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(SYLLABUS)
(Political Theory)

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Objectives
To provide the concepts, ideas and theories in political theory. This course seeks to explain the evolution and usage of the
concepts, ideas and theories with reference to individual thinkers both historically and analytically. The different ideological
standpoints with regard to various concepts and theories are to be critically explained with the purpose of highlighting the
differences in their perspectives and in order to understand their continuity and change.
The main objective of this course is to enable the student:
• To comprehend the basic concepts of political theory.
• The acquire the information about the history and development of these concepts.
• To analyze the different viewpoints regarding the basics concepts.
• To compare different viewpoints.
• To synthesize different viewpoints.

Sr. No. Topics

1.
Nature and Significance of Political Theory: Meaning, nature, characteristics and varieties
of political theory; importance of the classics of political theory; uses of political theory.
2.
Power and Authority: Authority, power and coercion; the nature of authority; social
theories of power.
3.
State: The state in political philosophy, the economic theory of the state, the organic theory of
the state
4.
Sovereignty: Concept, characteristics and history, Austin’s theory of sovereignty, pluralism
and state sovereignty.

5.
Rights: Rights in political theory; human rights, economic and social rights.
6.
Liberty: Meaning, negative and positive liberty, liberty as autonomy, John Stuart Mill and the
value of liberty.

7.
Equality: The equality principle, human nature and equality, equality of opportunity.
8.
Justice: Meaning, procedural justice, social justice and Rawls’s theory of justice.
9.
Welfare and Welfare State: The origins and rise of welfare theory, contemporary welfare
arguments, the market and welfare; equality, liberty and the welfare state.

10.
The Public Interest and Democracy: The public interest, democracy, procedural democracy
and the public interest.