CSS Political Science Syllabus
PAPER-I
Part-A (50 Marks)
I. Western Political Thought:
Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Montesquieu, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Mill, Bentham, Hegel, Marx, Lenin, Mao, Gramsci, Karl Popper, Pierre Bourdieu, John Rawls, Frances Fukuyama, Foucault, Derrida, Kierkegaard, Jean Paul Sartre, Rene Descartes.
II. Muslim Political Thought:
Al-Farabi, Al-Mawardi, Ibn Rushd, Imam Ghazali, Ibn Taymiyyah, Nizam-ul-MulkTusi, Ibn Khaldun, Shah Waliullah, Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Jamaluddin Afghni, Rashid Rida.
Part-B (50 Marks)
III. State System:
The nature and emergence of the modern nation-state system, the Islamic concept of state and Ummah.
IV. Political Concept (Western and Islamic):
Sovereignty, Justice, Law, Liberty, Freedom, Equality, Rights and Duties, Human Rights, Political Authority and Power.
V. Comparative Politics:
Political Socialization, Political Culture, Political Development, Political Recruitment, Social Change, Civil Society, Violence and Terrorism in Politics, Gender and Politics, Women Empowerment.
VI. Political Participation:
Political Change and Revolution, Elections, Electoral System, Public Opinion, Propaganda, Political Parties, Pressure Groups and Lobbies.
VII. Political Institutions and Role of Government:
Legislature, Executive, Judiciary, Political Elites, Civil and Military Bureaucracy.
VIII. Forms of Government:
Monarchy, Democratic, Dictatorship, Totalitarian/Authoritarian, Unitary, Federal, Confederation, Presidential and Parliamentary.
IX. Political Ideologies:
Capitalism, Marxism, Communism, Socialism, Totalitarianism, Fascism, Nationalism, Islamic Political Ideology.
X. Local Self Government:
Theory and practice of Local Self-Government with special reference to Pakistan, Comparative analyses of systems of local governance, Public Administration and Public Policy.
PAPER-I
Part-A (30 Marks)
I. Comparative and Analytical Study of the Political Systems:
Political System of U.S.A, U.K, France and Germany
II. Global and Regional Integration:
Globalization and Politics, Global Civil Society, Regional politico-economic integration and organizational structure of the European Union, SAARC, ECO, International Financial Regimes IMF and WTO..
Part-B (70 Marks)
III. Comparative and Analytical Study of the Political Systems:
The political system of Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, India and China.
IV. Political Movements in India (Colonial Period):
Rise of Muslim Nationalism in South Asia and Pakistan Movement (with special reference to the role of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Allama Muhammad Iqbal and Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah)
V. Government and Politics in Pakistan:
- Constitution-making from 1947 -1956
- A comparative and critical analysis of 1956, 1962, 1973 Constitutions of Pakistan
- Constitutional Amendments up-to-date
- Federal Structure in Pakistan
- Central-Provincial relations after 18th amendment
- Political Culture of Pakistan & Political Developments
- The Role of Civil and Military Bureaucracy
- Judiciary, Feudalism, Dynastic Politics, Political Parties and Interest Groups
- Elections and Voting Behavior
- Religion and Politics
- Ethnicity and National Integration.
VI. International Relations:
- History of International Relations: Post World War II Period.
- Foreign Policy of Pakistan: National Interests and Major Determinants i.e.,
a) Size/Geography
b) Economic Development
c) Security
d) Advancement in Technology
e) National Capacity
f) Political Parties/Leadership
g) Ideology
h) National Interest
i) Role of Press/Bureaucracy
j) Social Structure
k) Public Opinion
l) Diplomacy
m) Foreign Policy-making Process in Pakistan
- External Factors like International Power Structure, International Organizations, World Public Opinion and Reaction of other States.
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