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BOOKLISTFORPOLITICALSCIENCEANDINTERNATIONALRELATIONS
PAPERI
PoliticalTheoryandIndianPolitics
PoliticalTheory
SERIAL
NO.
TOPIC
BOOKS/NOTES
PoliticalTheory:meaningand
approaches.
ShubhraMaams
notes,An
Introductionto
PoliticalTheoryby
RajeevBhargavand
AshokAcharya,
PolticalTheoryby
O.P.Gauba
TheoriesoftheState:Liberal,
Neoliberal,Marxist,Pluralist,
Postcolonialandfeminist.
ShubhraMaams
notes,An
Introductionto
PoliticalTheoryby
RajeevBhargavand
AshokAcharya,
someinternet
searches
Justice:Conceptionsofjustice
withspecialreferencetoRawls
theoryofjusticeandits
communitariancritiques.
ShubhraMaams
notes,An
Introductionto
PoliticalTheoryby
RajeevBhargavand
AshokAcharya
Equality:Social,politicaland
economicrelationship
betweenequalityandfreedom
Affirmativeaction.
ShubhraMaams
notes,An
Introductionto
PoliticalTheoryby
RajeevBhargavand
AshokAcharya
Rights:Meaningandtheories
differentkindsofrights
ShubhraMaams
notes,An
Introductionto
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conceptofHumanRights.
PoliticalTheoryby
RajeevBhargavand
AshokAcharya
Democracy:Classicaland
contemporarytheories
differentmodelsofdemocracy
representative,participatory
anddeliberative.
ShubhraMaams
notes,An
Introductionto
PoliticalTheoryby
RajeevBhargavand
AshokAcharya
Conceptofpower,hegemony,
ideologyandlegitimacy.
ShubhraMaams
notes,internet
search
PoliticalIdeologies:Liberalism,
Socialism,Marxism,Fascism,
GandhismandFeminism.
PoliticalIdeologies
byAndrewHeywood
IndianPoliticalThought:
Dharamshastra,Arthashastra
andBuddhisttraditionsSir
SyedAhmedKhan,Sri
Aurobindo,M.K.Gandhi,B.R.
Ambedkar,M.N.Roy.
MakersofModern
IndiabyRam
ChandraGuha,
IndianPolitical
ThoughtbyM.P.
SinghandHimanshu
Roy,internetsearch
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WesternPoliticalThought:
Plato,Aristotle,Machiavelli,
Hobbes,Locke,JohnS.Mill,
Marx,Gramsci,andHannah
Arendt.
WesternPolitical
ThoughtfromPlato
toMarxbySubrat
Mukherjeeand
SushilaRamaswamy,
internetsearchfor
GramsciandArendt
IndianGovernmentandPolitics
SERIAL
NO.
TOPIC
BOOKS/NOTES
IndianNationalism:
PoliticalStrategiesofIndias
FreedomStruggle:
Constitutionalismtomass
1
(a)
Satyagraha,Noncooperation,
CivilDisobedienceMilitant
andrevolutionarymovements,
Peasantandworkers
(b)
ShubhraMaams
notes
movements.
PerspectivesonIndian
NationalMovement:Liberal,
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SocialistandMarxistRadical
humanistandDalit.
MakingoftheIndian
Constitution:Legaciesofthe
Britishruledifferentsocialand
politicalperspectives.
ShubhraMaams
notes
SalientFeaturesoftheIndian
Constitution:ThePreamble,
FundamentalRightsand
Duties,DirectivePrinciples
ParliamentarySystemand
AmendmentProcedures
JudicialReviewandBasic
Structuredoctrine.
IndianPolityby
Laxmikanth,
ShubhraMaams
notes
PrincipalOrgansoftheUnion
Government:Envisagedrole
andactualworkingofthe
Executive,Legislatureand
SupremeCourt.
4(a)
PrincipalOrgansoftheState
(b)
Government:Envisagedrole
IndianPolityby
Laxmikanth,
ShubhraMaams
notes
andactualworkingofthe
Executive,LegislatureandHigh
Courts.
GrassrootsDemocracy:
PanchayatiRajandMunicipal
Governmentsignificanceof
73rdand74thAmendments
Grassrootmovements.
IndianPolityby
Laxmikanth,
ShubhraMaams
notes,OurPolitical
SystembySubhash
Kashyap
Statutory
Institutions/Commissions:
ElectionCommission,
ComptrollerandAuditor
General,FinanceCommission,
UnionPublicService
Commission,National
CommissionforScheduled
Castes,NationalCommission
forScheduledTribes,National
CommissionforWomen
NationalHumanRights
Commission,National
CommissionforMinorities,
NationalBackwardClasses
Commission.
IndianPolityby
Laxmikanth,
ShubhraMaams
notes
Federalism:Constitutional
provisionschangingnatureof
centrestaterelations
integrationisttendenciesand
regionalaspirationsinterstate
disputes.
IndianPolityby
Laxmikanth,
ShubhraMaams
notes
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PlanningandEconomic
Development:Nehruvianand
Gandhianperspectivesroleof
planningandpublicsector
GreenRevolution,land
reformsandagrarianrelations
liberalizationandeconomic
reforms.
IndianPolityby
Laxmikanth,
ShubhraMaams
notes
Caste,ReligionandEthnicityin
IndianPolitics.
IndianPolityby
Laxmikanth,
ShubhraMaams
notes,Oxford
Companionto
PoliticsinIndia
10
PartySystem:Nationaland
regionalpoliticalparties,
ideologicalandsocialbasesof
partiespatternsofcoalition
politicsPressuregroups,
trendsinelectoralbehaviour
changingsocioeconomic
profileofLegislators.
ShubhraMaams
notes
11
SocialMovements:Civil
libertiesandhumanrights
movementswomens
movementsenvironmentalist
movements.
ShubhraMaams
notes
PAPERII
ComparativePoliticsandInternationalRelations
ComparativePoliticalAnalysisandInternationalPolitics:
SERIAL
NO.
TOPIC
BOOK/NOTES
ComparativePolitics:Nature
andmajorapproaches
politicaleconomyand
politicalsociology
perspectiveslimitationsof
thecomparativemethod.
ShubhraMaamsnotes,
ComparativePoliticsby
J.C.Johari
Stateincomparative
perspective:Characteristics
andchangingnatureofthe
Stateincapitalistand
socialisteconomies,and,
advancedindustrialand
developingsocieties.
SameasinPaperI
PoliticalTheory,
ShubhraMaamsnotes
PoliticsofRepresentation
andParticipation:Political
parties,pressuregroupsand
ShubhraMaamsnotes,
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socialmovementsin
advancedindustrialand
developingsocieties.
ComparativePoliticsby
J.C.Johari
Globalisation:Responses
fromdevelopedand
developingsocieties.
ShubhraMaamsnotes,
internetsearch
ApproachestotheStudyof
InternationalRelations:
Idealist,Realist,Marxist,
FunctionalistandSystems
theory.
InternationalRelations
byPeuGhosh
Keyconceptsin
InternationalRelations:
Nationalinterest,Security
andpowerBalanceof
poweranddeterrence
Transnationalactorsand
collectivesecurityWorld
capitalisteconomyand
globalisation.
ShubhraMaamsnotes,
InternationalRelations
byPeuGhosh
ChangingInternational
PoliticalOrder:Riseofsuper
powersstrategicand
ideologicalBipolarity,arms
raceandColdWarnuclear
threat
7(a)
Nonalignedmovement:
(b)
Aimsandachievements
(c)
CollapseoftheSovietUnion
ShubhraMaamsnotes,
InternationalRelations
byPeuGhosh
UnipolarityandAmerican
hegemonyrelevanceof
nonalignmentinthe
contemporaryworld.
Evolutionofthe
InternationalEconomic
System:FromBrettonwoods
toWTOSocialisteconomies
andtheCMEA(Councilfor
MutualEconomic
Assistance)ThirdWorld
demandfornew
internationaleconomic
orderGlobalisationofthe
worldeconomy.
ShubhraMaamsnotes,
InternationalRelations
byPeuGhosh
UnitedNations:Envisaged
roleandactualrecord
specializedUNagencies
aimsandfunctioningneed
forUNreforms.
ShubhraMaamsnotes,
InternationalRelations
byPeu
Ghosh,mea.gov.in
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RegionalisationofWorld
Politics:EU,ASEAN,APEC,
SAARC,NAFTA.
11
ContemporaryGlobal
Concerns:Democracy,
humanrights,environment,
genderjustice,terrorism,
nuclearproliferation.
ShubhraMaamsnotes,
InternationalRelations
byPeu
Ghosh,mea.gov.in,
websitesofthe
mentioned
organisations
ShubhraMaamsnotes,
InternationalRelations
byPeuGhosh,internet
search
IndiaandTheWorld:
SERIAL
NO.
TOPIC
BOOK/NOTES
IndianForeignPolicy:
Determinantsofforeign
policyinstitutionsofpolicy
makingcontinuityand
change.
ShubhraMaamsnotes,
InternationalRelations
byPeu
Ghosh,mea.gov.in
IndiasContributiontothe
NonAlignmentMovement:
Differentphasescurrent
role.
ShubhraMaamsnotes,
InternationalRelations
byPeuGhosh
IndiaandSouthAsia:
RegionalCooperation:
SAARCpastperformance
3
(a)
andfutureprospects.
SouthAsiaasaFreeTrade
Area.
(b)
IndiasLookEastpolicy.
ShubhraMaams
notes,mea.gov.in,
internetsearch,EPW
(c)
Impedimentstoregionalco
(d)
operation:riverwater
disputesillegalcrossborder
migrationethnicconflicts
andinsurgenciesborder
disputes.
IndiaandtheGlobalSouth:
RelationswithAfricaand
LatinAmericaleadership
ShubhraMaams
notes,mea.gov.in,
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roleinthedemandforNIEO
andWTOnegotiations.
internetsearch,EPW
IndiaandtheGlobalCentres
ofPower:USA,EU,Japan,
ChinaandRussia.
ShubhraMaams
notes,mea.gov.in,
internetsearch,EPW
IndiaandtheUNSystem:
RoleinUNPeacekeeping
demandforPermanentSeat
intheSecurityCouncil.
ShubhraMaams
notes,mea.gov.in,UN
website,internet
search,EPW
IndiaandtheNuclear
Question:Changing
perceptionsandpolicy.
ShubhraMaams
notes,mea.gov.in,
internetsearch,article
calledTowardaforce
inbeing:thelogic,
structure,andutilityof
Indiasemerging
nuclearpostureby
AshleyTellis,EPW
Recentdevelopmentsin
IndianForeignpolicy:
Indiaspositiononthe
recentcrisisinAfghanistan,
IraqandWestAsia,growing
relationswithUSandIsrael
visionofanewworldorder.
Mea.gov.in,internet
search,EPW
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