Syllabus For The Subject OUTLINES OF POLITICAL THEORY

UNIT - 01

POLITICAL SCIENCE - INTRODUCTION - NATURE - SCOPE AND IMPORTANCE - POLITICAL

THEORY AND POLITICAL THOUGHT - POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY - POLITICAL SCIENCE AND

OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES

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STATE AND ITS ELEMENTS - STATE AND SOCIETY - STATE AND ASSOCIATION -

GOVERNMENT - NATION AND INDIVIDUAL - CONSTITUTION

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SOVEREIGNTY - MEANING - DEFINITION - HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -

CHARACTERISTICS OF SOVEREIGNTY - KINDS OF SOVEREIGNTY - MONISTIC THEORY -

PLURALISTIC THEORY

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LAW - MEANING - DEFINITION - SOURCES - KINDS - LAW AND MORALITY

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RIGHTS - MEANING - DEFINITION - NATURE - KINDS - THEORIES OF RIGHTS

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DUTIES - MEANING - DEFINITION - NATURE - KINDS - POLITICAL OBLIGATION - RIGHT VS.

DUTY

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LIBERTY - MEANING - DEFINITION - NATURE - KINDS - LIMITATIONS

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EQUALITY - MEANING - DEFINITION - NATURE - KINDS - LIBERTY VS EQUALITY

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JUSTICE - MEANING - DEFINITION - NATURE - THEORIES OF JUSTICE - RAWLS ON

JUSTICE - SOCIAL JUSTICE

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ENDS OF THE STATE - FUNCTIONS OF THE STATE - REGULATORY AND

DEVELOPMENTAL FUNCTIONS - LIMITATIONS TO STATE POWER

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POLITICAL CHANGE - PEACEFUL CHANGE - VIOLENT CHANGE - DICTATORSHIP

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DEMOCRACY - MEANING - DEFINITION - FORMS OF DEMOCRACY