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Table of  Contents

 

 

Mod. No.	Sub. No	Topics	Page No.
I.		Introduction
	1.	Meaning and definition of Political Theory
	2.	Significance of Political Theory
	3.	Impact of Political Theory on Society and Law
II.		Political Concepts and Theories (Part I)
	1.	Liberty- Evolution of the concept, J. S. Mill’s views on Liberty, Positive and Negative Liberty
	2.	Equality- Concept of Equality and Theories of Equality- Equality of Welfare by Utilitarian’s, Equality of Resources by Ronald Dworkin, Equality of Capability by Amartya Sen and Complex Equality by Michael Walzer
	3.	Justice- Procedural Justice and Distributive Justice, John Rawls Theory- Justice as fairness
	4.	Rights- Negative and Positive rights, Types- Civil-Political-Socio-Economic-Cultural, Human Rights- UDHR
III.		Political Concepts and Theories (Part II)
	1.	Power and Authority- Nature, Significance and forms of Power and Authority, Difference between Power and Authority and Legitimacy, Max Weber’s View on Authority, Theories of Power – Elite Theory (Ideas of Pareto, Mosca, C. Wright Mills, Robert Michels) and Group Theory
	2.	State, Political Obligation and Punishment - Meaning of Political Obligation, Political Obligation Theories– Force Theory- Consent Theory- Marxist Theory- Utilitarian Theory
	3.	State and disobedience, Concept of Punishment and Theories of Punishment – Deterrent Theory Retributive Theory-Preventive Theory- Reformative Theory - Expiatory Theory

   

Mod. No.	Sub. No	Topics	Page No.
IV.		Political Ideologies
	1.	Concept of Ideology, Difference between Theory and Ideology and their interrelation, End of Ideology
	2.	Liberalism - Core Values- Main currents of liberalism (Classical Liberalism, Modern Liberalism and Neoliberalism), Liberal Democracy and Constitutionalism, End of History by Francis  Fukuyama
	3.	Socialism- Core Values and its variants - Fabian – Syndicalism – Guild Socialism- Democratic Socialism
	4.	Marxism- Theories of - Historical Materialism, Class and Class Struggle, Exploitation, Alienation, Role of State, Contemporary relevance of Marxism
	5.	Utilitarianism- Jeremy Bentham and Contribution of J.S. Mill