NCERT Syllabus for Class 11(Arts/Humanities) Political Science 2020-21

COURSE CONTENTS

Part A: Indian Constitution at Work

Constitution                                                                                     

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

Election and Representation                                                           

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

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.

Executive                                                                                         

Parliamentary Executive in India: the President, the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers. Permanent Executive: Bureaucracy.

Judiciary                                                                                             

Why do we need an Independent Judiciary? Structure and Jurisdiction of the Judiciary, Judicial Review, Judicial Activism, Judicial Over-reach.

Federalism                                                                                         

Meaning of Federalism, Evolution & Growth of Indian Federalism: Quasi Federalism, Cooperative Federalism, Competitive Federalism.

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

Political Theory: An Introduction                                                  

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

Liberty                                                                                               

Liberty vs Freedom, Negative and Positive Liberty.

Equality                                                                                           

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

Justice                                                                                           

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

Rights                                                                                                 

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

Citizenship                                                                                         

Citizen and Citizenship, Citizen and Nation, Global Citizenship.

Nationalism                                                                                        

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

Secularism                                                                                          

What is Secularism? Western and Indian Perspectives of Secularism, Salient Features of IndianSecularism.

Development                                                                                    

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

                           Part A: Indian Constitution at Work

                                Part B: Political Theory