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Introduction to Political TheoryDecember 2024, paper 2549

BA (Programme) · 10 questions

Duration: 3 HoursMaximum Marks: 90

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Before you start

  1. Most asked here. What political theory is (8 papers), Rights (8 papers), Public vs private: the feminist perspective (8 papers). These come back almost every year, so learn them first. The asked N× note beside each part counts the DU papers that set its topic.
  2. Pace. Two minutes a mark: about 36 minutes for each 18-mark question, with nothing spare in 3 hours. Move on when the time is up.
  3. Keep score. Every part opens a worked answer checked against the books. Turn the key when you have revised it; the boxes at the top fill in, on this device.

1.

18 marks
· ~36 min
What politics is, and the normative approach to its studyasked 3×What is meant by Politics? Discuss the normative approach to the study of Politics.(18)

2.

18 marks
· ~36 min
Is politics the study of power?asked 8×Would you agree that politics is the study of Power?(18)

3.

18 marks
· ~36 min
Is there a compatible relationship between liberty and equality?asked 8×Do you believe that there is compatible relationship between liberty and equality?(18)

4.

18 marks
· ~36 min
What justice is, and a critical examination of Rawls's theoryasked 8×What is meant by justice? Critically examine the theory of Justice of John Rawls.(18)

5.

18 marks
· ~36 min
Rights defined, and the different theories of rightsasked 8×Define Rights. Discuss the different theories of rights.(18)

6.

18 marks
· ~36 min
How rights shield the individual from state power and from majority ruleasked 8×'Rights protect the individual from the state and the tyranny of the majority.' Discuss.(18)

7.

18 marks
· ~36 min
Does protective discrimination violate the principle of fairness?asked 8×Do you agree with the view that protective discrimination goes against the principle of fairness? Give reasons.(18)

8.

18 marks
· ~36 min
Is state intervention in the family justified?asked 8×Do you believe that the state intervention in the family is justified?(18)

9.

18 marks
· ~36 min
Patriarchy, with reference to the sex-gender debateasked 8×What is patriarchy? Explain it with references to the Sex-Gender debate.(18)

10.

36 marks
· ~72 min
(a)Natural rights (short note)asked 8×Write brief notes on Any Two from the following : (a) Natural Fights(9)
(b)The significance of equality (short note)asked 8×Write brief notes on Any Two from the following : (b) Significance of equality(9)
(c)Censorship (short note)asked 6×Write brief notes on Any Two from the following : (c) Censorship and freedom of expression The same question was set as 3100-Q10a; this answer serves both.(9)
(d)The feminist conception of justice (short note)asked 8×Write brief notes on Any Two from the following : (d) Feminist Conception of Justice(9)

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