Class 11th Political Science

 COURSE CONTENTS

Part A: Indian Constitution at Work

1. Constitution 

Constitution: The Philosophy and Making of the Constitution,  Directive Principles of State Policy, Constitutional Amendments.

Fundamental Rights and Duties  (2nd Link)

2. Election and Representation 

Elections and Democracy, Election System in India, Electoral Reforms.

3. Legislature 

Why do we need a Parliament? Unicameral/Bicameral Legislature, Functions and

Power of the Parliament, Parliamentary Committees, Parliamentary Officials: Speaker,

Deputy Speaker, Parliamentary Secretary.

4. Executive 

Parliamentary Executive in India: the President, the Prime Minister and the Council of

Ministers. Permanent Executive: Bureaucracy.

5. Judiciary 

Why do we need an Independent Judiciary? Structure and Jurisdiction of the

Judiciary, Judicial Review, Judicial Activism, Judicial Over-reach.

6. Federalism 

Meaning of Federalism, Evolution & Growth of Indian Federalism: Quasi Federalism,

Cooperative Federalism, Competitive Federalism.

7. Local Governments

Why do we need Local Governments? Growth of Local Governments in India, 73rd

and 74th Constitutional Amendments, Working and Challenges of Local Governments.

Part B: Political Theory

8. Political Theory: An Introduction 

What is Politics? Politics vs Political Theory, Importance of Political Theory.

9. Liberty 

Liberty vs Freedom, Negative and Positive Liberty.

10. Equality 

What is Equality? Significance of Equality, Various Dimensions of Equality, How can

we promoteEquality?

11. Justice 

What is Justice? Different Dimensions of Justice, Distributive Justice.

12. Rights 

What are Rights? History of Rights, Kinds of Rights, Human Rights.

13. Citizenship 

Citizen and Citizenship, Citizen and Nation, Global Citizenship.

14. Nationalism 

Nation and Nationalism, Variants of Nationalism, Nationalism & Multiculturalism.

15. Secularism 

What is Secularism? Western and Indian Perspectives of Secularism, Salient

Features of IndianSecularism.

16. Development 

Growth vs. Development, Different Models of Development – Welfare State Model,

Market Model,Developmental Model.