UGC NET Political Science Syllabus

UGC NET Political Science Syllabus 2023 provides information on topics that will be asked in the exam. It will help you to make a comprehensive study plan and begin their preparation effectively. The syllabus is divided into 10 units, each with several topics and subtopics. The UGC NET Exam is administered by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for 'Assistant Professor' and 'Junior Research Fellowship' positions in Indian universities and colleges. Candidates can also download UGC NET Political Science Syllabus 2023 PDF mentioned below.

UGC NET Political Science Syllabus

Unit - 1: Political Theory
Unit - 2: Negotiating the Sources
Unit - 3: Indian Political Thought
Unit - 4: Comparative Political Analysis
Unit - 5: International Relations
Unit - 6: India’s Foreign Policy
Unit - 7: Political Institutions in India
Unit - 8: Political Processes in India
Unit - 9: Public Administration
Unit – 10: Governance and Public Policy in India

Detailed Syllabus:

Unit 1: Political Theory

Concepts	Liberty, Equality, Justice, Rights, Democracy, Power, Citizenship
Political Traditions, Ecologism, Multiculturalism, Postmodernism	Liberalism, Conservatism, Socialism, Marxism, Feminism

Unit 2: Political Thought

Confucius, Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau	Hegel, Mary Wollstonecraft, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx
Gramsci, Hannah Arendt, Frantz Fanon, Mao Zedong, John Rawls

Unit 3: Indian Political Thought

Dharmashastra, Kautilya, Aggannasutta, Barani	Kabir, Pandita Ramabai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Swami Vivekanand, Rabindranath Tagore
M.K Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Muhammad Iqbal, M.N.Roy	V D Savarkar, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar, J L Nehru, Ram Manohar Lohia
Jaya Prakash Narayan, Deendayal Upadhyaya

Unit 4: Comparative Political Analysis

Approaches	Colonialism and decolonization
Nationalism	State theory
Constitutions and Constitutionalism	Political regimes
Democratization	Structures of Power
Development	Actor and Processes

Unit 5: International Relations

Approaches to the study of International relations	Concepts
Conflict and Peace	United Nations
Political Economy of IR	Regional Organisations
Contemporary Challenges

Unit 6: India’s Foreign Policy

Perspectives on India’s Foreign Policy	Continuity and change in India’s Foreign Policy
Non-Alignment movement	India’s relations with major powers
India’s Engagement with the multipolar world	India’s relations with neighborhood
India’s Negotiation Strategies in International Regimes	Contemporary challenges

Unit 7: Political Institutions in India

Making of the Indian Constitution	Constituent Assembly
Constitutionalism in India	Union Executive
Union Parliament	Judiciary
Executive and Legislature in the States	Federalism in India
Electoral Process and Election Commission of India	Constitutional and Statutory Bodies

Unit 8: Political Processes in India

State, Economy, and Development	Process of globalization
Identity Politics	Social Movements
Civil Society Groups	Regionalization of Indian Politics
Gender and Politics in India	Ideology and Social basis of Political Parties
Electoral Politics

Unit 9: Public Administration

Public Administration	Public administration theories and concepts
Comparative Public Administration	Theories and Principles of Organization
Managing the organization	Organizational Communication
Managing Conflict in the Organization	Management by Objectives

Unit 10: Governance and Public Policy in India

Governance	Accountability and control
Institutional mechanisms for good governance	Grassroots Governance
Planning and Development	Public policy as an instrument of socio-economic development
Monitoring and evaluation of public policy