PSIR Notes 0786

 Political Culture The sum total of the people's beliefs, values, viewpoints, devotion and feelings about politics is known as political culture.  Definitions According to Almond and Powell : Politcal Culture is then pattern of individual attitudes, orientations towards politics among the members of political system.  Acording to Dr. SP Verma: Political Culture includes not only the attitudes towards politics, political values, ideologies, national character and cultural ethos but also the style, manner and substantive form of politics. Characteristics of Political Culture Political culture is a Universal Concept Political Culture is a Comprehensive Concept Every Political System has a distinctive culture Political Culture is a part of general culture Political Culture influences Political System Components of Political Culture/ Elements of Political Culture While studying the 'Political Culture', we try to understand the values, beliefs and emotions of the people in th...

 Comparative Politics Introduction No 'Man' can live in isolation. The same is true in the case of politics and governance. The formation of the Indian Constitution is, in itself, an epitome of intricate scrutiny of flipping pages of various constitutions, rules, laws and regulations. However, we should take pride in the fact that it has been termed as the 'longest constitution in the world.  Anyway, we earned the title of a 'sobriquet' i.e. the Elephantine constitution! Having discussed the basic introduction now let's jump to the definitions of comparative politics.  Definition Edward Freeman:  By Comparative Government, I mean the comparative study if political institutions and forms of government.  Similarly, Jean Blondel:  Comparative Government can thus be defined in a preliminary fashion as the study of patterns of national governments in the contemporary world.  Geoffery K. Roberts: Comparative politics deals with leadership, political sociali...

 Comparison of Marxism, Liberalism and Gandhism Meaning of Isms Liberalism Focused on liberalism. Origin of the word: Liberalis i.e. Free Man Gandhism Focused on the freedom and division of powers. Marxism Focused on the 'communism and collective ownership. Restricted freedom of the individual. Major Propounders Liberalism JS Mills, John Locke, Jeremy Bentham, TC Green Marxism Karl Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Fredric Engels Gandhism Gandhi Ji and all the president and PM of India who approved of his principles Views about 'State' Liberalism Traditional Liberalism:  Disapproved of the 'State' Contemporary Liberalism:  Of the view that 'State;' is a necessary evil. Marxism State is a means of exploitation of poor by the 'Rich'. Classless state. Gandhism Focused on the 'decentralisation of the power'. 'State' as means of violence: Police State. Views about Religion Liberalism State should not interfere in the religious matters. Marxism Aga...