Comparative & Developmental Politics – II
Overview
Objectives:
This course is in continuation of “Theory of Comparative and Developmental Politics-I”. Its purpose is to acquaint the students with a broader framework within which a political system develops, the various theories put forward and models designed. The role played in the process by elite institutions such as civil and military bureaucracies will also be taken into account.
Contents:
1. Political Development: meanings of Political Development and common characteristics.
2. Indicators of Political Development;
3. Socio-political change and Modernization: Major Theories and their Functional Implications;
4. Major Issues of National Identity and Integration: Legitimacy, Role of Bureaucracy and Military Elite, Charismatic Leadership.
Credit hours/ Marks:- 03 Cr. Hrs.
1. Arthur Hughes, American Government, 3rd Edition, 1980
2. David Easton, The System Analysis of Political Life, New York, Wilde, Latest edition
3. G.A Almond and J. Coleman, The Politics of Developing Areas, Princeton University Press, Latest edition
4. G.A Almond, Comparative Politics, Princeton University Press, 1966.
5. G.M. Career, Major Foreign Powers, New York, 1972.
6. J.C. Johari, New Comparative Government, New Delhi, Lotus Press, 2006
7. Leonard Binder, Crisis and Sequences in Political Development, Princeton University Press, 1971.
8. Roy C. Macridis, Comparative Politics, London, The Dorsey Press, 1972.
9. Ward and Macridis, Modern Political Systems (Asia), New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 1976.