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BA political science is a 3 year undergraduate program.

It incorporates the study of both historical as well as modern and National as well as international political systems, public administration, Government policies and procedures etc.

- Syllabus for ba political science is:

. POLITICAL THEORY

- introduction to political theory

- Liberty, equality, property ,and justice

- Development and changing forms of Government

- institution of State

- sovereignty, citizenship and Rights

. COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND INDIAN POLITICS

- Capitalism , state socialism, colonialism and decolonisation

- Approaches: behavioral, traditional, structural and constitutional

- Government and politics in United Kingdom, USA, China, Pakistan, Brazil etc

. PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

- Personnel Administration

- Administrative Theories

- Structure and Functions

- Public Administration as a discipline and profession

- Control over Administration and public policy

- Development Administration to New public management

. INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

- Introduction

- Major issues and contemporary challenges

- concepts- power, National interest, ideology

- Structural Aspects- Arms control, Balance of Power, collective security

- Globalization

. COLONIALISM IN INDIA

- Foundations of colonial rule in India

- Imperialism and Colonialism

- Education

- Religion and society

- Economy and Society

- early India responses

. CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNMENT IN INDIA

- Organs of Government

- security laws

- The constituent assembly and constitution of India

- federalism and Decentralisation

. NATIONALISM IN INDIA

-Social movements

- Approaches to study of Nationalism in India

- Reformism and Anti-reformismin 19th century

- Partition and independence

- Nationalist policy and expansion of its social base

. PUBLIC POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

- Decentralisation

- public policy and public finance

- citizens and Administration

- policies of social welfare

- POLITICAL PROCESSES IN INDIA

. Caste and Religion in politics

. Political parties and part system, Elections and electoral system

. Federalism and regional aspirations

. Globalization and changing nature of Indian state

- INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

. U.N and human rights

. Nature, basis and evolution of international organization's

. League of nations

. Main organs and other organs of UN

- WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT

. Origin

. Origin of modern political thought

. Enlightenment movement

. Dialectic Tradition

. Post-Marxist tradition

- LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN INDIA

. Rural and urban local Government

. Background

. Local Government and local self Government in India

- UNDERSTANDING SOUTH ASIA

. Politics and governance

. Socioeconomic and regional issues and challenges

. Understanding south Asia as a region

- DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN CONTEMPORARY ASIA

. Perspective on Development since independence of India

. Industrial and Agrarian strategies and impacts on social structures

- AFRICAN POLITY AND ECONOMY

. Africa in contemporary world, problems and prospects

- FEMINIST THEORY AND PRACTICE

. Approaches , History and perspective on Indian politics

DILLEMAS IN POLITICS

. Debates on human rights , politics of exclusion

. Capabilities and politics of empowerment

. Debates on human rights

. Politics of exclusion

. Global justice , cosmopolitan , feminism and politics of interpretation

- INDIA'S FOREIGN POLICY

. India China relations

. Changing relations with US and Russia during and after cold war.

. Indian and regional organization- EU , ASEAN, SAARC

- CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL ECONOMY

. Approaches to Political Economy

. Issues in Development and capitalist transformation