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SYLLABUS

Comparative Politics and Government

Objective
1. To make the students understand the conceptual bases of the comparative government and politics.
2. To enable the students to do a comparative analysis of the different kinds of Political system in the world.
3. To help the students to make a comparison of Indian Political System with the different political systems of the world.

Sr. No. Description

1 Nature and Scope of Comparative Politics: Definitions, development of comparative politics, comparative
politics and comparative government, comparative method and comparative politics, traditional approach to
the study of comparative politics

2 Constitutions and Constitutionalism: Constitution- Meaning, Process of growth, kinds of constitution, necessity
of a good constitution; Constitutionalism- Meaning, development of Constitutionalism, Liberal and Marxist
notions.

3 Political Culture and Political Socialisation: Political Culture- meaning, mapping the three levels of political
culture; Political socialisation- meaning, agents of political socialisation, trends in contemporary political cultures.

4 Socio - Economic bases and Salient Features of the Constitutions: Constitutions of UK, USA, Russia, France,
China and Switzerland; Amendment Process in the Constitution of USA and Switzerland, Federal System of the
USA and Switzerland.

5 Constitutional Structure - Executive: British King and Prime Minister, the President of the USA, France, Russia,
China and Plural Executive of Switzerland.

6 Constitutional Structure - Legislature: Composition and Powers of the British Parliament, US Congress, Swiss
Federal Assembly, Russian and French Parliament and National People’s Congress of China.

7 Constitutional Structure - Judiciary: US Supreme Court and Judicial Review, Judicial system of UK Russia,
France and Federal Judiciary of Switzerland.

8 Political Parties and Party systems: Party system-Meaning of a political party, functions of political parties,
kinds of party system; Pressure groups- Meaning of a pressure group, difference between political parties and
pressure groups, role of pressure group

9 Politics of Representation and Participation: Political Parties in the USA, U.K. Russia and France, Role of
Communist Party in China, Interests Groups in the USA, UK, Russia and France.

10 Globalization: Globalisation and Comparative Politics, Trans-national state, Responses from developed and
developing societies.