Syllabus Of Public Administration in India B. A. (Programme)–Major Paper-I DSC-1
Unit No. | Title | Writer | Contributor Designation | Page Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unit-1 | Indian Administration | Vishal Kumar Gupta | Research Scholar, Department of Adult, Continuing Education & Extension, DU | 1 | |
Unit-2 | Decentralization | Ms. Revathy V Menon | Assistant Professor, Deshbandhu College, DU | 16 | |
Unit-3 | Budget: (a) Concept of Budget and Budget Cycle in India (b) Budget Types: Line Budgeting, Performance Planning Budgeting, Zero Based Budgeting (c) Budget: Role of Finance Ministry | Vishal Kumar Gupta, Kumari Sushma | Research Scholar, Department of Adult, Continuing Education & Extension, DU, Research Scholar, Department of Political Science, DU | 35 | |
Unit-4 | Technology and Public Administration in India | Dr. Mangal Deo | Assistant Professor, P.G.D.A.V. College, DU | 66 | |
Unit-5 | Social Welfare Administration: (a) Education: Right to Education (b) Health: National Health Mission | Kumar Anupam, Ashna Moga | Research Scholar, Department of Political Science, DU, Assistant Professor, Delhi College Of Arts & Commerce, DU | 81 | |
Unit-6 | Issues and Debates in Indian Administration | Ashna Moga | Assistant Professor, Delhi College Of Arts & Commerce, DU | 101 |
Syllabus Of INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL THEORY B.A. (PROGRAMME) POLITICAL SCIENCE SEMESTER-I MINOR PAPER
Approach Name | Description | Key Exponents | Core Principles | Methodological Category | Main Advantages | Limitations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deductive Approach | Proceeding from a more general proposition to an equally general or less general proposition, where formal truth is applied to political situations. | Plato | Proceeds from the general to the particular; emphasizes universal values and reasoning. | Traditional | Valid reasoning to arrive at universal truths; makes explicit what is implied in the premise. | Does not bother about the material truth or falsity of the premise; can roam in darkness/philosophical imagination. | |
Inductive Approach | Legitimate derivation of universal laws from individual cases by examining various facts and experiences. | Aristotle, Bacon | Proceeds from the particular to the general; based on observation, experimentation, and reasoning from examples. | Traditional | Scientific, rational, and pragmatic; takes reality and complex changing factors into consideration. | Subject of study (human beings) is unpredictable; collection of data is time-consuming and expensive. | |
Behavioural Approach | Focuses on the acts, attitudes, preferences, and expectations of man in political contexts using empirical data. | Heinz Eulau, David Easton | Scientific study of politics; seeks to draw conclusions from empirical data and inter-disciplinary study. | Modern | First breakthrough in scientific study of politics; examines the actual behavior of individuals and groups. | Criticized after 1960s for failure to study pressing social issues and over-emphasis on value-free politics. | |
System Approach or System Analysis | Study of inter-related variables forming one system, where the system is a self-regulating order. | David Easton | Politics is conceived in terms of the ‘political system’; assumes discernible, regular, and internally consistent patterns. | Modern | Pioneering model of political analysis; provides a systematic framework for study. | Not in source | |
Philosophical Approach | Study of political beings linked with the pursuit of goals, morals, truths, or principles underlying reality. | Rousseau, Hegel, Plato, Moore | Principles are deduced from a series of general truths or assumptions; admits an abstract ideal. | Traditional | Addresses the ideals and aspirations of a society. | Not strictly realistic; philosopher may lose sight of actual facts and roam in darkness. | |
Comparative Approach | Comparing political systems and institutions of different countries to formulate principles with precision. | Aristotle, Garner, Herbert Spencer | Deriving conclusions by comparing various ideas and institutions across different countries. | Traditional | Useful for formulating precise principles of political theory. | Liability to error if diversity of conditions (temperament, economic/social standards) are ignored; analogies can be erroneous. | |
Historical Approach | Study of the origin, growth, and decay of political institutions to understand present situations and avoid past mistakes. | Montesquieu, Burke, Seeley, Maine, Freeman, Laski, Sir Frederic Pollock | History provides the necessary raw materials; uses historical facts to discover general laws and principles. | Traditional | Serves as a guide to the present and future; provides a laboratory of events; explains how institutions came to be. | Not in source | |
Post-Behavioural Approach | A reform movement emphasizing ‘relevance’ and ‘action’ over mere technique. | David Easton | Substance must have precedence over technique; focus on social change and reality; study should be future-oriented. | Modern | More practical and social change-oriented; refining the behavioural approach to make it acceptable. | Not in source | |
Structural Functional Approach | Analysis of which political structures perform what basic functions in the political system as a whole. | Gabriel Almond, Robert T. Halt | Describes social reality in terms of structures, processes, mechanisms, and functions. | Modern | Helps describe, explain, and predict selective aspects of social reality. | Not in source | |
Communication or Cybernetics Approach | Viewing the political system as a network of communication channels for the systematic study of control. | Karl Deutsch | Focuses on information, communication, and channels; suggests organizations are held together by information. | Modern | Draws on sophisticated models from communications engineering. | Not in source |