PG Syllabus Kashmir University
PG Syllabus Kashmir University
PG Syllabus Kashmir University
(Political Science)
UNIT: I
Plato
1. Ideal State: Concept and Features
2. Theory of Justice
3. Idea of Philosopher King
Aristotle
1. Concept of Revolution
2. View of Slavery
3. Classification of Government\
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UNIT: IV
Machiavelli
1. Views on State Craft
2. Machiavelli’s Secularism
Thomas Hobbes
1. State of Nature
2. Social Contract
3. Theory of Sovereignty
John Locke
1. Social Contract
2. Concept of Natural Rights
3. Concept of Conditional Government
UNIT: V
J.J Rousseau
1. Views on State of Nature
2. Concept of General will
Jeremy Bentham
1. Bentham as Utilitarian
John Stuart Will
1. Concept of Liberty
2. Representative Government
Karl Marx
1. Concept of Class and State
2. Concept of Historical Materialism
Unit: VI
1. The nature, scope and methods of comparative political analysis
2. Comparing Regimes: Authoritarian and Democratic
3. Classification of political systems:
a) Parliamentary and Presidential: UK and USA
b) Federal and Unitary: Canada and China
UNIT: VII
1. Electoral System First Past the Proportional Representation Mixed Systems
2. Party system One-Party Two-Party and Multi Party system
3. Contemporary Debates on the Nature of State:
a. From state Centric Security to Human Centric Security
b. changing nature of nation: state in the context of globalization
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UNIT: VIII
UNIT: X
1. State and sovereignty
a. Kautalya (state)
b. Tilak and Gandhi (Sawaraj)
2. Social Justice
a. B.R ambedkar
b. R.M Lohia
UNIT XI
1. Democracy
a. J.L Nehru
b. J.P Narayan Nationalism
a. Cultural Nationalism (Savarkar, Jinnah)
b. Composite Nationalism (Azad)
c. Secular Nationalism (J.L Nehru)
UNIT XII
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5. Scientific Management and the Human Relation Theory
6. Rational Decision Making
UNIT XIII
1. Understanding Public Policy: Concept and Theories
2. Relevance of Policy making in Public Administration
3. Processes of Policy Formulation and Implementation and Evaluation
4. Development Administration and New Public Management
5. Elements and Politics of Development Administration
6. New Public Management Paradigm- A Critical Prospective in the Post Globalized d
Era
UNIT XIV
1. Structure and Process of Governance
a. Indian Modal of Democracy, Parliament, Party Politics and Electoral behavior
b. Federalism , The Supreme court and Judicial Activism
c. Units of Local Governance (Grassroots Democracy) Political Communication-
Nature, Forms and Importance
2. Ideas, Entrusts and Institutions in Public Policy
a. Contextual Orientation of Policy Design
b. Institution of Policy
c. Role of NGO’s
UNIT XV
1. Regulatory institutions
a. SEBI : Powers, Functions and Role
b. TRAI: Powers Functions and Role
c. Competition Commission of India : Importance and Role Lobbying Institution
d. Chambers of Commerce and Industries, Trade Unions, Formers Associations etc.
e. Policy Debates Over Models and Development in India
f. Trends of Liberalization of Indian Economy in Deferent Sectors,
g. E-Governance
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