M. A. POLITICAL SCIENCE

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  • Type

    Master

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    2 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

  • Online campus

    Yes

The aim of Masters Degree in Political Science is to provide the learners a sound base in political studies by an in-depth investigation into broad range of political phenomena at the national, regional and international levels.

The Programme provides option for specialising in Political Theories, Comparative Politics, International Relations and Indian Government and Politics. Learners would thus acquire skills in political analysis as well as sharpen their critical and analytical abilities.

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About this course

This course proposes to build on a prior understanding of the nature and
value of theoretical inquiry in politics. Political theory begins with a few fundamental
questions that have a bearing on the good life, and the ways in which we seek to collectively
secure it. It does not claim to have any final answers to such questions and instead
acknowledges disagreements. Our basic disagreements on how we must constitute our
collective life are part of our evaluations that we make on a continual basis of the political
and social order we inhabit. Evaluation usually entails an intense engagement with the
political context within which we live, the nature of our values and political institutions, their
clarification and analyses, together with weighing the necessity of just institutions and values.
The activity of evaluation lays bare a wide range of arguments that are used in political
discourse sharpening thereby our political judgment. It is imperative to evaluate, argue and
judge and then raise for the consideration of justification our existing or appropriate political
practices, decisions, policies and institutions. This course seeks to explore and understand
some of the major debates that contemporary political theory is engaged in, and hopes
thereby to enrich our skills of analysis and judgment..

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Subjects

  • International
  • Administration
  • Approach
  • About Books
  • Plato
  • World Politics
  • International Politics
  • Government Politics
  • Political Thought
  • Public Administration

Teachers and trainers (1)

SNEHA  SHARMA

SNEHA SHARMA

COUNSELOR

Course programme

M. A. POLITICAL SCIENCE (Previous) - 2013 There will be four papers - OPPS1101 Paper - I - History of Western Political Thought / Theory. OPPS1102 Paper - II - Comparative Political Institutions OPPS1103 Paper - III - International Politics OPPS1104 Paper - IV - Theory and Practice of Public Administration PAPER-I History of Western Political Thought /Theory (From Plato to Marx) Unit - I Pre-Socrates Thought, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Epicureans and Stoics. Unit - II Medieval Political Thought: Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas Acquinas, William of Ockham, Marsilio of Padua; The Concilliar Movement. Unit - III Renaissance, Reformation and Counter Reformation, Machiavelli, Bodin, Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. Unit - IV Utilitarians: Bentham and J.S. Mill, The Historical Empiricists: Burke and Hume. Unit - V Idealists: Hegel, Green, Karl Marx and Scientific Socialism. Core Books : 1. Karl Popper : Open Society and its Enemies 2. M.Q. Sibley : Political Ideas and Ideology (Hindi & English) 3 Michael Foster : Masters of Political Thought. 4 G.H. Sabine : History of Political Philosophy (Hindi & English) 5. E. Barker : Plato and His Predecessors 6. W.A. Dunning : History of Political theory (3 Volumes) 7- ch-,y- QfM;k % ik'pkR; jktuhfrd fopkjka dk bfrgkl 8 Ikh-Mh- 'kek Z % ik'pkR; jktuhfrd fopkjks dk bfrgkl 9 d s-,u- oek Z % ik'pkR; jktuhfrd fopkjk/kkjk;a Hkkx&1 o 2 10 t s- ih- lwn % vk/kfud fopkjk s dk bfrgkl [k.M1&4 Rajgarh – Jhunjhunu Road , Rawatsar - Kunjla , Churu Paper II- Comparative Political Institutions Unit - I Meaning, Nature and Scope of Comparative Politics: Traditional, Modern and PostModern Perspectives, Evolution of Comparative Politics with discussion of Major Landmarks. Unit - II Major Approaches in Comparative Politics: Traditional and Modern Perspectives, Political Development, Political Modernization & Post Modernization. Unit - III Forms of Government- Leading Classification of Governments (Traditional and Modern); Constitutionalism; Democracy and Dictatorship, Parliamentary and Presidential, Federal and Unitary, Types of Government and their theories and practices. Unit - IV Organs of Government- their functions with special reference to Judicial Review; Theory and Practice of Separation of Powers; Party system, Pressure Groups and Public Opinion. Unit - V Theories of Representation, Electoral systems and Voting Behaviors, Policy making, Bureaucracy and Elite Groups. Core Books: K.C. Wheare : Federal Government Almond and Powell : Comparative Politics-System, Policy and Process.1978 Palombara : Politics within Nations Herman Finer : Theory and Practice of Modern Government Allen Ball : Modern Government Politics Almond and Powell : Comparative Politics : A Developmental Approach lh-ch-x®uk % rqyukRed jktuhfrd lLFkk,¡ ts-lh- tksgjh % rqyukRed jktuhfr t®u ,oa QfM;k % rqyukRed 'kklu ,oa jktuhfr Rajgarh – Jhunjhunu Road , Rawatsar - Kunjla , Churu Paper III- International Politics Unit - I Theories of International Politics, Approaches to the Study, Science of International Politics: Survey of Old and New Developments, International Politics as a Struggle for Power; Concept of National Power- Essence and Elements of National Power, Evolution of National power and International Community. Unit - II Instruments for the Promotion of National Interest-Diplomacy, Propaganda and Political Warfare; Economic Instruments of National policy: Imperialism, Colonialism and NeoColonialism; War as an Instrument of National policy. Unit - III Limitations of National Power- Balance of Power, Collective Security and Pacific Settlement of International disputes, International Law, Disarmament, International Morality, World opinion Unit - IV Major Issues in Contemporary International Politics, Globalization, US hegemony, Disintegration of U.S.S.R as Super Power; India and her Neighbors. Unit - V Rebuilding & Reorganization of Europe, Disarmament, CTBT, Non-Alignment, Environment Issues, Restructuring of Human Rights and Terrorism. Core Books: 1. Hans J. Morgenthau : Politics among Nations (Scientific Books Agency, Calcutta) (Hindi & English) 2. Palmer and Perkins : International Politics, Scientific Books Agency, Calcutta. 3. Sprout and Sprout : Foundation of International Politics. (Hindi & English) 4. Mahendra Kumar : Theoretical Aspects of International Politics (Hindi & English) Paper IV- Theory and Practice of Public Administration Unit - I Public Administration: Meaning, Scope, Nature, Method of Study, Impact of Information Technology on Public Administration, Private and Public Administration, Politics and Administration, Public Administration in Modern Democratic State, Public Administration and Developing Societies. Rajgarh – Jhunjhunu Road , Rawatsar - Kunjla , Churu Unit - II Theory of Organization: Chief Executive and his functions, Staff and Line, Hierarchy, Span of Control, Kinds of Organization, Delegation and Decentralization. Co-ordination, Supervision and Control, Modern Theory of Organization, SocioPsychological Approach, Ecological Approach (Riggs), Human Relation in Organization, Administrative Leadership, Decision Making Theory, Nature of Authority, Communication. Unit - III Control over Administration: Legislative, Judicial and Popular Controls, Implications and Limitations of these Controls in a Democratic Framework, Public Corporations: Organization and Patterns of Management; Problems of Control and Accountability, Autonomy and Problems of Disinvestment and Labour, Parliamentary Committees and Public Corporation, Independent Regulatory Commissions in USA. Unit - IV Personnel Administration: Principles and problems of Classification, Recruitment, Promotion, Training, Discipline and Moral, Employee Associations and Conditions of Service, Concept of Good Governance. Unit - V Financial Administration: Budget Formulation and Execution of the Budget. Parliamentary Control over Finance, Public Accounts and Estimate Committees; Administrative Reforms: Nature of Administrative Reforms, Role of O&M, Strategy of Reforms in Administration, Bureaucracy and Continuity of Reforms Policy.

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