PUC Lecturers recruitment 2012 CET syllabus of Political Science

PUC Lecturers recruitment 2012 CET syllabus of Political Science 

Political Science (Subject Code - 08)

PAPER-I

Section-A: Political Theory

1. Main features of ancient Indian Political thought; Manu and Kautilya; Ancient Greek thought; plato, Artistotle; General Characteristics of European medieval political thought: St. Thomas Aquinas, Marsiglio of padua; Machiavelli; Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousnenu, Eenthan, J.S. Kill T.H. Green Hegal, Mark, Lenin and MaoTse-Tung.

2. Nature and scope of Political science; Growth of Political Science as a discipline. Traditional Vs. Con-temporary approaches; Behaviouralism and Post-Behavioural developments; Systems theory and other recent approaches to political analysis, Marxist approach political analysis.

3. The emergence and nature of the modern State; Sovereignty; Monistic and

Pluralistic analysis of sovereignty; Power, Authority and Legitimacy.

4. Political obligation : Resistance and Revolution; Rights, Liberty, Equality, Justice.

5. Theory of Democracy.

6. Liberalism, Evolutionary Socialism (Democratic and Fabian) Marxian-Socialism;

Fascism.

Section - B : Government and Politics

1. Approaches to the study of Comparative Politics; Traditional and structural

Functional approach.

2. Political Institutions: The Legislature, Executive and Judiciary; Parties and

Pressure-Groups, Theories of Party system; Lenin Michels and Duverger; Electoral

system.Bureaucracy - Weber’s views and modern critics of wever.

3. Political Process; Political Socialization, modernization and Communication, the

nature of the non-Western political process; A general study of the Constitutional

and Political problems affecting Afro-Asian Societies.

4. Indian Political System (a) The Roots; Colonialism and Nationalism in India; A

general study of modern Indian social and political thought; Raja Rammohan

Roy, Dadabhai Nauroji, Gokhale, Tilak, Sri Aurobindo, Iqbal, Jinnah, Gandhi, B.R.

Ambedkar, M.N. Roy and Nehru, b) The structure : Indian Constitution,

Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles; Union Government; Parliament,

Cabinet, Supreme Court and Judicial Review; Indian Federalism Centre-State

relations; State Government role  of the Governor; Panchayath Raj. c) The

functioning - Class and Caste in Indian Politics, Politics of regionalism, linguismand Communalism, problems, of secularization of the policy and national integration

Political Participation; Planning and Developmental Admlnstration Socio-economic

changes and its impact on Indian democracy.

PAPER-II

Part-I

1. The nature and functioning of the Soverign nation state system

2. Concepts of International Politics; Power; National interest; Balance of Power

‘Power Vaccum’,

3. Theories of International Polities; The Realist theory; Systems theory; Decision

making.

4. Determinations of foreign policy; national interest; Ideology; elements of National

Power (including nature of domestic socio Political institution).

5. Foreign Policy choices - Imperialism; Balance of Power; Allegiances; Isolationalism;

Nationalistic Universalism (Pax-Britiannica, Pax Americana - Pax - Sovietica);

The “Middle Kingdom” Complex of China; Non-Alignment.

6. The Cold War; Origin, evolution and its impact on international relations; Defence

and its impact; a new Cold War?

7. Non-alignment, Meaning-Bases (National and international) the non-aligned

Movement and its role in International relations.

8. De-colonization and expansion of the international community; Neo-colonialism

and racialism, their impact on international relations; Asian-African resurgence.

9. The present International economic order; Aid trade and economic development;

the struggle for the New International Economic Order; Sovereignty over natural

resources; the crisis in energy resources.

10. The Role of international law in international relations; the International Court of

Justice.

11. Origin and Development of International Organisations; the United Nations and

specialized Agencies; their role in international relations.

12. Regional Organisation : OAS, OAU, the Arab league, the ASEAN, the EEC, their

role in international relations.

13. Arms race disarmament and arms control; Conventional and nuclear arms, the

Arms, Trade, its impact on Third World role in international relations.

14. Diplomatic theory and practice.15. External intervention : ideological, Political and Economic, “Cultural imperialism”

Covert intervention by the major powers.

Part - II

1. The uses and mis used of nuclear energy; the impact of nuclear weapons on

international relations; the Partial Test-Ban Treaty; the Nuclear Non-Proliferation

Treaty (NPT), peaceful Nuclear explosions (PNE).

2. The problems and prospects of the Indian Ocean being made a peace-zone.

3. The conflict situation in West Asia

4. Conflict and Co-operation in South Asia.

5. The (Post-War) Foreign policies of the major powers; United States, Soviet Union,

China.

6. The third world in international relations; the North-South “Dialogue” in the United

nation as and outside.

7. India’s foreign policy and relations; India and the Super Powers; India and its

neighbour; India and South East Asia; Indian and African problems; India’s

economic diplomacy; India and the question of nuclear weapons.