Detailed Syllabus- Outline, End Term Exam Guidelines, Structure, etc.

Classical Liberal Theory of DemocracyElite Theory of DemocracyPluralist Theory of DemocracyMarxist Theory of DemocracyUNIT IIIMARXISMMarxian Interpretation of HistoryMarxian Theory of Social and Political ChangeTheory of RevolutionUNIT IVSOCIALISM AND FASCISMSocialism: Meaning, Features and DevelopmentFascism: Meaning, Features and DevelopmentSuggested Readings:M.P. Jain, Political Theory: Liberal and Marxian (Delhi: Authors GuildPublications, 1993).F.W. Coker, Recent Political Thought (Calcutta: The Words Press, 1966).W. Ebenstein, Great Political Thinkers (New Delhi: Oxford and IBH, 1974).J.A. Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy (London: GeorgeAllen & Unwin, 1976).C.B. Macpherson, The Life and Times of Liberal Democracy, Oxford: OxfordUniversity Press, 1977.G. Sartori, Democratic Theory (New Delhi: Oxford and IBH, 1965).Shibdas Ghosh, On Fascism (Calcutta: SUCI, 1975).Ruggiero, “Liberalism” in E.R.A. Seligman ed., Encyclopedia of the SocialSciences, Vol. IV (NV., 1937).M. Freeden, The New Liberalism: An Ideology of Social Reform (London:OUP, 1978).D. Held, Models of Democracy (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1987).21