Political Science

Topics (16)

• 1
  Western Political Thought
• 2
  Muslim Political Thought
• 3
  Political Theory
• 4
  Comparative Politics
• 5
  International Political System
• 6
  Government & Politics of Pakistan
• 7
  State System

  Nature and emergence of the modern nation-state system; Islamic concept of state and Ummah.

• 8
  Political Concepts (Western and Islamic)

  Sovereignty, justice, law, liberty, freedom, equality, rights and duties, human rights, political authority and power.

• 9
  Political Participation

  Political change and revolution, elections, electoral systems, public opinion, propaganda, parties, pressure groups and lobbies.

• 10
  Political Institutions and Role of Government

  Legislature, executive, judiciary, political elites, civil and military bureaucracy.

• 11
  Forms of Government

  Monarchy, democratic, dictatorship, totalitarian/authoritarian, unitary, federal, confederation, presidential and parliamentary.

• 12
  Political Ideologies

  Capitalism, Marxism, communism, socialism, totalitarianism, fascism, nationalism, Islamic political ideology.

• 13
  Local Self-Government

  Theory and practice with special reference to Pakistan; comparative analyses of systems of local governance.

• 14
  Global and Regional Integration

  Globalization and politics, EU, SAARC, ECO, IMF and WTO.

• 15
  Political Movements in India (Colonial Period)

  Rise of Muslim nationalism in South Asia; Sir Syed, Iqbal, Quaid-e-Azam and the Pakistan Movement.

• 16
  Foreign Policy of Pakistan: Determinants

  Geography, security, economy, technology, ideology, leadership, public opinion, diplomacy and foreign policy-making process.

The reading list straight from FPSC's revised Political Science syllabus. Build your core preparation around these texts — examiner-favoured references that questions are routinely drawn from.

1. 1

   Pakistan's Foreign Policy, 1947-2005

   Abdul Sattar

2. 2

   Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia

   Ayesha Jalal

3. 3

   Military, Civil Society and Democratization in Pakistan

   Akbar Zaidi

4. 4

   The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam

   Allama Iqbal

5. 5

   A History of Pakistan and Its Origins

   Christophe Jaffrelot

6. 6

   Greek Political Thought: Plato & Aristotle

   Ernest Barker

7. 7

   Political Thought from Plato to the Present

   Ebenstein

8. 8

   Political Thought in Medieval Islam

   Erwin I.J. Rosenthal

9. 9

   Constitutional Developments in Pakistan

   G.W. Choudhury

10. 10

    Comparative Politics Today: A Theoretical Framework

    Gabriel A. Almond, G. Bingham Powell

11. 11

    Contemporary Political Analysis

    James Charlesworth

12. 12

    A History of Political Theory

    George Holland Sabine

13. 13

    Studies in Muslim Political Thought and Administration

    H.K. Sherwani

14. 14

    Modern Islamic Political Thought

    Hamid Enayat

15. 15

    Constitutional and Political History of Pakistan

    Hamid Khan

16. 16

    Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace

    Hans J. Morgenthau

17. 17

    Military and Politics in Pakistan

    Hasan Askari Rizvi

18. 18

    Pakistan Foreign Policy: An Overview 1947-2004

    Hasan Askari Rizvi (PILDAT)

19. 19

    Pakistan and Geostrategic Environment: A Study of Foreign Policy

    Hasan Askari Rizvi

20. 20

    International Politics: A Framework for Analysis

    K.J. Holsti

21. 21

    Pakistan: A Modern History

    Ian Talbot

22. 22

    21st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook

    John T. Ishiyama, Marijke Breuning

23. 23

    The Political System of Pakistan

    K.B. Sayeed

24. 24

    Pakistan: An Enigma of Political Development

    Lawrence Ziring

25. 25

    History of Local Government in Pakistan

    Masudul Hasan

26. 26

    Politics and the State in Pakistan

    Muhammad Waseem

27. 27

    Pakistan's Foreign Policy: An Historical Analysis

    S.M. Burke

28. 28

    State & Society in Pakistan

    Shahid Javed Burki

29. 29

    Khilafat o Malookiyat

    Syed Abul A'la Maududi

30. 30

    Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction

    Will Kymlicka