(mar 18 2015) Todays questions
paper 1 political theory - meaning and approaches1.explain the changing analytical perspectives in the development of political theory ? (20 marks)
source opgauba chap 1
INDIAN FREEDOM STRUGGLE2.marxist understanding of indias freedom movement ? (10 marks -150 words)
INDIAN FOREIGN POLICY3. how would srilanka's constitutional reforms impacts sinhalese & tamilians relations. Critically examine (10 marks)
source :-
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/sri-lanka-unveils-proposals-for-constitutional-reforms-115031700265_1.html---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Be specific , clear , to the point
Comments
Primary proponents of the Marxist school are R. Palme Dutt, AR Desai and Bipan Chandra.
In the Marxist approach, two primary contradictions are recognized. Firstly, the contradiction between Indian interests and the British. Secondly, the contradictions within Indian society in its class structure. They differ from the imperialists who reject the first contradiction, and the nationalists who reject the second.
Dutt and Desai see the movement as a primarily bourgeois movement. According to Desai, Britishers developed new economic relations by introducing modernisation and industrialisation in India destroying the traditional economic relations in static Indian Villages. Indian Nationalism was thus the result of the material conditions created by the British Colonialism. They interpret the forms of struggle used (eg ahimsa) as class characteristics and suggest that access to financial resources determined the course of action nationalist politics. For example, the NCM was called off because industrialists were getting wary of workers' strike rather than Chauri Chaura.
Bipan Chandra criticized Dutt and Deasi for their failure to see the open-ended and all-class nature of the Freedom Movement.
The New Sri Lanka government took power promising the Sri Lankan people hope and reconciliation as the country tries to return to normalcy after a long civil war. The fact that it is a coalition government with various ethnic parties and stakeholders gives an indication that it might be able to reach at a consensus-driven agenda for reforms and devolution.
Indian PM Modi on his trip recently suggested that SL needed to move beyond the thirteenth amendment. The provincial councils that it created must be empowered by greater devolution of powers, particularly land and public order, in order to really effective, democratic, and in the spirit of federalism.
Recently, the 19th Amendment has been opened to the public for comments. It proposes a presidential style government quite similar to that practiced in the US. Some are unhappy about it as they feel that this concentrates a lot of power in the executive.
It is up to the people of Sri Lanka to deliberate and on arrive at a consensus on the 13th and 19th amendment. The government should be representative, federal and with enough checks of power between the various organs in order to account for the hopes and aspirations of all ethnic groups within the country.