Tag: political science

The word "Politics" has been drawn from the Greek word "Polis" which means affairs of city-states. In Greece to refer city-states the word, "Polis" was used.

Thomas Hill Green  was an English philosopher, political radical and temperance  reformer, and a member of the British idealism  movement. Like all the British idealists, Green was influenced by the metaphysical historicism of G. W. F. Hegel . He was one of the thinkers behind the philosophy of social liberalism.

Officially, participatory democracy is direct democracy, in the sense that all citizens are actively involved in all important decisions. The definition commonly refers to movements, such as the Civil Rights Movement or the Women’s Suffrage Movement,  that gather a group of people who democratically make decisions about the direction of the group.

In 1893, the self-governing colony New Zealand became the first country in the world (except for the short-lived 18th century the Corsican Republic) to grant truly universal active suffrage by giving women the right to vote.

Invasion of Foreign country undermines the Sovereignty of the invaded Nation. Invader Country makes the host country its colony and establishes anarchy to suppress the people's voice against them. They Crush the democratic structure to control the Nation. A dictatorship is a suitable form of governance adopted by invader countries E.g., British Raj in India.

Boys and girls are brought up to believe that the main responsibility of women is housework and bringing up children. This is reflected in a sexual division of labour in most families: women do all work inside the home such as cooking, cleaning, washing clothes, tailoring, looking after children, etc., and men do all the work outside the home. 

Based on the 73rd and 74th amendment act, 1992 of Indian constitution, 1/3rd reservation is provided to women at all levels in Panchayat and Nagarapalika.

Chandigarh is a union territory and serves as the capital of Punjab and Haryana state. Chandigarh union territory was constituted on 1st November 1966, when Indian Punjab was reorganized along linguistics lines into Hindi speaking Haryana and Punjabi speaking Punjab. It is a post independence planned city by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier. 

Manipur was elevated from the status of Union Territories to State by North-Eastern Areas (Reorganization) Act 1971. Nagaland state was carved out of the state of Assam by the State of Nagaland Act, 1962. Sikkim became 22nd state of India on 15th May 1975. Daman and Diu is the Union Territory on western India comprising of two widely separated district. Hence, option B is correct answer.

In India there are 29 states and 7 union territories.