Political Science, comparative politics and approaches for its study- traditional and modern, the legislature, the executive, judiciary, political parties and pressure groups, theories of party system- Lenin, Michaels, and Duveerger, electoral system, bureaucracy, political process, political socialisation, modernisation, political communication, Non-western political process, constitutional and political problems affecting Afro-Asian societies, Colonalism and nationalism in India, modern indian social and political thought, historical and ideological basis of constitution, fundamental rights and directive principles, the parliament, the Union executive, the suprem court and judicial review, Indian federalism, Cetre-state relations, the role of governor, panchayati raj, class and caste in Indian politics, politic of regionalism, politics of linguism, communalism im indian politics, problem of secularisation of the polity and national integration, the political Elite and their changing composition, political parties and political participation, planning and development administration, socio-economic change and its impact on indian democracy (Topical Term)