Political Sciences Syllabus

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Political Science ( Total Marks - 200 )
Paper I ( Marks-100 )
Part 'A'
Political Theory

1. Western Political Thought
   Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Montesquieu, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Bentham, Mill, Marx, Lenin, Mao
2. Muslim Political Thought
   AI-Farabi, Al-Mawardi, Nizam-ul-Mulik Tusi, Al-Ghazali, Ibn-I-Khaldun, Iqbal

Part 'B'

1. The nature and emergence of Modern state system, Islamic concept of state.
2. Political concepts, Sovereignty, Law, Liberty, Equality, Rights and Duties.
3. Political Dynamics: Public Opinion, Propaganda, Political Parties, Pressure Groups.
4. Political Institutions: Legislature, Executive, Judiciary. Political Elites, Civil and Military Bureaucracy.
5. Forms of Government: Monarchy, Democracy. Dictatorship Unitary and Federal, Presidential and Parliamentary.
6. Totalitarianism: Fascism, Communism.
7. Local Self-government: Theory and Practice with special reference to Pakistan.

Paper II (Marks - 100)
Part 'A'

• Selected Political Systems: Nature and dynamics of major political institutions in U.S.A., U.K., France and Former Soviet Union,

Part 'B'

• Political Systems of developing countries: Turkey, Iran, India and China.
• Rise of Muslim Nationalism in South Asia with special reference to the role of Sir Syed Abmed Khan, lqbal and Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
• A comparative and critical analysis of the 1956, 1962, 1973 and 1985 Constitutions of Pakistan.

Suggested Readings

	Title	Author
1.	History of Muslim Philosophy	M.M. Sharif
2.	Constitutional Development in Pakistan	G.W. Choudhry
3.	Comparative Politics; A World View	Almond & Powell
4.	Contemporary Political Analysis	Garles Worth James
5.	Government & Parliament: A Survey from the Inside	Herbert Morrison
6.	Government and Politics in Pakistan	Mushtaq Ahmed
7.	History of Political Theory	George H. Sabine
8.	History of Political Theories	William A. Dunning
9.	Political Thought in Medieval Islam	Rosenthal
10.	Modern Islamic State	Rosenthal
11.	Political Thought in Perspective	William Edenstein
12.	Pattern of Government	Samuel H. Beer & Adam B. Ullam
13.	Pakistan: A Political Study	Keith Callard
14.	Politics, Parties and Pressure Groups	V.O. Key Jr.
15.	Modern Political Systems: Asia	Roy, C. Macradis (ed)
16.	Politics in Pakistan: Nature and Direction of Change	Khalid Bin Sayeed
17.	Reflection on Government	Earnest Barker
18.	South-East Asia Political System	Lucian W. Pye
19.	The Political System of Pakistan	Khalid Bin Sayeed
20.	Nizam-ul-Mulk Tusi, Published by Muhammad Ashraf, Lahore, 1978	Rizvi, S. Rizwan Ali
21.	Nizam-ul-Mulk Tusi (Urdu), Karachi University 1995	Prof. Dr. Rizwan Ali Rizvi

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