Syllabus

CHAPTER 1 Comparative politics:

Nature and major approaches, political economy and political sociology perspectives, limitations of comparative method.

CHAPTER 2 State in comparative perspective:

Characteristics and changing nature of the state in capitalist and socialist economies, and advanced industrial and developing societies.

CHAPTER 3 Politics of Representation and Participation:

Political parties, pressure groups and social movements.

CHAPTER 4 Globalization:

Responses from developed and developing societies