Syllabus (POLITICAL SCIENCE)

Course Type: MAJ-7

Semester: 5

Course Code: BPLSMAJ07T

Course Title: Comparative Politics

(L-P-Tu): 5-0-1

Credit: 6

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective:

Learning Outcome: Course Outcome: Politics is the mirror of the society. This paper will help the student in furthering his understanding of the world around. This would help him to appreciate other systems and make him critically analyze the pros and cons of these systems

Learning Objectives:

• To understand constitutional frameworks for procedures and policies
• To examine the historical evolution of constitutional doctrines, standards, and tests
• To analyze both early and contemporary judiciary
• To articulate informed opinion over important, controversial, constitutional issues
• To enable the students to qualify the competitive examination like UPSC, MPSC, NET/ SET examination.

  Course Content: 6*6= 36 Classes (6 Classes per topic)

• Meaning, Nature and Scope of Comparative politics.
• Approaches to the study of Comparative Politics: Institutionalism, Developmentalism & Neo-Institutionalism.
• Comparative study between British Prime Minister and American Presidency.
• Judiciary System: UK, USA, People’s Republic China.
• Party System: UK, USA, People’s Republic China.
• Electoral Process: USA (President), UK (Prime Minister), People’s Republic China (President).

• Suggested Readings:

• A.C. Kapoor & K. K. Mishra, Select Constitituons, S.Chand 2001 New Delhi
• V.D. Mahajan, Constitution of the world, S.Chand 2001 New Delhi.
• J.C. Johari: New comparative govt. lotus, 2008
• S.E. Finer, Compartivegovts.
• Bryce, Modern democracies
• Herman finer,Theory and practice of Modern government
• Vidya Bhushan & Vishnu Bhagwan.World constitution, sterling publications 1998.
• J. Kopstein and M. lichbach, comparative politics: Interests identities and institutions in a changing global order.
• M. Mohanty, comparative political theory and third world sensitivity