Syllabus for Four Year B. A Honors Course (Subject:Introduction to Political Theory)

National University Subject: English

Syllabus for Four Year B. A Honors Course Effective from the

(Session: 2009- To be continued)

Detailed Syllabus First Year

Course Title: Introduction to Political Theory

Course Code: 6192, Marks 100, Credits 4

Political Science: Meaning, Nature, Scope, Methods, Relations to other Social Sciences, Importance of Study Political Science.

State : Definition, Elements, State and Government, State and Individual, State and Society, Theories of the origin of the state.

Fundamental concepts: Sovereignty, Law, Liberty, Equality, Rights and Duties, Nation, Nationalism, Internationalism.

Concepts of Political Sociology: Political culture, elite theory, Max Weber and Bureaucracy

 Political Thinkers: Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke

Books Recommended :

1. R.G. Gettell: Political Science

2. J. W. Garner: Political Science and Government

 3. R. M. MacIver: The Modern State

4. G.H. Sabine: A History of Political Theory

 5. William Ebenstein: Great Political Thinkers-Plato to the Present

6. H.G. Laski: A Grammar of Politics