POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT LESSON PLANS Academic … · 2019-05-27 · POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT LESSON PLANS Academic Year: 2015- 2016 Sharmila Mitra Deb Associate Professor

POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT LESSON PLANS

Academic Year: 2015- 2016

Sharmila Mitra DebAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Political Science

First Year HonoursPaper II Comparative PoliticsNo of classes per week: 4

Time Period Topics to be Covered No. of Classes No. of Weeks

Till Puja

Vacation

Development of Comparative Politics

Distinction between Comparative Government and

Comparative Politics.

Approaches to Comparative Politics:

Structural Functionalism.

Systems Analysis.

Institutional.

New Institutional.

Features of a Liberal Democratic System of

Government.

Features of a Socialist Political System of

Government.

Comparison between a Liberal Democratic system

and Socialist System of Government.

Separation of Powers in the U.S..

Internal assessment.

4

3

4

5

5

4

4

4

4

3

4

11

Till Christmas Checks and Balances in the U.S.

Judicial Review (U.S.).

Ideology (China).


4

4

4

4

4

Till Study Leave Democratic Centralism (China).

Referendum (Switzerland)).

Initiative (Switzerland).

Features and role of party system/parties in UK, USA

and PRC.

Interest groups: their role and performance in UK

and USA.

Short notes.

Revision/internal assessment.

4

4

4

12

8

8

8

12

Second Year HonoursPaper III – Government and Politics in IndiaNo of classes per week: 4


Till Puja

Vacation

Party system: features and trends.

Major national political parties in India: ideologies

and programmes – BJP, INC.

Coalition politics in India: nature and trends.

Political parties in West Bengal: An overview.

Electoral process: Election Commission:

composition, functions, role.


10

8

4

3

5

2

9

Till Christmas Role of business, working class, peasants in Indian

politics.

Role of (a) religion (b) language (c) caste (d) tribe

and (e) regionalism in Indian politics.


,

5

13

2

5

Till Study Leave New Social Movements since the 1970s: 8

(a) environmental movements

b) women’s movements,

(c) human rights movements

Revision

Short notes

Internal assessment

6

6

6

4

2

Third Year HonoursPaper V – Western Political Thought (Units I & II); Paper VI - Indian Political Thought and Movement (Units II & III)No of classes per week: 5


Till Puja

Vacation

Greek political thought: main features – Plato:

justice, communism – Aristotle: state, classifications

of constitutions.

Roman political thought: theories of Law and

Citizenship – contributions of Roman thought.

Medieval political thought in Europe: Main features.

Foundation of the Indian National Congress.

Bengal Partition and Swadeshi movement.

Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement – Civil

Disobedience movement.

Alternatives to Congress politics: (a) Subhas Chandra

Bose and Forward Bloc (b) Congress Socialist Party

(c) the Communists.

15

6

6

4

6

8

15

12

Till Christmas Political thought of Reformation. 3 5

Bodin: contributions to the theory of Sovereignty.

Movements against caste system and untouchability

– Ambedkar’s views on Social Justice and Depressed

Class.

Class and the nationalist movement under colonial

rule: working class movement and peasant

movement.

Roots of communal politics: Savarkar and Hindu

nationalism, Jinnah and two- nation theory

Internal assessment

Short notes

4

5

4

4

2

3

Till Study Leave August 1942 movement – the INA- Naval Uprising

Revison/internal assessment

8

7

3

Second Year GeneralPaper II – Comparative Government and Politics & segment of Paper IIINo of classes per week: 3


Till Puja

Vacation

Features of the American Constitution

US Congress:

House of Representatives.

4

3

9

Senate.

Speaker.

Committee System.

Comparison between US and British Second

Chambers, Speakers and the Committee System.

US President – compared to British Prime Minister;

US Cabinet – compared to British Cabinet.

Indian President; Prime Minister.

The significance of the Chinese Revolution.


4

2

1

2

2

3

2

2

Till Christmas Features in the Chinese Constitution.

Right and Duties of Chinese citizens.

Chinese legislature.

Chinese Executive.

Chinese Judiciary.

The Communist Party of China.


2

2

2

2

2

3

2

5

Till Study Leave The Lok Sabha; Speaker; Committee System.

The Rajya Sabha.

Women’s movement in India.

2

2

2

8

Third Year GeneralPaper IV – Contemporary Political and Administrative Issues in IndiaNo of classes per week: 2


Till Puja

Vacation

Composition and functions:

Prime Minister’s Office.

Cabinet Secretariat.

Cabinet Secretary.

Union Civil Service.

Recruitment and Training.

Union Public Service Commission.


3

3

2

4

5

4

2

12

Till Christmas Local Government:

Concept, nature and types.

Rural government:

ZillaParishad – composition and function.

Role of Sabhadhipati and Saha sabhadhipati.

3

3

2

5

Panchayat Samiti – Composition and functions.

Role of Sabhapati and Sahabhapati .

Sthayee Samities of the Zilla Parishadand.

Panchayat Samiti.


3

2

2

2

3

Till Study Leave Gram Sabha.

Gram Sansad.

Representation of women in Rural Government.


2

1

2

1

3

Dr.Sujata Chowdhury Academic Year: 2015-2016Year. :I(H)Paper. :P-II(unit3&4)

Classes per week: 4Time Period Topics to be Covered No. of Classes No. of Weeks

Till Puja

Vacation

Introduction to Comparative Government &Politics

Executive:Theory and Interpretation

UK:Monarch and Prime-Minister

USA:President

Executive in France

Executive in Russia

Comparative study of:

Russian,French and American Presidency

British and French cabinet systems

Introduction to Judiciary as the third important

component of Modern Governments

2

2

6

5

6

5

6

5

2

11

Till Christmas Judiciary in UK

Judiciary in USA-Judicial Review

Procuratorate and Courts in PRC: comparative

study

4

6

6

4

Till Study

Leave

Introduction to Legislature

Legislature in UK: composition and functions

Legislature in USA: composition and functions

2

8

8

12

Role of second chambers in UK and USA

Committee system in UK and USA: comparative

study

Role of Speaker in UK and USA

Rights of the citizens of UK

Bill of Rights in USA

Rights of citizens in China

Duties of citizens in China

4

4

3

4

4

3

4

Dr.S.ChowdhuryAcademic Year: 2015-16Year. :II(H)Paper :P-IV(unit-1&2)Classes per week: 4


Till Puja

Vacation

International Relations: a brief outline of its

evolution as an academic discipline

Some Basic concepts in International Relations:

Balance of Power

Bipolarity and Unipolarity

Neo-colonialism

Globalisation

Some Representative theories International

Relations

Realism

Pluralism

6

2

4

3

4

5

2

6

4

9

Till Christmas World Systems Theory

Foreign policy:Concept and Techniques

Diplomacy

Propaganda

Military

6

2

4

3

4

5

Till Study Leave Emergent issues in International Relations

Development

Regionalism and Integration

Terrorism

Discussion

3

7

8

7

2

8

Dr.Sujata ChowdhuryAcademic Year: 2015-2016Year. :III(H)Paper. :PV-unit 3 & 4;PVII-unit 1 & 2 Classes per week: 5


Till Puja

Vacation

Paper-v

Hobbes: Founder of the science of Materialist

politics

Locke: Founder of Liberalism

Locke’s views on Natural rights, Liberty, property

and consent

Rousseau’s views on Freedom and Democracy.

Bentham: Utilitarianism

John Stuart Mill’s views on Liberty and

Representative Government

6

2

5

7

5

7

12'

Paper VII

Social stratification and politics:

Caste

Class

Elite

Power, Authority and Legitimacy

Social bases of politics

4

3

3

5

6

4

Till Christmas Paper V

Hegel: Civil society and State

Utopian and Scientific Socialism: Basic characteristics

Anarchism: an outline

Paper VII

Religion ,society and politics

Nationalism and State formation in Western Europe

and Third world

5

5

4

7

8

5

Till Study Leave Paper-V

Varieties of Non-Marxian

Socialism:Fabianism,Syndicalism ,Guild socialism and

German Revisionism

Paper VII

Gender and Politics:Basic Issues

7

5

3

Dr.S.ChowdhuryAcademic Year: 2015-2016Year: II (Gen) Political science Elective- Paper III No of Classes per week:3


Till Puja

Vacation

Preamble

Fundamental Rights

Right to Equality

Right to Freedom

Right against exploitation

Right to Religion

Cultural and Educational Right

Right to Constitutional Remedies

Fundamental Duties

Directive Principles of State policy

Amendment procedure

3

1

3

4

2

3

1

2

2

3

3

9

Till Christmas Judiciary in India:

Supreme Court and the High Courts:composition and

functions

Judicial activism in India

Major issues in Indian politics:

Caste

Tribe

Religion

2

4

2

1

2

2

2

5

Till Study Leave Election Commission: composition and functions 3 8

Electoral system in India

Party system in India: Nature

National political parties: Ideologies and

programmes

Regionalism: nature, roots and types

Government in the states: Governor

Chief Minister and Council of ministers

State legislature: composition and functions

Union-state Relations :Legislative

Administrative Relations

Financial Relations

2

1

4

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Dr.S.ChowdhuryThird Year GeneralAcademic Year: 2015-2016Paper IV- Contemporary Political and Administrative Issues in IndiaNumber of classes per week- 1


July to Oct UN: Purposes and Principles 2 12

(Puja Break) Peacekeeping and UN

Organs of UN

India and UN

4

4

2

Nov - Dec Globalization and Its meaning

Globalization and its Outcome.

2

3

5

Jan-Feb Economic Reforms in India since 1991 3 3

Name: Sreeparna Dasgupta.Academic Year: 2015-2016First Year HonoursPaper: Paper I ( First Half)No. of Classes per week: 4


Till Puja

Vacation

What is Politics Approaches to the Study of Political Science

– Normative, Behavioral, Post Behavioral, Feminist.

Theories of State ( Origin, Nature, Functions): Contract, Idealist, Liberal and Neo-Liberal Theories.

4

20

15

11

Till Christmas 1. Concept of State Sovereignty : Monistic and Pluralistic Theories. Changing concept ofSovereignty in the context of Globalisation.

12 4

Till Study Leave 1. Democratic Theories : David Held’s Classification.

2. Liberty, Equality, Rights , Law and Justice(Rawls).

12

18

12

3. Empirical Political Theory: System’s Analysis,Structural Functionalism.

12

Internal assessments/class assignments etc. 15

Sreeparna DasguptaSecond Year HonoursAcademic Year: 2015-2016Paper: Paper III (First Half)No of Classes per week: 4


Till Puja

Vacation

1. Framing of the Indian Constitution.2. Fundamental Rights and Duties – Directive

Principles.3. Union Executive.

6

12

12

09

Till Christmas 1. Union Legislature.

2. Government in the States.

9

10

05

Till Study Leave 1. Government in the States (CONTD).

2. Nature of Indian Federalism: Union-State Relations.

3. The Judiciary; judicial activism.

4. Constitutional Amendments.

2

12

10

5

08


Sreeparna DasguptaThird Year HonoursAcademic Year: 2015-2016

Paper: Paper VI (First Half) and Paper VIII (Second Half)No of Classes per week: 5


Till Puja

Vacation

Paper VI :

1. Features of Ancient Indian Political Thought

– Kautilya.

2. Medieval Political Thought in India.

3. Modern Indian Political Thought- Rammohun Roy

4. Gandhi.

5. M.N. Roy.

Paper VIII :

1. Continuity and Change in Indian Administration.

2. Organisation of the Union Government.

3. Organization of the State Government.

4. Civil Service in India.

5. Planning and Planned Administration.

6. District Administration.

10

6

4

8

4

2

6

2

6

8

2

12

Till Christmas Paper VI (contd.) :

1. Views on Nationalism: Bankim Chandra, Vivekananda and Rabindranath Tagore.

Paper VIII (contd.):

9

05

1. Financial Administration-CAG, PAC and Estimates Committee.

2. Local Self Government

9

6

Till Study Leave Paper VI (contd.) :

1. Narendra Deva.

2. Syed Ahmed Khan.

Paper VIII (contd.):

1. Local Self Government(contd.)

2. Citizen and Administration : Lokpal and

Lokayukt.

Internal assessments/class assignments etc.

4

3

2

3

06

03

Name: Sreeparna Dasgupta.Academic Year: 2015-2016First Year GeneralPaper: Paper II& Paper I

No. of Classes per week: 3 for group A & 3 for group BTime Period Topics to be Covered No. of Classes No. of Weeks

Till Puja 1. Political Systems – liberal democratic, 8 11

Vacation socialist and authoritarian. Forms of government: unitary, federal, presidential, parliamentary.

2. British Constitution: salient features.

3. British Legislature.

4. British executive

8

8

6

Till Christmas British executive(contd.)

Monarchy

6

5

4

Till Study Leave 4. Party system – role of the opposition

5. Salient features of the constitution of Russia,France and Switzerland.

Paper I

1. Democracy and Fascism.

2. Nationalism and Internationalism

6

10

8

8

12


Sreeparna DasguptaThird Year GeneralAcademic Year: 2015-2016Paper: Paper IV No of Classes per week: 2


Till Puja

Vacation

1. Human Rights: meaning and nature.

2. Human rights in the Constitution of India

3. Human Rights in India

3

10

6

12

4. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

4

Till Christmas 1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights(contd.)

2. State Human Rights Commission

3. Urban Local Self Government- meaning and nature

4

4

1

05

Till Study Leave SECOND HALF-URBAN GOVERNMENT

1. History of Urban Local Self Government in India.

2. 74TH Amendment.

3. Municipal Corporation composition and Functions.

4. Municipalities- Composition and Functions

5. Ward committee and Borough committee

6. Women’s representation in Urban local self

6 03

Government


Sayoni ChoudhuriAssistant Professor,First Year HonoursPaper I Unit III & IV- Political Theory.Number of classes per week- 3


July to Oct

(Puja Break)

Dialectical Materialism and Historical Materialism with special reference to relationship between base and superstructure.

Theory of class and class struggle. Marx’s concept of Freedom and Democracy:

Nature, Features and Critique. Internal Assessment

13

9

10

1

11

Nov - Dec Marxist Approach to politics. Marx’s Theory of State: Relative Autonomy

of the State.

6

6

4

Jan-May . Marxian theory of Revolution. Major Debates in Marxism: Lenin- Rosa

Luxemburg Debate. Internal Assessment and Discussion

12

9

15

12

Sayoni ChoudhuriSecond Year HonoursPaper IV Unit III & IV- International RelationsNumber of classes per week- 5


July to Oct

(Puja Break)

Cold War: phases and understanding the

post Cold War era.

Europe in Transition: (a) EEC to EU.

Europe in Transition: and (b) Ethnicity and Nationalism in Eastern Europe since 1990’s.

Internal Assessment

12

10

15

5

9

Nov - Dec

Indian Foreign Policy: Basic Principles and Evolution.

UNO and its organs; Peace keeping Function and Human Rights.

15

10

5

Jan-April Foreign Policy of USA and China.

Developing Countries and their problems: (a) NAM: Relevance,

(b) Regionalism: ASEAN, SAFTA and SAARC, OPEC, OAU. (c ) West Asia-Palestine problem after Cold War.

Internal Assessment and Discussion

12

18

10

8

Sayoni ChoudhuriThird Year HonoursPaper VII Unit III & IV- Political SociologyPaper VIII Unit I & II- Public Administration

Number of classes per week- 5


July to Oct Paper VII 12

(Puja Break) Classification and types of Political systems.

Political Participation.

Military and Politics: conditions and types of intervention.

Political Culture and Political Socialization.

Paper VIII

Nature, scope and Evolution of Public. Ad; Private and Public Administration; Principles of Socialist Management.

Major Concepts in Administration. Ecological approach to Public. Ad Challenges to Public. Ad: New Public

Administration (NPA); Comparative Public Administration (CPA) and Development Administration

Internal Assessment

6

6

6

7

12

4

6

12

1

Nov - Dec Paper VII

Groups in politics: political parties and pressure groups.

Political Communication; Electoral

Behaviour

Political Development and Social Change-

Role of Tradition and Modernity

Paper VIII

Administrative Processes: decision making; communication and control; leadership; co-ordination.

Internal Assessment

7

6

8

3

1

5

Jan-Feb Paper VIII

Bureaucracy: Max Weber and Marx

Policy Making: Models and Methods of

Implementation.

Discussion

6

6

2

3

Sayoni ChoudhuriFirst Year GeneralPaper I- Political TheoryNumber of classes per week- 3


July to Oct

(Puja Break)

Nature and scope of Political Science; Different Approaches: (a) Normative approach (b) BehaviouralApproach (c) Marxist Approach.

Sovereignty of the State: Monistic Theory, Pluralistic Theory, Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty.

Theories of the State: Contract theory, Idealist theory, Liberal and Neo-liberal theory, Marxist theory and Gandhian theory.

Internal Assessment

10

8

13

2

11

Nov - Dec Nature of International Relations, Liberal Approach, Realist Approach.

Law : Schools of Jurisprudence, Theories of Law and sources of Law

8

4

4

Jan-May Marxism: Dialectical Materialism and Historical Materialism, Concept of Class and Class Struggle, Revolution and Lenin’s theory of Imperialism

Methods of Representation, PoliticalParties and Pressure Group.

Internal Assessment and Discussion

15

12

9

12

Sayoni Choudhuri

Third Year GeneralPaper IV- Contemporary Political and Administrative Issues in IndiaNumber of classes per week- 2


July to Oct

(Puja Break)

Foreign Policy: major determinants; Indian

foreign policy

Basic characteristics.

Internal Assessment

10

10

4

12

Nov - Dec Parliamentary Procedures with special

reference to West Bengal Legislature.

10 5

Jan-Feb Overall discussion and discussion of short

notes and broad questions.

6 3

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POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT LESSON PLANS Academic … · 2019-05-27 · POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT LESSON PLANS Academic Year: 2015- 2016 Sharmila Mitra Deb Associate Professor