PAPER - I (Marks-100 )

Political Theory

1. Western Political Thought
   Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Montesquieu, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Bentham, Mill, Marx, Lenin, Mao
   
   
2. Muslim Political Thought
   AI-Farabi, Al-Mawardi, Nizam-ul-Mulik Tusi, Al-Ghazali, Ibn-I-Khaldun, Iqbal
   
   

Part 'B'

1. The nature and emergence of Modern state system, Islamic concept of state.
   
   
2. Political concepts, Sovereignty, Law, Liberty, Equality, Rights and Duties.
   
   
3. Political Dynamics: Public Opinion, Propaganda, Political Parties, Pressure Groups.
   
   
4. Political Institutions: Legislature, Executive, Judiciary. Political Elites, Civil and Military Bureaucracy.
   
   
5. Forms of Government: Monarchy, Democracy. Dictatorship Unitary and Federal, Presidential and Parliamentary
   
   
6. Totalitarianism: Fascism, Communism.
   
   
7. Local Self-government: Theory and Practice with special reference to Pakistan.
   
   

• Selected Political Systems: Nature and dynamics of major political institutions in U.S.A., U.K., France and Former Soviet Union,
  
  
  

• Political Systems of developing countries: Turkey, Iran, India and China.
  
  
• Rise of Muslim Nationalism in South Asia with special reference to the role of Sir Syed Abmed Khan, lqbal and Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
  
  
• A comparative and critical analysis of the 1956, 1962, 1973 and 1985 Constitutions of Pakistan.