M.A FIRST SEMESTER
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Course Overview (Semester I)
Course title: Key Concepts in Politics
Course code: PS 101
Credits: 06
Semester: First Course Teacher: Dr. Bhavna Suman
Lectures: 12.30 pm- 1.30pm( Monday to Friday)
Course Teacher: Dr. Bhavna Suman
Course Objectives: The paper aims at introducing some important concepts in contemporary
political theory. In this paper an attempt has been made to examine how far the classical notion of
liberty, equality, justice, rights, democracy and other important concepts have undergone various
changes and refinement over a period of time. The students will be benefiting from those concepts
by acquiring the critical perspectives to know and understand the issues in the larger context.
Mode of Assessment:
Tutorial- 10% weightage
Mid- term exam- 20% weightage
End- term examination- 70% weightage
Course Outline
Unit –I (12 lectures)
What is Politics?
Politics as Science, Philosophy and Theory
Political Concepts: Normative and Descriptive
Unit-II ( 15 Lectures)
Equality, Liberty and Justice
Unit-III ( 15 Lectures)
Citizenship
Hegemony and Dominance
Unit- IV(9 Lectures)
Civil Society
Democracy
Unite-V ( 9 Lectures)
Multiculturalism
Individualism
Communitarianism
Readings:
1. Nancy Fraser (2003), Redistribution or Recognition: A philosophical Exchange, Verso
2. Bhikhu Parekh (2006), Rethinking Multiculturalism: Cultural Diversity and Political
Theory, Palgrave Charles Taylor (1992), Multiculturalism and the politics of recognition,
Princeton University Press, Princeton
3. Cynthia Willet (1998), Theorising multiculturalism: A guide to current debate, Blackwell
publishers, Oxford
4. Will Kymlica (2003) Political Philosophy, especially on multiculturalism
5. Robert A.Dahl (1998), On democracy, East-West Press, New Delhi
6. David Held (2007), Models of Democracy, Polity Press
7. John Jeffries Martin (2004),Myths of Renaissance individualism, Palgrave
8. Tibor R.Machan(1998),Classical individualism: The supreme importance of each human
being, Routledge
Suggested/Additional Readings :
1. Sage reference online (2010), Handbook of political theory
2. David Leopold and Marc Stears (2008), Political theory: Methods and approaches, Oxford
3. John Hoffman and Paul Graham ( 2006 ), Introduction to political theory, Pearson
4. Rajeev Bhargav (2010), What is political theory and why do we need it, Oxford
5. Catrina Mckinnon (2008), Issues in political theory, Oxford
6. Colin Farrelly(2004),Contemporary political theory: A reader, Sage Publications, New
Delhi
7. Amartya Sen (2009), Idea of Justice, Penguin
8. Michale J Sandel (2009), Justice: What is right thing to do, Pengiun,
9. David Held (1989), Political theory and the modern state, World View
10. Thomas L Friedman (2005), The world is flat, Penguin
11. John Repley (2004), Globalisation and inequality: Neoliberalism’s downward spiral, Viva
Book
12. Manfred B Steger (2009), Globalisation, Oxford
13. John S Paul (2006), Development after globalisation, Three Essays
14. Jagdish Bhagawati (2004), In defence of globalisation, Oxford
15. Upendra Bakshi(1988),The crisis of political theory, Oxford
16. Samuel Fleischacker (2004) A short history of distributive justice, OUP, Cambridge
17. Steven R. Smith (2011), Equality and diversity: Value incommensurability and the politics
of recognition, The Policy Press, Bristol
18. Lesley A Jacobs (2004), Pursuing Equal Opportunities: The Theory and Practice of
Egalitarian Justice, Cambridge University Press
19. David Miller (2000), Deliberative Democracy and Social Choice, Polity Press, Cambridge
20. Thomas E.Weisskopf (2004), Affirmative Action in the United States and India, Rutledge,
New York
21. Thomas Sowell (2004), Affirmative action around the world: An empirical study, Yale
University Press, London
22. Scott Sernau (2011), Social inequality in a global age, Sage publications, New Delhi
23. Anne Phillips (2007), Multiculturalism without culture, Princeton University Press,
Princeton
24. Roland Axtmann (2007), Democracy: Problems and Perspectives, Edinburgh University
Press, Edinburgh
25. Daniel Dorling (2009), Injustice: Why social inequality persists, The Polity Press, Bristol
26. Irish Marion Young (2000), Inclusion and democracy, Oxford University Press, New York
27. Roald Dworkin (2011), Justice for Hedgehogs, Harvard University Press, London
28. Andrew Mason (2006), Levelling the playing field: The idea of Equal Opportunity and its
Place in Egalitarian Thought, Oxford University Press, New York
29. James P.Sterba (1988), How to make people just: A practical reconciliation of alternative
conceptions of justice, Rowman and Littlefield, New Jersey
30. Anthony Simon Laden and David Owen (2007), Multiculturalism and Political Theory,
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
31. Macmillan, New York
32. David Boucher and Paul Kelly (1998), Social Justice: From Hume to Walzer, Routledge,
London
33. Arend Lijphart (2008), Thinking about democracy, Rutledge, London
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Outcome of the Course
This Course enables students to develop an understanding of the basic concepts in
political theory and engage in critical analysis of the subject. It also gives an
opportunity to the students to dwell upon contemporary theories and views of
scholars creating a deeper understanding and gain knowledge.
Course Title: Constitution and Polity in India (CBCS Open Elective)
Course Code- PS 102
Credits: 04 credits
Semester: First
Lectures: 09:30 am- 10:30 pm (Monday to Thursday)
Course Teacher: Manjari Raj Oraon
Contact Hours: 40-48 hours (10-12 hours per Unit)
Course Objective: This course introduces the students to the Constitution of India and the Indian Political
System. This course informs students about the functioning of major governmental structures, and analyses
the role of different constitutional principles which underlie the regular as well as extra-ordinary features of
the Indian polity. The paper will introduce the students to Indian Constitution and Polity.
Course Content
Unit-I: The Indian Constitution (10-12 Lectures)
Preamble and Philosophy of the Indian Constitution
Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of State Policy
Unit-II: Central Government: Structure and Role (10-12 Lectures)
Parliament
President and Prime Minister
Council of Ministers and Parliamentary Committees
Unit- III: State Government Structure and Role (10-12 Lectures)
State Legislature
Governor
Chief Minister
Unit- IV: Indian Judiciary and Local Government (10-12 Lectures)
Supreme Court and High Court
Judicial Review and Public Interest Litigation
Panchayati Raj and Urban Government
Readings:
1. Constituent Assembly Debates (Selected Volumes)
2. Austin Granville, The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi, 1972
3. Austin Granville, Working of a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience, Oxford University
Press, New Delhi, 1999
4. Basu D.D., Introduction to the Constitution of India, Prentice Hall, New Delhi, 2008.
5. Bhargava Rajeev, ed., Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitutions, Oxford University
Press, New Delhi, 2008.
6. Jha, Shefali, “Secularism in the Constituent Assembly Debates, 1946-50, Economic and
Weekly July 27, 2002.
7. Arora Balveer and Douglas Verney, eds., Multiple Identities in a Single State: Indian
Federalism in Comparative Perspective, Konark Publishers, New Delhi, 1995.
8. Saez Lawrence, Federalism without a Centre: The Impact of Political and Economic
Reforms on India’s Federal System, Sage, New Delhi, 2002.
9. Kashyap, Subhas, “Our Parliament”, National Book Trust, New Delhi, 2004
10. Rudolph Lloyd and Susanne, The Realm of Institutions: State Formation and Institutional
Change, Vol. II, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2008.
11. Hassan Zoya et al., India’s Living Constitution: Ideas, Practice, Controversies, Permanent
Black, New Delhi, 2002.
12. Baxi Upendra, The Supreme Court in Indian Politics, Eastern Book Company, New Delhi,
1980
13. Chopra, Pran, “The Supreme Court Versus the Constitution: A Challenge to Federalism,
Sage, 2006 New Delhi
Course Outcome: One of the important aims of this course is to equip students of various
disciplines with a basic understanding of the political system in India through the study of
Constitution and government at different levels. Upon completion of this paper, students will
develop an understanding of Constitution of India and the political system that exists in India.
Further the student will have a general understanding about the relation of Constitution as a
guiding document with the functioning of various governance institutions at central, state and local
level.
Evaluation Pattern for the Course:
End-Semester Examination-70%
Mid-Semester Examination- 20%
Tutorials - 10%
To be scheduled according University Calendar.
Course Title: COMPARATIVE POLITICS (Core Paper)
Course Code- PS103
Contact Hours: 60-70 hours (12-14 hours on an average per Unit)
Credits: 6 credits
Semester: First
Lectures: 11.30 am-12.30 pm (Monday to Friday)
Course Teacher: Dr. Siddhartha Mukerji and Resource Person
E.mail: [email protected]
Course Objectives: Comparative Politics as a discipline has grown over a period of time to include the
study of a wide range of political institutions, processes and above all political systems across the world. It
has assumed empirical as well as normative dimensions in search of a comprehensive approach towards
understanding varieties of political systems. The theoretical evolution of the discipline has been associated
with changing political and economic conditions both at national and international levels. Accordingly, the
institutions and processes have undergone modifications as per the changing needs of the circumstances.
This course has been designed to teach various theories and concepts in comparative politics that seeks to
understand political phenomenon and institutions from diverse perspectives. It attempts at familiarizing
students with classical and new forms of classifications of political institutions, political parties and
interest groups in the light of the emerging theoretical ideas and explanations.
Credits: 06
Course Objectives: Comparative Politics as a discipline has grown over a period of time to include the
study of a wide range of political institutions, processes and above all political systems across the world. It
has assumed empirical as well as normative dimensions in search of a comprehensive approach towards
understanding varieties of political systems. The theoretical evolution of the discipline has been associated
with changing political and economic conditions both at national and international levels. Accordingly, the
institutions and processes have undergone modifications as per the changing needs of the circumstances.
This course has been designed to teach various theories and concepts in comparative politics that seeks to
understand political phenomenon and institutions from diverse perspectives. It attempts at familiarizing
students with classical and new forms of classifications of political institutions, political parties and
interest groups in the light of the emerging theoretical ideas and explanations.
Course Content
Unit-I: Approaches in Comparative Politics (12-14 lectures)
Meaning and Nature
The Institutional Approach
System’s Approach
Political Economy Approach
Readings:
1. Daniel Carmani, (2008), Comparative Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, chapters Introduction
and chapters 1 and 2
2. Ronald Chilcote (1981), Theories of Comparative Politics, Colorado: Westview Press, chapters 1, 3 and
5
3. Bara, Judith & Mark Pennington (2009), ed., Comparative Politics, New Delhi: Sage Publications
4. Gabriel Almond, G. Bingham Powell, Kaare Strom and Russell J. Dalton (2007), ed., Comparative
Politics Today, New Delhi: Pearson, chapters 1 and 2
5. James G. March and Johan P. Olsen, “The New Institutionalism: Organizational Factors in Political
Life”, The American Political Science Review (1984), vol.78, pp.735-747
6. Peter Hall and Rosemary C.R. Taylor, “Political Science and the Three New Institutionalisms”, Political
Studies (1996), XLIV, pp.936-957
7. Gabriel Almond, G. Bingham Powell, Kaare Strom and Russell J. Dalton (2007), ed., Comparative
Politics Today, New Delhi: Pearson, chapters 4 and 5
8. Migdal, Joel (2001), State in Society: Studying How States and Societies Transform and Constitute One
Another, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Unit-II: Formal Government Institutions (12-14 lectures)
Constitutionalism - Historical Evolution and Different Formations
Legislatures- Classification and Issues of Organization and Power distribution
Political Executive- Powers of President and Prime Minister
Readings for Units I and II:
1. Howard Wiarda and Paul Adam’s, ed., Comparative Politics: Critical Concepts in Political Science,
London and New York: Routledge, chapters 22, 23, 24, 25
2. Daniel Caramani (2008), Comparative Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, chapters 5, 6, 7, 8,
and 9
3. Gregory S. Mahler (2008), Comparative Politics: An Institutional and Cross-National Approach,
Delhi: Pearson Educations, chapters 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11
4. Gabriel Almond, G. Bingham Powell, Kaare Strom and Russell J. Dalton, ed., Comparative Politics
Today, New Delhi: Pearson, chapters 8, 9 10, and 19
5. Pippa Norris, “Choosing Electoral Systems: Proportional, Majoritarian and Mixed Systems,
International Political Science Review, Sage Publications, July 1997, 18 (3), pp.297-312
Unit III: Informal Institutions and Processes (12-14 lectures)
Party systems and Politics
Interest Group Politics
Political Culture and Socialization
Unit IV: Development and Democracy in Comparative Perspective (12-14 lectures)
Modernity and Capitalism in Western Societies
Patterns of Democratization- democratic transitions
Unit V: Models of State (12-14 lectures)
Welfare State
Developmental State
Readings for Units III, IV and V:
1. Howard Wiarda and Paul Adam’s, ed., Comparative Politics: Critical Concepts in Political Science,
London and New York: Routledge, chapters 27, 28, 29 and 30
2. Alfred Stepan, Arguing Comparative Politics, Oxford University Press, 2001
3. Alfred Stepan, Problems of Democratic Transitions and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South
America and Post-Communist Europe, John Hopkins, 1996
4. Daniel Caramani (2008), Comparative Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, chapters 12, 13,
14, and16
5. Gregory S. Mahler (2008), Comparative Politics: An Institutional and Cross-National Approach,
Delhi: Pearson Educations, chapters 7, 9, 10, and 11
6. Gabriel Almond, G. Bingham Powell, Kaare Strom and Russell J. Dalton (2007), ed., Comparative
Politics Today, New Delhi: Pearson, chapters 8, 9 10, and 19
7. Ronald Chilcote (1981), Theories of Comparative Politics, Colorado: Westview Press, chapters 6, 7,
and 9
8. Gabriel Almond, G. Bingham Powell, Kaare Strom and Russell J. Dalton (2007), Comparative
Politics Today, New Delhi: Pearson, chapters 3,4, and 5
9. Dean C. Tipps (1976), “Modernization Theory and Comparative Study of Societies”, C.E.Black’s.
ed., Comparative Modernization: A Reader, New York: Macmillan. Page 62-88
10. Lucian Pye (1966), Aspects of Political Development, Little Brown, chapter 1
11. Christopher Pierson and Francis G. Castles (2000), The Welfare State, Polity Press, chapters 1 and 2
12. Haggard, Stephan (1990), Pathways from the Periphery: The Politics of Growth in the Newly
Industrializing Nations, Princeton: Princeton University Press
Suggested/Additional Readings:
1. Caramani, Daniele (2008), ed., Comparative Politics, New York: Oxford University Press
2. Dean C. Tipps (1976), “Modernization Theory and Comparative Study of Societies”, C.E.
Black’s. ed., Comparative Modernization: A Reader, New York: Macmillan. Page 62-88
3. Chilcote, Ronald (1994) Theories of Comparative Politics: The Search for a Paradigm
Reconsidered, Boulder: Westview Press
4. Stephan, Alfred (2001) Arguing Comparative Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press
5. Gauba, O P, An Introduction to Political Theory, Palgrave Macmillan
6. Howard Wiarda and Paul Adam’s, ed., Comparative Politics: Critical Concepts in Political
Science, London and New York: Routledge
7. Almond, Gabriel (1966) Comparative Politics: A Developmental Approach, Little Brown
8. Almond, Gabriel and Sidney Verba (1980) The Civic Culture Revisited, Little Brown
9. Almond, Gabriel, Powell, Bingham G., and Russel J. Dalton (2004), Comparative Politics:
A Theoretical Framework, New York: Longman
10. Easton, David (1953), The Political System. An Inquiry into the State of Political Science,
New York: Knopf
11. Bara, Judith & Mark Pennington (2009), ed., Comparative Politics, New Delhi: Sage
Publications
12. Zargorski, Paul W. (2009), Comparative Politics: Continuity and Breakdown in the
Contemporary World, London: Routledge
13. Arend Ligphart, Thinking About Democracy, Rioutledge, London
14. Giovanni, Sartori (1976), Parties and Party System: A Framework for Analysis, Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press
15. Carles Bolx and Susan G. Strokes (2009), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics,
Oxford: Oxford University Press
16. Mahler, Gregory (2008), Comparative Politics: An Institutional and Cross-National
Approach, Pearson Education
17. Almond, Gabriel, G. Bingham Powell (2004), et al., Comparative Politics Today, Pearson
Education
18. James O’ Connell (1976), “The Concept of Modernization” in C. E. Black’s. ed.,
Comparative Modernization: A Reader, New York: Macmillan, pages 13-24
19. Evans, Peter (1995) Embedded Autonomy, New Jersey: Princeton University Press
20. Nayyar, Baldev Raj (2005) The Geopolitics of Globalization: The Consequences for
Development, New Delhi: Oxford University Press
21. Wade, Robert (1990), Governing the Market: The Economic Theory and the Role of
Government in East Asian Industrialization, New Jersey: Princeton University Press
22. Stepan, Alfred: Arguing Comparative Politics, Oxford University Press, 2001
23. Stepan, Alfred: Problems of Democratic Transitions and Consolidation: Southern Europe,
South America and Post-Communist Europe, John Hopkins, 1996
Course Outcome: After completing the course students will develop a detailed understanding of
theory and methods of comparative politics. They will be familiar with different models of political system
and the way political dynamics have changed and shaped societies from time to time.
Evaluation:
End-Semester Examination- 70% weightage
Mid-Semester Examination- 20% weightage
Class presentation- 10% weightage
Course Name: Theories of International Relations
Course Code: PS 104
Contact Hours: 60-70 hours (12-14 hours on an average per Unit)
Total credits: 06
Semester: First
Lectures: 10.30 am-11.30 pm (Monday to Friday)
Course Teacher: Dr. Ripu Sudan Singh
Email: [email protected]
Course Objectives:
This course is a post-graduate-level class on contemporary theories in international relations.
Students who complete this course will (a) gain deep knowledge of the theories of international
relations; (b) be able to confidently assess the explanatory power of these theories in the study and
practice of international politics; (c) engage in a sophisticated and effective way with the most
pressing contemporary policy debates in international politics, and (d) develop the critical analysis,
persuasion, and communication skills needed for academic and professional success.
Course Outline
Unit- I International Relations as a discipline: Emergence and evolution
(Modern Nation-State System) (12-14 lectures)
Reading list:
S.H. Hoffman (ed.) (1960), Contemporary theory in International Relations,
(NJ: Prentice Hall).
John Bayls, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens, The Globalization of World
Politics, Oxford University press, 2008
Richard W. Mansbach and Kirsten L. Taylor, Introduction to Global Politics,
Second Edition, Routledge, London, 2012
Kenth Booth and Steve Smith, International Relations Theory Today, Policy
Press
Robert Jackson and Geog Sorensen, Introduction to International Relations
Oxford University Press, London
Unit-II (12-14 lectures)
Theories of Realism
a. Classical Realism
b. Neo-classical realism
c. Neo-Realism
Theories of Liberalism
a. Core ideas in liberal thinking on international relations
b. Neo-liberalism
Reading list:
Kenneth N. Waltz, “The Anarchic Structure of World Politics.”
John Baylis, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens, The Globalization of World
Politics, Oxford University press, 2008
All three essays below are from International Politics: Enduring Concepts
and Contemporary Issues, 6 th Edition (Ed. Art and Jervis)
1. Michael W. Doyle, “Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs”
2. Stanley Hoffman, “The Uses and Limits of International Law”
3. Robert O. Keohane, “A Functional Theory of Regimes.”
Unit-III (12-14 lectures)
Marxist theories of International Relations
a. The essential elements of Marxist theories of international relations
b. Critical theory
Reading list:
Nicholas Rengger (), “The Ethics of Marxism”, in Christian Reus-Smit and
Duncan Snidal (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of International Relations (Oxford:
Oxford University Press), Chapter 10, pp. 188-200
John Bayls, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens, The Globalization of World
Politics, Oxford University press, 2011
Unit-IV (12-14 lectures)
Alternative approaches to international theory
a. Feminist theory
b. Post colonialism
Reading List:
V. Spike Peterson and Anne Sisson Runyan, Global Gender Issues in the
New Millennium 3rd ed. (Westview, 2010). ISBN 978-0-8133-4394-5
Cynthia Enloe, The Curious Feminist: Searching For Women in a New Age
of Empire (University of California Press, 2004). ISBN 978-0520243811
Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Half the Sky: Turning Oppression
into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Knopf, 2010). ISBN 978-
0307387097
Carol Cohn, ed. Women & Wars (Polity Press, 2013). ISBN 978-0-7456-
4245-1
Young, R. 2001 ‘Postcolonialism’, Chapter 5 in Postcolonialism. An
Historical Introduction (Basil Blackwell). VIRTUAL CAMPUS.
Dirlik, A. 1994 ‘The Postcolonial Aura: Third World Criticism in the Age of
Global Capitalism’, Critical Inquiry 20(2):328-56.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/1343914Manzo, K. 1997 ‘Critical
Humanism: Postcolonialism and Postmodern Ethics’, Alternatives 22:381-
408.
Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth, 1961 (read entire book except
for the “Spontaneity” chapter and four case-studies)
Said’s Orientalism Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 1994 edition
Unit-V Contemporary Dimensions – Liberalization and Globalization.
(12-14 lectures)
Reading list:
Jagdish Bhagwati. In Defense of Globalization. Oxford University Press,
2004.
Menzie D. Chinn and Jeffry A. Frieden. Lost Decades. The making of
America’s debt crisis and the long recovery. W. V. Norton, 2011
Nathan Jensen, Glen Biglaiser, Edmund Malesky, Quan Li, Pablo Pinto,
Santiago Pinto and Joseph Staats. Politics and Foreign Direct Investment.
Michigan University Press, 2012.
Dani Rodrik. One Economics, Many Recipes. Princeton University Press,
2006.
Joseph E. Stiglitz. Globalization and Its Discontents. Norton & Company,
2003.
Michael Weinstein, ed. Globalization. What’s New? Columbia University
Press, 2005.
Suggested Readings:
1. H. Bull (1977), Anarchical Society: A study of order in world politics, (London:
Macmillan),
2. I. Claude (1962) power and International Relations, (New York: Random House).
3. S.H. Hoffman (ed.) (1960), Contemporary theory in International Relations, (NJ: Prentice
Hall).
4. A Hurrell, “Collective Security and International Order Revisited”, International
Relations, II (I) April.
5. H.J. Morgenthau (1985), Politics among Nations, (New York: Alfred Knopf).
6. K.A Oye (1986) (ed.), Cooperation under Anarchy, (Princeton NJ: Princeton University
Press).
7. N.D Palmer and Perkins (1986), International Relations, (Calcutta: Scientific Book
Press).
8. K.N.Waltz (1979), Theory of International Politics, (Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley).
9. Burchill, Scott, Richard Devtak, Andrew Linklater, Mathew Paterson, Christian Reus-
Smit and Jacqui True (2001), Theories of International Relations, (New York: Palgrave).
10. Boucher,David (1998), Political Theories of International Relations, (Oxford University
Press).
11. Morgenthau, Hans J. (2007), Realism Reconsidered, (Oxford University Press)
12. Bhagwati, Jagdish (2007), In Defense of Globalization with a new Afterword (Oxford
University Press).
13. Wilkinson, Paul (2007), International Relations, (Oxford University Press).
14. Wight, Martin (1966), “Why is there no international theory?”, H. Butterfield and M.
Wight (eds.), Diplomatic Investigations (London: George Allen & Unwin), pp. 17-34.
15. David Singer (1961), “The Level of Analysis Problem In International Relations”,
World Politics 14(1), pp. 77-92.
16. Amitav Acharya and Barry Buzan (2007), “Why is there no non-western international
relations theory? An Introduction”, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Vol. 7,
pp. 287-312
17. Robert O. Keohane, Big Questions in the Study of World Politics,
18. Kenneth Waltz, Laws and Theories
19. Helen Milner, The Assumption of Anarchy in International Relations Theory
20. William C. Wohlforth, Realism, chapter 7
21. Jack Donnelly, The ethics of realism,
22. David A. Baldwin, Neoliberalism, Neorealism and World Politics
23. John M. Owen (1994), “How Liberalism Produces Democratic Peace”, International
Security 19 (2), pp. 87-125.
24. Andrew Moravcsik, The new Liberalism
25. Arthur A. Stein (), Neoliberal Institutionalism
26. James L. Richardson, The ethics of neoliberal institutionalism, chapter 12,pp. 222-233.
27. Gerry Simpson, The Ethics of the new liberalism, chapter 14, 255-266.
28. Benno Teschke (), “Marxism”, in Christian Reus-Smit and Duncan Snidal (eds.) The
Oxford Handbook of International Relations (Oxford: Oxford University Press), Chapter
9, pp. 163-187
29. Nicholas Rengger (), “The Ethics of Marxism”, in Christian Reus-Smit and Duncan
Snidal (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of International Relations (Oxford: Oxford
University Press), Chapter 10, pp. 188-200
30. Ian Hurd (), “Constructivism”, Christian Reus-Smit and Duncan Snidal (eds.), The
Oxford Handbook of International Relations (Oxford: Oxford University Press), Chapter
17, pp. 298-316.
31. Richard Price (),The ethics of constructivism in Christian Reus-Smit and Duncan Snidal
(eds.), The Oxford Handbook of International Relations (Oxford: Oxford University
Press), Chapter 18, pp.317-326.
32. Michael Barnett and Kathryn Sikkink, From International Relations to Global Society,
Chapter 3
33. David L. Blaney and Naem Inayatullah, International Relations from Below
34. Richard Little, International Relations theory from a former hegemon
35. Steve Smith, Six Wishes for a more relevant discipline of international relations
36. Terry Nardin, International Ethics, chapter 34.
37. Kanti Bajpai, International Studies in India: Bringing Theory (Back) Home
38. Qin Yaging (2007), “Why is there no-Chinese International Relations Theory”,
International Relations of the Asia Pacific, Vol. 7, 313-340.
39. Takashi Inoguchi (2007), “Are there any theories of International Relations in Japan?”,
International Relations of the Asia Pacific, Vol. 7, 369-390.
40. Robert Jackson and George Sorensenm,” Introduction to International Relations, Oxford
University Press, London
41. John Bayls, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens, The Globalization of World Politics,
Oxford University press, 2008
42. Joshua S. Goldstein, Jon C. Pevehouse, International Relations, Dorling Kinersley, India
2009
Course Outcome: By doing this course, students will have develop theoretical insights on
international relations and global politics. This will help them undertaking academic assignments
and research projects related with international issues which are becoming very salient in today’s
globalized world.
Method of Evaluation:
Assessment: tutorial 10%
Mid-semester examination 20%
End-semester examination 70%
M.A SECOND SEMESTER
Course Title: Western Political Philosophy
Course Code-PS 201
Course Teacher: Prof.Sartik Bagh
E.mail: [email protected]
Credits Allotted:6
Course Objectives: The course intends to introduce the thinkers-their ideas, who in a way laid
down the very foundation of the discipline. It assumes very important on the part of the students to
have familiarity at this stage to grasp the more critical aspects of political philosophy evolved and
developed over a long period of time.
Mode of Assessment:
Tutorials -10% weightage
Mid-term exam- 20% weightage
End-term examination- 70% weightage
Course Outline
Unit-I (12 lectures)
Political thought before Plato: Socrates and Sophists, nature vs convention
Plato: Virtue is knowledge, ideal state, theory of form, the decline of ideal state
Aristotle: Ethics and politics, theory of form, state and good life, classification of
constitutions, justice
Unit-II (12 lectures)
Hobbes-The Puritan revolution and the scientific revolution; materialism and new
empiricism; the modern theory of contract; human behaviour and state of nature, the theory
of absolutism, the theory of sovereignty; modern Hobbesianism
Locke-The Glorious revolution, Locke versus Hobbes and Filmer; the state of nature and
natural law; social contract; popular sovereignty and the right of revolution, the right of
property
Rousseau- The nature of man, state of nature, the social contract; the general will-the unity
of self-interest and public interest, the ideal state.
Unit-III (12 lectures)
Bentham. Utilitarianism
J.S. Mill-Critique of Utilitarianism, liberty, representative democracy, liberalism,
subjection of women
Unit-IV (12 lectures)
Immanuel Kant-Scientific view of world, theory of knowledge, cosmopolitanism
Hegel- View of freedom, dialectic –world history and state, nationalism
Unit- V (12 lectures)
Karl Marx-Dialectical materialism, Historical materialism-analysis of societies, Capitalist state and
class struggle, Communism
Lenin-Party as vanguard of the working class, views on capitalist state, Lenin and world
communist movement
Readings
Unit I
1. George Sabine (2007), A History of Political Theory, Surjeet Publications, New Delhi
2. Karl Popper (2003), The Open Society and its Enemies, Volume one and two: the spell of Plato,
Routledge, New York
3. Christopher Morris, Western Political Thought
4. Leo Strauss (1963), History of Political Philosophy, The university of Chicago Press, Chicago
5. Subrat Mukherjee(2003), The History Of Political Thought, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi
6. Brian R. Nelson (2006), Western Political Thought, Pearson Education, New Delhi
Unit II
1. George Sabine (2007), A History of Political Theory, Surjeet Publications, New Delhi
2. Christopher Morris, Western Political Thought
3. C.B.Macpherson, The Theory Of Possessive Individualism
4. Vaughan, Studies In the History of Political Philosophy
5. Subrat Mukherjee(2003), The History Of Political Thought, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi
6. C.L Wayper (1954), Political Thought, Surjeet Publications, New Delhi
7. Brian R. Nelson (2006), Western Political Thought, Pearson Education, New Delhi
Unit III
1. Andrew Hacker (2006), Political Theory: Philosophy, Ideology, Science, Surjeet Publications,
New Delhi
2. Jonathan Wolf (2006),An Introduction to Political Philosophy, Oxford University Press, New
York
Subrat Mukherjee (2003), The History Of Political Thought, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi
3. Martin Cohen (20013.Political Philosophy from Plato to Mao, Pluto Press
4.J.S Mill,On Liberty
5. J.S Mill, Subjection of Women
6. George Klosko (1995), The History political theory, vol-2, Thomson Wadsworth, USA
Unit IV
1. HawadWiliam, Kant’s Political Philosophy
2. Ebenstein, Great Political Thinkers
3. George Klosko (1995), The History political theory, vol-2, Thomson Wadsworth, USA
4.Vaughan, Studies In the History of Political Philosophy
Unit V
1. George Sabine (2007), A History of Political Theory, Surjeet Publications, New Delhi
2. C.L Wayper (1954), Political Thought, Surjeet Publications, New Delhi
3. Brian R. Nelson (2006), Western Political Thought, Pearson Education, New Delhi
4. Leo Strauss (1963), History of Political Philosophy, TheUniversity of Chicago Press, Chicago
5. George Klosko (1995), The Historyof political theory, vol-2, Thomson Wadsworth, USA
Additional Readings:
1. Christopher Morris, Western Political Thought
2. J.W.Allen, A History Of Political Thought In The Sixth Century (Chapter-II)
3. Ian Adams and R. W .Dyson (2004), Routledge. New York
4. Michael J.White (2003), Political Philosophy: An Historical Introduction, One World,
Oxford
5.Peri Roberts and Peter Sutch (2005), Edinburgh University Press
6. Martin Cohen (2001), Political Philosophy from Plato to Mao, Pluto Press
7. Roger Huard (2007), Plato’s Political Philosophy: The Cave,AlgoraPublishing,New
York
8. David Miller (2003), Political Philosophy: A very short introduction, Oxford
Outcomes: Upon its completion, the students will be able to know the importance of
political philosophy in shaping and influencing the state and society at large. Students are
expected to appreciate the ideas and thoughts which are rich and insightful.
Course Title: Indian Politics: Institutions and Processes (Core Paper)
Course Code- PS 202
Credits: 6 credits
Semester: Second
Lectures: 11.30 am-12.30 pm (Monday to Friday)
Course Teacher: Manjari Raj Oraon
Contact Hours: 60 hours (12 hours per Unit)
Course Objectives: This course introduces the students about the major institutions of the Indian
Political System and also informs them about the transformation that these institutions have
undergone over the years. The creation of the Indian State and thereafter, several new institutions
and modes of accountability have appeared in Indian polity and its several institutions are
confronting new challenges from newly empowered groups. The paper will introduce the students
with the major institutions and ongoing political processes in the Indian Polity.
Course Content
Unit-I
Indian State and Constitution: Historical Background (12 Lectures)
Understanding State in India:
o State Formation in India
o Changing Nature of the Indian State
The Making of the Indian Constitution
Constituent Assembly Debates:
o Fundamental Rights & Directive Principles of State Policy
o Minority Issues
o Secularism
Unit-II
Federalism and Party Politics (12 Lectures)
Decentralization, Autonomy and Devolution
Local Self- Government
Evolution and Shifts in Party System: Congress System to Coalition Politics
Unit- III
Central Government Institutions (12 Lectures)
Parliament: Composition and Functions
President: Modes of Exercise of Powers
Prime Minister and the Cabinet: Collective Responsibility and Accountability to the
Parliament
Unit- IV
Indian Judiciary System: (12 Lectures)
Basic Structure: Supreme Court, High Courts and Session Courts
Judicial Review
Judicial Activism, Public Interest Litigation
Unit- V
State Government (12 Lectures)
State Legislature: Composition and Functions
Executive: Governor and Chief Minister
Regional Political parties
Readings:
Unit I
1. Constituent Assembly Debates (Selected Volumes)
2. Austin Granville, The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation, Oxford University
Press, New Delhi, 1972
3. Austin Granville, Working of a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience, Oxford
University Press, New Delhi, 1999
4. Basu D.D., Introduction to the Constitution of India, Prentice Hall, New Delhi, 2008.
5. Bhargava Rajeev, ed., Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitutions, Oxford University
Press, New Delhi, 2008.
6. Rao Shiva B., The Framing of India’s Constitution, A Study and Select Documents,
Tripathi, Bombay, 1968.
7. Bajpai, Rochana. “Constituent Assembly Debates and Minority Rights”, Economic and
Political Weekly, May 27, 2002.
8. Jha, Shefali, “Rights versus Representation: Defending Minority Interests in the
Constituent Assembly, Economic and Political Weekly, April 19, 2003
9. Jha, Shefali, “Secularism in the Constituent Assembly Debates, 1946-50, Economic and
Weekly July 27, 2002.
10. Sheth, D.L. &Mahajan, Gurpreet, “Minority Identities and the Nation State, Oxford
University Press, 1999
11. Brass, Paul, The Politics of India since Independence, Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, 1994, Introduction.
12. Dubey, Abhay Kumar (ed.), Loktantra Ke Saat Adhaya, Vaani Prakashan, Delhi, 2002.
13. Hasan, Zoya, E. Sridharan and R. Sudarshan (eds.), India’s Living Constitution: Ideas,
Practices, Controversies, Permanent Black, Delhi, 2002.
14. Jayal, Niraja Gopal, ed., Democracy in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2001.
15. Jenkins, Rob, Democratic politics and Economic Reform in India, Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge, 1999.
16. Kaviraj, Sudipta, “A Critique of the Passive Revolution”, Economic and Political Weekly,
Vol. 23, No. 45/47, Special Number, Nov. 1988.
17. Kaviraj, Sudipta, “The Culture of Representative Democracy” in Partha Chatterjee (ed.),
Wages of freedom, Fifty Years of the Indian Nation-State, OUP, Delhi, 1988.
18. Kothari, Rajni, “The Democratic Experiment” in Partha Chatterjee (ed.), Wages of
Freedom, Fifty Years of the Indian Nation-State, OUP, Delhi, 1998.
19. Mehta, Pratap Bhanu, Burden of Democracy, Penguin, New Delhi, 2004.
20. Rudolph, Lloyd and Susanne, In Pursuit of Lakshmi: Political Economy of the State in
India, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1987.
21. Satyamurthy, T.V., ed., State and Nation in the Context of Social Change, vol. l, Oxford
University Press, Delhi, l994.
22. Vora, Rajendra and Suhas Palshikar, eds, Indian Democracy: Meanings and Practices,
Sage, New Delhi, 2004.
Unit II
Readings:
1. Arora Balveer and Douglas Verney, eds., Multiple Identities in a Single State: Indian
Federalism in Comparative Perspective, Konark Publishers, New Delhi, 1995.
2. Kapur Devesh and Pratap B Mehta., eds., Public Institutions in India: Performance and
Design, Oxford Universtiy Press, New Delhi. 2007.
3. Mukerji Nirmal and Balveer Arora,, eds, Federalism in India: Origins and Development,
Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi, 1992.
4. Saez Lawrence, Federalism without a Centre: The Impact of Political and Economic
Reforms on India’s Federal System, Sage, New Delhi, 2002.
5. Adeney, Katherine and Saez Lawrence, eds., Coalition Politics and Hindu Nationalism,
Routledge, London, 2005.
6. Brass, Paul R. and Marcus F. Franda, (eds), Radical Politics in South Asia, MIT Press,
Cambridge, 1973.
7. Hansen, Thomas and Jaffrelot Christophe, eds., The BJP and the Compulsions of Politics in
India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998.
8. Hasan, Zoya ed., Parties and Party Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi,
2002.
9. Kothari, Rajni, State against Democracy: In Search of Humane Governance, Ajanta, Delhi,
1988.
10. Mehra, Ajay K., Khanna, D.D., and Gert W. Kueck, eds., Political Parties and Party
Systems, Sage, New Delhi, 2003.
11. Weiner, Myron, Party Politics in India: The Development of a Multiparty System,
Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1957.
12. Yadav, Yogendra and Suhas Palshikar (eds) Political Parties and Elections in Indian States:
1990-2003, Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, 2003.
Reading of Units III & IV:
1. Kashyap, Subhas, “Our Parliament”, National Book Trust, New Delhi, 2004
2. Malhotra, G.C., “Fifty Years of Indian Parliament”, Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi,
2002.
3. Kashyap, Subhas C. “Anti-Defection Law and Parliamentary Privileges”, Universal Law
Publishing, 2003
4. Lyngdoh J.M., Chronicle of an Impossible Election: The Election Commission and the
2002 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, Penguin, New Delhi, 2004.
5. Manor James, ed., Nehru to the Nineties: The Changing Office of Prime Minister in India,
Viking Press, New Delhi, 1994.
6. Mehra Ajay K. And V.A. Pai Panandiker, The Indian Cabinet: A Study in Governance,
Konark Publishers, New Delhi, 1996.
7. Morris-Jones W.H., Parliament in India, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia,
PA, 1957.
8. Rudolph Lloyd and Susanne, The Realm of Institutions: State Formation and Institutional
Change, Vol. II, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2008.
9. Baxi Upendra, The Supreme Court in Indian Politics, Eastern Book Company, New Delhi,
1980
10. Hassan Zoya et al., India’s Living Constitution: Ideas, Practice, Controversies, Permanent
Black, New Delhi, 2002.
11. Kashyap Subash, ed., Constitutions Reforms: Problems, Prospects and Perspectives, Radha
Publications, New Delhi, 2004.
12. Sathe S.P., Judicial Activism in India: Transgressing Borders and Enforcing Limits,
Oxford University, Press, New Delhi, 2002.
13. Singh Ujjwal Kumar, State, Democracy and Anti-Terror Laws, Sage Publications, New
Delhi, 2007.
14. Chopra, Pran, “The Supreme Court Versus the Constitution: A Challenge to Federalism,
Sage,, 2006 New Delhi
15. Kirpal, B.N., “Supreme Court but not infallible: essays in Honour of the Supreme Court of
India”, Oxford, New Delhi, 2000.
Unit V
Readings:
1. Frankel Francine et al., eds., Transforming India: Social and Political Dynamics of
Democracy, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2000.
2. Galanter Marc, Law and Society in Modern India, edited with and introduction by Rajeev
Dhavan, Oxford University, Press, Delhi, 1989.
3. Hardgrave Robert L., India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation, Harcourt,
Jovanovich, New York, 1980.
4. Kohli Atul, ed., The success of India’s Democracy, Cambridge University Press, London,
2001.
5. Morris-Jones W.H., The Government and Politics in India, B.I. Publications, New Delhi.
1971.
6. Noorani A.G., Constitutional Questions in India: The President, Parliament and the States,
Oxford University, Press, Delhi, 2009.
7. Pylee M.V, India’s Constitutions, Asia Publishing House, New Delhi, 1962.
8. Rao K.V. and K.M. Munshi, Parliamentary Democracy of India, The World Press Private
Ltd, Calcutta, 1965.
Suggested/Additional Readings:
1. Rao Shiva B., The Framing of India’s Constitution, A Study and Select Documents,
Tripathi, Bombay, 1968.
2. Bajpai, Rochana. “Constituent Assembly Debates and Minority Rights”, Economic and
Political Weekly, May 27, 2002.
3. Jha, Shefali, “Rights versus Representation: Defending Minority Interests in the
Constituent Assembly, Economic and Political Weekly, April 19, 2003
4. Morris-Jones W.H., The Government and Politics in India, B.I. Publications, New Delhi.
1971.
5. Noorani A.G., Constitutional Questions in India: The President, Parliament and the States,
Oxford University, Press, Delhi, 2009.
6. Pylee M.V, India’s Constitutions, Asia Publishing House, New Delhi, 1962.
7. Rao K.V. and K.M. Munshi, Parliamentary Democracy of India, The World Press Private
Ltd, Calcutta, 1965.
8. Hassan Zoya et al., India’s Living Constitution: Ideas, Practice, Controversies, Permanent
Black, New Delhi, 2002.
9. Kashyap Subash, ed., Constitutions Reforms: Problems, Prospects and Perspectives, Radha
Publications, New Delhi, 2004.
10. Sathe S.P., Judicial Activism in India: Transgressing Borders and Enforcing Limits,
Oxford University, Press, New Delhi, 2002.
11. Singh Ujjwal Kumar, State, Democracy and Anti-Terror Laws, Sage Publications, New
Delhi, 2007.
12. Chopra, Pran, “The Supreme Court Versus the Constitution: A Challenge to Federalism,
Sage,, 2006 New Delhi
13. Brass, Paul, R., Politics of India since Independence, Oxford University Press, Delhi (New
Edition), 1990.
14. Bhargava, Rajeev, Amiya Bagchi and R Sudarshan (eds) Multiculturalism, Liberalism and
Democracy, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2007.
15. Bose, Sugata and Ayesha Jalal (eds) Nationalism, Democracy and Development: State and
Politics in India, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1997.
16. Chatterjee, Partha, ed., State and Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi,
1997.
17. Corbridge, Stuart and John Harriss, Reinventing India, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi, 2000.
18. Deshpande, Satish, Contemporary India: A Sociological View, Viking, Penguin Books
India, New Delhi, 2003.
19. Hasan, Zoya, ed., Politics and State in India, Sage, New Delhi, 2001.
20. Jayal, Niraja Gopal and Pratap Bhanu Mehta (eds), The Oxford Companion to Politics in
India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2010.
21. Kaviraj, Sudipta (ed.), Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1997.
22. Kaviraj, Sudipta, “The Modern State in India” In Martin Dooenbos and Sudipta Kaviraj,
eds, Dynamics of State Formation, Sage, New Delhi, 1997.
23. Khilnani, S., The Idea of India, Penguin, London, 1997.
24. Kothari, Rajni, Politics in India, Orient Longman, Hyderabad, 2003.
25. Baxi, Upendra and Bhikhu Parekh, Crisis and Change in Contemporary India, Sage, New
Delhi, 1995.
26. Frankel, Francine et. al. (ed.), Transforming India: Social and Political Dynamics of
Democracy, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2002.
27. Guha, Ramchandra, , India after Gandhi, Picador, New Delhi, 2007.
28. Jenkins, Rob, Democratic Politics and Economic Reform in India, Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge, 1999.
29. Kaviraj, Sudipta, ed., Politics in India, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2000.
30. Kohli, Atul, ed., Success of India’s Democracy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
2001.
31. Morris-Jones, W.H., Indian Government and Politics, University of Hull Press, Hull, 1987.
32. Morris-Jones, W.H., Politics Mainly Indian, Orient Longman, Bombay, 1978.
33. Pai, Sudha (ed.) Handbook of Democratic Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi, 2011.
Course Outcome: Upon completion of this paper, students will develop a comprehensive
understanding of political institutions and their functions in India. Additionally, they will also be
familiarized with the evolution and working of Political parties and the way party politics in India
has taken shape under diverse social settings.
Evaluation:
Tutorials: 10%
Mid-Term Examination: 20%
End-Term Examination: 70%
Course Title: Global Institutions and Politics in Post-Cold War Period
Course Code: PS203
Course Teacher: Prof. Ripu Sudan Singh
E.mail: [email protected]
Credits: 06
Mode of Evaluation:
Assessment: tutorial 10%
Mid-semester examination 20%
End-semester examination 70%
Total 60 lectures (60 hours)
Unit-I Historical Background of Post Cold War Global Politics (12 lectures)
Brief overview of cold war
Causes of the end of cold war
Implications on International Politics
End of Bipolarity and Emerging new centres of power
Unit-II Trends and process of Globalization (12 lectures)
Concepts, Mechanisms, Impact
Unit-III Institutions and Regional Blocs, its Significance and Role (12 lectures)
WTO
World Bank
IMF
E.U
SAARC
ASEAN
Unit-IV Changing role of the United Nations in Global Politics (12 lectures)
U.N and Human Development
Structural Reform of the UN
Unit-V Emerging challenges in the Post-Cold war Global Politics (12 lectures)
Nuclear Politics
Global Terrorism
Ecological and Development issue
READINGS:
1. Baylis John and Steve Smith, 2005, Globalization of World Politics, London, OUP
2. Dougherty James. E. and Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, 1999, Contending Theories of International
Relations: A Comprehensive Survey, New York, Longman
3. Jackson Robert and George Sorensen, 2005, Introduction to International Relations, New Delhi, OUP
4. Mingst Karen, 2005, Essentials of International Relations, New York, W. W. Norton and Co.
5. Walker R.B.J., 2004, International Relations as Political Theory, Cambridge, CUP
6. Berridg, Geoff, Return to the UN: UN diplomacy in Regional Conflicts. Sussex, Wheatsheaf,1991.
7. Calvocoressi, Peter., World Politics Since 1945, revised edition, London, Longman, 2001.
8. Doyle, Michael W and Kenberry, G. John., (eds.), New Thinking in International RelationsTheory
Boulder, West View, 1997.
9. Halle L.J. The Cold War as History. New York, Harper and Row, 1967.
10. Harris Nigel. The End of the Third World. London, Penguin, 1985.
11. Keohane, Robert and Helen Milner eds. Internalization and Domestic Politics. Oxford, Oxford
University Press, 1996.
12. Miller J.D.B., Politics of the Third World, London, Oxford University Press, 1966.
13. Cox Michael and Ken Booth, The Eighty Years Crisis: International Relations 1919-1999, Cambridge
University Press, 1998.
14. Maria L., and Jan Stefan Fritz. Value Pluralism, Normative Theory and International Relations.
Houndsmill, Macmillan, 2000.
15. Mayall James. World Politics: Progress and Its Limits. Cambridge Polity Press, 2000.
16. Nicholas H. The UN as a Political Institution. Oxford. Oxford University Press, 1975.
17. Schuman F.L. The Cold War: Retrospect and Prospect, Los Angeles, Baton Rouge, 1967.
18. Waltz K., Theory of International Politics, New York, Random House, 1979.
19. Walker R.B.J. One World, Many Worlds: Struggles for a Just World Peace. Colorado, Lynne Rienner,
1998.
20. Wolpert S. Roots of Confrontation in South Asia. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1982.
21. Goldstone, J. A. et. al. (eds.), Revolutions of the Late Twentieth Century. Boulder,Oxford,
Westview Press, 1991.
22. Guha, Ramachandra, The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and the Peasant Resistance in the
Himalay, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1989.
23. Guha, Ramachandra and Juan Martinez-Alier, Varieties of Environmentalism: Essays on North and
South. New Delhi, OUP, 1998.
24. Ostrom Elinor, Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective
Action.Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1990.
25. Berridg, Geoff, Return to the UN: UN diplomacy in Regional Conflicts. Sussex, Wheatsheaf,
26. Mayall James. World Politics: Progress and Its Limits. Cambridge Polity Press, 2000.
27. Nicholas H. The UN as a Political Institution. Oxford. Oxford University Press, 1975.
28. Schuman F.L. The Cold War: Retrospect and Prospect, Los Angeles, Baton Rouge, 1967.
29. Waltz K., Theory of International Politics, New York, Random House, 1979.
30. Walker R.B.J. One World, Many Worlds: Struggles for a Just World Peace. Colorado, Lynne
Rienner, 1998.
31. Wolpert S. Roots of Confrontation in South Asia. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1982. 84
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Course Outcome: The course provides comprehensive understanding contemporary issues of
global politics. By doing this course, students will be able learn the dynamics of larger issues in
global politics like state, human rights, nuclear security, human security and environment and the
way the global institutions are responding to these different social and economic concerns.
Course Title: Theories and Principles of Public Administration (CBCS/Open
Elective)
Course Code- PS204
Contact/Teaching Hours: 40-48 lectures (10-12 lectures per unit)
Credits: 4 credits
Semester: Second
Lectures: 9.30 am- 10.30 am (Monday to Friday)
Course Teacher: Dr. Siddhartha Mukerji and Resource Person
E.mail: [email protected]
Credits: 04
Course Objectives: The primary objective of the course is to familiarize the students with the
principles, approaches and emerging theoretical trends in the field of public administration. The
course is designed in such a manner that the students are introduced to different theoretical and
technical dimensions of public administration. Its utility lies in providing a direction to undertake
research in the emerging areas of public administration, public policy and governance issues. The
course is a good learning exercise for pursuing administrative and management professions.
Course Content
Unit 1- Introduction to Public Administration
Meaning, Scope and Significance of Public Administration
Evolution of Public Administration
Public Administration under Globalization
Readings:
1. Raymond Cox and Susan Buck (2009), Public Administration in Theory and Practise,
Pearson Education, chapters 1,2 and 3
2. Nigro and Nigro (1983), Readings in Public Administration
3. Sephen P. Osborne, Kate Mc Lauglin and Evan Ferlie (2005), ed., New Public
Management: Current Trends and Future Prospects, Routledge: London and New York
4. Waldo, Dwight (1971), Public Administration in a Time of Turbulence, Chandelor
Publishing Company
5. White, L.D (2002), Introduction to the Study of Public Administration, New Delhi: Atlantic
Publishers and Distributors
Unit 2- Classical Theories
Henry Fayol
Luther Gullick and Lyndall Urwick
Fredrick Taylor
Max Weber
Readings:
1. R.K. Sapru (2009), Administrative Theories and Management Thought, New Delhi: PHI
Learning Pvt Ltd; chapters on the given thinkers
2. Gullick, L and Urwick, “Papers on the Science of Administration”, The Academy of
Management Journal, vol.13, no.4, December 1971, pp.361-371
3. Taylor, F.W. (1911), Principles of Scientific Management, New York: W.W. Norton and
Co.
4. Henry Fayol (1949), General and Industrial Management, London, Pitman
Unit 3- Behavioural Theories and Administrative Ecology
Elton Mayo
Herbert Simon
Chester Bernard
F.W. Riggs
Readings:
1. R.K. Sapru (2009), Administrative Theories and Management Thought, New Delhi: PHI
Learning Pvt Ltd; chapters on the given thinkers
2. Chester Bernard (1938), Functions of the Executive, M.A: Harvard University Press
3. Herbert Simon (1997 latest edition), Administrative Behavior, New York: Free Press
4. F.W Riggs (latest edition), The Ecology of Public Administration, Asia Publishing House
Unit 4- Principles of Public Administration
Hierarchy
Span of Control
Unity of Command
Coordination and Delegation
Readings:
1. Avasthi and S.R. Maheshwari (latest edition), Public Administration, Jaipur: Laxmi
Narayan Agarwal Books
2. Henry Fayol (1949), General and Industrial Management, London, Pitman (On 14
principles of organization)
Essential Readings:
Raymond Cox and Susan Buck (2009), Public Administration in Theory and Practise,
Pearson Education, chapters 1,2 and 3
Bidyut Chakrabarty and Mohit Bhattacharya (2003), Public Administration: A Reader,
New Delhi: Oxford University Press; introductory chapter
Alka Dhameja’s, ed., Contemporary Debates in Public Administration, New Delhi: PHI
Learning Pvt Ltd; chapters 1, 11, 19 and 20
R.K. Sapru (2009), Administrative Theories and Management Thought, New Delhi: PHI
Learning Pvt Ltd; chapters 1, 2, 3, 37 and 40
Gullick, L and Urwick, “Papers on the Science of Administration”, The Academy of
Management Journal, vol.13, no.4, December 1971, pp.361-371
Nigro and Nigro (1983), Readings in Public Administration
Sephen P. Osborne, Kate Mc Lauglin and Evan Ferlie (2005), ed., New Public
Management: Current Trends and Future Prospects, Routledge: London and New York
Taylor, F.W. (1911), Principles of Scientific Management, New York: W.W. Norton and
Co.
Waldo, Dwight (1971), Public Administration in a Time of Turbulence, Chandelor
Publishing Company
White, L.D (2002), Introduction to the Study of Public Administration, New Delhi: Atlantic
Publishers and Distributors
Course Outcome: After completing this course, the students will have a clear understanding of
traditional and emerging theories and principles of public administration. This would also acquaint
them with changing management practices in the light of expanding public works and the need for
greater collaboration with non-state agencies.
Mode of Evaluation:
Class Presentation: 10% weightage
Mid-Semester Examination: 20% weightage
End-Semester Examination: 70% weightage
M.A THIRD SEMESTER
Course Title: Political Ideas in Modern India
Course Code- PS 301
Contact hours: 60 -70 hours
Credits: 6
Semester: Third
Lectures: 60 lectures (Monday to Friday)- 10.30 am-11.30 am
Course Teacher: Prof. Shashi Kant Pandey
Email: [email protected]
Credits: 06
Course Objectives:
A. To allow students acquaint themselves with political ideas in modern and contemporary
India.
B. To familiarize students with certain ideas which played a vital role in giving shape to
present political system.
C. To acquaint them with the life and work of the eminent thinkers and their ideas in
building modern India.
Course Outline
Unit 1: Renaissance and Reformation
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Dayanand Saraswati
Unit 2: Political ideas during Nationalist movement
Gokhale as Moderate
Tilak as Nationalist
Gandhi on Satyagraha and Non-Violence
Unit 3: Nationalism
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Aurobindo Ghosh
Unit 4: Socialism
Jawaharlal Nehru
J.P. Narayan
Ram Manohar Lohia
Unit 5: Social Justice& Equality
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Periyar
Suggested Readings:
1. Chakraborty, Bidyut (ed.). Social and Political Thought in Modern India, New Delhi, 2004
2. Mehta V.R. and Thomas, Pantham, eds., Political Ideas in Modern India, Sage, Delhi, 2006
3. Pantham Thomas and Kenneth Deutsch, Social and Political Thought in India, Sage, New Delhi,
1984.
4. Nehru, Jawaharlal, Discovery of India, Asian Publishing House, Bombay, 1972.
5. Parekh, Bhikhu, Gandhi’s Political Philosophy: A Critical Examination, Ajanta Publication, Delhi,
1986.
6. Ambedkar B. R. Writings and Speeches, Vol. I-V, Education Department, Government of
Maharashtra, Mumbai.
7. Iyer Raghavan, The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi ,Vol.iii, Oxford University
Press, USA,1987.
8. Nehru Jawaharlal, Selected Writings, Orient Longman, Delhi, Vol. 2, 1975.
9. Raju Raghurama, Debating Gandhi, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2006.
10. Rodrigues Valerian, ed., Selected Writings of BR Ambedkar, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2002.
11. Appadorai A., Documents on Political Thought in Modern India, Vol. I & ii, Bombay, Oxford
University Press, 1973 and 1976.
12. Mehta V. R. Foundation of Indian Thought, Delhi: Manohar Publisher, 1992.
13. Verma V. P., Modern Indian Political Thought, Laxmi Narayan Aggrawal, Agra, 1974.
14. Gandhi M. K., My Experiment with Truth, Navjeevan Trust
15. Singh Iqbal, Ram Mohan Roy- Volume 1, Bombay: Asia Publishing House, 1958.
16. Ambedkar B. R., What Congress and Gandhi Have Done To the Untouchables, Bombay, Thacker
and Co., 1945.
17. Chakraborty, Bidyut and Rajendra Kumar Pandey, Modern Indian Political Thought: Text and
Context, Sage Publications, 2009
18. Guha, Ramachandra, Makers of Modern India, Penguin Books Pvt. Ltd.,New Delhi,2012
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Course Outcome: After completing this course students will be familiar with India’s rich
intellectual tradition and its relevance in today’s time. It also helps us compare the perspectives of
the prominent Indian political thinkers.
Mode of Assessment:
Tutorials- 10% weightage
The Mid-Semester examination – 20% weightage
End-Semester examination- 70 weightage
Course Title: Political Economy of Development in India (Elective paper)
Course Code: PS302
Contact Hours: 60-70 hours (12-14 hours on an average per Unit)
Credits: 6 credits
Semester: First
Lectures: 9.30 am-10.30 am (Monday to Friday)
Course Teacher: Dr. Siddhartha Mukerji, E.mail: [email protected]
Credits: 06
Course objectives: The course aims at understanding and explaining the various themes of India’s
political economy in both theoretical and historical frameworks. It focuses on the study of
developmental strategies and policies of the Indian state that underwent significant changes as a
result of new political and economic dynamics of a globally-integrated world. To begin with, the
introductory section of the course presents a comprehensive overview and analysis of various
theoretical traditions in political economy including the recent ones that attempt to understand the
role of developmental state from a comparative perspective. Following this, the next section seeks
to analyze and explain how developmental policies for different economic sectors like industry,
agriculture and infrastructure building vary with changing political and market dynamics.
Developmental policies are thus understood within the broader framework of state-market
linkages. Related to this, unit three of the course focuses on the study of governance strategies to
ensure redistribution of resources and promote equitable and inclusive growth. Finally, the last part
of the course deals with the politics of regional inequalities, one of the major challenges and
concerns for a developmental state in contemporary times. Overall, this course shall provide useful
analytical insights to understand the dynamics of political economy in a market-oriented society. It
makes an attempt to understand how the Indian state has responded to the uncertainties of the
global market and the pressures of a resilient political democracy.
Course Content
Unit I: Introduction: Meaning and Scope of Political Economy (12-14 lectures)
Unit II: Contemporary Discourses (12-14 lectures)
Milton Friedman
Jagdish Bhagwati
Amartya Sen
Readings of Units I and II:
1. Barry R. Weingast and Donald A. Wittman (2006), The Oxford Handbook of Political
Economy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, chapters 1, 33, 35, 37 and 39
2. Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman (1980), Free to Choose, introduction, chapter 1
and 2
3. Jagdish Bhagwati (1988), Protectionism, Massachusetts: MIT Press
4. Amartya Sen (1999), Development as Freedom, Oxford: Oxford University Press
5. Karl Marx’s writings on Das Capital and Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts
Unit III: State, Market and Globalization (12-14 lectures)
Era of Planning and Regulation
Liberalization and Economic Reforms
SEZs and Land Acquisition
Reading of Unit III:
1. D.R. Gadgil (2011), The Indian Economy: Problems and Prospects, New Delhi: Oxford
University Press (chapters on planning and agricultural development)
2. Pranab Bardhan (1984), The Political Economy of Development in India, Oxford: Basil
Blackwell
3. Sukhomoy Chakravarty (1987), Development Planning: The Indian Experience, New
Delhi: Oxford University Press
4. Francine Frankel (2005), India’s Political Economy: 1947-2004, New Delhi: Oxford
University Press
5. A.R. Desai, ed., (1986), Agrarian Struggles in India After Independence, New Delhi:
Oxford University Press
6. Francine Frankel (1971), India’s Green Revolution: Economic Gains and Political Costs,
Princeton and New Jersey: Princeton University Press
7. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, “Economic Reforms in India since 1991: Has Gradualism
Worked?”, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 16 (3), Summer 2002
8. Rahul Mukherji (2014), Political Economy of Reforms in India, New Delhi: Oxford
University Press
Unit IV: Governance and Development (12-14 lectures)
Poverty and State Action
Food security measures
Social Welfare Schemes: MNRGES and NHRM
Readings:
1. Atul Kohli (2012), Poverty Amidst Plenty in the New India, New York: Cambridge
University Press
2. D.K. Rangnekar (2012), The Politics of Poverty: Planning India’s Development, New
Delhi: Sage Publications
3. Aditya Dev Sood, ‘How to Wire Rural India: Problems and Possibilities of Digital Development’,
Economic and Political Weekly, 36.43 (October 27- November 2, 2001)
4. Rahul Mukherji (2014), Political Economy of Reforms in India, New Delhi: Oxford
University Press
5. Jagdish C. Kapur (2005), “IT and Good Governance”, in Bidyut Chakrabarty and Mohit
Bhattacharya’s, ed., Administrative Change and Innovation: A Reader, New Delhi: Oxford
University Press
6. Rahul Mukherji (2014), Political Economy of Reforms in India, New Delhi: Oxford
University Press
7. www.planningcomission.gov.in , “All India Report on Evaluation of NREGA: An Evaluation of 20
Districts”, Institute of Applied Manpower Research, New Delhi
8. nrhm.gov.in, website of National Health Mission, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,
Government of India
9. Bidyut Mohanty, “Report of a Survey on National Rural Health Mission and Panchayats”,
Mainstream Weekly, vol.LI, no.10, 2013
10. Nivedita Menon (1999), Gender and Politics in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press
11. Kumud Sharma, “Gender, Environment and Structural Adjustment”, Economic and
Political Weekly, 29 (18), April 30, 1994
12. Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva, Ecofeminism, Kali for Women, 1993
Unit V: Political Economy and Federalism (12-14 lectures)
Readings:
1. Assema Sinha (2005), The Regional Roots of Developmental Politics in India,
Bloomington: Indiana University Press
2. Shovan Roy (2010), ed., Backwaters of Development: Six Deprived States of India, New
Delhi: Oxford University Press
3. M. Govind Rao and Tapan K. Sen (1996), Fiscal Federalism in India: Theory and Practice,
New Delhi: Macmillan
Suggested/Additional Readings:
1. Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman (1980), Capitalism and Freedom, Chicago and
London: The University of Chicago Press
2. Jagdish Bhagwati, In Defence of Globalization, Oxford University Press
3. E.G. West, “The Political Economy of Alienation: Karl Marx and Adam Smith”, Oxford
Economic Papers, 21 (1), March 1969
4. D.R. Gadgil (2011), The Indian Economy: Problems and Prospects, New Delhi: Oxford
University Press
5. S.S. Marathe (1989), Regulation and Development: India’s Policy Experience of Controls
over Industry, New Delhi: Sage Publications
6. Atul Kohli (2004), State-led Development: Political Power and Industrialization in Global
Periphery, New York: Cambridge University Press
7. Robert Wade (1990), Governing the Market: Economic Theory and the Role of
Government in East Asian Industrialization, New Jersey: Princeton University Press
8. Karunamay Subuddhi, ‘Science and Technology for Rural Development: Role of State’, Economic
and Political Weekly, 37.38 (September 21-27, 2002)
9. Karuna Vakaali Aakeela, “Challenging Corruption with Social Audits”, Economic and Political
Weekly, 42 (5), February 3-9, 2007
10. Bina Agarwal, “The Gender and Environment Debate: Lessons from India”, Feminist
Studies, 18 (1), 1992
11. BPR Vithal and M.L. Sastry, Fiscal Federalism in India, Oxford University Press
12. Aradhna Aggarwal (2012), Social and Economic Impact of SEZs in India, New Delhi:
Oxford University Press
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Course Outcome: After completing this course students will develop a clear and comprehensive
understanding of fundamental theories and dynamics of political economy in India. The paper
serves to familiarize students with the contemporary issues and trends of political economy that
could be further researched within an interdisciplinary conceptual framework.
Mode of Evaluation:
Term paper: 10% weightage
Mid-term examination- 20% weightage
End-semester examination- 70% weightage
Course Title: India’s Foreign Policy
Course Code- PS303
Contact Hours: 2.00 PM-3.30 PM (all week days)
Credits: 6 credits
Semester: Third
Lectures: 12.30 PM-01.30 pm (Monday to Friday)
Course Teacher: Dr. PreetyChoudhari, E.mail: [email protected]
Course Objectives:
This Course introduces students to critical empirical and theoretical works on Indian foreign policy that help
to explain India’s behaviour in the realm of external affairs and internal security. The Course focuses on
some of the salient themes in evolution and nature of India’s foreign policy so as explain India’s impact on
global politics by looking at international developments and India’s emergence as world’s largest
democracy. This course examines the processes of foreign policy-making in the Indian state, with particular
focus on such issues as India’s relationship with Great Powers, nuclear politics, relationship with neigbours
in South Asia. In addition, the Course also looks at future challenges for India as rising power. Discussion
and class seminars will address questions such as: What are the institutional parameters that frame Indian
foreign policies? What are the ideological underpinnings of Indian foreign policy? Does India have a world
vision to offer the world? What is the state of India’s relationships with other major global powers? What
are the major challenges for Indian foreign policy in South Asian region specially India’s relationship with
Pakistan and China?
In the process of studying these questions, students willdevelop:
The ability to analyse the relationship between international relations theory and Indian foreign
policy.
An appreciation of the structural, ideological and institutional factors that shape India’s foreign
policy.
Familiarize with the objectives of India’s foreign policy since independence and a
comprehensive understanding of the evolution of Indian foreign policy since independence.
Unit-IUnderstanding Foreign Policy(18 July- 18 August)
Meaning, nature and scope of foreignpolicy: Framework/Approaches to the study of Foreign Policy: Realist, Idealist
and Liberal models (Briefintroduction).
Unit-IIUnderstanding India’s Foreign policy and itsDeterminants (19 August- 19 September)
Determinants are those factors which affect the making of foreign policy
to a great extent. There are internal factors as well the external factors.
Here we will be looking at the history, political structure, economic
requirements, and the social setup and so on in the context of foreign
policy making.
Essential Readings (Unit -I and Unit -II):
J. Bandopadhyaya, Making of India’s Foreign Policy.(New Delhi:Allied Publishers 2003).
Appadorai, A. The Domestic Roots of India’s Foreign Policy, 1947-72. (New Delhi: Oxford University Press1981).
Bimal, Prasad, The Origins of Indian Foreign Policy.( Calcutta: Bookland, 1962, republished 2012).
Jawaharlal Nehru,Discovery of India, (New Delhi: Penguin).
Sunil Khilnani. The Idea of India,(NewDelhi :Penguin. 2002)
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, SanskritiKe CharAdhyaya.
Vipin Narang and Paul Staniland, ‘Institutions and World Views in Indian Foreign Security Policy,’ India
Review 11/12 (May, 2012).
Unit -III Evolution of India’s foreign policy: From Idealism to realism
(20 September- 18 October)
This unit will be an attempt to look at the evolution of Indian foreign policy. Here we will
discuss the debates which have taken place in India over its foreign policy making and
priorities. Usually in the courses on Indian foreign policy the focus is on the factual
information related to the events which have affected the policies. However, here we will
look at these debates from an analytical perspective.
Foundation stone: The Nehruvian era, NonAlignment and WorldPeace
Diversions begin: Indira and RajivEra Being global and liberal-Post Cold War ForeignPolicy NuclearPolitics
Essential readings:
C. Rajamohan..Crossing the Rubicon, (New Delhi: Viking, 2005)
J.N. Dixit, India’s Foreign Policy and its neighbors. (New Delhi, Gyan, 2001)
Lalit Mansingh. Indian Foreign Policy: Agenda for the twenty first century. (New Delhi:
Konark Publications,1997)
Baldev Raj Nayar and T V Paul..India in the World Order: Searching for Major Power Status
Harsh Pant. 2007. Indian foreign Policy in a Uni-polar world. New York: Taylor and Francis.
Srinath Raghavan, War and Peace in Modern India (London: Palgrave, 2010), chapters 1 and 4.
Unit -IV India’s foreign policy with its neighbours and ASEAN(21 October – 15 November)
Here India’s relations with certain neighbouring states will be addressed including Pakistan,
China, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
Unit -V Indo-US Relations in the changing Global context(18 November- 5 December)
India’s relation with US forms an integral component of India’s foreign policy especially after
the collapse of Soviet Union and advent of liberalization in the early 1990s. This unit will
trace the history of Indo-US partnership especially since1991.
Essential readings (Unit IV and Unit V):
Robert McGarr,The Cold War on the Periphery: The United States, India, and Pakistan (New York: Columbia University Press 1994).
David Scott (2010), “India’s Extended Neighborhood Concept: Power Projection for a Rising
Power, India Review, 8:1, 107-143.
Sumit Ganguli and Manjit Pardesi (2010), Explaining Sixty Years of India’s Foreign Policy,
India Review, 8:1, 4-19.
C. Rajamohan (2006), “India’s new Foreign Policy Strategy”, Draft paper presentedat
seminar organized by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
---------- “Impossible Allies, Seminar 2007.
Harsh Pant. Indian foreign Policy in a Uni-polar world. (New York: Taylor and Francis, 2007).
C.V. Ranganathan , India in China’s Foreign Policy, Seminar, no-562, June, 2006.
ShivshankarMenon, Choices: Inside the Making of India’s Foreign Policy.(Penguin: New Delhi, 2016).
ShaymaSaran, How India Sees The World: Kautilya to the 21st Century. (Juggernaut: New Delhi, 2017).
Kanti Bajpai, Narendra Modi’s Pakistan and China policy: assertive bilateral diplomacy, active coalition
diplomacy, International Affairs 93: 1 (2017) 69–91;
Course Outcome:
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
A sound grasp of the key elements of Indian traditions of thought about international relations and foreign policy;
An understanding of the fundamentals of foreign policy-making in India; An understanding of the foreign policy challenges facing India; A developed capacity to present strong arguments in their written and oral work and to
deploy relevant key facts, concepts and theories (as developed through written assessments, in-class discussions and tutorial-based activities).
Evaluation:
End-Semester Examination- 70% weightage
Mid-Semester Examination- 20% weightage
Class presentation- 10% weightage
Subject-Political Science
Course-M.A
Paper-Readings in Contemporary Political Philosophy
Course Code-PS 304
Course Teacher: Prof.SartikBagh
Credits: 06
The paper has been designed to equip the M.A students with the ideas and texts in contemporary
political philosophy. Numerous ideas and texts related to political philosophy have emerged and
occupied the discourse which are very rigorous, fine-tuned and critical in terms of depth,
understanding and relevance in contemporary period. It is expected that students go through those
ideas and texts to keep abreast of the contemporary development on the subject.
Mode of Assessment:
Tutorials 10%
Mid-term examination 20%
End-Term Examination 70%
Course Outline
Unit- 1 (12 lectures)
Neo-Liberalism
Post Marxism
Unit: 2 (12 lectures)
Justice as fairness: Rawls
Distributive Justice: Robert Nozick
Unit: 3 (12 lectures)
Citizenship and Multiculturalism
(Irish Young, Bhikhu Parekh, Brain Barry, Will Kymlica)
Unit: 4 (12 lectures)
Post Modernism
Post- Structuralism
Feminism
Unit: 5 (12 lectures)
Associationalism and Social Capital
(Robert Putnam, D Tocqueville)
Readings
Unit I
Manfred B.Stegar and Ravi K.Roy (2010): Neoliberalism
Simon Springer, Kean Birch and Julie Macleavy (2016): The Handbook of Neoliberalism
Avineri S., The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx., Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory
of Politics, 1968.
Callinicos A., Ed., Marxist Theory, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1989.
Stuart Sim, Post-Marxism: An Intellectual History
Sim, Stuart. Post-Marxism: A Reader
Alfredo Saad-Filho and Deborah Johnson (eds.), Neo-Liberalism: A Critical Reader: Pluto Press, 2005.
Unit II
John Rawls (1971), A theory of Justice
Robert Nozick (1974), Anarchy, State and Utopia
G.A Cohen, Rescuing Justice and Equality
Adam Swift (2001), Political Philosophy
Unit III
BhikhuParekh (2006), Rethinking Multiculturalism, Palgrave, 2006.
Brain Barry(2001), Culture and Equality: An Egalitarian Critique of Multiculturalism
Will Kymlica(1990), Contemporary Political Philosophy
Will Kymlica (1995), Multicultural Citizenship
Will Kymlica (2000), Citizenship in Diversified Societies
Irish Marion Young, Justice and the Politics of Difference
Unit IV
Anne Phillips (ed.), Feminism and Politics, OUP, 1998.
David Harvey, The Condition of Post-modernity, Basil, Blackwell, 1989.
David Lyon, Post-modernity, Viva Books, 2002.
James Williams, Understanding Post- Structuralism
Unit V
De Tocqueville, Democracy in America
Robert Putnam, Making Democracy Work – Civic Traditions in Modern Italy
Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Additional Readings
Parekh B., “Liberalism and Colonialism- A Critique of Locke and Mill” in B. Parekh and J. N.
Pieterse, The Decolonization of Imagination, Zed Books, London, p. 81-98.
Gurpreet Mahajan, The Multicultural Path, Sage, 2002.
Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffins and Helen Zigfin (eds.),The Postcolonial Studies Reader, Routlege,
2006.
ZiauddinSardar, Orientalism, Viva Books, 2002.
Nancy Fraser and Axel Honneth, Redistribution or Recognition? A Political-Philosophical
Exchange
Course Outcome: After completion of paper, the students will be able to grasp the various aspects and
perspectives related to contemporary political philosophy. The students will also be able to reflect the issues
and problems that they confront in their day to day life. The paper will enrich and deepen their
understanding of the subject with more rigor and clarity.
M.A FOURTH SEMESTER
Course Title: Research Methodology in Social Sciences (Core Paper)
Course Code: PS 401
Contact Hours: 60-70 hours (12-14 hours on an average per Unit)
Credits: 6 credits
Semester: Fourth
Lectures: 11.30 am-12.30 pm (Monday to Friday)
Course Teacher: Dr. Siddhartha Mukerji, E.mail: [email protected]
Credits: 06
Course Objectives: The primary objective of the course is to familiarize students with research techniques,
including quantitative and qualitative methods employed in social science research in general and political
science in particular. This will set groundwork for undertaking research in the emerging issues and
contemporary areas in political science. Also the course is designed to prepare students for venturing into
interdisciplinary and multi-faceted areas of research in the field of political science. A unit is entirely
devoted to explain the structure and framework of synopsis that will give a clear direction to students in
undertaking future research.
Course Content
Unit I: Scope and Issues in Philosophy of Social Sciences
Unit II: Explanation and Understanding
Empiricism in Social Science
The method of falsification by Karl Popper
Thomas Kuhn on Paradigm Shift and History of Science
Causal Explanation
Readings of Units I & II:
1. Samir Okasha (2002), Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction, New Delhi: Oxford
University Press; chapters 1,3, 5 and 7
2. K.R. Popper (2002), Conjectures and Refutations, Routledge
3. Thomas Kuhn (1962), The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Chicago: University of Chicago
Press
4. Gurpreet Mahajan (1997), Explanation and Understanding in Human Sciences, New Delhi: Oxford
University Press, chapters 1 and 3
5. Len Doyal and Roger Harris (1986), Empiricism, Explanation and Rationality, London: Routledge,
chapters 1 and 2
6. Rogger Trigg (2005), Understanding Social Science: A Philosophical Introduction to Social
Sciences, Blackwell Publishing, chapters 1, 2 and 6
Unit III: Research Methods
Research techniques (qualitative and quantitative techniques)
Methods of data collection- (observation, interviews, questionnaire)
Techniques of sampling- random and non-random sampling
Unit IV: Ethnographic Research & Case Studies
Unit V: Synopsis Design
Identification of topic- research problem
Review of Literature
Questions and Hypothesis
Referencing
Readings of Unit III, IV and V:
1. Nicholas Walliman, Social Research Methods, London: Sage Publications, 2006
2. Ranjit Kumar, Research Methodology: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners, New Delhi: Sage
Publications, 2011
3. Ranjit Kumar, Research Methodology, New Delhi: Pearson Publications, 2009
Suggested /Additional Readings:
1. C.G. Hempel (1962), Explanation in Science and History, London: Allen and Urwin
2. W.H. Newton Smith (2001), Explanation, Blackwell Publications
3. L.Doyal and R. Harris (1986), Empiricism, Explanation and Rationality, London: Routledge
4. Lakatos and A. Musgrave (1970), Criticism and Growth of Knowledge, Cambridge University
Press
5. P. Sapsford R (1999), Survey Research, New Delhi: Sage Publications,
6. Seale, Clive (2008) Social Research Method, Routledge
Course Outcome: This paper trains the students to undertake research by familiarizing them with the basic
and advance tools and techniques of field studies. So after competing it the students will be able to design
research projects and programmes in diverse areas of political science.
Evaluation:
Mid-Semester Examination- 20%
Class Presentation- 10%
End-Semester Examination- 70%
Course Title: Human Rights: Theory and Practice
Course Code: PS402
Course Teacher: Prof. Shashikant Pandey
Email: [email protected]
Credits: 06
Course Objectives:
A) To make students acquainted with the discipline of Human Rights
B) To develop among them an understanding about different perspectives of Human Rights
C) To make students familiar with recent trends in Human Rights
D) Familiarize them about various Contemporary issues pertaining to Human Rights.
Mode of Assessment:
Tutorial- 10% weightage- There will be an assignment on any Human Rights issue in India. For
this students will have to select any issue and will have to submit a small report.
Mid- term exam- 20% weightage
End- term examination- 70% weightage
Course Outline
Unit I: Understanding Human Rights(14 Lectures)
In this unit we will discuss the basic information regarding human rights, its genesis & evolution.
Apart from dealing with the concepts of human rights we will also focus on studying human rights from
western as well as non-western perspective. The paper will also deal with universal versus cultural specific
debates regarding human rights.
Meaning & importance; Concept of Human Rights
Challenges to Human Rights- Universalism vs. Cultural Relativism
Three Generation of Human Rights (Civil and Political Rights; Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights; Collective Rights.
Readings:
1. Micheline R. Ishay, (2004) The History of Human Rights, (New Delhi, Orient Blackswan)
2. Andrew Clapham (2007), Human Rights, (Oxford University Press), Chapter 2
3. H.O. Agarwal (2002), (Allahabad, Central Law Publication), Chapter 1
4. Upendra Baxi, (2008), The future of Human Rights (New Delhi, Oxford University Press)
Chapter 6
5. Jack Donnelly, (2010) Universal Human Rights in theory and Practice (New Delhi, Manas
Publication) Chapter 6 & 7
6. Catriona McKinnon, (2008), Issues in Political Theory, (New Delhi), Oxford University
Press), Chapter 9
Unit II: Historical Foundation of Human Rights (12 lectures)
In this unit, along with historical foundation of human Rights, an effort will also be made to understand
the functioning of various human rights institution in India. As institutions are the most effective means to
perform the various functions relating to the implementation of Human Rights, their structural as well as
functional part would be dealt with in this section.
Magna Carta, Bill of Rights, American Bill of Rights, French Declaration of Rights of Man and
citizens, Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1948.
Unit III: Institutional Safeguards (12 Lectures)
National Human Rights Commission
State Human Rights Commission
Indian Judiciary
Readings:
Historical Foundation
1. Micheline R. Ishay, (2004) The History of Human Rights, (New Delhi, Orient Blackswan)
2. Andrew Clapham (2007), Human Rights, (Oxford University Press), Chapter 2
3. H.O. Agarwal (2002), (Allahabad, Central Law Publication), Chapter 1
Institutional Safeguards
4. H.O. Agarwal (2002), (Allahabad, Central Law Publication), Chapter 11
5. Virendra Dayal, Evolution of the N.H.R.C., 1993-2002: a Decennial Review, Journal of
N.H.R.C., Volume 1, 2002. Pp.40-71
Unit IV: Human Rights of the Vulnerable Sections (10 Lectures)
In this unit we will touch upon issues relating to vulnerable groups especially S.C. & S.T., women and
children. Being the most deprived segment of our population how their rights and privileges are getting
violated. What are the various affirmative policies of the government? There are some of the issues which
will be dealt with in the section.
S.C & S.T.
Women
Children
Senior Citizens
Readings:
1. Obard Savie (Ed.), The Politics of Human Rights, Chapter 14
2. H.O. Agarwal (2002), Human Rights (Allahabad, Central Law Publication), Chapter 5
Unit V: Human Rights in the Twenty First Century (12 Lectures)
In this unit, an effort will be made to understand the various challenges being encountered by the
human rights movement.
Human Rights and Globalization
Human Rights and Environment
Human Rights and Terrorism
Readings:
1. Micheline R. Ishay, (2004), The History of Human Rights, (New Delhi, Oxford University
Press), Chapter 6
2. Upendra Baxi, (2008), The future of Human Rights (New Delhi, Oxford University Press)
3. Upendra Baxi, Human Rights in the Post- Human world, (New Delhi, Oxford University
Press) Chapter 5
Suggested/Additional Readings:
1. Bauer, Joanne R., and Daniel A. Bell, eds, 1999. The East Asian Challenge for Human
Rights, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2. Baxi, Upendra. 199. “Voice of Suffering, Fragmented University, and the Future of Human
Rights.” In the Future of International Human Rights. Edited by Burns H. Weston and
Stephen P. Markks. Ardsley. N. Y.: Transnational Publishers.
3. Bell, Daniel A. 1996. “The East Asian Challenge to Human Rights: Reflection on an East-
West Dialogue.” Human Rights Quarterly 18(August): 641-667.
4. Booth, Ken. 1999 “Three Tyrannies.” In Human Rights in Global Politics. Edited by Tim
Dunne and Nicholas J. Wheeler. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
5. Buultjens, Ralph. 1980. “Human Rights in Indian Political Culture.” In the Moral
Imperatives of Human Rights: A World Survey. Edited by Kenneth W. Thompson.
Washington, D.C.: University Press of America.
6. Cook, Rebecca J., ed. 1994. Human Rights of Women: National and International
Perspectives. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
7. Ganston., Murice. 1964. What Are Human Rights? New York: Basic Books.
8. Detrick, Sharon. 1999. A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the
Child. The Hague: Boston: M. Nijhoff Publishers.
9. Dannelly, Jack 1980. “Natural Law and Rights in Aquinas’ Political Thoughts” Western
Political Quarterly 33 (December ): 520-53.
10. ----1985a. The Concept of Human Rights. London/New York: Croom Helm/St. Martia’a
Press.
11. ----1989. Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practic. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
12. ----1993b. “Third Generation Rights.” In People and Minorities in International Law. Edited
by Catherine Brolmann, Rene Lefeber, and Marjoleine Zieck. The Hague: Kluwer.
13. ----1998. “Human Rights: A New Standard of Civilization?” International Affairs 74
(January): 1-24.
14. Donnelly, Jack, and Rhoda E. Howard. 1988. “Assessing National Human Rights
Performance: A Theoretical Framework.” Human Rights Quarterly 10 (May): 214-248.
15. Dworkin, Ronald. 1977. Taking Rights Seriously. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
16. Flinterman, Cess. 1990. “Three Generations of Human Rights.” In Human Rights in a
Pluralist World: Individuals and Collectivities. Edited by Jan Berting, Peter R. Baehr, J.
Herman Burgers et al. Westport, Conn.: Meckler.
17. Freeman, Michael. 1994 “ The Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights” Human Rights
Quarterly 16 (August): 491-514.
18. Glendon, Mary Ann. 1991. Rights Talk: The Impoverishment of Political Discourse. New
York: The Free Press.
19. Gordon, Joy 1998. “The Concepts of Human Rights: The History and Meaning of its
Politicization” Broklyn Journal of International Law 23 (January): 689-791.
20. Lgnatidff, Michael. 2001. Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry. Princeton University Press.
21. Khushalani, Yougindra. 1983. “Human Rights in Asian and Africa.
“Human Rights Law Journal 401): 403-442.
22. Nangalpus, Raul. 1978.” Human Rights are not a Western Discovery.” Worldview 4
(October): 4-6.
23. Marks, Steplen P. 1981. “Emerging Human Rights: A New Generation for the 1980s? Ratges
Las Review 33 (Winter): 435-452.
24. Oren, Brian. 2002. Human Rights: Concepts and Context. Peterborough, Ont.: Broadron’s
Educational Series.
25. Pandeya, R.C. 1986. “Human Rights: An Indian Perspective.” In Philosophical Foundations
of Human Rights. Deited by UNESCO. Paris: UNESCO
26. Steger, Manfres. 2002. Globalism: The New Market Idelogy. Lanham, Md. Rowrnan &
Littlefield.
Outcome of the Course
This course enables students to develop a theoretical understanding of the concept of Human
Rights. It gives a historical and global perspective on human rights. The course outline also
contains a detailed institutional framework set up to deal with human rights violations. The
inclusion of an understanding of rights of various vulnerable sections of society gives within
the human rights perspective provides a global testimony to importance of rights to all.
Course Title:Peace and Conflict Studies Course
Course Code- PS403
Contact Hours:
Credits: 6 credits
Semester: Fourth
Lectures: 12.30 pm-01.30 pm (Monday to Friday)
Course Teacher: Dr. PreetyChoudhari, E.mail: [email protected]
Course Objective:
This course offers a general overview on the topic of Peace and Conflict resolution. The course address inequality,
violence, security, and instability, as well as all levels of contributing factors to peace and conflict, from the
individual to global issues. It highlights the way human beings are used to resolving conflicts on international,
national and local levels, acting as individual or representatives of groups or countries. The course will concentrate
on the legal methods of settling conflicts, such as negotiation, mediation, communication, etc. The course will offer
the students introductory skills in negotiation, conflict management and resolution. Thus, the key objectives of this
course will cover the following aspects;
To introduce conflict, its major causes and consequences to thestudents.
Todevelopthestudents‘skillsonhowtoaddressconflictfromaninterpersonalleveltoaninternational level.
To furnish the students capacity and capability to understand a conflicting situation in an international and
a nationalperspective.
Provide analytical tools and methods of conflict resolution to students so that they take leading roles in their future policyfield.
To establish that conflict originates in the mind of man. Therefore, the responsibility rests on people to resolve conflict and establish peace.
To build a generation who are aware of the conflict and its long-standing direct and underlying causes in national and internationaldisputes.
To develop a course curriculum and resourceful individuals for future expansion of the study of conflict and conflictresolution.
Course Outline
Unit-I: Understanding Peace (2 January –24 January) Understandingpeace Various Aspects ofPeace What is a peaceagreement?
Essential readings:
Burton, John, W. (1993). Conflict Resolution as a Political Philosophy. Manchester UniversityPress.
Deutsch, Morton (1973). Introduction to the Resolution of Conflict. New Haven. CY: Yale University. (Pages 3- 19).
Burr, Millard, J and Collins, Robert, O. 2006. Darfur: the Long Road to Disaster. Markus Weiner publishers. Princeton.
Galtung, J. (1985). Twenty-five years of Peace Research: Ten Challenges and Some Responses. Journal of Peace
Research, 22(2), 141-158.
Unit-II: Understanding Conflict(27 January –14 February) Definition and concept of conflict How conflictoccurs Definition ofdisputes
Conflict analysis and mapping Identifying armedconflict
Essential readings:
Otite O. (1990). On Conflict, their Resolution, Transformation and Management, inOtite O. and Albert O. (eds).
Community Conflict in Nigeria. Ibadan: Spectrum Books.
Ramsbotham, Oliver. Woodhouse, Tom and Miall, Hugh. (2005). Contemporary Conflict Resolution, 2ndEdition.
Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UnitedKingdom.
Unit-III: Understanding Conflictresolution (17 February –06 March) What is conflictresolution?
Limits of conflict resolution.
Unit-IV: Methods of Conflict Resolution (9 March – 10 April)
Definition ofnegotiation. Types and methods ofNegotiation Definition ofmediation. An overview on the ten-stage mediation model (usingdiagram).
The Role of Institutions in ConflictResolution
The role of thestate. Peace agreements in civil war in internalstate.
Essential readings (Unit III and IV):
Tidwell, Alan. (1998) Conflict Resolved?: A Critical Assessment of ConflictResolution.
Ahmar, Moonis, (ed.) (2008). Conflict management mechanism and the challenge of Peace,
(Karachi; Programme on peace studies and conflict resolution, Dept. of International Relations,
University of Karachi,).
Bercovitch, J. and Simpson, L. (2010). International Mediation and the Question of Failed Peace
Agreements: Improving Conflict Management and Implementation. Peace and Change, 35 (1),
68-103.
Unit-V: Buddhist approach in Conflict Resolution (13 April -May 12)
Buddha’s concept of Peace andConflict
Buddha’s method of ConflictResolution
Essential readings:
Ambedkar, B.R. The Buddha and His Dhamma, Siddharatha Publication, Bombay,1957
Smoch, John Paul, 1995, Perspectives on Pacifism:Christian, Jewish and Muslim Views on non-violence and
international conflict, United States Institute ofPeace.
Additional readings for the course:
Ambedkar, B.R. The Buddha and His Dhamma, Siddharatha Publication, Bombay, 1957
Abdallah, Amr et al. (2002).C.R SIPABIO.A Conflict Analysis Model
Burton, John. (1990). Conflict Resolution and Prevention. London. Macmillan
Burton, W., John. (1993). Conflict Resolution as a Political Philosophy. In Conflict Resolution Theory and Practice:
Integration and Application. Manchester and New York. Manchester University Press.
Burton, W., John. (1996). Conflict Resolution. The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Md and London. (pages 2-12).
Deutsch, Morton. (2000) Introduction to the Handbook of Conflict Resolution,in The Handbook of Conflict
Resolution: Theory and Practice. San Francisco. Jossey-Bass Publishers. Pages (2-9).
Deutsch, Morton .(1973) Introduction to the Resolution of Conflict, in The Resolution of Conflict: Constructive
and Destructive Processes.. New Haven, CT. Yale University Press. Pages: 3-19.
Fisher, S.(2000). Working with Conflict: Skills and Strategies for Action. London. Zed Book publications. (pp.17-
22).
Gaya Best, Shedrack. (2006). Introduction to peace and conflict studies in West Africa. Ibadan, Spectrum
Books Limited. (pp.61-72 and Chapter 6, pages 93-113).
Jeong, Ho-Won. (2000). Peace and Conflict Studies: An Introduction. London. Ashgate Publishing Limited. (pp.
31- 37).
Lederach, Paul, John. (1997). Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies Washington DC.
United States Institute of Peace.
Mial, Hugh. Ramsbotham, Oliver. Woodhouse, Tom. (1999). Contemporary Conflict Resolution. USA. Blackwell
Publishing Inc. (pages from1-5).
Mingst, Karen. (2007).The United Nations in the 21st Century. Boulder. Westview Press. (pages 2-15).
UN Handbook: An Annual Guide 2006-2007. (pages 68-76).
Moore, C. (2003). The Mediation Process. 3rd ed. San Fran: Jossey- Bass.
Otite O. (1990). On Conflict, their Resolution, Transformation and Management. in Otite O. and Albert O. (eds).
Community Conflict in Nigeria. Ibadan: Spectrum Books.
Ramsbotham, Oliver. Woodhouse, Tom and Miall, Hugh. (2005). Contemporary Conflict Resolution, 2nd Edition.
Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, United Kingdom.
de Reuck, A. (1984). The Logic of Conflict: Its Origin, Development and Resolution. In Banks, M. (ed., pp. 97-111).
Conflict in world society: a new perspective on international relations. New York: St. Martins Press.
Suliman, Mohamed. (2003). Resource Scarcity and Conflict Management in the Horn of Africa. The International
Development Research Centre. From http://idrc.org/en/ev-83042-201_000994-1-IDRC_ADM_INFO.html
Thomas, Kenneth. (1976). Conflict and Conflict Management. In Handbook of Industrial and Organizational
Psychology. (pages 120-125).
Thompson, L. (2004) The Mind and Heart of the Negotiator, 3rd ed. NJ: Prentice Hall.
Tidwell, C., Alan. (1998). Conflict resolved?: A Critical Assessment of Conflict Resolution: London. Continuum
Publications. (pages 31-85).
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Understanding Civil Wars. (2005) Africa.Vol.1 Evidence and Analysis. Edited by Paul, Collier and Nicholas
Sambanis World BankPublishers.
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: AD HOC Missions, permanent engagement, UN University Press
New York, NY, United Nations University Press.
Wallenstein, Peter(2002) Understanding conflict resolutions: War, peace and global system. Sage
PublicationsLondon,
Zartman, W.I. (1985) Ripe for Resolution and Intervention in Africa, New York :Oxford University Press
Course Outcome:
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
A developed capacity to understand how difficult and fragile the negotiation process is and how
conflict can form.
An understanding of the design and management methods of negotiation, mediation practice
and students will be able to bring their improved negotiation skills to bear and support others in
negotiation and resolving conflicts peacefully.
The course defines and explains the role of mediators who are involved as a third party to assist the
parties when they have failed to reach an agreement. After doing this simulation, students will be able
to apply their negotiation skills to assist others in the mediation process and resolve conflicts
peacefully and students will be able to compare the local approaches with the modern conflict
resolutionapproaches.
valuation:
End-Semester Examination- 70% weightage
Mid-Semester Examination- 20% weightage
Class presentation- 10% weightage
Course Title: State Politics in India (Core Paper)
Course Code- PS 404
Credits: 6 credits
Semester: Fourth
Lectures: 12.30 pm-1:30 pm (Monday to Friday)
Contact hours: 60 hours (12 hours per Unit)
Course Teacher: Manjari Raj Oraon
Course Objectives: The nature of Indian Federalism has undergone tremendous change with
increasing role of regional parties in electoral politics, both at the Centre and the states. The
states have become more assertive with regard to their demand for greater autonomy. State
politics in India has thus become the central focus of India Politics. In view of this, the course
on the state politics in India aims at familiarizing the students with some of the historical and
emerging trends in political process in the India states. Furthermore, it attempts to understand
the federal process in India, the changing power relations between centre and states over a
period of time and the nature of party system and electoral politics at the state level.
Additionally, it also looks at the politics of assertion and the identity in the states. Finally, the
increasing economic deprivation of farmers in some of the states requires serious attention
towards the nature of agrarian politics in the contemporary India. Some selected states would
be taken as case studies in understanding regional parties, electoral politics, ethnic
movements, economic reforms and agrarian politics in the states.
Course Content
Unit-I
Understanding State Politics (12 Lectures)
Emergence of the State Politics
Major issues: Language, Autonomy, Caste and Development
Unit-II
Regional Politics and Electoral Dynamics (12 Lectures)
Caste and Identity in Politics: Rise of Dalit and Backward Caste Politics.
Religion and Politics
Unit-III
Politics of Smaller States (12 Lectures)
Region and Development
Region and Politics: Reorganization of States and Regional autonomy
Unit-IV
North East Region (12 Lectures)
Politics of Identity and Development
Challenges and Solutions
Unit-V
Governance and Development: (12 Lectures)
Relation of Governance and Development
Patterns and Strategies for Development in States
Social Movement, Civil Society Organizations & Role of Media
Reading List
1. Sarangi, Asha, ed., Language and Politics in India, New Delhi: Oxford University
Press
2. Austin, Granville (1999), The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation, New
Delhi: Oxford University Press.
3. Brass, Paul, Language, Religion and Politics in North India, Cambridge University
Press
4. Frankel, Francine & M.S.A. Rao ,eds.,(1990),Dominance and State Power in India,
Oxford University Press
5. Assema Sinha (2005), The Regional Roots of Developmental Politics in India,
Bloomington: Indiana University Press
6. Shovan Roy (2010), ed., Backwaters of Development: Six Deprived States of India,
New Delhi: Oxford University Press
7. Narain, Iqbal ,ed.(1967),State Politics in India, Meenakshi Prakashan, Meerut.
8. Robinson, John,(2001), Regionalizing India: Uttarakhand and Politics of Creating
States, Journal of South Asian Studies, Vol.25,Issue-2
9. Weiner, Myron, ed.,(1967), State Politics in India, Princeton University Press
10. Myron Weiner and John Osgood Field, eds.,(1974) Electoral Politics in Indian States,
New Delhi, Manohar
11. Pai, Sudha,(1993),Uttar Pradesh, Agrarian Change, Electoral Politics, New Delhi,
Shipra Publication
12. Pai, Sudha, (1999), State Politics, New Dimensions: Party System, Liberalization and
Politics of Identity , New Delhi : Shipra Publication
13. S.R. Maheshwari, (2000) State Government in India, New Delhi :Macmillan India Ltd
14. Paul Wallace and Ramashray Roy (eds.) India’s 1999 Elections and Twentieth
Century Politics, Sage ,New Delhi, 2002
15. Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, 2003, Special Issue on Political
Parties and Elections in Indian States: 1999-2003 Vol. XV, No. 1&2, Pune.
16. Jenkins,Rob,2004,Regional Reflections: Comparing Politics Across Indian States,
New Delhi, Oxford University Press
17. Chatterjee, Partha eds.,(1997) States and Politics in India, New Delhi, Oxford
University Press
18. Hasan, Zoya, (2000), Politics and State in India, New Delhi, Sage Publication.
Readings for II & III Units:
1. Agarwal Bina, ed., Structures of Patriarchy: State, Community and Household in
Modernizing Asia, Kali for Women, New Delhi, 1988.
2. Bardhan, Pranab, The Political Economy of Development in India, Oxford University
Press, New Delhi, 1998.
3. Bhargava, Rajeev, ed., Secularism and Its Critics, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi, 1998.
4. Brass, Paul, Language, Religion and Politics in North India, Cambridge University
Press, London, 1974.
5. Fernandes, Leela, India’s New Middle Class: Democratic Politics in an Era of
Economic Reform, University of Minnesota Press, 2006.
6. Frankel, Francine and M.S.A. Rao, eds., Dominance and State Power in India:
Decline of a Social Order, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1989.
7. Ganguly, Sumit (ed.) The State of India’s Democracy, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi, 2009.
8. Guru, Gopal (ed.), Humiliation: Claims and Context, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi, 2009.
9. Jaffrelot, Christophe, The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics, 1925 to
the 1990s, Penguin Books, New Delhi, 1996.
10. Jaffrelot, Christophe, India’s Silent Revolution : The Rise of the Low Castes in
Northern Indian States, Permanent Black, Delhi, 2003.
11. Jenkins, Rob (ed.), Regional Reflections: Company Politics across India’s States,
Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2004.
12. Kanungo, Pralay, RSS’s Tryst with Politics: from Hedgewar to Sudarshan, Manohar,
Delhi, 2002.
13. King, Robert D., Nehru and Language Politics in India, Oxford University Press,
Delhi, 1995.
14. Mcguire, John and Ian Copland (eds) Hindu Nationalism and Governance, Oxford
University Press, Delhi, 2008.
15. Misra B.B., The Indian Middle Class- Their Growth in Modern Times, Oxford
University Press, Delhi, 1978.
16. Mohanty, Manoranjan ed., Caste, Class and Gender, Sage, Delhi, 2000.
17. Pai Sudha, Dalit Assertion and the Unfinished Democratic Revolution: The Bahujan
Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh, Sage, New Delhi, 2002.
18. Prakash, Amit, Jharkhand: Politics of Development and Identity, Orient Longman,
Hyderabad, 2001.
19. Samaddar, Ranabir, The Politics of Autonomy: Indian Experience, Sage, New Delhi,
2005.
20. Sarangi, Asha (ed.) Language and Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi, 2010.
21. Sathyamurthy T.V. ed., Region, Religion, Caste, Gender and Culture in India, Oxford
University Press, Oxford, 1998.
22. Shah Ghanshyam ed., Dalit Identity and Politics, Sage, New Delhi, 2001.
23. Weiner Myron, Sons of the Soil: Migration and Ethnic Conflict in India, Oxford
University Press, New Delhi, 1987.
24. Wilkinson, Steven I (ed.) Religious Politics and Communal Violence, Oxford
University Press, New Delhi, 2007.
25. Vanaik, Achin, Communalism Contested: Religion, Modernity and Secularization,
Vistaar Publications, New Delhi, 1997.
Unit IV
1. Baruah, Sanjib, 2012,Durable Disorder Understanding the Politics of Northeast
India, Oxford University Press
2. Fernandes, Walter, 1999, Conflict in North-East: A Historical Perspective, Economic
and Political Weekly, Vol. 34, No. 51 (Dec. 18-24, 1999), pp. 3579-3582
3. Hassan, M. Sajjad, Understanding the breakdown in North East India: Explorations in
state-society relations, DESTIN, London School of Economics, May 2007.
4. Bijukumar, V. Social Exclusion and Ethnicity in Northeast India, The NEHU Journal,
Vol XI, No. 2, July 2013, pp. 19-35 19
5. Baruah, Sanjeeb, India against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality, Oxford
University Press, New Delhi, 2003.
6. Baruah, Sanjeeb (ed.) Ethnonationalism in India: A Reader, Oxford University Press,
New Delhi, 2010.
Unit V
Readings:
1. Bardhan, Pranab, The Political Economy of Development in India, Oxford University
Press, Delhi, Revised Edition, 1997.
2. Chatterjee Partha, ed., Wages of Freedom: Fifty Years of the Indian Nation State,
Oxford University Press, New Delhi 1998.
3. Francine, Frankel, et al, eds., Transforming India: Social and Political Dynamics of
Democracy, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2000.
4. Frankel, Francine R., India’s Political Economy, 1947-2004, 2nd
edition, Oxford
University Press, New Delhi, 2005.
5. Kaviraj Sudipta, The Enchantment of Democracy and India, Permanent Black, New
Delhi, 2010.
6. Kaviraj Sudipta, The Trajectories of the Indian State, Permanent Black, New Delhi,
2010.
7. Kohli, Atul, Democracy and Development in India: From Socialism to Pro-business,
Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2010.
8. Lakshman, Narayan, Patrons of the Poor: Caste Politics and Policy Making in India,
Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2011.
9. Mooji, Jos, The Politics of Economic Reforms in India, Sage, New Delhi, 2005.
10. Nayar, Baldev Raj (ed.) Globalization and Politics in India, Oxford University Press,
New Delhi, 2010.
11. Patnaik, Prabhat, “Political Strategies of Economic Development,” in Partha
Chatterjee, ed., Wages of Freedom, Fifty Years of the Indian Nation-State Oxford
University Press, New Delhi, 1998.
12. Rudolph, L. and Susane Rudolph, In Pursuit of Lakshmi: The Political Economy of
Indian States, Orient Longman, Delhi, 1988.
13. Shah, Ghanshyam, ed., State and Social Movements, Sage, Delhi, 1999.
Suggested/Additional Readings:
1. Brass, Paul, R., Politics of India since Independence, Oxford University Press, Delhi
(New Edition), 1990.
2. Bhargava, Rajeev, Amiya Bagchi and R Sudarshan (eds) Multiculturalism, Liberalism
and Democracy, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2007.
3. Bose, Sugata and Ayesha Jalal (eds) Nationalism, Democracy and Development: State
and Politics in India, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1997.
4. Chatterjee, Partha, ed., State and Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi, 1997.
5. Corbridge, Stuart and John Harriss, Reinventing India, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi, 2000.
6. Deshpande, Satish, Contemporary India: A Sociological View, Viking, Penguin
Books India, New Delhi, 2003.
7. Hasan, Zoya, ed., Politics and State in India, Sage, New Delhi, 2001.
8. Jayal, Niraja Gopal and Pratap Bhanu Mehta (eds), The Oxford Companion to Politics
in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2010.
9. Kaviraj, Sudipta (ed.), Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1997.
10. Kaviraj, Sudipta, “The Modern State in India” In Martin Dooenbos and Sudipta
Kaviraj, eds, Dynamics of State Formation, Sage, New Delhi, 1997.
11. Khilnani, S., The Idea of India, Penguin, London, 1997.
12. Kothari, Rajni, Politics in India, Orient Longman, Hyderabad, 2003.
13. Baxi, Upendra and Bhikhu Parekh, Crisis and Change in Contemporary India, Sage,
New Delhi, 1995.
14. Frankel, Francine et. al. (ed.), Transforming India: Social and Political Dynamics of
Democracy, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2002.
15. Guha, Ramchandra, , India after Gandhi, Picador, New Delhi, 2007.
16. Jenkins, Rob, Democratic Politics and Economic Reform in India, Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, 1999.
17. Kaviraj, Sudipta, ed., Politics in India, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2000.
18. Kohli, Atul, ed., Success of India’s Democracy, Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, 2001.
19. Morris-Jones, W.H., Indian Government and Politics, University of Hull Press, Hull,
1987.
20. Morris-Jones, W.H., Politics Mainly Indian, Orient Longman, Bombay, 1978.
21. Pai, Sudha (ed.) Handbook of Democratic Politics in India, Oxford University Press,
New Delhi, 2011.
22. Sathyamurthy, T.V. (ed.), Social Change and Political Discourse in India, Structures
of Power, Movements of Resistance, OUP, Delhi, 1996-97, (Vol. I : State and Nation
in the Context of Social Change; Vol. II : Industry and Agriculture in India since
Independence;
23. Vol. III: Region, Religion, Caste, Gender and Culture in Contemporary India; Vol.
IV: Class Formation and Political Transformation in Post Colonial India).
24. Vanaik, Achin, The Painful Transition: Bourgeois Democracy in India, Verso,
London, 1990.
25. Journals to be consulted
26. Economic and Political Weekly: Individual Articles/commentaries on Indian states
and also all special issues on state assembly elections from 1989 onwards (Free access
to four latest Issues on web also check on JSTOR)
27. Seminar Selected issues(Free access to Archive on Web) type start search
http://www.india-seminar.com/semsearch.htm
28. The Hindu and Indian Express
Course Outcome: This course on the state politics in India will develop an understanding in
the students about the historical and emerging trends in political process in the India states.
The students will understand the federal process in India, the issues underlying political
dynamics of regions, the changing power relations between centre and states over a period of
time and the nature of party system and electoral politics at the state level.
Evaluation:
Tutorials: 10%
Mid-Term Examination: 20%
End-Term Examination: 70%
Mode of Assessment:
Tutorial- 10% weightage
Mid- term exam- 20% weightage
End- term examination- 70% weightage