POLITICAL SCIENCE PART-I HONS. (POL/TICAL THEORY) Paper I. Term-I

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1 POLITICAL SCIENCE Unit-I: Unit II: Unit-III: PART-I HONS (POL/TICAL THEORY) Paper I Term-I What is Politics-Approaches to the study of Politics: Normative, Behavioural and Post-behavioural, Feminist views of politics. Democratic Theories: David Held's Classification: Protective (Bentham), Developmental (J.S. Mill), Participatory, Marxist approach to the study of politics. Unit-IV: Marxist Concept of freedom and Democracy. Term-II Unit-I: Theories of State (a) Origin: Social Contract Theory; (b) Nature: Idealist, Liberal and Neo-Liberal theories. Concept of State Sovereignty: Monistic and Pluralistic theories- Changing concepts of Sovereignty in the context of Globalization. Unit-II: Liberty, Equality, Rights and Law, Concepts and their interrelations- Justice: concept theory of Rawls. Empirical political theories: System Analysis, Structural Functionalism. Unit-III: Dialectical Materialism and Historical Materialism with special reference to relationship between base and superstructure- Concepts of Class and class struggle. Marxist theory of the State- the question of relative autonomy Unit-IV: Marxian Theory of Revolution: contributions of Lenin and Mao. ; Marxian Theory of the Party: Lenin's contribution- Lenin - Rosa Luxemburg debate on party. (COMPARATIVE POL/TICS AND GOVERNMENT) paper II Term-I Unit-I: Distinction between Comparative Politics and Comparative Government,_ Development of comparative.politics. Unit-II: Unit-III: Nature of liberal and socialist political system - their distinguishing features, with special reference to convention, rule of law, parliamentary sovereignty(uk). Legislature in UK and PRC: composition and functions of the legislative chambers N PC in PRC: Unit-IV: Relation between executive and legislature in UK, USA and PRC: A comparative study. Term-II Unit-I: Scope, purposes and methods of comparison - Approaches to the study of Comparative Politics. Federal Systems: federalism in USA and Russia Unit-II: Separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review (USA), ideology, democratic centralism (PRC) referendum, initiative (Switzerland). Political Parties: features and role of party system/parties in UK, USA and PRC,Interest groups: their roles and performance in UK and USA. Unit-III: Role of second chambers speakers in parliamentary and presidential systems (UK and USA). systems. Executive in UK, USA, France and Russia: A comparative study of (i) Russian, France and American Presidency; (ii) British and French cabinet Unit-IV Judiciary in UK, USA and PRC (with special reference to the procuratorate): A comparative study. Rights of the citizens of UK, USA and PRC: A comparative study _ Duties of the citizens of PRC. PART-II(HONS.) (GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN INDIA) Term-l Unit-I Framing of the Indian Constitution: Role of the Constituent Assembly,_ the Preamble

2 Unit-II Union Legislature: Rajya Sabha,Lok Sabha: Organisations, Functions -Lawmaking procedure,privileges, Committee system - Speaker. Unit-III Party system: features and trends - major national political parties in India: ideologies and programmes - coalition politics in India: nature and trend -political party in West Bengal: An overview. Unit IV Role of (a) religion (b) language (c) caste in Indian politics. Term-II Unit-I Fundamental Rights and Duties - Directive Principles - Nature of Indian Federalism: Union-State Relations. Union Executive: President, Vice-President: election, position, functions (with reference to Emergency Powers), Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, relationship of Prime Minister and President. Unit-II Government in the States: Governor, Chief Minister and Council of Ministers: Position and functions State Legislature: composition and functions - The Judiciary: Supreme Court and the High Court: composition and functions - Judicial activism: Constitutional amendment: Procedure - main recommendations of the Constitutional Review Commission (Venkatachalliah Commission). Unit-III Electoral process: Election commission: composition, functions. Role. Role of Business, Working Classes, Peasants in Indian Politics. Unit -IV : Role of (a) tribe and (b) regionalism in Indian politics. New Social Movements since the 1970s: (a) environmental movements, (b) women's movement (c) human rights movement. Paper-IV (INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS) Term-I Unit -I International Relations: a brief outline of its evolution as an academic discipline. Unit-Ill: Some basic concept in International Relation: (a) Balance of Power, (b) Bipolarity and Uni polarity. Unit-III: Cold war and its evolution: an outline - understanding the post-cold war world: an overview. Unit -IV : Indian Foreign Policy: basic principles and evolution. Unit I Representative theories realism, pluralism, world system theory, Emerging issues - Development, Regionalism,and Integration, terrorism. Unit II Basic concepts, Neo- colonialism, globalization Foreign Policy concept, diplomacy, propaganda military Unit III E.U., Ethnicity in eastern Europe Since 1990 s,, ASEAN, A.U., OPEC, SAFTA, SAARC. West Asia, and Palestine after cold war Unit IV Foreign policies of USA, CHINA, after cold war, UNO, Security council, General Assembly, Secretariat, peace keeping and human rights. PART III (PAPER V) WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT TERM I Unit I : Greek political thought: Main Features-Plato' Justice, communism. Aristotle: State, Unit II : Classification of Constitutions Renaissance Thought: Main Features. Contributions of Machiavelli. Unit III Hobbes: Founder of The Science of Materialist politics. Unit IV: John Stuart Mill's views on Liberty and Representative Government. Hegel: Civil Society and State. Term II Unit I: Roman Political Thought: Theories of Law and Citizenship- Contributions of Roman Political Thought. Main features of Medieval Political Thought in Europe. Unit II: Political Thought of Reformation. Bodin s Theory of Sovereignty. Unit III: Locke s Liberalism: Views on Natural Rights, Property and Consent. Rousseau s Freedom and Democracy. Bentham s Utilitarianism. Unit IV: Utopian and Scientific Socialism: Basic Characteristics- Anarchism: An Outline. Varieties of Non-Marxist Socialism: Fabianism, Syndicalism, Guild Socialism, German Revisionism

3 PAPER VI: Indian Political Thought and Movement Term I Unit 1: Ancient Indian Political Ideas, Kautilya: Saptanga, Dandaniti, Diplomacy. Medieval Political Thought, Legitimacy of Kingship, Duties and Responsibilities of a Muslim Ruler. Unit II: Gandhi: State and Trusteeship. Unit III: Indian National Congress, Bengal Partition and Swadeshi Movement. Unit IV: Nationalist Movement: Working Class and Peasant Movement, August 1942 Movement, INA, Naval Uprising Term II Unit I: Modern Indian Thought: Rammohan s Liberalism, Rule of Law, Freedom of Thought and Social Justice. Bankimchandra s, Vivekananda s and Rabindranath s Views on Nationalism. Unit II: M.N.Roy s Radical Humanism, Narendradeva s Socialism. Syed Ahmed Khan s Views on Colonial Rule and Modernization. Unit III: Khilafat, Non-Cooperation and Civil Disobedience Movement. Subhash Chandra Bose and Forward Bloc, Congress Socialist Party, The Communists. Unit IV: Ambedkar s Movement and Views on Caste System and Depressed Class, Untouchability and Social Justice. Communal Politics: Savarkar and Hindu Nationalism, Jinnah and Two-Nation Theory. Paper VII Political Sociology Term I Unit I: Social Bases of Politics, Classification and Types of Political Systems. Unit II: Gender and Politics, Parties and Pressure Groups. Unit III: Political Communication: Concept and Features. Unit IV: Military and Politics: Conditions and Modes of Intervention Term II Unit I: State formation and Nationalism in West Europe and Third World. Social Stratification and Politics: Caste, Class, Elite. Unit II: Power, Authority and Legitimacy. Religion, Society and Politics. Unit III: Political Culture and Socialization: Nature and Types. Political Participation: Concept and Types. Unit IV: Electorate and Electoral Behaviour Political Development and Social Change: Role of Tradition and Modernity. Paper VIII Public Administration Term I Unit I: Nature, Scope and Evolution of Public Administration- Private and Public Administration Challenges to the Discipline of Public Administration and Responses: New Public Administration, Comparative Public Administration and Development Administration (with reference to India). - Principles of Socialist Management. Unit II Unit III Ecological Approach to Public Administration: Reggsian Model. Continuity and Change In Indian Administration: A brief Historical outline, Civil Service In India: Role of Upsc, Spsc in Recruitment and Training. Unit IV Local Self Government: Corporations, Municipalities and Panchayats In West Bengal: Structure and Functions- 73rd and 74th Amendment: An overview. Citizen and Administration: Function Lokpal and Lokayukt.

4 Term II Unit I. Major Concepts of Administration: Hierarchy, Unity of Command, Span of Control, Authority, Centralisation, Decentralization, Delegation, and Line and Staff. Bureaucracy: Views of Marx and Max Weber. Unit II Administrative Process: Decision-Making, Communication and Control, Leadership,Co-Ordination. Policy-Making: Models of Policy Making-Policies and Implementation. Unit III Organization of The Union Government: Secretariat Administration: PMO, Cabinet Secretariat. District Administration: Changing Role of D.M. Organisation of State Government: Chief Secretary-Relationship Between Secretariat and Directorate. Unit IV: Planning and Plan Administration: Planning Commission, National Development Council, District Planning. Financial Administration : public Accounts Committee, Estimates committee, CAG.. POLITICAL SCIENCE (General) 1st Year General Paper -1 (Political Theory) 1. Rights, Liberty, Equality: Meaning and Nature. 2. Sovereignty of the state: monistic and pluralistic theories -doctrine of popular sovereignty. 3. Political parties and Interest Groups: their functions and role in modern states - methods of representation; territorial, functional, proportional. 4. Theories of state - a) Idealistic Theory, b) Contract Theory, c) liberal and Neo-liberal Theory. 5. Relation between Liberty and Equality-safeguards of liberty Right of Resistance. 6. Some representative concepts: Nationalism and Internationalism. Meaning and Features Democracy' Meaning and nature. Fascism meaning and nature. 7. Theories of State: a) MarXist Theory, b) Gandhian Theory. 8. Law-meaning, sources, nature. 9. Marxism, Dialectical and Historical Materialism, class and class struggle, revolution, imperialism. 10. International law, I.R, -- Liberal and realistic approach. 11. Nature, scope and approaches to political science- normative, behavioural, and Marxist.

5 IInd year (general) Paper II Comparative politics and government TERM I 1. UK. Basic features, rule of law. 2. USA Basic features and federalism. 3. Political system: liberal democratic, authoritarian, socialist, unitary and federal, parliamentary and presidential. 4. USA bill of rights, legislature- Committee system. Speaker, 5. U.K.-- Legislature, parliamentary democracy, role of crown, party system, role of opposition. Prime minister and cabinet. 6. USA President, cabinet, supreme court, party system. 7. French constitution, 8. PRC 1982 Constitution, revolution, communist party, NPC. 9. Rights and duties of citizen 10. Russian Constitution. 1. Swiss constitution, 2. PRC president, prime minister, state council. 3. PRC judiciary Paper III Indian constitution TERM I 1. Indian constitution, preamble, federalism, union state relation 2. Fundamental rights, duties and directive principles. 3. President, vice president, prime minister And council of ministers. 4. Governor, chief ministers and councils of ministers 5. State legislature 6. Lok sava, Rajya sava, committee system, speaker 7. High court and Supreme court, Judicial Activism 1. Election commission\ 2. Amendment procedure 3. Caste, tribe religion, women s movement and political participation 4. Party system, regionalism..

6 3rd Year General PAPER IV Contemporary political and administrative issues in India Term -I 1. Human Rights: basic concepts: UN Declaration of Human Rights (1948)' India and Human Rights: Rights available in India: State Human Rights Commission. 2. Globalization, UNO, and peace keeping(india s role) 3. PMO, Cabinet secretary, secretariat 4. Foreign policy- characteristic and determinant 5. Economic reforms in India, since UPSC, 1. Local government, 2. Urban government 3. Parliamentary procedure(wrt West Bengal legislature) HONOURS CLASSES (PART I-II-III) PASS CLASSES (PART I-II-III). CLASSES ARE TENTATIVE EXTRA CLASSES ARE TAKEN AS AND WHEN REQUIRED. Political science...select booklist for honours and pass HONOURS Paper I: 1. S. P. Varma Modern Political Theory 2. D. Held Models of Democracy 3. Tom Bottomore (ed) A Dictionary of Marxist thought 4. S. Ramaswami Political Theory: Ideas & Concept 5. D. K. Das Rajnitir Tatybakotha 6. S. DuttaGupta Marxio Rastra Chinta 7. D. K. Chatterjee Adhunik Rastriyo Matabader Bhumika 8. D. Chakraberty Rastro biggyan: Tatyba O Protistan 9. A. K. Mahapatra Adhunik Rastro bigyan 10. P. C. Ghosh Rastro bigyan: Tatyba O Podhotee Paper II: 1. R. Chatterjee Comparative Politics 2. S. N. Roy Comparative Politics 3. A. Lijphart (ed) Parliamentary Versus Presidential Government 4. J. Blondel An Introduction to Comparative Government 5. R. Chatterjee Introduction to Comparative Political Anasysis 6. P. Chatterjee Francher Panchyam Sadharan Tantra 7. A. Roy (ed) Tulonamulak Rajniti 8. H. Chakraborty Tulonamulok Rajniti O Shashon Bebostha 9. N. Ghosh Nirbachito Tulonamulak Shashon Bebostha

7 10. R. Basu (ed) Tulonamulok Shashon Bebostha O Rajniti Paper III: Paper iv: Paper v: 1. S. L. Sikri Constitution of India 2. D. D. Basu An Introduction to the Constitution of India 3. P. Chatterjee (ed) State and Politics in India 4. S. Kaviraj (ed) Politics in India 5. R. Chatterjee (ed) Politics India: State-Society-Interface 6. B.Chandra Indian After Independence ( ) 7. V. Shiva Ecology and the Politics of survival 8. R. Kothari Caste in Indian Politics 9. N. K.Ghosh Bharater Shashon Bebostha O Rajniti 10. A. Mahapatra Bharater Shashon Bebostha O Rajniti 1. R. Chakaraborty Theory and Practice of International Relation 2. J. Bandhopadhy The making of india s foreign Policy 3. H. J. Morganthau Politics Among Nations 4. M. Walters Globalisation 5. E. Hobosbawm Age of Extremes: the 20 th century: J. Frankel Contemporary International Theory and the behaviour of States 7. S. P. Verma International System and the Third World 8. S. Mukherjee & E. Mukherjee Antarjatik Samporko 9. R. Chakrabarty Somosamoyik Antarjatik Samporko 10. G. Bhattacharya Antarjatik Samporko 1. A. K. Mukhyapadhaya Western Political Thought from Plato to Marx 2. E. Burker The Political Thought of Plato and Aristotle 3. H. J. Lasky The Rise of European Liberalism 4. C. E. Joad Political Theory 5. A. K. Mukhyapadhaya Rastro Darshaner Dhara 6. A. Bandhyapadhaya Pachayata Rastro Chintar Itihas 7. S. Som. Ra Rastro Chintar Itihas 8. S. Duttagupta Marxio Rastro Chinta Marx theke Mao-se-tung 9. S. Sarkar Itihaser Dhara 10. A. K. Mukhyapadhaya Ganotantrik Samajbad Paper vi: 1. R. S. Sharma Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India 2. S. Sarkar Modern India 3. A. R. Desai Social Background of Indian Nationalism 4. J. Bandhayapadhaya Social Political Thought of Gandhi 5. W. N. Kuber Dr. Ambedkar a Critical Study 6. D. D. Kosambi Ancient India 7. R. Thappar From Lineage to State 8. R. Somader Bharater Jatijo Andalon O jatiyo Sanhoti Samasya 9. B. Chandra Adhunik Bharat O Samprodayikota 10. A. Tripathy Bharater Mukti Sangrame Charampanthi Parbo Paper vii: 1. T. Bottomore Political Sociology 2. A. K. Mukhyapadhaya Political Sociology 3. Asraf and Sharma Political Sociology 4. R. Chaterjee (ed) Religion Politics and Communalism 5. M. Weiner and S. Huntington (ed) Understanding Political Development 6. S. Chakrabarty (ed) Political Sociology 7. D. Aptar Political Modernisation 8. M. Duvurger Political Parties 9. S. Chakrabarty (ed) Rastro Samaj Rajniti 10. A. Mahapatra Rasnaotik Samajtatto Paper viii:

8 1. M. Bhattacharaya Public Administration: Structure Process and behaviour 2. S. R. Maheswari Indian Administration 3. P. Dutta Panchayats, Rural Development and Local Autonomy 4. A. Avasthi, S. Avasthi Public Administration 5. A. Basu Panchimbonge Panchayat Babostha 6. M. Bhatacharya O B. Ghosh Janoproshashon O Porikolpona 7. S. Som Janoproshashon 8. R. Basu Janoproshashon 9. S. Ghosh Janoproshashon Tatto O Proyag 10. D. Chakrabarty Janoproshashon Parichalan Babostha O Porikolpona For general paper Paper I 1. M. Bhatacharya and A. Roy Political Theory 2. D. C. Bhatacharaya Political Theory 3. S. P. Varma Modern Political Theory 4. J. C. Johari Political Theory 5. E. Burns What is Marxism 6. V. I. Lenin Imperialism: The Highest stage of Capitalism 7. A. K. Mahapatra Rastrabigyan 8. H. Chakrabarty Rastrabigyan 9. D. Chakrabarty Rastratattya O Pratisthan 10. G. Bhatacharya AntorjatikSamparko Paper II Paper III Paper iv 1. J. C. Johari Major Political System 2. D. C. Bhatacharaya Modern Political Constitution 3. A. C. Kapoor Sellect Constitution 4. A. K. Mahapatra Nirbachito Shashonbabostha O Rajniti 5. N. Pramanik Nirbachito Adhunik Shashonbabosthar Ruprekha 6. N. Ghosh Nirbachito Tulonamulok Shashonbabostha O Rajniti 7. D. C. Bhatacharya Tulonamulok Rajniti O Bidesher Shashonbabostha 8. H. Chakrabarty Tulonamulok Rajniti O Shashonbabostha 1. J. C. Johori Indian Government and Politics 2. S. L. Sikri Constitution of India 3. D. D. Basu An Introduction to the Constitution of India 4. P. Chatterjee (ed) State and Politics in India 5. R. Chatterjee (ed) Politics India: State-Society-Interface 6. B.Chandra Indian After Independence ( ) 7. R. Kothari Caste in Indian Politics 8. N. K.Ghosh Bharater Shashon Bebostha O Rajniti 9. A. Mahapatra Bharater Shashon Bebostha O Rajniti 1. R. Chakaraborty Theory and Practice of International Relation 2. J. Frankel Contemporary International Theory and the behaviour of States 3. S. P. Verma International System and the Third World 4. S. Mukherjee & E. Mukherjee Antarjatik Samporko 5. R. Chakrabarty Somosamoyik Antarjatik Samporko 6. G. Bhattacharya Antarjatik Samporko 7. A. Basu Panchayat Babostha 8. A. Mahapatra Bharater Rajnoitik Babostha: Prakiti O Proyog 9. S. Dutta Banglar Bidhan Sobhar Eksho Bachor

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