Karnataka Public Service Commission Syllabus for Mains 2021

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Karnataka Public Service Commission, chiefly known as KPSC is a government agency of Karnataka state, aimed to make recruitments to various civil services through competitive and departmental examinations. Here is a Detailed Syllabus for KPSC Mains Optional Paper - Political Science and International Relations.

Karnataka PSC Syllabus

KPSC Mains Optional Paper - Political Science and International Relations

Section A: Political Theory

1. Main features of anolent Indian Political thought; Manu and Kautllya; Ancient Greek thought; plat°, Artistotle; General Characteristics of European medieval political thought: SI. Thomas Aquinas, Marsiglio of padua; Machiavelli; Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousnenu, Eenthan, J.S. Kill T.H. Green Hegal, Mark, Lenin and Mao Tse-Tung.
2. Nature and scope of Political science; Growth of Political Science as a discipline. Traditional Vs. Con-temporary approaches; Behaviouralism and Post-Behavioural developments; Systems theory and other recent approaches to political analysis, Marxist approach political analysis. .
3. The emergence and nature of the modern State; Sovereignty; Monistic and Pluralistic analysis of sovereignty; Power, Authority and Legitimacy.
4. Political obligation : Resistance and Revolution; Rights, Liberty, Equality, Justice.
5. Theory of Democracy.
6. Liberalism, Evolutionary Socialism (Democratic and Fabian) Marxian-Socialism; Eascism.

Section — B: Government and Politics

1. Approaches to the study of Comparative Politics; Traditional and structural Functional approach.
2. Political Institutions : The Legislature, Executive and Judiciary; Parties and Pressure-Groups, Theories of Party system; Lenin Michels and Duverger; Electoral system.Bureaucracy — Weber's views and modern critiques of waver.
3. Political Process; Political Socialization, modernization and Communication, the nature of the non-Western political process; A general study of the Constitutional and Political problems affecting Afro-Asian Societies.
4. Indian Political System (a) The Roots; Colonialism and Nationalism in India; A general study of modern Indian social and political thought; Raja Rammohan Roy, Dadabhai Naurojl, Gokhale, Tilk, Sri Aurobindo, lqbal, Jinnah, Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar, M.N. Roy and Nehru. b) The structure : Indian Constitution, Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles; Union Government; Parliament, Cabinet, Supreme Court and Judicial Review; Indian Federalism Centre-State relations; State GoveMment role of he Governor; Panchayati Raj. c) The functioning — Class and Caste in Indian Politics, Politics of regionalism, linquism and Communalism, problems of secularization of the policy and national Integration Political Participation; Planning and Developmental AdmInstratIon Socio-economic changes and Its Impact on Indian democracy.

PAPER—II

Part — I

1. The nature and functioning of the Soverignation state system.
2. Concepts of International Politics; Power; National interest; Balance of Power `Power Vaccum',
3. Theories of International Polities; The Realist theory; Systems theory; Decision making.
4. Determinations of foreign policy; national interest; Ideology; elements of National Power (including nature of domestic socio Political institution).
5. Foreign Policy choices — Imperialism; Balance of Power; Allegiances; Isolationalism; Nationalistic Universalism (Pax-Britiannica, Pax Americana — Pax — Sovietica); The "Middle Kingdom" Complex of China; Non-Alignment.
6. The Cold War; Origin, evolution and its impact on international relations; Defence and its impact; a new Cold War?
7. Non-alignment, Meaning-Bases (National and international) the non-aligned Movement and its role in International relations.
8. De-colonization and expansion of the international community; Neo-colonialism and racialism, their impact on international relations; Asian-African resurgence.
9. The present International economic order; Aid trade and economic development; the struggle-tortne'New' internetionaFtconomic Order; Sovereignity over natural resources; the crisis in energy resources.
10. The Role of international law in international relations; the International Court of Justice. 11. Origin and Development of International Organisations; the United Nations and specialized Agencies; their role in international relations.
11. Regional Organisation : OAS, OAU, the Arab league, the ASEAN, the EEC, their role in international relations.
12. Arms race disarmament and arms control; Conventional and nuclear arms, the Arms, Trade, its impact on Third World role in international relations.
13. Diplomatic theory and practice.
14. External intervention : ideological, Political and Economic, "Cultural imperialism" Covert intervention by the major powers.

Part—II

1. The uses and mis used of nuclear energy; the impact of nuclear weapons on international relations; the Partial Test-Ban Treaty; the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), peaceful Nuclear explosions (PNE).
2. The problems and prospects of the Indian Ocean being made a peace-zone.
3. The conflict situation in West Asia
4. Conflict and Co-operation in Sout Asia.
5. The (Post-War) Foreign polcies of the major powers; Unites States, Soviet Union, China.
6. The third world in international relations; the North-South "Dialogue" in the United nation as and outside.
7. India's foreign policy and relations; India and the Super Powers; India and its neighour; India and South East Asia; Indian and African problems; India's economic diplomacy; India and the question of nuclear weapons.

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