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Part - I
Political Theory and Indian Politics
- Political theory: meaning and approaches
- Concept of Power Hegemony Ideology and Legitimacy
- Theories of the state: Liberal
- Theories of the state: Neoliberal
- Theories of the state: Marxist
- Theories of the state: Pluralist
- Theories of the state: Post-colonial
- Theories of the state: 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
- Political Ideologies: Liberalism
- Political Ideologies: Socialism
- Political Ideologies: Fascism
- Political Ideologies: Gandhism
- Political Ideologies: Feminism
- Indian Political Thought: Dharamshastra
- Indian Political Thought: Arthashastra
- Indian Political Thought: Buddhist traditions
- Indian Political Thought: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
- Indian Political Thought: Sri Aurobindo
- Indian Political Thought: M.K. Gandhi
- Indian Political Thought: B.R. Ambedkar
- Indian Political Thought: M.N. Roy
- Western Political Thought: Plato
- Western Political Thought: Aristotle
- Western Political Thought: Machiavelli
- Western Political Thought: Hobbes
- Western Political Thought: John Locke
- Western Political Thought: John,S. Mill
- Western Political Thought: Karl Marx
- Western Political Thought: Antonio Gramsci
- Western Political Thought: Hannah Arendt
Indian Government and politics
- 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.
- Grassroots Democracy: Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government, significance of 73rd and 74th Amendments; Grassroot movements
- Statutory Institutions/Commissions: Election Commission
- Statutory Institutions/Commissions: Comptroller and Auditor General
- Statutory Institutions/Commissions: Finance Commission
- Statutory Institutions/Commissions: Union Public Service Commission
- Statutory Institutions/Commissions: National Commission for Scheduled Castes
- Statutory Institutions/Commissions: National Commission for scheduled Tribes
- Statutory Institutions/Commissions: National Commission for Women
- Statutory Institutions/Commissions: National Human Rights Commission
- Statutory Institutions/Commissions: National Commission for Minorities
- Statutory Institutions/Commissions: National Backward Classes Commission
- Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics.
- Social Movements: Civil liberties and human rights movements
- Social Movements: Environmental movement
- Social Movements: women's movements
- Planning and Economic Development:Green Revolution
