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Contents
1.
UGC-NET/JRF Political
Science Solved Paper
December 2015 Paper - II
2.
UGC-NET/JRF Political
Science Solved Paper
December 2015 Paper - III
3.
UGC-NET/JRF Political
Science Solved Paper
June 2015 Paper - II
4.
UGC-NET/JRF Political
Science Solved Paper
June 2015 Paper - III
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UGC-NET/JRF Political
Science Solved Paper
December 2014 Paper - II
69
UGC-NET/JRF Political
Science Solved Paper
December 2014 Paper - III
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6.
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8.
9.
10.
(i)-(xxxiii)
11.
UGC-NET/JRF Political
Science Solved Paper
June 2013 (Re-conducted on
8 September 2013) Paper - II
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12.
UGC-NET/JRF Political
Science Solved Paper
June 2013 (Re-conducted on
8 September 2013) Paper - III
184
13.
UGC-NET/JRF Political
Science Solved Paper
June 2013 Paper - II
209
14.
UGC-NET/JRF Political
Science Solved Paper
June 2013 Paper - III
228
15.
UGC-NET/JRF Political
Science Solved Paper
December 2012 Paper - II
257
16.
UGC-NET/JRF Political
Science Solved Paper
December 2012 Paper - III
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17.
UGC-NET/JRF Political
Science Solved Paper
June 2012 Paper - II
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18.
UGC-NET/JRF Political
Science Solved Paper
June 2012 Paper - III
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(xxxiv-lxxx)
UGC-NET/JRF Political
Science Solved Paper
June 2014 Paper - II
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UGC-NET/JRF Political
Science Solved Paper
June 2014 Paper - III
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UGC-NET/JRF Political
Science Solved Paper
December 2013 Paper - II
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UGC-NET/JRF Political
151
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Syllabus
Functional,
Systems
and
Marxist.
n Constitutionalism:
Concepts,
Problems
and
Limitations.
n Forms of Government:
Unitary
Federal,
Parliamentary Presidential.
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
Organs of Government:
Executive,
Legislature,
Judiciary their interrelationship in comparative perspective.
Party Systems and Pressure
Groups; Electoral Systems.
Bureaucracy types and
roles.
Political Development and
Political Modernization.
Political
Culture,
Political
Socialization and Political
Communication.
Political Elite; Elitist theory of
Democracy.
Power,
Authority
and
Legitimacy.
Revolution: Theories and
Types.
Dependency: Development
and Under Development.
Employer
Relations.
Bureaucracy: Theories, Types
and Roles; Max Weber and his
critics. Civil servant Minister
relationship.
Leadership, its role in decision
making; Communication.
Financial
Administration:
Budget, Audit, Control over
Finance with special reference
to India and UK.
Good Governance; Problems
of Administrative Corruption;
Transparency
and
Accountability;
Right
to
Information.
Grievance
Redressal
Institutions:
Ombudsman,
Lokpal and Lokayukta.
5. International Relations
Contending Theories and
Approaches to the study of
International
Relations;
Idealist, Realist, Systems,
Game, Communication and
Decision making.
Power, Interest and Ideology
in International Relations;
Elements
of
Power:
Acquisition, use and limitations of power, Perception,
Formulation and Promotion of
National Interest, Meaning,
Role
and
Relevance
of
Ideology
in
International
Relations.
Arms and Wars: Nature, causes
and types of wars / conflicts
including ethnic disputes;
conventional, Nuclear / bio
chemical wars; deterrence,
Arms Race, Arms Control and
Disarmament.
n Peaceful Settlement of
Disputes, Conflict Resolution,
Diplomacy, World order and
Peace studies.
n Cold War, Alliances, Non
Alignment, End of Cold war,
Globalisation.
n Rights and Duties of states in
international law, intervention, Treaty law, prevention
and abolition of war.
n Political
Economy
of
International Relations; New
International Economic Order,
North South Dialogue,
South South Cooperation,
WTO, Neo colonialism and
Dependency.
n Regional and sub regional
organisations
especially
SAARC, ASEAN, OPEC, OAS.
United
Nations:
Aims,
Objectives, Structure and
Evaluation of the working of
UN; Peace and Development
perspectives;
Charter
Revision; Power struggle
and Diplomacy within UN,
Financing and Peace keeping operations.
Indias Role in International
affairs: Indias relations with
its neighbours, Wars, Security
Concerns
and
Pacts,
Mediatory Role, distinguishing
features of Indian Foreign
Policy and Diplomacy.
Unit - VI
n Dynamics of State Politics.
n Local Governments: Rural and
Paper III
Unit - I
n Political Theory
n Nature of Political
n
n
n
n
Theory, its
main concerns; decline and
resurgence since 1970s.
Liberalism and Marxism
Individual and Social Justice
Role of Ideology
Theories of change: Lenin,
Mao, Gandhi.
n
n
n
Unit - VII
n Growth
Unit - II
n Political Thought.
n Plato and Aristotle.
n
n Machiavelli
n Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and
n
J. S. Mill.
n
n Karl Marx
n Gandhi, M. N. Roy, Aurobindo n
Ghosh.
Unit - III
n Comparative
n
n
n
n
Politics
and
Political Analysis.
Approaches to the study of
comparative
Politics
Constitutionalism in theory
and practice.
Executive, Legislature and
Judiciary with special reference to India, USA, UK and
Switzerland.
Party system and role of
opposition.
Electoral Process Separation
of Powers, Rule of Law and
Judicial Review.
Unit - IV
n Political Development.
n Political Modernization.
n Political Socialisation
n
n
Unit - V
n Making
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
Planning and
Administration in India.
Bureaucracy and Challenges
of Development.
Administrative
Culture;
Administrative
Corruption,
and Administrative Reforms.
Panchayati Raj.
Impact of Liberalization on
Public Administration.
Unit - IX
n Theories
n
n
n
of
the
Indian
Constitution.
Fundamental
Rights
and
Duties,
and
Directive
Principles.
Union Executive, Parliament.
Supreme
Court,
Judicial
Activism.
Indian Federalism: Theory,
Practice and Problems.
of
Public
Administration as a discipline;
and
New
Public
Administration.
Theories
of
Organisation
(Classical, Scientific, Human
Relations).
Principles of Organisation.
Chief Executive.
Control over Administration
Judicial
and
Legislative
Bureaucracy.
Unit - VIII
n Development
and
Political Culture.
Power and Authority.
Political Elite.
Urban.
Political Parties, Pressure
Groups, and Public Opinion.
Elections, Electoral Reforms.
Class, Caste, Gender, Dalit
and Regional Issues, Problems
of Nation Building and
Integration.
of
International
Relations.
Ideology, Power and Interest.
Conflicts and Conflict
Resolution.
Changing concept of National
Security and Challenges to the
Nation State System Arms
and Arms Control.
Unit - X
n End of Cold War, Globalisation
n
n
n
n
Solved Paper
UGC-NET/JRF
POLITICAL SCIENCE
z December 2015
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z PAPER-II
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(ii)
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