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Maharshi Dayanand University
Introduction of Internal Assessment for P.G. Courses from the
session 2007-08.
The Internal Assessment of 20% marks in P.G. Classes.
Rohtak
(M.A./ M.Sc./M.Com. in University Teaching Department, P.G.
Regional Centre, Rewari and affiliated colleges where P.G.
Courses are runing is being introduced in Part-I from the session
2007-08 and in Part-II from the session 2008-09 and so on for
regular students. The Internal Assessment will not apply in the
combined paper of Theory and Practical.The Internal
Assessment also will not apply in M.A. Political Science through
Distance Education Mode.
1. The procedure of award of internal assessment will be as under :
Syllabus and Courses of Reading for
M.A. (Previous) Political Science - Annual System
Session - 2008-2009
A) Two class tests of 5 marks each. The class tests will be
held in the 1st half of December i.e. before winter break and
1st half of March i.e. Total Marks = 5+5 =10 marks.
B) Assignment/ term paper & presentation
: 5 marks
C) Attendence
: 5 marks
65% to 75%
: 1 marks
76% to 85%
: 2 marks
86% to 90%
: 3 marks
91% to 95%
: 4 marks
Above 95%
: 5 marks
2. The record of internal assessment be kept by the HOD/
Available from :
Incharge (Publication)
Price
:
Maharshi Dayanand University
At the Counter : Rs. 50/
Rohtak -124001 (Haryana)
By Regd. Parcel : Rs. 75/
By Ordinary Post : Rs.60/
Principal concerned for six months only.
3. E a ch Department / College concerned may form a
Committee to deal with the complaints, if any, in this regard.
4. The test for internal assessment shall be conducted by
the Department/ College concerned at their own level
without any financial liability on the University and the
students shall use 8 pages answer- sheets which will
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be provided by the office of Dean Academic Affairs for
University Teaching Departmnts & P.G. Regional Centre,
Rewari only. The words “M.D. University, Rohtak (for internal
tests)” be fabricated on the answer-sheet by the University
Press for Departments and PGRC. Rewari. Colleges shall
arrange such answer- sheets of 8 pages at their own level.
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MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY ROHTAK
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
Scheme of Examination
M.A. Programme in Political Science 2008-2009
Annual System
The M.A. Programme in the subject of Political in the subject of
Polictical Science under the Regular Annual System Mode will
have five papers of 100 marks each in M.A. Previous (w.e.f.
academic session 2008-09) and five papers of 100 marks each
in M.A. Final w.e.f. academic session 2009-2010). Thus the M.A.
Programme in M.A. Political Science Regular Annual System
Mode will have 1000 marks in total instead of existing 800 marks.
The outlines of Tests are given below :M.A. Previous 2008 -09
Name of Paper
Internal
Theory
Assessment
Time
Total
Marks
Paper I Western Political Thought
20
80
3 hrs.
100
Paper II Indian Govt. & Politics
20
80
3 hrs.
100
Paper III International Politics
20
80
3 hrs.
100
Paper IV Public Administration
20
80
3 hrs.
100
Paper V Research Methodology
20
80
3 hrs.
100
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MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY ROHTAK
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
SYLLABUS AND COURSES OF READING FOR
M.A. (Previous) Political Science
WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
Internal Assessment : 20
Max. Marks : 100
Theory :80
Views on Politics and Statecraft.
Views on Ethics, Religion and Politics.
Machiavelli as the Father of Modern Political Thought.
UNIT - III
Session 2008 - 2009
PAPER- I
MACHIAVELLI :
Time : 3 hrs.
Note
10 Questions will be set 2 from each Unit. The Candidate is
required to attempt 5 questions, selecting one from each
unit.
UNIT - I
PLATO :
HOBBS :
Human Nature, State of Nature, Social Contrat Theory,
Theory of Sovereignty.
Individualism and Absolutism in Hobbes’ s Political Thought.
LOCKE :
Human nature, State of Nature, Social Contract Theory.
Theory of Natural Rights, Views on Limited Government.
ROUSSEAU :
Human Nature, State of Nature, Social Contract Theory,
Conception of Ideal State,
Theory of General Will.
Concept of Justice,
UNIT - IV
Theory of Education
BENTHAM :
Theory of Communism
Utilitarianism
ARISTOTLE :
J.S. MILL :
Theory of Origin and Nature of State
Revision of Bentham’s Utilitarianism.
Theory of Revolution
Theory of Liberty.
Views on Slavery and Property,
Views on Representative Government.
Aristotle as the First Political Scientist.
UNIT - II
St. AUGUSTINE :
Ideas on the Relationship between the State and Church.
St. THOMAS ACQUINAS :
Ideas on Relationship between the State and Church.
UNIT - V
HEGEL :
Dialectical Method
Theory of State.
T.H. GREEN :
Views on Rights, Freedom and State.
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MARX :
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Pelczynski, Z.A., ed. :
Hegel’s Political Philosophy &
Perspective, Cambridge : Cambrdige
University Press, 1971.
Theory of Class Struggle,
Popper, Karl
:
Open Society and its Enemies
Theory of State.
Sabine, George
:
A History of Political Theory
Seliger, Martin
:
The Liberal Poltics of John Locke,
London, George Allen & Unwin,1968.
Stephen, L
:
The English Utilitarians
Theory of Dialectical Materialism,
Theory of Historical Materialism,
Selected Readings :
Allen, J.W.
:
A History of Poliical Thought in the
Sixteenth Century
Althusser Louis
:
For Marx, London : Cox and Wyman,
1969
Strauss, Leo
:
The Political Philosophy of Hobbes,
Oxford : Claredon Press, 1936.
Avinery, S.
:
The Social and Political Thought of
Karl Marx, Cambridge
University Press, 1970
Ullmen, Water
:
History of Political Thought : The
Middle Ages.
Verma, V.P.
:
Political Philosophy of Hegal, New
Delhi : Trimurti Publications, 1973
Wayper, C.L.
:
Political Thought
Barker, Ernest
:
The Political Thought of Plato and
Aristotle
Barker, Ernest
:
Greek Political Theory : Plato and His
Predecessors
Dunning, W.A.
:
A History of Political Theories Vol. I
Ebenstein, W.
:
Great Political Thinkers
Gettel, R.G.
:
History of The Political Thought
Hearnshwaw, F.J.C. :
The Social and Political Ideas of some
Great Medieval Thinkers.
Jones, W.T.
:
Masters of Political Thought Vol. II
Maxey, C.C
:
Political Philosophies
Masters, Roger D.
:
:
The Political Philosophy of Rousseau,
Princeton University Press, 1968.
Mulford, Roger D.
:
Political Ideas and Ideologies, Delhi :
Surjeet Publication, 1981
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PAPER- II
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INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
Internal Assessment : 20
Max. Marks : 100
Theory :80
Time : 3 hrs.
Books Recommended :
W.H. Morris Johns
:
The Government and Politics in India.
Granville Austin
:
Indian Constitution, Cornerstone and
of a Nation
K.V. Rao
:
Parliamentary Democracy in India.
V.R. Mehta
:
Ideology, Modernization and Politics
in India.
Note
10 Questions will be set 2 from each Unit. The Candidate is
required to attempt 5 questions, selecting one from each unit.
UNIT - I
National Movement, Constitutional Development,Politics
Legacies and the Making of Indian Constitution.
Rajni Kothari
:
Politics in India
Rajni Kothari
:
Ideological basis of the Indian Constitution, Preamble,
Fundamental Rights & Duties and Directive Principles.
Democratic Policy and Social Change
in India.
Desai, A.R.
:
Recent Trends in Indian Nationalism
Smith, Donald E.
:
India as a Secular State.
Structure and Process- I : President, Prime Minister, Council
of Ministers, Working of the Parliamentary System.
K.R. Bombwall
:
Indian Constitution and Administration
M.V. Pylee
:
Constitutional Government
Structure and Process -II : Governor, Chief Minister, Council
of Ministers, State Legislature.
Norman, D. Palmer
:
Indian Poitical System.
J.R. Siwach
:
Dynamics of Indian Government and
Politics.
G.S. Deol
:
Nation Building and Political Development.
Srinivas, M.N.
:
Nation Building in Independent India.
:
P o l i t i ca l A s p e c t s o f N a t i o n a l
Integration
:
Reservation Policy in India.
Kharkunis, Sharad
:
Indian Politics and the role of the
Press.
Dhavan, Rajeev
:
The Supreme Court of India and
Parliamentary Sovereignty
T.R. Sharma, ed.
:
New Challenges of Politics in India.
UNIT - II
Federalism : Theory and Practice in India : Demands of State
Autonomy and Separatist Movements : Emerging trends in
Centre-State Relations.
UNIT - III
Judiciary : Supreme Court, High Courts, Judicial Review,
Judicial Activism including Public Interest Litigation cases,
Judicial Reforms.
UNIT - IV
Political parties, Pressure Groups, Public Opinion, Media,
Peasant Movements. Election, Electrol Behaviour, Election
Commission & Electrol Reforms.
Azem, Kauser J.
Sharma, B. A.V and
Reddy, K.M. eds.
UNIT - V
Caste, Class, Gender, Dalit and Regional Issues Problems
of Nation- Building & Integration, Panchayati Raj.
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PAPER- III
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UNIT - IV
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
Internal Assessment : 20
Max. Marks : 100
Theory :80
Time : 3 hrs.
Note
10 Questions will be set, 2 from each Unit. The Candidate is
required to attempt 5 questions, selecting one from each unit.
UNIT - I
Regional Cooperation, European Community, SAARC,
ASEAN, OPEC and OAS, Arms Control and Disarmament.
UNIT - V
India’s Role in International Politics.
India’s Relations with its neighbours.
Distinguishing features of indian Foreign Policy and
Dimplomacy.
International Politics, Meaning Nature and scope, Stages
of Growth Inyernational Politics as an autonomous discipline
and subject matter of International politics.
Books Recommended :
Hans J. Morgenthau :
Politics among Nations
Theory and Approaches to study of International relations:
Idealist, Realist, System Decision amaking game and
communication.
G. Schwarzenberger :
Power Politics
Palmer & Parking
:
International Relatioins
Mahendra Kumar
:
The Theoretical Aspects of
International Politics
Hartman F.H.
:
The Relations of Nations.
Limitations on State action : Balance of Power, Collective
Security, International Law, International Morality and World
Public Opinion.
A.F.K. Organki
:
World Politics
Carr, E.H.
:
The Twenty Years Crisis 1919-1939
National Interest and Ideology in International Relations.
Foreign Policy and its elements; Diplomacy, Features,objectives,
functions, types of Diplomacy, Decline and Future of Diplomacy.
Doctor, Adi. H.
:
International Relations : An
Introductory Study
Mishra, K.P. (ed.)
:
Studies in Indian Foeign Policy
UNIT - II
National Power : Meaning, Importance and its elements.
UNIT - III
Northedge F.S. & Grieve :
A Hundred years of International
Relations
Friedman
:
Introduction to World Politics
Globalization, New International Economic order, NorthSouth Dialogue, South South Co-operation.
John, H. Herz
:
International to World Politics.
Dr. B. Buneja
:
The Politcs of Traingles
New- colonilism and Dependency, Conflict resolution, World
Bank and Politics of Environment.
Garg, J.P.
:
Regionalism in International Politics.
Graebner, N. A.
:
Cold War Diplomacy : American
Foreign Policy 1945-1960
Cold, War, End of Cold War and Post Cold war, Nonalignment : Meaning, Features, Bases Movement, History and
Relevance in 21st Century.
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Kim, Y.H.
:
Twenty Years of crisis : The Cold War
Era
New Man, E.L.
:
After Victory, Churchil, Roosevelt,
Stalin and the Making of the peace.
Rakove M.L. (ed.)
:
Arms and Foreign Policy, in the
Nuclear Age
B. R. Nanda (ed.)
:
Indian Foreign Policy. The Nehru
Years.
Nationalist
:
Nationalist, Relaist and Redical
Three
Comb, J.A.
:
Views of American Diplomacy Harper
& Row.
Crenkshaw, E.
:
The New Cold War : Mocco V. Paking
Penguin
Fies, H. Churchill
:
Roosevelt - Stalin : The War they
wages and the peace They sought.
Madox, R.S.
:
The New Left the Origins of the Cold
War.
Development Administration; Approaches to the Study of
Public Administration; Decision Meaning; Ecological and
System.
UNIT - II
Theories of Organization, Principles of Organization;
Hierarchy, Span of Control, Centralization and Decentralization,
Coodination, Line and staff Agencies; Types of organizations;
Depratment,Public Coopertaion and Board; Chief Executive;
Types, Functions and Role.
UNIT - III
Personnel Administration : Recruitment, Training Promotion,
Employee Employer Relations.
Bureaucracy : Theories, Types and Roles, Max Weber anfd
his critics; Civil Servant - Minster relationship.
UNIT - IV
Financial Administration : Budget and Budgetary process;
Performance and Programe Budgeting, Legislative and
Adminstrative control over finance with special reference to India
and U.K.
Time : 3 hrs.
UNIT - V
Administrative Culture, Adminstrative Corruption,
Administartive Reforms, Grievance Redressal Institutions, Right
to Information;
10 Questions will be set 2 from each Unit. The Candidate is
required to attempt 5 questions, selecting one from each unit.
Ombudsman, Lokpal and Loayukta : Panchayti Raj and
Challenges of Development Impact of Liberalization on Public
Administration.
PAPER- IV
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Internal Assessment : 20
Max. Marks : 100
Theory :80
Note
UNIT - I
Books Recommended :
Development of Public Administration as a discipline;
Awasthis, A. and
Public and Private Administration;
Maheshwari, S.R.
New Public Administration,
F. Heady
:
:
Public Adminstration
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Public Adminstration : A Perspective
PAPER- V
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
F. A. Fesler
:
Public Adminstration : Theory and practice
Internal Assessment : 20
Mohit Bhattacharya
:
Public Adminstration
Theory :80
Nicholas Henry
:
Public Adminstration and Public Affairs
Note
Thomas Vocing and
:
Contemporary Public
Adminstration
Jack Robin
:
:
Administration in Developing Contries
The Theory of Prismatic society.
F.W. Riggs
:
:
Adminstration in Developing countries
The Thoery of Prismatic Society
B.G.Peters
:
The Politics of Bureaucracy ; a
Comparative Perspective
M. Albow
:
Bureaucracy
P.M. Jackson
:
The Political Economy of Bureaucracy
Social Science Research : Meaning, Nature, Objectives and
Assumptions.
J.Bourn
:
Management in Central and Local
Government
Problems and limitations of Social Science Research
S.K. Sharma (ed.)
:
Dynamics of Development, Vol.1
Ramesh K. Arora
:
Comparative Public Adminstration
Selection and Formulation of Research Problem.
Glenn Osthal
:
Public Personel Adminstration
Research Design : Importance and Role; Types of Research
Design : Exploratory, Descriptive and Explanatory.
Steven W. Hays and :
Public Personnel Administration
Richard
:
Problems and Prospectus
J.Burkhead
:
Govt. Budgeting
C.P. Bhambhari
:
Public Administration
Harbert
:
Process in Adminstrative
Organizations
Nichols
:
Public Administration & Public Affairs
P.C. Jain
:
Administrative Law.
Max. Marks : 100
Time : 3 hrs.
10 Questions will be set 2 from each Unit. The Candidate is
required to attempt 5 questions, selecting one from each unit.
UNIT - I
Scientific Method : Basic Assumptions, Characteristics, Steps
and Stages
Limitations of Scientific Method in Poltical Science Research.
Source, Types and Nature of Hypothesis
Role of Hypothesis in Poltical Research.
UNIT - II
Types of Social Science Research
UNIT - III
Need and Importance of Sampling
Types of Sampling
Characteristics and Problems of Representative Sample.
UNIT - IV
Types and Sources of Data
Techniques o f Data Collect ion : Int erview Schedu le,
Questionnaire, Participant and Non-participant Observation.
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UNIT - V
Data Processing and Analysis : Classification, Codification,
Tabulation
UNIT - IV
Types and Sources of Data
Techniques o f Data Collect ion : Int erview Schedu le,
Questionnaire, Participant and Non-participant Observation.
Scaling Techniques.
Statistical Analysis : Mean, Median & Mode.
Analysis of Secondary Data, Content Analysis
Report Writing
Problem of Objectivity in Social Science Research.
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