Political Theory2009 1. Political Theory is, quite simply, mans attempt to consciously understand and solve the problems of his group life and organization. It is the disciplined investigation of political problems. Not only to show what a political practice is, but also to show what it means. In showing what a practice means, or what it ought to mean, political theory can alter what it is (Sabine) 20m. 2. 'Personal is political.'(2013 also for 10m) 20m 3. 'Veil of ignorance.'20m 2011 1. “The State is a creation of nature and man is by nature a political animal.” (Aristotle) 20m 2. Examine the significance of the behavioural revolution in politics. 30 2013 1. "Original position" 10m State 2009 1. Critically examine Hamza Alavis Formulation of the over developed state. 60 2010 1. Evaluate Marx's instrumentalist approach to the State. 30m 2. Do you think that the modern nation-state has been declining in the wake of globalization ? JustifY your answer. 30m 2011 1. “The worth of a State… Is the worth of individuals composing it.” (J. S. Mill) 20m 2. Make an assessment of the post-colonial understanding of State. 30 2012 1. Difference between normative and empirical theories of politics 15m 2. What is meant by 'relative autonomy' of State in Marxist analysis’? 20m 2013 1. Discuss in what sense Marx's understanding of state can be considered as materialistic. 15m 2. Explain Berlin's notion of value pluralism. 20m Justice 2011. 1. Views of Gandhi and Ambedkar on ‘social justice’ 20m Equality 2012 1. Difference between equality of opportunity and equality of outcomes 15m 2. Why is 'affirmative action' important in provision of equal opportunity? 20m Rights 2009 1. Explain as to why Jeremy Bentham dismisses the theory of natural right as nonsense upon stilts. 20 2010 1. Critically examine the cultural relativist approach to human rights 30m. 2012 1. Examine the multicultural perspectives on rights. 25m 2013 1. Analyse the relationship between natural rights and human rights. 20m It is said where there is no law there is no liberty. 2010 1. 30m 2012 1. the two sexes have never shared the world in equality (Simone de Beauvoir) 20m. "Power flows throughout the system like blood in the capillaries of our body. Comment on the proposition that liberal constitutionalism precedes liberal democracy. Examine the debate on the ‘End of Ideology’ 30 Liberalism 2011 1. Give your views on this statement. 20 2010 1. If not his slave." (Foucault) 20m. Distinguish between the concepts of legitimacy and hegemony. Assess the deliberative theories of democracy. Distinguish between liberal feminism and socialist feminism in detail. whose original shape no one can define (C E M Joad) 20m. Issues of debate in contemporary democratic theory Power 2010 1. Women has always been mans dependent. 2009 1. Discuss the communitarian critique of liberalism. Marxism 2009 1. Examine in detail Marxs prescription for ending alienation and reaching the stage of de-alienation. 2011 1. 30 2013 1. 60 Gandhism 2012 1.Democracy 2009 1. 20m Ideology 2011 1.30m 2012 1. Difference between Liberal and Radical forms of Feminism 15m . Attempt a Comparative examination of the views of Marx and Weber on ‘Power’ 30 Hegemony 2012 1. 20m Socialism 2009 1. 20m Feminism. Socialism is a much used hat. Examine the Gandhi an idea of village community as an ideal unit of self governance. 15m Arthashastra 2012 1.15m . Comment on the assertion of Laslett that Filmer and not Hobbes was the main antagonist of Locke. Syed Ahmed Khan as a modernizer 10m Sri Aurobindo 2013 1. Western thought. 15m Plato 2009 1. 'Locke is an individualist out and out. Roy 2012 1.Dharamshastra 2010 1. 20 Hobbes 2011 1. as per Gramsci. ? 20m 2013 1. the distinction between hegemony and domination. Buddhist tradition in Indian political thought. Compare and contrast Kautilya and Machiavalli on statecraft. Write a note on the. Sri Aurobindo's "idea of freedom" 10m B. Explain. "Covenants without swords are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all" (Hobbes) 10m Locke 2012 1. Hobbies as an individualist 20m. Draw parallels between Arthashastra tradition and the 'Realist' tradition represented by Machiavelli. one might say. 20m Sir Syed Ahmed Khan 2013 1. Ambedkar 2013 1.N. 20m Buddhist traditions 2012 1. Roy's thought. Examine the significance of Dharma in ancient Indian political thought. has been either platonic or anti platonic but hardly ever non-platonic (Popper) 20m. 30m 2013 1. 15m M. Comment on the Marxist and Radical Humanist phases of M. Examine Ambedkar's critique of Marxism. Machiavelli 2009 1. 15m Gramsci 2013 1. Compare and contrast Dharrnasastra and Arthasastra with reference to State power.R. 2013 1.N.' Substantiate this statement. as per Kautilya. Analyse. 2012 1.K. Han nab Arendt's conception of the 'political' 15m Misc 2010 1.20m 2013 1. Robert Dahl's concept of deformed polyarchy. the Saptanga theory of the state 15m John S. Mill Marx Aristotle Fascism Legitimacy M. Gandhi .Hannah Arendt.
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