BPSC132 Indian Government And Politics Text Book

BPSC132 INDIAN GOVERMENT AND POLITICS Text Book 

Block-1 Approaches to Study Indian Politics

Course Contents

BLOCK 1 Approaches to study Indian politics

Unit 1 Liberal

Unit 2 Marxist

Unit 3 Gandhian

BLOCK 2 Indian Constitution

Unit 4 Basic Features

Unit 5 Fundamental Rights

Unit 6 Directive Principles of State policy and Fundamental duties

BLOCK 3 Institutions

Unit 7 Legislature

Unit 8 Executive

Unit 9 Judiciary

BLOCK 4 Society and Politics

Unit 10 Caste, Class and Tribe

Unit 11 Gender

Unit 12 Workers and Farmers

BLOCK 5 Religion and Politics

Unit 13 Secularish

Unit 14 Communalism

BLOCK 6 Parties and Party system in India

Unit 15 Parties and Party System

References

COURSE INTRODUCTION

Purpose of this course is to introduce students to some basic features of government and politics in India. The course has fifteen units which have been grouped into six blocks based on thematic unity. The course starts with first block which has units on approaches to understand politics in India. Block 2 has units on basic features on Indian Constitution, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State policy and Fundamental Duties. Block 3 has units on separation of powers – on legislature, executive and judiciary. Units in Block 4 discuss relationships among identities, classes and politics. Block 5 has units which explain relationships between religion and politics. Block 6 is about parties and party system in India.

The unit-wise description in each block is like this, Block 1 consists of three units: Units 1, 2 and 3 on Liberal, Marxist and Gandhian approaches respectively to study Indian politics. Three units in block 2 are about indian constitution: unit 4 Basic Features, unit 5 Fundamental Rights, and unit 6 Directive Principles of State policy and Fundamental duties. The units in block 3 are on the institutions of separation of power in India: unit 7 Legislature, unit 8 Executive and unit 9 Judiciary. Three units in Block 4 dicuss some aspects of relationships of State and Society: unit 10 Caste, Class and tribe: unit 11 Gender, and unit 12 Workers and Farmers. Two units in block 5 deal with two different kinds of relationship