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Modern Political Theory
Paper Code:
POL 512
Credits:
04
Contact Hours:
60.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
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 1
Decline of Political Theory- Historicism; Moral Relativism; Hyper factualism; Positivism and Neo-Positivism
12.00
Unit II:
UNIT 2
Group Theory; Distributive Approach
12.00
Unit III:
UNIT 3
Communications Theory; Decision- Making Theory
12.00
Unit IV:
UNIT 4
Political process and change;
Theories of Alienation
12.00
Unit V:
UNIT 5
Theories of Political Development
Essential Readings:
- SN Ray, Modern Comparative Poolitics: Approaches, Methods, Issues, Asoke K Ghosh, New Delhi, 2003.
- OP Gauba, Political Theory, Mc Millan India Ltd, New Delhi, 2004.
- PB Rathod, Modern Political Theory, Commonwealth, New Delhi, 2004.
- MP Jain, Political Theory, Authors Guild, New Delhi, 1993.
- V.R Mehta, Beyond Marxism. OP Gauba, Political Theory, Mac Milan India LTD,2004.
- PB Rathod, Modern Political Theory, Commomwealth Publishers ,NewDelhi, 2004.
- MP Jain, Political Theory, New Delhi,Authors Guild Publications,1993
- 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.
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