Comparative Politics and International Relations is the Paper II of Political Science and International Relations Optional for Civil Service Mains Exam.
Comparative Political Analysis
- Comparative Politics
- Nature and Major approaches
- Political Economy perspectives
- Political Sociology Perspectives
- Limitations of the comparative methods
- State in comparative politics
- Characteristics and changing nature of the state in Capitalist and Socialist economies and advanced industrial and developing societies
- Politics of representation and participation
- Political parties
- Pressure groups
- Social movements in advanced industrial and developing societies
- Globalisation
- Responses from developed and developing societies
International Relations
- Approaches to the study of International relations
- Idealist
- Realist
- Marxist
- Functionalist
- Systems Theory
- Key concepts in International relations
- National Interest
- Security and Power
- Balance of power and Deterrence
- Transnational actors
- Collective Security
- World Capitalist economy
- Globalisation
- Changing International Political order
- Rise of super powers
- Strategic and ideological bipolarity
- Arms race
- Cold war
- Nuclear threat
- Non aligned Movement
- Aims and Achievements
- Collapse of soviet union
- Uni-polarity
- American Hegemony
- Relevance of Non Alignment in the contemporary world
- Evolution of International Economic System
- From Bretton woods to WTO
- CMEA - Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
- Socialist Economies and CMEA
- Third world demand for International economic order
- Globalisation of the world economy
- United nations
- Envisaged role and actual record
- Specialised UN agencies
- Aims and Functioning
- Need for UN Reforms
- Regionalisation of World Politics
- European Union EU
- Association of South East Asian Nations ASEAN
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SAARC
- North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA
- Contemporary global concerns
- Democracy
- Human Rights
- Environment
- Gender Justice
- Terrorism
- Nuclear Proliferation
India and the world
- Indian Foreign Policy
- Determinants of foreign policy
- Institutions of Policy making
- Continuity and change
- India's contribution to the non-alignment movement
- Different phases
- Current role
- India and South Asia
- Regional cooperation
- SAARC
- Past performance
- Future Prospects
- South Asia as a free trade area
- India's look East policy
- Impediments of regional cooperation
- River water disputes
- Illegal cross border migration
- Ethnic conflicts
- Insurgencies
- Border disputes
- India and Global South
- Relations with
- Africa
- Latin America
- Leadership role in demand for NIEO and WTO negotiations
- India and global centers of power
- United States of America
- European Union
- Japan
- China
- Russia
- India and the UN system
- Role in UN peace keeping
- Demand for the permanent seat in the security council
- India and nuclear question
- Changing perceptions and policy
- Recent developments in India's Foreign Policy
