pyq/2024/psir-optional-ii/1

Answer the following questions in about 150 words each : (10x5=50)

(a) Discuss the interpretive approach to the study of comparative politics. (10)

(b) Explain the central tenets of the World-Systems Theory. (10)

(c) The expansionist tendencies of the current Russian regime indicate its intentions for the realisation of a Greater Russia on the lines of the Soviet era. Comment. (10)

(d) Explain the various facets of the idealist approach to the study of international relations. Comment on its contemporary relevance. (10)

(e) The changing global order and ongoing regional conflicts, with the global powers taking sides, have jeopardised the progress made towards disarmament in the past. Comment. (10)