The Mizoram Public Service Commission is the State Public Service Commission is provided under Article 315 of the Constituion of India to have a Public Service Commission to be consulted by the State Government on the matters of appointment to Civil Services and posts under the Government of Mizoram. Here is a Detailed Syllabus for Mizoram Civil Services Main Exam.
Mizoram Civil Services Examination Syllabus
Optional Paper - POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
PAPER – I
(Political Theory and Indian Politics)
PART - A
UNIT I
- Political Theory : meaning and approaches.
- Theories of the State : Liberal, Neo-Liberal, Marxist, Pluralist, Post-Colonial.
- Justice : Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawl’s theory of justice and its communitarian critiques.
- Equality : Social, political and economic; relationship between equality and freedom; Affirmative action.
- Rights : Meaning and theories; different kinds of rights; Concept of Human Rights.
UNIT - II
- Democracy : Classical and Contemporary theories; different models of democracy - representative, participatory and deliberative.
- Concept of Welfare State - various dimensions.
- Political Idealogies; Liberalism,Socialism,Marxism, Democratic Socialism.
UNIT - III
Indian Political thought : Kautilya, Arthashastra, The Theory of Government, Power & functions of the Rulers; Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, M.K. Gandhi, B.R.Ambedkar, M.N.Roy, Balgangadhar Tilak.
UNIT - IV
Western Political Thought : Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Karl Marx.
PART – B
UNIT- I
Indian Government and Politics.
Indian Nationalism :
- (a)Political strategies of India’s freedom struggle : Constitutionalism to mass Satyagraha, Non-cooperation, Civil Disobedience, Militant and revolutionary movements,
- Making of the Indian Constitution : Ideology & Philosophy, Legacies of the British rule; Sources of the Indian Constitution.
UNIT - II
- Salient features of the Indian Constitution : The Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties, Directive Principles, Parliamentary System, Amendment Procedures, Judicial Review.
- 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.
UNIT - III
- Grassroots Democracy : Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government; Significance of the 73rd and 74th Amendments; Grassroot movements.
- Statutory Institutions/Commission : Election Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General, Finance Commission, Union Public Service Commission, National Commission for Women, National Human Rights Commission, National Commission for Minorities.
- Federalism : Constitutional provisions; changing nature of Centre-State relations, inter-state disputes.
UNIT - IV
- Planning and Economic Development : Liberalisation and Privatisation; role of planning and public sector, Poverty alleviation and Development.
- Casteism, Communalism and Ethnicity in Indian Politics.
- Party System : National and Regional political parties, ideological and social bases of parties, patterns of coalition politics; pressure groups; trends in electoral behaviour.
- Social Movements :Women’s Movements; Students’ Movements, Peasants and Workers’ Movements.
PAPER – II
(Comperative Politics and International Relations) Major Political System
(Political Systems of UK, USA, Switzerland and China) & International Politics
PART - A
UNIT I
Comparative Politics :
- State in comprative perspective : Characteristics and changing nature of the State in Capitalist and Socialist economies and advance industrial and developing societies.
- The British political system : Rule of Law, Conventions, Monarchy and Parliamentary Government.
- Federal System, Separation of powers, the Congress, Executive and Judicial system in the U.S.A.
- The Swiss Government : Federal Assembly, Federal Council and Federal Tribunal, Direct Democracy.
- People Republic of China : Political development,NPC, President of PRC, State Council.
UNIT - II
- Globalisation, New International World Order, Terrorism.
- Approaches to the study of International Relations: Idealist, Realist, Marxist, Functionalist and Systems theories.
UNIT - III
- Key concepts in International Relations : National interest, Collective Security, national power, Balance of Power and diplomacy.
- Changing International Political Order :Rise of super powers; Arms Control and Cold War, Disarmament.
UNIT - IV
- United Nations : Envisaged role and actual record; specialized UN agencies - aims and functioning; Working and future prospects of the U.N.
PART - B
UNIT - I
- Regionalisation of World Politics : ASEAN, APEC, NAFTA.
- Contemporary Global concerns : Democracy, human rights, environment, nuclear proliferation.
UNIT - II
- India and the World : Indian Foreign Policy : Determinants of foreign policy; institutions of policy-making; continuity and change.
- India and the Nuclear Question : Changing perceptions and policy.
UNIT - III
- India and the South Asia : India and SAARC countries, Role of SAARC in South Asian Politics, India’s “Look East” Policy. Impediments to regional co-operation : river water disputes; illegal cross-border migration, ethnic conflicts and insurgencies, border disputes.
UNIT - IV
- India and the U.N. : Role in UN Peace-Keeping, demand for permanent seat in the Security Council.
- Recent developments in Indian Foreign Policy : India’s position on the recent crises in Afghanistan and West Asia; Vision of a New World Order.
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