Eps-09 Comparative Government and Politics

EPS-09 COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

Topics Covered


Block 1 - Comparative Methods and Approaches
Unit 1 - Nature, Scope and Utility of Comparative Study of Politics
Unit 2 - Comparative Method and Strategies of Comparison
Unit 3 - Institutional Approach
Unit 4 - Systems Approach
Unit 5 - The Political Economy Approach
Block 2 - National Movement and Anti-colonial Struggles
Unit 1 - Ideology, Social Bases and Programmes of National Movements
Unit 2 - Patterns of Anti-Colonial Struggles
Unit 3 - Dynamics of State Formation in Colonial Era
Block 3 - Society, Economy and State
Unit 1 - Social Structures and Stratification
Unit 2 - Class Formation
Unit 3 - Social Bases of State Power
Unit 4 - Development Strategies
Block 4 - Classification of Political Regimes
Unit 1 - Modes of Classification of Political Regimes
Unit 2 - Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes
Unit 3 - Civilian and Military Regimes
Unit 4 - Secular and Theocratic Regimes
Block 5 - Institutions and Forms of Government
Unit 1 - Organs of Government: Executive, Legislature and Judiciary
Unit 2 - Unitary and Federal Systems: Patterns and Trends in Federal Systems
Unit 3 - Republicanism
Block 6 - Patterns of Political Participation and Representation
Unit 1 - Party Systems
Unit 2 - Pressure Groups
Unit 3 - Electoral Process
Block 7 - Social Movements
Unit 1 - Trade Union Movement
Unit 2 - Peasants
Unit 3 - Women's Movement
Unit 4 - Environment
Unit 5 - Human Rights Movements
Block 8 - Globalisation and The Developing World
Unit 1 - Globalisation: Background and Features
Unit 2 - Impact of Globalisation on Developing Societies
Unit 3 - Globalisation and the Response of the Developing Countries

Question Papers (Total-29, Solved-11, Unsolved-18)

(1) June (2007-2021)
(2) December (2007-2020)