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Comparative Politics and Administration syllabus

BPA 2525 units · 18 topicsAcademic year 2083/84
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Comparative Politics and Administration

5 units

1. Introduction to Comparative Politics (8 LHs)

  1. Meaning, nature and scope of comparative politics
  2. States, sovereignty, and challenges of states

2. Political Systems (12 LHs)

  1. Comparing political systems
  2. Classification of political regimes and forms of government
  3. Public and political institutions: executive, legislative, judicial branches, and bureaucracy
  4. Political culture, socialization, and communication

3. Political Participation and Ideologies (8 LHs)

  1. Interest articulation and aggregation, and political parties
  2. Electoral system
  3. Political ideologies: nationalism, liberalism, socialism and identity politics

4. Comparing Politics (12 LHs)

  1. Comparison of politics between China and India: political history and political structures
  2. Comparison of China and India: party system and political parties
  3. Comparison of China and India: national and sub national government structure
  4. Comparison of China and India: political culture and interest groups

5. Politics in Nepal (8 LHs)

  1. Political history and political development
  2. Constitutional development
  3. Party system and political parties
  4. Political and government structures, interest groups
  5. Challenges to democratic consolidation