Group A – Ideologies

Paper- XVIII Indian Feminist Perspective-II
1) Indian Renaissance and emergence of feminist thought in India
2) Contributions of some modern Indian thinkers on women: Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Swami Vivekananda, Shri Aurobindo, Mahatma Gandhi and Vinobha Bhave
3) Great women of India: Annie Beasant, Sister Nivedita, Sarojini Naidu, Aruna Asaf Ali.
4) Women and Ecology: Contributions of Vandana Shiva and Bina Agarwal.

Paper XIX – Political Ideologies
1) Liberalism: Classical Phase
2) Marxism: Marx and Engel’s
3) Social Democracy
4) Libertarianism
5) Fascism.

Paper- XX Political Thought After World War-II
1) The critique of Bourgeois Civilization: Marcuse and Macpherson.
2) Marxist currents: Mao-Tse-Tung, Guevara, Fanon, Althusser, Poulentzas
3) Indian Contribution: Gandhi and Nehru.

Group B – Government and Politics

Paper XVIII Panchayati Raj in India
1) Evolution of Panchayati Raj in India: Pre-Independence
2) The Status of Panchayati Raj: Legal and Constitutional provisions regarding structures of Panchayati Raj
3) 73rd Constitutional Amendment
4) Empowerment of the marginalized sections of the society.
5) Rural Development
6) Problems: autonomy, finance, accountability, peoples, representative bureaucracy relationship

Paper- XIX Process of Urban Government in India DDN
1) Relation between the deliberative and executive wings: Bombay and Calcutta models.
2) Finance of urban government
3) Relationship with the state government.
4) Electoral politics, role of political parties and pressure groups.
5) Urban development policy. Programmes of urban development in respect to housing, health, sanitation, electricity, water supply education, transportation, slum improvement and environment protection.
6) Improving city government.

Paper XX- Federalism in India
1) Background, Evolution and Nature of Federalism in India
2) Developments in Indian Federalism since 1947
3) Centre-State Relations with reference to Emergency and Financial Powers
4) Demand for State Autonomy
5) Sarkaria Commission Report: An Analysis of Inter-State Councils
6) Regional Parties and their Impact on the Federal Process
7) Recent Trends and Prospects.

OR

Nation Building in the Third World II
1) Asia: Patterns of Dominance and Resurgence Forces and Factors for the Development of National Struggle.
2) Impulses of Nation Building:
3) Impediments to Nation-Building
4) Role of Multinational Corporations and Foreign Aid.
5) Contemporary Challenges: Self Determination and Ethno-Nationalism.

GROUP C – International Relations

Paper- XVIII Contemporary Issues in International law-II
1) Territorial Sovereignty
2) Jurisdiction and Immunities from Jurisdiction
3) State Responsibility
4) International Environmental Law
5) Pacific Settlement of Disputes
6) The Use of Force
7) International Security

OR

Paper – XVIII International Organization – II
1) The theory of UN Collective Security: UN Security efforts during and after the cold war.
2) The UN Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs.
3) The UN and the eco-development debate.
4) Regional Organization and the UN.

Paper XIX Indian Foreign Policy – II
1) India and her neighbours: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka
2) Regional focus of India with special reference to Look East policy
(i) SAARC
(ii) ASEAN
(iii) EU
(iv) The Commonwealth
(v) Central Asian Republics
3) The ‘Sleeping Buddha’ and beyond: Evolving India’s nuclear doctrine
4) The Gujral Doctrine and after: issue of peace and security in the Indian subcontinent

Paper XX Conflict Resolution & Peace: Issues & Challenges
1) Challenges of 21ST Century
2) Anatomy of Terrorism
3) Managing Ethnic Conflicts Peacefully
4) Ecological & Environmental Conflict
5) Human Security
6) Women and Peace
7) Role of Education, Religion & Media