Comparative Politics and International Relations-Contemporary Global Concerns [IAS (Admin.) Mains Political Science (PSIR)]: Questions 1 - 8 of 30

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Question 1

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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Question 2

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Identify the role of gender in the global economy. (Paper-II)

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Role of Gender in the Global Economy

  • National and international politics have always been a male dominated domain.
  • From monarchies to early republics, policy making has solely been in the hands of men.
  • However, from the 1960՚s, things began to change due to the Women՚s liberation movements around the world.
  • Politics then started being studies through t…

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Question 3

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Compare and contrast Sino India approaches to global environmental concerns. (Paper-II)

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Sino India Approaches to Global Environmental Concerns

  • Since the end of the Second World War, the world has seen a gigantic economic development.
  • This economic development has reduced global poverty but it has come at a severe cost.
  • Developing countries like India and China have been at the receiving end of environmental disasters such as climate chan…

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Question 4

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What does the pace of nuclear proliferation in the post Cold War world suggest? (Paper-II)

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Pace of Nuclear Proliferation in the Post Cold War World

  • As of 2019, there are nine nuclear armed countries in the world.
  • They are United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea.
  • A recent report from Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) tracks the number of nuclear warheads currently a…

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Question 5

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Global commons believe belong to global society and requires global attention. Comment. (Paper-II)

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Global Commons and Global Society

  • Global commons are natural resources that are international in nature.
  • They belong to all nations of the world collectively and are not the executive domain of any particular nation state.
  • The definition of global commons was in a report called World Conservation Strategy prepared jointly by IUCN, UNESCO, UNEP and WWF…

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Question 6

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State the place of gender justice in global agenda. (Paper-II)

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Gender Justice in Global Agenda

  • For thousands of yours, society has been a patriarchy, meaning a society which is dominated by men.
  • Women have mostly played a subjugated and submissive role in public affairs and have been relegated to domestic duties.
  • Social attitudes towards women started to change with the Age of Enlightenment and then later, the In…

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Question 7

Appeared in Year: 2015

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Do you endorse that the conventional discourse on human rights has failed to include women՚s rights? Explain in the context of feminist theories.

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Conventional Discourse on Human Rights

  • Human rights are certain social conditions that every person deserves for their well being.
  • These rights are deserved by all irrespective of their social status, financial conditions, gender etc.
  • These have their origins in the aftermath of the second world war, when it was decided that all politics will be peopl…

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Discuss the theory of nuclear deterrence? Did nuclear deterrence prevent a nuclear war between superpowers?

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Theory of Nuclear Deterrence

  • Deterrence is the ability of a nation state to prevent another from launching a military strike without actually resorting to violence.
  • This theory is at the core of the realist school of international relations.
  • Nuclear deterrence is a military and political strategy in which a nations state acquires sufficient nuclear wa…

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