This course offers the student a comprehensive introduction to politics, political institutions, and issues. The course has four main objectives for the student to understand what is meant by politics, explore competing concepts and approaches, learn about how political institutions and processes work, and discuss contemporary political issues in an informed manner. While highlighting the main objectives of national life, the course explains further the socio-economic, political, and cultural aspects of Pakistan’s endeavors to develop and progress in the contemporary world. This course will also be very helpful to expand the understandings of the reader pertaining to the existed contemporary knowledge of the world and to excel his personal capabilities to serve others. It enhances the skill of students to underpin the understanding of the political process, its valuable outcome, and how to unleash socio-political activities in our surroundings. It enables the students to understand the political realities of the polity.

Recommended Texts

1. Grigsby, E. (2008). Analyzing politics. Boston: Cengage Learning.
2. Roskin, M. G., Cord, R. L., Medeiros, J. A., and Jones, W. S. (2016). Political science: An introduction. London:  Pearson.
3. Betty A. Dobratz” (2016) “POWER, POLITICS, AND  SOCIETY: AN INTRODUCTION  TO POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY" Published by Routledge.