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Class 11

Political Science: Political Theory

32 lessons in 8 chapters, explained in plain words.

Political Theory: An Introduction

  1. What is politics?
  2. What political theory studies
  3. Doing political theory
  4. Why study political theory

Freedom

  1. The ideal of freedom
  2. What freedom is and why constraints exist
  3. The harm principle
  4. Negative and positive liberty; freedom of expression

Equality

  1. Why equality matters
  2. What equality means
  3. Three dimensions of equality and the ideologies
  4. Promoting equality

Social Justice

  1. What is justice?
  2. Three principles of justice
  3. Just distribution and Rawls
  4. Pursuing social justice

Rights

  1. What rights are
  2. Where rights come from
  3. Legal rights and the state
  4. Kinds of rights and responsibilities

Citizenship

  1. What citizenship means
  2. Full and equal membership in practice
  3. Citizen and nation
  4. Universal and global citizenship

Nationalism

  1. Introducing nationalism
  2. What makes a nation
  3. National self-determination
  4. Nationalism and pluralism

Secularism

  1. What is secularism?
  2. Secular states and the Western model
  3. The Indian model of secularism
  4. Criticisms of Indian secularism