INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME COURSE DESCRIPTION
Name of the Course Unit	Code	Year	Semester	In-Class Hours (T+P)	Credit	ECTS Credit
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS	INR206	2	4	3+0	3.0	6.0

Objectives and Contents
Objectives of the Course Unit	1. To make the students understand the conceptual bases of the comparative government and politics. 2. To enable the students to do a comparative analysis of the different kinds of Political system in the world. 3. To help the students to make a comparison of Indian Political System with the different political systems of the world.
Contents of the Course Unit	1 Introduction to the course 2 Democracies and Authoritarian systems 3 Legislatures 4 Executives 5 Judiciary 6 Electoral Systems and Referendum 7 Political Parties Mid-term Examination 8 Party Systems 9 Political Culture and Participation 10 Interest groups and Social movements 11 Political Economic systems 12 Political Economic systems 13 Developing countries 14 Final Examination
Contribution of the Course Intending to Provide the Professional Education	Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the evolution of topics of political systems to the present; 2. Analyse the major issues and problems in different state structures of the world; 3. Assess the principal challenges of the societies, including but not limited to questions of justice, equality, welfare, democracy etc… 4. An appreciation of connections among political, ethical, and economic views. 5. An ability to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the different views on political regimes