MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY ROHTAK

B.A. (Hons.) Examination in Political Science

Scheme of Semester System Examination

B.A. (Hons.) Semester System Examination in Political Science shall be of Six Semesters
of three years duration consisting of 30 Papers. In Semester I,II,III and IV Paper will
comprise of 80 marks in the written examination and 20 marks in the Internal
Assessment.
Note: In the session 2012-2013 in Semester 5th and 6th the Internal Assessment would
consist of 10 Marks and the written examination would be of 90 Marks.
Semester I B.A. (Hons.) Part I w. e. f. 2012-2013

Paper Nomenclature End term Internal Time

No. Examination Assessment
01 Indian Government & Politics-I 80 20 3 Hrs.
02 International Relations-I 80 20 3 Hrs.
03 International Organization-I 80 20 3 Hrs.
04 English-I 80 20 3 Hrs.
05 One Subsidiary subject to be opted
out of History/Sociology/Economics
offered by the colleges 80 20 3 Hrs.

Semester-II
06 Indian Government & Politics-II 80 20 3 Hrs.
07 International Relations-II 80 20 3 Hrs.
08 International Organization-II 80 20 3 Hrs.
09 English-II
10 One Subsidiary subject to be opted
out of History/Sociology/Economics
offered by the colleges 80 20 3 Hrs.

B.A. (Hons.) Part II w.e.f. 2012-2013

Semester-III
11 Principles of Political Science-I 80 20 3 Hrs
12 Western Political Thinkers-I 80 20 3 Hrs.
13 Indian Political Thinkers-I 80 20 3 Hrs.
14 Foreign Policy of India-I 80 20 3 Hrs.
15 One Subsidiary subject to be opted
out of History/Sociology/Economics
offered by the colleges 80 20 3 Hrs.

Semester-IV
16 Principles of Political Science-II 80 20 3 Hrs.
17 Western Political Thinkers-II 80 20 3 Hrs.
18 Indian Political Thinkers-II 80 20 3 Hrs.
19 Foreign Policy of India-II 80 20 3 Hrs.
20 One Subsidiary subject to be opted
out of History/Sociology/Economics
offered by the colleges 80 20 3 Hrs.

B.A. (Hons.) Part III w.e.f. 2012-2013

Semester-V
21 Comparative Politics-I 90 10 3 Hrs.
22 Public Administration-I 90 10 3 Hrs.
23 Theory and Practice of Diplomacy-I 90 10 3 Hrs.
24 Political Sociology-I 90 10 3 Hrs.
25 Subsidiary Subject offered by the
Respective Colleges 90 10 3 Hrs.

Semester-VI
26 Comparative Politics-II 90 10 3 Hrs.
27 Public Administration-II 90 10 3 Hrs.
28 Theory and Practice of Diplomacy-II 90 10 3 Hrs.
29 Political Sociology-II 90 10 3 Hrs.
30 Subsidiary Subject offered by the
Respective Colleges 90 10 3 Hrs.
 MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY ROHTAK
B.A. (Hons.) Examination in Political Science
Syllabus and Courses of Reading w.e.f. 2012-2013

Semester-I, Paper-I: Indian Government & Politics

Max. Marks: 80
Internal Assessment: 20
Time: 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
Unit-I
Indian Constitution-Sources and Features, Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental
Duties and Directive Principles of State Policy.
Unit-II
Union Executive - President, Prime Minister, Council of Ministers;
State Executive- Governor, Chief Minister and Council of Ministers.
Unit-III
Union Legislature- Parliament-Composition and Functions; Speaker of Lok Sabha
Amendment Process; State Legislature-Vidhan Sabha; Panchayati Raj Institutions, Basic
Features and 73rd Amendment.
Unit-IV
Judiciary-Supreme Court, High Courts, Judicial Review.

Readings :
1. G. Austin, The Indian Constitution: Corner Stone of a Nation, Oxford, Oxford
University Press, 1966.
2. G. Austin, Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience, Delhi, Oxford
University Press, 2000.
3. D.D. Basu, An Introduction to the Constitution of India, New Delhi, Prentice Hall,
1994.
4. D.D. Basu and B. Parekh (ed.), Crisis and Change in Contemporary India, New Delhi,
Sage 1994.
5. C.P. Bhambhri, The Indian State: fifty years, New Delhi, Shipra, 1997.
6. P. Brass, Politics of India Since Independence, Hyderabad, Orient Longman, 1990.
7. P. Brass, Language, Religion and Politics in North India, London, Cambridge
University Press, 1974.
8. A. Chanda, Federalism in India: A Study of Union-Sate Relations, London, George
Allen & Unwin, 1965.
9. S. Cobridge and J. Harriss, Reinventing India: Liberalization, Hindu Nationalism and
Popular Democracy, Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2001.
10. B.L. Fadia, State Politics in India, 2 vols. New Delhi, Radiant Publishers, 1984.
11. R.L. Hardgrave, India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation, New York,
Harcourt, Brace and World, 1965.
12. N.G. Jayal (ed.), Democracy in India, Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2001.
13. S. Kaushik (ed.), Indian Government and Politics, Delhi University, Directorate of
Hindi Implementation, 1990.
14. A. Kohli, Democracy and Discontent: India’s Growing Crisis of Governability,
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1991.
15. R. Kothari, Politics in India, New Delhi, Orient Longman, 1970.
16. R. Kothari, Party System and Election Studies, Bombay, Asia Publishing House,
1967.
17. W.H. Morris Jones, Government and Politics in India, Delhi, BI Publications, 1974.
18. A.G. Noorani, Constitutional Questions in India: The President, Parliament and the
States, Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2000.
19. M. V. Pylee, An Introduction to the Constitution of India, New Delhi, 1998.
20. A. Ray, Tension Areas in India’s Federal System, Calcultta, The World Press, 1970.
21. N.C. Sahni (ed.), Coalition Politics in India, Jullunder, New Academic Publishing
Company, 1971.
22. J.R. Siwach, Dynamics of Indian Government & Politics, New Delhi, Sterling
Publishers, 1985.
23. Singh, M.P. and H. Roy (eds.), Indian Political System: Structure, Policies,
Development, New Delhi, Jnanada Prakash, 1995.
24. R. Thakur, The Government & Politics of India, London, Macmillan, 1995.
 Semester-I, Paper-II: International Relations-I
Max. Marks: 80
Internal Assessment: 20
Time: 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
Unit-I
Definition, Nature, Scope and Development of International Relations, Autonomy Debate
regarding International Relations.
Unit-II
Approaches and Theories:-
a) Idealist Approach
b) Realist Approach
c) Systems Approach
d) Marxian Approach
Unit-III
National Power: Definition, Elements and Assessment, Limitations on National Power:
International Law, International Morality and World Public Opinion
Unit-IV
Balance of Power, Collective Security.

Readings
1. John, Baylis and Steve Smith, Globalization of World Politics, Oxford, London, 1997.
2. P.Allan and K. Goldman (eds.), The End of the Cold War, Dordrecht, Martinus
Nijhoff, 1992.
3. D.G. Brennan (ed.), Arms Control, Disarmament and National Security, New York,
George Braziller, 1961.
4. S. Burchill et. al., Theories of International Relations, Hamsphire, Macmillan, 2001.
5. I.Claude, Power and International Relations, New York, Random House, 1962.
6. A.A. Couloumbis and J.H. Wolf, Introduction to International Relations: Power and
Justice, New York, Praegar, 1989.
7. W. Epstein, The Last Chance: Nuclear Proliferation and Arms Control, New York,
The Free Press, 1976.
8. K.W. Deutsch, The Analysis of International Relations, New Delhi, Prentice Hall,
1989.
9. P.Gilbert, Terrorism Security and Nationality, London and New York, Routledge,
1995.
10. A.J.R. Groom and M. Lights (eds.), Contemporary International Relations: A Guide
to Theory, London, Printer, 1993.
11. F. Halliday, Revolution and World Politics: The Rise and Fall of the Sixth Great
Power, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1999.
12. F. Halliday, Rethinking International Relations, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1994.
13. S.H. Hoffman, Essays in Theory and Politics of International Relations, Boulder
Colorado, Westview Press, 1989.
14. R.O. Keohane (ed.), Neo-realism and Its Critics, New York, Columbia University
Press, 1986.
15. H.J. Morgenthau, Politics Among Nations, 6th Edition, revised by K.W., Thompson,
New York, Alfred Knopf, 1985.
16. M.S. Rajan, Non-Alignment and the Non-Alignment Movement in the Present World
Order, Delhi, Konark, 1994.
17. J.N. Rosenau and K. Knorr (eds.), Contending Approaches to International Politics,
Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1969.
18. A.P. Schmidt and A.J. Jongman (eds.), Political Terrorism: A New Guide to Actors,
Authors, Concepts, Data Bases, Theories and Literature, 2nd edn., Amsterdam, North
Holland Publishing Co., 1988.
19. M.P. Sullivan, Theories of International Politics: Enduring Paradigm in a Changing
World, Hamsphire, Macmillan, 2001.
20. S.P. Verma, International System and the Third World, New Delhi, Vikas, 1988.
21. G. Williams, Third World Political Organizations, London, Macmillan, 1987.
 Semester-I, Paper-III: International Organization-I
Max. Marks: 80
Internal Assessment: 20
Time: 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
Unit-I
International Organization: Meaning, Nature and Scope.
Evolution and growth of International Organization.
Unit-II
League of Nations, Structure, Objectives, Functions and Causes of Failure.
Unit-III
U.N.O.: Origins, Objectives and Principles, Membership, Structure and Functions.
Organs of United Nations: General Assembly, Security Councils, Economic and Social
Council, U.N. Secretariat, International Court of Justice
Unit: IV
Specialized Agencies of the United Nations: UNESCO, IMF, ILO, UNICEF, WHO.

Readings:
1. Richard K. Ashley, “The Eye of Power : The Politics of World Modelling,”
International Organization, Vol. 37, No. 3, 1983.
2. Inis Claude, Changing United Nations, New York, Random House, 1967.
3. Inis Claude, Swords into ploughshares : The Problems and Progress of International
organisations, New York, Random House, 1971.
4. S.J.R. Bilgrami, International Organisation, New Delhi, Vikas, 1971.
5. E. Laurd, A History of the United Nations, London, Macmillan, 1989.
6. R.C. Angell, The Quest for World Order, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press,
1979.
7. A.L. Bennett, International Organizations : Principles and Issues, Englewood Cliffs
NJ, Prentice Hall, 1977.
8. H.G. Nicholas, The UN as a Political Institution, Oxford, Oxford University Press,
1975.
9. W.H. Lewis (ed.), The Security Role of the United Nations, New York, Praegar, 1991.
10. Ronald Meltzer, “Restructuring the UN System, Institutional Reform, Efforts in the
Context of North-South Relations,” International Organization, vol. 32, No. 4, 1978.
11. Ronald Yalem, “Conflicting Approaches to World Order,” Alternatives, Vol. 5, 1979-
1980.
12. P. Baehr and L. Gordenker, The United Nations in the 1990s, London, Oxford
University Press, 1992.
13. Rikhey, Strengthening UN Peace keeping, London, Hurst and Co., 1993.
14. K. P. Saxena, Reforming the United Nations : The Challenge and Relevance, New
Delhi, Sage, 1993.
 Semester-I, Paper-IV: English-I
Max. Marks: 80
Internal Assessment: 20
Time: 3 Hrs.
Note: The students may offer English Course offered by their institution.

Semester-I, Paper-V: Subsidiary Subject

(Sociology/Economics/Psychology/History/geography-I
Max. Marks: 80
Internal Assessment: 20
Time: 3 Hrs.
Note: The students may offer a Subsidiary Subject in Sociology/Economics/
Psychology/History/Geography offered by their institutions.
 Semester-II, Paper-VI: Indian Government & Politics-II
Max. Marks: 80
Internal Assessment: 20
Time: 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
UNIT – I
Federalism and its Working with reference to Centre-State Relations, Demand for State
Autonomy; Emerging Trends in Indian Federation.
UNIT - II
Election Commission, Electoral Process and its Defects and Voting Behaviour, Electoral
Reforms, Problem of Defection.
UNIT – III
Party System in India: National and Regional Political Parties.
UNIT – IV
Role of Caste, Religion, Language, Regionalism in India, Politics of Reservation.

Reading:
1. G. Austin, The Indian Constitution: Corner Stone of a Nation, Oxford, Oxford
University Press, 1966.
2. G. Austin, Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience, Delhi, Oxford
University Press, 2000.
3. D.D. Basu, An Introduction to the Constitution of India, New Delhi, Prentice Hall,
1994.
4. D.D. Basu and B. Parekh (ed.), Crisis and Change in Contemporary India, New Delhi,
Sage, 1994.
5. C.P. Bhambhri, The Indian State: Fifty Years, New Delhi, Shipra,1997.
6. P. Brass, Politics of India Since Independence, Hyderabad, Orient Longman, 1990.
7. P. Brass, Language, Religion and Politics in North India, London, Cambridge
University Press, 1974.
8. A Chanda, Federalism in India: A Study of Union-State Relations, London, George
Allen & Unwin, 1965.
9. S. Cobridge and J. Harriss, Reinventing India: Liberalization, Hindu Nationalism and
Popular Democracy, Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2001.
10. B.L. Fadia, State Politics in India, 2 Vols., New Delhi, Radiant Publishers, 1984.
11. R.L. Hardgrave, India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation, New York,
Harcourt, Brace and World, 1965.
12. N.G. Jayal (ed.), Democracy in India, Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2001.
13. S. Kaushik (ed.), Indian Government and Politics, Delhi University, Directorate of
Hindi Implementation, 1990.
14. A. Kohli, Democracy and Discontent: India’s Growing Crisis of Governability,
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1991.
15. R. Kothari, Politics in India, New Delhi, Orient Longman, 1970.
16. R. Kothari, Party System and Election Studies, Bombay, Asia Publishing House,
1967.
17. W.H. Morris Jones, Government and Politics in India, Delhi, BL Publications, 1974.
18. A.G. Noorani, Constitutional Questions in India: The President, Parliament and the
States, Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2000.
19. M.V. Pylee, An Introduction to the Constitution of India, New Delhi, 1998.
20. A. Ray, Tension Areas in India’s Federal System, Calcutta, The World Press, 1970.
21. N.C. Sahni (ed.), Coalition Politics in India, Jullunder, New Academic Publishing
Company, 1971.
22. J.R. Siwach, Dynamics of Indian Government & Politics, New Delhi, Sterling
Publishers, 1985.
23. Singh, M.P. and H. Roy (eds.), Indian Political System: Structure, Politics,
Development, New Delhi, Jnanada Prakash, 1995.
24. R. Thakur, The Government & Politics of India, London, Macmillan, 1995.
 Semester-II, Paper-VII: International Relations-II
Max. Marks: 80
Internal Assessment: 20
Time: 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
.
Unit-I
Ideology in International Relations
National Interest, Foreign Policy and Diplomacy and their inter relationalship
Unit-II
Cold War, Non-Alignment, End of Cold War.
Unit-III
War : Meaning, Types and Causes
Meaning of Disarmament and Arms-control: Types of Disarmament; History of
Disarmament: Partial Test Ban Treaty, NPT, CTBT.
Unit-IV
New International Economic Order, North-South Dialogue, Globalization,
Environmentalism.

Readings
1. John, Baylis and Steve Smith, Globalization of World Politics, Oxford, London, 1997.
2. P.Allan and K. Goldman (eds.), The End of the Cold War, Dordrecht, Martinus
Nijhoff, 1992.
3. D.G. Brennan (ed.), Arms Control, Disarmament and National Security, New York,
George Braziller, 1961.
4. S. Burchill et. al., Theories of International Relations, Hamsphire, Macmillan, 2001.
5. I. Claude, Power and International Relations, New York, Random House, 1962.
6. A.A. Couloumbis and J.H. Wolf, Introduction to International Relations: Power and
Justice, New York, Praegar, 1989.
7. W. Epstein, The Last Chance: Nuclear Proliferation and Arms Control, New York,
The Free Press, 1976.
8. K.W. Deutsch, The Analysis of International Relations, New Delhi, Prentice Hall,
1989.
9. P.Gilbert, Terrorism Security and Nationality, London and New York, Routledge,
1995.
10. A.J.R. Groom and M. Lights (eds.), Contemporary International Relations: A Guide
to Theory, London, Printer, 1993.
11. F. Halliday, Revolution and World Politics: The Rise and Fall of the Sixth Great
Power, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1999.
12. F. Halliday, Rethinking International Relations, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1994.
13. S.H. Hoffman, Essays in Theory and Politics of International Relations, Boulder
Colorado, Westview Press, 1989.
14. R.O. Keohane (ed.), Neo-realism and Its Critics, New York, Columbia University
Press, 1986.
15. H.J. Morgenthau, Politics Among Nations, 6th Edition, revised by K.W., Thompson,
New York, Alfred Knopf, 1985.
16. M.S. Rajan, Non-Alignment and the Non-Alignment Movement in the Present World
Order, Delhi, Konark, 1994.
17. J.N. Rosenau and K. Knorr (eds.), Contending Approaches to International Politics,
Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1969.
18. A.P. Schmidt and A.J. Jongman (eds.), Political Terrorism: A New Guide to Actors,
Authors, Concepts, Data Bases, Theories and Literature, 2nd edn., Amsterdam, North
Holland Publishing Co., 1988.
19. M.P. Sullivan, Theories of International Politics: Enduring Paradigm in a Changing
World, Hamsphire, Macmillan, 2001.
20. S.P. Verma, International System and the Third World, New Delhi, Vikas, 1988.
21. G. Williams, Third World Political Organizations, London, Macmillan, 1987.
 Semester-II, Paper-VIII: International Organization-II
Max. Marks : 80
Internal Assessment : 20
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
Unit-I
Regional Organizations, European Community, SAARC, ASEAN
Unit-II
UN and Social Justice: Human Rights, Decolonization.
Unit-III
Working of the U.N. towards Peace : Peace Making, Peace, Enforcement, Peace building
and Peace Keeping, An Assessment of U.N.
Unit: IV
UN and the Third World; Reforms and Democratization of U.N. System, India’s claim
for Permanent Membership of the Security Council.
Readings
1. Richard K. Ashley, “The Eye of Power : The Politics of World Modelling,”
International Organization, Vol. 37, No. 3, 1983.
2. Inis Claude, Changing United Nations, New York, Random House, 1967.
3. Inis Claude, Swords into ploughshares : The Problems and Progress of International
organisations, New York, Random House, 1971.
4. S.J.R. Bilgrami, International Organisation, New Delhi, Vikas, 1971.
5. E. Laurd, A History of the United Nations, London, Macmillan, 1989.
6. R.C. Angell, The Quest for World Order, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press,
1979.
7. A.L. Bennett, International Organizations : Principles and Issues, Englewood Cliffs
NJ, Prentice Hall, 1977.
8. H.G. Nicholas, The UN as a Political Institution, Oxford, Oxford University Press,
1975.
9. W.H. Lewis (ed.), The Security Role of the United Nations, New York, Praegar, 1991.
10. Ronald Meltzer, “Restructuring the UN System, Institutional Reform, Efforts in the
Context of North-South Relations,” International Organization, vol. 32, No. 4, 1978.
11. Ronald Yalem, “Conflicting Approaches to World Order,” Alternatives, Vol. 5, 1979-
1980.
12. P. Baehr and L. Gordenker, The United Nations in the 1990s, London, Oxford
University Press, 1992.
13. Rikhey, Strengthening UN Peace keeping, London, Hurst and Co., 1993.
14. K. P. Saxena, Reforming the United Nations : The Challenge and Relevance, New
Delhi, Sage, 1993.
 Semester-II, Paper-IX : English-II
Max. Marks : 80
Internal Assessment : 20
Time : 3 Hrs.

Note : The students may offer English Course offered by their institution.

Semester-II, Paper-X : Subsidiary Subject

(Sociology/Economics/Psychology/History/geography-II
Max. Marks : 80
Internal Assessment : 20
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note : The students may offer a Subsidiary Subject in
Sociology/Economics/Psychology/History/Geography offered by their institutions.
 B.A. (Hons.) Part II w.e.f. 2012-2013
Semester-III, Paper-XI: Principles of Political Science-I
Max. Marks : 80
Internal Assessment : 20
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
Unit-I
Political Science: Definition, Meaning, Nature and Scope.
Relations of Political Science with other Social Sciences.
Unit-II
State: Definition, Elements, Relations with the other organizations.
Theories of the Origin of the State.
Unit-III
Nature of State: Liberal, Marxian.
Functions of State: Liberal and Socialist Views.
Welfare State: Concept and Functions.
Unit-IV
Sovereignty: Definition, Attributes and Types.
Theories of Sovereignty: Monistic and Pluralistic.

Readings
1.Amal Ray, Political Theory Ideas and Institution, The World Press Private
Ltd.,Calcutta, 1962-64, 1968
2. Stephen Erie Brommer, Twentieth Century Political Theory, Routledge, London, 1997
3. O.P. Gauba, An Introduction to Political Science, Macmillan Publishers, New Delhi,
2009
4. S.P. Verma, Modern Political Theory, Vikas Publishing House, Delhi, 2006
5. O.P. Gauba, Political Theory and Thought, Mayur Paperbacks, Delhi, 2008
6. Dr. Tripti Jain, Modern Political Theories, College Book Depot Jaipur, New Delhi,
2003
 Semester-III, Paper-XII: Western Political Thinkers-I
Max. Marks : 80
Internal Assessment : 20
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
Unit-I
Plato and Aristotle

Unit-II
St. Augustine and Thomas Acquinas

Unit-III
Machiavelli and Hobbes,

Unit-IV
Locke and Rousseau.

Readings
1. A. Ashcraft, Revolutionary Politics, London, Allen and Unwin, 1986.
2. A. Ashcraft, Locke’s Two Treatises of Government, London Unwin and Hyman, 1987.
3. Sir E. Barker, The Political Thought of Plato and Aristotle, New York, Dover
Publications, 1959.
4. A. Avineri, The Social and Political Thought of K. Marx, New Delhi, S. Chand and
Co., 1979.
5. Sir E. Barker, Greek Political Theory: Plato and His Predecessors, New Delhi, B.I.
Publications, 1964.
6. Sir E. Barker, The Politics of Aristotle,(Translated with Introduction, Notes and
Appendix), Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1995.
7. R.N. Berki, The History of Political Thought: A Short Introduction, London, Dent.,
1977.
8. K.C. Brown (ed.), Hobbes’ Studies, Cambridge Massachusetts, Harvard University
Press., 1965.
9. J.H. Burns (ed.), The Cambridge History of Political Thought, 1450-1700, Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press, 1991.
10. H. Butterfield, The Statecraft of Machiavelli, New York, Collier, 1962.
11. J.W. Chapman, Rousseau-Totalitarian or Liberal, New York, Columbia University
Press, 1956.
12. A. Cobban, Rousseau and the Modern State, London, Unwin University Books, 1964.
13. J. Coleman, A History of Political Thought: From Ancient Greece to Early
Christianity, London, Blackwell, 2000.
14. M. Cowling, Mill and Liberalism, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1963.
15. M. Curtis, The Great Political Theories 2. Vols., New York, Avon., 1961.
16. W.L. Davidson, Political Thought in England: The Utilitarians from Bentham, to
Mill, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1957.
17. J.A. Dunning, History and Political Theories, New York, Macmillan, 1902.
18. M.B. Foster, W.T. Jones and L.W. Lancaster, Masters of Political Thought, 3 Vols.,
London, George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1959.
19. R.G. Gettel, History of Political Thought, New York, Novell. & Co., 1924.
20. I.W. Hampsher-Monk, Modern Political Thought from Hobbes to Marx. Oxford,
Basil Blackwell, 1992.
21. R. Harrison, Benthm, London, Routledge, 1983.
22. H.J. Laski, Political Thought from Locke to Bentham, Oxford, Oxford University
Press, 1920.
23. D. Mclellan, Karl Marx: The First 100 Years, London, Fontana, 1983.
24. K.R. Minogue, Hobbes’ Leviathan, New York, Everyman’s Library 1977.
25. S. Mukerjee and S. Ramaswamy, A History of Political Thought: Plato to Marx, New
Delhi, Prentice Hall, 1999.
26. A. Ryan, J.S. Mill, London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1974.
27. G.H. Sabine, History of Political Theory, 4th edn., Revised by T.L. Thorson, New
Delhi, Oxford and IBH, 1973.
28. S.B. Smith, Hegel’s Critique of Liberalism, Chicago, University of Chicago Press,
1989.
29. L. Strauss, Thoughts ON Machiavelli, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1958.
30. N. Warburton, J. Pike and D. Matravers, Reading Political Philosophy: Machiavelli
to Mill, London, Routledge in Association with Open University, 2000.
 Semester-III, Paper- XIII: Indian Political Thinkers-I
Max. Marks : 80
Internal Assessment : 20
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
Unit-I
Raja Ram Mohan Ray and Swami Dayanand,
Unit-II
Dada Bhai Narojee and Gopal Krishan Gokhle
Unit-III
Swami Vivekanand and Aurbind Ghosh
Unit-IV
Lala Lajpat Rai and Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Readings
1. A.S. Altekar, State and Government in Ancient India, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass,
1966.
2. A.Appadorai, Documents on Political Thought in Modern India, 2 Vols. Bombay
Oxford University Pres, 1970.
3. S. Ghose, Modern Indian Political Thought, Delhi, Allied, 1984.
4. U.N. Ghoshal, A History of Indian Political Ideas, London, Oxford University Pres,
1959.
5. K.P. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, Calcuta, Butterworth, 1924.
6. R. P. Kangle, Arthashastra of Kautilya, Delhi, Motilal Bansarsidass, 1965.
7. M.J. Kanetkar, Tilak and Gandhi: A Comparative Study, Nagpur, Author, 1935.
8. V.B. Karnik, M.N. Roy: Political Biography, Bombay, Jagriti, 1978.
9. K. P. Karunakaran, Modern Indian Political Tradition, New Delhi, Allied Publishers,
1962.
10. V.R. Mehta, Foundations of Indian Political Thought, New Delhi, Manohar, 1992.
11. T. Pantham, and K. Deustch (eds), Political Thought in Modern India, New Delhi,
Sage, 1986.
12. B. Parekh and T. Pantham (eds), Political Discourse: Exploration in Indian and
Western Political Thought, New Delhi, Sage, 1987.
13. D.P. Roy, Leftists Politics in India: M. N. Roy and the Radical Democratic Party,
Calcutta, Minerva, 1989.
14. B.S. Sharma, The Political Philosophy of M.N. Roy, Delhi, National Publishing
House, 1965.
15. V.P. Verma, Studies in Hindu Political Thought and its Metaphysical Foundations,
Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1974.
16. A.S. Altekar, State and Government in Ancient India, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass,
1966.
17. A.Appadorai, Documents on Political Thought in Modern India, 2 Vols., Bombay
Oxford University Pres, 1970.
18. S. Ghose, Modern Indian Political Thought, Delhi, Allied, 1984.
19. U.N. Ghoshal, A History of Indian Political Ideas, London, Oxford University Pres,
1959.
20. K.P. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, Calcuta, Butterworth, 1924.
21. R. P. Kangle, Arthashastra of Kautilya, Delhi, Motilal Bansarsidass, 1965.
22. M.J. Kanetkar, Tilak and Gandhi : A Comparative Study, Nagpur, Author, 1935.
23. V.B. Karnik, M.N. Roy : Political Biography, Bombay, Jagriti, 1978.
23. K. P. Karunakaran, Modern Indian Political Tradition, New Delhi, Allied Publishers,
1962.
24. V.R. Mehta, Foundations of Indian Political Thought, New Delhi, Manohar, 1992.
25. T. Pantham, and K. Deustch (eds), Political Thought in Modern India, New Delhi,
Sage, 1986.
26. B. Parekh and T. Pantham (eds), Political Discourse : Exploration in Indian and
Western Political Thought, New Delhi, Sage, 1987.
27. D.P. Roy, Leftists Politics in India : M. N. Roy and the Radical Democratic Party,
Calcutta, Minerva, 1989.
28. B.S. Sharma, The Political Philosophy of M.N. Roy, Delhi, National Publishing
House, 1965.
29. V.P. Verma, Studies in Hindu Political Thought and its Metaphysical Foundations,
Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1974.
 Semester-III, Paper- XIV: Foreign Policy of India-I
Max. Marks : 80
Internal Assessment : 20
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
Unit: I
Meaning of Foreign Policy: History, Principles and Objectives of India’s Foreign Policy.
Unit: II
Domestic and External Determinants of India’s Foreign Policy.
Unit: III
Structure and Process of Foreign Policy Making-Role of Cabinet and National Security Council,
Ministry of External Affairs, Parliament and Intelligence Agencies.
Unit: IV
India’s Relations With Pakistan and China

Readings
1. R.S. Yadav, Bharat Ki Videsh Niti: Ek Vishleshan (in Hindi), Kitab Mahal, Allhabad, 2005.
2. R.S. Yadav & Suresh Dhanda, eds., India’s Foreign Policy: Contemporary Trends, New Delhi,
Shipra, 2009.
3. R.S. Yadav (ed.), India’s Foreign Policy Towards 2000 A.D., New Delhi, Deep & Deep, 1993.
4. J.N. Dixit, Across Border: Fifty Years of India’s Foreign Policy, New Delhi, 1999.
5. J. Bandhopahdyaya, The Making of India’s Foreign Policy, Calcutta, Allied, 1979.
6. V.P. Dutt, India’s Foreign Policy in a Changing World, New Delhi, Vikas, 1999.
7. N.K. Jha (ed.), India’s Foreign Policy in a Changing World, New Delhi, South Asian
Publishers, 2000.
8. H. Kapur, India’s Foreign Policy : 1947-1993, New Delhi, Sage, 1994.
9. N. Jetley, India’s Foreign Policy : Challenges and Prospects, New Delhi, Janaki Prakashan,
1985.
10. S. Mansingh (ed.), India’s Foreign Policy in the 21st Century, New Delhi, Foreign Policy
Institute, 1999.
11. R. Thakur, Politics and Economics of India’s Foreign Policy, Delhi, Oxford University Press,
1993.
12. C. Raja Mohan, Crossing The Rubicon: The Shaping of India’s New Foreign Policy, New
Delhi, Viking, 2003.
13. N.S. Sisodia & C. Uday Bhaskar, eds., Emerging India: Security and Foreign Policy
Perspective,New Delhi, Promilla, 2007.
14. Rajen Harshe & K.M. Seethi, eds., Engaging with the World: Critical Reflections on India’s
Foreign Policy, New Delhi, Orientlongman, 2005.
15. Anand Mathur & Sohanlal Meena, eds., India Profile in Polycentric World Order, Jaipur,
RBSA, 2008.
16. Annpurna Nantiyal, ed., Challenges to India’s Foreign Policy in the New Era, New Delhi,
2006.
17. Atish Sinha & Madhup Mahota, eds., Indian Foreign Policy: Challenges and Opportunities,
New Delhi, Academic, 2007.
 Semester-III, Paper- XV: Subsidiary Subject offered by the Respective
Colleges

Note : The students may offer a Subsidiary Subject in

Sociology/Economics/History/ offered by their institutions.

Max. Marks : 80
Internal Assessment : 20
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
 B.A. (Hons.) Part II w.e.f. 2012-2013
Semester-IV, Paper-XVI: Principles of Political Science-II
Max. Marks : 80
Internal Assessment : 20
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
Unit-I
Concepts and Theories of Rights.
Relationships between Rights and duties.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Unit-II
Concept and Theories of Liberty and Equality.
Relationship between Liberty and Equality.

Unit-III
Concepts of Social Change
Concept and Theories and Development.
Unit-IV
RTI and Consumer Protection and Welfare.

Readings
1.Amal Ray, Political Theory Ideas and Institution, The World Press Private
Ltd.,Calcutta, 1962-64, 1968
2. Stephen Erie Brommer, Twentieth Century Political Theory, Routledge, London, 1997
3. O.P. Gauba, An Introduction to Political Science, Macmillan Publishers, New Delhi,
2009
4. S.P. Verma, Modern Political Theory, Vikas Publishing House, Delhi, 2006
5. O.P. Gauba, Political Theory and Thought, Mayur Paperbacks, Delhi, 2008
6. Dr. Tripti Jain, Modern Political Theories, College Book Depot Jaipur, New Delhi,
2003
 Semester-IV, Paper-XVII: Western Political Thought & Theory
Max. Marks : 80
Internal Assessment : 20
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
Unit-I
Bentham and J.S. Mill
Unit-II
Hegel and Marx
Unit-III
Behaviouralism and Post-Behaviouralism.
Unit-IV
Decline of Political Theory and Resurgences of Political Theory.

Readings
1. A. Ashcraft, Revolutionary Politics, London, Allen and Unwin, 1986.
2. A. Ashcraft, Locke’s Two Treatises of Government, London Unwin and Hyman, 1987.
3. Sir E. Barker, The Political Thought of Plato and Aristotle, New York, Dover
Publications, 1959.
4. A. Avineri, The Social and Political Thought of K. Marx, New Delhi, S. Chand and
Co., 1979.
5. Sir E. Barker, Greek Political Theory: Plato and His Predecessors, New Delhi, B.I.
Publications, 1964.
6. Sir E. Barker, The Politics of Aristotle,(Translated with Introduction, Notes and
Appendix), Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1995.
7. R.N. Berki, The History of Political Thought: A Short Introduction, London, Dent.,
1977.
8. K.C. Brown (ed.), Hobbes’ Studies, Cambridge Massachusetts, Harvard University
Press., 1965.
9. J.H. Burns (ed.), The Cambridge History of Political Thought, 1450-1700, Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press, 1991.
10. H. Butterfield, The Statecraft of Machiavelli, New York, Collier, 1962.
11. J.W. Chapman, Rousseau-Totalitarian or Liberal, New York, Columbia University
Press, 1956.
12. A. Cobban, Rousseau and the Modern State, London, Unwin University Books, 1964.
13. J. Coleman, A History of Political Thought: From Ancient Greece to Early
Christianity, London, Blackwell, 2000.
14. M. Cowling, Mill and Liberalism, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1963.
15. M. Curtis, The Great Political Theories 2. Vols., New York, Avon., 1961.
16. W.L. Davidson, Political Thought in England: The Utilitarians from Bentham, to
Mill, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1957.
17. J.A. Dunning, History and Political Theories, New York, Macmillan, 1902.
18. M.B. Foster, W.T. Jones and L.W. Lancaster, Masters of Political Thought, 3 Vols.,
London, George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1959.
19. R.G. Gettel, History of Political Thought, New York, Novell. & Co., 1924.
20. I.W. Hampsher-Monk, Modern Political Thought from Hobbes to Marx. Oxford,
Basil Blackwell, 1992.
21. R. Harrison, Benthm, London, Routledge, 1983.
22. H.J. Laski, Political Thought from Locke to Bentham, Oxford, Oxford University
Press, 1920.
23. D. Mclellan, Karl Marx: The First 100 Years, London, Fontana, 1983.
24. K.R. Minogue, Hobbes’ Leviathan, New York, Everyman’s Library 1977.
25. S. Mukerjee and S. Ramaswamy, A History of Political Thought: Plato to Marx, New
Delhi, Prentice Hall, 1999.
26. A. Ryan, J.S. Mill, London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1974.
27. G.H. Sabine, History of Political Theory, 4th edn., Revised by T.L. Thorson, New
Delhi, Oxford and IBH, 1973.
28. S.B. Smith, Hegel’s Critique of Liberalism, Chicago, University of Chicago Press,
1989.
29. L. Strauss, Thoughts ON Machiavelli, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1958.
30. N. Warburton, J. Pike and D. Matravers, Reading Political Philosophy: Machiavelli
to Mill, London, Routledge in Association with Open University, 2000.
 Semester-IV, Paper-XVIII: Indian Political Thinkers-II
Max. Marks : 80
Internal Assessment : 20
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
Unit-I
Mahatma Gandhi and M.N, Roy
Unit-II
Jawaharlal Nehru and B.R. Ambedkar
Unit-III
Subhash Chander Bose and Bhagat Singh
Unit-IV
J.P. Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia

Readings
1. A.Appadorai, Indian Political Thinking Through the Ages, Delhi Khanna Publishers,
1992.
2. J. Bandhopahdyaya, Social and Political Thought of Gandhi, Bombay, Allied, 1969.
3. R.J. Cashman, The Myth of ‘Lokmanya’ Tilak and Mass Politics in Maharashtra,
Berkeley, University of California Press, 1975.
4. Chandra, Nationalishm and Colonialism in Modern India, Delhi, Vikas, 1979.
5. K.Damodaran, Indian Thought : A Critical Survey, London, Asia Publishing House,
1967.
6. D.G. Dalton, India’s Idea of Freedom : Political Thought of Swami Vevekananda,
Aurobindo Ghose, Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, Delhi, Academic Press,
1982.
7. S. Ghose, The Renaissance to Militant Nationalism, Bombay, Allied Publishers, 1969.
8. S.Ghose, Socialism, Democracy and Nationalism in India, Bombay, Allied Publishers,
1973.
9. S. Ghose, Modern Indian Political Thought, Delhi, Allied, 1984.
10. U.N. Ghoshal, A History of Indian Political Ideas, London, Oxford University Press,
1959.
11. J.P. Haitheox, Communism and Nationalism in India : M.N. Roy and Comintern
Policy, Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1971.
12. Heimsath, Indian Nationalism and Social Reform, Princeton NJ, Princeton University
Press, 1964.
13. R. Iyer, The Moral and Political Thought of Mahatma Gandhi, Delhi, Oxford
University Press, 1973.
14. K.N. Kadam (ed.), Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, New Delhi, Sage, 1992.
15. K.P. Karunakaran, Modern Indian Political Tradition, New Delhi, Allied Publishers,
1962.
16. K.P. Karunakaran, Indian Politics from Dababhai Naoroji to Gandhi : A Study of
Political Ideas of Modern India, New Delhi, Gitanjali, 1975.
17. U. Kaura, Muslims and Indian Nationalism, New Delhi, Manohar, 1977.
18. R.M. Lohia, Marx, Gandhi and Socialism, Hyderabad, Nav Hind, 1953.
19. V.R.Mehta, Foundations of Indian Political Thought, New Delhi, Manohar, 1992.
20. V.S. Narvane, Modern Indian Thought, New Delhi, Orient Longman, 1978.
21. J. Nehru, Discovery of India, London, Meridian Books, 1956.
22. D.P. Roy, Leftist Politics in India : M. N. Roy and the Radical Democratic Party,
Calcutta, Minerva, 1989.
23. J. Sarkar, Indian Through the Ages : A Survey of the Growth of Indian Life and
Thought, Calcutta, M.C. Sarkar and Sons, 1928.
24. B.S.Sharma, The Political Philosophy of M.N. Roy, Delhi, National Publishing
House, 1965.
25. A.Tripathi, The Extremist Challenge, Bombay, Allied, 1967.
26. V.P. Verma, Modern Indian Political Thought, Agra, Lakshmi Narain Aggarwal,
1974
 Semester-IV, Paper- XIX: Foreign Policy of India-II
Max. Marks : 80
Internal Assessment : 20
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.

Unit: I
India’s Relation with US and Russia

Unit: II
India and Non-Alignment; India and SAARC

Unit: III
India and UN; and India and Disarmament

Unit: IV
Assessment of India’s Foreign Policy

Readings :
1. R.S. Yadav, Bharat Ki Videsh Niti: Ek Vishleshan (in Hindi), Kitab Mahal, Allhabad,
2005.
2. R.S. Yadav & Suresh Dhanda, eds., India’s Foreign Policy: Contemporary Trends,
New Delhi, Shipra, 2009.
3. R.S. Yadav (ed.), India’s Foreign Policy Towards 2000 A.D., New Delhi, Deep &
Deep, 1993.
4. J.N. Dixit, Across Border: Fifty Years of India’s Foreign Policy, New Delhi, 1999.
5. J. Bandhopahdyaya, The Making of India’s Foreign Policy, Calcutta, Allied, 1979.
6. V.P. Dutt, India’s Foreign Policy in a Changing World, New Delhi, Vikas, 1999.
7. N.K. Jha (ed.), India’s Foreign Policy in a Changing World, New Delhi, South Asian
Publishers, 2000.
8. H. Kapur, India’s Foreign Policy : 1947-1993, New Delhi, Sage, 1994.
9. N. Jetley, India’s Foreign Policy : Challenges and Prospects, New Delhi, Janaki
Prakashan, 1985.
10. S. Mansingh (ed.), India’s Foreign Policy in the 21st Century, New Delhi, Foreign
Policy Institute, 1999.
11. R. Thakur, Politics and Economics of India’s Foreign Policy, Delhi, Oxford
University Press, 1993.
12. C. Raja Mohan, Crossing The Rubicon: The Shaping of India’s New Foreign Policy,
New Delhi, Viking, 2003.
13. N.S. Sisodia & C. Uday Bhaskar, eds., Emerging India: Security and Foreign Policy
Perspective, New Delhi, Promilla, 2007.
14. Rajen Harshe & K.M. Seethi, eds., Engaging with the World: Critical Reflections on
India’s Foreign Policy, New Delhi, Orientlongman, 2005.
15. Anand Mathur & Sohanlal Meena, eds., India Profile in Polycentric World Order,
Jaipur, RBSA, 2008.
16. Annpurna Nantiyal, ed., Challenges to India’s Foreign Policy in the New Era, New
Delhi, 2006.
17. Atish Sinha & Madhup Mahota, eds., Indian Foreign Policy: Challenges and
Opportunities, New Delhi, Academic, 2007.
 Semester-IV, Paper- XX: Subsidiary Subject offered by the Respective
Colleges
Max. Marks : 80
Internal Assessment : 20
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note : The students may offer a Subsidiary Subject in
Sociology/Economics/History/ offered by their institutions.

Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
 B.A. (Hons.) Part III w.e.f. 2012-2013
Semester-V, Paper-XXI: Comparative Politics-I
Max. Marks : 90
Internal Assessment : 10
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
.
Unit-I
Comparative Politics-Definition, Scope; Traditional & Modern Concerns; Comparative
Methods.
Unit-II
Approaches to the Study of Comparative Politics: Input-Out (David Easton), Structural-
Functional (G. Almond), Political Development (Lucian W. Pye), Political Culture (G.
Almond).
Unit-III
Constitutionalism: History, Nature, Type and Problem in Modern Times.
Unit-IV
Constitutional Structure: (a) Formal-Executive, Legislature and Judiciary, (b) Informal
Structures– Political Parties and Pressure Groups.

Readings
1. G.A. Almond and J.S. Coleman, The Politics of the Developing Areas, Princeton NJ,
Princeton University Press, 1960.
2. G.A. Almond, and S. Verba, The Civic Culture : Political Attitudes and Democracy in
Five Nations, Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1963.
3. G.A. Almond, Comparative Politics Today : A World View, 7th edn., New York,
London, Harper/Collins, 2000.
4. D.E. Apter, The Politics of Modernization, Chicago, University of Chicago Press,
1965.
5. A.Bebler and J. Seroka (eds.), Contemporary Political Systems: Classifications and
Typologies, Boulder Colerado, Lynne Reinner Publishers, 1990.
6. L.J.Cantori and A.H. Zeigler (ed.), Comparative Politics in the Post-Behaviouralist
Era, London, Lynne Reinner Publisher, 1988.
7. O. Dunleavy and B.O’ Leary, Theories of Liberal Democratic State, London,
Macmillan, 1987.
8. R. Hauge and M. Harrop, Comparative Government and Politics. An Introduction, 5th
edn., New York, Palgrave, 2001.
9. H. Finer, Theory and Practice of Modern Government, London, Methuen, 1969.
10. J.C. Johari, Comparative Political Theory: New Dimensions, Basic Concepts and
Major Trends, New Delhi, Sterling, 1987.
11. K. Kumar, Revolution : The Theory and Practice of a European Idea, London,
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1971.
12. R.C. Macridis, The Study of Comparative Government, New York, Doubleday, 1955.
13. R.C. Macridis and R.E. Ward, Modern Political Systems : Europe, and Asia, 2nd edn.
Englewood Cliffs NJ, Prentice Hall, 1968.
14. J. Manor (ed.), Rethinking Third World Politics, London, Longman, 1991.
15. R.C. Macridis, Modern European Governments : Cases in Comparative Policy -
Making, Englewood Cliffs NJ, Prentice Hall, 1968.
16. L.W. Pey (ed.), Communication and Political Development, Princeton NJ, Princeton
University Press, 1963.
17. R.I. Rotberg (ed.), Politics and Political Change : A Journal of Inter-Disciplinary
History Reader, Massachusetts, MIT Press, 2001.
18. H.J. Wiarda (ed.), New Developments in Comparative Politics, Boulder Colorado,
Westview Press, 1986.
 Semester-V, Paper-XXII: Public Administration-I
Max. Marks : 90
Internal Assessment : 10
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
Unit: I
Meaning, Nature and Scope of Public Administration; and Evaluation of Public
Administration as a Discipline.
Unit: II
Methods and Approaches to the Study of Public Administration; New Public
Administration; and Politics and Administration.
Unit: III
Theories of Organization: Classical Theory, Scientific Management theory and Human
Relation Theory.
Unit: IV
Principles of Organization: Hierarchy, Span of Control, Centralization and
Decentralization.
Readings
1. J.E. Anderson, Public Policy Making, Boston, Houghton, Miffin, 1990.
2. P.H., Appleby, Public Administration for a Welfare State, Bombay, Asia Publishing
House, 1961.
3. A. Avasthi and S.N. Maheshwari, Public Administration, Agra, Laxmi N. Aggarwal,
1996.
4. P.R. Dubashi, Recent Trends in Public Administration, Delhi, Kaveri Books, 1995.
5. E.N. Gladden, The Essential of Public Administration, London, Staples Press, 1958.
6. J. La Palombara and M. Weiner (eds.), Bureaucracy and Political Development,
Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1966.
7. S.R. Maheshwari, Administrative Theories, New Delhi, Allied, 1994.
8. F.A. Nigro and L.S. Nigro, Modern Public Administration, New York, Harper and
Row, 1984.
9. L. Peters, “Downsizing the Civil Service in Developing Countries: Golden Handshake
or Smiling Farewells?” Public Administration and Development, 18(4), Oct. 1998, pp.
381-86.
10. D.C. Pitt, and B.C. Smith (eds.), The Computer Revolution: The Impact of
Information Technology on Government Brighton, Wheatsheaf Books, 1984.
11. R. Presthus, Public Administration, New York, Ronald, 1975.
12. D. Waldo (ed.), Ideas and Issues in Public Administration: A Book of Readings, New
York, McGraw Hill, 1953.
 Semester-V, Paper-XXIII: Theory & Practice of Diplomacy-I
Max. Marks : 90
Internal Assessment : 10
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
Unit – I
Diplomacy: Definition, Origin, Nature, Objectives. Functions and Importance of
Diplomacy, Decline of Diplomacy.
Unit - II
Evolution of Diplomatic Practice, Classical Diplomacy, Old and New Diplomacy, Secret
andOpen Diplomacy.
Unit – III
Great Diplomats: Cardinal Rechelieu, Bismark, Krishna Menon, K.M. Pannikar.
Unit – IV
The ideal Diplomat, Functions of Diplomat, Language of Diplomatic Intercourse, Forms
and Documents, Organization of Ministry of External Affairs in UK, USA and India.
Books Recommended:
Rathore, L.S. The Foundation of Diplomacy
Pearson Lester B. Diplomacy in the Nuclear Age
Kirshnamurti, G.V.G. Modern Diplomacy : Dislectics and Dimensions.
Nicolson, H. Diplomacy
S. Kurt, London How Foreign Policy is made
Mookerjee, Girija K. Diplomacy : Theory and History
Pannikar, K.M. The Principles and Practice of Diplomacy
Margenthau, Hans, J. Politics among nations, Scientific
Mowet, R.B. European Rajnaya Ka Itihas
Bailey, Sydney D. The General Assembly of the United Nations :
A study of procedure and practice
Nicholas, H.G. The United Nations as a Political Institution
Stoessinger, John G. United Nations and the Super Powers : China
USA and USSR
Gordenker, Leon UN Secretary General and the Maintenance of peace
Pedelford, Norman J and The United Nations in the Balance Accomplishments
Goodrich, L.M. (Eds.) and Prospects
 Semester-V, Paper-XXIV: Political Sociology-I
Max. Marks : 90
Internal Assessment : 10
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
Unit - I
Political Sociology: Definition, Nature and scope; Relationship of Political Sociology
with Sociology and Political Science.
Unit – II
Approaches to the Study of Political Sociology: Structural Functional Approach, Marxist
Approach and Weberian Approach.
Unit – III
Concept and Theories of Power
Concept of Authority
Legitimacy
Bureaucracy
Unit – IV
Concept of Elite
Theories of Elite: Pareto, Mosca, Michels
Elites and Democracy
Readings
Aron, Raymond Main currents in Sociological Thoughts I & II
Translation by Richer Howeard and Halen Weaners
(Harmondsworth Penguin, 1965)
Beteille, A. Closed and Open Social Stratification in India, Europe
Journal of Sociology, June 1967
Bottmore, T.B. Elites and Society (Harmondsworth Penguin 1971)
Duverger The Idea of Politics : The Use of Poser in Society.
Lipset, S.M. Politics and the social science
(New Delhi Wiley Eastern, 1973)
Runciman, W.G. Social Science and Political Theory (Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press, 1967)
Rush, Michael and An Introduction to Political Sociology
Philip, A. (Nelson Series)
Gandhi, Madan G. Modern Political Analysis, Oxford & IBH
(Delhi, 1982)
Rathore, L.S. Political Sociology (Meenakshi, Meerut, 1982)
Almond and Powell Comparative Politics: A Developmental Approach
(New Delhi, 1972).
Bailey, F. Politics and Social Change (Berkeley University
of California Press, 1974)
Bendix, R. and Lipset, Class, Status and Power: Social Stratification in
S.M. (ed.) Comparative Perspective, 2nd (London, Routledge and
Kegan Paul, 1970)
Beteille A., Caste Class and Power (Berkeley and Los Angels:
University of California, 1968)
Bottomore, T.B. Classes in Modern Society (London, George Alien and
Unwin, 1970).
Key, V.O. Politics, Parties and Pressure Groups
Kothari, R. Politics in India, (New Delhi, 1970)
Philip, C.H. (ed.) Society and Politics in India (London: London
University Press, 1964)
Pye, Lucian Aspects of Political Development (Boston, 1966)
Ranney, Austin Governing of Men,
Rudolph L. I. and The Modernity of Tradition, (Chicago, University of
S.H. Rudolph Chicago Press, 1967)
Semester-V, Paper- XXV: Subsidiary Subject offered by the Respective
Colleges
Max. Marks : 90
Internal Assessment : 10
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note : The students may offer a Subsidiary Subject in
Sociology/Economics/History/ offered by their institutions.

Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
 Semester-VI, Paper-XXVI: Comparative Politics-II
Max. Marks : 90
Internal Assessment : 10
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
Unit-I
Evolution, Conventions, Legacies and Basic features of Constitutions of UK & USA;
Socio-Economic basis of Constitutions of UK & USA.
Unit-II
Comparative Study of Executive, Legislature and Judicial System of UK & USA.
Unit-III
Comparative study of function and role of political parties and pressure groups of
UK & USA.
Unit-IV
Electoral Processes, Voting Behaviour, Bureaucracy and Recent Trends of the working of
the systems of UK & USA.
Readings
1. G. Almond et al., Comparative Politics Today : A World View, 7th edn., New York,
London, Harper/Collins, 2000.
2. W. Bagehot, The English Constitution, London, Fontana, 1963.
3. A.H. Birch, British System of Government, 4th edn., London, George Alen and Unwin,
1980.
4. J. Blondel, An Introduction to Comparative Government, London, Weidenfeld and
Nicolson, 1969.
5. J. Blondel, Comparative Legislatures, Englewood Cliffs NJ, Prentice Hall, 1973.
6. J. Bryce, Modern Democracies, Vol. 2, New York, Macmillan, 1921.
7. H. Finer, Theory and Practice of Modern Government, London, Methuen, 1969.
8. S.E. Finer, Comparative Government, Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1974.
9. E.S. Griffith, The American System of Government, 6th edn., London, Methuen, 1983.
10. D. Kavangh, British Politics: Continuity and Change, Oxford, Oxford University
Press, 1985.
11. H.J. Laski, American Democracy : A Commentary and An Interpretation, London,
Unwin, 1948.
12. A.Lijphart, Electoral Systems and Party System, New Haven CT, Yale University
Press, 1994.
13. A.Lijphart,(ed.), Parliamentary versus Presidential Government, Oxford and New
York, Oxford University Press, 1992.
14. A.Lijphart, Democracies : Patterns of Majoritarian and Consensual Government in
Twenty One Countries, New Haven CT, and London, Yale University Press, 1992.
15. R. Maddex, Constitutions of the World, 2nd edn., Washington DC and London, CQ
Press, 2000.
16. P Mair, The West European Party System, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1990.
17. T. Munro, The Governments of Europe, New York, Macmillan, 1963.
18. D. Olson, Legislative Institutions: A Comparative View, Armonk NY, M.E. Sharpe,
1994.
19. M. Rhodes, P. Heywood and V. Wright, Developments in West European Politics,
Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1997.
20. K. C. Wheare, Federal Government, 4th edn., Oxford and New York, Oxford
University Press, 1963.
21. J. Wilson, American Government, 4th edn., Boston Massachusetts, Houghton Miffin,
1997.
 Semester-VI, Paper-XXVII: Public Administration-II
Max. Marks : 90
Internal Assessment : 10
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
Unit: I
Administrative Behaviour: Leadership, Bureaucracy, Accountability.
Unit: II
Personnel Administration: Recruitment, Promotion and Training.
Unit: III
Budget: Importance, Formulation and Execution
Unit: IV
Legislative Control Over Administration, Judicial Control Over Administration; and
Public Administration in the age of Globalization.
Readings
1. J.E. Anderson, Public Policy Making, Boston, Houghton, Miffin, 1990.
2. P.H., Appleby, Public Administration for a Welfare State, Bombay, Asia Publishing
House, 1961.
3. A. Avasthi and S.N. Maheshwari, Public Administration, Agra, Laxmi N. Aggarwal,
1996.
4. P.R. Dubashi, Recent Trends in Public Administration, Delhi, Kaveri Books, 1995.
5. E.N. Gladden, The Essential of Public Administration, London, Staples Press, 1958.
6. J. La Palombara and M. Weiner (eds.), Bureaucracy and Political Development,
Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1966.
7. S.R. Maheshwari, Administrative Theories, New Delhi, Allied, 1994.
8. F.A. Nigro and L.S. Nigro, Modern Public Administration, New York, Harper and
Row, 1984.
9. L. Peters, “Downsizing the Civil Service in Developing Countries: Golden Handshake
or Smiling Farewells?” Public Administration and Development, 18(4), Oct. 1998, pp.
381-86.
10. D.C. Pitt, and B.C. Smith (eds.), The Computer Revolution: The Impact of
InformationTechnology on Government Brighton, Wheatsheaf Books, 1984.
11. R. Presthus, Public Administration, New York, Ronald, 1975.
12. D. Waldo (ed.), Ideas and Issues in Public Administration: A Book of Readings, New
York, McGraw Hill, 1953.
 Semester-VI, Paper-XXVIII: Theory and Practice of Diplomacy-II
Max. Marks : 90
Internal Assessment : 10
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
Unit – I
Forms of Diplomatic Practice: Conference Diplomacy. Shuttle, Diplomacy, Summit
Diplomacy, Democratic Diplomacy, Personal Diplomacy, Cultural Democracy,
Diplomacy of Aid.
Unit – II
Indian Diplomacy: Origin, Development, Features and its Achievements and Challenges,
Working of Indian Missions in Abroad.
Unit – III
Bilateral and Multilateral Diplomacy, Role of Diplomacy in U.N.
Structure and Functioning of U.N. System. Role of General Assembly and Security
Council in the Maintenance of Peace and Security.
Unit – IV
Relevance of UNO in the Contemporary International Order. Evaluation of UNOs
Success and Failures.
Readings
Rathore, L.S. The Foundation of Diplomacy
Pearson Lester B. Diplomacy in the Nuclear Age
Kirshnamurti, G.V.G. Modern Diplomacy : Dislectics and Dimensions.
Nicolson, H. Diplomacy
S. Kurt, London How Foreign Policy is made
Mookerjee, Girija K. Diplomacy : Theory and History
Pannikar, K.M. The Principles and Practice of Diplomacy
Morgenthau, Hans, J. Politics among nations, Scientific
Mowet, R.B. European Rajnaya Ka Itihas
Bailey, Sydney D. The General Assembly of the United Nations :
A study of procedure and practice
Nicholas, H.G. The United Nations as a Political Institution
Stoessinger, John G. United Nations and the Super Powers : China
USA and USSR
Gordenker, Leon UN Secretary General and the Maintenance of peace
Pedelford, Norman J and The United Nations in the Balance Accomplishments
Goodrich, L.M. (Eds.) and Prospects
 Semester-VI, Paper-XXIX: Political Sociology-II
Max. Marks : 90
Internal Assessment : 10
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.
Unit-I
Political Culture
Political Socialization
Unit-II
Political Recruitment
Political Communications
Political Participation
Unit-III
Caste and Class in the Indian Society
Pressure Groups and Interest Groups in India
Unit-IV
Social Change in Modern India: Sanskritisation, Westernization and Modernization

Readings
Aron, Raymond Main currents in Sociological Thoughts I & II
Translation by Richer Howeard and Halen Weaners
(Harmondsworth Penguin, 1965)
Beteille, A. Closed and Open Social Stratification in India, Europe
Journal of Sociology, June 1967
Bottmore, T.B. Elites and Society (Harmondsworth Penguin 1971)
Duverger The Idea of Politics : The Use of Poser in Society.
Lipset, S.M. Politics and the social science
(New Delhi Wiley Eastern, 1973)
Runciman, W.G. Social Science and Political Theory (Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press, 1967)
Rush, Michael and An Introduction to Political Sociology
Philip, A. (Nelson Series)
Gandhi, Madan G. Modern Political Analysis, Oxford & IBH
(Delhi, 1982)
Rathore, L.S. Political Sociology (Meenakshi, Meerut, 1982)
Almond and Powell Comparative Politics: A Developmental Approach
(New Delhi, 1972).
Bailey, F. Politics and Social Change (Berkeley University
of California Press, 1974)
Bendix, R. and Lipset, Class, Status and Power: Social Stratification in
S.M. (ed.) Comparative Perspective, 2nd (London, Routledge and
Kegan Paul, 1970)
Beteille A., Caste Class and Power (Berkeley and Los Angels:
University of California, 1968)
Bottomore, T.B. Classes in Modern Society (London, George Alien and
Unwin, 1970).
Key, V.O. Politics, Parties and Pressure Groups
Kothari, R. Politics in India, (New Delhi, 1970)
Philip, C.H. (ed.) Society and Politics in India (London: London
University Press, 1964)
Pye, Lucian Aspects of Political Development (Boston, 1966)
Ranney, Austin Governing of Men,
Rudolph L. I. and The Modernity of Tradition, (Chicago, University of
S.H. Rudolph Chicago Press, 1967).
Semester-VI, Paper- XXX: Subsidiary Subject offered by the Respective
Colleges
Max. Marks : 90
Internal Assessment : 10
Time : 3 Hrs.
Note : The students may offer a Subsidiary Subject in
Sociology/Economics/History/ offered by their institutions.

Note: The question paper shall have five units. Each of the first four units will contain
two questions and the students shall be asked to attempt one question from each unit.
Unit five shall contain eight to ten short answer type questions without any internal
choice and it shall be covering the entire syllabus. As such, unit five shall be
compulsory.