Modern Political Theory

Paper Code: 
POL 512
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Rationale: This paper seeks to provide an in-depth understanding of the nature of the discipline and its major concepts useful for analyzing political process and phenomena.

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Unit I

Decline of Political Theory- Historicism; Moral Relativism; Hyper factualism; Positivism and Neo-Positivism

12.00
Unit II: 
Unit II

Group Theory; Distributive Approach

12.00
Unit III: 
Unit III

Communications Theory; Decision- Making Theory

12.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV

Political process and change;

Theories of Alienation

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Unit V

Theories of Political Development

Essential Readings: 

Ø  SN Ray, Modern Comparative Poolitics: Approaches, Methods, Issues, Asoke K Ghosh, New Delhi, 2003.

Ø  OP Gauba, Political Theory, Mc Millan India Ltd, New Delhi, 2004.

Ø  PB Rathod, Modern Political Theory, Commonwealth, New Delhi, 2004.

Ø  MP Jain, Political Theory, Authors Guild, New Delhi, 1993.

Ø  V.R Mehta, Beyond Marxism. OP Gauba, Political Theory, Mac Milan India LTD,2004.

Ø  PB Rathod, Modern Political Theory, Commomwealth Publishers ,NewDelhi, 2004.

Ø  MP Jain, Political Theory, New Delhi,Authors Guild Publications,1993

Ø  RC Aggarwal, Political Theory, S. Chand &Co, New Delhi,2012

JC Johri, Contemporary Political Theory, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd, Delhi,1997.

References: 
  • D.Bell,The End of Ideology,The Free Press, New York, 1960.
  • J.Blondel,The Discipline of Politics, Butterworths, London, 1981.
  • G.A.Almond and J.S. Coleman, The Politics of the Developing Areas, Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 1960.   
  • S.Verba,The Civic Culture : Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations , Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 1963.
  • G.B.Powell Jr. Comparative Politics : A Development Approach, Little Brown, Boston,1996.
  • D.E. Apter, The Politics of  Modernization, , University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1965.
  •  Bebler and J. Seroka, Contemporary Political System : Classifications and Typologics,, Lynne Reinner Publishers, Boulder Colorado, 1990.
  •  Brinton, The Anatomy of Revolution, New York, Vintage Books 1952
  • J.C.Johari, Comparative Political Theory  : New Dimensions, Basic Concepts and Major Trends,  Sterling, New Delhi, 1987.
  • D.Krishna, Political Development : A Critical Perspective, Oxford University Press, Delhi,1979.
  •  Kamrava, Mehran, Politics and Society in the third world,  Routledge, London,1993.

 

Academic Year: 
2015-16
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