BSS (Honours) 1st Year Class Routine

Session: 2022-2023 (52 Batch)

Day 9:25 - 10:10 10:20 - 11:10 11:15 - 12:05 12:10 - 1:00 2:00 - 2:50

Sunday SNK 106-136 SHA 104-136 NSU 102-136 - KH 101-136

Monday - - - - -

Tuesday SNK 106-136 SHA 104-136 TS 103-136 NSU 102-136 -

Wednesday - - MKZ 105-136 KH 101-136 -

Thursday - TS 103-136 KH 101-136 NSU 102-136 MKZ 105-136

Course No Course Teacher Mobile Number

101 Kamrul Hasan (KH) 01922-916216

102 Professor Dr. Nasrin Sultana (NSU) 01712-653765

103 Mst. Tamalika Sultana (TS) 01715-094046

104 Dr. Shakil Ahmed (SHA) 01757-294276

105 Mr. Muhammad Kamruzzaman (MKZ) 01840-267331

106 Professor Dr. Shamsun Naher Khanom (SNK ) 01731-264023

Department of Government and Politics
Jahangirnagar University
Savar, Dhaka
Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) Syllabi*
(Sessions: 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022)

The Structure of Examination and Course Outline

Courses of study for a Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) degree in
Government and Politics shall extend over a period of four academic years
and shall be divided into four parts: Part-I, Part-II, Part-III, and Part-IV.
Conforming to the University Ordinances, Part-I Examination shall be held at
the end of the 1st year, Part-II Examination shall be held at the end of the
2nd year, and Part-III at the end of the 3rd year and Part-IV at the end of the
4th year.
This Department will offer courses consisting of 32 Units totaling 3200
marks (136 credits). The total marks allotted to each course will be
distributed between written examination, and class work consisting of
terminal tests, tutorials and class attendance, in the ratio of 70:20:10. In
addition, the students will be required to take Viva-Voce carrying 200 marks
(8 credits). Failure to appear at the Viva-Voce Examination in any part shall
disqualify a candidate from passing the Examination.

*(According to the Four-Year Bachelor (Honours) Degree Ordinance, 2003) (Effective from
Session: 2002-2003, Examination, Credit and Grade Assignment System)

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The Structure of Examination

Examination Written Viva - Voce Total

Marks Credit Marks Credit Marks Credit
Part – I 600 24 50 2 650 26
Part – II 800 32 50 2 850 34
Part – III 900 32 50 2 950 38
Part – IV 900 36 50 2 950 38

Part- I

Course No Course Title Marks Credit

GP 101 Western Political Thought: Ancient and Mediaeval 100 4
GP 102 Political Institutions and Processes 100 4
GP 103 Public Administration in Bangladesh 100 4
GP 104 Political and Constitutional Processes in British India100 4
(1757-1947)
GP 105 Fundamentals of Economics 100 4
GP 106 Fundamentals of International Politics 100 4
Viva—Voce 50 2
Total 650 26

Part- II

Course No Course Title Marks Credit

GP 201 Western Political Thought: Modern 100 4

GP 202 Oriental Political Thought: Ancient and Mediaeval 100 4

GP 203 Approaches to the Study of Politics 100 4

GP 204 Introduction to Sociology 100 4

GP 205 Politics in Pakistan and the Emergence of 100 4

Bangladesh (1947- 1971)

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Bachelor of Social Science (Honors) – Part I
GP-101: Western Political Thought: Ancient and Mediaeval
Learning Objectives
• To give students a brief idea of the history of ancient and mediaeval
political thought and great texts.
• To develop understanding of the underlying concepts and theories of
western political thought.
• To understand different views of political thinkers relating to human
nature and the design of state and government.
Learning Outcomes
• To demonstrate, in both oral and written forms, knowledge and
understanding of political thought in the context of ancient and
mediaeval eras.
• To apply theories of ancient and mediaeval political thinkers for
conceiving nexus with the particular situations.
Course Content
Ancient: Development of Political Thought: Greek City States and Greek
Philosophy─ Socrates, Plato, Aristotle. Four Schools of Thought: Sophists,
Stoicism, Epicureanism, Cynicism. Roman Thought-Polybius, Cicero, Seneca
Mediaeval: Features, Feudalism, General Features of Kingship, Church vs State;
St. Augustine, Dante, and St. Thomas Aquinas. Marsilio of Padua, Councilar
Movement.
Selected Readings
Andrew Hacker, Political Theory: Philosophy, Ideology, Science, Cornell University,
The Macmillan Company, 1961.
Aristotle, The Politics, Bangla Translation by Sardar Fazlul Karim, Dhaka: Bangla
Academy, 1998.
Christopher Morris, Western Political Thought: Plato to Augustine, London:
Longmans, 1967.
Ebenstein, William, Great Political Thinkers, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co., New
Delhi, 1977.
Ernest Barker, Greek Political Theory, New York: Barnes Noble Inc.,
1960.
Ernest Barker, Political Thought of Plato and Aristotle, New York: Raussel, 1959.
George H. Sabine, A History of Political Theory, New Delhi: Oxford & IBH
Publishing, 1973.
Gregory Claeys (ed.), Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Thought, London and
New York: Routledge, 2005.

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J. C. Johari, Political Thought: Ancient and Mediaeval, New Delhi: Metropolitan
Book Co., 1985.
J. P. Suda, A History of Political Thought, Meerut: K. Noth Co., 1972.
John H. Hallowell, Main Currents in Modern Political Thought, New York: Henry
Holt and Company, 1957.
John T. Ishiyama and Marijke Breuning (eds.), 21st Century Political Science:
Reference Handbook, California: SAGE Publications, 2011.
Mulford Q. Sibley, Political Ideas and Thought, New York: Harper & Row, 1970.
Nickolas Papas, Plato and the Republic, London: Routledge, 1995.
Plato, The Republic, Bangla Translation by Sardar Fazlul Karim, Dhaka: Bangla
Academy, 1993.
Rymond G. Gettell, History of Political Thought, London: Allen & Unwin Ltd.,
1964.
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GP-102: Political Institutions and Processes

Learning Objectives
• To develop an understanding of the basic concepts of political science
• To give students conceptual clarity on different forms of government
and organs of the state.
Learning Outcomes
• To express, in both oral and written forms, understanding of the basic
concepts of political science.
• To identify various forms of government and organs of the state.
Course Content
Defining Political Institutions: State, Society, Nationalism, Sovereignty, Liberty,
Right, Citizenship, Law, Power and Authority, Opinion, Process and Participation.
Meaning and Classification of Constitutions.
Classification and Forms of Government: Democratic and Dictatorial- Totalitarian
-Cabinet, Presidential and Collegiate, Unitary, Federalism-Problems and New
Trends.
Organs of Government, Executive, Legislature and Judiciary; Separation of
Power-Variety and Practice, Representation and Electorate.
Political Party, Interest Group, Pressure Group, Bureaucracy, Elite, Civil Society.
Local Government, Local Self-Government.
Selected Readings
Alan Ball, Modern Politics and Government, London: Macmillan Press, 1977.
David Easton, The Political System: An Inquiry into the State of Political Science,
New York: Knopf, 1953.

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G. Ponton and P. Gill, Introduction to Politics, London: Blackwell Publishers, 1987.
Harold Laski, A Grammar of Politics, London: Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1931.
J. W. Garner, Introduction to Political Science, New York: American Book Co.,
1910.
K. C. Wheare, Modern Constitutions, London: Oxford University Press, 1952.
R. A. W. Rhodes, Sarah A. Binder and Bert A. Rockman (Eds.), The Oxford
Handbooks of Political Science, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Rodee, Andersonet et al; Introduction to Political Science, New York: McGraw
Hill, 1983.
Rymond G. Gettell, Political Science, Bostom: Ginn and Co., 1910.
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GP-103: Public Administration in Bangladesh

Learning Objectives
• To help students with an understanding and knowledge of different
approaches to the Study of Public Administration.
• To generate arguments for clarifying the basic terms and issues of
traditional public administration, new public administration and
development economics with particular focus on Bangladesh.
Learning Outcomes
• To be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of key approaches to
study of Public Administration.
• To be able to examine how new public administration and development
administration encounters traditional public administration.
Course Content
Public Administration: Concept, Scope and the Principles of Public
Administration as well as Approaches to the Study of Public Administration.
Organization and Management: Formal and Informal Organizations, Theories
(Classical, New- classical and Modern).
Administrative Concepts: Hierarchy, Division of Work, Coordination, Span of
Control, Unity of Command, Line and Staff, Centralization and Decentralization,
Departmentalization.
Bureaucracy: Meaning and Characteristics: Political and Administrative Role.
Administrative Functions: Decision-Making Theory, Concept of Leadership,
Organizational Communication, Motivation.
Personnel Management: Meaning, Scope, Recruitment and Selection,
Promotion, Training, Salary and Wage Administration with Examples of
Bangladesh.
Administrative Accountability in Bangladesh: Legislative, Executive and Judicial

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Development of Public Administration during British-India, Pakistan and
Bangladesh. Selected Reforms Commissions of Bangladesh.
Structure and Organization of Bangladesh Secretariat and other Agencies and
their Relationships, Control and Co-ordination in Managing the Civil Service.
Decision Making Process in Bangladesh: Dilemma of Top-Down Approach
Administrative Culture, Recent Trends of Bangladesh Administration.

Selected Readings
Ahmed Shafiqul Huque, Politics and Administration in Bangladesh, Dhaka: UPL,
1988.
B. B. Misra, The Bureaucracy in India: An Historical Analysis of Development up to
1947, 1977.
Charles H. Levine, B. Guy Peters, and Frank J. Thompson, Public Administration:
Challenges, Choice, Consequence, Scott Foresman & Co, 1990.
Chester I. Barnard, The Functions of the Executive, USA: Harvard University Press, 1971.
Dwight Waldo, The Administrative State, New York: The Ronald Press, 1948.
Felix A. Nigro and Lloyd G. Nigro, Modern Public Administration, New York:
Harper and Row, 1977.
Habib Zafarullah and Mohammad Mohabbat Khan, The Bureaucratic
Ascendancy: Public Administration in Bangladesh, A H Development Publishing
House, Dhaka: 2005.
Istiaq Jamil, Administrative Culture in Bangladesh, Dhaka: A H Development
Publishing House, 2007.
John M. Pfiffner, Public Administration, New York: The Ronald Press, 1935.
Kamal Siddiqui,Towards Good Governance: Fifty Unpleasant Essays, Dhaka:
University Press Ltd., 1996.
Mahbubur Rahman Morshed, Bureaucratic Response to Administrative
Decentralization, Dhaka: University Press Ltd., 1997.
Md. Mohabbat Khan, Bureaucratic Self Preservation, Dacca: University of Dacca,
1980.
Mohammad Mohabbat Khan, and John P. Thorp, Bangladesh: Society, Politics
and Bureaucracy, Dhaka: Center for Administrative Studies, 1984
Nizam Ahmed, 40 Years of Public Administration and Governance in Bangladesh,
Dhaka: University Press Ltd., 2014.
Paul H. Appleby, Public Administration for a Welfare State, London: Asia
Publishing House, 1970.
Peter M. Blau and Charles H. Page, Bureaucracy in Modern Societies, New York:
Random House, 1956.
Syed Giasuddin Ahmed, Bangladesh Public Service Commission, Dhaka:
University of Dhaka, 1990.

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Syed Giasuddin Ahmed, Public Personnel Administration in Bangladesh, Dhaka:
University of Dhaka, 1986.
W. F. Willoughby, Principles of Public Administration, Washington, DC: The
Brookings Institution, 1957.

GP-104: Political and Constitutional Processes in British India (1757-1947)

Learning Objectives

• To inform students about the colonial politics from South Asian

perspectives
• To clarify the issues pertaining to the socio-economic, political and
administrative culture of British Colonial India
Learning Outcomes
• To explore the causes and consequences of British colonial rule in Indian
sub-continent
• To identify the gravity of social, economic, political and institutional
exploitation British Colonial Ruler conferred in Indian sub-continent

Course Content
British East India Company and Colonialism, Colonial Structure— Impact of
Permanent Settlement— Rise of Middle Class — Sepoy Mutiny (1857), Its Causes
and Impacts, Faraiji and Alighar Movements, Growth of Subgroups, Associations
and Parties, Communalism and Nationalist Movement.
Constitutional Development after 1857─ Growth of Legislative Councils,
Problems of Representation and Responsible Government, India Council Acts of
1861 and 1892, Morley Minto Reforms, Montagu-Chelmsford Report, Dyarchy
and Provincial Autonomy, Simon Commission, Neheru Report, Government of
India Act 1935 and Its Working.
The League-Congress Tussle since the Lahore Resolution in the Cripps Mission,
Simla Conference (1945), the Cabinet Mission Plan (1946), Transfer of Power,
Indian Independence Act 1947.
Selected Readings
Abul Mansur Ahmed, Amar Dekha Rajnitir Panchash Bachar (in Bengali), Dhaka:
Naoroze Kitabistan, 1975.
Anil Seal, The Emergence of Indian Nationalism, Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1971.
J. H. Broomfield, Elite Conflict in a Plural Society: Twentieth century Bengal,
California: California University Press, 1968.
K. B. Sayeed, Pakistan: The Formative Phase 1948-1957, London: Oxford
University Press, 1964.

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L. A. Gordon, Bengal: The Nationalist Movement 1876-1940, New York: Columbia
University Press, 1974.
Nirad C. Chaudhuri, The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian, London:
Macmillan, 1951.
R. C. Agarwal, Constitutional History of India and Nationalist Movement, New
Delhi: S. Chan and Co., 1978.
R. C. Majumder, History of Freedom Movement in India, Calcutta: Firma K. L.
Mukhopadhya, 1963.
Sirajul Islam (ed.), History of Bangladesh 1704-1971, Vol. I (Political History)
Dhaka: Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, 1992.
Suprokash Roy, Bharater Jatiyatabadi Baiplobik Songram (in Bengali), Calcutta:
Sibam dey, 1983.
GP-105: Fundamentals of Economics
Learning Objectives
• To familiarize students with fundamental theories of economics as
social science
• To give students understanding on how economic dynamics affect the
governmental decisions and change the course of politics of a country
Learning Outcomes
• To be able to use economic notions in the study and research of social
sciences
• To be able to recognize the relationship between politics and economics
Course Content
Introduction: Economics – Definition, Scope and Methods.
Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, Economics and Political Science. Types of
Economy, Markets.
Demand─ Determinants, Law of Demand, Production, Cost and Supply. Price and
Output Determination in Different Types of Market. Pricing of Inputs – Wage,
Rent, Interest and Profit.
Concepts of National output aggregate – Aggregate demand and Aggregate
Supply. Determination of National income and output.
Market failure, Role of government in economy Provision of Public Goods and
Merit Goods. Fiscal Policy: Public Expenditure, Revenue and Public Debt. Taxes,
Subsidies, Transfer Payment, Budget, Presentation of Budget, Deficit Budget and
Management of Debt, Nationalization and Privatization, Planning in a Market
Economy. Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy.
Economic Growth and Development: Basic Ideas of Economic Growth and
Development. Balanced and Unbalanced Growth, Government Role in

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Industrialization in Developing Countries, Agriculture-agriculture in Developing
and Developed Countries, the Relationship Between Agriculture and
Industry-Role of Government in Agricultural Development.
Selected Readings
A. P. Thirlwall, Growth and Development with Special Reference to Developing
Economics, London: Macmillan Education Ltd., 1972.
Alfred Marshall, Principles of Economics: An Introductory Volume, Pennsylvania,
U.S.A.: Porcupine Press, 1949.
Charles Beard, Economic Basis of Politics, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction
Publishers, 2002.
Elbert V. Bowden, Principles of Economics, U.S.: South-Western Publishing Co.,
1983.
K. K. Deweet, Modern Economics Theory, New Delhi: SLT, 1946.
Michael P. Todaro, Economic Development, London: Pearson Education Inc, 2000.
Michael Perkin, Micro Economics, New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc, 2003.
P. A. Samuelson and W. D. Nordhaus, Economics, New Delhi: McGraw Hill, 2009.
R. G. Lipsey, An Introduction of Positive Economics, London:Weidenfeld &
Nicolson, 1989.
W. J. Baumol and A. S. Blinder, Economics: Principles and Policy, Ohio: South-
WesternCollege Pub, 2008.
GP-106: Fundamentals of International Politics
Learning Objectives
• To give students awareness of the fundamental principles of
international relations
• To help students analyze the behavior of international actors and the
nature of international systems
Learning Outcomes
• To discuss and explain the various theoretical propositions used in the
field of international relations to explain world politics
• To analyze dynamics of contemporary international politics and its
consequences
Course Content
International Politics: Meaning, Nature and Scope.
Approaches to the study of International Politics, Game theory, Decision-making
theory, Realism, New-realism.
Nature of the Development of International Society, International and Regional System.
National Power and Its Elements, Power in International Politics: Hard, Soft and
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Cold War, Balance of Power: Balance of Threat and Balance of Interests,
Bipolarity, Multipolarity, Non-Alignment.
Collective Security, Conflict Management.
Foreign Policy: Objectives and Goals, Determinants of Foreign Policy, Diplomacy.
International Law.
International Organizations – UNO: Its Functions, Security Council,
Peace-Keeping Force.
WB, IMF, ADB, IDB, USAID, JICA.
Regional Organizations – EU, OIC, ASEAN, SAARC.
Selected Readings
J. E. Dougherty and R. L. Pfaltzgraff, Contending Theories of International
Relations, New York: Longman, 1997.
J. Martin Rochester, Fundamental Principles of International Relations,
Routledge, 2010.
J. N. Rosenau (ed.), International Politics and Foreign Policy, New York: The Free
Press, 1971.
K. J. Holsti, International Politics, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1967.
Michael P. Sullivan, International Relations: Theories and Evidence, Englewood
Cliff, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1976.
N. D. Palmer and H. C. Perkins, International Relations, Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Co., 1957.
N. J. Padelford and Q. A. Lincoln, The Dynamics of International Politics, New
York: Macmillan, 1962.
Normal L. Hill, International Politics, New York: Harper, 1963.
Norman Judson Padelford, Fundamentals International Relations, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 1950.
P. A. Reynolds, An Introduction to International Relations, London: Longman,
1994.
Samuel P. Huntington, The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth
Century, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992.

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