0EPS-01/110

BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME (B.D.P)

ASSIGNMENT
For July 2010 and January 2011 Sessions EPS-01: POLITICAL THEORY AND INSTITUTIONS EPS-11: POLITICAL IDEAS AND IDEOLOGIES

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-68

ELECTIVE COURSE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

EPS-01: POLITICAL THEORY AND INSTITUTIONS EPS-11: POLITICAL IDEAS AND IDEOLOGIES Dear Student, As explained to you in the programme Guide, you will have to do a Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA) for each of the elective courses in Political Science. This booklet has Tutor Marked Assignment for the Elective Course EPS-01: Political Theory and Institutions and EPS-11: Political Ideas and Ideologies. Before attempting the assignment, please read the instructions provided in the Programme Guide sent to you separately. It is important that you write answers to all TMA questions in your own words. Your answer should be within the word limit set for a particular section. The assignment is divided into three sections. Submission of the completed assignment: Admission batch For the students admitted in July 2010 For the students admitted in January 2011 Last date of submission 31st March, 2011 30th September, 2011 Place of submission Co-ordinator of the student's study centre Co-ordinator of the student's study centre

EPS-01: POLITICAL THEORY AND INSTITUTIONS EPS-11: POLITICAL IDEAS AND IDEOLOGIES TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
Course Code: EPS 01/11 Assignment Code: Asst /TMA /2010-11 Total Marks: 100 Answer questions in each category. Try to answer in your own words. A) DCQ: Answer the following in about 500 words each. 2x20 1. Discuss the Historical Approach to the study of political science. 2. Describe the nature of early Indian Political Thought. 3. Write a note on the Gandhian perspective of state. 4. Explain the concept of power.

B) MCQ: Answer the following in about 250 words each. 5. What is the Feminist conception of citizenship? Explain in your own words. 4x12 6. Write a note on Distributive Justice. 7. How does a representative democracy work? Elaborate. 8. Examine the individualist conception of the self. 9. Describe the different ideological strands of fascism. 10. Explain the concept of Dialectical Materialism. 11. Discuss some of the different dimensions, which shaped gandhi's political thought. 12. Briefly describe the different dimensions of globalizations. C) SCQ: Write short notes on any two of the following in about 50 word each. 13. Western context of socialism. 14. Radical critique of Development. 11. Justifications for Affirmative Action. 16. Social inequalities in the Indian context 2X6