CSS POLITICAL SCIENCE Syllabus

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POLITICAL SCIENCE
Total Marks – 200

PAPER I (Marks – 100)

PART ‘A’

1. Political Theory

    (i) Western Political Thought

    Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Montesquieu, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Bentham, Mill, Marx, Lenin, Mao

    (ii) Muslim Political Thought

    AI-Farabi, Al-Mawardi, Nizam-ul-Mulik Tusi, Al-Ghazali, Ibn-I-Khaldun, Iqbal

PART ‘B’

2. The nature and emergence of Modern state system, Islamic concept of state.

3. Political concepts, Sovereignty, Law, Liberty, Equality, Rights and Duties.

4. Political Dynamics: Public Opinion, Propaganda, Political Parties, Pressure Groups.

5. Political Institutions: Legislature, Executive, Judiciary. Political Elites, Civil and Military Bureaucracy.

6. Forms of Government: Monarchy, Democracy. Dictatorship Unitary and Federal, Presidential and Parliamentary.

7. Totalitarianism: Fascism, Communism.

8. Local Self-government: Theory and Practice with special reference to Pakistan.

 

PAPER-II (Marks – 100)

PART ‘A’

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

PART ‘B’

2. Political Systems of developing countries: Turkey, Iran, India and China.

3. 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.

4. 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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