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Schedule

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  • Mode: Online Only.
  • Daily two Question – Model Answer - Evaluation within 24 hours
  • Daily two additional questions for practice. These answers will not be evaluated.
  • 2 Full Length Tests - 1 each of Paper 1 & Paper 2 (After completion of each section).
  • Video discussion of all questions to be provided.
  • Detailed evaluation and personalized feedback.
  • Weekly zoom session with the faculty for guidance and clearing doubts.
  • Question to be released at 12.00 Noon and Answer can be uploaded till 12 noon next day
  • Model answer will be released at 12.00 noon next day
  • Module-wise micro-syllabus for guided preparation
  • One-on-One Mentorship session with the faculty.
  • Additional content on contemporary topics to be provided and discussed.

 

DAMP (PSIR) Schedule

 

Paper-I

Days

Date

Day

Syllabus

Day 1

27-11-2023

Monday

Western Political Thought: Plato; Aristotle and Machiavelli.

Day 2

28-11-2023

Tuesday

Western Political Thought: Hobbes; Locke, J S Mill.

Day 3

29-11-2023

Wednesday

Western Political Thought: Marx; Gramsci and Hannah Arendt.

Day 4

30-11-2023

Thursday

Political Ideologies: Debates of Nature of Ideology and End of Ideology; Liberalism; Socialism and Marxism.

Day 5

01-12-2023

Friday

Political Ideologies: Fascism; Multiculturalism; Feminism.

 

02-12-2023

Saturday

BREAK

 

03-12-2023

Sunday

Day 6

04-12-2023

Monday

Justice: Conceptions of justice; Special reference to Rawls theory of justice and its communitarian critique.

Day 7

05-12-2023

Tuesday

Equality: "Social, political and economic"; Relationship between equality and freedom; Affirmative Action.

Day 8

06-12-2023

Wednesday

Rights: Meaning and theories; Different kinds of rights.

Day 9

07-12-2023

Thursday

Rights: Concept of Human Rights; Democracy; Classical and contemporary theories.

Day 10

08-12-2023

Friday

Democracy: Different Models of  democracy; "Representative, participatory and deliberative".

 

09-12-2023

 Saturday

BREAK

 

10-12-2023

Sunday

Day 11

11-12-2023

Monday

Power: Concept of power; "Hegemony, Ideology and Legitimacy".

Day 12

12-12-2023

Tuesday

Political Theory: Meaning and approaches.

Day 13

13-12-2023

Wednesday

Theories of state: Liberal; Neo-liberal; Marxist.

Day 14

14-12-2023

Thursday

Theories of state: Pluralist; Post-colonial; Feminist.

Day 15

15-12-2023

Friday

Indian Political Thought: Dharamshastra; Arthashastra; Buddhist tradition.

 

16-12-2023

Saturday

BREAK

 

17-12-2023

Sunday

Day 16

18-12-2023

Monday

Indian Political Thought: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan; Sri Aurobindo; M. N. Roy.

Day 17

19-12-2023

Tuesday

Indian Political Thought: Gandhi; B. R. Ambedkar.

Day 18

20-12-2023

Wednesday

Political Strategies of India's Freedom struggle: Constitutionalism to Mass Satyagraha; Non-cooperation; Civil Disobedience; Militant and revolutionary movements; Peasant and workers movements.

Day 19

21-12-2023

Thursday

Making of the Indian Constitution: Legacies of the British rule; Different social and political perspectives.

Day 20

22-12-2023

Friday

Perspectives on Indian National Movement: Liberal; Socialist; Marxist; Radical humanist; Dalit.

 

23-12-2023

Saturday

BREAK

24-12-2023

Sunday

Day 21

25-12-2023

Monday

Salient Features of the Indian Constitution: The Preamble; Fundamental Rights and Duties; Directive Principles.

Day 22

26-12-2023

Tuesday

Salient Features of the Indian Constitution: Parliamentary System and Amendment Procedures; Judicial Review and Basic Structure doctrine.

Day 23

27-12-2023

Wednesday

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

Day 24

28-12-2023

Thursday

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

Day 25

29-12-2023

Friday

Statutory Institutions/Commissions: Election Commission; Comptroller and Auditor General; Finance Commission; Union Public Service Commission; National Commission for Scheduled Castes; National Commission for scheduled Tribes; National Commission for Women; National Human Rights Commission; National Commission for Minorities; National Backward Classes Commission.

 

30-12-2023

Saturday

BREAK

31-12-2023

Sunday

Day 26

01-01-2024

Monday

Federalism: Constitutional provisions; Changing nature of Centre-state relations; integrationist tendencies and regional aspirations; inter-state disputes.

Day 27

02-01-2024

Tuesday

Planning and Economic Development: Nehruvian and Gandhian perspectives; Role of planning and public sector; Green Revolution; Land reforms and agrarian relations; Liberalization and economic reforms.

Day 28

03-01-2024

Wednesday

Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics

Day 29

04-01-2024

Thursday

Party System: National and regional political parties; Ideological and social bases of parties; patterns of coalition politics; Pressure groups; Trends in electoral behaviour; Changing socio- economic profile of Legislators.

Day 30

05-01-2024

Friday

Social Movements: Civil liberties and human rights movements: Women's movements; Environmentalist movements.

 

06-01-2024

Saturday

BREAK

07-01-2024

Sunday

FULL LENGTH TEST PAPER-I

 

08-01-2024

 

Paper-II

Day 31

09-01-2024

Monday

Comparative Politics: Nature and major approaches; Political economy and Political sociology perspectives; Limitations of comparative method.

Day 32

10-01-2024

Tuesday

Characteristics and changing nature of the State in capitalist and socialist economies, and advanced industrial and developing societies.

Day 33

11-01-2024

Wednesday

Politics of Representation and Participation: Political parties; Pressure groups and social movements in advanced industrial and developing societies.

Day 34

12-01-2024

Thursday

Globalization: Responses from developed and developing societies.

Day 35

13-01-2024

Friday

Approaches to the Study of International Relations: Idealist; Realist; Marxist.

 

14-01-2024

Saturday

BREAK

15-01-2024

Sunday

Day 36

16-01-2024

Monday

Approaches to the Study of International Relations: Functionalist Theory; Systems Theory.

Day 37

17-01-2024

Tuesday

Key concepts in International Relations: National interest; Security and power; Balance of power and deterrence.

Day 38

18-01-2024

Wednesday

Key concepts in International Relations: Transnational actors; Collective security; World capitalist economy and globalization.

Day 39

19-01-2024

Thursday

Changing International Political Order: Rise of super powers; Strategic and ideological Bipolarity; Arms race and Cold War; Nuclear threat, Collapse of the Soviet Union; Unipolarity and American hegemony; Relevance of Non-alignment in the contemporary world.

Day 40

20-01-2024

Friday

Evolution of the International Economic System: From Bretton woods to WTO; Socialist economies and the CMEA (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance); Third World demand for new international economic order; Globalisation of the world economy.

 

21-01-2024

Saturday

BREAK

22-01-2024

Sunday

Day 41

 

23-01-2024

Monday

United Nations: Envisaged role and actual record; Specialized UN agencies-aims and functioning; Need for UN reforms.

Day 42

24-01-2024

Tuesday

Regionalization of World Politics: EU; ASEAN; APEC; SAARC; NAFTA; IPEF; QUAD; I2U2

Day 43

25-01-2024

Wednesday

Contemporary Global Concerns: Democracy; Human rights; Environment.

Day 44

26-01-2024

Thursday

Contemporary Global Concerns: Gender justice; Terrorism; Nuclear proliferation.

Day 45

27-01-2024

Friday

Indian Foreign Policy: Determinants, The institutions of policy-making; Continuity and change.

 

28-01-2024

Saturday

BREAK

29-01-2024

Sunday

Day 46

30-01-2024

Monday

India’s contribution to Non-aligned movement, Current Role; India and South Asia: Policies, Regional Groupings & Challenges.

Day 47

31-01-2024

Tuesday

India & South Asia: Pakistan; Afghanistan; Nepal;

Day 48

01-02-2024

Wednesday

India & South Asia: Maldives; Sri Lanka; Bhutan; Bangladesh.

Day 49

02-02-2024

Thursday

India-West Asia Relations; India – ASEAN Relations;

Day 50

03-02-2024

Friday

Major Powers: China; USA; Russia.

 

04-02-2024

Saturday

BREAK

05-02-2024

Sunday

Day 51

06-02-2024

Monday

Major Powers: Japan; EU; Australia.

Day 52

07-02-2024

Tuesday

India and the Global South: Relations with Central Asia, Africa and Latin America; Leadership role in the demand for NIEO.

Day 53

08-02-2024

Wednesday

Contemporary Developments: Indian Ocean Region; Indo-Pacific; QUAD, AUKUS.

Day 54

09-02-2024

Thursday

Contemporary Developments: India and the UN System; Role in UN Peace-keeping; Demand for Permanent Seat in the Security Council.

Day 55

10-02-2024

Friday

Contemporary Developments: India and the Nuclear Question; Changing perceptions and policy; Vision of a new world order; India and the Global South; WTO negotiations.

Day 56

11-02-2024

Saturday

BREAK

12-02-2024

Sunday

FULL LENGTH TEST- PAPER II

 

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