POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR (POLSC 301)COURSE OUTLINE Meaning and Emergence of Political Behaviour Scope of Political Behaviour Political Culture

Political Socialization Political Participation Micro-Political Analysis-The Elite Theory-The Group Theory-Relative Deprivation Theory-The Power Theory-Class and Class Struggle (Class Analysis) Public Opinions and Political Communication Political Parties and Voting Behaviour Political Corruptions and Political Violence Identity politics (Religion, Ethnicity and Race) Social Movement and Revolution MEANING AND EMERGENCE OF POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR Every political system is constituted by static and mobile structure. The static structures perform the role of maintenance of law and order and translation of p olicydecisions into actions. Examples of static structures are the courts, civil service, andthe police as an institution.The roles performed by these static st ructures are essentially routinized rolesfor the maintenance of law and order. H owever, under conditions of threats to the political system, these structures ca n by themselves originate incidental changes. Onthe other hand, the mobile eleme nt or structures refer more specifically to the less-structured and less-framed human processes in the political system, which work byself-automated dynamism th at propels change in the political system. That is to say,these activities singl y or collectively go by the designation of political or better still, political behaviour.1