Syllabus For The Subject OUTLINES OF COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENTS

UNIT - 01

COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT - MEANING - NATURE AND SCOPE - IMPORTANCE OF

STUDY - FORMS OF GOVERNMENT - PARLIAMENTARY AND PRESIDENTIAL -

DEMOCRATIC AND AUTHORITARIAN

UNIT - 02

CONSTITUTION - MEANING - DEFINITION - TYPES - WRITTEN - UNWRITTEN - RIGID -

FLEXIBLE - UNITARY - FEDERAL - SEPARATION OF POWERS - LEGISLATURE - EXECUTIVE

- JUDICIARY

UNIT - 03

CONSTITUTION OF UK - SALIENT FEATURES - THE KING AND THE CROWN - THE CABINET

- PRIME MINISTER - HOUSE OF LORDS - HOUSE OF COMMONS - PROCESS OF LAW

MAKING

UNIT - 04

CIVIL SERVICE IN UK - MERIT SYSTEM - CIVIL SERVICE REFORM - JUDICIARY IN UK -

JUDICIAL REVIEW

UNIT - 05

PARTY SYSTEM AND ELECTORAL PROCESS IN UK - MINISTRY REPRESENTATION - IRISH

QUESTION - WORKING OF PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY

UNIT - 06

CONSTITUTION OF USA - SALIENT FEATURES - THE PRESIDENT - VETO POWER - THE

CONGRESS - SENATE - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - PROCESS OF LAW MAKING -

COMMITTEE SYSTEM

UNIT - 07

CIVIL SERVICE IN USA - SPOIL SYSTEM - MERITS AND DEMERITS - JUDICIARY - DUE

PROCESS OF LAW - LEGISLATURE VS JUDICIARY

UNIT - 08

POLITICAL PARTIES AND PRESSURE GROUPS - ROLE IN POLICY FORMULATION -

MINORITIES AND PROTECTIVE DISCRIMINATION - WORKING OF FEDERATION

UNIT - 09

CONSTITUTION OF SWITZERLAND - HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT - SALIENT FEATURES -

FEDERAL ASSEMBLY - FEDERAL COURT

UNIT - 10

DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN SWITZERLAND - - REFERENDUM - PLEBISCITE - POPULAR

INITIATION - RECALL - POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTORAL PROCESS

UNIT - 11

CONSTITUTION OF INDIA - SALIENT FEATURES - FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - DIRECTIVE

PRINCIPLES - THE PRESIDENT - THE PARLIAMENT - PROCESS OF LAW MAKING - CIVIL

SERVICE - JUDICIAL REVIEW

UNIT - 12

PARTY SYSTEM AND ELECTORAL PROCESS - CENTRE-STATE RELATIONS -

AUTHORITARIAN TRENDS - COMMUNALISM AND PROBLEM OF NATIONAL INTEGRATION