DDU Gorakhpur University Syllabus and Program / Course Code of M. A. ( Political Science ) 1st year and M. A. ( Political Science ) 2nd year:-
In this article, I am sharing DDU Gorakhpur University Syllabus for MA Political Science.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
M.A. II
Paper –I, Contemporary Political Thought
1- Utilitarian School: Bentham, J.S. Mill.
2- Idealist School: Hegel, Green, Bosanquet.
3- Socialist School: Marx, Lenin, Mao, Bernstein, Gramsci.
4- Existentialism: G.P. Sartre.
5- New Left and Critical Theory. Herbert Marcuse and Habermas.
6- Radical Humanist: M.N. Roy
7- Humanist and Sarvodayist- Mahatma Gandhi, Jai Prakash.
8- Revivalist: Leo Strauss, Hannah Arendt, Michael Oakeshott.
9- Value Pluralism and Open Society, Berlin and Carl Popper, Contemporary Liberalism
: John Rawls.
Books recommended:
Michael H. Lessnoff: Political Philosophers of theTwentieth Century.
W.T. Jones: Masters of Political Thought Vol. I & II
John Plamenatz: Man and Society Vol I & II
Leszek Kolakowski: Main Currents of Marxism
Karl Marx: Das Capital Vol I, II, III
Charles F. Andrews: Mahatma Gandhi: His Life and Ideas
POLITICAL SCIENCE
M.A. II
Paper-II, International Politics
1- Meaning, Nature and Scope, Concept of Post-International Politics, State and Non-State
Actors.
2- Theories: Idealist Theory, Marxist Theory, Pluralist theory, and World state theory.
Realist Theory, Decision-making Theory Systems Analysis.
3- Balance of Power, Collective Security, Ideology, National Interest.
4- Cold War, (New Cold War)] Second Cold War, Détente, Nonaligned Movement.
5- Institutions and Organisations: United Nations, World Trade Organisation, World Bank.
I.M.F. European Union, ASEAN, SAARC.
6- Crises: Korean War, Suez Crisis, Cuban Crisis, Arab-Israel conflict, Gulf War (1991).
7- Issues: Disarmament: N.P.T., New International Economic Order, North-South
Dialogue, South-South Cooperation.
8- Third World: Concept and Problems.
9- Foreign Policy: Determinants, Formulation, and Execution, Foreign Policies of India,
The U.S.A., U.K., France, Russia, and the People’s Republic of China.
10- The World in the Twenty-First Century: Post Cold War developments in International
Politics, Emerging Power Structure.
Books Recommended:
K.J. Holsti: International Politics
Mahendra Kumar: Theoretical Aspects of International Politics
H.J. Morgenthau, Politics Among Nations
John Baylis and Steve Smith: The Globalization of W Politics
Joshua S. Goldstein: International Relations
Mervyn Frost: Ethics in International Relational
Theodore A. Couluoumbis, James H. Wolfe: Introduction to International Relations :
Power and Justice
Peter Calvocoressi: World Politics since 1945
T. N. Kaul: Diplomacy in War and Peace.
Bimal Prasad: India’s Foreign Policy.
V. P. Dutt: Indian’s Foreign Policy science Independence
Harsh V. Pant: India’s Foreign Policy in a Unipolar World
Prof. S.P. M.Tripathi: India and ASEAN-10
Samuel P. Huntington: The Clash of Civilizations and the making of World Order.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
M.A. II
Paper-III, Indian Government Politics
1. Historical background of the present Constitutional System, Role of B.R. Ambedkar in
Constitution-making, Nature and Salient Features of the Indian Constitution, Indian
federalism, Union-State Relations.
2. Fundamental Rights and Duties, Directive Principles of State Policy.
3. Union Executive: President, Cabinet, Prime Minister,
4. Legislature: Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Supremacy of Parliament, Speaker of Lok Sabha.
5. Judicial System: Supreme Court, Judicial Review, Judicial Activism.
6. Party System, Pressure Groups, Public Opinion.
7. Electoral System: Election Commission, Electoral Reforms, Voting behavior.
8. Dynamics of Politics: Language, Caste, Religion.
9. Politics of Defection, Minorities, Political Agitation.
10. Secularism.
11. ‘Politics of Amendment; Politics of President’s Rule.
12. State Politics: Governor, Chief Minister, Party Politics with reference to U.P., Socio-
economic Determinations, Patterns and Emerging Trends of State Politics, Panchayati
Raj System and its impact on State Politics.
Books Recommended:
D.D. Basu, An Introduction to the Indian Consitution
M.V. Pyle, Constitution of India
Rajeev Bhargava, Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution
Rajni Kothari, Caste in Indian Politics
Rajni Kothari, Politics in India
S.M. Sayeed, Indian Political System
W.H. Morris Jones, Parliament in India
W.H. Morris Jones, The Government, and Politics of India
K.R. Bombwall, National Power and State Autonomy
Myron Weiner (ed.), State Politics in India
B.L. Fadia, Indian Govt. and Politics
Paul Brass, Politics in India since Independence
K. V. Rao, Parliamentary Democracy in India
POLITICAL SCIENCE
M.A. II GROUP –A
PAPER IV, Ancient Indian Political Thought
1. Ancient Indian Political Theory: Sources, Thought, Features and Approaches to its
Study.
2. The Hindu Conception of man and School of Thought-Vedanta and Buddhist Political
Society, Theory of Karma, and Four Purusharthas.
3. Ancient Indian Social Organisations.
4. Conception of Rajdharma and Dandneeti in Shantiparva (Mahabharat).
5. Political Ideas of Manu.
6. Political Ideas of Kautilya.
Books recommended:
1. U.N. Ghoshal, A History of Hindu Political Theories
POLITICAL SCIENCE
M.A. II GROUP –B
PAPER-IV, South Asian Political Systems
This will be a study of the Political systems of the South Asian countries except India viz.
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives.
1. The Focus will be on the nature of the Political system, Structure, and working of the
executive Legislature and Judicial System, Party Politics and basic Principles of Foreign
Policies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
M.A. II GROUP –C
PAPER IV, Indian Administration
1. Evolution of Indian Administration-Kautilya, Mughal Period, British Period.
2. Constitutional System: Constitution, Parliamentary Democracy, Federalism, Planning,
Socialism.
3. Political Executive at the Union Level: President, Prime Minister, Council of Ministers,
Cabinet Committees.
4. Structure of Central Administration: Secretarial, Cabinet Secretariat, Ministries and
Departments, Board and Commissions, Field Organisations.
5. Centre-State Relations-Legislative, Administrative, Planning, and Financial.
6. Public Services-All India Services, Central Services, State Services, Local Civil Services,
Union and State Public Service Commissions, Training of Civil Services.
7. Machinery for Planning: Plan Formulation at the National Level, National Development
Council, Planning Commissions, Planning Machinery at the State and District Levels.
8. Public Undertakings-Forms, Management, Control, and Problems.
9. Control of Public Expenditure-Parliamentary Control, Role of the Financial Ministry,
Comptroller and Auditor General.
10. Administration of Law and Order: Role of Central and State Agencies in Maintenance of
Law and Order.
11. State Administration: Governor, Chief Ministers, Council of Ministers, Secretariat, Chief
Secretary, Directorates.
12. District and Local Administration: Role and Importance of District Collector, Land and revenue, Law and Order, and developmental functions. District Rural Development
Agency, Special Development Programmes.
13. Local Administration: Panchayati Raj, Urban Local Government Features, Forms,
Problems, Autonomy of Local Bodies.
14. Administration for Welfare: Administration for the Welfare of Weaker Sections with
Particular Reference to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Programmes for the
The welfare of women.
15. Issue Areas in Indian Administration: Relationship between Political and Permanent
Executives, Generalist, and Specialist Participation in Administration. Redressal of
Citizen’s Grievances, Lok Pal and Lok Ayuktas, Administrative Reforms in India.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
M.A. II GROUP –D
PAPER-IV, International Law
1. Meaning, Nature, Scope, Sources and Sanctions, Development and Codification,
International Law and Municipal Law, Subject of International Law.
2. State Territory, Recognition, Succession, Treaties.
3. Modes and Method of Settlement of International Disputes, Intervention.
4. Extradition, Diplomatic Envoys.
5. Neutrality, Rights and Duties of Neutral State, Neutrality under the U.N. Charter.
6. War, Laws of Warfare- Land, Aerial and Naval, Belligerent Occupation, War Crimes,
Prisoners of War.
7. Blockade, Contraband, Unneutral Service, Doctrine of Continuous voyage, Prize Courts.
8. Human Rights: Concepts, Internationalization of Human Rights, Universal Declaration,
U.N. Charter, Problems and Prospects of Human Rights in International Law.
Books recommended:
1. J G Starke, Introduction to International Law
2. Oppenheim, International Law (Two Vols.)
3. Fenwick, International Law
4. Brierly, Law of Nations
5. Kelsen, Principals of International Law
6. Smith, Defects in the Law of Nations
POLITICAL SCIENCE
M.A. II GROUP –A
PAPER-V, Modern Indian Political Thought
1. Debate on Tradition and Modernity in the Nineteenth Century India and the Bengal
Renaissance, Theoretical Perspectives on Imperialism, Colonialism, and Nationalism; the
Western Impact on India.
2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Keshav Chandra Sen, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Dayanand
Saraswati, Vivekanand, Annie Besant.
3. M.G. Ranadey, G.K.Gokhale.
4. B.G.Tilak, R.N.Tagore, Sri Aurobindo.
5. M.K.Gandhi, Sant Vinoba Bhave, Jayaprakash Narayan.
6. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Iqbal, Jawaharlal Nehru, B.R. Ambedkar and Deen Dayal
Upadhyaya.
7. R.M.Lohia, M.N. Roy.
Books recommended:
1. Bidyut Chakrabarty; Rajendra Kumar Pandey, Modern Indian Political Thought
POLITICAL SCIENCE
M.A. II GROUP –B
PAPER-V: India In World Affairs
1. Indian National Congress and International Issues.
2. Free India’s Interest in and Assistance to Movements for Independence in Asia and
Africa.
3. Formulation of Free India’s Foreign Policy.
4. Basic Principles of India’s Foreign Policy.
5. Nehru’s Role in India’s Foreign Policy.
6. India and the Super Powers.
7. India and the Commonwealth.
8. India and the United Nations.
9. India and her Neighbours.
10. Sino-Indian Relations.
11. India and the Non-Aligned Movement.
12. India’s Nuclear Policy.
13. Continuity and Change in India’s Foreign Policy in the Post-Nehru Era.
Books Recommended:
Bimal Prasad: India’s Foreign Policy.
V. P. Dutt: Indian’s Foreign Policy science Independence
Harsh V. Pant: India’s Foreign Policy in a Unipolar World
Prof. S.P. M.Tripathi: India and ASEAN-10
POLITICAL SCIENCE
M.A. II GROUP –C
PAPER-V, Advanced Local Government USA, UK, FRANCE, And INDIA
1. Nature and Value of Local Government Institutions. Principle of Local Government;
Decentralization, Democratic Decentralisation.
2. Units of Local Government: Adhoc Vs All-Purpose Authority, Small Units Vs. Large
Units. Determinations of Units, Power and Functions Theories and Methods of Granting
Powers.
3. Structure of Local Authority: Local Council, Committee System, Types of Chief
Executive Administrative Machinery.
4. Finance: Grants-in-Aid System, Borrowing, and Loan.
5. Relations between Local and Higher Levels of Government.
6. Metropolitan Cities and their Problems: New York, London, Paris, and New Delhi.
7. Panchayati Raj Institutions and their Working with Special Reference to U.P.
Books Recommended:
Carl J. Friedrick, Constitutional Government & Democracy
Alan R Ball, Modern Politics and Government
C.F. Strong, Modern Government
H. Finer, Theory and Practice of Modern Government
Robert Dahl, Modern Political Analysis
POLITICAL SCIENCE
M.A. II GROUP –D
PAPER-V, International Organisation
1. Meaning and Nature, Development of International Organisation. Factors contributing to
the growth of the International Organisation.
2. League of Nations: Origin and Organisation, Aims, and Objectives.
3. Organs: Council, Assembly, Permanent Court of International Justice, Secretariat,
Mandate System.
4. Role of the League: Political and Security matters, Non-Political Field, Failure of the
League.
5. United Nations: Formation, Principles and Purposes, Membership, Principle Organs and
their Functions Secretary-General, Power Politics and Bloc Politics in the Functioning of
the U.N., United Nations and Human Rights, Codification and Guarantees of Human
Rights, Achievements and Failures, Need for Reorganisation.
6. Specialized Agencies: Meaning and Nature, Organisation and Functions of UNESCO,
WHO, FAO, ILO.
7. Regional Organisations.
Books recommended:
1. B.N.Mezrich : International Organization: Structure and Process
2. H.G. Nicholas: The United Nations as a Political Institution
3. S.J.R. Bilgrami, International Organization: A view from within
4. F. P. Walter, A Short History of League of Nations
5. Quincy Wright, International Law, and United Nations
6. M.J. Peterson, The General Assembly in World Politics
Ajit M. Banerjee, Murashi R. Sharma Reinventing the United Nations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
M.A. II
IIIrd Semester
Code No. – 305
Group – D
Total Marks: 50
PAPER-V, International Organisation I
Units of Detail Syllabus :
Unit -I
Concept, Meaning, and Nature of International Organization.
Approaches to the study of International Organization.
Unit -II
Aims and Objectives, Problems and prospects of International Organisation.
Factors contributing to the evolution of International Organisation.
Unit-III
League of Nations: Origin and Nature.
Aims and Objectives of the League.
Unit -IV
Principal organs and their functions: Council, Assembly, Permanent Court of
International Justice, Secretariat, Mandate System.
Unit -V
Role of the League: Political and Security matters, Non-Political Field
Success and Failures of the League.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
M.A. II
IVth Semester
Code No. – 405
Group – D
Total Marks: 50
PAPER-V, International Organisation II
Unit -I
United Nations: Formation, Principles and Purposes, Membership.
Principle Organs and their Functions.
Unit -II
Secretary-General: Power, Functions, and Role.
Power Politics and Bloc Politics in the Functioning of the U.N.
Unit-III
United Nations and Human Rights, Codification and Guarantees of Human Rights,
Achievements and Failures of the United Nations Need for Reorganisation.
Unit -IV
Specialized Agencies: Meaning and Nature.
Organization and Functions of UNESCO, WHO, FAO, ILO.
Unit -V
Regional Organisations and the United Nations.
SAARC, ASEAN, EUROPEAN UNION, and OAU.
| Program Code | Program Name | Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8009 | M. A. ( Political Science ) I year | 80114 | HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT FROM SOCRATES OF BURKE |
| 8009 | M. A. ( Political Science ) I year | 80115 | COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS |
| 8009 | M. A. ( Political Science ) I year | 80116 | INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
| 8009 | M. A. ( Political Science ) I year | 80117 | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION |
| 8009 | M. A. ( Political Science ) II year | 80118 | ANCIENT INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT |
| 8009 | M. A. ( Political Science ) II year | 80119 | INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION |
| 8009 | M. A. ( Political Science ) II year | 80120 | ADVANCED LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
| 8009 | M. A. ( Political Science ) II year | 80121 | INDIAN IN WORLD AFFAIRS |
| 8009 | M. A. ( Political Science ) II year | 80122 | MODERN INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT |
| 8009 | M. A. ( Political Science ) II year | 80123 | INTERNATIONAL LAW |
| 8009 | M. A. ( Political Science ) II year | 80124 | SOUTH ASIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM |
| 8009 | M. A. ( Political Science ) II year | 80125 | INDIAN GOVERNMENT & POLITICS |
| 8009 | M. A. ( Political Science ) II year | 80126 | INTERNATIONAL POLITICS |
| 8009 | M. A. ( Political Science ) II year | 80127 | POLITICAL THOUGHTS |
| 8009 | M. A. ( Political Science ) II year | 80128 | INDIAN ADMINISTRATION |
POLITICAL SCIENCE
M.A. (Previous)
There shall be four Papers of 100 marks each.
Paper I, History of Political Thought
1. The Greek Political Tradition: Basic Features and Philosophical Presumptions,
The Concept of Hierarchy, Order Nature and Convention, Socrates and
Sophists, Plato, Aristotle, Epicureans, and the Stoics, Cicero.
2. The Ancient Indian Political Tradition: Sources, Features, and Schools of
Thought, Vedanta and Buddhist Political Thought, Manu, and Kautilya.
3. Rise of Christian Political theory, Christian View of Man and the State:
Augustine, Aquinas, and Marsiglio of Padua, Issues, and Stages of the Church
State Controversy.
4. The advent of Modernity in Political Theory: Machiavelli, Bodin.
5. Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Montesquieu, J.J.Rousseau, Edmund Burke.
Books recommended:
1. George H. Sabine, A History of Political Theory
2. Ernest Barker, Greek Political Theory (Plato and his Predecessors)
3. W.T. Jones, Masters of Political Thought Vol. I & II
4. John Plamenatz: Man and Society Vol I & II
5. W.A. Dunning, A History of Political Theories
6. C.C. Maxey, Political Philosophies
7. M.Q. Sibley, Political Ideas and Ideologies
8. D.R. Bhandari,& RR. Plato and Aristotle
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