Political Science-II (Concepts & Perspectives)
Jamia Millia Islamia · LL.B. Semester 2
Unit I — CONSTITUTION
Definition, Aims and Scope · Types of Constitutions · Amendment to the Constitution · Salient Features of the Indian Constitution
Unit II — GOVERNMENT
Concept and Meaning, Classification of Governments · Organs of the Government · Separation of Powers &Checks and Balances · Governance in India
- Aristotle's Classification of Governments
- Modern Classification of Government
- Parliamentary and Presidential Government (Meaning and Definition, Features, Merits and Demerits and Comparative Study)
- Theory of Separation of Powers
- Montesquieu's Theory of the Separation of Powers
- Liberal Interpretation with Checks and Balances
- Application of the Doctrine of Separation of Powers in the US and India (Specified)
- Evaluation of the Doctrine of Separation of Powers
Unit III — DEMOCRACY AND REPRESENTATION
Democracy: Definition and Meaning, Models of Democracy · Theories of Democracy · Elections, Representation and Political Parties · Groups, Interests and Movements
- Political Legitimacy and Democracy
- Democracy and the Consent of the Governed
- Conditions Essential for the Success of Democracy
- Concept of Representation
- Universal Adult Suffrage
- Bases of Representation
- Territorial Representation — Single Member Constituency and Multi Member Constituency
- Functional Representation and its difficulties
- Minority Representation
- Proportional Representation — Hare Plan or the Single Transferable Vote and the List System
- The System of Plural Voting
- Electoral System in India
- Significance of Political Parties in India
- Political Parties — Meaning, differences between Political Parties and Interest Groups
- Features of Political Parties in India
- Coalition Politics and Future of Multi — Party System in India
Unit IV — WORLD POLITICS
National Power: Definition and determinants of National Power, Limitations on National Power · National Interest: Meaning and Scope of National Interests · Means of Securing National Interest · National Security and Human Security
Unit V — INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
Cold War: Causes, Phases and Conflicts (Korean Crisis, Vietnam Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis, Gulf, War) · Post-Cold War World: Bipolarity-Unipolarity-Multipolarity, Globalization · United Nations and its Organs · Alliances: NATO and Non-Aligned Movement; Supra-National Organisations: EU, OAS, AU, SAARC, ASEAN, BRICS, SCO; Challenges before the Contemporary World Order