POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

UNIT I
State - Elements - Distinction between state, Society, Associations, Government, Community and Nation. Nature, ends and Fucntions of the State. Sovereignty - Law - Liberty - Equlity - Rights and Duties.

UNIT II
Democracy - individualism - Liberalism - Marxism - Socialism - Gandhism.

UNIT III
Plato - Aristotle - Machiavelli - Hobbes - Locke - Rousseau - Marx.

UNIT IV
Constitution - Classification of coustitutions - Theory of seperation of powers - Political systems of U.K.

UNIT V
Political systems of U.S.A, France and Switzerland

UNIT VI
Indian constitutional development - National movement - Constitution making - Salient features - Fundamental Rights. Directive Principles of State policy.

UNIT VII
Union Executive - Union Legislature - Union Judiciary - State Machinery - Regionalism - Communalism - Political parties Social and political movements in tamil Nadu.

UNIT VIII
Nature and scope of Public Administration - Private and Public Administration - Principles of organization - Management - Decision making - Policy formulation - supervision - O & M whitely councils.

UNIT IX
Personnel Administration - Recruitment - Training - Position Classification - Retirement - Corruption - Financial Administration Budget - Auditing and Accounting - Local Government and Panchayath Raj.

UNIT X
Scope of International Relations - Post world war II - International order - approachs to study of International Relations - Power Theory - Balance of Power - Collective Security - Disarmament - Cold war - Non-alignment - U.N.O Regionalism - India and Neighbours and west Asia.