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SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION
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POLITICAL SCIENCE
(POST RELATED)
Subject Code: 341
Total Marks-200
Part-I
Marks: 100
A. Introduction to Political Science : Basic Concepts, State and its evolution, Society, Citizenship,
Law, Meaning and Classification of Constitution, Classification and forms of Govt., Democratic,
Dictatorial, Totalitarian, Presidential and Parliamentary, French model, Unitary, Federalism,
Problems and new trends.
B. Organs of Govt. : Separation of Power -Variety and Proportional Representation, Electorate,
Political Party, Interest Group, Pressure Group, Public Opinion, Bureaucracy, Elite, Local Govt.,
Local Self govt.
C. Nature and Meaning of Public Administration: Scope and the main elements of Public
Administration, Public and Private Administration, Approaches to the Study of Public
Administration.
D. Administrative Concepts: Hierarchy, Division of Work, Co -ordination, Span of Control, Unity of
Command, Line and Staff, Centralization and Decentralization, Departmentalization.
E. Bureaucracy: Meaning and Characteristics, Political and Administrative Role, Administrative
Accountability: Legislative, Executive and Judiciary.
F. Approaches to the Study of Politics : System Analysis, Structural -Functional Analysis, Elite
Theory, Group Theory, Role Theory, Decision -Making Theory, Conflict Theory, Game Theory,
Communication Theory, Psycho-Analytic approaches, Marxist and Neo-Marxist Approaches.
G. Political Thought
Greek City State and/Greek Philosophy Socrates, Plato, Aristotle.
Kautilya and Arthashastra
Confucianism, Taoism
Ibne Khaldun, Imam Gazzali
Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locks, Montesquieu, Rousseau
Karl Marx, Mao-Ze-Dong.