OPSC OAS Political Science and IR Syllabus

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OPSC OAS Political Science and IR Syllabus

Paper-I

Section-A: Political Theory

  1. Approaches to the study of political theory: historical, normative and empirical.
  2. Theories of state: Liberal, , Marxist, , Post-colonial.
  3. State Sovereignty: Monistic and Pluralistic theories; globalisation and the State.
  4. Democracy: Democratic theory-classical and contemporary
  5. Human Rights:. Theories of Human Rights; Theories of Justice, Equality and Revolution, Political obligation;
  6. Theories of Political Culture and Political Economy.
  7. Political Ideologies: Nature of Ideology; Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism, Fascism and Gandhism.
  8. Theories of Power and Hegemony: Pareto, Mosca, Mitchels, C. Wright Mills, Weber and Gramsci.
  9. Indian Political Thought: Manu, Kautilya, M.N. Roy, Gandhi and Ambedkar
  10. Western Political Thought: Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, J S Mill, Hegel and Marx, Lenin, and Mao Zedong.

Section-B: Indian Government and Politics

  1. Indian Nationalism: Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Dadabhai Naoroji, Tilak, Gandhi, Nehru, Subhas Bose and Ambedkar.
  2. Indian freedom struggle : Constitutionalism, Revolutionary movements Non Cooperation,Civil Disobedience and Quit India, Role of women in freedom struggle.
  3. Constitutional Development in the pre- Independence Era: Morley-Minto Reforms; Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms;; Government of India Act, 1919 and 1935; and Cripps Mission.
  4. Socio- economic dimensions of the nationalist movement: The communal question and the demand for partition; backward caste movements, Trade union and Peasant movements, Civil rights movement.
  5. Salient Features of the Indian Constitution: The Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties, Directive Principles; federalism, parliamentary system; amending procedures; judicial review.
  6. The Executive System: President, Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers; Governor, Chief Minister and the State Council of Ministers. The Bureaucracy.
  7. Parliament: -Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and Parlimentary Committees.
  8. Judiciary: The Supreme Court and the High Courts; Judicial Activism; .
  9. Statutory institutions/commissions-UPSC, Election Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General, Backward Classes Commission, National Commission for women; National Human Rights Commission; Minorities Commission.
  10. Party System : ideology and social base of parties; fragmentation and regionalization; patterns of coalition politics; trends in electoral behaviour; Pressure groups;.
  11. Class, caste, backward class and Dalit movements ; Tribal people’s movements, gender in Indian politics and women’s movements; ethnicity; communalism, and politics of regionalism.
  12. Planning and Socio- Economic Development : Role of the Planning Commission; Socio- political dimensions of economic reforms.
  13. Local Governance: Panchayati Raj and municipal government; significance of 73rd and 74th Amendements. Women’s empowerment.
  14. State Politics in Odisha: Social bases of Odia Nationalism; Freedom Movement and Praja Mandal Movements, in Odisha; Integration of Princely States in Odisha;
  15. Coalition Politics, People’s Movement and Women’s Movement.

Paper – II

Section-A: International Politics

  1. International System: Evolution; The Modern State and Sovereighn State System
  2. Concepts of International politics : Power, balance of power, national interest, collective security.
  3. Theories of International politics: Idealist, Realist, Systems, Decision-making and Game Theory.
  4. Determinants of foreign policy : Ideology, Domestic compulsions, geopolitics, and global order.
  5. Origin and decline of Cold War, New World Order.
  6. Major issues of world politics : Cuban Missile Crisis; Vietnam War, Oil Crisis, Collapse of the Soviet Union, Yugoslav Crisis Afghan Crisis, Iraq War,.
  7. Non-alignment : Nonaligned Movement; Its relevance in the post cold war era.
  8. Disarmament and Arms Control;
  9. The evolution of the international economic order-from Bretton woods to WTO, the North-South dimension.
  10. UN and its specialized agencies
  11. Regional organizations: ASEAN, EU, SAARC
  12. Global Concerns :, Human Rights, Ecology, Gender Justice

Section-B: India and the World

  1. Indian Foreign Policy: Historical origins, determinants; the institutions of policy-making; continuity and change.
  2. The Non-Alignment Movement : India’s Contribution to NAM; Its contemporary relevance.
  3. India and the major powers : USA, EU, China, and Russia.
  4. India and its neighbours: Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal.
  5. Conflict and co-operation in South and South East Asia : Kashmir, SAARC. ASEAN
  6. India’s Nuclear Policy: PNE, NPT,CTBT
  7. India and the UN System : India’s role in UN Peace Keeping and global disarmament.
  8. India and the international economic order; WTO, IMF, IBRD, Globalization


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