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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Question 8
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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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