NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Fourth Year Syllabus

Department of Political Science

Four-Year B.S.S. (Honours) Course

Effective from the Session: 2013–2014

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Syllabus for Four Year B.S.S. Honours Course
Subject: Political Science
Session: 2013-2014
 FOURTH YEAR

Paper Code Paper Title Marks Credits

241901 Political Theories: Changes and Continuities 100 4
241903 Local Government and Rural Development in 100 4
Bangladesh
241905 Introduction to Public Policy 100 4
241907 Government and Politics in East Asia: China, Japan 100 4
and South Korea
241909 Environment and Development 100 4
241911 Foreign Relations of Bangladesh 100 4
241913 Legislative Process in Bangladesh 100 4
241915 Globalization, Regionalism and International 100 4
Financial Institutions
241917 Modern Political Thought 100 4
241918 Viva-voce 100 4
Total= 1000 40
 Detailed Syllabus

Paper Code 241901 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60 hrs.

Paper Title: Political Theories: Changes and Continuities

Paper Content:
A. Political theory: Meaning.
B. Power, Authority, Legitimacy.
C. Contested nature of Sovereignty, Theories of State (Pluralism, Elitism and Marxism).
D. Civil Society/Public Sphere, Political Participation, Political Representation.
E. Democracy: Debates on Representative versus Participatory Democracy; Deliberative
Democracy; Theories of Democratization,
F. Politics of Globalization, Governance, Politics of Identity, Non-Party Politics:
Protests and Social Movements.

Selected Readings:
Alan R. Ball and B. Guy Peters, Modern Politics and Government (New
York: Houndmills. Basingstoke, Hampshire and New York), 2000.
Andrew Vincent, The Nature of Political Theory, (Oxford: Oxford University
Press), 2004.
David Marsh and Gerry Stoker (eds.), Theory and Methods in Political
Science, ( United Kingdom: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire and
London), 1995.
Jon Elster Deliberative Democracy, (United Kingdom: Cambridge
University Press), 1998.
James Good and Irving Velody (eds), The Politics of Postmodernity, (United
Kingdom: Cambridge University Press), 1998.
Peter Joyce, Politics, (UK: Hodder Headline), 1996.

Paper Code 241903 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60 hrs.

Paper Title: Local Government and Rural Development in
Bangladesh

Paper Content:
A. Approaches to the Study of Local Government
B. Local Government in Bangladesh: Historical growth of local bodies.
C. Structure of local bodies: Linkage between formal structure and
informal structure.
D. Dynamics of local government in Bangladesh: The Process of
decision-making, The administration of Local finance, Local level
planning.
E. Local level Politics: Emerging socio-anthropological structure, Rural
Power Structure. The Pattern of leadership-politics of brokerage,
Politics of factionalism: Patron-Client relation.
 F. Decentralization, Social Change: Rural Development, Problems and
trends, Political Participation.

Selected Readings:

Ahmed Shafiqul Haq, Politics and Administration in Bangladesh, Dhaka:

UPL, 1988.
Ali Ahmed, Administration of Local Self-Government for Rural Areas in
Bangladesh, Dhaka: NILG, 1979.
B. Hartmen and J.K. Boyce, A Quiet Violence: View from a Bangladesh
Village, London: Zed Books, 1998.
Dalem Chandra Barman, Emerging Leadership Patterns in Rural
Bangladesh, Dhaka: CSS, 1988.
Eliot Tepper, Changing Patterns of Administration in Rural East Pakistan,
Michigan: Michigan state University Press, 1966.
Hasnat Abdul Hye (ed.), Village Studies in Bangladesh, Comilla: BARD,
1985.
Hugh Tinker, Foundations of Local Self-Government in India, Pakistan
and Burma, London: Athlone Press, 1954.
Kamal Sidiqui (ed.), Local Government in South Asia: A Comparative
Study, Dhaka: UPL, 1992.
M. Rashiduzzaman, Politics and Administration in the Local Councils,
Dhaka: OUP, 1968.
Md. Moksuder Rahman, Politics and Development of Local Self
Government in Bangladesh, Delhi: Devika Publications, 2000.
N. C. Roy, Rural Self-Government in Bengal, Calcutta: Calcutta University
Press, 1936.
Najmul Abedin, Local Administration and Politics in Modernizing
Societies: Bangladesh and Pakistan, Dhaka: Oxford University Press,
1973.
Nizam Ahmed, Bureaucracy and Local Politics in Bangladesh, Dhaka:
A.H.D Publishing House, 2009.
R. Qadir and M. Islam, Women Representatives at the Union level as
change agents of Development, Beijing: Newstar Publishers, 1995.

S. Maqsood Ali, Decentralization and People’s Participation in

Bangladesh, Dhaka: NIPA, 1981.
Shairul Masreck, Kinship and Power Structure in Rural Bangladesh, USA:
Homeland Press and Publications, 1995.
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Paper Code 241905 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60 hrs.

Paper Title: Introduction to Public Policy

Paper Content:
A. Public Policy and Its Nature and Scope, Market, Government and the Non-
Profit Sector; Mix of Three Sectors; Rationale for Public Policy: Market
Failures, Distributional and Other Goals; Limits to Public Intervention:
Government Failures
Correcting Government and Market Failures: Policy Design and
Instruments
B. Theories of Policy Process, Money and Political Influence, Adopting,
Implementing and
Evaluating Public Policy Making, Ethical issues for Policy Analysts
C. Models of Policy Making, Problem Definition and Agenda Setting, Decision
Making, Evaluation, Implementation, Learning

Selected Readings:
John Kingdon, Agendas. Alternatives, and Public Policies, Updated Second
Edition, Longman, 2011.

Eugene Bardach, A Practical Guide to Policy Analysis, Chatham House, CQ

Press,4th edition, 2012.
Deborah Stone, Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision-making, WW Norton,
3rdedition, 2011.

Jessica Adolina and Charles Blake, Comparing Public Policies: Issues and Choices
in Industrialized Countries, CQ Press, second edition, 2011

Lester M. Salamon, “The New Governance and the Tools of Public Action: An
Introduction,” in Lester Salamon, ed., The Tools of Government, Oxford
University Press, 2002.

Paul Sabatier, editor, Theories of the Policy Process, Westview Press, 2007,
Second edition.

Paper Code 241907 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60 hrs.

Paper Title: Government and Politics in East Asia: China, Japan
and South Korea

Paper Content:

A. China: Constitution, The National People’s Congress (NPC); The Communist Party of
China (CPC) founded in 1921; Political leadership and Political succession; the people’s
Liberation Army (PLA); Political Institutions (government, bureaucracy, Parliament and
Legal Systems, etc); Politics of Economic Reforms; Democratization and Political
Participation; Ethnic Regional Autonomy; Special Administrative Regions and Governance
in Rural China.

B. Japan: Constitution (1947); Legislative System; Prime Minister and the Cabinet;
Bureaucracy; the Legal System; the Political Party System; Liberal Democratic Party, Japan
Socialist Party, Clean Government Party, Japan Communist Party, Democratic Party of
Japan; Election System an Campaign Rules , Money in Japanese Politics: Regulation and
Reform; Democratizing the law in Japan. (Influence of Religion in Japanese Politics).

C. South Korea: Constitution, Separation of Powers; Execute (Presidency), Legislature

(National Assembly) and Judiciary (Constitutional Court); Major Political Parties:
Democratic Labor Party (DLP); Democratic Party (DP); Grand National Party (GNP);
People-First Party and Uri Party and Local Governments and Election System.

Selected Readings:
Juichi, Inada. 1993. Democratization, Marketization, Japan’s Emerging Role
as a Foreign Aid Donor, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Lie John. 1998. Han Unbound. The Political Economy of south Korea,
Stamford: Stamford University Press.
Meisner, Maurice. 1999. Mao’s China and After (3rd ed.), New York: The
Free Press.
Oh, John Kie-Chiang. 1999. Korean Policy: The Quest for Democratization
Spence, Jonathan D. 1990. The Search for Modern China, New York:
Norton.
Inside China Today: http//www.insidechina.com/
China News; http//chinanews.bgn.org

Paper Code 241909 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60 hrs.

Paper Title: Environment and Development

Paper Content:

A. Approaches to the Study on Environment: Ecological, Social, Economic,

Political and Cultural; The Idea of Environmentalism: Popular, Managerial
and Marxist; Eco-feminism; Sustainable Development; the Relationship
between Environment and Development

B. Environmental Politics and Governance: Debates over Population vs.

Environment; Technology and Development vs. Environment; Global
Governance on Environmental Management and Development

C. Environmental Issues and Conflicts: Global, Regional and Local;

Environmental Policies and Development in Bangladesh

Selected Readings:

Partha Dasgupta and Karl-Göran Mäler (eds.) The Environment and Emerging
Development Issues, Volume 1 and Volume 2, Oxford, Oxford University Press,
2001

Firoz M. Ahmed (ed.) Bangladesh Environment, Dhaka, Bangladesh Poribesh

Andolon, 2000
Roushan Jahan, Environment and Development: Gender Perspective, Dhaka,
Women for Women, 1995
Hameeda Hossain et. al. (ed.) From Crisis to Development: Coping with Disasters
in Bangladesh, Dhaka, University Press Limited, 1992

A. Atiq Rahman , Saleemul Huq, Raana Haider and Eric G. Jansen, Environment
and Development in Bangladesh (Volume 1 & Volume 2), Dhaka, University Press
Limited, 1994

A. Atiq Rahman and Peter Ravenscroft, Groundwater Resources and

Development in Bangladesh Background to the Arsenic Crisis, Agricultural
Potential and the Environment, Dhaka, University Press Limited, 2003

Tawhidul Islam and Ananta Neelim, Climate Change in Bangladesh: A Closer Look
into Temperature and Rainfall Data, Dhaka, University Press Limited, 2010
Philip Gain, The Last Forests of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Society for Environment
and Human Development (SHED), 1998

Sumi Krishna, Environmental Politics, New Delhi, Sage Publication, 1996

Vandana Shiva, Eco-feminism, London, Zed Books, 1993.

Paper Code 241911 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60 hrs.

Paper Title: Foreign Relations of Bangladesh

Paper Content:
A. Foreign policy: Concept, objective, behaviour and determinants.
B. Emergence of Bangladesh: Big power diplomacy during the Liberation
War; Impact of the emergence of Bangladesh on international affairs.
C. Small States in World politics – security, military and non-military.
D. Foreign Policy of Bangladesh - Goals, Determinants and Policy
formulation Process. Security,
E. Geopolitical and environmental issues – Defence Strategy of
Bangladesh.
F. Bangladesh and the Major Powers
G. Bangladesh and its Neighbours.
H. Bangladesh and Economic Diplomacy
I. Bangladesh and the Third World – The Non-aligned Movement and
Bangladesh.
J. Bangladesh and the Muslim world.
K. Bangladesh and the United Nations
L. Bangladesh and the International Economic Institutions; World Bank,
IMF, ADB, MNCs.
M. Bangladesh and Multilateral Organizations – European Union, SAARC,
OIC, OPEC, WTO, SAFTA, BIMSTEC, D-8.

Selected Readings:
Emajuddin Ahmed (ed.), Foreign Policy of Bangladesh, Dhaka: UPL, 1984.
Iftekharuzzaman (ed.), Bangladesh and SAARC, Dhaka: Academic
Publishers, 1992.
M. G. Kabir and Shaukat Hassan (ed.), Issues and Challenges Facing
Bangladesh Foreign Policy, Dhaka: BSIS, 1989.
 Michal P. Sullivan, International Relations: Theory’s and Evidence,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1976.
R. C. Macridis, Foreign Policy in World Politics, London: Prentice Hall,
1992.
Stephen S Good Speed, The Nature and Function of International
Organization, New York: Oxford University Press, 1967.
Talukder Maniruzzaman, The Secrity of Small states in the Third World,
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Research School of Pacific
Studies, Australian National University, 1982.
Warner Levi, Fundamentals of World Organizations, Minneapolis, USA:
The University of Minnesota Press, 1953
Paper Code 241913 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60 hrs.
Paper Title: Legislative Process in Bangladesh

Paper Content:
A. Legislatures as Institutions in New States-Legislative origins and
history-growth of legislatures in British India; Bengal legislatures,
legislatures in United Pakistan.

B. Legislatures in Bangladesh: formation and functioning.

C. Constitutional provisions; Rules of Procedure; arrangement of

legislative business, debate and deliberation.

D. The Speaker and his designated role.

E. Legislative functions of Parliament; authority of parliament and stages

in legislative process.

F. Financial functions of Parliament; Financial procedure in parliament:

the financial scrutiny by the House.

G. Oversight functions of the Parliament; parliamentary control of the

Executive; parliamentary committees and functioning of the committee
system.

H. Representative functions of the parliament; policy roles and electoral

duties of the MPs; sovereignty of the legislature; challenges.

I. The Parliament Secretariat; organization and role.

J. The Private Sector and its interaction with the Parliament.

K. Gender balance and gender issues in parliament.

Selected Readings:
 Ameller, M. Parliaments: A Comparative Study on the Structure and
Functioning of Representative Institutions in 55 Countries, London:
Cassell for the Inter Parliamentary Union, 1966.
Blondel. J. Comparative Legislatures, Englewood cliffs. N. J.: Prentice Hall,
1973.
Buston and Drewry, Legislation and Public Policy, London: 1986.
Chowdhury Najma, The Legislative Process in Bangladesh: Politics and
Functions of the East Bengal Legislature 1947-58, Dacca: Dacca
University, 1980
Husain, Shawkat Ara, Politics and Society in Bengal, Dhaka: Bangla
Academy, 1991.
Nizam Ahmed, The Parliament of Bangladesh, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002.
Nizam Ahmed and A. T. M. Obiduallh (eds.) The Working of Parliamentary
Committees in Westminster Systems: Lessons for Bangladesh, Dhaka:
the University Press Limited, 2007.
Limited. Smith and Musolf (eds) Legislatures in Development Dynamics
of Change in New and Old States, Durhom: DUP, 1979.
Wheare, K. C. Legislatures. London: Oxford University Press, 1968.
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Jamal Firoj, Democracy in Bangladesh : Conflicting Issues and Conflict Resolution, Bangla

Academy, Dhaka 2012.

Paper Code 241915 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60 hrs.

Paper Title: Globalization, Regionalism and International
Financial Institutions

Paper Content:

A. “Pre-Globalization” International Power-relations and Practices;

Contemporary Theories of Global Political Economy
B. Globalization as the New Global Context; Regionalism and Globalization;
Globalization and International Financial Institutions; Regionalism and
International Financial Institutions; Multinational Corporations and Global
Production
 C. Developing Nations and Globalization; Developed Nations and
Globalization; Opposing Globalization; Regionalism and Globalization:
Future Trends and Issues

Selected Readings:

Thomas L. Friedman, The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization,
New York, Picador, 2012

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Globalization and Its Discontents, W. W. Norton & Company; 1st
Edition, 2003

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Making Globalization Work, W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint

Edition, 2007

Jeffrey Sachs, The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time, Penguin
Books, 1st edition, 2006

Theodore H. Cohn, Global Political Economy: Theory and Practice. 5th ed. New
York, Pearson Longman, 2010

Richard Stubbs and Geoffrey R. D. Underhill (eds.), Political Economy and the
Changing World Order. 3rd Edition, Don Mills, Oxford University Press, 2006

Brigid Gavin, “Reconciling Regionalism and Multilateralism: Toward Multilevel

Governance,” UNU-CRIS Occasional Papers, O-2005-20

Barry Buzan, Regions and Powers, Cambridge University Press, 2003

Jenny Berrill, Elaine Hutson and Rudolf Sinkovics (eds.), Firm-Level

Internationalization, Regionalism and Globalization: Strategy, Performance and
Institutional Change, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

Jagdish Bhagwati, In Defense of Globalization: With a New Afterword, Oxford,

Oxford University Press, 2007
Daid Held, Glogalization, 2013

Paper Code 241917 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60 hrs.

Paper Title: Modern Political Thought

Paper Outline:
A. Socio-economic background of Modern Political Thought
B. Rise of modern nation state: Machiavelli, Hobbes; Industrial
Capitalism and Growth of Modern Bourgeoisie; John Locke,
Montesquieu, Rousseau
C. 1789: French Revolution; Liberalism and Utilitarianism: Bentham;
John Stuart Mill; and Thomas Green
D. Socialist Thoughts: Utopian Socialism, St Simon, Robert Owen,
Fabian Socialism and Hegelian Idealism
 E. Marxism: Marx, Lenin, Stalin and Mao-Tse-Tung
Reading List:
1. John H Halloweal : Main Currents in Modern political Thought,
London,1963.
2. Grane Brinton : The Shaping of Modern Thought: English political
Thought in the Nineteenth Century, London,
1933.
3. Mulford Q Sibley : Political Ideas and Ideologies, New York,1970.
4. W T Johnes : Masters of political Thought, London, 1949.
5. Georage H Sabine : A History of Political Theory, Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1970.
6. William Ebensten : Modern Political Thought, Calcutta, 1974.
7. RC Gettell : A History of Political Thought, London,1964.
8. CC Maxey : The Shaping of Modern political Thought, New
York, 1965.
9. Harold J Laski : The Rise of Europian Liberalism. London, 1936.
10. Harmon M Judd : Political Thought, From Plato to present Day,
London.
11. Sir Leslie Stephen : The English Utilitarian, (Vol, I, II &III), 1900.
12. John MacCunn : Six Radical Thinkers, London, 1907.
13. GDH Cole : The meaning of Marxism, London, 1934
14. Max Eastman : Marx: Lenin and the Science of Revolution,
London 1926.
15. Karl Marx and
Frederic Engels : Communist Manifesto and Other Writing, New
York, 1952.
16. Issac Dcutscher : Stalln: A Political Biography, New York, 1955.
17. H Finer : Mussoline’s Italy, New York,1955.
18. Deniel Lerner and Others : The Nazi Elite
19. J Broce Glasier : The Meaning of Socialism, 1923.
20. JO Hertzler : The History of Utopion Thought, New York 1923.
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Paper Code 241918 Marks: 100 Credits: 4

Paper Title: Viva-voce