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AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL THEORYCourse Objective : This course aims to introduce certain key concepts intraditional political theory with an intention to engage the students withthe application of these ideas.a. Political Theory : Nature, Significance & its Relevanceb. Origin and Development of State Systemc. Power and Authorityd. Sovereignty : Monism and Pluralisme. Liberty : Meaning, Positive and Negative Libertyf. Equality : Meaning, Types, Relations between Liberty and Equalityg. Justice : Meaning, Types, Procedural and Distributive Justiceh. Democracy : Meaning and Growth. Liberal, Marxist and Elitist viewson DemocracyPaper (C-2)THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORYCourse Objective : This course aims to acquaint students with the Indianand Western traditions of political theorisations through some select themesin order to appreciate the value and distinctiveness of comparative politicaltheory/thought.Western Thought : Thinkers and Themesa. Plato : Ideal State, Justice and Educationb. Aristotle : Revolution, Property and Classification of Governmentc. Hobbes : Sovereignty and Individualismd. Locke : Social Contract, Property and Natural Rightse. Rousseau : Social Contract, General Will and Inequalityf. J. S. Mill : Liberty and Democracyg. Marx : Dialectical Materialism, Historical Materialism, Class Struggleand Revolution