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REVISED SYLLABUS OF POLITICS
SECTION I
Module 1 Post Cold war Issues : (09)
Unit 1- 1.1 Unipolar World 1.2 Poverty
Unit 2- 1.3 Health
Module 2 The United Nations: The Role of Core and Special agencies: (09)
Unit 1- 2.1 Unipolar world – The General Assembly and the Security Council
Unit 2- 2.2 Poverty – The United Nations Development Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization
2.3 Health – World Health Organization
Module 3 Globalisation, Liberalisation and Privatisation: The
Unit -5 Role and Functions Of: (09)
3.1 The World Bank
Unit -6 3.2 The International Monetary Fund
3.3 The World Trade Organization
Module 4 Developmental and Environmental Issues : (09)
Unit -7 4.1 Models of Development
4.2 Moments Promoting Alternate Models of Development
Unit -8 4.3 Moments Promoting Protection of Environmen
SECTION II
Module 5 Human Rights : (09)
Unit -9 5.1 Major Landmarks in their Evolution
Unit -10 5.2 Three Generations of Human Rights
(Note : 5.1 – Focus is on the issues addressed in major covenants And not on articles/provisions)
Unit – 11 Module 6 The Feminist Movement : (09)
6.1 Changing Nature of the Movement
Unit -12
6.2 Women in Politics (with reference to India)
Module 7 Terrorism : (09)
7.1 State-sponsored Terrorism
Unit 13 7.2 Anti-State Terrorism
7.3 Peace Movements
Module 8 Civil Society : (09)
Unit – 14 8.1 Nature and Role
8.2 Case Study-Amnesty International
Unit -15 8.3 Case Study-Consumers’ International
– International Committee of the Red Cross
Concept of Polarity : Unipolarity, Bipolarity and Multipolarity :
Before examining the concept of unipolarity, it is essential to know the meaning of pole or polarity in the context of international politics. Polarity in international relation is a description of the distribution of power within the international system.
According to Robert E. Osgood and Robert W. Tucker “ By ‘polar system’ we refer to the number of centres of military power (whether individual states or coalitions, which are capable of substantially affecting the balance of power in an extensive area of the world – which are independently committed to the support of vital interests distinct from the interests of other centres and, which therefore, might go to war independently of other centres”. Polarity describes the nature of the international system at any given period. There are traditionally three types of polar system – Unipolar, Bipolar, multipolar.
Unipolarity in international politics describes a distribution of power in which there is one state with most of the cultural, economic and military influence. A true unipolarity with influence all over the world was difficult to form prior to the ‘Age of Discovery” due to lack of communication and information regarding other nations. Some examples at unipolarity in history may be the British Empire from the end of Napoleonic wars to the end of 19th Century, and the US in the post-cold war era.
Bipolarity in international politics describes a distribution of power in which two states have the majority of economic, military, and cultural influence internationally or regionally. Often spheres of influence would develop, for example, during the cold war most of the western and democratic states would fall under the influence of the USA, while most of the communist states would fall under the influence of the USSR. After this, the two powers will normally maneuver for the support of the unclaimed area.
Multipolarity involves several distinct poles or concentrations of power in international politics. Multipolar systems can be cooperative, even assuming the form of a concert of powers in which a few major powers work together such as in setting the rules of the game and disciplining those who violate them. They can also be more competitive revolving around a balance of power or conflictual when the balance breaks down. One of the best examples of multipolarity may be the pre-World War I Europe. For many scholars the world today may appear to be multipolar. Major powers like China, the European Union, India, Japan, Russia, the US contain over half the world’s people and account for 75% of global GDF and 80% of global defense spending.
Model Question Paper – Politics
Q.1 Explain the concepts of Unipolarity, Bipolarity and Multipolarity in world politics.
Q.2. Elaborate on the argument that the post-cold war is unipolar.
Q.3. Discuss the effects of unipolarity on the international politics with special reference to developing nations.
Q.4. Compare between arguments for the unipolar world and multipolar world.
Q.5. Write notes on
a) Unipolar world
b) Multipolar world
c) Eradication of poverty
d) Role of WTO in Health problems
6) What are the functions of the General Assembly?
7) How has the General Assembly functioned in the unipolar phase?
8) What are the powers of the security council to deal with the international conflicts?
9) What are the objectives of the IMF ? Is the IMF instrumental in the spread of Liberalization Privatization. Globalization in the contemporary world? How?
10) Examine critically the achievements of the World Trade Organization.
11) Write on World Bank.
12) Discuss the relationship between development and environment.
13) Discuss the capitalist model of development.
14) Explain the socialist model of development.
15) Explain the Gandhian model of development.
16) Elaborate on the tree major models of development.
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