IGNOU MPS-04 Syllabus | Comparative Politics: Issues and Trends
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Here you will get the full syllabus for the IGNOU MPS 4:Comparative Politics: Issues and Trends
The syllabus of IGNOU MPS 4 is divided in 2 blocks and each block is again divided in units.
We have listed the detailed syllabus of all the 2 blocks and its units.
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Syllabus of MPS 4
Course Code
MPS 4
Course Title
Comparative Politics: Issues and Trends
Course Type
Compulsory Course
Blocks
Total 2 Blocks
Programme
MPS : Master’s Degree in Political Science
University
IGNOU ( Indira Gandhi National Open University )
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Block 1 Book-I
- Unit 1 – Comparative Politics: Nature, Significance and Evolution
- Unit 2 – Comparative Approaches and Methods: Systems, Structural Functional and Public Policy
- Unit 3 – Comparative Approaches: Political Economy, Dependency and World Systems
- Unit 4 – Theories of State
- Unit 5 – State in Developing Societies: Asian, African and Latin American Experiences
- Unit 6 – Civil Society and The State
- Unit 7 – Globalization and State
- Unit 8 – Regional Integration and State
- Unit 9 – International Organizations and State
- Unit 10 – Transnational/Multinational Corporations and State
- Unit 11 – Nationalism: Approaches
- Unit 12 – Forms of Nationalism
- Unit 13 – Colonialism and Anti-Colonial Struggles
- Unit 14 – Nationality and Self Determination
- Unit 15 – State Building and Constitutionalism
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Block 2 Book-II
- Unit 1 – Ethnicity Politics and State
- Unit 2 – Politics of Community Identities
- Unit 3 – Ethnic Movements
- Unit 4 – Political Regime
- Unit 5 – Bureaucracy
- Unit 6 – Military in Politics
- Unit 7 – Federalism: Patterns and Trends
- Unit 8 – Parties and Party Systems
- Unit 9 – Interest Groups, Pressure Groups and Lobbying
- Unit 10 – Poverty and Human Development
- Unit 11 – Gender and Development
- Unit 12 – Environment
- Unit 13 – Science, Technology and Politics
- Unit 14 – Decentralization and Participation
- Unit 15 – Human Rights