Subsections
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- Introduction to Political Theory: The meaning of political; what is a political theory? Nature of ideology, Nature of the human condition.
- Fundamental concepts of political thought: Power, Authority, Legitimacy, Liberty, Equality, Justice, Democracy, Citizenship, Civil Society.
- Fundamental political ideologies, their history and important thinkers: Liberalism, Conservatism, Socialism, Nationalism and Multiculturalism.
- Types of Political Arguments: Secularism, Freedom of Speech and Affirmative Action.
- I. Adams, Political Ideology Today, Manchester University Press, Manchester 2001.
- R. Bhargava and A. Acharya, Political Theory, Pearson, New Delhi 2016.
- H. Brighouse, Justice, Polity Press 2004.
- A. Heywood, Political Theory An Introduction, Palgrave Macmillan 2015.
- A. Heywood, Politics, 4th Edition, Palgrave Macmillan 2014.
- W. Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy, 2nd Edition, OUP 2014.
- B. R. Nelson, Western Political Thoughts: From Socrates to the Age of Ideology, Pearson, New Delhi 1996.
- M. Sandel, Justice: What’s the right thing to do? Penguin 2010.
- A. Swift, Political Philosophy, 3rd Edition, Polity Press, United Kingdom 2013.