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16 M.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE (SEMESTER SYSTEM) SYLLABUSUNIT-IIIState and Civil Society : Theories and recent debates.Constitutionalism : Theory and Practice in Contemporary States.UNIT-IVPolitical Culture and Socialisation : Culture and social change.Political Participation and Representation : Political parties, Pressure groups and new socialmovements.Readings :Students are advised to see the relevant entries in the following reference books⎯Seymour MartinLipset (ed. in chief). The Encyclopedia of Democracy, Volumes I, II and III, Routledge, London,1955; Vernon Bogdanor (ed.), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Institutions, Blackwell,Oxford, 1987; Joel Krieger (ed. in chief), The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World, OUP,Oxford, 1993; Tom Bottomore (ed.), A Dictionary of Marxist Thought, Blackwell, Oxford,1983.Specific Readings :1.1 Blondel, J., The Discipline of Politics, Butterworth, London, 1981.1.2 Cantori, Louis J., and Andrew H. Ziegler (eds.), Comparative Politics in the Post-Behavioural Era,Lynne Rienner Publisher, Boulder, 1988.1.3 Chandhoke, Neera , “Limits of Comparative Political Analysis,” Economic and Political Weekly,Vol. XXXI, No. 4, January 27, 1996.1.4 Chilcote, Ronald, Comparative Politics : The Search for a Paradigm Reconsidered, Westview,Boulder, (Second Edition) 1994.1.5 Dalton, Russel, J., “Comparative Politics of the Industrial Democracies : From the Golden Age toIsland Hopping” in William Crotty (ed.), Comparative Politics, Policy and International Relations,Northwestern University Press, Evanstone, 1991.1.6 Dogan, Mattei and Dominique Pelassy, How to Compare Nations, Strategies in ComparativePolitics, Chatham House, 1984 (Indian reprint) Vision Books, New Delhi, 1988.1.7 Dogan, Mattei and Ali Kazancigilli (eds.), Comparing Nations, Concepts, Strategies, Substance,Blackwell, Oxford, 1994.1.8 Eckstein, Harry and David E., Apter (ed.), Comparative Politics, A Reader, The Free Press ofGlencoe, Collier-Macmillan, London, 1993.1.9 Hague, Rod, Martin Harrop and Shaun Breslin, Comparative Government and Politics : AnIntroduction, Macmillan, London, 1993.1.10 Lane, Jan-Erik and Svante Ersson, Comparative Politics : An Introduction and New Approach,Polity, Cambridge, 1994, (Ch. 1, Comparative Approaches, Ch. 6, The Logic to Model Building inComparative Government).1.11 Larrain, Jorge, Theories of Development, Polity, Cambridge, 1989.1.12 Mohanty, Manoranjan, “ Moving the Centre in the Comparative Study of Politics, AnApproach to Creative Theory”, Unpublished Paper, (Photostat copy in Political ScienceDepartmental Library, Panjab University).