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.