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Question 28

Appeared in Year: 2013

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Examine the significance of the verdicts of Supreme Court in Golaknath and Kesavananda Bharati regarding Article 368 of the Indian Constitution.

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Significance of the Verdicts of Supreme Court in Golaknath and Kesavananda Bharati

  • The Parliament of India is the apex law making organisation in the country.
  • Article 368 allows the Union Parliament to lays down the procedure for amending the Constitution.
  • Golaknath and Kesavananda Bharati Case was a time of great conflict between the legislature and …

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Question 29

Appeared in Year: 2013

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Transnational actors have become driving forces of global politics. Elaborate. (Paper-II)

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Translational Actors and Driving Forces of Global Politics

  • The fundamental understanding of international relations upto the second world war was that the nation state is the only driver of international affairs.
  • However, with the end of the world war, we saw a paradigm shift in the way international relations were conducted.
  • There was a spurt in grow…

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Question 30

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Identify the major changes in the international political economy in the post Cold War period. (Paper-II)

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Major Changes in the International Political Economy in the Post Cold War Period

  • With the disintegration of the USSR, the world become a unipolar system with United States as the sole hegemon.
  • The Warsaw Pact countries which were attached to the Soviets were now severed from its partnership from them and had to look for new trade avenues.
  • The most sev…

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Question 31

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Compare and contrast social movements in advanced industrial and developing societies. (Paper-II)

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Social Movements in Advanced Industrial and Developing Societies

  • Social movements are organised programs by people who seek change in the social order.
  • It can include desire for greater representation for subaltern social groups like women, religious minorities etc. or it could be about demand for greater socio-economic equality.
  • Advanced countries, l…

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Question 32

Appeared in Year: 2014

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Central to Aristotle՚s thought is the classification of different types of political constitutions in Politics. Evaluate. (Paper-I)

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Central to Aristotle՚s Thought and the Classification of Different Types of Political Constitutions in Politics

  • Aristotle is widely regarded as the first political scientist in the western world.
  • He was a student of Plato, the idealist political philosopher whose work concerned building the ideal state.
  • Contrary to his teacher՚s beliefs, Aristotle was…

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Question 33

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Building ‘peace by pieces’ is the basis of functionalism. Please elaborate. (Paper-II)

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Functionalism

  • Functionalism is a cooperation building exercise between states as explained by David Mitrany.
  • Before World War II, the dominant idea of international relations was that of realism and balance of power.
  • On the basis of national power and interest, states used to prepare allies against enemies.
  • This entire exercise brought peace only at th…

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Question 34

Appeared in Year: 2013

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What roles do norms, taboos and epistemic play in context of nuclear proliferation? (Paper-II)

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Norms, Taboos and Epistemic Play and Nuclear Proliferation

  • Since the usage of nuclear weapons in Japan during the Second World War, nation states have scrambled to acquire these weapons.
  • Nuclear weapons empower a state with long term strategic security.
  • The first country to acquire nuclear weapons was United States, closely followed by the Soviets in …

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