Mizoram Public Service Commission Syllabus for Mains 2021

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The Mizoram Public Service Commission is the State Public Service Commission is provided under Article 315 of the Constituion of India to have a Public Service Commission to be consulted by the State Government on the matters of appointment to Civil Services and posts under the Government of Mizoram. Here is a Detailed Syllabus for Mizoram Civil Services Main Exam.

Mizoram Civil Services Examination Syllabus

Optional Paper - POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

PAPER – I

(Political Theory and Indian Politics)

PART - A

UNIT I

1. Political Theory : meaning and approaches.
2. Theories of the State : Liberal, Neo-Liberal, Marxist, Pluralist, Post-Colonial.
3. Justice : Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawl’s theory of justice and its communitarian critiques.
4. Equality : Social, political and economic; relationship between equality and freedom; Affirmative action.
5. Rights : Meaning and theories; different kinds of rights; Concept of Human Rights.

UNIT - II

1. Democracy : Classical and Contemporary theories; different models of democracy - representative, participatory and deliberative.
2. Concept of Welfare State - various dimensions.
3. Political Idealogies; Liberalism,Socialism,Marxism, Democratic Socialism.

UNIT - III

Indian Political thought : Kautilya, Arthashastra, The Theory of Government, Power & functions of the Rulers; Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, M.K. Gandhi, B.R.Ambedkar, M.N.Roy, Balgangadhar Tilak.

UNIT - IV

Western Political Thought : Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Karl Marx.

PART – B

UNIT- I

Indian Government and Politics.

Indian Nationalism :

1. (a)Political strategies of India’s freedom struggle : Constitutionalism to mass Satyagraha, Non-cooperation, Civil Disobedience, Militant and revolutionary movements,
2. Making of the Indian Constitution : Ideology & Philosophy, Legacies of the British rule; Sources of the Indian Constitution.

UNIT - II

1. Salient features of the Indian Constitution : The Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties, Directive Principles, Parliamentary System, Amendment Procedures, Judicial Review.

2. Principal organs of the Union Government : Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and Supreme Court.
3. Principal organs of the State Government : Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and High Courts.

UNIT - III

1. Grassroots Democracy : Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government; Significance of the 73rd and 74th Amendments; Grassroot movements.

2. Statutory Institutions/Commission : Election Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General, Finance Commission, Union Public Service Commission, National Commission for Women, National Human Rights Commission, National Commission for Minorities.

3. Federalism : Constitutional provisions; changing nature of Centre-State relations, inter-state disputes.

UNIT - IV

1. Planning and Economic Development : Liberalisation and Privatisation; role of planning and public sector, Poverty alleviation and Development.
2. Casteism, Communalism and Ethnicity in Indian Politics.
3. Party System : National and Regional political parties, ideological and social bases of parties, patterns of coalition politics; pressure groups; trends in electoral behaviour.
4. Social Movements :Women’s Movements; Students’ Movements, Peasants and Workers’ Movements.

PAPER – II

(Comperative Politics and International Relations) Major Political System

(Political Systems of UK, USA, Switzerland and China) & International Politics

PART - A

UNIT I

Comparative Politics :

1. State in comprative perspective : Characteristics and changing nature of the State in Capitalist and Socialist economies and advance industrial and developing societies.

2. The British political system : Rule of Law, Conventions, Monarchy and Parliamentary Government.

3. Federal System, Separation of powers, the Congress, Executive and Judicial system in the U.S.A.
4. The Swiss Government : Federal Assembly, Federal Council and Federal Tribunal, Direct Democracy.

5. People Republic of China : Political development,NPC, President of PRC, State Council.

UNIT - II

1. Globalisation, New International World Order, Terrorism.
2. Approaches to the study of International Relations: Idealist, Realist, Marxist, Functionalist and Systems theories.

UNIT - III

1. Key concepts in International Relations : National interest, Collective Security, national power, Balance of Power and diplomacy.
2. Changing International Political Order :Rise of super powers; Arms Control and Cold War, Disarmament.

UNIT - IV

1. United Nations : Envisaged role and actual record; specialized UN agencies - aims and functioning; Working and future prospects of the U.N.

PART - B

UNIT - I

1. Regionalisation of World Politics : ASEAN, APEC, NAFTA.
2. Contemporary Global concerns : Democracy, human rights, environment, nuclear proliferation.

UNIT - II

1. India and the World : Indian Foreign Policy : Determinants of foreign policy; institutions of policy-making; continuity and change.
2. India and the Nuclear Question : Changing perceptions and policy.

UNIT - III

1. India and the South Asia : India and SAARC countries, Role of SAARC in South Asian Politics, India’s “Look East” Policy. Impediments to regional co-operation : river water disputes; illegal cross-border migration, ethnic conflicts and insurgencies, border disputes.

UNIT - IV

1. India and the U.N. : Role in UN Peace-Keeping, demand for permanent seat in the Security Council.
2. Recent developments in Indian Foreign Policy : India’s position on the recent crises in Afghanistan and West Asia; Vision of a New World Order.

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