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Political Ideologies-II
Paper Code:
POL 213
Credits:
03
Contact Hours:
45.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
This paper studies the role of different political ideologies of social change and their impact on politics, the course of their evolution and development, the different streams and subtle nuances within each ideology.
9.00
Unit I:
UNIT 1
Marxism: Main tenets (Dialectical Materialism, Historical Materialism, Doctrine of class conflict, Theory of surplus value)
9.00
Unit II:
UNIT 2
Socialism: Meaning, Characteristics, Criticism
9.00
Unit III:
UNIT 3
Anarchism: Meaning, Characteristics, Criticism
9.00
Unit IV:
UNIT 4
Gandhism: Concept of Truth and Non-Violence, Doctrine of Trusteeship, Views on Classless society
9.00
Unit V:
UNIT 5
Environmentalism: Meaning, Concept of Sustainable Development
Essential Readings:
- Andrew Heywood, Political Ideologies: An Introduction, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2007.
- OP Gauba, Political Ideologies, MacMillan , New Delhi, 2010.
- Ashok Acharya, Rajeev Bhargava, Political Theory :An Introduction, Dorling Kindersley, Noida, 2011.
- OP Gauba, An Introduction to political theory, Mcmillan , New Delhi, 2011.
- BC Chaudhary, Hari Hari Das, Political Theory : Traditional and Modern, New Delhi, 2007.
References:
- FW Coker, Recent Political Thought, The World Press Pvt. Ltd, Calcutta, 2001.
- Christopher Pierson, The Modern State, Routledge, London, 2004
- Barrie Axford, Gary Browning, Richard Muggins &Ben Rosamond, Politics: An Introduction, New York Routledge, New York,2002.
- Macridis Roy C, Contemporary Political Ideologies, Little Brown and Co, Boston, 1985.
- Goodwin Robert and Philip Petit (eds.), A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy, London, 1993.
- Vincent Andrew, Modern Political Ideologies, Blackwell, London, 1992.
- Blakely Georgina & Valerie Bryson (eds.), Contemporary Political Concepts, Pluto press, London, 2002.
- Barbara Goodwin , Using Political Ideas, John Wiley& Sons, Chichester, 2004.
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