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Objectives:
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. Topics

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.