PART ‘A’ : CONTEMPORARY WORLD POLITICS 1.The Cold War Era in World Politics, 2.Disintegration of the Second World and the Collapse of Bipolarity, 3.American Dominance in World Politics, 4. Alternative Centres of Economic and Political Power, 5 .South Asia in Post-Cold War Era, 6.International Organisations, 7. Security in the Contemporary World, 8. Environment and Natural Resources in Global Politics, 9 .Globalisation, High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Questions PART ‘B’ : POLITICS IN INDIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE 1.Nation-Building and its Problems, 2 .Era of One-Party Dominance, 3 .Politics of Planned Development, 4. India’s External Relations, 5. Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System, 6 .Crisis of the Constitutional Order, 7. Regional Aspirations and Conflicts, 8. Rise of New Social Movements, 9 .Democratic Upsurge and Coalition Politics,10.Recent Issues and Challenges, High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Questions Board Examination Papers.

Strictly according to the latest syllabus prescribed by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Delhi and State Boards of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Haryana, H.P. etc. & Navodaya, Kasturba, Kendriya Vidyalayas etc. following CBSE curriculum based on NCERT guidelines. राजनीति विज्ञान (Poilitical Science) Paper I - Indian Constitution at Work 1. Constitution-Making, 2. Fundamental Rights and Duties, 3. System of Representational Democracy, 4. Executive in a Parliamentary System, 5. Union and State Legislatures, 6. Judiciary, 7. Federal System, 8. Local Self-Government, 9. Constitution as a Living Document, 10. Political Philosophy Underlying the Constitution Paper II - Political Theory 11. Political Theory, 12. Liberty, 13. Equality, 14. Social Justice, 15. Rights, 16. Citizenship, 17. Nationalism, 18. Secularism, 19. Peace, 20. Development Examination Papers (JAC)

Part - I Indian Constitution At Work 1.Making of The Indian Constitution, 2. Fundamental Rights And Duties, 3. Systems of Reprentational Democaracy, 4. Executive In a Pariliamentary System, 5. Union And State Legislatures, 6.Judiciary, 7. Federal Systems, 8.Local Self Government, 9. Constitution As A Living Document, 10. Political Philosophy Underlying The Constitution, Part - II Political Theory 11.Political Theory, 12. Liberty, 13. Equality, 14. Social Justice, 15. Rights, 16. Citizenship, 17. Nationalism, 18. Secularism, 19. Peace, 20. Development, Board Examination Paper (JAC).

Remarkable developments have taken place in the domain of political theory in the present age of liberalisation and globalisation. The concept of the nation-state has undergone a major change on account of the irresistible erosion of sovereignty in the internal and external spheres and the emergence of the model of a transnational state. Different models of state may be seen in the countries of the Third World. It has put a question mark on the future of the nation-state. The basic tenets of liberalism have been challenged by Neo-liberalism and Communitarianism with the result that now it is on the retreat. In the post-World War II period, the New Fabians had revised the tenets of Fabianism, but in the post-Cold War era it has been replaced by the Third Way. The pluralists had attacked the classical theory of sovereignty, but the neo-pluralists have given a new shape to it. The theme of political legitimacy has been revisited. The old concept of citizenship requires to be reinterpreted in the contexts of civic republicanism, multi-culturalism and identity politics. It has happened with other themes as well which may be taken note of in the emergence of new topics like Neo-colonialism, Post-colonialism, Post-communism and the like. The task of a political scientist is to comprehend and critically describe the underlying principles of political behaviour in their empirical as well as normative dimensions. Inter-disciplinary focus has become so popular now that the implications of the themes of various social sciences have penetrated into the domain of each other. The discipline of political science has become a study of `power' and of 'struggle' for its sake at any level -- local, regional, national and international. In the light of these salient features, university courses have been modernised, and the author has done well to cover them in this work so as to adequately meet the requirements of students offering this course at the degree and postgraduate levels and of candidates preparing for competitive examinations.

Focusing on political institutions and nation state, this book examines various structures in the political environment such as constitutional frameworks, legislatures, executives, judicial systems, electoral structures and political parties. It uses eight countries as examples.

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