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Western Political Thought
| No. | Western Political Thought – Important Scholars |
| 1. | Plato |
| 2. | Aristotle |
| 3. | Machiavelli |
| 4. | Thomas Hobbes |
| 5. | John Locke |
| 6. | Hegel |
| 7. | Jean Jacques Rousseau |
| 8. | J.S Mill |
| 9. | Karl Marx |
| 10. | Antonio Gramsci |
| 11. | Mary Wollstonecraft |
| 12. | John Rawls |
| 13. | Frantz Fanon |
| 14. | Hannah Ardent |
| 15. | Mao Zedong |
| 16. | Confucius |
Political Concepts
Political Traditions/Ideologies
| No. | Political Theory |
| 1. | Liberalism |
| 2. | Conservatism |
| 3. | Socialism |
| 4. | Marxism |
| 5. | Feminism |
| 6. | Ecologism |
| 7. | Multiculturalism |
| 8. | Postmodernism |
Indian Polity
Indian Political Thought
| No. | Indian Political Thought |
| 1. | Aggna Sutta |
| 2. | Dharmashastra |
| 3. | Kautilya |
| 4. | Kabir |
| 5. | Ziauddin Barani |
| 6 | Swami Vivekananda |
| 7. | Pandita Ramabai |
| 8. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| 9. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 10. | Periyar |
| 11. | M.N. Roy |
| 12. | B.R. Ambedkar |
| 13. | Iqbal Muhammad |
| 14. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| 15. | Aurobindo |
| 16. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| 17. | V.D. Sarvarkar |
| 18. | Deendayal Upadhyaya |
| 19. | Ram Manohar Lohia |
| 20. | J.P Narayan |
Public Administration
| No. | Public Administration |
| 1. | * Public Administration: Nature, Scope, and Evolution * Public and Private Administration: Differences and Similarities |
| 2 | Theories of Public Administration * Classical Organization Theory by Henry Fayol * Scientific Management Theory by F.W Taylor * Ideal Type Bureaucracy by Max Weber * Human Relations Theory by Elton Mayo * Decision Making Theory by Herbert Simon * System theory by David Easton * Bargaining Approach by Charles Lindblom * Ecological Approach by Fred Riggs |
| 3 | Motivation Theories * Hierarchy of Needs or Motivation Theory by Abraham Maslow * Motivation-Hygiene Theory or Two Factor theory by Frederick Herzberg |
| 4 | Leadership Theories * T- Group Model by Chris Argyris |
| 5 | Organizational Communication Theories |
| 6 | Other Important Theories: |
Comparative Politics
| No. | Comparative Politics |
| 1. | Comparative Politics: Its Meaning and Evolution |
| 2 | Approaches of Comparative Politics * Traditional Approaches of Comparative Politics Modern Approaches * Behavioural Approach to Comparative Politics * Institutional and New Institutional Approach * Structural Functional Approach by Gabriel Almond * Political Culture Approach by Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba |
| 3 | Nation-States |
| 4 | Colonization and Decolonizationn |
| 5 | Forms and Theories of Nationalismm |
| 6 | Development Theories |
| 7 | Constitutionalismm * Constitutionalism: Comparative study of Constitutions around the world |
| 8 | Theory of Elites |
| 9 | Actors and Processes * Political Parties and Party System * Civil Society, NGOs and Interest Groups |
Governance and Public Policy
| No. | Governance and Public Policy |
| 1 | * Concept of Good Governance |
| 2 | Public Policy in India |
| 3 | Accountability and Efficiency |
| 4 | Institutional Mechanisms for Good – Governance * Right to Information Act 2005 |
International Relations
| No. | International Relations |
| 1. | Approaches to the study of IR * Feminist Perspectives in International Relations * Post Modernism in International Relations * Critical International Theory |
| 2. | Concepts of IR |
| 3. | International War Agreements |
| 4. | Specialized Agencies within UN: |
| 5. | Political Economy of IR * Bretton Woods System |
| 6. | Important Organizations * SAARC |
| 7. | Contemporary Challenges |
Foreign Policy of India
| No. | Foreign Policy of India |
| 1. | Foreign Policy of India |
| 2. | Cold War Politics |
| 3. | Non-Alignment Movement |
| 4. | India’s Nuclear Policy |
| 5. | India’s Relations with Major Powers * India – China Relations |
| 6. | India’s engagement with multipolar world * BIMSTEC |
Political Processes in India
| No. | Political Process in India |
| 1. | State, Economy, and Development |
| 2. | |
| 3. | |
| 4. | * Caste Based Identity Politics * Tribal Politics and Movements |
| 5. | Regionalization of Indian Politics |
| 6. | |
| 7. | * Reorganization of States |
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