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Political Science Notes
| Syllabus (UGC NET) (Paper 1) |
| Sr. No | Exam | Program | Link |
| 1 | (UGC-NET) | General Paper | Click Here |
| Syllabus (UGC NET) (Paper 2) |
| Sr. No | Exam | Program | Link |
| 1 | (UGC-NET) | Political Science | Click Here |
Western Political Thought
| No. | Western Political Thought – Important Scholars |
| 1. | Plato |
| 2. | Aristotle |
| 3. | Machiavelli |
| 4. | Thomas Hobbes |
| 5. | John Locke |
| 6. | Hegel |
| 7. | Jean Jacques Rousseau |
| 8. | J.S Mill |
| 9. | Karl Marx |
| 10. | Antonio Gramsci |
| 11. | Mary Wollstonecraft |
| 12. | John Rawls |
| 13. | Frantz Fanon |
| 14. | Hannah Ardent |
| 15. | Mao Zedong |
| 16. | Confucius |
Political Concepts
Political Traditions/Ideologies
| No. | Political Theory |
| 1. | Liberalism |
| 2. | Conservatism |
| 3. | Socialism |
| 4. | Marxism |
| 5. | Feminism |
| 6. | Ecologism |
| 7. | Multiculturalism |
| 8. | Postmodernism |
Indian Polity
Indian Political Thought
| No. | Indian Political Thought |
| 1. | Aggna Sutta |
| 2. | Dharmashastra |
| 3. | Kautilya |
| 4. | Kabir |
| 5. | Ziauddin Barani |
| 6. | Swami Vivekananda |
| 7. | Pandita Ramabai |
| 8. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| 9. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 10. | Periyar |
| 11. | M.N. Roy |
| 12. | B.R. Ambedkar |
| 13. | Iqbal Muhammad |
| 14. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| 15. | Aurobindo |
| 16. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| 17. | V.D. Sarvarkar |
| 18. | Deendayal Upadhyaya |
| 19. | Ram Manohar Lohia |
| 20. | J.P Narayan |
Public Administration
Comparative Politics
Governance and Public Policy
| No. | Governance and Public Policy |
| 1. | * Concept of Good Governance |
| 2. | Public Policy in India * Public Policy – Process and stages * Key Public Policies in India |
| 3. | Accountability and Efficiency * Corruption and Administrative Reforms * Judicial Review and Judicial Activism |
| 4. | Institutional Mechanisms for Good – Governance * E – Governance * Social Audit and Jansunwai * Right to Information Act 2005 * NITI Aayog * Consumer Protection Act 2019 * Lokpal and Lokayuktas |
International Relations
Foreign Policy of India
Political Processes in India
| No. | Political Process in India |
| 1. | State, Economy, and Development * Five Years Plans * New Economic Policy |
| 2. | Civil Society * Civil Society |
| 3. | Social Movements * Women Movements * Farmers Movements * Labor Movements |
| 4. | Identity Politics * Caste Based Identity Politics * Dalit Movements * Tribal Politics and Movements * Religion and Identity Politics in India * Language and Identity Politics in India |
| 5. | Regionalization of Indian Politics * Regionalism in India |
| 6. | Party System *Political Parties in India |
| 7. | * Reorganization of States |
