Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics
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Mode of learning | Online |
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- Teachers and professors who are preparing to teach comparative politics or related subjects, looking for a comprehensive resource to aid their instruction
- Students will be able to describe and differentiate between various types of political systems (e.g., democracies, authoritarian regimes, hybrid systems) and understand their characteristics and functioning
- Students will develop the ability to compare and contrast political institutions, processes, and behaviors across different countries, identifying patterns and variations
- Students will be able to apply major theoretical frameworks and concepts in comparative politics (e.g., structuralism, institutionalism, rational choice theory) to analyze political systems and behaviors
- Students will gain an understanding of the historical development of various political systems and the socio-economic and cultural contexts that shape them
- The proposed course "Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics" extends beyond traditional comparative government studies by encompassing global political systems
- It emphasizes analyzing power struggles and political organization across various countries, not just developed Western nations
- The course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of political institutions and the empirical realities of political life worldwide
Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics at Swayam Curriculum
Comparative Government and Politics
Meaning, Nature and Scope of Comparative Politics
Meaning and Features of Comparative Government
Growth of Comparative Politics
Comparative Government and Politics: Critical Appraisal
Major approaches
Major Approaches: Meaning and Nature of Major Approaches, and Philosophical Approach
Major Approaches: Historical Approach and Institutional Approach
Major Approaches: Sociological Approach and Systems Approach
Major Approaches: Psychological Approach and Behavioural Approach
Structural –Functional and Input-Output Analysis
Structural – Functional Analysis- subtle implications and basic assumptions.
Structural - functionalism in Political science-Analysis of Easton, Almond and Kaplan
Input-Output Analysis: Implications and General Characteristics
Input-Output Analysis in Comparative Politics: Interpretations of David Easton & Gabriel A. Almond
Political Communication
Political Communication: Nature and Meaning of the Approach, Classification of Basic Concepts
Political Communication: Functional Aspects of the Approach
Quantification of Political Communication
Exponents of the Communication Approach, Critical Appraisal
Political Development
Meaning, Diversity of Definitions and Pye’s Development Syndrome
Concept of Political development
Political Development : The Issue of Problems and Crises
Model of Stages and Search for an Approach, Marxian Model
Political Modernisation, Political Culture and Political Ideology
Political Modernisation: Comprehensive Implications and Dimensions, Stages of Political Modernisation
Political Modernization and Social Change
Political Culture: Meaning, Components; Concepts of Secularisation and the issue of Political Stability and Change
Ideology and Political Culture, Political Systems, Critical Appraisals
Political Ideology – Meaning, Nature and Characteristics, Political Ideology and Political power, Ideologies and the Nature of Political Power, Party System
Political Participation, Party Politics and Political Parties
Meaning and Forms of Political Participation, Classification of Citizens on the Basis of Political Participation and Determinants of Political Participation
Party politics : Momentous Importance of the subject in recent times, broad functional dimension of Party Politics and Meaning
Nature, Essential Implications, Determinants and Functions of a Political Party
A Typological Illustration: Recent Paradigm of Sartori –Single- Party, Bi- Party & Multi - Party System
Party Systems: Western and Non- western Paradigms, Operational Dimensions of Party System, Peculiar case of the Communist Party and Critical Appraisal
Pressure Groups
Pressure Groups: Meaning, Nature, Features and Kinds
Pressure Groups: Existence and Articulation of Pressure Group Politics
Pressure Groups: Techniques of Pressure Groups
Pressure Groups: Determinants of Pressure Group Politics
Bureaucracy
Concept of Bureaucracy: Liberal and Marxist Interpretations, Functions and Role
Theories of Bureaucracy, Organisation of Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy and Military, Varieties of Bureaucratic Hold and Politicisation of Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy and Third World, Controlling Bureaucracy
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