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Module Name
Module Code
Lecture Hrs
Practical Hrs
Credits
Comparative Government and Politics (Special Retake)
POLI2007Y(3)**
3
0
6

Description
Comparative Political analysis and its approaches, classification of political systems, i.e. democratic and authoritarian systems, federal and unitary systems, capitalist and socialist systems. Systems of Representation. USA Federal Government. The Centralization of Indian Federal Government. Devolution and the British Parliamentary System. Decentralization of power in the US. The French hybrid system – Half Presidential/Half Parliamentary. Cohabitation in France and in the US. The powers of the President in France, US, and India. US Congressional Committees. The role of the Legislature. Supreme Court in US and France. The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, the Political Executive, the Powers of the President, the Legislature, the Judiciary and the Constitutional High Court (USA, Britain, India, France, South Africa).
Faculty Department
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES Department of History and Political Science
Contact Details
Administrative assistant: DILMAHOMED BOCUS Bibi Swaleha
Telephone: 4037400
Email: s.dilmahomed@uom.ac.mu
 

 


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