Political Science-I
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University · LL.B. Semester 1
Unit 1 — What Is Politics
Nature And Scope Of Political Science · Political Science As An Art Of Government, As Public Affairs , As Compromise And · Consensus , And As Power And Struggle For Scarce Resources · Political Science And Its Relation With Other Social Sciences
Unit 2 — Approaches To Political Science
Historical · Imperical · Behavioral And Post Behavioral Approaches
Unit 3 — Theories Of Origin Of State
Force Theory, Patriarchal Theory, Matriarchal Theory, Social Contract Theory · (Hobbes, Locke And Rousseau) And Evolutionary Theory · Sovereignty- · Nature Of Sovereignty, Features Of Sovereignty · Types — Monistic And Pluralistic: Political, Popular And Legal, Puralistic Revolt · Against Sovereignty · Nation And Nationalism, Challenges Before Nation State And Globalisation
- Sovereignty as the Basic Element of the State
- Meaning and Definition of Sovereignty
- Two Aspects of Sovereignty: Internal and External
- Essential Characteristics of Sovereignty
- The Notion of Legal Sovereignty, Political Sovereignty and Popular Sovereignty
- Social Contract/Consent Theory. (Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau)
Unit 4 — Types Of Governments
Federal And Unitary · Parliamentary And Presidential Forms Of Government · Political Ideas And Ideology · What Is Political Ideology · Classical Ideological Traditions · Liberalism · Conservation · Socialism · Other Ideological Traditions · Anarchism · Fascism · Feminism · Green Ideology · Marxism · Post Modernism · Neo Liberalism · Cosmopolitanism · Religious Fundamentalism · Populism · Concepts · Liberty · Equality · Rights · Law · Justice · Welfare State
Unit 5 — Organs Of Government
Legislature — Concept, Types — Unicameral And Bicameral · Executive- Types -Permanent And Political, Rise Of PMO, Challenges Before Civil · Servants In The Age Of LPG · Judiciary- Concepts And Current Discources Like Judicial Activism · Separation Of Powers