B.A (H) Political Science 4th Semester | Unit wise Notes | Delhi University
Political Processes and Institutions in Comparative Perspective
I. Forms of Government:
✔ Unitary and Federal System
✔ Regime Types: Democratic, Authoritarian, Populism and Totalitarian
II. Electoral System
III. Parties and Party System
✔ Historical Context of Emergence of Party System and Types of Parties
IV. Nation State
What is nation–state? Historical evolution in Western Europe and postcolonial contexts ‘Nation’ and ‘State’: debates
V. Gendering Comparative Politics: Institutions and Processes
a. Political Representation
b. Women in Conflict and Peace
Public Policy and Administration in India
I. Public Policy
✔ Definition, Features and Models
✔ Public Policy Process in India
II. Decentralization
✔ Meaning, Importance and Approaches and Types
✔ Local Self-Government: Rural and Urban
III. Budget
✔ Concept and Importance of Budget
✔ Different Approaches and Types of Budgeting
IV. Citizen and Administration Interface
✔ Public Service Delivery
✔ Redressal of Public Grievances:
RTI,
Citizen’s Charter
V. Social Welfare Administration
A – Concept and Approach of Social Welfare
B – Social Welfare Policies:
✔ Education: Right to Education
✔ Health: National Health Mission
Global politics
I. Globalization: Concepts and Perspectives
✔ Understanding Globalization and its Alternative Perspectives
✔ Political: Debate on sovereignty and territoriality
✔ Global Economy: Its Importance and Anchors of Global Political Economy:
✔ Cultural and Technological Dimensions
✔ Global Resistance (Global Social Movement and NGO)
II. Contemporary Global Issues
✔ Ecological Issues: Historical Overview of International Environmental Agreements, Climate Change, Global Commons Debate
✔ Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
✔ International Terrorism: Non-State Actor and State Terrorism; Post 9/11 Events
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