PART ‘A’ : CONTEMPORARY WORLD POLITICS

1A. The Cold War Era in World Politics 1. Disintegration of the Second World and the Collapse of Bipolarity 1B. American Dominance in World Politics 2. Alternative Centres of Economic and Political Power 3. South Asia in Post-Cold War Era 4. International Organisations 5. Security in the Contemporary World 6. Environment and Natural Resources in Global Politics 7. Globalisation

PART ‘B’ : POLITICS IN INDIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE

1. Nation-Building and its Problems 2. Era of One-Party Dominance 3. Politics of Planned Development 4. India’s External Relations 5. Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System 6. Crisis of the Constitutional Order 7. Regional Aspirations and Conflicts 7A. Rise of New Social Movements 8. Democratic Upsurge and Coalition Politics 9. Recent Issues and Challenges

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