Meaning, Nature, Scope, Evolution and A
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POLITICAL SCIENCE EXAM HELP
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, Analysis of Past year’s papers
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Meaning, Nature, Scope, and Significanc
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International Relations (IR) m m
WHAT IS
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Evolution of IR Approache
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E? s to IR
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Major contributors
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, PAST YEAR’S QUESTIONS
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Q1. Discuss the significance and evolution of International Relations as a discipline. Why do
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think that IR should be inter-disciplinary in nature?
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Q2. state system is nothing but Westphalian system. Explain the level of analysis concept of I
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m Discuss the development and significance of IR as a discipline
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Q4. Discuss the nature, and scope of IR. do you think that IR should be inter-disciplinary in n
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Q5 explain the post Westphalian phase of IR
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, International Relation: Meaning m m
• Study of relationship and interactions between countries, nature and consequences of such relationship
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• Both a condition-
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facts of international politics, the actual conduct of relations among nations through diplomacy ba
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d on foreign policy, cooperation, conflict and war among them and field of study to
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understand and explain nations’ acts and behavior in international state system
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• International relations and politics are generally understood as a set of actions, reactions and interactio
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between sovereign states, through the medium of their foreign policies.
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• Study of the global state system.
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• State system: The organization of humankind into sovereign states ; Palmer and Perkins "It is the pattern
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mpolitical life in which people are separately organized into sovereign states that must manage to get alo
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together” in the anarchic world order.
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• Study of events, phenomenon, issues, organizations, structures, conflict, and cooperation beyond the
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boundaries of nation-state
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• For example : study of global conflict, violence & war, peace & cooperation, global trade & business,
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migration, refugee, terrorism, climate change, energy crisis, hunger & poverty, etc
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