PAPER - I


UNIT-I: INTRODUCTION:                                                10 Periods
a) Meaning - Definition - Scope and importance of Political Science.
b) Relation with other Social Sciences - (a) History (b) Economics (c)Sociology and (d) Ethics.


UNIT-II                                                                                   08 Periods
a) STATE: Meaning and definition - Essential Elements of State
(a)Population (b) Territory (c) Government (d) Sovereignty (e)Role of the State.
b) State & Society:
c) State & Association.
d) State and Government.
e) Nation and State: (i) Nation (ii) Nationality and (iii)Nationalism.


UNIT-III: POLITICAL CONCEPTS:                                      17 Periods
a) POWER: Elements of Power - Significance
b) SOVEREIGNTY: Meaning - Definition, kinds and characteristics of sovereignty.
(i) Austin's Theory of Sovereignty (Monistic)
(ii) Laski's Pluralistic view of Sovereignty.
c) LAW:
(i) Meaning - Definition - Characteristics.
(ii) Sources of Law.
(iii) Kinds of Law.
(iv) Law & Morality.
d) LIBERTY:
(i) Meaning and Definition.
(ii) Types of Liberty.
(iii) Safeguards of Liberty.
(iv) Law & Liberty
e) EQUALITY:
(i) Meaning and Definition.
(ii) Types of Equality.
(iii) Equality and Liberty.
f) JUSTICE:
(i) Meaning of Justice.
(ii) Kinds of Justice - Legal, Political, Social & Moral.


UNIT-IV: MAJOR POLITICAL THEORIES:                              20 Periods
a) Utilitarianism - Bentham's Ideas
b) Liberlism - Basic Principles - J.S.Mill's ideas on Individualism.
c) Socialism - Basic Principles - Types of Socialism - Recent trends.
d) Marxism - Basic Principles - Recent trends and Critic al analysis.
e) Fascism - Basic Principles.
f) Gandhism - Basic Principles.


UNIT-V: SPHERES OF STATE ACTIVITY:                                   06 Periods
a) Police State
b) Welfare State
c) Limitations of the State activity.
d) Civil Society


UNIT-VI: RIGHTS & DUTIES:                                                             13 Periods
a) Meaning and Kinds of Rights - Natural Rights, Moral Rights, Legal Rights -
Civil and Political Rights.
b) Human Rights.
c) Meaning and Kinds of Duties - Moral, Legal and Political Duties.
d) Relation between Rights and Duties.


UNIT-VII:DEMOCRACY:                                                                      09 Periods
a) i) Meaning, Definition, Requisites, Merits and Demerits of Democracy.
b) Types of Democracy:
i) Direct Democracy, its devices - Referendum, Initiative, Plebiscite and Recall.
ii) Indirect/Representative Democracy.
c) Future of Democracy.


UNIT-VIII: THEORIES OF REPRESENTATION:                               05 Periods
a) Universal Adult Franchise - Meaning & Importance.
b) Proportional Representation - Single transferable vote
Systems:- Hare System - List System.


UNIT-IX: CONSTITUTION & GOVERNMENT:                                  22 Periods
A) Constitution:
a) Meaning & Definition.
b) Classification - i) Written & Unwritten Constitution.
ii) Rigid & Flexible Constitutions - Merits & Demerits.
B) Government:
a) Unitary form of Government - Meaning & Characteristics - Merits & Demerits.
b) Federal form of Government - Meaning & Characteristics - Merits & Demerits.
c) Parliamentary form of Government - Meaning & Characteristics - Merits & Demerits.
d) Presidential form of Government - Meaning & Characteristics - Merits and Demerits.


UNIT-X: ORGANS OF GOVERNMENT:                                                20 Periods
A) Legislature
i) Types of Legislature - Unicameral and Bicameral
ii) Functions
B) Executive
Types of Executive - Nominal & Real., Singular & Plural.
C) Judiciary
i) Functions & Importance
ii) Rule of Law
iii) Independence of the Judiciary.
iv) Judicial Review.