UNIT - I 

1. Political Theory : Nature and Significance, 2. Behaviouralism and Post-Behaviouralism, 3. Concept of Power, 4. Authority, 5. Origin and Development of State, 6. State : Nature and Functions—Liberal and Marxist, 7. State : A Dominant Perspective, 8. Sovereignty : Monism and Pluralism, 9. Citizenship, 10. Right, 11. Liberty, 12 .Equality, 13 .Justice, 14. Democracy : Classical or Liberal, Pluralist and Elitist View, 15. Welfare State : Growth and Functions, 16. Development : Social, Economic and Political, 17. Theories of Political and Social Change, 

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 Krishan Gokhale, 1866–1915, 8. Maharishi Aurobindo Ghosh, 1872–1950, 9. Mahatma Gandhi, 1869–1948, 10. Manvendra Nath Roy, 1886–1954, 11. Bhima Rao Ramji Ambedkar, 1891–1956, 12. Ram Manohar Lohia, 1910–1967, 13. Acharya Narendra Deva, 1889–1956, 14. Jayaprakash Narayan.