PAPER 2 2011

"Functionalism can indeed be interpreted as a conscious alternative to marxism"

(W.G.Runciman)

"Organski" stated that a developing society in order to reach the goals of

development would have to pass through the stages of

-political
unification
-industrialization
-national welfare
-abundance

Pareto- the concept of residues/circulation of elites

Michels-the concept of mass mind
Gasset- the theory of the masses/Revolt of the Masses
C.Wright Mills- the power elite
T.B.Bottomore- elites and society

Unequal exchange is the formulation of Samir Amin.

Justice Ram Nandan Committee was appointed by GOI to identify the creamy layer
among Backward Classes.

Inter-state council was set up in 1990.

GOI Act 1935 created the Federal Court.

Concept of informal organization was propounded by Mayo.

Clect is the sub-system of Riggs Prismatic society: Social system.

Jacksonian theory is also called 'spoils system'.

Peter F.Drucker said "Successful Management involves Management by Objectives"

Robert Dahl's book- 'Who Governs?'

Fulton committee recommended 'Unified Grading Structure' for the British Civil
Service.

Office of Ombudsman was set up in these countries:

Sweden-1809
Finland-1919
New Zealand-1962
United Kingdom-1967

Emmanual Wallerstein has coined the term 'under-development'.

In the post-soviet era Russia's outlook at global level is marked by- Rigidities of
the cold war.

Hans-Blix was head of UN body for inspecting places in Iraq for verification of
Weapons of Mass Destruction.

PAPER 3 2012
Theory- a well focused mental look.

First mass movement of Mao- Let a hundred flowers blossom and hundred schools of
thought contend.

The Good Boatman by Rajmohan Gandhi.

Plato's book is both on ethics and politics.

General Will means Real Will.

Richard Attenborough- In Search of Gandhi

Louis Fisher- The Life of Mahatma Gandhi
E.H. Erikson- Gandhi's Truth
J.Eaton- Gandhi: Fighter Without a Sword.

David Easton presents a flow model of the political system.

Fred Riggs attached great importance to a balance between the principles of

equality and capacity in political development.

Halpern is associated with the 'will and capacity' approach to the study of
political development.

Elite theory was started in Central and Western European countries.

The name of a candidate for the Office of President of India is proposed by- any
ten members of the electoral college.

Article 51A- Fundamental Duties.

"Democracy and Discontent" by Atul Kohli

Morris-Jones emphasised the emergence of a 'market polity' in India.

Rajani Kothari described the nature of Indian state as 'incremental democratic

modernization'.

Article 43A has ensured through legislation the participation of workers in

management.

-"Dalit Visions: The Anti-Caste Movement and the Construction of Indian Identity"-
Gail Omvedt
-"Peasant Movements in India"- D.N.Dhanagre
-"Foreign Identities, Gender Communities and the State- Zoya Hassan
-"Institutionalising Panchayati Raj in India"- V.Venkatesan.

PAPER 2 JUNE 2012

First modern political thinker who deliberately ignores Aristotle- Hobbes

Doctrine of 'overlapping consensus' is advocated by Rawls.

C.Wright Mills- "The Power Elite" is a study of the contemporary politics of USA.

Lucian Pye
identified the crises in political development on the basis of his study of
England.
Michels' Iron Law of Oligarchy was formulated on the basis of the study of- German
Social Democratic Party.

The president appoints the Inter-state council

J&K and Maharashtra's Assemblies meet at places other than the state capital.

Span of control is also known as 'military type of foreman.

"Budget is a series of Goals with price tags attached"- said by Wildavsky.

PAPER 2 JUNE 2013

Books- Samir Amin- 'Accumulation on a world scale'

A.G.Frank- 'Capitalism and underdevelopment in Latin America'
F.Henrique Cardoso- 'Dependency and Development'
Paul Swezey- 'Monopoly Capital'.

"The difference btw order and disorder is more important than the difference btw
communism and liberal democracy."-Huntington.

The main findings of the union govt administrative committee headed by Home
Secretary N.N Vohra in 1993 was- Nexus btw politicians, criminals and bureaucrats.

Partha Chatterjee has commented that the latest phase of the globalization of
capital will witness an emerging opposition btw Modernity and Democracy.

Dharamsala model of indian capitalism was propounded by Raj Krishna.

"Stable Peace" was written by Kenneth Boulding

Martin Wight enunciated International Society theory as a combination of three

schools of thought- Realism, Rationalism and Revolutionism.

Plato describes the working of the human mind by- allegory of the cave; the
metaphor of the divided line; the doctrine of forms.

PAPER 2 JUNE 2014

"Leninism is Marxism of the era of imperialism and of the proletarian revolution"-

Stalin.
Gandhi organized his first protest in Johannesberg.

Charles.E.Merriam- New Aspects of politics

Heinz Eulan- The behavioural persuasion in politics
Leo Strauss- What is political philosophy and other studies
D.Truman- The governmental process.
Electoral system: Countries:

First-past-the-post-system India
Two rounds of system Egypt
List system Brazil
Single Transferable vote Ireland

Interest groups in American society- H.Zeigler

Interest groups of four continents- H.W.Ehrmann
Anonymous Empire- Samuel Finer
Human Nature in Politics- Graham Wallas.

Percentage fixed by the Indian constitution regarding the strength of the ministers
including the chief minister in a state- 15%.

Writs in sequence:

Habeas Corpus
Mandamus
Prohibition
Certiorari
Quo Warranto

Panchayati Raj in tribal areas- Dilip Singh Bhuria committee.

Financial emergency-360
All Indian services-312
Finance Commission-280
Suspension of Fundamental Rights-359

Shafritz and Russell- have created eighteen definitions of public administration

and put them in four categories of political, legal, occupational and managerial.

Hierarchy- Scalar Process

Report on Public Administration 1951- A.D.Gorwala
Preliminary screening examination- Dr. K.S Kothari
Auxilliary Agency- House Keeping.

Author of "Pakistan's Arms Procurement and Military build-up 1979-99: In search of

a policy"?

PAPER 2 JUNE 2015

Granville Austin described Maulana Azad, Nehru, Patel, and Rajendra Prasad as
forming an "oligarchy within the constituent assembly".

Fareed Zakaria writes that India has become less tolerant, less secular, less law-
abiding, and less liberal.

Ram Vilas Paswan- Lok Janshakti Party

H.D.Kumarswamy- Janata Dal
Praful Patel- Nationalist Congress Party
Akhilesh Yadav- Samajwadi Party.

There are '18' functional items that have been placed within the purview of
municipalities by the Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution.

The study of comparative politics became significant after WWII and Emergence of
new nations.

Leonard Binder et all in their book-"Crises and Sequences in Political Development"

are Identity Crises; Integration Crises; Legitimacy Crises; and Resource
Mobilization Crises.

Fred Riggs was the chairman of the Comparative Admistrative Group in the US for 10
years.

"One best way" in scientific management means- Standardization of work methods.

Domicile qualification for public appointments was first used in: USA.

PAPER 3 JUNE 2014

Plamentaz described political theory as "the systematic thinking about the purpose
of the govt".

"The Philosophy of JS Mill"-RP Anschutz

"Once God is let in, there is an end to the sovereignty of man." MN Roy.

Man is what he eats- Ludwig Fuerbach

Propounder of labour theory of value- Locke

Machiavelli's writings- The Golden Ass, Discourses, The Art of War

Beitz- On Global Justice

Gauthier- Justice as mutual advantage
Dworkin- on equality
Nozick- Entitlement

Lenis's writings- The War and the Second International; The State and Revolution;
The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky; Left Wing Communism

Marx's theory of the state and revolution is taken from- French revolution

the process of political socialization in traditional society is- diffuse-

particularistic-ascriptive

Alwin Tofler's book "Powershift" mentioned three kinds of power- violence, wealth,
knowledge.