UNIT - 01

COMPARATIVE POLITICS - MEANING - NATURE - SIGNIFICANCE AND EVOLUTION -

APPROACHES AND METHOD - COMPARATIVE APPROACHES

UNIT - 02

THEORIES OF STATE - STATE IN DEVELOPING SOCIETIES - ASIAN - AFRICAN AND LATIN

AMERICAN EXPERIENCES - STATE - CIVIL SOCIETY RELATIONS

UNIT - 03

GLOBALIZATION AND STATE-REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND STATE-INTERNATIONAL

ORGANIZATION AND THE STATE-TRANSNATIONAL AND MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS

AND STATE

UNIT - 04

NATIONALISM - APPROACHES - FORMS - NATIONALITY AND SELF-DETERMINATION

UNIT - 05

ANTI-COLONIAL MOVEMENTS - ASIAN AND AFRICAN MOVEMENTS - STATE BUILDING AND

CONSTITUTIONALISM

UNIT - 06

ETHNICITY - POLITICS AND STATE - COMMUNITY IDENTITIES - ETHNIC MOVEMENTS -

PRIMORDIAL VS CIVIL LOYALTIES

UNIT - 07

POLITICAL REGIMES - DEMOCRATIC - TOTALITARIAN AND AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES -

BUREAUCRATIC REGIME - MILITARY IN POLITICS

UNIT - 08

FEDERALISM - MEANING - DEFINITION - CHARACTERISTICS - MERITS AND DEMERITS

UNIT - 09

PARTY SYSTEM - SINGLE PARTY - BI-PARTY - MULTIPARTY - DEMORALIZATION PROCESS

IN PARTY SYSTEM

UNIT - 10

PRESSURE GROUPS - INTEREST GROUPS - LOBBYING - ROLE IN POLICY FORMULATION

UNIT - 11

POVERTY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT - GENDER QUESTION- ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES -

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND POLITICS

UNIT - 12

DECENTRALIZATION - MEANING AND IMPORTANCE - CITIZENS PARTICIPATION IN

GOVERNANCE - HUMAN RIGHTS AND MODERN DEMOCRACIES

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

MASTER OF ARTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

1 Yr.

COMPARATIVE POLITICS: ISSUES AND TRENDS(2020801)

UNIT - 01

DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT - EMERGING ISSUES - LEGACY OF NATIONAL

MOVEMENT IN DEVELOPMENT - MODELS OF DEVELOPMENT

UNIT - 02

CONSTITUTION AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION - DIVERSITY AND PLURALISM -

INEQUALITY - CASTE AND CLASS - POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT -

STRUCTURE AND GROWTH

UNIT - 03

LEGISLATURE IN INDIA - CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK - ROLE IN POLICY MAKING -

LEGISLATURE AND DEMOCRATIC PROCESS

UNIT - 04

BUREAUCRACY IN INDIA - HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT - ROLE IN POLICY

IMPLEMENTATION - POLICE AND ARMY

UNIT - 05

LEGAL SYSTEM AND JUDICIARY - WORKING OF FEDERALISM - LOCAL SELF

GOVERNMENT AND DECENTRALIZATIONS - POLITICAL PARTIES AND PARTICIPATION

UNIT - 06

WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT - PEASANT MOVEMENT - MEDIA AND PUBLIC POLICY -

INTEREST GROUPS AND POLICY MAKING

UNIT - 07

IDENTITY POLITICS - CASTE - RELIGION - LANGUAGE AND ETHNICITY - CIVIL SOCIETY -

SOCIAL MOVEMENTS - NGOS AND VOLUNTARY ACTION

UNIT - 08

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT - GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT - SOCIAL JUSTICE AND

EMPOWERMENT

UNIT - 09

REGIONAL IMBALANCES - MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT - ENVIRONMENT AND

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

UNIT - 10

ECONOMIC REFORMS - LIBERALIZATIONS - ITS IMPACT - PROBLEMS - GLOBALIZATION

AND DOMESTIC MARKET - TRADE IMBALANCE - ISSUE OF SUBSIDIES

UNIT - 11

RELIGIONS POLITICS - COMMUNAL CONFLICT - CAUSES AND SOLUTION - FAILURE OF

FEDERALISM AND SECULARISM

UNIT - 12

ETHNICITY AND NATION-STATE - PROBLEM OF NATIONAL INTEGRATION - DEMOCRACY

AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA: AN ASSESSMENT

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

MASTER OF ARTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

1 Yr.

INDIA: DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT(2020802)

UNIT - 01

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS - MEANING - NATURE - SCOPE - IMPORTANCE - REALIST

AND NEO- REALIST APPROACHES

UNIT - 02

LIBERAL AND NEO-LIBERAL APPROACHES - MARXIST AND RADICAL APPROACHES - NEORADICAL

APPROACHES

UNIT - 03

POST-STRUCTURALIST AND POST-MODERNIST APPROACHES - FEMINIST APPROACHES

- ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACH

UNIT - 04

WORLD-VIEWS FROM ASIA, AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA - DECOLONIZATION -

RECONSTRUCTION - END OF COLD WAR - POST-COLD WAR ISSUES

UNIT - 05

EMERGING POWERS IN ASIA AND AFRICA - REGIONAL GROUPINGS - NEED AND

IMPORTANCE - GLOBALIZATION - INTERNATIONAL INEQUITIES - INTERNATIONAL

ECONOMIC RELATIONS

UNIT - 06

MANAGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS - INDIA AND THE NEW GLOBAL ORDER -

SELF DETERMINATION - INTERVENTION - INVASION

UNIT - 07

NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION - COMPETING NATIONS - DANGERS - NON-PROLIFERATION

TREATIES

UNIT - 08

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM - ORIGIN AND GROWTH - CAUSES - CRISIS OF NATIONSTATE

SYSTEM - ARMS SMUGGLING AND DRUG TRAFFIC

UNIT - 09

ROLE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - INEQUALITY AMONG NATIONS - GLOBAL

COOPERATION AND STATE SOVEREIGNTY - HUMAN RIGHTS - INTERNATIONAL TRADE -

MARGINALIZATION

UNIT - 10

CHANGING NATURE OF AMERICAN POWER - POST-COMMUNIST STATES - CHINA AS AN

EMERGING POWER - EMERGENCE OF CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS

UNIT - 11

ETHNIC RESURGENCE AND IDENTITY WARS - ABORIGINAL AN INDIGENOUS MOVEMENTS

- DISPLACEMENT OF POPULATION

UNIT - 12

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

MASTER OF ARTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

1 Yr.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: THEORY AND PROBLEMS(2041005)

TRANSNATIONAL MOVEMENTS - ROLE OF NGOS - JUSTICE IN INTERNATIONAL

RELATIONS - ROLE OF UNO - HUMAN SECURITY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

UNIT - 01

POLITICAL THEORY - MEANING - DEFINITION - NATURE - EVOLUTION OF POLITICAL

THEORY - IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY

UNIT - 02

DEMOCRACY - MEANING AND DEFINITION -TYPES OF DEMOCRACY

UNIT - 03

RIGHTS - MEANING AND DEFINITION - THEORIES OF RIGHTS - LIBERTY - MEANING AND

DEFINITION - TYPES

UNIT - 04

EQUALITY - MEANING AND DEFINITION - JUSTICE - MEANING AND DEFINITION - RAWLS`

THEORY - MARXIAN THEORY - DUTIES - MEANING - DEFINITION - IMPORTANCE

UNIT - 05

CITIZENSHIP - CIVIL CULTURE - SOVEREIGNTY - KINDS - AUSTIN`S CONCEPT OF

SOVEREIGNTY - CRITICISMS

UNIT - 06

STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY - POWER AND AUTHORITY - LEGITIMATION AND OBLIGATION -

POLITICAL VIOLENCE - RELEVANCE AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND SATYAGRAHA

UNIT - 07

CLASSICAL LIBERALISM - WELFARE STATE - LIBERTARIANISM

UNIT - 08

MARXISM - MARX - LENIN - MAO - LUKACS - GRAMSCI - FRANKFURT SCHOOL AND

CRITICAL THEORY

UNIT - 09

CONSERVATION - BASIC PRINCIPLES - CRITICISMS - FUNDAMENTALISM - RELIGIOUS

FUNDAMENTALISM - CRITICISMS

UNIT - 10

NATIONALISM - MULTICULTURALISM - FASCISM - FEMINISM

UNIT - 11

GANDHISM - SOURCES - PRINCIPLES - RELEVANCE - PACIFISM

UNIT - 12

COMMUNITARIANISM AND CIVIL REPUBLICANISM - GLOBALIZATION AND POLITICAL

THEORY

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

MASTER OF ARTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

1 Yr.

POLITICAL THEORY(2020803)

UNIT - 01

WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT - NATURE AND SCOPE - IMPORTANCE - GREEK

POLITICAL THOUGHT - SOPHISTS - SOCRATES

UNIT - 02

PLATO - LIFE AND WORKS - THE REPUBLIC - THEORY OF JUSTICE - PHILOSOPHER-KING -

IDEA OF COMMUNISM

UNIT - 03

ARISTOTLE - LIFE AND WORKS - POLITICS AND ETHICS - CLASSIFICATION OF

CONSTITUTIONS - PLATO VS ARISTOTLE

UNIT - 04

MEDIEVAL POLITICAL THOUGHT - SOURCES - ST AUGUSTINE - THOMAS AQUINAS -

MARSILIUS OF PADUA

UNIT - 05

MACHIAVELLI - LIFE AND WORKS - THE PRINCE - MORALITY - RELIGION AND POLITICS -

THE DISCOURSES - RELEVANCE TO REAL POLITICS

UNIT - 06

THOMAS HOBBES - LIFE AND WORKS - LEVIATHAN - STATE OF NATURE - SOCIAL

CONTRACT - SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY

UNIT - 07

JOHN LOCKE - LIFE AND WORKS - TWO TREATISES - LIMITED SOVEREIGNTY -

SEPARATION OF POWERS

UNIT - 08

ROUSSEAU - LIFE AND WORKS - SOCIAL CONTRACT - GENERAL WILL - POPULAR

SOVEREIGNTY - HIS INFLUENCE IN MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT

UNIT - 09

J.S. MILL - LIFE AND WORKS - LIBERTY - UTILIZATION - REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

- LIBERAL DEMOCRACY

UNIT - 10

T.H. GREEN - LIFE AND WORKS - THEOLOGY - THEORY OF WILL - THEORY OF RIGHTS -

POLITICAL ECONOMY

UNIT - 11

HEGEL - LIFE AND WORKS - SCIENCE OF LOGIC - PHENOMENOLOGY - PHILOSOPHY OF

RIGHT - HIS IMPACT

UNIT - 12

KARL MARX - LIFE AND WORKS - CITIZEN OF CAPITALISM - SCIENTIFIC SOCIALISM -

CLASS STRUGGLE - WITHERING AWAY OF STATE

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

MASTER OF ARTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

1 Yr.

WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT(2020804)

UNIT - 01

INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT - SOURCES - NATURE - SCOPE - IMPORTANCE - CLASSICAL

- MEDIEVAL - MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT

UNIT - 02

POLITICAL THOUGHT OF MANU - MONARCHY - DHARMA - CLASSIFICATION OF SOCIETY -

DUTY BOUND CITIZENSHIP

UNIT - 03

POLITICAL THOUGHT OF KAUTILYA - PRINCIPLES OF STATECRAFT IN ARTHASASTRA -

MINISTRY - LAW - TAX - PUNISHMENT - SECURITY - ESPIONAGE - WAR

UNIT - 04

POLITICAL THOUGHT OF THIRUVALLUVAR - POLITICAL IDEAS IN THIRUKKURAL - DUTIES

OF KING - MINISTERS - TAX - PUNISHMENT - ESPIONAGE - SECURITY - WAR

UNIT - 05

WESTERN INFLUENCE ON INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT - IMPACT OF RENAISSANCE AND

REFORMATION MOVEMENT - ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND FREEDOM MOVEMENTS

UNIT - 06

RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY - BRAHMA SAMAJ - MODERNIZATION OF TRADITIONAL SOCIETY -

ABOLITION OF SATI - RELIGIOUS SYNTHESIS

UNIT - 07

GOPALA KRISHANA GOKHALE - FREEDOM STRUGGLE - MODERATE IDEAS - RESISTANCE

TO BRITISH COLONIALISM

UNIT - 08

BAL GANGADHAR TILAK - EXTREMIST VIEWS - MOBILIZATION OF HINDUS - RESISTANCE

TO BRITISH COLONIALISM

UNIT - 09

MAHATMA GANDHI - INFLUENCES - TRUTH AND NONVIOLENCE - IDEAS OF CIVIL

DISOBEDIENCE - NON-COOPERATION AND SATYAGRAHA - RELIGION AND POLITICS -

TRUSTEESHIP

UNIT - 10

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU - WESTERN INFLUENCES - IDEA OF DEMOCRACY AND SOCIALISM -

PLANNED ECONOMY

UNIT - 11

B.R. AMBEDKAR - DRAFTING INDIAN CONSTITUTION - LEGAL SOLUTION FOR THE

DEPRESSED CLASSES - SEPARATE CONSTITUENCY FOR THE DEPRESSED CLASSES

UNIT - 12

POLITICAL THOUGHT OF E.V. RAMASAMY PERIYAR - SELF-RESPECT MOVEMENT -

SEPARATION AND NON-BRAHMIN MOVEMENT - DRAVIDIAN IDEOLOGY - IDEA OF SOCIAL

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

MASTER OF ARTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

2 Yr.

INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT(2020806)

JUSTICE AND RATIONALISM

UNIT - 01

POLITICAL SYSTEM - MEANING - DEFINITION - NATURE - CHARACTERISTICS -

TRADITIONAL AND MODERN APPROACHES

UNIT - 02

CLASSIFICATION OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS - METHODS AND CRITERIA - DISTRIBUTION OF

POWERS - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEGISLATURE AND EXECUTIVE

UNIT - 03

POLITICAL SYSTEM OF UK - BASIC FEATURES - LEGISLATURE - EXECUTIVE - JUDICIARY

UNIT - 04

CIVIL SERVICE IN UK - LOCAL GOVERNANCE - PARTY SYSTEM AND PRESSURE GROUPS

UNIT - 05

POLITICAL SYSTEM OF USA - SALIENT FEATURES - FEDERAL PRINCIPLES - POWERS

AND FUNCTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT

UNIT - 06

LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IN USA - JUDICIARY IN USA - JUDICIAL REVIEW - DUE PROCESS

OF LAW

UNIT - 07

LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN USA - PARTY SYSTEM AND PRESSURE GROUPS

UNIT - 08

POLITICAL SYSTEM OF FINANCE - SALIENT FEATURES - HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT -

LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND CABINET

UNIT - 09

CIVIL SERVICE IN FRANCE - JUDICIARY - MULTIPARTY SYSTEM AND PRESSURE GROUPS

- LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

UNIT - 10

POLITICAL SYSTEM OF SWITZERLAND - HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT - CONFEDERATION

UNIT - 11

FEDERAL COUNCIL IN SWITZERLAND - FEDERAL JUDICIARY - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

UNIT - 12

DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN SWITZERLAND - ELECTORAL SYSTEM - REFERENDUM -

COMPARISON WITH UK, USA AND FRANCE

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

MASTER OF ARTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

2 Yr.

CONTEMPORARY AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS(2020807)

UNIT - 01

WORLD POLITICS - NATURE AND SCOPE - IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY - APPROACHES

UNIT - 02

THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS - REALISM - IDEALISM - WORLD STATE

THEORY - MARXIST THEORY - PLURALIST THEORY

UNIT - 03

CONCEPT OF POWER - MEANING - DEFINITION - CONSTITUENTS OF POWER -

LIMITATIONS

UNIT - 04

STRUGGLE FOR POWER - MAINTAINING STATUS QUO - PROMOTING IMPERIALISM -

POWER AS PRESTIGE

UNIT - 05

MANAGEMENT OF POWER - BALANCE OF POWER - COLLECTIVE SECURITY -

COOPERATIVE SECURITY - CHANGING NATURE

UNIT - 06

NON-ALIGNMENT - HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT - BASES OF NON-ALIGNMENT - ROLE

AND RELEVANCE IN THE CONTEXT OF SUPER POWERS GAME

UNIT - 07

DISARMAMENT - MEANING - NATURE - IMPORTANCE - ARMS CONTROL - ROLE OF SUPER

POWERS

UNIT - 08

NUCLEAR TREATIES AND ARMS CONTROL - CTBT - NPT- PNE

UNIT - 09

REGIONALISM IN WORLD POLITICS - SAARC - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS - ASEAN -

ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS - EMERGING ISSUES IN COOPERATION

UNIT - 10

LIBERALIZATION - MEANING - SCOPE - IMPORTANCE - PRIVATIZATION - MEANING -

SCOPE - IMPORTANCE - GLOBALIZATION - MEANING - SCOPE - IMPORTANCE -

EMERGING PROBLEMS

UNIT - 11

EMERGING ISSUES IN WORLD POLITICS - HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION - SANCTIONS -

MILITARY INTERVENTION AND STATE SOVEREIGNTY

UNIT - 12

HUMAN RIGHTS - EMERGING ISSUES - ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES - TERRORISM -

DEMOCRATIC EXPANSION

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

MASTER OF ARTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

2 Yr.

WORLD POLITICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS(2020808)

UNIT - 01

POLITICAL IDEOLOGY - MEANING - DEFINITION AND NATURE - LIBERAL APPROACH -

MARXIST APPROACH

UNIT - 02

LIBERALISM - MEANING - DEFINITION - LIBERTY AND LIBERALISM - LIBERALISM AND

SOCIAL JUSTICE

UNIT - 03

DEMOCRACY - MEANING - DEFINITION - FORMS OF DEMOCRACY - CRITICISMS

UNIT - 04

SOCIALISM - MEANING - ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT - EARLY THEORIES - MARXIST

INFLUENCE

UNIT - 05

TYPES OF SOCIALISMS - UTOPIAN SOCIALISM - FABIAN SOCIALISM - GUILD SOCIALISM -

SYNDICALISM - DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM

UNIT - 06

MARXISM - LIFE AND WORKS OF KARL MARX - DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM - HISTORICAL

MATERIALISM - THEORY OF CLASS - PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION - COMMUNISM AND

WITHERING AWAY OF STATE

UNIT - 07

LENINISM - LIFE AND WORKS OF LENIN - LENIN AND MARX - STATE AND REVOLUTION -

CAPITALISM AND IMPERIALISM - PLANNED ECONOMY

UNIT - 08

STALINISM - LIFE AND WORKS OF STALIN - STALIN AND LENIN - STALIN AND TROTSKY -

SOCIALISM IN ONE COUNTRY - CULT OF PERSONALITY

UNIT - 09

REVISIONISM - MEANING AND SCOPE - CONTRIBUTIONS OF BERNSTEIN - CROSLAND -

TROTSKY - THE NEW LEFT - EURO COMMUNISM - SOVIET REVISIONISM - CHINESE

REVISIONISM

UNIT - 10

PLURALISM - MEANING - PRINCIPLES - PLURALISM AND POLITICAL THEORY - PLURALISM

AND DEMOCRACY

UNIT - 11

FASCISM - MEANING AND PRINCIPLES - LIFE AND WORKS OF MUSSOLINI - THE FASCIST

STATE

UNIT - 12

NAZISM - MEANING AND PRINCIPLES - LIFE AND WORKS OF HITLER - RACISM -

NATIONALISM - ANTI-SEMITISM

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

MASTER OF ARTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

2 Yr.

POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES(2020809)

UNIT - 01

EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE OF INDIAN ADMINISTRATION - ADMINISTRATION UNDER

BRITISH RULE - PREAMBLE - FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE

POLICY - PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY.

UNIT - 02

UNION EXECUTIVE : INDIAN PRESIDENT - PRIME MINSTER - COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AND

CABINET - CABINET SECRETARIAT.

UNIT - 03

STATE ADMINISTRATION :

GOVERNOR - CHIEF MINISTER - STATE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS - CHIEF SECRETARY -

STATE SECRETARIAT.

UNIT - 04

LOCAL ADMINISTRATION :

73RD AMENDMENT ACT : 74TH AMENDMENT ACT - PANCHAYAT RAJ - URBAN LOCAL

GOVERNMENT.

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

MASTER OF ARTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

2 Yr.

INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS (MA-POL.SCI)(2020810)

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