Political Science : Nature & scope of the discipline, relationship with allied disciplines like History, Economics, Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology.
 

Meaning of Politics : Approaches to the study of Politics.
 

Key Concepts : State, Society, Sovereignty, Power, Citizenship, Nation, Global order and Imperialism.
 

Political Ideas : Rights, Liberty, Equality, Justice, Rule of Law. Civil Society Swaraj, Revolution, Democratic Participation.
 

Democracy : Meaning and Theories of Democracy, Electoral system, Forms of Representation & Participation, Political accountability.
 

Political Ideologies : Liberalism, Neo liberalism, Marxism, Socialism, Fascism, Gandhism.
 

Party System and Political Process : Theories of Party System, National and regional parties, Political Parties in the Third World. Patterns of coalition politics, interest and pressure groups.
 

Forms of Government : Parliamentary and Presidential. Federal & unitary Modes of decentralization.
 

Bureaucracy Concept : Theories, Weber and critiques of Bureaucracy.
 

Theories of Development : Meaning and various approaches. Concept and Theories of underdevelopment Debates in the Third World.
 

Social Movements : Meaning, Theories & Forms, Role of Environmental Feminist Peasant & workers movements, Role of Non Government organization.
 

Nationalism and Internationalism
 

Major theories of International relations : Realist Marxist, Systems & Decision making & Game theory.
 

State & the Global order : Neo-Liberalism, globalization, structural adjustment, regional economic integration, Nature and Impact of globalization.

Section-B (Indian Government and politics)
 

Approaches to the study of Governments : Comparative historical, legal institutional, political economy and political sociology, approaches.
 

Classification of Political systems : Democratic and Authoritarian, characteristics of Political systems in the third world.
 

Typologies of constitutions : Basic features of these constitutions & governments, including U.K., USA. France, Germany, China, and South Africa.
 

Constitutional development : in India during British Rule-A historical perspective.
 

Constituent Assembly : philosophical and socio-economic dimensions. Salient features of the Indian Constitution.
 

Nature of Indian federalism : Centre-state relations, legislative, administrative, financial and political; politics of regional move and National Integration.
 

Fundamental Rights : Constitutional provisions and political dynamics. Judicial Interpretations and socio political realities; Fundamental Duties.
 

The Union Executive : President, Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers, Constitutional provisions & framework and political trends.
 

Parliament : Powers and functions of the Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha; Parliamentary Committees; Functioning of the Parliamentary system in India.
 

The Judiciary : The Supreme Court , Judicial Review Judicial Activism, Public Intrest Litigation; Judicial Reforms.
 

The State Executive : Governor, Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers; Constitutional Provisions and Political trends.
 

Indian Party System : Evolution and Contemporary trends; coalition government at the Centre and States, pressure groups in Indian politics.
 

The interaction of Government & Scientific & Technology business : Previous and now their inter relationship and changing roles in Society, Elites,
 Role of Pressure groups class and voluntary associations in society.
 

Local Government & Politics : Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government, structure power & functions. Political realities, significance of 73rd and 74th Amendments, role of women in Panchayats.
 

Bureaucracy and Development : Post-colonial India; its changing role in the context of liberates after, bureaucratic Accountability.
 

Challenges to Indian Democracy :

• Communalism Regionalism violence, criminalization and corruption.

• Regional disparities, environmental degradation, illiteracy, Mass Poverty, Population, growth, caste oppressions and socio economic inequalities among backward classes.