approaches
- Worldviews from Asia, Africa and Latin America
- End of Cold War
- Post-Cold War Issues
- Emerging Powers
- Regional Groupings
- Globalisation
- International Inequities
- Elements of International Economic Relations
- Management of International Relations
- India in the New Global Order
- Right to Self-Determination
- Intervention-Invasion
- Nuclear Proliferation
- International Terrorism
- Role of Science and Technology in International Relations
- Inequality among Nations
- Global corporatism and state Sovereignty
- Human Rights and International Trade
- Changing Nature of American Power
- China as an Emerging Power
- Emergence of Central Asian Republics
- Ethnic Resurgence and ‘Identity’ Wars
- Aboriginal-Indigenous Movements
- Displacement of population- Intra-state and interstate
- Transnational Movements- Cultural and Civilization
- Role of NGOS
- The Concept of Justice in International Relations
- Human Security
MPS-003 India Democracy and Development
(It is a common course offered under IGNOU’s MA Socio and MA PubAD programs too, and provides lot of useful fodder material for General studies as well.)
- National Movement
- Development Models
- Constitution And Social Transformation
- Diversity
- Inequality
- Political Economy
- Economy-Structure And Growth
- Legislature
- Bureaucracy, Police, Army
- Judiciary
- Federalism
- Self Government
- Political Parties
- Workers And Peasents
- Media
- Interest Groups
- Caste, Regligion, Language
- Civil Society
- Human Development
- Gender
- Regional Imbalances
- Migration
- Environment
- Economic Reforms
- Religious Politics
- Ethnicity
- Democracy And Development-Assessment
MPS-004 Comparative Politics- Issues and Trends
- Comparative Politics- Nature, Significance and Evolution
- Comparative Approaches and Methods- System, Structural, Public Policy
- Comparative Approaches- Political Economy, Dependency and World Systems
- Theories of State
- State in Developing Societies- Asian, African and Latin American Experiences
- State – Civil Society Relations- Evolving Patterns
- Globalisation and State
- Regional Integration and State
- International Organisations and State
- Transnational – Multinational Corporations and State
- Nationalism- Approaches
- Forms of Nationalism
- Anti-Colonial Movements
- Nationality and Self-Determination
- State Building and Constitutionalism
- Ethnicity Politics and State
- Politics of Community Identities
- Ethnic Movements
- Political Regimes
- Bureaucracy
- Military in Politics
- Federalism- Patterns And Trends
- Parties and Party Systems
- Interest Groups, Pressure Groups And Lobbying
- Poverty and Human Development
- Gender and Development
- Environment
- Science, Technology and Politics
- Decentralisation and Participation
- Human Rights
MPSE-001 India and the World
- Evolution of India’s World-view
- Approaches to the Study of India’s Foreign Policy
- Objectives and Determinants
- Decision marking Institution
- Policy Development Process
- India’s Foreign Policy- An Overview
- U.S.A.European Union
- Russia, China and Japan
- India and its Neighbours
- India and South East Asia
- India and Central and West Asia
- India, latin America and Caribbean
- India-Africa Relations
- Politico-Security Issues-
- Economics Issues
- Social-Cultural Issues
- Political and Diplomatic Issues
MPSE-003 Western Political Thought (Plato to Marx)
- Significance of Western Political Thought
- Plato
- Aristotle
- St. Augustine & St. Thomas Aquinas
- Niccolo Machiavelli
- Thomas Hobbes
- John Locke
- Jean Jacques Rousseau
- Edmund Burke
- Immanuel Kant
- Jeremy Bentham
- Alexis de Tocqueville
- J.S. Mill
- George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Karl Marx
MPSE-004 Social and Political Thought in Modern India
- Pre-Modern Socio-Religous Political thought in India- The Diverse Strands
- Orientalist Discourse and Colonial Modernity
- Salient Features of Modern Indian Political Thought
- Early Nationalist Responses- Rammohan Roy, Bankim Chatterjee Saraswati Phule
- Moderates and Extremists- Dadabhai Naoroji, MG Ranade and BG Tilak
- Hinduism- Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
- Hindutva- VD Savarkar and MS Golwalkar
- Muslim Thought- Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, MohaIqbal, Maulana Maudoodi and Jinnah
- Nation and Identity Concerns- EV Naicker, Nazrul, Pandita Ramabai, Jaipal, Kahn Singh
- MK Gandhi
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- BR Ambedkar
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Communist Thought- MN Roy and EMS Namboodiripad
- Socialist Thought- Rammanohar Lohia and jayaprakash Narayan
MPSE-006 Peace and Conflict Studies
- Peace and Conflict Studies- Nature and Scope
- Conceptual Analysis of Peace and Conflict
- Nature and Forms of Conflict- Intra-state, Inter-state and Global
- Theories of War
- Types of War- Conventional War, Limited War and Nuclear War
- Types of War- Revolutionary Civil War, Guerrilla Insurgency Insurgency, Proxy Asymmetrical Terrorism
- UN System- Pacific Settlement of Disputes
- UN System- Peacekeeping, Peacemaking and Adjudication
- Disarmament and Arms Control
- Confidence Building Measures
- Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution
- Functional Approaches and Regionalisrn
- The Gandhian Approach
- Human Security
- Peace Research and Peace Movements
MPSE-007 Social Movements and Politics in India
- Social Movements- Meanings, Significance and Importance
- Approaches to Study Social Movements- Liberal, Gandhian and Marxian
- Classification of Social Movements Including New Social Movements
- Democratisation and Changing Nature of Indian Society
- Globalisation and Social Movements
- State, Market and Social Movements
- Dalit Movement
- Backward Class Movement
- Ethnic Movements with Special Reference to Tribals
- Women’s Movements
- Regional Movements
- Religious and Communal Movements
- Agrarian Movements
- Working Class Movement
- Fisher Folks’ Movement
- Environmental and Ecological Movements
- Social Movements and Democracy- An Assessment
MPSE-008 State Politics in India
- Development of State Politics in India
- Frameworks for Analysis
- Nature of Indian Diversities and Nationalist Responses
- States in the Constitutional Scheme
- Development of State System
- Elections and Electoral Politics
- Political Parties and Party Systems
- Patterns of dissent and Protest Movements in Indian states
- Developmental Issues and Regional Disparities
- Agrarian Transformation and Land Reforms
- Industry and Labour
- Globalisation and Liberalisation- Implications for State Politics
- Inter-state Disputes- Water and Territorial Boundaries
- Patterns of Communal Politics
- Assertion of Dalits and Backward Castes
- Linguistic and Ethnic Minorities in State Politics
- State Autonomy Movements in India
MED-002 Sustainable Development- Issues and Challenges
- What is Sustainable Development
- Parameters of Sustainable Development
- Approaches to the Study of Sustainable Development
- Issues and Challenges
- Natural Resource Exploitation
- Patterns of Industrialisation
- Global and Regional Dimensions
- State Initiatives
- Regional Initiatives
- Global Initiatives
- Community Knowledge
- Cooperation and Partnership
MED-008 Globalisation Environment and Development
- Environmental Dimensions of Globalisation
- Environmental Calamities
- Man-made Disasters
- MNCs, TNCs and Developing Countries
- International Summits and Declarations
- International Environmental Laws and Agreements
- Role of the United Nations Agencies
- Environment in Multilateral Perspectives
- South Asian Response to Environmental Concerns
- Non-Governmental Agencies Initiatives
Official UPSC Syllabus Pol.Sci. Paper 1
Political Theory and Indian Politics:
- Political Theory: meaning and approaches.
- Theories of the State: Liberal, Neoliberal, Marxist, Pluralist, Post-colonial and 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 legitimacy.
- Political Ideologies: Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism, Fascism, Gandhism and Feminism.
- Indian Political Thought : Dharamshastra, Arthashastra and Buddhist traditions; Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Sri Aurobindo, M.K. Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar, M.N. Roy.
- Western Political Thought: Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, John S. Mill, Marx, Gramsci, Hannah Arendt.
Indian Government and Politics:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Planning and Economic Development : Nehruvian and Gandhian perspectives; role of planning and public sector; Green Revolution, land reforms and agrarian relations; liberalilzation 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 behaviour; changing socio- economic profile of Legislators.
- Social Movements: Civil liberties and human rights movements; women’s movements; environmentalist movements.
Official UPSC Syllabus Pol.Sci. Syllabus Paper 2
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 ofthe 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.
- 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:
- 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 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.
- 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; 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.
- 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.
- Recent developments in Indian Foreign policy: India’s position on the recent crisis in Afghanistan, Iraq and West Asia, growing relations with US and Israel; vision of a new world order.
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