POST GRADUATE DEGREE STANDARD

PAPER - I CODE : 098

POLITICAL THEORY
UNIT I
Nature, Scope and Importance of Political Science - Classical Political theory - Various approaches to the study of Political Science - Relationship with other Social Sciences - Elements of State - Nation _- Nationalism - Origin of the state - Soverignty - Liberty - Equality - Law - Rights and Duties.

UNIT II
MODERN POLITICAL THEORY
Behaviouralism - Traditional , Behavioural and post - Behavarioural Political Science. Systems Theory - Elite and Group Theories - Communication Theory - Power Theroy - Political participation - Political Culture. Theories of Democracy - Political Modernization - Political Development - Political Socialisation.

UNIT III
ORGANISATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE STATE
Various types of the Constitution - Various forms of Government - Organs of the Government - Executive - Legislature - Judiciary. Civil Service - Bureaucrats Vs. Technocrats Electorate and representation - Political parties - Public Opinion - Pressure Groups - Role of Ideologies - Liberalism - Communism - Socialism - Capitalism.

UNIT IV
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL POLITICAL THOUGHT
Plato - Aristotle - St. Augustine - St. Thomas Acguinas - Marsiglio of Padua.

UNIT V
MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
Hobbs - Locke - Rousseau - J.S.Mill - Montesque - Bentham - T.H. Green - Hegel - Marx - Lenin.

INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
UNIT VI
INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT ANCIENT THINKERS
Manu - Thiruvalluvar Kautilya - Medieval thinkers : Dadabai Naoroji - Raja Ram Mohan Roy - Gokhale - Tilak - Aurobindo . Modern Thinkers : Mahatma Gandhi - B.R. Ambedkar - Iqbal - M.N. Roy - Nehru - J.P. Narayan.

UNIT VII
INDIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM -STRUCTURE
Origin of Indian Nationalist Movement - Constitution - Constituent Assembly - Salient features of Indian Constitution - Preamble - Fundamental Rights - Directive Principles of state policy - Union executive - Legislature - Judiciary - Ministries - Planning Commission - Finance Commission - National Development Council - State Government - Governor - Council of Ministers - Chief Minister - State Planning Commission - State Judiciary.

UNIT VIII
FUNCTIONING OF INDIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM
Civil Service in India - UPSC - State Services - Centre and State relations - Political Parties Multi-Party System - Coalition Politics in India - Communitarian Democracy - Regionalism - Communialism Casteism.

UNIT IX
FOREIGN POLICY OF INDIA
Basic principles of indian Foreign Policy - Panchsheel - India and super powers - India and Neighbours - SAARC - Indian Foreign Policy in the Continent - India and South East Asia - India and third world - Indian Economic Policy 's Influence on world - India's Nuclear Policy and recent changes.

UNIT X
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF TAMIL NADUBasic Social structure in Tamil Nadu - Emergence of Non - Brahmin Movement - Mylapore Group - Dravidian Movement - Justice Party - Self respect movement - E.V.R. - Rajaji - kamaraj - Annadurai - Post Annadurai period - Personality Politics in Tamil Nadu. Political parties Social, Economic, Political and Welfare policies of Tamil Nadu


PAPER - II

MODERN POLITICAL SYSTEMS
UNIT I
CLASSIFICATION OF CONSTITUTIONSWritten Constitution - Unwritten Constitution - Flexible Constitution - Rigid Constitution - Presidential type of Government - Parlimamentary Democracy - Plural Executive - Rule of Law - Administrative law.

UNIT II
CONSTITUTION OF UNITED KINGDOM Salient features of the Constitution - Role of Customs and conventions - Monarchy - Cabinet - Council of Ministers - parliament - judiciary - Political Parties - British Civil Service - Local Governments.

UNIT III
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Features of the Consttitution - Executive - Legislature - judiciary - Federalism - Democratic principles of U.S.A. - human rights - Party system - Civil Services.

UNIT IV
SWITZERLAND Nature of the Constitution - Plural Executive Legislature - Judiciary - Direct Democracy - party System.

UNIT V
FRANCE
Constitutional frame work - Executive - legislature Judiciary - Coalition Governmental System in France - Party System - Administrative Law - Droit Administratif.

UNIT VI
CHINA
Consttitutional Framework - Executive - Legislature - Judiciary -Role of Communist Party - Relationship with other countries.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
UNIT I
Nature, Scope and Imporatance of International relations - Approaches to the study of International Relations - Political Realism - Geographical factors - Environmental factors - Post - Behaviouralism in International relations - Balance of Power - National Interest - Ideologies - diplomacy.

UNIT II
IMPERIALSIM
Imperialist Governments - Decolonisation - Neo - Colonialism - Asio African Neo Colonialism - Racialims - Apartheid.

UNIT III
FOREIGN POLICY
Definition - Nature - Significance - Diplomacy - Types of Diplomacy - Psychological Techniques - Military techniques Arms Race - Foreign Policies of Super powers - USA - U.K. - France - Germany - China and Common Wealth Independent States.(C.I.S. States)

UNIT IV
War in the Modern World Nature of Total war - Massive Retaliation - Flexiable response - Proxywar - Low intensity conflict - Impact of Political system - Modern technology - role of Superpowers - Disintegration of the USSR. The impact of Nuclear Weapons (NFT) - Modern Technology and International system. Nuclear War - Chemical War.

UNIT V
INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANZATION
League of Nations - United nations Organisation - European Union - OAS. - OAU - OIC - ASEAN - SAARC - Nuclear Non-proliferation treaty (NFT).

UNIT VI
INTERNATIONAL MORALITY
International Ethics - Ethical values in Diplomacy - Ethics of Collective security - Ethics of Nuclear Policy - Need for Asian Collective Security - Ethical values in Arms Race.