Political Science- CSS Syllabus

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POLITICAL SCIENCE

200 MARKS


PAPER I- (Marks - 100) Part-A (50 Marks)

I. Western Political Thought:

Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Montesquieu, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Mill, Bentham, Hegel, Marx, Lenin, Mao, Gramsci, Kai Popper, Pierre Bourdieu, John Rawis, Frances Fukuyama, Foucault, Derrida Kierkegard, Jean Paul Sartre, Rene Descarte

II. Muslim Political Thought:

Al-Farabi, Al-Marawardi, Abne-Rushid, Imam Ghazali, Ibne-Taymiyya, Nizam-ul-MulkTusi, Al-Ghazali, Ibn-i-Khuldun, Shah Waliullah, Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Jamaluddin Afghni, Rashid Rida,

Part -B (50 Marks)


III. State System:

The nature and emergence of modern nation-state system, 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-Military and Bureaucracy.

VIII. Forms of Government:

Monarchy, Democratic, Dictatorship, Totalitarian/Authoritarian, Unitary, Federal, Confederation, Presidential and Parliamentary

IX. Political Ideologies:

Capitalism, Marxism, Communism, Socialism, Totalitarism, Fascims, 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-II (MARKS-100) 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, SARRC, ECO, International Financial Regimes IMF and WTO

Part-B (70 Marks)

III. Comparative and Analytical Study of the Political Systems:

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, 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, and Central-Provincial relations after 18th amendments,

Political Culture of Pakistan, political developments and 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 WWII Period

Foreign Policy of Pakistan: National Interests and Major Determinations i-e

1). Size/Geography
2). Economic Development
3). Security
4). Advancement in Technology
5). National Capacity
6). Political Parties/Leadership
7). Ideology
8). National Interest
9). Role of Press/Bureaucracy



10). Social Structure
11). Public Opinion
12). Diplomacy.
Also external factors like International Power Structure, International Organizations, World
Public Opinion and reaction of other states. Foreign Policy-making Process in Pakistan

SUGGESTED READINGS

S. No.	Title	Author
1.	Pakistan’s Foreign Policy, 1947-2005	Abdul Sattar,
2.	Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia	Ayesha Jalal
3.	Military, Civil Society and Democratization in Pakistan	Akbar Zaidi
4.	The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam	Allama Iqbal
5.	A history of Pakistan and its origins	Christophe Jaffrelot,
6.	Greek Political Thought: Plato & Aristotle	Eearnest Barker,
7.	Political Thought From Plato to Present	Ebenstein
8.	Political Thought in Medieval Islam	Erwin I.J. Rosenthal
9.	Constitutional Developments in Pakistan	G.W.Choudhury,
10.	Comparative Politics Today: A Theoretical Framework	Gabriel A. Almond, G.Bingham Powell,
11.	Contemporary Political Analysis	Garles Worth James,
12.	A History of Political Theory	George Holland Sabine
13.	Studies in Muslim Political Thought and Administration	H K Sherwani,
14.	Modern Islamic Political Thought	Hamid Enayat,
15.	Constitutional and Political History of Pakistan	Hamid Khan,
16.	Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace	Hans J. Morgenthau,
17.	Military and Politics in Pakistan	Hasan Askari Rizvi,
18.	Pakistan Foreign Policy: An Overview 1947-2004 (PILDAT)	Hasan Askari Rizvi
19.	Pakistan and Geostrategic Environment : A Study of Foreign Policy	Hasan Askari Rizvi
20.	International Politics: A Framework for Analysis	Holsti, K.J.
21.	Pakistan: A Modern History	Lan Talbot,

S. No.	Title	Author
22.	21st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook	John T.Ishiyama, Marijke Breuning,
23.	Political Thought from Plato to Present	Judd Herman,
24.	The Political System of Pakistan,	K.B.Sayeed,
25.	Pakistan: A Political Study	Keith Callard,
26.	Pakistan: An Enigma of Political Development	Lawrance Ziring,
27.	Pakistan in the Twentieth Century	Lawrance Ziring,
28.	Pakistan: At the Crosscurrent of History	Lawrance Ziring,
29.	History of Muslim Philosophy	M M.Sharif,
30.	History of Local Government in Pakistan	Masudul Hasan
31.	Nationalism: The Nation-State and Nationalism	Monserrat Guibernau,
32.	Politics and the State in Pakistan	Muhammad Waseem,
33.	Government and Politics in Pakistan	Mushtaq Ahmad
34.	Making of Pakistan	Noor ul Haq
35.	Pattern of Government	Samuel H. Beer & Adam B. Ullam
36.	Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present	Paul Kelly (Ed)
37.	Introduction to Political Science, Islamabad, National Book Foundation,	Rodee Anderson etc.
38.	Pakistan’s Foreign Policy : An Historical Analysis	S.M. Burke
39.	State & Society in Pakistan	Shahid Javed Burki
40.	Islami Riyasat	Syed Abul Aala Maudoodi
41.	Khilafat O Malookeyat	Syed Abul Aala Maudoodi
42.	Ethno National Movements of Pakistan	Tahir Amin
43.	Politics, Parties and Pressure Groups	V.O. Key Jr.
44.	Democratization in Pakistan	Waseem, M.
45.	Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction	Will Kymlicka
46.	History of Political Theories (Three Volumes)	Willaim A. Dunning,
47.	International Relations: Politics and Economy in the 21st Century	William Nester

[jawaadalishah]

Is it good subject than IR in the coming CE-2016 ???

[Css Groupie]

Dear, instead of posting in such irrelevant thread you should instead try to start a new thread. That will be more conducive to discussion. So please take care for the next time.


As for your concern regarding IR and Pol Science, do remember that majority of the candidates are opting IR the result of which be more competition in this single subject. Say for example if out of hundred 95 go for IR and only 5 for Political science then what does it imply is that in single subject of IR there will be 95 candidates trying to kick out each other, while the number is far less in Pol Science where the competition involves only 5 candidates against each other. Greater competition in IR means greater preparation and hard work is required in this specific subject and on the other hand the burden is expected to be less for Pol Science.


But at the same time question arises; why so much candidates are going for IR? Is it because of their interest or because they have no other option better than this? The answer is simple; opting IR involves more compulsion than choice. You may see among IR candidates, such aspirants who don't have any formal background with IR and are instead hailing from engineering, medical, agriculture etc background. The scheme of the subjects is designed in such a way that leaves little room for most of the candidates to go elsewhere than IR. In fact, nearly all of the candidates try to pour into Pol science too but ultimately find it nearly inconvenient to prepare. It's much lengthy, though highly overlapping over other subjects but too theoretical to cope.


So if both IR and political science are new to you then IR is much better option.

[ayaan]

so what about those who have opted pol sci?
what should be their strategy to score good?

[frankenstein]

Try to get a good tutor first.

Always prioritize quality material especially those written by foreign authors.

Increase your familiarity with Pol. Science jargon, terms and language as much as you can

Work hard to systematize your approach. Try to think in a theoretically systemic way in a way a political scientist would do. Avoid hypothetical discussion and your approach should not be as if you are underlining a conspiracy.

You are required to be handy with pol science theories and learn how to apply them in contemporary emerging global developments

Even if a single page you read, you should 'internalize' it

If you've opted pol science then stop thinking otherwise; just straightwardly focus on it.

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