The major objective of this course is to introduce the students to some of the key concepts and ideas of politics which shape our political discourse. These concepts are essentially contested concepts and yet inevitable for understanding and explaining the politics of any country or society. A clear understanding of these debates or contestations o...
The major objective of this course is to introduce the students to some of the key concepts and ideas of politics which shape our political discourse. These concepts are essentially contested concepts and yet inevitable for understanding and explaining the politics of any country or society. A clear understanding of these debates or contestations o...
Lec 2: Political theories and ideologies
1h 65 minLec 1: General Outline and methods
1h 67 minLec 3: Liberty: Republican conception of freedom
1h 65 minLec 4: Freedom as autonomy;Positive and negative liberty
57mLec 5: Freedom as Swaraj,Free speech & hate speech
53mLec 6: Introduction :Equity and egalitarianism
1h 60 minLec 7: Equality of opportunity; preferential treatment
45mLec 8: Luck Egalitarianism and its critiques; Equality and Liberty
44mLec 9: Introduction and forms of rights
49mLec 10: Conflicts between rights
51mLec 11: Rights and Duties
51mLec 12: Justice :A distributive concept
47mLec 13: Justice :Procedural & Substantive; Justice as fairness
46mLec 14: Justice :Capability approach; libertarian, communitarian conception of Justice
46mLec 15: Justice :Feminist conceptions of justice; Global justice
43mLec 16: Introduction to Power and authority
45mLec 17: Power, legitimacy & hegemony
41mLec 18: Power & knowledge; different conceptions of power
44mLec 19: Introduction and different conceptions of state & sovereignty
51mLec 20: Modern nation-state; liberal, Marxist and feminist conceptions of state
49mLec 21: State and governmentality
46mLec 22: Procedural and Substantive Democracy
54mLec 23: Various models of democracy
55mLec 24: Challenges and Limits of Democracy; Free press and Democracy
1h 62 minLec 25: Citizenship: Subject and Citizen
52mLec 26: T H Marshal & liberal conceptions of citizenship as legal and equal member
49mLec 27: Muliticulturalism and Cosmopolitan Citizenship
49mLec 28: Introduction; Doom & Gloom; Democracy and environmental crisis
43mLec 29: Climate change and environmental justice
43mLec 30: Revisiting some key themes and concepts
48m