1. Introduce the student genre to the concepts, principles and basic fundamentals of Political Science.
2. Acquaint the students with a holistic overview of the organs of the government and their functioning in Polity.
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POL 111 |
Fundamentals of Political Science-I |
CO1: Define the basic concepts of Political theory like Liberty, Equality, and Justice etc. and analyze the different schools of thought in Political Science. CO2: Understand the meaning of politics and able to identify the nature and significance of Political Science. CO3: Learn about different organs of government and their functions. CO4: Identify the different forms of government and other bodies like pressure groups etc which influence the government. |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Power Point Presentation
Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks. |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
Meaning ,Nature and significance of Political Science; Meaning of Politics- Liberal and Marxian Schools
Concepts-Liberty (Negative and Positive, views of Mill, Laski & Marx) Equality (Definition, Meaning , Nature, Types of equality, Relation between Liberty and Equality)
Theories of Justice; Subaltern and Feminist perspectives Notion of Common Good (Gandhian perspective of Sarvodaya) Elite Theory (Views of Pareto, Mosca, Mitchell, C. Wright Mills)
Organs of the Government- Legislature, Executive and Judiciary; Their functions with recent trends.
Forms of Government- Democracy and Dictatorship; Political Parties and Pressure Groups