Political Science SLM
| Semester I | Basic Concepts of Political Science | Paper l |
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| Unit l | Concepts: Politics, Political Philosophy, Political Thought, Political Theory and Political Science | Political Culture, Study of Political Science, राजनीति विज्ञान का अर्थ, |
| Unit ll | State, Nation, Political System, Civil Society: Definitions, Elements | Elements of the state, |
| Unit lll | Theories of the Origin and Functions of the State: Divine, Social Contract, Evolutionary, Liberal, Welfare, Socialist | सामाजिक अनुबंध, सामाजिक अनुबंध Part-2, प्राकृतिक अधिकार, अधिकार |
| Unit lV | Sovereignty; Austin‟s Theory, Pluralist Theory | सम्प्रभुता, |
| Unit V | Power, Authority, Legitimacy | |
| Unit Vl | Liberty, Equality, Justice, Law | अन्तराष्ट्रीय कानून, समानता एवं न्याय, |
| Unit Vll | Rights, Duties, Political Obligation | |
| Unit Vlll | Democracy: Types, Representation and Participation | लोकतंत्र, |
| Unit lX | Political Parties, Pressure Groups and Public opinion | दबाव समूह, |
| Semester II | Comparative Political Systems: Major Constitutions of the World | Paper l |
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| Unit l | Comparative Politics: Meaning and Nature, Political Systems: Unitary, Federal, Parliamentary and Presidential, Constitution & Constitutionalism | तुलनात्मक राजनीति की प्रकृति, तुलनात्मक राजनीति का विषय क्षेत्र, Comparative Government & Comparative Politics, व्यवस्थापिका, संविधानों का वर्गीकरण, |
| Unit ll | UK: Historical Background, Main Features, The Crown, Executive, Legislature, Party System | |
| Unit lll | USA: Historical Background, Main Features, Executive (President) Legislature (Congress) Judiciary and Judicial Review. Separation of Power and Theory of Check and Balance | |
| Unit lV | Russia: Historical Background, Main Features, Rights and Duties, Executive, Legislature, Judiciary, Russian Federation | |
| Unit V | Switzerland: Historical Background, Main Features, Executive, Legislature, Council of State, Federal Court, Direct Democracy | |
| Unit Vl | Australia: Historical Background, Main Features, Executive, Legislature, Judiciary, The Australian Federation. |
| Semester III | Foundations of Western Political Thought | Paper l |
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| Unit l | Ideas and Ideologies- Meaning and Relevance | |
| Unit ll | Conservatism, Liberalism, Socialism, Feminism, Environmentalism | |
| Unit lll | Greek Thought: Plato, Aristotle | Plato’s Concept of Justice Part 1, Plato’s Concept of Justice Part – 2, |
| Unit lV | Initiation of Modern Thought: Machiavelli | |
| Unit V | Concept of Social Contract: Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau | Rousseau, |
| Unit Vl | Utilitarian Thought: Bentham | |
| Unit Vll | Foundations of Liberal Thought: J.S. Mill, T.H. Green | |
| Unit Vlll | Idealism: Hegel | |
| Unit lX | Foundations of Marxism: Karl Marx |
| Semester IV | Indian Political System | Paper l |
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| Unit l | Basic Features of Indian Constitution: Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties, Directive Principles of State Policy | भारतीय शासन एवं राजनीति, Indian Federal System (Nature), Indian Federal System (Salient Features), संविधानवाद |
| Unit ll | The Indian Parliament; Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha | Rajya Sabha, The Indian Parliament, संसद की प्रभुसत्ता, |
| Unit lll | The Executive; The President, The Prime Minister and The Cabinet | Indian Cabinet Structure, Power and Role, |
| Unit lV | Indian Judicial System: Judicial Review and Judicial Activism. | |
| Unit V | Dynamics of State Politics: Centre-State Relations | The State, |
| Unit Vl | Party System in India and Electoral Behavior | शासन प्रणाली, दलीय व्यवस्था, |
| Unit Vll | Issues: Caste, Class, Gender, Region in Indian Politics | |
| Unit Vlll | Problems of Nation Building: Terrorism, Insurgency, National Integration in Indian Politics |
| Semester V | Major Theories of International Politics | Paper l |
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| Unit l | International Politics: Definition, Scope and Relevance | अंतर्राष्ट्रीय राजनीति, अंतर्राष्ट्रीय राजनीति part-2, |
| Unit ll | Theories of International Politics: : Idealism, System Theory, Realism, Neo-Realism Game theory and Decision making theory | |
| Unit lll | National Interest: Definitions and Elements | Concept of National Interest, राष्ट्रीय हित, |
| Unit lV | National Power: Definitions and Elements | |
| Unit V | Foreign Policy : Determinants of Foreign Policy | अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय सम्बन्ध, विदेश नीति, राजनयिक दूत, |
| Unit Vl | United Nations: Objectives, Structure And Working Of UNO, Relevance | |
| Unit Vll | Regional Organizations: SAARC, ASEAN and European Union | क्षेत्रीय संगठन-सार्क एवं आसियान, क्षेत्रीय संगठन, |
| Semester V | Elements of Public Administration | Paper ll |
| Unit l | Meaning, Nature and Scope of Public Administration and difference with Private Administration | Field of public administration, Public Administration, Public & Private Administration, लोकप्रशासन- अर्थ, परिभाषा एवं क्षेत्र, Meaning of Public Administration (लोक प्रशासन का अर्थ), |
| Unit ll | Comparative Public Administration, Evolution of Public Administration as a Discipline and Development Administration, New Public Administration, New Public Management. | |
| Unit lll | Principles of Organisation: Hierarchy, Span of Control, Unity of Command, Delegation, Supervision and Coordination. | |
| Unit lV | Structure of Organisation: Staff, Line and Auxiliary Agencies, Department, Public Corporations | |
| Unit V | Planning (With special reference to planning in India) | |
| Unit Vl | Personnel Administration : Recruitment, Training and Promotion. | |
| Unit Vll | Bureaucracy and Civil Service; Generalist vs. Specialist Debate, Civil Service Neutrality. | |
| Unit Vlll | Financial Administration: Budget, and Budgetary Processes. | |
| Unit lX | Legislative, Executive and Judicial Control over Administration, Ombudsman (with reference to Lokayukta and Lokpal in India) |
| Semester VI | Contemporary Issues in International Politics | Paper l |
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| Unit l | Cold War, Detente and New Cold War. | शीत युद्ध के कारण एवं निवारण, शीत युद्ध के प्रमुख घटनाक्रम, |
| Unit ll | Non Aligned Movement. | |
| Unit lll | Nuclear Disarmament: Role of UN and Super Powers. | निशस्त्रीकरण के मार्ग में बाधाएं, निशस्त्रीकरण की आवश्यकता एवं विरोध में तर्क, निशस्त्रीकरण के प्रकार, निशस्त्रीकरण, सामूहिक सुरक्षा की आलोचना, सामूहिक सुरक्षा एवं उसकी विशेषताएं |
| Unit lV | Globalization , Bretton Woods System GATT and WTO. | वैश्वीकरण / भूमण्डलीकरण, |
| Unit V | International Environmental Concerns: Major Treaties and role of UNO. | |
| Unit Vl | Human Rights: UN Declaration and Issues. | |
| Unit Vll | International Terrorism and Emerging Power Axis. | शक्ति संतुलन तथा उसके पक्ष और विपक्ष में तर्क, शक्ति संतुलन और उसकी विशेषताएं, शक्ति संतुलन की स्थापना के उपाय, शक्ति, |
| Semester Vl | Foundations of Indian Political Thought | Paper ll |
| Unit l | Ancient Indian Political Thought Tradition: Manu and Kautilya | |
| Unit ll | Indian Renaissance: Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Dayanand Saraswati, Swami Vivekanand. | |
| Unit lll | Indian Integralism: Deendayal Upadhyay. | |
| Unit lV | Spiritual Nationalism: Aurobindo Ghosh. | |
| Unit V | Theory of Non-Violence: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. | |
| Unit Vl | Theory of Social Change: Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar | |
| Unit Vll | Indian Nationalism: Savarkar, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Rabindranath Tagore | |
| Unit Vlll | Builder of modern India: Pt. J.L. Nehru | |
| Unit lX | Indian Humanism: M.N. Roy | |
| Unit X | The Socialist Tradition: R.M. Lohia and J.P. Narayan |