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Table of Contents Chapter–1 Chapter–2 Chapter–3 Chapter–4 Chapter–5 Chapter–6 Chapter–7 Chapter–8 Chapter–9 Chapter–10 Chapter–11 Chapter–12 Chapter–13 Chapter–14 Chapter–15 Chapter–16 Chapter–17 Chapter–18 Chapter–19 Chapter–20 Chapter–21 Chapter–22 Chapter–23 Chapter–24 Chapter–25 Chapter–26 Chapter–27 Chapter–28 Chapter–29

What is Political Theory and Why Study it?....................1-10 Democracy................................................................................11-17 Rights.........................................................................................19-26 Liberty........................................................................................27-29 Equality.....................................................................................31-39 Justice.........................................................................................41-47 Idea of Duty..............................................................................49-50 Citizenship...............................................................................51-56 Sovereignty...............................................................................57-65 State and Civil Society............................................................67-74 Power and Authority.............................................................75-78 Legitimation and Obligation...............................................79-84 Civil disobedience and Satyagrah....................................85-90 Political Violence....................................................................91-101 Classical Liberalism............................................................103-105 Welfare State............................................................................107-116 Libertarianism........................................................................117-132 Marx, Lenin and Mao.......................................................133-139 Lukacs, Gramsci and the Frankfurt School................141-145 Socialism..............................................................................147-150 Conservatism......................................................................151-157 Fundamentalism................................................................159-163 Nationalism.........................................................................165-179 Multi-Culturalism..............................................................181-187 Fascism.................................................................................189-196 Feminism..............................................................................197-206 Gandhism and Pacifism..................................................207-212 Communitarianism and Civic Republicanism.........213-217 Political Theory in a Globalising World.....................219-223

Question Papers (1) December : 2007 (Solved).....................................................................227-235 (2) June : 2008 (Solved)...............................................................................236-237 (3) December : 2008 (Solved).....................................................................238-246 (4) June : 2009 (Solved)...............................................................................247-248 (5) December : 2009 (Solved).....................................................................249-269 (6) June : 2010 (Solved)...............................................................................270-277 (7) December : 2010 (Solved).....................................................................278-281 (8) June : 2011(Solved)................................................................................282-286 (9) December : 2011 ....................................................................................287-287 (10) June : 2012.............................................................................................288-288 (11) December : 2012...................................................................................289-289 (12) June : 2013.............................................................................................290-290 (13) December : 2013...................................................................................291-291 (14) June : 2014.............................................................................................292-292 (15) December : 2014...................................................................................293-293 (16) June : 2015.............................................................................................294-294 (17) December : 2015...................................................................................295-295 (18) June : 2016(Solved)..............................................................................296-297 (19) December : 2016...................................................................................298-298 (20) June : 2017(Solved)..............................................................................299-300 (21) December : 2017...................................................................................301-301 (22) June : 2018(Solved)..............................................................................302-307 (23) December : 2018...................................................................................308-308 (24) June : 2019 (Solved).............................................................................309-315 (25) December : 2019 (Solved)..................................................................316-320 (26) June : 2020 (Solved).............................................................................321-324 (27) December : 2020 (Solved)..................................................................325-332 (28) June : 2021 (Solved).............................................................................333-342 (29) December : 2021 (Solved)..................................................................343-346

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Q1. What is political theory? Explain. Ans. Most of one influenced by political ideology, whether we knowingly subscribe to it or unconsciously absorb it as part of received opinion, so not only do the answer to political questions vary accordingly to individual opinion, they also differ with the individual’s ideological position. The practice of political theory helps us to set about answering such questions logically, and to criticise the answer which other give, by dealing with political matters at a more abstract and general level than does political science. Political theory is a theory about what is “political”, the science and philosophy of what is political. George Sabine says, “It is anything about politics or relevant to politics”. This being the broader meaning, he refers to its narrow meaning, saying that it is “the disciplined investigation of political problems. David Held defines political theory as “a network of concepts and generalisations about political life involving ideas, assumptions and statements about the nature, purpose and key features of government, state and society and about the political capabilities of human beings”. A very elaborate definition of political theory has been given in Political Science Dictionary, describing it as “a body of thought that seeks to evaluate, explain and predict political phenomena. As a subȬfield of Political Science, it is concerned with political ideas, values and concepts, and the explanation of prediction of political behaviour. In its broad sense, it has two main branches: one is political philosophy or normative theory, with its value, analytic, historical and speculative concerns. The other is empirical theory, with its efforts to explain, predict, guide, research and organise knowledge — [1] —

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through the formulation of abstract models, and scientifically testable propositions.” Political theory is all about politics. It is an overview of what the political order is about. It is a symbolic representation of what is “political”. In its nature, it is a formal, logical and systematic analysis of processes and consequences of political activity. It is, in its method, analytical, expository, and explanatory. It is, in its objective, an attempt to give order, coherence and meaning to what may be referred to as “political”. Q2. Discuss the evolution and growth of political theory. [DecȬ2007, Q.No.Ȭ1] OR What is classical political theory? Explain. OR What is modern political theory? Explain. Ans. Political theory has, in the West, passed through different stages. There was a time when, during the ancient Greek and the medieval period, political theory would concern itself with identifying the ethical goals of the state, i.e., the objectives which the state would cherish to achieve. Both Plato and Aristotle would insist on the functions of the state to establish justice or give the individual, a good life. The medieval political theory associated as it was with religion, demanded of the state to prepare and train the individual to seek a place with god. The early modern age political theory sought to discuss theories of the origin of the state, followed by philosophers with whom the organisation and functions of the state were major concerns of the state. The midȬtwentieth century political theory dealt largely with the institutions of the state, making the concept of power to be the basic theme of the state. The growth and evolution of political theory can be elaborated in three major streams. These are: (i) Classical Political Theory, (ii) Modern Political Theory, (iii) Contemporary Political Theory. The classification of political theory into classical, modern and contemporary is, indeed, thematic. What divides the classical or the traditional from the modern is the element of science in the latter and its absence in the former. Philosophy dominates the classical tradition of political theory whereas science and its methodology dominate the modernist. Modern political theory and contemporary political theory are somewhat different, at least in their essence. Modern political theory is empirical and scientific, whereas contemporary political theory is philosophical and historical. Contemporary political theory attempts

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to synthesise the essence of both the classical and modern political theory. (i) Classical Political Theory Classical political theory emerged in the ancient Greek culture, in the writings of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, and continued until the beginning of the nineteenth century. The classical paradigm, according to Sheldon Wolin, relating to political theory, consisted of the following: (a) Classical political theory aimed at acquiring reliable knowledge about matters concerning the people, a philosophical pursuit to establish a rational basis for belief; a politically inspired pursuit to establish a rational basis for action. (b) Its basic unit of analysis was always the political whole, the bodyȬpolitic, the interȬrelated structure denoting activity, relationship, and belief: activity relating to ruling, warfare, education, religious practices; relationships involving those between social classes, between the rulers and the ruled, between the superiors and the inferiors; belief, such as justice, equality, natural law and the like. (c) Classical political theory laid stress on comparative studies for supplying a more comprehensive explanation of political phenomena and a wider range of alternatives. That was the reason that classical political theory developed a classification of political forms (e.g., monarchy, aristocracy, democracy, and their variants) and a set of concepts such as law, citizenship, justice and participation so as to explain differences and similarities between them. (d) Classical political theory had been, largely, ethical in perspective. Its response was rooted in a moral outlook: Plato advocated the ideal state; Aristotle, a state that can achieve the best possible; St. Augustine, the city of god. Classical political theory undertook to appraise the various constitutional forms, to determine the form most suitable for a particular set of circumstances, and to decide, if any, absolutely the best form possible. (e) Classical political theory, by projecting the best form of polity as the ideal, revealed the boldness and radicalism of classical theorising, though some dismissed such an attempt as merely utopian and visionary. (ii) Modern Political Theory Modern political theory encompasses in itself a host of diverse trends such as the institutional structural, scientific, positivistic, empirical, behavioural, postȬbehavioural and the Marxist. These

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trends dominated the greater part of the twentieth century. Classical political theory was, by and large, philosophical, normative, idealistic, and to an extent, historical; modern political theory, on the other hand, can be classified into two opposing divisions: the liberal including the individualistic, the elitist and the pluralist on one hand, and the Marxist, including the dialecticalȬmaterialist on the other. Modern political theory, beginning with the liberal stance from the 15thȬ16th centuries and later expressing itself in the institutionalȬpositivist, empiricalȬbehavioural and postȬ behavioural trends, dubbed the whole classical tradition as dull. Their advocates, from Merriam and Key to Dahl, Casswell and Easton, sought to lay stress on the ‘present’ rather than on the ‘past’; the ‘living’ rather than the ‘dull’; the ‘immediate’ rather than the ‘remote’; the ‘objective’ rather than the ‘subjective’; the ‘analytic’ rather than the ‘philosophic’; the ‘explanatory’ rather than the ‘descriptive’; the ‘processȬoriented’ rather than the ‘purposeȬoriented’; the ‘scientific’ rather than the ‘theoretical’. Modern political theory with its western liberalȬdemocratic shade attempted to build a science of politics; objective, empirical, observational, measurable, operational and valueȬfree. Its features can be summed up as under: (a) Facts and data constitute the bases of study. These are accumulated, explained and then used for testing hypothesis. (b) Human behaviour can be studied, and regularities of human behaviour can be expressed in generalisations. (c) Facts and values are separated; values are so arranged that the facts become relevant. (d) Methodology has to be selfȬconscious, explicit and quantitative. (e) InterȬdisciplinary synthesis is to be achieved. (f) “What it is” is regarded as more important than either “what it was” or “what it ought to be or could be”. (g) Values are to support facts, substance to form, and theory to research, and status quo to social change. At the other end of modern political theory stands the Marxist political theory, also called the ‘dialecticalȬmaterialist’ or the ‘scientificȬsocialist’ theory. It describes the general laws of motion in the development of all phenomena. Its importance lies in change through the struggle between opposites; between relations of production and productive forces with a view to have a better mode of production; development from the lower stage to the higher one; from, capitalistic to socialistic and from socialistic to

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communistic. It is a theory which provides a systematic and scientific framework of analysing and explaining social and political change. It is a method of interpreting the past, understanding the present, and projecting the future. (iii) Contemporary Political Theory The characteristic features of contemporary political theory, David Held refers to the following: (a) Contemporary political theory has been viewed as the history of political thought, involving an attempt to examine the significance of text in their historical context. (b) It has sought to revitalize the discipline as a form of conceptual analysis, and in the process, finding political theory as a systematic reflection upon, and classification of, the meanings of the key forms and concepts such as sovereignty, democracy, justice and the like. (c) It has been developed as the systematic elaboration of the underlying structure of our moral and political activities; the disclosure, examination and reconstruction of the foundations of political value. (d) It has been revitalized as a form of argument concerned with abstract theoretical questions and particular political issues. (e) It has been championed as a critique of all forms of foundationalism, either the postȬmodernists or the liberal defenders. It, accordingly, presents itself as a stimulant to dialogue and to conversation among human beings. (f) It has developed as the theoretical enterprise of the discipline of Political Science. As such it attempts to construct theory on the basis of observation and modest empirical generalisations. Contemporary political theory is mainly concerned with the explanation, investigation and ultimately, with the comprehension of what relates to politics: concepts, principles and institutions. Brian Barry says that political theory attempts to “study the relation between principles and institutions”. John Rawls thinks that political theory can seek truth alongside the scientificȬempirical methods. Robert Nozick (Anarchy, State and Utopia, 1974) believes that contemporary political theory can solve many political problems by combining the classical ends with empirical means. Q3. Why the study of political theory is important? [DecȬ2008, Q.No.Ȭ1] Ans. Political Theory is no easy and simple enterprise. It is an elaborate and a consistent exercise, aiming to achieve a better world

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of politics. Philosophy and science have no privileged cognitive status in political theory. All political philosophy makes claims about the operation of the political world – claims which require detailed examinations within the model of enquiry which go beyond those available to philosophy alone. All political science raises normative questions which a dedication to the normativeȬexplanatory does not eliminate. Political theory requires the philosophical analysis of concepts and principles, and the empirical understanding of political processes and structures. Neither philosophy nor science, in their individual capacity, can easily replace the other in the projection of political theory. This is so because systematic political knowledge embodying generalisations about patterns of political life is possible, and the efforts to achieve it are, rather should be, the major tasks of political theory. Political theory is more than a discipline; it is an intellectual exercise as also an activity. It is needed as a philosophy just as it is needed as a science. Germino very aptly writes: “Turning his back to distortions, overȬsimplifications, sloganeering and demagoguery, the political theorist speaks out with honesty on the perpetual problems confronting man and his existence in society. Political theory as a philosophy will always attempt to find out the truth in every situation, and as a science, will always reach the truth.” Plamenatz holds the view that political theory is not fantasy or the parading of prejudices, nor an intellectual game. Still less it “is a linguistic analysis”, but, “is an elaborate, rigorous, difficult and useful understanding”, and “as much needed as any of science”. Tasks Before Political Theory There are definitive tasks before political theory. As a science, it has, as David Held explains, the following functions: (i) To identify the significant political variables and describe their mutual relations. To ensure this, an analytic scheme is essential. This would render research meaningful and arrange facts leading to generalisations. (ii) The existence, and wide acceptance of and consensus by workers in the field, on a theoretical framework, would enable the results of the various researches to be compared. It would help in the verification of conclusions, drawn up by the earlier researches and may also reveal the areas of research which require empirical work. (iii) Finally, the existence of a theoretical framework, or at least, a relatively consistent body of concepts, making research more reliable.

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As a philosophy, political theory has to go beyond science. It has to study, as a science, a phenomenon, but as a philosophy it has to understand the phenomena. It has to study a part together with the whole. Its study is not confined to knowing clearly the present, but it has to extend its area to know as for what the present exists. The tasks before political theory are enormous and differential. Some of these are: (i) With Rawls, political theory, as a branch of moral philosophy, has been described as essentially normative. Accordingly, the task of political theory is not only to develop general principles for evaluating the social structure, but also to design appropriate institutions, procedures, and policies. (ii) Political theory is primarily contemplative and a reflective enquiry concerned to understand human existence in general. (iii) Political theory is primarily concerned with articulating the selfȬunderstanding of a particular community, and that it is necessarily municipal in its scope and interpretive in its orientation. (iv) Political theory needs to be tentative, exploratory, conversational, openȬminded, ironic and sensitive. Significance of Political Theory The significance of political theory has been under a cloud by scholars, mostly of the behaviouralist school. According to John Plamenatz, political theory has its uses which may be stated as under: (i) Political theory is a serious and difficult intellectual activity and the need for this kind of exercise, in modern times, is indeed much greater. (ii) It is a study of values, norms and goals, though it does not produce the same kind of knowledge as empirical political theory does. (iii) It is a study of theories which have, historically, powerfully influenced men’s images of themselves, and of society, and profoundly determined their social and political behaviour. (iv) It has an element of socially conditioned ideology. This ideology may be an illusion, and yet, unless man had these illusions, the course of social development would not have been what it is and it produces a coherent system of political principles which can guide us to an appropriate political action. C. Wright Mills writes, “Political philosophies are intellectual and moral creations. They contain high ideals, easy slogans, dubious facts,

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crude propaganda, and sophisticated theories.” He describes the significance of political theory, saying: (i) First, it is itself a social reality; it is an ideology in terms of which certain institutions and practices are justified and others attacked; it provides the phrases in which demands are raised, criticisms made, exhortations delivered, proclamations formulated, and at times, policies determined. (ii) Second, it is an ethic, an articulation of ideal, which, at various levels of generality and sophistication, is used in judging man, events and movements and as goals and guidelines for aspirations and policies. (iii) Third, it designates agencies of action, of the means of reform, revolution and conservation. It contains strategies and programmes that embody both ends and means. It designates, in short, the historical levels by which ideals are to be won or maintained after they have been won. (iv) Fourth, it contains theories of man, society, and history, or at least assumptions about how society is made up of, and how it works. It tells us how to find out where we stand, and where we may be going.” Political theory aims at comprehending the world in which it comes into being. It tries to identify its salient character, to understand its crisis and it assesses its capacity to resolve that crisis. Political theory contributes to the capacity of man to understand himself and after himself, his polity and his history. It exhorts man to take command of his own common affairs. In short, it explains, illuminates, understands, evaluates, enlightens and alters. Q4. What do you understand by political theory as philosophy and political theory as science? [JuneȬ2009, Q.No.Ȭ1] Ans. The political theory is a philosophy that has been very well enunciated by scholars like Leo Strauss, but all philosophy is not political theory as all political theory is not philosophy. Philosophy, as an abstract study encompassing the whole universe in general, and morals, norms, and values in particular, is the sumȬtotal of general laws governing the whole world. Political Theory as Philosophy Without philosophy, no political theory can ever hope to exist; without an eye on future, no present can ever afford to stay as no present stands without its past. Political theory is a philosophy, for it not only seeks to know the nature of things but also attempts to explain as to why things really exist. One understands an action or a

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thought only by evaluating it. Evaluation is a part of understanding. Philosophy as distinct from theory is a ‘quest for wisdom’ or as Strauss holds the view, “quest for universal knowledge, for knowledge of the whole”. Political theory as philosophy is “the attempt truly to know both the nature of political things and the right, or the good, political order”. Politics is not what one assumes or opines. In fact, a political theorist is expected to possess more than an assumption or an opinion; he has to have knowledge. Philosophy emerges when opinion/ assumption attains the heights of knowledge, and that is what exactly the task of political theory is. Political theory as philosophy is an “attempt to replace opinion/assumption about the nature of political things by knowledge of the nature of political things”. Values, Strauss believes, are an indispensable part of political theory as they are, of philosophy. Every political philosopher has to be a teacher in his own right: he must profess; he must teach; he must persuade. Political theory not only explains, but also affects, favorably or adversely. Evolutional aspects of a political activity are as important as its factual aspects. It is, in this sense, that values and facts form an integral part of any political theory. Political Theory as Science Political theory is a science has been forcefully emphasised by scholars from Arthur Bentley to George Catlin; David Easton to Robert Dahl. But all science is not political theory, just as all political theory is not science. Political theory is not science in the sense Chemistry or Physics or Mathematics is a science. It is not as exact a science as these natural or physical sciences are, because there are no universally recognised principles, no clear causeȬeffect relationships, no laboratories and no predictions are made in political theory the way these are found in natural and exact sciences. It is a science in so far as it admits concepts and norms which are both observable and testable, and in so far as it responds to the requirements of reason and rationalism. The American social science researchers in general, and the Behaviouralists in particular, sought to create a science of politics and in the process, indulged in what may be called ‘reductionism’. Political theory is a science in so far as it can, and in fact, is applied to a social gathering and the definitive rules of the exact sciences are applicable within the limitations as in any social science. Political theory as a science is only a social science. It is a science in its methodology, in its approach and in its analysis. To that extent, it is a science, a prime science as Aristotle had described it. It is a science in so far as its conclusions are drawn after ‘study’, ‘observation’, ‘experiments’,



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