Content

1. Comparative Government, 2. Democratic and Un-democratic Regimes, 3. Forms of Governments, 4. Methods of Representation and Electoral System, 5. Party System, 6. Contemporary Debate on Nature of State.

SYLLABUS

Comparative Government and Politics

1.The Nature, Scope and Methods of Comparative Political Analysis. 2. Comparing Regimes : Authoritarian and Democratic,  3.Classifications of Political Systems :(a) Parliamentary and Presidential : UK and USA.(b) Federal and Unitary : Canada and China. 4.Electoral Systems : First Past the Post, Proportional Representation, Mixed Systems. 5.Party Systems : One-Party, Two-Party and Multi-Party Systems,  6. Contemporary Debates on the Nature of State : The Security State and the Changing nature of Nation-State in the Context of Globalization.