BA POLITICAL SCIENCE

101 INDIAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS
Semester I Unit 1. The making of India’s constitution: Government of India Acts 1919 and 1935 and Constituent Assembly
Unit 2. Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties
Unit 3. Structure and function of Parliament; power and function of President, Prime Minister and Governor
Unit 4. Supreme Court and High Courts
Unit 5. Democratic Decentralization: 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts.

Semester II
202 INDIAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS -II
Unit 1. Centre- State relations: Legislative, Administrative and Financial.
Unit 2. Party System in India: BJP, INC, CPI (M) and National Conference.
Unit 3. Electoral System: Election Commission of India and Electoral Reforms.
Unit 4. Judiciary in India: Judicial Review and Judicial Activism.
Unit 5. Major Issues in Indian Politics: Regionalism, Communalism and Corruption.

Semester- III
303 POLITICAL THEORY-I
Unit 1. Meaning, Nature and Scope of Political Science
Unit 2. Approaches to the study of Political Science; Historical, Philosophical, Institutional, Behavioral and Marxian
Unit 3. Relation with other Social Sciences: Geography, Economics and Sociology.
Unit 4. Theories of the Origin of State: Historical, evolutionary, social contract.
Unit 5. Concepts: Rights, Liberty and Equality.

Semester- IV
404 POLITICAL THEORY-II
Unit 1. Concepts: Liberalism and Marxism.
Unit 2. Sovereignty: Monistic and Pluralistic.
Unit 3. Power, Authority and Legitimacy
Unit 4. Democracy: Liberal and Marxist approaches.
Unit 5. Political Culture and Political Participation

Semester -V
505 COMPARATIVE POLITICS-I
Unit 1. Meaning, Nature and Scope of Comparative Politics
Unit 2. Approaches to the study of Comparative Politics (Historical, InstitutionalLegal, Behavioural and Marxist)
Unit 3. Types of Government: Parliamentary, Unitary, Presidential and Federal Government.
Unit 4. Method of representation: Direct, Indirect, Proportional, Functional.
Unit 5. Political Party and Pressure Groups: Definition and classification.

Semester- VI
606 STATE POLITICS IN INDIA (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ARUNACHAL PRADESH) – I
Unit 1. Meaning, Nature and Scope of State politics
Unit 2. Determinants of State Politics
Unit 3. State formation of selected states (Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Meghalaya)
Unit 4. Indigenous system of governance in Arunachal Pradesh: Classification, characteristics and Relevance.
Unit 5. Village Council and Administration of Justice, Regulation, 1945

Semester -VII
707 COMPARATIVE POLITICS-II
Unit 1. Judicial System (USA, UK and China)
Unit 2. Party System (USA and China)
Unit 3. Executives (USA, UK and China)
Unit 4. Legislature: the process of rule making in the USA, UK and China
Unit 5. Electoral Process: Election of the chief executives of USA, UK and China.

Semester- VIII
BPOL 808 STATE POLITICS IN INDIA (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ARUNACHAL PRADESH) – II
Unit 1. State formation of Arunachal Pradesh
Unit 2. Political Parties and Pressure groups in Arunachal Pradesh
Unit 3. Electoral Politics in Arunachal Pradesh
Unit 4. Introduction of Panchayati Raj in Arunachal Pradesh: D. Ering committee report, 1965, NEFA Panchayati Raj Regulation, 1967, Arunachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act, 1997
Unit 5. Panchayats and Socio- political changes in Arunachal Pradesh