Contents: Unit I: Political Theory Part 1: Political Concepts 1. Liberty 2. Equality 3. Justice 4. Rights 5. Democracy 6. Power 7. Ciizenship 8. Liberalism Part 2: Political Traditions 9. Conservatism 10. Socialism 11. Marxism 12. Feminism 13. Ecologism 14. Multiculturalism 15. Postmodernism Unit II: Political Thought 1. Confucius (551–479 BCE) 2. Plato (427–347 BCE) 3. Aristotle (384–322 BCE) 4. Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) 5. Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) 6. John Locke (1632–1704) 7. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) 8. Hegel (1770–1831) 9. Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) 10. John Stuart Mill (1806–1873) 11. Karl Marx (1818–1883) 12. Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937) 13. Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) 14. Frantz Fanon (1925–1961) 15. Mao Zedong (1893–1976) 16. John Rawls (1921–2002) Unit III : Indian Political Thought 1. Indian Political Thinkers 2. Dharmashastra 3. Kautilya and the Arthashastra 4. Agganna Sutta 5. Barani (1283–1359) 6. Kabir (1398–1518) 7. Pandita Ramabai (1858–1922) 8. Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856–1920) 9. Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) 10. Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) 11. Mahatama Gandhi (1869–1948) 12. Aurobindo (1872–1950) 13. Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (1879–1973) 14. Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938) 15. M. N. Roy (1887–1954) 16. V. D. Savarkar (1883–1966) 17. B. R. Ambedkar (1891–1956) 18. Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964) 19. Ram Manohar Lohia (1910–1967) 20. Jayaprakash Narayan (1902–1979) 21. Deendayal Upadhayaya (1916–1968) Unit IV: Comparative Political Analysis 1. Comparative Politics 2. Colonialism and Decolonisation 3. Nationalism 4. Theories of State 5. Political Regimes 6. Constitution and Constitutionalism 7. Democratisation, Transition, and Consolidation 8. Modernisation and Development 9. Structure of Power 10. Electoral Method Unit V: International Relations 1. Approaches to the Study of International Relations 2. Concepts in International Relations 3. Conflict and Peace 4. United Nations 5. Political Economy of IR 6. Regional Organisations 7. Contemporary Challenges Unit VI: India’s Foreign Policy 1. Perspectives on India’s Foreign Policy 2. Change and Continuity in India’s Foreign Policy 3. India’s Relations with the Major Powers 4. India’s Engagement with the Multipolar World 5. India’s Relations with its Neighbourhood 6. India’s Negotiation Strategies in International Regimes 7. Contemporary Security Challenges Unit VII: Political Institutions in India 1. Making of the Indian Constitution 2. Philosophy of the Indian Constitution 3. Constitutionalism in India 4. Union Executive 5. Parliament 6. Judiciary 7. Executive and Legislature in the States 8. Federalism in India 9. Electoral Process and Election Commission of India 10. Local Government Institutions 11. Constitutional and Statutory Bodies Unit VIII : Political Processes In India 1. State, Economy, and Development Unit IX: Public Administration 1. Public Administration 2. Theories and Concepts of Public Administration 3. Comparative Public Administration 4. Theories and Principles of Organisation 5. Managing the Organisation 6. Organisational Communication 7. Managing Conflict in the Organisation 8. Management by Objectives Unit X: Governance and Public Policy in India 1. Governance, Good Governance and Democratic Governance 2. Accountability and Control 3. Institutional Mechanisms for Good Governance 4. Planning and Development 5. Public Policy as an Instrument of Socio-Economic Development Select Bibliography