Odisha PSC Syllabus - Syllabus for Mains

The Odisha Public Service Commission is the state agency authorized to conduct the Civil Services Examination for entry-level appointments to the various civil services of Odisha. Here is a Detailed Syllabus for Odisha Civil Services Main Exam Paper Political Science and International Relations.

Odisha Civil Services Examination

OPSC Optional Paper - Political Science and International Relations

Paper-I

Political Theory

Section-A

pproaches to the study of political theory: historical, normative and empirical.
Theories of state: Liberal, , Marxist, , Post-colonial.
State Sovereignty: Monistic and Pluralistic theories; globalization and the State.
Democracy: Democratic theory-classical and contemporary
Human Rights:. Theories of Human Rights; Theories of Justice, Equality and Revolution, Political obligation;
Theories of Political Culture and Political Economy.
Political Ideologies: Nature of Ideology; Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism, Fascism and Gandhism.
Theories of Power and Hegemony: Pareto, Mosca, Mitchels, C. Wright Mills, Weber and Gramsci.
Indian Political Thought: Manu, Kautilya, M.N. Roy, Gandhi and Ambedkar
Western Political Thought: Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes,
Locke, Rousseau, J S Mill, Hegel and Marx, Lenin, and Mao Zedong.

Section-B

Indian Government and Politics

Indian Nationalism: Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Dadabhai Naoroji, Tilak, Gandhi, Nehru, Subhas Bose and Ambedkar.
Indian freedom struggle : Constitutionalism, Revolutionary movements Non Cooperation,Civil Disobedience and Quit India, Role of women in freedom struggle.
Constitutional Development in the pre- Independence Era: Morley-Minto Reforms; Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms;; Government of India Act, 1919 and 1935; and Cripps Mission.
Socio- economic dimensions of the nationalist movement: The communal question and the demand for partition; backward caste movements, Trade union and Peasant movements, Civil rights movement.
Salient Features of the Indian Constitution: The Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties, Directive Principles; federalism, parliamentary system; amending procedures; judicial review.
The Executive System: President, Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers;
Governor, Chief Minister and the State Council of Ministers. The Bureaucracy.
Parliament: -Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and Parlimentary Committees.
Judiciary: The Supreme Court and the High Courts; Judicial Activism; .
Statutory institutions/commissions-UPSC, Election Commission, Comptroller and
Auditor General, Backward Classes Commission, National Commission for women; National Human Rights Commission; Minorities Commission.
Party System : ideology and social base of parties; fragmentation and regionalization; patterns of coalition politics; trends in electoral behaviour; Pressure groups;.
Class, caste, backward class and Dalit movements ; Tribal people’s movements, gender in Indian politics and women’s movements; ethnicity; communalism, and politics of regionalism.
Planning and Socio- Economic Development : Role of the Planning Commission;
Socio- political dimensions of economic reforms.
Local Governance: Panchayati Raj and municipal government; significance of 73rd and 74th Amendements. Women's empowerment.
14, State Politics in Odisha: Social bases of Odia Nationalism; Freedom Movement and Praja Mandal Movements, in Odisha; Integration of Princely States in Odisha;
Coalition Politics, People’s Movement and Women’s Movement.

Paper – II

International Politics

Section-A

International Politics

International System: Evolution; The Modern State and Sovereighn State System
Concepts of International politics : Power, balance of power, national interest, collective security.
Theories of International politics: Idealist, Realist, Systems, Decision-making and Game Theory.
Determinants of foreign policy : Ideology, Domestic compulsions, geopolitics, and global order.
Origin and decline of Cold War, New World Order.
Major issues of world politics : Cuban Missile Crisis; Vietnam War, Oil Crisis,
Collapse of the Soviet Union, Yugoslav Crisis Afghan Crisis, Iraq War,.
Non-alignment : Nonaligned Movement; Its relevance in the post cold war era.
Disarmament and Arms Control;
The evolution of the international economic order-from Bretton woods to WTO, the North-South dimension.
UN and its specialized agencies
Regional organizations: ASEAN, EU, SAARC
Global Concerns :, Human Rights, Ecology, Gender Justice

Section-B

India and the World

Indian Foreign Policy : Historical origins, determinants; the institutions of policymaking;continuity and change.
The Non-Alignment Movement : India’s Contribution to NAM; Its contemporary relevance.
India and the major powers : USA, EU, China, and Russia.
India and its neighbours: Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal.
Conflict and co-operation in South and South East Asia : Kashmir, SAARC. ASEAN
India’s Nuclear Policy: PNE, NPT,CTBT
India and the UN System : India's role in UN Peace Keeping and global disarmament.
India and the international economic order; WTO, IMF, IBRD, Globalization