UNIT - I 

1. Political Theory : Nature, Scope and Significance 2. Behaviouralism and Post-Behaviouralism 3. State : Definition, Elements and Nature 4. Functions of the State : Liberalism, Socialism and Welfare State 5. Sovereignty : Monism and Pluralism 6. Concept of Power 7. Authority and Legitimacy 8. Law : Definition, Sources and Classification 9. Liberty 10. Equality 11. Justice 12. Democracy : Meaning, Merits, Demerits and Necessary Conditions for the Successful Working of Democracy 13. Political Party or Party System 14.Pressure Groups 15. Social Change : Meaning, Definition, Characteristics and Theories, 

UNIT - II

1. Sources of Indian Political Thought 2. Political Thought in Ancient India 3. Kautilya 4. Swami Dayanand Saraswati, 1824–1883 5. Swami Vivekanand, 1863–1902 6. Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, 1856–1920 7. Gopal Krishna Gokhale 8. Maharshi Aurobindo Ghosh 9. Mahatma Gandhi, 1869–1948 10. Manvendra Nath Roy, 1886–1954 11. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, 1891–1956 12. Ram Manohar Lohia, 1910–1967 13. Acharya Narendra Deva, 1889–1959 14. Jaya Prakash Narayan, 1902–1979.