DR. BHIM RAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY, AGRA .
BACHELOR OF ARTS (B.A.)
(THREE YEAR DEGREE COURSE)
SUBJECT
POLITICAL SCIENCE
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DR. BHIM RAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY, AGRA .
B.A. (POLITICAL SCIENCE)
COURSE STRUCTURE
FIRST YEAR
PAPER – 101 : POLITICAL THEORY 50 MARKS
PAPER – 102 : NATIONAL MOVEMNT and CONSTITUTION OF INDIA 50 MARKS
SECOND YEAR
PAPER – 201 : AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF WESTERN POLITICAL 50 MARKS
THOUGHT
PAPER – 202 : COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT 50 MARKS
THIRD YEAR
PAPER – 301 : PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 33 MARKS
PAPER – 302 : INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT 33 MARKS
PAPER – 303: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS 34 MARKS
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DR. BHIM RAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY, AGRA .
B.A. (POLITICAL SCIENCE)
FIRST YEAR DETAILED SYALLBUS
PAPER – 101
POLITICAL THEORY
Unit I
Definition, Nature and Scope of Political Science; Relation with other Social Science
Histor, Economics, Sociology, Methods of Study; Approaches to the study of
Political Science : The Behavioural Approach.
Unit II
The State – Its nature, origin. Functions of States; Concept of Welfare State;
Concepts of Justice, Liberty and Equality.
Unit III
Concepts of Sovereignty and Law; Democracy; Parliamentary, Presidential and
Plural types; Unitary and Federal forms of Government.
Unit IV
Public opinion; Political Parties; Pressure Groups; Electoral Systems; Secularism.
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DR. BHIM RAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY, AGRA .
B.A. (POLITICAL SCIENCE)
FIRST YEAR DETAILED SYALLBUS
PAPER – 102
NATIONAL MOVEMNT and CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
Unit I
The birth and growth of Nationalism in India. The Indian National Congress; The
Moderates and the Extremists; Landmarks of Indian National Movement: Non-
Cooperation, Civil Disobedience and Quit India Movements; The Independence Act
1947.
Unit II
The making of the Indian Constitution; Salient Features of the Constitution;
Fundamental Rights and Duties; Directive Principles of State Policy; Indian Federal
System; Centre-State Relations.
Unit III
The Union Government; The President; The Prime Minister; The Council of
Ministers; The Parliament; The Supreme Court.
Unit IV
State Government; The Legislature; The Executive; The High Court; Panchayati Raj
System in India.
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DR. BHIM RAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY, AGRA .
B.A. (POLITICAL SCIENCE)
SECOND YEAR DETAILED SYALLBUS
PAPER – 201
AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
Unit I
Plato; Aristotle.
Unit II
Main characteristics of Medieval Political Thought St. Thomas Aquinas;
Machiavelli; Jean Bodin.
Unit III
Thomas Hobbes; John Locke; J. J. Rousseau; Jeremy Bentham; J.S. Mill.
Unit IV
Karl Marx; T. H. Green, Hegal.
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DR. BHIM RAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY, AGRA .
B.A. (POLITICAL SCIENCE)
SECOND YEAR DETAILED SYALLBUS
PAPER – 202
COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT
Unit I
United Kingdom :
General Features; Constitutional Conventions; The Crown; Parliament; Cabinet
System; The Rule of Law; The Party System.
Unit II
U.S.A :
General Features; Federalism; President; Congress; Federal Judiciary; Method of
Amendment of Constitution; Party System.
Unit III
Switzerland :
Main Features; Federal Executive; Federal Legislature; Judicial System; Devices of
Direct Democracy; Method of Amendment in the Constitution.
Unit IV
France :
Making of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic and its characteristics; The
President and the Government; The National Assembly and the Senate; The
Judicial System and Administrative Law; The Party System.
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DR. BHIM RAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY, AGRA .
B.A. (POLITICAL SCIENCE)
THIRD YEAR DETAILED SYALLBUS
PAPER – 301
PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Unit I
Meaning, nature and scope of Public Administration; Public and Private
Administration; The role of Public Administration in the Modern State; Responsive
Administration.
Unit II
Bases of Organization; Principles of Organization; Hierarchy; Span of Control;
Delegation of Authority; Centralization and Decentralization; Control over
Administration: Legislative, Executive and Judicial.
Unit III
The Chief Executive; Line, Staff and Auxiliary Agencies; the Department; Public
Corporations; Independent Regulatory Commissions; Bureaucracy.
Unit IV
Personnel Administration: Recruitment, Training and Promotion; Position
Classification; Financial administration; budget, audit.
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DR. BHIM RAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY, AGRA .
B.A. (POLITICAL SCIENCE)
THIRD YEAR DETAILED SYALLBUS
PAPER – 302
INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
Unit I
Manu, Kautilya.
Unit II
The Indian Renaissance; Raja Ram Mohan Roy; Swami Dayanand & Swami
Vivekanand.
Unit III
Bal Gangadhar Tilak; Gopal Krishna Gokhale, M.N. Roy.
Unit IV
M. K. Gandhi; Jawaharlal Nehru; Jai Prakash Narain and Sir Saiyad Ahmad Khan.
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DR. BHIM RAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY, AGRA .
B.A. (POLITICAL SCIENCE)
THIRD YEAR DETAILED SYALLBUS
PAPER – 303
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
Unit I
Meaning, Nature and Scope of International Politics; Theories and Approaches:
Traditional Vs Scientific, Behavioral, Idealist, Realist, Systems, Game,
Communication; Decision-making.
Unit II
The Modern State System; Power and its elements; National Interest; Balance of
Power; Collective Security; Role of Ideology; Foreign Policy – its determinants;
Instruments of Foreign Policy – Diplomacy, Propaganda, Economic Instruments
and War.
Unit III
Arms Control and Disarmament; Cold War; Détente; New-Cold War; Post-Cold War
International Politics; Non-alignment and Non-aligned Movement; Problems of the
Third World.
Unit IV
International Law; Global Organization: The U.N.; Regional Organizations: The
European Union; S.A.A.R.C; A.S.E.A.N.
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