SYLLABUS FOR RAYALSEEMA UNIVERSITY PGCET-2018
DEPARTMENT
OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
SECTION-I PAPER-I:-
Basic Concepts of Political Science
SECTION-11-PAPER-II:- Political Institutions
(Concepts,
Theories and Institutions)
SECTION-III –PAPER-III:- Indian Constitution
PAPER-I(CORE):
BASIC CONCEPTS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
Unit-1: Explanatory Frameworks of
Politics
1. What is Politics: Nature and Scope
of Political Science
2. Approaches to the Study of Politics:
Normative, Historical, Empirical Traditions
Unit-2: What is the State
1. Origin and Evolution of the Modern
State
2. Different Conceptions on the role
of the Modern State: Social Democratic and Neo
Liberal conceptions
Unit-3: Nations and Nationalism
1. Conceptual Distinction between
Nationality and Nation
2. Varieties of Nationalism: Culture
and Civic Nationalism
Unit-4: Rights and Citizenship
1. Evolution of Rights: Civil and Social
rights
2. Citizenship: Universal and
Differential Citizenship
Unit-5: Freedom, Equality and
Justice
1. Freedom: Negative and Positive
Freedom
2.
Equality: Formal Equality, Equality of Opportunity, Equality of Outcome
3. Justice: Justice based on Needs,
Deserts and Rights
PAPER-II (CORE):
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
(CONCEPTS,
THEORIES AND INSTITUTIONS)
Unit-1: Constitutionalism
1. The Purpose of Constitutional law,
Theory of Separation of Powers
2. Structural Forms of the Modern
State: Basic features of Parliamentary and
Presidential forms of Government
Unit-2: Territorial Division of
Authority of the Modern State
1. Basic features of Federal form of
Government
2. Basic features of Unitary form of
Government
Unit-3: Institutional forms of
the Modern State
1. Democracy: Basic features of
Classical and Modern Representative Democracy
2. Models of Democracy: Procedural
Democracy and Substantive Democracy
Unit-4: Judiciary and Democratic
State
1. The nature, role and functions of
the Judiciary
2. Judicial Review: Debates on the
Supremacy of legislature or Judiciary in the
protection of Constitutional law
PAPER-III(CORE):
INDIAN CONSTITUTION
Unit-1: The Making of the
Constitution
1. The ideological legacy of the Indian
National Movement on the Constituent
Assembly
2. The Nature and Composition of the
Constituent Assembly
Unit-2: Philosophical Premises of
the Indian Constitution
1. Preamble: The underlying values of
the Indian Constitution
2. Salient features of the Constitution
of India
Unit-3: Fundamental rights and
Directive principles of State Policy
1. Individual and Collective Rights:
Limitations on the fundamental Rights
2. Judicial Interpretation of
Fundamental Rights
3. The doctrine of ‘Basic Structure’ of
the Constitution: KesavanandaBharathi Case
Unit-4: Indian Federalism
1. Unitary and Federal features in
the Indian Constitution
2. Tension Areas between the Union
and State Governments
Legislative, Administrative and
Financial Spheres
Unit-5: Working of the Indian
Constitution
1. The Values of the Indian
Constitution and Ushering of Social Revolution in India
2. The causes for the Ascendency of
the Executive over legislature and Judiciary;
Major Controversies regarding the
Amendments to the Constitution
3. Nature and Role of Higher Judiciary in
India; Recent Debates on the mode of
appointment of Judges
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