SYLLABUS

(Total Hours: 60 & Credit: 6)

 

Part A   (Hours: 20) 

1. The Electoral Process and Elections in India

    a. Elections and Constitutional Provisions

    b. Representation of Peoples Act 1950

    c. Electoral reforms in India

2. Policy Science in India and its Application

    a. Policy Science

    b. Determinants of electoral policies

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Part B  (Hours: 20) 

3. Psephology

    a. Meaning, Growth and development

    b. Voting behaviour and its determinants in India

    c. Voting behaviour: recent trends in India

4. Electoral surveys and its techniques

    a. Electoral studies: effective use of census data, sampling techniques, Preparing           

        questionnaire and tools.

    b. Data analysis with the help of SPSS like advance software’s

    c. Conducting Opinion polls and Exit polls

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Part C (Hours: 20)

 5. Consultancy

    a. Impact campaign: feedback on candidates, election manifesto, connecting with people      b. Pre and Post Election analysis

6. Strategizing Elections

    a. A brief analysis of past elections (recent)

    b. Campaign techniques

    c. Political speech writing

 

Part D      (Two Credits)

7. Project Individual writing assignment and a group project concerning elections.

8. Internship Minimum of one month with any Political Party Office or any Political Leader