PSIR 2A: Index - Politics for India

1] Political Theory: meaning and approaches

Political Theory: meaning and approaches

2] Theories of state : Liberal, Neo-liberal, Marxist, Pluiralist, post-colonial and Feminist

1) Theories of State: Introduction
2) Liberal theory of State
3) Neo-liberal theory of State
4) Marxist theory of State
5) Pluralist theory of State
6) Postcolonial theory of State
7) Feminist theory of State

3] Justice : Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawl’s theory of justice and its communitarian critiques

Rawls’ theory of justice and its communitarian critique

4] Equality : Social, political and economic; relationship between equality and freedom; Affirmative action

Equality, Freedom and Affirmative Action

5] Rights : Meaning and theories; different kinds of rights; Concept of Human Rights

1) Theories of Rights & Human Rights
2) Responsibility to Protect

You can also read Human Rights chapter from Paper 2A.

6] Democracy : Classical and contemporary theories; different models of democracy—representative, participatory and deliberative

Theories and Models of Democracy

Parallely you can also study Politics of Participation and Representation from Paper 2A

7] Concept of power : hegemony, ideology and legitimacy

Theories of Power

8] Political Ideologies : Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism, Fascism, Gandhism and Feminism

1) Ideology
2) Liberalism
3) Socialism
4) Marxism
5) Fascism
6) Feminism
7) Postmodernism
8) Gandhism
9) End of Ideolog

9] Indian Political Thought: Dharamshastra, Arthashastra and Buddhist Traditions; Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Sri Aurobindo, M. K. Gandhi, B. R. Ambedkar, M. N. Roy

1) Dharmashastra tradition
2) Arthashastra (Kautilya’s political thought)
3) Buddhist thought
4) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
5) Sri Aurobindo
6) M.K. Gandhi
7) B.R. Ambedkar
8) M.N. Roy

10] Western Political Thought : Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, John S. Mill, Marx, Gramsci, Hannah Arendt

1) Socrates
2) Plato
3) Aristotle
4) Machiavelli
5) Thomas Hobbes
6) John Locke
7) Rousseau
8) J.S. Mill
9) Karl Marx
10) Gramsci
11) Hannah Arendt