Note :-

1. Objective type paper
2. Duration of Paper: Three Hours
3. All questions carry equal marks.
4. There will be Negative Marking.

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Syllabus

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1. Western Political Thought

1. Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, St. Thomas Aquinas
2. Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau.
3. Bentham, J.S. Mill, Hegel, T.H. Green.
4. Karl Marx, Gramsci, Habermas, Frantz Fanon.
5. Hannah Arendt, John Rawls, Robert Nozick, Michael Walzer.

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2. Political Theory

1. Nature and Need of Political Theory, its main concerns, decline and resurgence.
2. Behaviouralism and Post-Behaviouralism. Fact- Value Dichotomy.
3. System's Approach, Structural Functional Approach.
4. Group Theory, Elite Theory, Rational Choice Theory.
5. Nationalism: European and Non European. Feminism and Post-Modernism.

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3. Comparative Politics Analysis

1. Approaches to the study of Comparative Politics- Institutionalism and New Institutionalism, Political Culture, Political Development, Political Socialization.
2. State in comparative perspective: Characteristics and changing nature of state in Capitalist and Socialist economies and advanced industrial and developing societies.
3. Governance: Bureaucracy, Public Policy, Good Governance and Democratic Governance, Civil Society.
4. Colonialism and Decolonization: Development and Under Development, Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization.
5. Revolution and Resistance, Democratization. New Social Movements and Patterns of changes in contemporary societies.

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4. Political Processes and Dynamics in India

1. Historical Background of Indian Politics- Making of India as a Nation State, Demands of Autonomy and Separatist movement, Emerging Trend in Centre-State relations, Practices of grass root democracy.
2. Socio-Cultural Aspects of Indian Politics- Issue of Caste, Class, Religion, Ethnicity and Gender in Indian Politics, Civil Society, Social and Political Movements.
3. National and Regional Political Parties, Ideological and Social bases of Parties, Trends in Electoral behavior, Electoral Reforms, Pressure Groups.
4. Commentators of Indian Politics- Granville Austin, Morris Jones, Rudolph and Rudolph, Rajni Kothari, C.P. Bhambri and Amartya Sen.
5. Polity of Rajasthan- Formation of Rajasthan; Different Phases of Political competition in Rajasthan, Determinants of Party Politics in Rajasthan, People's Movements in Rajasthan.

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5. International Politics and Indian Foreign Policy

1. Rise of Super Powers, Cold War and Bi- Polarity, Non- Alignment Movement, End of Cold War and Remaking of the World order.
2. United Nations: Objectives, structure and functioning, revision of the Charter. India's Contribution to United Nations.
3. Regional and Sub-regional Organizations- SAARC, EU, ALBA, ASEAN, African Union, OPEC, BRICS, BIMSTEC, G-20.
4. American Hegemony in Contemporary Global Order. Nuclear Proliferation and Disarmament, International Terrorism. Issue of Human Rights in International Politics.
5. Political Economy of International Relations: From Brettonwoods to WTO, New International Economic Order, North-South Dialogue, South-South Co-operation, and Environmental issues.
6. India's relations with USA, Russia, China and European Union: India and its Neighbours, 'Look East' Policy, India and West Asia, Central Asia, Africa, Latin America. Indian Diaspora, Neo-Liberal Mould of Indian Foreign Policy.