SYLLABUS

BODOLAND UNIVERSITY
B.A. (HONOURS), CBCS

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Ability Skill Elective

Sl. Elective
Core Course (14) Enhancement Enhancement (Discipline
No (Generic: 4)
Com. Course (2) Course (2) Specific: 4)
C1 POLITICAL
{ENG/Hindi/MIL
THEORY I GE 1-
I Communication}
C2 POLITICS IN Political Theory
INDIA I
C3 POLITICAL
THEORY II GE 2-
II
C4 POLITICS IN EVS Politics in India
INDIA II
C5 COMPARATIVE
GOVT & POLITICS
C6 PUB. SEC 1 GE 3-
III ADMINISTRATION DEMOCRATIC Comparative
C7 AWARENESS Govt. & Politics
INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS
C8 COM.
GOVERNMENTS II
GE 4-
C9 PUBLIC POLICY SEC 2
IV International
IN INDIA PEACE STUDY
Relations
C10 GLOBAL
POLITICS
DSE-1
C11 CLASSICAL HUMAN
POL. THEORY RIGHTS
V ---
C12 INDIAN POL. DSE2
THOUGHT I WOMEN &
POLITICS
DSE-3
C13 MODERN POL. SOUTH ASIA
PHILOSOPHY DSE-4
VI ---
C14 INDIAN POL. INDIA’S
THOUGHT II FOREIGN
POLICY

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 CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM
SYLLABI AND READING LIST
BA (HONOURS) POLITICAL SCIENCE

FIRST SEMESTER

C-1: POLITICAL THEORY-I

Course Objective: This course is divided into two sections. Section A introduces the students to the
idea of political theory, its history and approaches, and an assessment of its critical and contemporary
trends. Section B is designed to reconcile political theory and practice through reflections on the ideas
and practices related to democracy.

I: Introducing Political Theory (30 Lectures)

a. What is Politics: Theorizing the ‘Political’
b. Traditions of Political Theory: Liberal, Marxist, Anarchist and Conservative
c. Approaches to Political Theory: Normative, Historical and Empirical
d. Critical and Contemporary Perspectives in Political Theory: Feminist and Postmodern
II: Political Theory and Practice (30 Lectures)
The Grammar of Democracy
a. Democracy: The history of an idea
b. Procedural Democracy and its critique
c. Deliberative Democracy
d. Participation and Representation

Essential Readings

I: Introducing Political Theory

Bhargava, R. (2008) ‘What is Political Theory’, in Bhargava, R and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political
Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 2-16.
Bellamy, R. (1993) ‘Introduction: The Demise and Rise of Political Theory’, in Bellamy, R.
(ed.) Theories and Concepts of Politics. New York: Manchester University Press, pp. 1-14.
Glaser, D. (1995) ‘Normative Theory’, in Marsh, D. and Stoker, G. (eds.) Theory and Methods in
Political Science. London: Macmillan, pp. 21-40.
Sanders, D. (1995) ‘Behavioral Analysis’, in Marsh, D. and Stoker, G. (eds.) Theory and
Methods in Political Science. London: Macmillan, pp. 58-75.
Chapman, J. (1995) ‘The Feminist Perspective’, in Marsh, D. and Stoker, G. (eds.) Theory and Methods
in Political Science. London: Macmillan, pp. 94-114.
Bharghava, R, ‘Why Do We Need Political Theory’, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.)
Political Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 17-36.
Bannett, J. (2004) ‘Postmodern Approach to Political Theory’, in Kukathas, Ch. And Gaus, G. F. (eds.)
Handbook of Political Theory. New Delhi: Sage, pp. 46-54.
Vincent, A. (2004) The Nature of Political Theory. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 19-
80.
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II: The Grammar of Democracy
Srinivasan, J. (2008) ‘Democracy’, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political Theory: An
Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 106-128.
Owen, D. (2003) ‘Democracy’, in Bellamy, R. and Mason, A. (eds.) Political Concepts.
Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, pp. 105-117.
Christiano, Th. (2008) ‘Democracy’, in Mckinnon, C. (ed.) Issues in Political Theory, New York:
Oxford University Press, pp. 80-96.
Arblaster, A. (1994) Democracy. (2nd Edition). Buckingham: Open University Press.
Roy, A. ‘Citizenship’, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political Theory: An Introduction. New
Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 130-146.
Brighouse, H. (2008) ‘Citizenship’, in Mckinnon, C. (ed.) Issues in Political Theory, New York: Oxford
University Press, pp. 241-258.

C-2: POLITICS IN INDIA-I

Course objective: This course acquaints students with the constitutional design of state structures and
institutions, and their actual working over time. The Indian Constitution accommodates conflicting
impulses (of liberty and justice, territorial decentralization and a strong union, for instance) within itself.
The course traces the embodiment of some of these conflicts in constitutional provisions, and shows
how these have played out in political practice. It further encourages a study of state institutions in their
mutual interaction, and in interaction with the larger extra-constitutional environment.

I. The Constituent Assembly and the Constitution (16 lectures)

a. Philosophy of the Constitution, the Preamble, and Features of the Constitution
(2 weeks or 8 lectures)
b. Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles (2 weeks or 8 lectures)
2. Organs of Government (20 lectures)
a. The Legislature: Parliament (1.5 weeks or 6 lectures)
b. The Executive: President and Prime Minister (2 weeks or 8 lectures)
c. The Judiciary: Supreme Court (1.5 weeks or 6 lectures)
3. Federalism and Decentralization (12 lectures)
a. Federalism: Division of Powers, Emergency Provisions, Fifth and Sixth Schedules
(2 weeksor 8 lectures)
b. Panchayati Raj and Municipalities (1 week or 4 lectures)
READING LIST
I. The Constituent Assembly and the Constitution
a. Philosophy of the Constitution, the Preamble, and Features of the Constitution
Essential Readings:
G. Austin, (2010) ‘The Constituent Assembly: Microcosm in Action’, in The Indian Constitution:
Cornerstone of a Nation, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 15th print, pp.1-25.
R. Bhargava, (2008) ‘Introduction: Outline of a Political Theory of the Indian Constitution’, in R.
Bhargava (ed.) Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp.
1-40.
Additional Reading:
D. Basu, (2012) Introduction to the Constitution of India, New Delhi: Lexis Nexis.
S. Chaube, (2009) The Making and Working of the Indian Constitution, Delhi: National Book Trust.
b. Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles
Essential Readings:
G. Austin, (2000) ‘The Social Revolution and the First Amendment’, in Working a Democratic
Constitution, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 69-98.
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A. Sibal, (2010) ‘From Niti to Nyaya,’ Seminar, Issue 615, pp 28-34.
Additional Reading:
The Constitution of India: Bare Act with Short Notes, (2011) New Delhi: Universal, pp. 4-16.
II. Organs of Government
a. The Legislature: Parliament
Essential Readings:
B. Shankar and V. Rodrigues, (2011) ‘The Changing Conception of Representation: Issues,
Concerns and Institutions’, in The Indian Parliament: A Democracy at Work, New Delhi: Oxford
University Press, pp. 105-173.
V. Hewitt and S. Rai, (2010) ‘Parliament’, in P. Mehta and N. Jayal (eds.) The Oxford Companion to
Politics in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 28-42.
b. The Executive: President and Prime Minister
Essential Readings:
J. Manor, (2005) ‘The Presidency’, in D. Kapur and P. Mehta P. (eds.) Public Institutions in
India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp.105-127.
J. Manor, (1994) ‘The Prime Minister and the President’, in B. Dua and J. Manor (eds.) Nehru to the
Nineties: The Changing Office of the Prime Minister in India, Vancouver: University of British
Columbia Press, pp. 20-47.
H. Khare, (2003) ‘Prime Minister and the Parliament: Redefining Accountability in the Age of Coalition
Government’, in A. Mehra and G. Kueck (eds.) The Indian Parliament: A
Comparative Perspective, New Delhi: Konark, pp. 350-368.
c. The Judiciary: Supreme Court
Essential Readings:
U. Baxi, (2010) ‘The Judiciary as a Resource for Indian Democracy’, Seminar, Issue 615, pp. 61-67.
R. Ramachandran, (2006) ‘The Supreme Court and the Basic Structure Doctrine’ in B. Kirpal et.al (eds.)
Supreme but not Infallible: Essays in Honour of the Supreme Court of India, New Delhi: Oxford
University Press, pp. 107-133.
Additional Reading:
L. Rudolph and S. Rudolph, (2008) ‘Judicial Review Versus Parliamentary Sovereignty’, in Explaining
Indian Institutions: A Fifty Year Perspective, 1956-2006: Volume 2: The Realm of
Institutions: State Formation and Institutional Change. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 183-
210.
III. Federalism and Decentralization
a. Federalism: Division of Powers, Emergency Provisions, Fifth and Sixth Schedules Essential
Readings:
M. Singh, and R. Saxena (eds.), (2011) ‘Towards Greater Federalization,’ in Indian Politics:
Constitutional Foundations and Institutional Functioning, Delhi: PHI Learning Private Ltd., pp. 166-
195.
V. Marwah, (1995) ‘Use and Abuse of Emergency Powers: The Indian Experience’, in B. Arora and D.
Verney (eds.) Multiple Identities in a Single State: Indian Federalism in a Comparative Perspective,
Delhi: Konark, pp. 136-159.
B. Sharma, (2010) ‘The 1990s: Great Expectations’; ‘The 2000s: Disillusionment Unfathomable’, in
Unbroken History of Broken Promises: Indian State and Tribal People, Delhi: Freedom Press and
Sahyog Pustak Kuteer, pp. 64-91.
The Constitution of India: Bare Act with Short Notes, (2011) New Delhi: Universal, pp 192- 213.
Additional Readings:
R. Dhavan and R. Saxena, (2006) ‘The Republic of India’, in K. Roy, C. Saunders and J. Kincaid (eds.)
A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume 3, Montreal: Queen’s University Press, pp. 166-197.
R. Manchanda, (2009) The No Nonsense Guide to Minority Rights in South Asia, Delhi: Sage
Publications, pp. 105-109.
b. Panchayati Raj and Municipalities
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Essential Readings:
P. deSouza, (2002) ‘Decentralization and Local Government: The Second Wind of Democracy
in India’, in Z. Hasan, E. Sridharan and R. Sudarshan (eds.) India’s Living Constitution: Ideas, Practices
and Controversies, New Delhi: Permanent Black, pp. 370-404.
M. John, (2007) ‘Women in Power? Gender, Caste and Politics of Local Urban Governance’, in
Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 42(39), pp. 3986-3993.
Raghunandan, J. R (2012) Decentralization and local governments: The Indian Experience, Orient Black
Swan, New Delhi
Baviskar, B.S and George Mathew (eds) 2009 Inclusion and Exclusion in local governance: Field
Studies from rural India, New Delhi, Sage

GE - 1: POLITICAL THEORY

Course Objective: This course aims to introduce certain key aspects of conceptual analysis in political
theory and the skills required to engage in debates surrounding the application of the concepts.

1. a. What is Politics? b. What is Political Theory and what is its relevance? (11 lectures)
2. Concepts: Democracy, Liberty, Equality, Justice, Rights, Gender, Citizenship, Civil Society and
State (36 lectures)
3. Debates in Political Theory:
a. Is democracy compatible with economic growth?
b. On what grounds is censorship justified and what are its limits?
c. Does protective discrimination violate principles of fairness?
d. Should the State intervene in the institution of the family? (13 lectures)

Essential Readings:

Topic I
Bhargava, R. (2008) ‘What is Political Theory’, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political
Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 2‐17.
Bhargava, R. (2008) ‘Why Do We Need Political Theory’, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.)
Political Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 18‐37.
Topic 2
Sriranjani, V. (2008) ‘Liberty’, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political Theory: An
Introduction.New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 40‐57.
Acharya, A. (2008) ‘Equality’, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political Theory: An
Introduction.New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 58‐73.
Menon, K. (2008) Justice’, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political Theory: An
Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 74‐82.
Talukdar, P.S. (2008) ‘Rights’, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political Theory: An
Introduction.New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 88‐105.
Srinivasan, J. (2008) ‘Democracy’, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political Theory: An
Introduction.New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 106‐128.
Roy, A. ‘Citizenship’, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political Theory: An Introduction.
New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 130‐147.
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Das, S. (2008) ‘State’, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political Theory: An Introduction.
New Delhi:Pearson Longman, pp. 170‐187.
Singh, M. (2008) ‘Civil Society’, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political Theory: An
Introduction.New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 188‐205.
Menon, N. (2008) ‘Gender’, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political Theory: An Introduction.
New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 224‐235.
Shorten, A. (2008) ‘Nation and State’, in McKinnon, C. (ed.) Issues in Political Theory, New York:
OxfordUniversity Press, pp. 33‐55.
Christiano, Thomas. (2008) ‘Democracy’, in McKinnon, Catriona. (ed.) Issues in Political Theory, New
York: Oxford University Press, pp. 80‐96.
Riley, J. (2008) ‘Liberty’, in McKinnon, C. (ed.) Issues in Political Theory, New York: Oxford
University Press, pp. 103‐125.
Casal, P. & William, A. (2008) ‘Equality’, in McKinnon, C. (ed.) Issues in Political Theory. New York:
Oxford University Press, pp. 149‐ 165.
Wolf, J. (2008) ‘Social Justice’, in McKinnon, C. (ed.) Issues in Political Theory. New York: Oxford
University Press, pp. 172‐193.
Brighouse, H. (2008) ‘Citizenship’, in McKinnon, C. (ed.) Issues in Political Theory. New York: Oxford
University Press, pp. 241‐259.
Chambers, C. (2008) ‘Gender’, in McKinnon, C. (ed.) Issues in Political Theory. New York: Oxford
University Press, pp. 241‐288.
Swift, A. (2001) Political Philosophy: A Beginners Guide for Students and Politicians. Cambridge:
Polity Press.
Topic 3
Sen, A. (2003) ‘Freedom Favours Development,’ in Dahl, R., Shapiro, I. and Cheibub, A. J.
(eds.) TheDemocracy Sourcebook. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, pp. 444‐446.
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Prezowrski, A., et al. (2003) ‘Political Regimes and Economic Growth,’ in Dahl, R., Shapiro, I.
and Cheibub, A. J. (eds.) The Democracy Sourcebook. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press,
pp. 447‐454.
Sethi, A. (2008) ‘Freedom of Speech and the Question of Censorship’, in Bhargava, R. and
Acharya, A. (eds.) Political Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp.
308‐319.
Acharya, A. (2008) ‘Affirmative Action’, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political Theory: An
Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 298‐307.
Frances E O. (1985) ‘The Myth of State Intervention in the Family’, University of Michigan Journal of
Law Reform. 18 (4), pp. 835‐64.
Jha, M. (2001) ‘Ramabai: Gender and Caste’, in Singh, M.P. and Roy, H. (eds.) Indian Political
Thought: Themes and Thinkers, New Delhi: Pearson.

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 SECOND SEMESTER

C-3: Political Theory-II

Course Objective: This course is divided into two sections. Section A helps the student familiarize with
the basic normative concepts of political theory. Each concept is related to a crucial political issue that
requires analysis with the aid of our conceptual understanding. This exercise is designed to encourage
critical and reflective analysis and interpretation of social practices through the relevant conceptual
toolkit. Section B introduces the students to the important debates in the subject. These debates prompt
us to consider that there is no settled way of understanding concepts and that in the light of new insights
and challenges, besides newer ways of perceiving and interpreting the world around us, we inaugurate
new modes of political debates.

Section A: Core Concepts

I. Importance of Freedom (10 Lectures)
a. Negative Freedom: Liberty
b. Positive Freedom: Freedom as Emancipation and Development Important Issue: Freedom of
belief, expression and dissent
II. Significance of Equality (12 lectures)
a. Formal Equality: Equality of opportunity
b. Political equality
c. Egalitarianism: Background inequalities and differential treatment Important Issue: Affirmative
action
III. Indispensability of Justice (12 Lectures)
a. Procedural Justice
b. Distributive Justice
c. Global Justice: Important Issue: Capital punishment
IV. The Universality of Rights (13 Lectures)
a. Natural Rights
b. Moral and Legal Rights
c. Three Generations of Rights
d. Rights and Obligations: Important Issue: Rights of the girl child
Section B: Major Debates (13 Lectures)
I. Why should we obey the state? Issues of political obligation and civil disobedience.
II. Are human rights universal? Issue of cultural relativism.
III. How do we accommodate diversity in plural society? Issues of multiculturalism and
toleration.

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Essential Readings
Section A: Core Concepts
I. Importance of Freedom
Riley, Jonathan. (2008) ‘Liberty’ in Mckinnon, Catriona (ed.) Issues in Political Theory, New York:
Oxford University Press, pp. 103-119.
Knowles, Dudley. (2001) Political Philosophy. London: Routledge, pp. 69- 132.
Swift, Adam. (2001) Political Philosophy: A Beginners Guide for Student’s and Politicians. Cambridge:
Polity Press, pp. 51-88.
Carter, Ian. (2003) ‘Liberty’, in Bellamy, Richard and Mason, Andrew (eds.). Political Concepts.
Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 4-15.
Sethi, Aarti. (2008) ‘Freedom of Speech and the Question of Censorship’, in Bhargava,
Rajeev and Acharya, Ashok. (eds.) Political Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman,
pp. 308-319.
II. Significance of Equality
Swift, Adam. (2001) Political Philosophy: A Beginners Guide for Student’s and Politicians. Cambridge:
Polity Press, pp. 91-132.
Casal, Paula & William, Andrew. (2008) ‘Equality’, in McKinnon, Catriona. (ed.) Issues in Political
Theory. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 149- 165.
Acharya, Ashok. (2008) ‘Affirmative Action’, in Bhargava, Rajeev and Acharya, Ashok. (eds.) Political
Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 298-307.
III. Indispensability of Justice
Menon, Krishna. (2008) ‘Justice’, in Bhargava, Rajeev and Acharya, Ashok. (eds.) Political
Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 74-86.
Wolf, Jonathan. (2008) ‘Social Justice’, in McKinnon, Catriona. (ed.) Issues in Political Theory. New
York: Oxford University Press, pp. 172-187.
Swift, Adam. (2001) Political Philosophy: A Beginners Guide for Student’s and Politicians. Cambridge:
Polity Press, pp. 9-48.
Knowles, Dudley. (2001) Political Philosophy. London: Routledge, pp. 177-238.
McKinnon, Catriona. (ed.) (2008) Issues in Political Theory. New York: Oxford University Press, pp.
289-305.
Bedau, Hugo Adam. (2003) ‘Capital Punishment’, in LaFollette, Hugh (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of
Practical Ethics. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 705-733.
IV. The Universality of Rights
Seglow, Jonathan. (2003) ‘Multiculturalism’ in Bellamy, Richard and Mason, Andrew (eds.). Political
Concepts. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 156-168.
Tulkdar, P.S. (2008) ‘Rights’ in Bhargava, Rajeev and Acharya, Ashok. (eds.) Political Theory: An
Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 88-104.
McKinnon, Catriona. (2003) ‘Rights’, in Bellamy, Richard and Mason, Andrew. (eds.) Political
Concepts. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 16-27.
Menlowe, M.A. (1993) ‘Political Obligations’, in Bellamy Richard.(ed.) Theories and Concepts of
Politics. New York: Manchester University Press, pp. 174-194.
Amoah, Jewel. (2007) ‘The World on Her Shoulders: The Rights of the Girl-Child in the Context of
Culture & Identity’, in Essex Human Rights Review, 4(2), pp. 1-23.
Working Group on the Girl Child (2007), A Girl’s Right to Live: Female Foeticide and Girl Infanticide,
available on http://www.crin.org/docs/Girl’s infanticide CSW 2007.txt
Section B: Major Debates
Hyums, Keith. (2008) ‘Political Authority and Obligation’, in Mckinnon, Catriona. (ed.) Issues in
Political Theory, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 9-26
Martin, Rex. (2003) ‘Political Obligation’, in Bellamy, Richard and Mason, Andrew. (eds.) Political
Concepts, Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 41-51.

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Campbell, Tom. (2008) ‘Human Rights’ in Mckinnon, Catriona. (ed.) Issues in Political Theory. New
York: Oxford University Press, pp. 194-210.
Mookherjee, Monica, ‘Multiculturalism’, in Mckinnon, Catriona. (ed.) Issues in Political
Theory. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 218- 234.
Seglow, Jonathan, ‘Multiculturalism’, in Bellamy, Richard and Mason, Andrew. (eds.) Political
Concepts, Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 156-168.

C-4: POLITICS IN INDIA-II

Course objective: Actual politics in India diverges quite significantly from constitutional legal rules.
An understanding of the political process thus calls for a different mode of analysis - that offered by
political sociology. This course maps the working of ‘modern’ institutions, premised on the existence of
an individuated society, in a context marked by communitarian solidarities, and their mutual
transformation thereby. It also familiarizes students with the working of the Indian state, paying
attention to the contradictory dynamics of modern state power.

I. Political Parties and the Party System (1.5 weeks or 6 lectures)

Trends in the Party System; From the Congress System to Multi-Party Coalitions
II. Determinants of Voting Behaviour (2 weeks or 8 lectures)
Caste, Class, Gender and Religion
III. Regional Aspirations (2 weeks or 8 lectures)
The Politics of Secession and Accommodation
IV. Religion and Politics (2 weeks or 8 lectures)
Debates on Secularism; Minority and Majority Communalism
V. Caste and Politics (1.5 weeks or 6 lectures)
Caste in Politics and the Politicization of Caste
VI. Affirmative Action Policies (1.5 weeks or 6 lectures)
Women, Caste and Class
VII. The Changing Nature of the Indian State (1.5 weeks or 6 lectures)
Developmental, Welfare and Coercive Dimensions

READING LIST

I. Political Parties and the Party System: Trends in the Party System; From the Congress
System to Multi-Party Coalitions

Essential Readings:
R. Kothari, (2002) ‘The Congress System’, in Z. Hasan (ed.) Parties and Party Politics in India, New
Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp 39-55.
E. Sridharan, (2012) ‘Introduction: Theorizing Democratic Consolidation, Parties and
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Coalitions’, in Coalition Politics and Democratic Consolidation in Asia, New Delhi: Oxford University
Press.
Additional Reading:
Y. Yadav and S. Palshikar, (2006) ‘Party System and Electoral Politics in the Indian States, 1952-2002:
From Hegemony to Convergence’, in P. deSouza and E. Sridharan (eds.) India’s Political Parties, New
Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 73-115.
II. Determinants of Voting Behaviour: Caste, Class, Gender and Religion
Essential Readings:
Y. Yadav, (2000) ‘Understanding the Second Democratic Upsurge’, in F. Frankel, Z. Hasan, and R.
Bhargava (eds.) Transforming India: Social and Political Dynamics in Democracy, New Delhi: Oxford
University Press, pp. 120-145.
C. Jaffrelot, (2008) ‘Why Should We Vote? The Indian Middle Class and the Functioning of World’s
Largest Democracy’, in Religion, Caste and Politics in India, Delhi: Primus, pp. 604- 619.
R. Deshpande, (2004) ‘How Gendered was Women’s Participation in Elections 2004?’, Economic and
Political Weekly, Vol. 39, No. 51, pp. 5431-5436.
S. Kumar, (2009) ‘Religious Practices Among Indian Hindus,’ Japanese Journal of Political Science,
Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 313-332.
III. Regional Aspirations: The Politics of Secession and Accommodation
Essential Readings:
M. Chadda, (2010) ‘Integration through Internal Reorganisation’, in S. Baruah (ed.) Ethnonationalism in
India: A Reader, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 379-402.
P. Brass, (1999) ‘Crisis of National Unity: Punjab, the Northeast and Kashmir’, in The Politics of India
Since Independence, New Delhi: Cambridge University Press and Foundation Books, pp.192-227.
IV. Religion and Politics: Debates on Secularism: Minority and Majority Communalism
Essential Readings:
T. Pantham, (2004) ‘Understanding Indian Secularism: Learning from its Recent Critics’, in R. Vora and
S. Palshikar (eds.) Indian Democracy: Meanings and Practices, New Delhi: Sage, pp. 235-256.
N. Menon and A. Nigam, (2007) ‘Politics of Hindutva and the Minorities’, in Power and
Contestation: India since 1989, London: Fernwood Publishing, Halifax and Zed Books, pp.36- 60.
Additional Reading:
N. Chandhoke, (2010) ‘Secularism’, in P. Mehta and N. Jayal (eds.) The Oxford Companion to Politics
in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 333-346.
V. Caste and Politics: Caste in Politics and the Politicization of Caste
Essential Readings:
R. Kothari, (1970) ‘Introduction’, in Caste in Indian Politics, Delhi: Orient Longman, pp.3 25.
M. Weiner, (2001) ‘The Struggle for Equality: Caste in Indian Politics’, in Atul Kohli (ed.) The Success
of India’s Democracy, New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, pp. 193-225.
G. Omvedt, (2002) ‘Ambedkar and After: The Dalit Movement in India’, in G. Shah (ed.)
Social Movements and the State, New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 293-309.
VI. Affirmative Action Policies: Women, Caste and Class
Essential Readings:
M. Galanter, (2002) ‘The Long Half-Life of Reservations’, in Z. Hasan, E. Sridharan and R. Sudarshan
(eds.) India’s Living Constitution: Ideas, Practices, Controversies, New Delhi:
Permanent Black, pp. 306-318.
C. Jaffrelot, (2005) ‘The Politics of the OBCs’, in Seminar, Issue 549, pp. 41-45.
M. John, (2011) ‘The Politics of Quotas and the Women’s Reservation Bill in India’, in M.
Tsujimura and J. Steele (eds.) Gender Equality in Asia, Japan: Tohoku University Press, pp. 169-195.
VII. Changing Nature of the Indian State: Developmental, Welfare and Coercive
Dimensions
Essential Readings:
S. Palshikar, (2008) ‘The Indian State: Constitution and Beyond’, in R. Bhargava (ed.) Politics
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and Ethics of the Indian Constitution, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 143-163.
R. Deshpande, (2005) ‘State and Democracy in India: Strategies of Accommodation and
Manipulation’, Occasional Paper, Series III, No. 4, Special Assistance Programme, Department of
Politics and Public Administration, University of Pune.
M. Mohanty, (1989) ‘Duality of the State Process in India: A Hypothesis’, Bhartiya Samajik
Chintan, Vol. XII (1-2)
Additional Readings:
T. Byres, (1994) ‘Introduction: Development Planning and the Interventionist State Versus
Liberalization and the Neo-Liberal State: India, 1989-1996’, in T. Byres (ed.) The State, Development
Planning and Liberalization in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994, pp.1-35.
A. Verma, (2007) ‘Police Agencies and Coercive Power’, in S. Ganguly, L. Diamond and M. Plattner
(eds.) The State of India’s Democracy, Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, pp. 130-139.

GE – 2: POLITICS IN INDIA
1. Approaches to the Study of Indian Politics and Nature of the State in India: Liberal, Marxist and
Gandhian. (09 lectures)
2. Indian Constitution: basic features, debates on Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles
(09 lectures)
3. Institutional Functioning: Prime Minister, Parliament and Judiciary (09 lectures)
4. Power Structure in India: Caste, class and patriarchy (07 lectures)
5. Religion and Politics: debates on secularism and communalism (06 lectures)
6. Parties and Party systems in India (05 lectures)
7. Social Movements : Workers, Peasants, Environmental and Women’s Movement
(10 lectures)
8. Strategies of Development in India since Independence: Planned Economy and Neo-liberalism
(05 lectures)
READING LIST

Essential Texts

Abbas, H., Kumar, R. & Alam, M. A. (2011) Indian Government and Politics. New Delhi: Pearson,
2011.
Chandhoke, N. & Priyadarshi, P. (eds.) (2009) Contemporary India: Economy, Society, Politics. New
Delhi: Pearson.
Chakravarty, B. & Pandey, K. P. (2006) Indian Government and Politics. New Delhi: Sage.
Chandra, B., Mukherjee, A. & Mukherjee, M. (2010) India After Independence. New Delhi: Penguin.
Singh, M.P. & Saxena, R. (2008) Indian Politics: Contemporary Issues and Concerns. New Delhi: PHI
Learning.
Vanaik, A. & Bhargava, R. (eds.) (2010) Understanding Contemporary India: Critical Perspectives.
New Delhi: Orient Blackswan.
Menon, N. and Nigam, A. (2007) Power and Contestation: India Since 1989. London: Zed Book.
Austin, G. (1999) Indian Constitution: Corner Stone of a Nation. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Austin, G. (2004) Working of a Democratic Constitution of India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press

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C- 5: COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

Course objective: This is a foundational course in comparative politics. The purpose is to familiarize
students with the basic concepts and approaches to the study of comparative politics. More specifically
the course will focus on examining politics in a historical framework while engaging with various
themes of comparative analysis in developed and developing countries.
I. Understanding Comparative Politics (8 lectures)
 Nature and scope
 Going beyond Euro centrism
II. Historical context of modern government (16 lectures)
 Capitalism: meaning and development: globalization
 Socialism: meaning, growth and development.
 Colonialism and decolonization: meaning, context, forms of colonialism; anti-colonialism
struggles and process of decolonization.
III. Themes for comparative analysis (24 lectures)
 A comparative study of constitutional developments and political economy in the following
countries: Britain, Brazil, Nigeria and China.

Reading Lists:

I. Understanding Comparative Politics

Essential Readings:
J. Kopstein, and M. Lichbach, (eds), (2005) Comparative Politics: Interests, Identities, and Institutions
in a Changing Global Order. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.1-5; 16-
36; 253-290.
M. Mohanty, (1975) ‘Comparative Political Theory and Third World Sensitivity’, in Teaching Politics,
Nos. 1 and 2, pp. 22-38
Additional Readings:
A. Roy, (2001) ‘Comparative Method and Strategies of Comparison’, in Punjab Journal of Politics. Vol.
xxv (2), pp. 1-15.
J. Blondel, (1996) ‘Then and Now: Comparative Politics’, in Political Studies. Vol. 47 (1), pp.
152-160.
N. Chandhoke, (1996) ‘Limits of Comparative Political Analysis ‘, in Economic and Political Weekly,
Vol. 31 (4), January 27, pp.PE 2-PE2-PE8
II Historical context of modern government
a. Capitalism
Essential Readings:
R. Suresh, (2010) Economy & Society -Evolution of Capitalism, New Delhi, Sage Publications, pp. 151-
188; 235-268.
G. Ritzer, (2002) ‘Globalization and Related Process I: Imperialism, Colonialism, Development,
Westernization, Easternization’, in Globalization: A Basic Text. London: Wiley- Blackwell, pp. 63-84.
Additional Readings:
M. Dobb, (1950) ‘Capitalism’, in Studies in the Development of Capitalism. London: Routledge and
Kegan Paul Ltd, pp. 1-32.
E. Wood, (2002) ‘The Agrarian origin of Capitalism’, in Origin of Capitalism: A Long View. London:
Verso, pp. 91-95; 166-181.
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A. Hoogvelt, (2002) ‘History of Capitalism Expansion’, in Globalization and Third World Politics.
London: Palgrave, pp. 14-28.
b. Socialism
Essential Readings:
A. Brown, (2009) ‘The Idea of Communism’, in Rise and Fall of Communism, Harpercollins (ebook),
pp. 1-25; 587-601.
J. McCormick, (2007) ‘Communist and Post-Communist States’, in Comparative Politics in Transition,
United Kingdom: Wadsworth, pp. 195-209
Additional Readings:
R. Meek, (1957) ‘The Definition of Socialism: A Comment’, The Economic Journal. 67 (265), pp. 135-
139.
c. Colonialism, decolonization& postcolonial society
Essential Readings:
P. Duara, (2004) ‘Introduction: The Decolonization of Asia and Africa in the Twentieth Century’, in P.
Duara, (ed), Decolonization: Perspective From Now and Then. London: Routledge, pp. 1-18.
J. Chiryankandath, (2008) ‘Colonialism and Post-Colonial Development’, in P. Burnell, et. al, Politics in
the Developing World. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 31-52.
Additional Reading:
M. Mohanty, (1999) ‘Colonialism and Discourse in India and China’, Available at
http://www.ignca.nic.in/ks_40033.html http, Accessed: 24.03.2011.
III. Themes for Comparative Analysis
Essential Reading:
L. Barrington et. al (2010) Comparative Politics - Structures & Choices, Boston, Wadsworth, pp. 212-
13; 71-76; 84-89.
M. Grant, (2009) ‘United Kingdom Parliamentary System’ in The UK Parliament. Edinburgh:
Edinburgh University Press, pp. 24-43
J. McCormick, (2007) Comparative Politics in Transition, UK: Wadsworth, pp. 260-270 (China)
M. Kesselman, J. Krieger and William (2010), Introduction to Comparative Politics: Political
Challenges and Changing Agendas, UK: Wadsworth. pp. 47-70 (Britain); 364- 388 (Nigeria); 625-648
(China); 415-440 (Brazil).
Additional Reading:
P. Rutland, (2007) ‘Britain’, in J. Kopstein and M. Lichbach. (eds.) Comparative Politics: Interest,
Identities and Institutions in a Changing Global Order. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 39-
79.

C-6: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Objective: The course provides an introduction to the discipline of public administration. This paper
encompasses public administration in its historical context with an emphasis on the various classical and
contemporary administrative theories. The course also explores some of the recent trends, including
feminism and ecological conservation and how the call for greater democratization is restructuring
public administration. The course will also attempt to provide the students a comprehensive
understanding on contemporary administrative developments.

I. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AS A DISCIPLINE (15 lectures)]

 Meaning, Dimensions and Significance of the Discipline
 Public and Private Administration
 Evolution of Public Administration
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II. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES [ 25 lectures ]
CLASSICAL THEORIES
 Scientific management (F.W.Taylor)
 Administrative Management (Gullick, Urwick and Fayol)
 Ideal-type bureaucracy (Max Weber)
NEO-CLASSICAL THEORIES
 Human relations theory (Elton Mayo)
 Rational decision-making (Herbert Simon)
CONTEMPORARY THEORIES
 Ecological approach (Fred Riggs)
 Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Peter Drucker)
III. PUBLIC POLICY [ 10 lectures ]
 Concept, relevance and approaches
 Formulation, implementation and evaluation
IV. MAJOR APPROACHES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION [ 20 lectures ]
 New Public Administration
 New Public Management
 New Public Service Approach
 Good Governance
 Feminist Perspectives

Readings Lists:

I. Public Administration as a Discipline

Meaning, Dimensions and Significance of the Discipline.
Nicholas Henry, Public Administration and Public Affairs, Prentice Hall, 1999
D. Rosenbloom, R. Kravchuk. and R. Clerkin, (2009) Public Administration: Understanding
Management, Politics and Law in Public Sector, 7th edition, New Delhi: McGraw Hill, pp. 1- 40
W. Wilson, (2004) ‘The Study of Administration’, in B. Chakrabarty and M. Bhattacharya (eds),
Administrative Change and Innovation: a Reader, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 85-101
b. Public and Private Administration.
M. Bhattacharya, (2008) New Horizons of Public Administration, 5th Revised Edition. New Delhi:
Jawahar Publishers, pp. 37-44.
G. Alhson, (1997) ‘Public and Private Management’, in Shafritz, J. and Hyde, A. (eds.) Classics of
Public Administration, 4th Edition. Forth Worth: Hartcourt Brace, TX, pp. 510-529.
Evolution of Public Administration
N. Henry,Public Administration and Public Affairs, 12th edition. New Jersey: Pearson, 2013
M.Bhattacharya,Restructuring Public Administration: A New Look, New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers,
2012
P.Dunleavy and C.Hood, “From Old Public Administration to New Public Management”, Public Money
and Management, Vol. XIV No-3, 1994
M. Bhattacharya, New Horizons of Public Administration, New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers, 2011
Basu, Rumki, Public Administration : Concepts and Theories Sterling Publishers, New Delhi 2014
II. Theoretical Perspectives
Scientific Management
D. Gvishiani, Organisation and Management, Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1972
F. Taylor, ‘Scientific Management’, in J. Shafritz, and A. Hyde, (eds.) Classics of Public
Administration, 5th Edition. Belmont: Wadsworth, 2004
P. Mouzelis, ‘The Ideal Type of Bureaucracy’ in B. Chakrabarty, And M. Bhattacharya, (eds), Public
Administration: A Reader, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003
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Administrative Management
D. Ravindra Prasad, Y. Pardhasaradhi, V. S. Prasad and P. Satyrnarayana, [eds.], Administrative
Thinkers, Sterling Publishers, 2010
E. J. Ferreira, A. W. Erasmus and D. Groenewald , Administrative Management, Juta Academics, 2010
Ideal Type-Bureaucracy
M. Weber,‘Bureaucracy’, in C. Mills, and H. Gerth, From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology. Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 1946
Warren. G.Bennis, Beyond Bureaucracy, Mc Graw Hill, 1973
Human Relations Theory
D. Gvishiani, Organisation and Management, Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1972
B. Miner, ‘Elton Mayo and Hawthrone’, in Organisational Behaviour 3: Historical Origins and the
Future. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2006
Rational-Decision Making
S. Maheshwari, Administrative Thinkers, New Delhi: Macmillan, 2009
Fredrickson and Smith, ‘Decision Theory’, in The Public Administration Theory Primer. Cambridge:
Westview Press, 2003
Ecological approach
R. Arora, ‘Riggs’ Administrative Ecology’ in B. Chakrabarty and M. Bhattacharya (eds), Public
Administration: A reader, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2003
A. Singh, Public Administration: Roots and Wings. New Delhi: Galgotia Publishing Company, 2002
F. Riggs, Administration in Developing Countries: The Theory of Prismatic Society. Boston: Houghton
Miffin, 1964
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Peter Drucker, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Harper Collins, 1999
Peter F. Drucker , The Practice of Management, Harper Collins, 2006
III. Public Policy
Concept, Relevance and Approaches
T. Dye, (1984) Understanding Public Policy, 5th Edition. U.S.A: Prentice Hall, pp. 1-44 The Oxford
Handbook of Public Policy , OUP, 2006
Xun Wu, M.Ramesh, Michael Howlett and Scott Fritzen ,The Public Policy Primer: Managing The
Policy Process, Rutledge, 2010
Mary Jo Hatch and Ann .L. Cunliffe Organisation Theory: Modern, Symbolic and Postmodern
Perspectives, Oxford University Press, 2006
Michael Howlett, Designing Public Policies: Principles And Instruments, Rutledge, 2011 The Oxford
Handbook Of Public Policy, Oxford University Press, 2006
Formulation, implementation and evaluation
Prabir Kumar De, Public Policy and Systems, Pearson Education, 2012
R.V. Vaidyanatha Ayyar, Public Policy Making In India, Pearson,2009
Surendra Munshi and Biju Paul Abraham [Eds.] Good Governance, Democratic Societies And
Globalisation, Sage Publishers, 2004
IV. Major Approaches in Public Administration
a. Development administration
M. Bhattacharya, ‘Chapter 2 and 4’, in Social Theory, Development Administration and Development
Ethics, New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers, 2006
F. Riggs,The Ecology of Public Administration, Part 3, New Delhi: Asia Publishing House, 1961
b. New Public Administration
Essential Reading:
M. Bhattacharya, Public Administration: Issues and Perspectives, New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers, 2012
H. Frederickson, ‘Toward a New Public Administration’, in J. Shafritz, & A. Hyde, (eds.) Classics of
Public Administration, 5th Edition, Belmont: Wadsworth, 2004
c. New Public Management
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U. Medury, Public administration in the Globalization Era, New Delhi: Orient Black Swan, 2010
A. Gray, and B. Jenkins, ‘From Public Administration to Public Management’ in E. Otenyo and N. Lind,
(eds.) Comparative Public Administration: The Essential Readings: Oxford University Press, 1997
C. Hood, ‘A Public Management for All Seasons’, in J. Shafritz, & A. Hyde, (eds.) Classics of Public
Administration, 5th Edition, Belmont: Wadsworth, 2004
d. New Public Service Approach
R.B.Denhart & J.V.Denhart [Arizona State University] “The New Public Service: Serving
Rathet Than Steering”, in Public Administration Review, Volume 60, No-6, November- December 2000
e. Good Governance
A. Leftwich, ‘Governance in the State and the Politics of Development’, in Development and 28
Change. Vol. 25, 1994
M. Bhattacharya, ‘Contextualizing Governance and Development’ in B. Chakrabarty and
M. Bhattacharya, (eds.) The Governance Discourse. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998
B. Chakrabarty, Reinventing Public Administration: The India Experience. New Delhi: Orient Longman,
2007
U. Medury, Public administration in the Globalisation Era, New Delhi: Orient Black Swan, 2010
f. Feminist Perspective
Camila Stivers, Gender Images In Public Administration, California: Sage Publishers,2002
Radha Kumar, The History of Doing, New Delhi: Kali For Women, 1998
Sylvia Walby, Theorising Patriarchy, Oxford, Basil Blackwell.1997
Amy. S. Wharton, The Sociology Of Gender, West Sussex: Blackwell-Wiley Publishers, 2012
Nivedita Menon [ed.], Gender and Politics, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999
Simone De Beauvoir, The Second Sex, London: Picador, 1988
Alison Jaggar, Feminist Politics And Human Nature, Brighton: Harvester Press, 1983

C-7: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Course Objective: This paper seeks to equip students with the basic intellectual tools for understanding
International Relations. It introduces students to some of the most important theoretical approaches for
studying international relations. The course begins by historically contextualizing the evolution of the
international state system before discussing the agency structure problem through the levels-of-analysis
approach. After having set the parameters of the debate, students are introduced to different theories in
International Relations. It provides a fairly comprehensive overview of the major political developments
and events starting from the twentieth century. Students are expected to learn about the key milestones
in world history and equip them with the tools to understand and analyze the same from different
perspectives. A key objective of the course is to make students aware of the implicit Euro - centricism of
International Relations by highlighting certain specific perspectives from the Global South.

A. Studying International Relations (15 Lectures)

 How do you understand International Relations: Levels of Analysis (3 lectures)
 History and IR: Emergence of the International State System (2 Lectures)
 Pre-Westphalia and Westphalia (5 lectures)
 Post-Westphalia (5 lectures)
B. Theoretical Perspectives (25 Lectures)
 Classical Realism & Neo-Realism (6 lectures)
 Liberalism & Neoliberalism (5 lectures)
 Marxist Approaches (5 lectures)
 Feminist Perspectives (4 lectures)
 Eurocentricism and Perspectives from the Global South (5 Lectures)
C. An Overview of Twentieth Century IR History (20 Lectures)
 World War I: Causes and Consequences (1 Lecture)
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  Significance of the Bolshevik Revolution (1 Lecture)
 Rise of Fascism / Nazism (2 Lectures)
 World War II: Causes and Consequences (3 Lectures)
 Cold War: Different Phases (4 Lectures)
 Emergence of the Third World (3 Lectures)
 Collapse of the USSR and the End of the Cold War (2 Lectures)
 Post Cold War Developments and Emergence of Other Power Centers (4 Lectures)

Readings Lists:

M. Nicholson, (2002) International Relations: A Concise Introduction, New York: Palgrave, pp. 1-4.
R. Jackson and G. Sorensen, (2007) Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approches,
3rd Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 2-7
S. Joshua. Goldstein and J. Pevehouse, (2007) International Relations, New York: Pearson Longman,
2007, pp. 29-35
C. Brown and K. Ainley, (2009) Understanding International Relations, Basingstoke: Palgrave, pp. 1
16.
Additional Readings:
K. Mingst and J. Snyder, (2011) Essential Readings in International Relations, New York: W.W. Nortan
and Company, pp. 1-15.
M. Smith and R. Little, (eds) (2000) ‘Introduction’, in Perspectives on World Politics, New York:
Routledge, 2000, 1991, pp. 1-17.
J. Baylis and S. Smith (eds), (2008) The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to
International Relations, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-6.
R. Mansbach and K. Taylor, (2008) Introduction to Global Politics, New York: Routledge, pp. 2-32.
Rumki Basu, (ed)(2012) International Politics: Concepts, Theories and Issues New Delhi, Sage.
History and IR: Emergence of the International State System:
Essential Readings:
R. Mansbach and K. Taylor, (2012) Introduction to Global Politics, New York: Routledge, pp. 33-68.
K. Mingst, (2011) Essentials of International Relations, New York: W.W. Nortan and Company, pp. 16-
63.
P. Viotti and M. Kauppi, (2007) International Relations and World Politics: Security, Economy,
Identity, Pearson Education, pp. 40-85.
Additional Readings:
J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens, (2008) The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to
International Relations, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 36-89.
R. Mansbach and K. Taylor, (2008) Introduction to Global Politics, New York: Routledge, pp. 70-135.
J Goldstein and J. Pevehouse, (2007) International Relations, New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 50-69.
E. Hobsbawm, (1995) Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991, Vikings.
S. Lawson, (2003) International Relations, Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 21-60.
How do you Understand IR (Levels of Analysis):
Essential Readings:
J. Singer, (1961) ‘The International System: Theoretical Essays’, World Politics, Vol. 14(1), pp. 77-92.
B. Buzan, (1995) ‘The Level of Analysis Problem in International Relations Reconsidered,’ in K. Booth
and S. Smith, (eds), International Relations Theory Today, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State
University Press, pp. 198-216.
Additional Readings:
K. Mingst, (2011) Essentials of International Relations, New York: W.W. Nortan and Company, pp. 93-
178.
J. Goldstein and J. Pevehouse, (2007) International Relations, New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 35 49.
K. Waltz, (1959) Man, The State and War, Columbia: Columbia University Press. 31
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Theoretical Perspectives:
Classical Realism and Neorealism
Essential Readings:
E. Carr, (1981) The Twenty Years Crisis, 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International
Relations, London: Macmillan, pp. 63-94.
H. Morgenthau, (2007) ‘Six Principles of Political Realism’, in R. Art and R. Jervis, International
Politics, 8th Edition, New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 7-14.
T. Dunne and B. Scmidt, (2008) ‘Realism’, in J. Baylis and S. Smith (eds), The Globalization of World
Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 90-107.
K. Waltz, (2007) ‘The Anarchic Structure of World Politics’, in R. Art and R. Jervis, International
Politics, 8th Edition, New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 29-49.
Additional Readings:
M. Nicholson, (2002) International Relations: A Concise Introduction, New York: Palgrave, pp. 6-7.
H. Bull, (2000) ‘The Balance of Power and International Order’, in M. Smith and R. Little (eds),
Perspectives on World Politics, New York: Routledge, pp. 115-124.
Liberalism and Neoliberalism
Essential Readings:
T. Dunne, (2008) ‘Liberalism’, in J. Baylis and S. Smith (eds.), The Globalization of World Politics: An
Introduction to International Relations, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 108-123.
R. Keohane and J. Nye, (2000) ‘Transgovernmental Relations and the International
Organization’, in M. Smith and R. Little (eds.), Perspectives on World Politics, New York: Routledge,
pp. 229-241.
Additional Readings:
J. Goldstein and J. Pevehouse, (2007) International Relations, New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 127-
137.
R. Jackson and G. Sorensen, (2007) Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches,
3rd Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 97-128.
Marxist Approaches
Essential Readings:
I. Wallerstein, (2000) ‘The Rise and Future Demise of World Capitalist System: Concepts for
Comparative Analysis’, in Michael Smith and Richard Little (eds), Perspectives on World Politics, New
York: Routledge, pp. 305-317.
S. Hobden and R. Jones, (2008) ‘Marxist Theories of International Relations’ in J. Baylis and S. Smith
(eds), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, New York:
Oxford University Press, pp. 142-149; 155-158.
J. Goldstein and J. Pevehouse, (2007) International Relations, New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 494-
496; 500-503.
Additional Readings:
J. Galtung, (2000) ‘A Structural Theory of Imperialism’, in M. Smith and R. Little, (eds), Perspectives
on World Politics, New York: Routledge, pp. 292-304.
A. Frank, (1966) ‘The Development of Underdevelopment’ Monthly Review, pp. 17-30. P. Viotti and M.
Kauppi (2007), International Relations and World Politics: Security, Economy, Identity, Pearson
Education, pp. 40-85.
Modern History Sourcebook: Summary of Wallerstein on World System Theory, Available at
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/Wallerstein.asp, Accessed: 19.04.2013
Feminist Perspectives
Essential Readings:
J. Tickner, (2007) ‘A Critique of Morgenthau’s Principles of Political Realism’, in R. Art and R. Jervis,
International Politics, 8th Edition, New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 15-28.
F. Halliday, (1994) Rethinking International Relations, London: Macmillan, pp. 147-166.
Additional Readings:
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M. Nicholson, International Relations: A Concise Introduction, New York: Palgrave, 2002, pp. 120-
122.
J. Goldstein and J. Pevehouse, (2007) International Relations, New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 138-
148.
S. Smith and P. Owens, (2008) ‘Alternative Approaches to International Theory’ in J. Baylis and S.
Smith (eds), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, New York:
Oxford University Press, pp. 181-184.
IR, Eurocentricism and Perspectives from the Global South on Eurocentricism
Essential Readings:
A. Acharya and B. Buzan, (2007) ‘Why Is There No Non- Western IR Theory: Reflections on and From
Asia’, International Relations Of The Asia- Pacific, Vol 7(3), pp. 285-286.
T. Kayaoglu, (2010) 'Westphalian Eurocentrism in I R Theory', in International Studies Review, Vol.
12(2), pp. 193-217.
Additional Readings:
O. Weaver and A. Tickner, (2009) ‘Introduction: Geocultural Epistemologies’, in A. Tickner and O.
Waever (eds), International Relations: Scholarship Around The World, London: Routledge, pp. 1-31.
R. Kanth (ed), (2009) The Challenge of Eurocentris: Global Perspectives,Policy & Prospects, New
York: Palgrave-McMillan.
S. Amin, (2010) Eurocentrism: Modernity, Religion & Democracy, New York: Monthly Review Press.
An Overview of Twentieth Century IR History
(a) World War I: Causes and Consequences
Hobsbawm, E. (1995) Age of Extreme: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914—1991. London: Abacus, pp.
22-35.
(b) Significance of the Bolshevik Revolution
Hobsbawm, E. (1995) Age of Extreme: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914—1991. London: Abacus, pp.
54-78.
(c) Rise of Fascism / Nazism
Hobsbawm, E. (1995) Age of Extreme: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914—1991. London: Abacus, pp.
108-141.
Carr, E.H. (2004) International Relations between the Two World Wars: 1919-1939. New York:
Palgrave, pp. 197-231 and 258-278.
(d) World War II: Causes and Consequences
Taylor, A.J.P. (1961) The Origins of the Second World War. Harmondsworth: Penguin, pp.29- 65.
Carrtuthers, S.L. (2005) ‘International History, 1900-1945’ in Baylis, J. and Smith, S. (eds.) (2008)
The Globalization of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations. 4th edn.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 76-84.
(e) Cold War: Different Phases
Calvocoressi, P. (2001) World Politics: 1945—2000. Essex: Pearson, pp. 3-91. Scott, L. (2005)
‘International History, 1945-1990’ in Baylis, J. and Smith, S. (eds.) (2008) The
Globalization of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations. 4th edn. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, pp. 93-101.
Hobsbawm, E. (1995) Age of Extreme: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914—1991. London: Abacus, pp.
225-226.
(f) Emergence of the Third World
Hobsbawm, E. (1995) Age of Extreme: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914—1991. London: Abacus, pp.
207-222.
(g) Collapse of the USSR and the End of the Cold War
Scott, L. (2005) ‘International History, 1945-1990’ in Baylis, J. and Smith, S. (eds.) (2008) The
Globalization of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations. 4th edn. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, pp. 93-101.
(h) Post Cold War Developments and Emergence of Other Power Centres of Power: Japan,
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European Union (EU) and Brazil, Russia, India, China (BRIC)
Brezeznski, Z. (2005) Choice: Global Dominance or Global Leadership. New York: Basic Books, pp.
85-127.34

SKILL ENHANCEMENT

SEC-1: DEMOCRATIC AWARENESS

Course Objective: The Proposed course aims to acquaint student with the structure and manner of
functioning of the legal system in India.

Expected Learning Outcome: The student should be aware of the institutions that comprise the legal
system - the courts, police, jails and the system of criminal justice administration. Have a brief
knowledge of the Constitution and laws of India, an understanding of the formal and alternate dispute
redressal (ADR) mechanisms that exist in India, public interest litigation. Have some working
knowledge of how to affirm one's rights and be aware of one's duties within the legal framework; and
the opportunities and challenges posed by the legal system for different sections of persons. This course
consists of 100 marks - comprising 25 marks for evaluation of the practical/ project work and a written
paper of 75 marks.

Course Content:

Unit I
 Outline of the Legal system in India
 System of courts/tribunals and their jurisdiction in India - criminal and civil courts, writ
jurisdiction, specialized courts such as juvenile courts, Mahila courts and tribunals.
 Role of the police and executive in criminal law administration.
 Alternate dispute mechanisms such as lok adalats, non - formal mechanisms.
Unit II
 Brief understanding of the laws applicable in India.
 Constitution - fundamental rights, fundamental duties, other constitutional rights and their
manner of enforcement, with emphasis on public interest litigation and the expansion of certain
rights under Article 21 of the Constitution.
 Laws relating to criminal jurisdiction - provision relating to filing an FIR, arrest, bail search and
seizure and some understanding of the questions of evidence and procedure in Cr. P.C. and
related laws, important offences under the Indian Penal Code, offences against women, juvenile
justice, prevention of atrocities on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
 Concepts like Burden of Proof, Presumption of Innocence, Principles of Natural Justice, Fair
comment under Contempt laws.
 Personal laws in India: Pluralism and Democracy.
 Laws relating to contract, property and tenancy laws.
 Laws relating to dowry, sexual harassment and violence against women.
 Laws relating to consumer rights.
 Laws relating to cyber crimes.
 Anti-terrorist laws: implications for security and human rights.
 Practical application: Visit to either a (I) court or (ii) a legal aid centre set up by the Legal
Services Authority or an NGO or (iii) a Lok Adalat, and to interview a litigant or person being
counselled. Preparation of a case history.

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Unit III Access to courts and enforcement of rights.
 Critical Understanding of the Functioning of the Legal System.
 Legal Services Authorities Act and right to legal aid, ADR systems.

Practical Application:

 What to do if you are arrested; if you are a consumer with a grievance; if you are a victim of
sexual harassment; domestic violence, child abuse, caste, ethnic and religious discrimination;
filing a public interest litigation. How can you challenge administrative orders that violate rights,
judicial and administrative remedies.
 Using a hypothetical case of (for example) child abuse or sexual harassment or any other
violation of a right, preparation of an FIR or writing a complaint addressed to the appropriate
authority.

 Suggested exercises for students

 Discuss the debates around any recent Ordinance, Bill or Act in Parliament.
 How to file an FIR? In case there has been a theft in the neighbourhood how would you file the
first Hand Information Report?
 Under what circumstances can detention and arrest become illegal?
 Discuss any contemporary practice or event that violates the equality and protection against
discrimination laws.
 Read Ordinance XV -D of University of Delhi and make a list of the kinds of conduct that would
qualify as sexual harassment.
 Your friend has shared with you an incident of unwelcome verbal remarks on her by a person of
higher authority in your college, what would you do?
 You have seen a lady in your neighbourhood being beaten up by her husband. Identify the
concerned Protection Officer in case you want to provide information about this incident.
 Read the Vishakha Guidelines as laid down by the Supreme Court and the Act against sexual
harassment at the workplace. Discuss what constitutes sexual harassment and the mechanisms
available for its redressal in your institution.
 What is the procedure to file an RTI?
 You bought a product from a nearby shop which was expired, the shop keeper refused to return
it. Use your knowledge of Consumer Protection Act to decide what you do next?
 What must you keep in mind as a consumer while making a purchase that may later help you
make use of Consumer Protection Act? (Hint- Should you ask for a Bill?)
 In your surroundings have you witnessed any incident that would be considered offensive under
the SC and ST Act? Make a class- room presentation on it.

Essential Reading

Creating Legal Awareness, edited by Kamala Sankaran and Ujjwal Singh (Delhi: OUP, 2007)
Legal literacy: available amongst interdisciplinary courses on Institute of Life Long Learning
(Delhi University) Virtual Learning Portal namely vle.du.ac.in
Reading list for course on Legal Literacy
Multiple Action Research Group, Our Laws Vols 1-10, Delhi. Available in Hindi also.
Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, Legal Literacy Series Booklets. Available in Hindi also.
S.K. Agarwala, Public Interest Litigation in India, K.M. Munshi Memorial Lecture, Second Series,
Indian Law Institute, Delhi, 1985.
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S.P. Sathe, Towards Gender Justice, Research Centre for Womens' Studies, SNDT Women's University,
Bombay, 1993.
Asha Bajpai, Child Rights in India : Law, Policy, and Practice, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi,2003
Agnes, Flavia Law and Gender Equality, OUP, 1997.
Sagade, Jaga, Law of Maintenance: An Empirical Study, ILS Law College, Pune 1996.
B.L. Wadhera, Public Interest Litigation - A Handbook, Universal, Delhi, 2003.
Nomita Aggarwal, Women and Law in India, New Century, Delhi, 2002.
P.C. Rao and William Sheffiled Alternate Dispute Resolution: What it is and How it Works, Universal
Law Books and Publishers, Delhi, 2002
V.N. Shukla's Constitution of India by Mahendra P. Singh, Eastern Book Co. 10th edition 2001.
Parmanand Singh, 'Access to Justice and the Indian Supreme Court', 10 & 11 Delhi Law Review 156,
1981-82.
J. Kothari, (2005) ‘Criminal Law on Domestic Violence’, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 40(46),
pp. 4843-4849.
H. Mander, and A. Joshi, The Movement for Right to Information in India, People’s Power for the
Control of Corruption. Available at
http://www.rtigateway.org.in/Documents/References/English/Reports/12.%20An%20article%20on%20
RTI%20by%20Harsh%20Mander.pdf.
P. Mathew, and P. Bakshi, (2005) ‘Indian Legal System’, New Delhi: Indian Social Institute.
P. Mathew, and P. Bakshi, (2005) ‘Women and the Constitution’, New Delhi: Indian Social Institute.
N. Menon, (2012) ‘Sexual Violence’, in Seeing Like a Feminist, New Delhi: Zubaan and Penguin, pp.
113-146.
M, Mohanty et al. (2011) Weapon of the Oppressed, Inventory of People’s Rights in India. Delhi:
Danish Books.
Centre for Good Governance, (2008) Right to Information Act, 2005: A Citizen’s Guide, Available at
http://www.rtigateway.org.in/Documents/Publications/A%20CITIZEN'S%20GUIDE.pdf ,127
A. Pandey, (2004) Rights of the Consumer. New Delhi: Indian Social Institute.
Rule of law and the Criminal Justice System in India
Andrew, (1996) ‘Arbitrary Government and the Rule of Law’, in Arguing About the Law, An
Introduction to Legal Philosophy, Wordsworth, Boston., pp.3-19.
SAHRDC, (2006) ‘Criminal Procedure and Human Rights in India’ in Oxford Handbook of Human
Rights and Criminal Justice in India- The system and Procedure, New Delhi: Oxford University Press,
pp.5-15.
K. Sankaran and U. Singh, (2008) ‘Introduction’, in Towards Legal Literacy. New Delhi: Oxford
University Press, pp. xi – xv.
Laws relating to criminal justice administration
Pandey, (2008) ‘Laws Relating to Criminal Justice: Challenges and Prospects’, in J&K.
Sankaran and U. Singh, Towards Legal Literacy, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp.61-77.
SAHRDC, (2006)‘Reporting a Crime: First Information Report’, in Oxford Handbook of Human Rights
and Criminal Justice in India- The system and Procedure, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp.16-
26.
SAHRDC, (2006) ‘Bail’, in Oxford Handbook of Human Rights and Criminal Justice in India- The
system and Procedure, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp.59-71.
SAHRDC, (2006) ‘Detention’, in Oxford Handbook of Human Rights and Criminal Justice in India- The
system and Procedure. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, Pp.72-84.
P. Mathew, (2003) Your Rights if you are Arrested, New Delhi. Indian Social Institute.
Equality and non-discrimination
Gender Study Group, (1996) Sexual Harassment in Delhi University, A Report, Delhi: University of
Delhi.

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P. Mathew, (2002) The Law on Atrocities Against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, New Delhi:
Indian Social Institute.
K. Saxena, (2011) ‘Dalits’, in M. Mohanty et al., Weapon of the Oppressed, Inventory of People’s
Rights in India. Delhi: Danish Books, Pp.15-38
K. Saxena, (2011) ‘Adivasis’, in M. Mohanty et al., Weapon of the Oppressed, Inventory of People’s
Rights in India, Delhi: Danish Books, Pp.39-65.
S. Durrany, (2006) The Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act 2005, New Delhi: Indian
Social Institute.
V. Kumari, (2008) ‘Offences Against Women’, in K, Sankaran and U. Singh (eds.) Towards Legal
Literacy, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
P. D. Mathew,(2004)The Measure to Prevent Sexual Harassment of Women in Work Place. New Delhi:
Indian Social Institute.
D. Srivastva, (2007) ‘Sexual Harassment and Violence against Women in India: Constitutional and
Legal Perspectives’, in C. Kumar and K. Chockalingam (eds) Human Rights, Justice, and Constitutional
Empowerment, Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Empowerment
S. Naib, (2013) ‘Right to Information Act 2005’, in The Right to Information in India, New Delhi:
Oxford University Press, Available at
http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/publications/rti/guide_to_use_rti_act_2005_Eng
lish2012_light_Aspire.pdf. Bare Acts: Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Available at
http://chdslsa.gov.in/right_menu/act/pdf/consumer.pdf. Criminal law Amendment Act, 2013, Available
at http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2013/E_17_2013_212. pdf , Accessed:
10.04.2013. Protection of Women Against Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Available at
http://wcd.nic.in/wdvact.pdf.
Right to Information Act, 2005, Available at http://righttoinformation.gov.in/rti-act.pdf. Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989, Available at
http://tribal.nic.in/writereaddata/linkimages/poaact989E4227472861.pdf.
Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006,
Available at http://tribal.gov.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/File1033.pdf. The Persons with Disabilities
(Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights, Full Participation) Act, 1995, Available at
http://bhind.nic.in/Sparsh_disability%20act%201995.pdf. The Right of Children to Free and
Compulsory Education Act, 2009, Available at http://www.delta.org.in/form/rte.pdf.
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill, 2012,
Available http://164.100.24.219/BillsTexts/LSBillTexts/PassedLoksabha/144C_2010_LS_Eng.pdf.
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013, Available at , mha.nic.in/pdfs/TheCrimnalLaw030413.pdfFile
Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat – Quick View.

GENERIC ELECTIVE
GE- 3: COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

1. The nature, scope and methods of comparative political analysis (10 lectures)
2. Comparing Regimes: Authoritarian and Democratic (06 lectures)
3. Classifications of political systems: Parliamentary, Presidential, Federal and Unitary: UK, USA &
China.
4. Electoral Systems: First past the post, proportional representation, mixed systems (07lectures)
5 Party Systems: one-party, two-party and multi-party systems (09 lectures)

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6 Contemporary debates on the nature of state: From state centric security to human centric security and
the changing nature of nation-state in the context of globalization. (13 lectures)

READING LIST:
Essential Texts
Bara, J & Pennington, M. (eds.). (2009) Comparative Politics. New Delhi: Sage. Caramani, D. (ed.).
(2008) Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hague, R. and Harrop, M. (2010) Comparative Government and Politics: An Introduction. (Eight
Edition). London: Palgrave McMillan.
Ishiyama, J.T. and Breuning, M. (eds.). (2011) 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Book. Los
Angeles: Sage.
Newton, K. and Deth, Jan W. V. (2010) Foundations of Comparative Politics: Democracies of the
Modern World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
O’Neil, P. (2009) Essentials of Comparative Politics. (Third Edition). New York: WW. Norton &
Company, Inc.
Palekar, S.A. (2009) Comparative Government and Politics. New Delhi: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Readings
Topic 1.
Caramani, D. (2008) ‘Introduction to Comparative Politics’, in Caramani, D. (ed.) Comparative Politics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1‐23.
Mohanty, M. (1975) ‘Comparative Political Theory and Third World Sensitivity’, in Teaching Politics.
Nos. 1 & 2, pp. 22‐38.
Topic: 2.
Webb, E. (2011) ‘Totalitarianism and Authoritarianism’, in Ishiyama, J. T. and Breuning, M. (eds.) 21st
Century Political Science: A Reference Book. Los Angeles: Sage, pp. 249‐257.
Hague, R. and Harrop, M. (2004) Comparative Government and Politics: An Introduction. London:
Palgrave McMillan, pp. 36‐50, 51‐68.

Topic: 3.
Hague, R and Harrop, M. (2004) ‘The Political Executive’, in Comparative Government and Politics:
An Introduction. London: Palgrave McMillan, pp. 268‐290.
Topic: 4.
Cameron, D. R. (2002) ‘Canada’, in Ann L. G. (ed.) Handbook of Federal Countries. Montreal
&Kingston: McGill‐Queen’s University Press, pp. 105‐119.
Peter, H. (2002) ‘Canada: A Federal Society‐Despite Its Constitution’, in Rekha Saxena. (ed.) Mapping
Canadian Federalism for India. New Delhi: Konark Publisher, Pvt., pp. 115‐129.
Dhillon, Michael. (2009), ‘Government and Politics’, in Contemporary China: An Introduction. London,
New York: Routledge, 2009, pp. 137‐160.
Topic: 5.
Evans, Jocelyn A.J. (2009) ‘Electoral Systems’, in Bara, J. and Pennington, M. (eds.) Comparative
Politics. New Delhi: Sage, pp. 93‐119.
Downs, W. M. (2011) ‘Electoral Systems in Comparative Perspectives’, in Ishiyama, J. T. and Breuning,
M. (eds.) 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Book. Los Angeles: Sage, pp. 159‐ 167.
Topic: 6.
Cole, A. (2011) ‘Comparative Political Parties: Systems and Organizations’, in Ishiyama, J.T. and
Breuning, M. (eds.) 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Book. Los Angeles: Sage, pp. 150‐158.
Caramani, D. (2008) ‘Party Systems’, in Caramani, D. (ed.) Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, pp. 293‐317, 318‐347.

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Topic: 7.
Poggi, Gianfranco. (2008) ‘The nation‐state’, in Caramani, D. (ed.) Comparative Politics. Oxford:
Oxford University Press pp. 85‐107.
Hague, R. and Harrop, M. (2004) ‘The state in a global context’, in Comparative Government and
Politics: An Introduction. London: Palgrave McMillan, pp. 17‐34.

Further Readings:
Bara, J. (2009) ‘Methods for Comparative Analysis’, in Bara, J. & Pennington, M. (eds.) Comparative
Politics. New Delhi: Sage, pp. 40‐65.
Blondel, J. (1996) ‘Then and Now: Comparative Politics’, Political Studies. Vol. 47, Issue 1, pp.
152‐160
Chandhoke, N. (1996) ‘Limits of Comparative Political Analysis’, Economic and Political Weekly. vol.
31, No. 4, (January 27), pp. PE 2‐PE8.
Mair, P. (2008) ‘Democracy’, in Carmani, D. (ed.) Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, pp. 108‐132.
Robbins, J. W. (2011) ‘Parsidentialism Verses Parliamentarism’, in Ishiyama, J. T. and Marijke, B.
(eds.) 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Book. Los Angeles: Sage, pp. 177‐ 185.
Watts, D. (2003) Understanding US/UK Government and Politics. Manchester: Manchester University
Press, pp. 1‐25; 66‐105; 106‐138.

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 FOURTH SEMESTER

C- 8: COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENTS - II

Course objective: In this course students will be trained in the application of comparative methods to
the study of politics. The course is comparative in both what we study and how we study. In the process
the course aims to introduce undergraduate students to some of the range of issues, literature, and
methods that cover comparative political.

I. Approaches to Studying Comparative Politics (8 lectures)

 Political Culture.
 New Institutionalism.
II. Electoral System (8 lectures)
 Definition and procedures: Types of election system (First Past the Post, Proportional
Representation, Mixed Representation)
III. Party System (8 lectures)
 Historical contexts of emergence of the party system and types of parties
IV. Nation-state (8 lectures)
 What is nation–state? Historical evolution in Western Europe and postcolonial contexts ‘Nation’
and ‘State’: debates
V. Democratization (8 lectures)
 Process of democratization in postcolonial, post- authoritarian and post-communist countries.
VI. Federalism (8 lectures)
 Historical context Federation and Confederation: debates around territorial division of power.

Reading List:

I: Approaches to Studying Comparative Politics

Essential Readings:
M. Pennington, (2009) ‘Theory, Institutional and Comparative Politics’, in J. Bara and
Pennington. (eds.) Comparative Politics: Explaining Democratic System. Sage Publications, New Delhi,
pp. 13-40.
M. Howard, (2009) ‘Culture in Comparative Political Analysis’, in M. Lichback and A. Zuckerman, pp.
134- S. (eds.) Comparative Political: Rationality, Culture, and Structure. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
B. Rosamond, (2005) ‘Political Culture’, in B. Axford, et al. Politics, London: Routledge, pp. 57-81.
Additional Readings:
P. Hall, Taylor and C. Rosemary, (1996) ‘Political Science and the Three New Institutionalism’,
Political Studies. XLIV, pp. 936-957.
L. Rakner, and R. Vicky, (2011) ‘Institutional Perspectives’, in P. Burnell, et .al. (eds.) Political in the
Developing World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 53-70.
II: Electoral System
Essential Readings:
A. Heywood, (2002) ‘Representation, Electoral and Voting’, in Politics. New York: Palgrave, pp. 223-
245.

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A. Evans, (2009) ‘Elections Systems’, in J. Bara and M. Pennington, (eds.) Comparative politics. New
Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 93-119.
Additional Reading:
R. Moser, and S. Ethan, (2004) ‘Mixed Electoral Systems and Electoral System Effects: Controlled
Comparison and Cross-national Analysis’, in Electoral Studies. 23, pp. 575-599.
III: Party System
Essential Readings:
A. Cole, (2011) ‘Comparative Political Parties: Systems and Organizations’, in J. Ishiyama, and
M. Breuning, (eds) 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Book. Los Angeles: Sage Publications,
pp. 150-158.
A. Heywood, (2002) ‘Parties and Party System’, in Politics. New York : Palgrave, pp. 247-268.
Additional Readings:
B. Criddle, (2003) ‘Parties and Party System’, in R. Axtmann, (ed.) Understanding Democratic Politics:
An Introduction. London: Sage Publications, pp. 134-142.
IV: Nation-state
Essential Readings:
W. O’Conner, (1994) ‘A Nation is a Nation, is a Sate, is a Ethnic Group, is a …’, in J. Hutchinson and
A. Smith, (eds.) Nationalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 36-46.
K. Newton, and J. Deth, (2010) ‘The Development of the Modern State ‘, in Foundations of
Comparative Politics: Democracies of the Modern World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.
13-33.
Additional Reading:
A. Heywood, (2002), ‘The State’, in Politics. New York: Palgrave, pp. 85-102
V. Democratization
Essential Readings:
T. Landman, (2003) ‘Transition to Democracy’, in Issues and Methods of Comparative Methods: An
Introduction. London: Routledge, pp. 185-215.
K. Newton, and J. Deth, (2010) ‘Democratic Change and Persistence’, in Foundations of Comparative
Politics: Democracies of the Modern World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 53-67.
J. Haynes, (1999) ‘State and Society’, in The Democratization. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 20-38; 39-63.
Additional Reading:
B. Smith, (2003) ‘Democratization in the Third World’, in Understanding Third World Politics:
Theories of Political Change and Development. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.250-274.
VI: Federalism
Essential Readings:
M. Burgess, (2006) Comparative Federalism: Theory and Practice. London: Routledge, pp. 135-161.
R. Watts, (2008) ’Introduction’, in Comparing Federal Systems. Montreal and Kingston: McGill
Queen’s University Press, pp. 1-27
Additional Reading:
R. Saxena, (2011) ‘Introduction’, in Saxena, R (eds.) Varieties of Federal Governance: Major
Contemporary Models. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, pp. xii-x1.

C-9: PUBLIC POLICY IN INDIA

Objective: The paper seeks to provide an introduction to the interface between public policy and
administration in India. The essence of public policy lies in its effectiveness in translating the governing
philosophy into programs and policies and making it a part of the community living. It deals with issues
of decentralization, financial management, citizens and administration and social welfare from a non-
western perspective.

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I. Public Policy [ 10 lectures ]
 Definition, characteristics and models.
 Public Policy Process in India.
II. Decentralization [ 10 lectures ]
 Meaning, significance and approaches and types.
 Local Self Governance: Rural and Urban.
III. Budget [ 12 lectures ]
 Concept and Significance of Budget.
 Budget Cycle in India
 Various Approaches and Types of Budgeting.
IV. Citizen and Administration Interface [ 15 lectures ]
 Public Service Delivery
 Redressal of Public Grievances: RTI, Lokpal, Citizens’ Charter and E-Governance.
V. Social Welfare Administration [ 20 lectures ]
 Concept and Approaches of Social Welfare.
 Social Welfare Policies:
 Education: Right To Education.
 Health: National Health Mission.
 Food: Right To Food Security.
 Employment: MNREGA.


Reading List

Public Policy
T. Dye, (1984) Understanding Public Policy, 5th Edition. U.S.A: Prentice Hall
R.B. Denhardt and J.V. Denhardt, (2009) Public Administration, New Delhi: Brooks/Cole
J. Anderson, (1975) Public Policy Making. New York: Thomas Nelson and sons Ltd.
M. Howlett, M. Ramesh, and A. Perl, (2009), Studying Public Policy: Policy Cycles and Policy
subsystems, 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press
T. Dye, (2002) Understanding Public Policy, New Delhi: Pearson
Y. Dror, (1989) Public Policy Making Reexamined. Oxford: Transaction Publication
Decentralization
Satyajit Singh and Pradeep K. Sharma [eds.] Decentralisation: Institutions And Politics In Rural India,
OUP,2007
D. A. Rondinelli and S.Cheema, Decentralisation and Development, Beverly Hills: Sage Publishers,
1983
N.G.Jayal, Democracy and The State: Welfare, Secular and Development in Contemporary India,
Oxford : Oxford University Press,1999
Bidyut Chakrabarty, Reinventing Public Administration: The Indian Experience, Orient Longman,2007
Noorjahan Bava, Development Policies and Administration in India, Delhi: Uppal Publishers, 2001
Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba, The Civic Culture, Boston: Little Brown, 1965
M.P.Lester, Political Participation- How and Why do People Get Involved in Politics Chicago:
McNally, 1965
III. Budget
Erik-Lane, J. (2005) Public Administration and Public Management: The Principal Agent Perspective.
New York: Routledge
Henry, N.(1999) Public Administration and Public Affairs. New Jersey:Prentice Hall Caiden, N.(2004) ‘
Public Budgeting Amidst Uncertainity and Instability’, in Shafritz, J.M. &
Hyde, A.C. (eds.) Classics of Public Administration. Belmont: Wadsworth
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IV Citizen And Administration Interface
R. Putnam , Making Democracy Work , Princeton University Press, 1993
Jenkins, R. and Goetz, A.M. (1999) ‘Accounts and Accountability: Theoretical Implications of
the Right to Information Movement in India’, in Third World Quarterly. June
Sharma, P.K. & Devasher, M. (2007) ‘Right to Information in India’ in Singh, S. and Sharma,
P. (eds.) Decentralization: Institutions and Politics in Rural India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press
Vasu Deva, E-Governance In India: A Reality, Commonwealth Publishers, 2005
World Development Report, World Bank, Oxford University Press, 1992.
M.J.Moon, The Evolution of Electronic Government Among Municipalities: Rheoteric or Reality,
American Society For Public Administration, Public Administration Review, Vol 62, Issue 4, July –
August 2002
Pankaj Sharma, E-Governance: The New Age Governance, APH Publishers, 2004
Pippa Norris, Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty and the Internet in
Democratic Societies, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Stephan Goldsmith and William D. Eggers, Governing By Network: The New Shape of the Public
Sector, Brookings Institution [Washington], 2004
United Nation Development Programme, Reconceptualising Governance, New York, 1997
Mukhopadyay, A. (2005) ‘Social Audit’, in Seminar. No. 551.
V. Social Welfare Administration
Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen, India, Economic Development and Social Opportunity, Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1995
J.Dreze and Amartya Sen, Indian Development: Selected Regional Perspectives, Oxford: Clareland
Press, 1997
Reetika Khera- Rural Poverty And Public Distribution System, EPW, Vol-XLVIII, No.45-46, Nov 2013
Pradeep Chaturvedi [ed.], Women And Food Security: Role Of Panchayats, Concept Publishers, 1997
National Food Security Mission: nfsm.gov.in/Guidelines/XIIPlan/NFSMXII.pdf
Jugal Kishore, National Health Programs of India: National Policies and Legislations, Century
Publications, 2005
K. Lee and Mills, The Economic Of Health In Developing Countries, Oxford: Oxford University Press,
1983
K. Vijaya Kumar, Right to Education Act 2009: Its Implementation as to Social Development in India,
Delhi: Akansha Publishers, 2012.
Marma Mukhopadhyay and Madhu Parhar(ed.) Education in India: Dynamics of Development, Delhi:
Shipra Publications, 2007
Nalini Juneja, Primary Education for All in the City of Mumbai: The Challenge Set By Local Actors',
International Institute For Educational Planning, UNESCO: Paris, 2001
Surendra Munshi and Biju Paul Abraham [eds.] Good Governance, Democratic Societies and
Globalisation, Sage Publishers, 2004
Basu Rumki (2015) Public Administration in India Mandates, Performance and Future Perspectives,
New Delhi, Sterling Publishers
www.un.org/millenniumgoals
http://www.cefsindia.org
www.righttofoodindia.org

C-10: GLOBAL POLITICS

Course objective: This course introduces students to the key debates on the meaning and nature of
globalization by addressing its political, economic, social, cultural and technological dimensions. In
keeping with the most important debates within the globalization discourse, it imparts an understanding
of the working of the world economy, its anchors and resistances offered by global social movements
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while analyzing the changing nature of relationship between the state and trans-national actors and
networks. The course also offers insights into key contemporary global issues such as the proliferation
of nuclear weapons, ecological issues, international terrorism, and human security before concluding
with a debate on the phenomenon of global governance.

I. Globalization: Conceptions and Perspectives (23 lectures)

 Understanding Globalization and its Alternative Perspectives (6 lectures)
 Political: Debates on Sovereignty and Territoriality (3 lectures)
 Global Economy: Its Significance and Anchors of Global Political Economy: IMF,
 World Bank, WTO, TNCs (8 lectures)
 Cultural and Technological Dimension (3 lectures)
 Global Resistances (Global Social Movements and NGOs) (3 lectures)
II. Contemporary Global Issues (20 lectures)
 Ecological Issues: Historical Overview of International Environmental Agreements, Climate
Change, Global Commons Debate (7 lectures)
 Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (3 lectures)
 International Terrorism: Non-State Actors and State Terrorism; Post 9/11 developments (4
lectures)
 Migration (3 lectures)
 Human Security (3 lectures)
III. Global Shifts: Power and Governance (5 lectures)

Reading List:

I. Globalization – Conceptions and Perspectives

Understanding Globalization and its Alternative Perspectives
Essential Readings:
G. Ritzer, (2010) Globalization: A Basic Text, Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 33-62.
M. Strager, (2009) Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, London: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-
16.
R. Keohane and J. Nye Jr, (2000) ‘Globalization: What’s New? What’s Not? (And So What?)’, in
Foreign Policy, No 118, pp. 104-119.
Additional Reading:
A. McGrew, (2011) ‘Globalization and Global Politics’, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.)
Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, New York:
Oxford University Press, pp. 14-31.
A. Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave-McMillan, pp. 1-24.
W. Ellwood, (2005) The No-nonsense Guide to Globalization, Jaipur: NI-Rawat Publications, pp. 12-23.
Political: Debates on Sovereignty and Territoriality
Essential Readings:
A. Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave-McMillan, pp. 112-134.
R. Keohane, (2000) ‘Sovereignty in International Society’, in D. Held and A. McGrew (eds.) The Global
Trans-Formations Reader, Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 109-123.
Additional Reading:
K. Shimko, (2005) International Relations: Perspectives and Controversies, New York: Houghton
Mifflin, pp. 195-219.

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Global Economy: Its Significance and Anchors of Global Political Economy: IMF, World
Bank, WTO, TNCs
Essential Readings:
A. Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave-McMillan, pp. 454-479.
T. Cohn, (2009) Global Political Economy: Theory and Practice, pp. 130-140 (IMF), 208-218 (WTO).
R. Picciotto, (2003) ‘A New World Bank for a New Century’, in C. Roe Goddard et al., International
Political: State-Market Relations in a Changing Global Order, Boulder: Lynne Reinner, pp. 341-351.
A. Narlikar, (2005) The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction, New York: Oxford
University Press, pp. 22-98.
J. Goldstein, (2006) International Relations, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 392-405 (MNC).
P. Hirst, G. Thompson and S. Bromley, (2009) Globalization in Question, Cambridge: Polity Press, pp.
68-100 (MNC).
Additional Readings:
G. Ritzer, (2010) Globalization: A Basic Text, Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 180-190.
F. Lechner and J. Boli (ed.), (2004) The Globalization Reader, London: Blackwell, pp. 236-239 (WTO).
D. Held et al, (1999) Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture, California: Stanford
University Press, pp. 242-282 (MNC).
T. Cohn, (2009) Global Political Economy, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 250-323 (MNC).
Cultural and Technological Dimension
Essential Readings:
D. Held and A. McGrew (eds.), (2002) Global Transformations Reader: Politics, Economics and
Culture, Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 1-50; 84-91.
M. Steger, (2009) ‘Globalization: A Contested Concept’, in Globalization: A Very Short Introduction,
London: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-16.
A. Appadurai, (2000) ‘Grassroots Globalization and the Research Imagination’, in Public Culture, Vol.
12(1), pp. 1-19.
Additional Reading:
J. Beynon and D. Dunkerley, (eds.), (2012) Globalisation: The Reader, New Delhi: Rawat Publications,
pp. 1-19.
A. Vanaik, (ed.), (2004) Globalization and South Asia: Multidimensional Perspectives, New Delhi:
Manohar Publications, pp. 171-191, 192-213, 301-317, 335-357.
Global Resistances (Global Social Movements and NGOs)
Essential Readings:
G. Ritzer, (2010) Globalization: A Basic Text, Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 487-504.
R. O’Brien et al., (2000) Contesting Global Governance: Multilateral Economic Institutions and Global
Social Movements, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-23.
J. Fisher, (1998) Non-Governments: NGOs and Political Development in the Third World, Connecticut:
Kumarian Press, pp. 1- 37 (NGO).
Additional Readings:
G. Laxter and S. Halperin (eds.), (2003) Global Civil Society and Its Limits, New York: Palgrave, pp. 1-
21.
A. Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave-McMillan, pp. 150-156 (NGO).
P. Willets, (2011) ‘Trans-National Actors and International Organizations in Global Politics’, in J.
Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.) Globalization of World Politics, New York: Oxford University
Press, pp. 334-342. (NGO)
II. Contemporary Global Issues
Ecological Issues: Historical Overview of International Environmental Agreements, Climate
Change, Global Commons Debate
Essential Readings:
J. Volger, (2011) ‘Environmental Issues’, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.) Globalization of
World Politics, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 348-362.
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A. Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave, pp. 383-411.
N. Carter, (2007) The Politics of Environment: Ideas, Activism, Policy, Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, pp. 13-81.
Additional Readings:
P. Bidwai, (2011) ‘Durban: Road to Nowhere’, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.46, No. 53,
December, pp. 10-12.
K.Shimko, (2005) International Relations Perspectives and Controversies, New York: Hughton-Mifflin,
pp. 317-339.
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Essential Readings:
D. Howlett, (2011) ‘Nuclear Proliferation’, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.) Globalization of
World Politics, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 384-397.
P. Viotti and M. Kauppi, (2007) International Relations and World Politics: Security, Economy and
Identity, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 238-272.
Additional Reading:
A. Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave, pp. 264-281.
International Terrorism: Non-State Actors and State Terrorism; Post 9/11 developments
Essential Readings:
P. Viotti and M. Kauppi, (2007) International Relations, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 276-307.
A. Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave, pp. 282-301.
Additional Readings:
J. Kiras, (2011) ‘Terrorism and Globalization’, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.)
Globalization of World Politics, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 366-380.
A. Vanaik, (2007) Masks of Empire, New Delhi: Tulika, pp. 103-128.
Migration
Essential Readings:
G. Ritzer, (2010) Globalization: A Basic Text, Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 298-322.
S. Castles, (2012) ‘Global Migration’, in B. Chimni and S. Mallavarapu (eds.) International Relations:
Perspectives For the Global South, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 272-285.
Human Security
Essential Readings:
A. Acharya, (2011) ‘Human Security’, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.) Globalization of World
Politics, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 480-493.
S. Tadjbakhsh and A. Chenoy, (2007) Human Security, London: Routledge, pp. 13-19; 123- 127; 236-
243.
Additional Reading:
A. Acharya, (2001) ‘Human Security: East versus West’, in International Journal, Vol. 56, no.3, pp.
442-460.
III. Global Shifts: Power and Governance
Essential Readings:
J. Rosenau, (1992) ‘Governance, Order, and Change in World Politics’, in J. Rosenau, and E.
Czempiel (eds.) Governance without Government: Order and Change in World Politics, Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-29.
A. Kumar and D. Messner (eds), (2010) Power Shifts and Global Governance: Challenges from South
and North, London: Anthem Press.
P. Dicken, (2007) Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy, New York:
The Guilford Press.
J. Close, (2001) ‘The Global Shift: A quantum leap in human evolution’, Available at http://www.stir-
global-shift.com/page22.php, Accessed: 19.04.2013.

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 SKILL ENHANCEMENT

SEC – 2: PEACE STUDY

Course Objective: The objective of an undergraduate application course for common students in Peace
and Conflict Studies will cover in-depth knowledge of conflict analysis, conflict resolution, conflict
prevention, as well as the historical and cultural context of organized violence. Peace and Conflict
Resolution addresses the sources of war, social oppression and violence and the challenges of promoting
peace and justice internationally and domestically. It also introduces more equitable, cooperative and
nonviolent methods that can be used to transform unjust, violent or oppressive world situations. This
course provides students with an overview of the Peace and Conflict Studies discipline, including key
concepts and related theories. The course is designed to familiarize students with the historical
background of various peace movements, to analyze principles used to resolve conflict, and to provide a
view of how peace and conflict resolution are being pursued today. The course will also cover extensive
understanding of current research and development within the field of peace and conflict studies and
perspective of the environment, gender, migration, and ethnicity.

Unit-1 International Peace and Conflict Resolution: Sources of War: International and Domestic Issues
and Trends
Unit-2-What is Conflict: Introduction to International Conflict Resolution.
Unit-3 International Conflict Resolution Theory: Models developed by Johan Galtung, Joseph
Montville, Morton Deutsch, William Zartman, Levy Jack.
Unit-4-Conflict resolution: Back ground of Various Peace Movements and Concepts, Principles used to
resolve conflict.
Unit-5-Cross-border relationships between the world’s peaceful and war-torn zones (migration and
information flows, economic transactions, international rules and regulations, normative concepts and
political decisions).
Unit-6 -Conflict Transformation: is Peace Possible? Resolve problems through conflict analyses and
instrumentation of peace concepts.
Unit-7 -Current perspective of peace and conflict resolution: Grass-roots level perspective on war and
Peace.

Reading List:

Essential Readings
International Conflict Resolution: Sources of War: International and Domestic Issues and Trends
Kriesberg, Louis, Constructive Conflicts: From Escalation to Resolution, Rowman & Littlefield,
Maryland, 1998, pp. 58-150
Starkey, Boyer, and Wilkenfield, Negotiating a Complex World. Rowman & Littlefield, Maryland,
1999, pp. 1-74
Desirable Readings:
Zartman, William (ed.), Collapsed States: The Disintegration and Restoration of Legitimate Authority,
Reiner, Boulder, 1995, pp. 1-14 and 267-273
Zartman, William & Touval, Saadia "International Mediation in the Post-Cold War Era", in Crocker et
al., Managing Global Chaos, USIP, 1996, pp. 445-461

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Essential Readings
What is Conflict: Introduction to International Conflict Resolution
Zartman, William, "Dynamics and Constraints in Negotiations in Internal Conflicts", in Zartman,
William (ed), Elusive Peace: Negotiating an End to Civil Wars, The Brookings Institution, Washington,
1995, pp. 3-29
Desirable Readings
Zartman, William (ed.), Collapsed States: The Disintegration and Restoration of Legitimate Authority,
Reiner, Boulder, 1995, pp. 1-14 and 267-273
Zartman, William & Touval, Saadia "International Mediation in the Post-Cold War Era", in Crocker et
al., Managing Global Chaos, USIP, 1996, pp. 445-461
Essential Readings
International Conflict Resolution Theory: Models developed by Johan Galtung,
Joseph Montville, Morton Deutsch, William Zartman, Levy Jack
Levy, Jack, "Contending Theories of International Conflict: A Levels-of-Analysis Approach" in Crocker
et al, Managing Global Chaos, USIP, 1995, pp. 3-24
Carr, Edward H., "Realism and Idealism," Richard Betts (ed), Conflict After the Cold War, Boston:
Simon & Schuster, 1994.
Desirable Readings
Carr, Edward H., "Realism and Idealism," Richard Betts (ed), Conflict After the Cold War, Boston:
Simon & Schuster, 1994.
Waltz, Kenneth N., "Structural Causes and Economic Effects," Richard Betts (ed), Conflict After the
Cold War, Boston: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
Conflict resolution: Back ground of Various Peace Movements and Concepts, Principles used to
resolve conflict.
Essential Readings
Hampson, Fen Osler, Nurturing Peace, USIP, 1996, pp. 3-25 Galtung, Johan, There Are Alternatives:
Four Roads to Peace and Security, Nottingham, Spokesman, 1984, pp. 162-205
Desirable Readings
Galtung, Johan, Peace by Peaceful Means: Peace and conflict, Development and Civilization, Sage,
London, 1996, pp. 9-114
Galtung, Johan, The True Worlds: A Transnational Perspective, New York, Free Press, 1980, pp. 107-
149
Cross-border relationships between the world’s peaceful and war-torn zones (migration and
information flows, economic transactions, international rules and regulations, normative concepts
and political decisions)
Essential Readings
Kelman, Herbert C., "Interactive Problem Solving", in Fisher, Ronald J. (ed.) Interactive Conflict
Resolution, Syracuse University Press, 1997, pp. 56-74
Kritz, Neil J., "The Rule of Law in the Post-conflict Phase: Building a Stable Peace", in Crocker et al,
Managing Global Chaos, USIP, 1996, pp. 587-606
Desirable Readings
Galtung, Johan, "The Basic Need Approach", in Human Needs: a Contribution to the Current Debate,
Verlag, Cambridge, 1980, pp. 55-126
Saunders, Harold H., A Public Peace Process: Sustained Dialogue to Transform Racial and Ethnic
Conflicts, New York, 1999, pp. 1-80
Conflict Transformation: is Peace Possible: Resolve problems through conflict analyses and
instrumentation of peace concepts.
Essential Readings
Galtung, Johan, There Are Alternatives: Four Roads to Peace and Security, Nottingham, Spokesman,
1984, pp. 162-205

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Galtung, Johan, "The Basic Need Approach", in Human Needs: a Contribution to the Current Debate,
Verlag, Cambridge, 1980, pp. 55-126
Desirable Readings
Galtung, Johan, Peace by Peaceful Means: Peace and conflict, Development and Civilization, Sage,
London, 1996, pp. 9-114
Galtung, Johan, The True Worlds: A Transnational Perspective, New York, Free Press, 1980, pp. 107-
149
Current perspective of peace and conflict resolution: Grass-roots level perspective on war and
Peace: Grass-roots level perspective on war and Peace.
Essential Readings
Deutsch, Morton, The Resolution of Conflict: Constructive and Destructive Processes, New Haven, Yale
University Press, 1973, pp. 1-123
Galtung, Johan, Peace by Peaceful Means: Peace and conflict, Development and Civilization, Sage,
London, 1996, pp. 9-114
Desirable Readings
Zartman, William, "Dynamics and Constraints in Negotiations in Internal Conflicts", in Zartman,
William (ed), Elusive Peace: Negotiating an End to Civil Wars, The Brookings Institution, Washington,
1995, pp. 3-29
Kelman, Herbert C., "Interactive Problem Solving", in Fisher, Ronald J. (ed.) Interactive Conflict
Resolution, Syracuse University Press, 1997, pp. 56-74.

ELECTIVE GENERIC

GE- 4: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Course Objective: This Course is designed to give students a sense of some important theoretical
approaches to understand international relations; a history from 1945 onwards to the present; and an
outline of the evolution of Indian foreign policy since independence and its possible future trajectory.

1. Approaches to International Relations

 Classical Realism (Hans Morgenthau) and Neo-Realism (Kenneth Waltz)
 Neo-Liberalism: Complex Interdependence (Robert O. Keohane and Joseph Nye)
 Structural Approaches: World Systems Approach (Immanuel Wallerstein) and Dependency
School (Andre Gunder Frank)
 Feminist Perspective (J. Ann Tickner) (27 lectures)
2. Cold War & Post-Cold War Era.
 Second World War & Origins of Cold War
 Phases of Cold War:
 First Cold War
 Rise and Fall of Detente
 Second Cold War
 End of Cold War and Collapse of the Soviet Union
 Post Cold- War Era and Emerging Centers of Power (European Union, China, Russia and Japan)
(20 lectures)

3. India’s Foreign Policy

 Basic Determinants (Historical, Geo-Political, Economic, Domestic and Strategic)
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  (b) India’s Policy of Non-alignment
 (c) India: An Emerging Power (13 lectures)

READING LIST:

Essential Readings
William, P., Goldstein, D. M. and Shafritz, J. M. (eds.) (1999) Classic Readings of International
Relations. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Co, pp. 30‐58; 92‐126.
Art, R. J. and Jervis, R. (eds.) (1999) International Political Enduring: Concepts and Contemporary
Issues.5th Edition. New York: Longman, pp. 7‐14; 29‐49; 119‐126.
Jackson, R. and Sorenson, G. (2008) Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches.
New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 59‐96.
Goldstein, J. and Pevehouse, J.C. (2009) International Relations. New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 81‐111.
Tickner, J. A. (2001) Gendering World Politics: Issues and Approaches in the Post‐Cold War Era.
Columbia University Press.
Baylis, J. and Smith, S. (eds.) (2011) The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to
International Relations. Fifth Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 90‐123; 142‐159; 262‐277.
Wenger, A. and Zimmermann, D. (eds.) (2003) International Relations: From the Cold World War to
the Globalized World. London: Lynne Rienner, pp. 54‐89.
Appadorai and Rajan, M. S. (eds.) (1985) India’s Foreign Policy and Relations. New Delhi: South
Asian Publishers.
Mewmillians, W.C. and Piotrowski, H. (2001) The World Since 1945: A History of International
Relations.Fifth edition. London: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Smith, M., Little, R. and Shackleton, M. (eds.) (1981) Perspectives on World Politics. London: Croom
Helm.
Indian Foreign Service Institute. (1997, 1998) India’s Foreign Policy: An Agenda for the 21st Century
Vols. 1 & 2, New Delhi: Konark Publishers, pp. 3‐41; 102‐119.
Ganguly, S. (ed.) (2009) India’s Foreign Policy: Retrospect and Prospect. New Delhi: Oxford
University Press.
Vanaik, A. (1995) India in a Changing World: Problems, Limits and Successes of Its Foreign Policy.
New Delhi: Orient Longman. pp. 19‐41; 63‐67; 102‐114; 118‐124; 132‐134.
Basu, Rumki (ed)(2012) International Politics: Concepts theories and Issues, New Delhi, Sage
Publications India Pvt Ltd.

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 Fifth Semester

C- 11: CLASSICAL POLITICAL THEORY

Course objective: This course goes back to Greek antiquity and familiarizes students with the manner
in which the political questions were first posed. Machiavelli comes as an interlude inaugurating modern
politics followed by Hobbes and Locke. This is a basic foundation course for students.

I. Text and Interpretation (2 weeks)

II. Antiquity
Plato (2 weeks)
 Philosophy and Politics, Theory of Forms, Justice, Philosopher King/Queen, Communism
 Presentation theme: Critique of Democracy; Women and Guardianship, Censorship
Aristotle (2 weeks)
 Forms, Virtue, Citizenship, Justice, State and Household
 Presentation themes: Classification of governments.
III. Interlude:
Machiavelli (2 weeks)
 Virtue, Religion, Republicanism.
 Presentation themes: morality and statecraft; vice and virtue.
IV. Possessive Individualism
Hobbes (2 weeks)
 Human nature, State of Nature, Social Contract,
 Presentation themes: State of nature; social contract; Leviathan; atomistic individuals.
Locke (2 weeks)
 Laws of Nature, Natural Rights, Property,
 Presentation themes: Natural rights; right to dissent; justification of property.

Reading List:

I. Text and Interpretation

Essential Readings:
T. Ball, (2004) ‘History and Interpretation’ in C. Kukathas and G. Gaus, (eds.) Handbook of Political
Theory, London: Sage Publications Ltd. pp. 18-30.
B. Constant, (1833) ‘The Liberty of the Ancients Compared with that of the Moderns’, in D. Boaz, (ed),
(1997) The Libertarian Reader, New York: The Free Press.
Additional Readings:
J. Coleman, (2000) ‘Introduction’, in A History of Political Thought: From Ancient Greece to Early
Christianity, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, pp. 1-20.
Q. Skinner, (2010) ‘Preface’, in The Foundations of Modern Political Thought Volume I, Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press pp. ix-xv.
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II. Antiquity:
Plato
Essential Readings:
A. Skoble and T. Machan, (2007) Political Philosophy: Essential Selections. New Delhi: Pearson
Education, pp. 9-32.
R. Kraut, (1996) ‘Introduction to the study of Plato’, in R. Kraut (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to
Plato. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-50.
C. Reeve, (2009) ‘Plato’, in D. Boucher and P. Kelly, (eds) Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the
Present, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 62-80
Additional Readings:
S. Okin, (1992) ‘Philosopher Queens and Private Wives’, in S. Okin Women in Western Political
Thought, Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 28-50
R. Kraut, (1996) ‘The Defence of Justice in Plato's Republic’, in R. Kraut (ed.) The Cambridge
Companion to Plato. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 311-337
T. Saunders, (1996) ‘Plato's Later Political Thought’, in R. Kraut (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to
Plato. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 464-492.
Aristotle
Essential Readings:
A. Skoble and T. Machan, (2007) Political Philosophy: Essential Selections. New Delhi: Pearson
Education, pp. 53-64.
T. Burns, (2009) ‘Aristotle’, in D. Boucher, and P. Kelly, (eds) Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the
Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.81-99.
C. Taylor, (1995) ‘Politics’, in J. Barnes (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, pp. 232-258
Additional Readings:
J. Coleman, (2000) ‘Aristotle’, in J. Coleman A History of Political Thought: From Ancient Greece to
Early Christianity, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, pp.120-186
D. Hutchinson, (1995) ‘Ethics’, in J. Barnes, (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, pp. 195-232.
III. Interlude:
Machiavelli
Essential Readings:
A. Skoble and T. Machan, (2007) Political Philosophy: Essential Selections. New Delhi: Pearson
Education, pp. 124-130
Q. Skinner, (2000) ‘The Adviser to Princes’, in Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford
University Press, pp. 23-53
J. Femia, (2009) ‘Machiavelli’, in D. Boucher, and P. Kelly, (eds) Political Thinkers: From Socrates to
the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 163-184
Additional Reading:
Q. Skinner, (2000) ‘The Theorist of Liberty’, in Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, pp. 54-87.
IV. Possessive Individualism
Hobbes
Essential Readings:
A. Skoble and T. Machan, (2007) Political Philosophy: Essential Selections. New Delhi: Pearson
Education pp. 131-157.
D. Baumgold, (2009) ‘Hobbes’, in D. Boucher and P. Kelly (eds) Political Thinkers: From Socrates to
the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 189-206.
C. Macpherson (1962) The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism: Hobbes to Locke. Oxford
University Press, Ontario, pp. 17-29.
Additional Readings:
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I. Hampsher-Monk, (2001) ‘Thomas Hobbes’, in A History of Modern Political Thought: Major
Political Thinkers from Hobbes to Marx, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, pp. 1-67.
A. Ryan, (1996) ‘Hobbes's political philosophy’, in T. Sorell, (ed.) Cambridge Companion to Hobbes.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 208-245.
Locke
Essential Readings:
A. Skoble and T. Machan, (2007) Political Philosophy: Essential Selections. New Delhi: Pearson
Education, pp. 181-209.
J. Waldron, (2009) ‘John Locke’, in D. Boucher and P. Kelly, (eds) Political Thinkers: From Socrates to
the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 207-224
C. Macpherson, (1962) The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism: Hobbes to Locke. Oxford
University Press, Ontario, pp. 194-214.
Additional Readings:
R. Ashcraft, (1999) ‘Locke's Political Philosophy’, in V. Chappell (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to
Locke, Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, pp. 226-251.
I. Hampsher-Monk, (2001) A History of Modern Political Thought: Major Political Thinkers from
Hobbes to Marx, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, pp. 69-116.

C-12: INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT-I

Course objective: This course introduces the specific elements of Indian Political Thought spanning
over two millennia. The basic focus of study is on individual thinkers whose ideas are however framed
by specific themes. The course as a whole is meant to provide a sense of the broad streams of Indian
thought while encouraging a specific knowledge of individual thinkers and texts. Selected extracts from
some original texts are also given to discuss in class. The list of additional readings is meant for teachers
as well as the more interested students.

Course Contents:

1. Traditions of Pre-colonial Indian Political Thought (8 lectures)

 Brahmanic and Shramanic
 Islamic and Syncretic.
2. Ved Vyasa (Shantiparva): Rajadharma (5 lectures)
3. Manu: Social Laws (6 lectures)
4. Kautilya: Theory of State (7 lectures)
5. Aggannasutta (Digha Nikaya): Theory of kingship (5 lectures)
6. Barani: Ideal Polity (6 lectures)
7. Abul Fazal: Monarchy (6 lectures)
8. Kabir: Syncretism (5 lectures)

Reading List:

I .Traditions of Pre-modern Indian Political Thought:

Essential Readings:
B. Parekh, (1986) ‘Some Reflections on the Hindu Tradition of Political Thought’, in T. Pantham, and
K. Deutsch (eds.), Political Thought in Modern India, New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 17- 31.
A. Altekar, (1958) ‘The Kingship’, in State and Government in Ancient India, 3rd edition, Delhi: Motilal
Banarsidass, pp. 75-108.
M. Shakir, (1986) ‘Dynamics of Muslim Political Thought’, in T. Pantham, and K. Deutsch (eds.),
Political Thought in Modern India, New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 142- 160
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G. Pandey, (1978) Sraman Tradition: Its History and Contribution to Indian Culture, Ahmedabad: L. D.
Institute of Indology, pp. 52-73.
S. Saberwal, (2008) ‘Medieval Legacy’, in Spirals of Contention, New Delhi: Routledge, pp.1-31
II. Ved Vyasa (Shantiparva): Rajadharma
Essential Readings:
The Mahabharata (2004), Vol. 7 (Book XI and Book XII, Part II), Chicago and London: University of
Chicago Press.
V. Varma, (1974) Studies in Hindu Political Thought and Its Metaphysical Foundations, Delhi: Motilal
Banarsidass, pp. 211- 230.
B. Chaturvedi, (2006) ‘Dharma-The Foundation of Raja-Dharma, Law and Governance’, in The
Mahabharta: An Inquiry in the Human Condition, Delhi: Orient Longman, pp. 418- 464.
III. Manu: Social Laws
Essential Readings:
Manu, (2006) ‘Rules for Times of Adversity’, in P. Olivelle, (ed. & trans.) Manu’s Code of Law:
A Critical Edition and Translation of the Manava- Dharamsastra, New Delhi: OUP, pp. 208- 213.
V. Mehta, (1992) ‘The Cosmic Vision: Manu’, in Foundations of Indian Political Thought, Delhi:
Manohar, pp. 23- 39.
R. Sharma, ( 1991) ‘Varna in Relation to Law and Politics (c 600 BC-AD 500)’, in Aspects of
Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, pp. 233- 251.
P. Olivelle, (2006) ‘Introduction’, in Manu’s Code of Law: A Critical Edition and Translation of the
Manava –Dharmasastra, Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 3- 50.
IV. Kautilya: Theory of State
Essential Readings:
Kautilya, (1997) ‘The Elements of Sovereignty’ in R. Kangle (ed. and trns.), Arthasastra of Kautilya,
New Delhi: Motilal Publishers, pp. 511- 514.
V. Mehta, (1992) ‘The Pragmatic Vision: Kautilya and His Successor’, in Foundations of Indian
Political Thought, Delhi: Manohar, pp. 88- 109.
R. Kangle, (1997) Arthashastra of Kautilya-Part-III: A Study, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, rpt., pp. 116-
142.
Additional Reading:
J. Spellman, (1964) ‘Principle of Statecraft’, in Political Theory of Ancient India: A Study of Kingship
from the Earliest time to Ceirca AD 300, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 132- 170.
V. Agganna Sutta (Digha Nikaya): Theory of Kingship
Essential Readings:
S. Collins, (ed), (2001) Agganna Sutta: An Annotated Translation, New Delhi: Sahitya Academy, pp.
44-49.
S. Collins, (2001) ‘General Introduction’, in Agganna Sutta: The Discussion on What is Primary (An
Annotated Translation from Pali), Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, pp. 1- 26.
B. Gokhale, (1966) ‘The Early Buddhist View of the State’, in The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. XXVI,
(1), pp. 15- 22.
Additional Reading:
L. Jayasurya, ‘Budhism, Politics and Statecraft’, Available at
ftp.buddhism.org/Publications/.../Voll1_03_Laksiri%20Jayasuriya.pdf, Accessed: 19.04.2013.
VI. Barani: Ideal Polity
Essential Reading:
I. Habib, (1998) ‘Ziya Barni’s Vision of the State’, in The Medieval History Journal, Vol. 2, (1), pp. 19-
36.
Additional Reading:
M. Alam, (2004) ‘Sharia Akhlaq’, in The Languages of Political Islam in India 1200- 1800, Delhi:
Permanent Black, pp. 26- 43
VII. Abul Fazal: Monarchy
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Essential Readings:
A. Fazl, (1873) The Ain-i Akbari (translated by H. Blochmann), Calcutta: G. H. Rouse, pp. 47-
57.
V. Mehta, (1992) ‘The Imperial Vision: Barni and Fazal’, in Foundations of Indian Political Thought,
Delhi: Manohar, pp. 134- 156.
Additional Readings:
M. Alam, (2004) ‘Sharia in Naserean Akhlaq’, in Languages of Political Islam in India1200- 1800,
Delhi: Permanent Black, pp. 46- 69.
I. Habib, (1998) ‘Two Indian Theorist of The State: Barani and Abul Fazal’, in Proceedings of the
Indian History Congress. Patiala, pp. 15- 39.
VIII. Kabir: Syncreticism
Essential Readings:
Kabir. (2002) The Bijak of Kabir, (translated by L. Hess and S. Singh), Delhi: Oxford University Press,
No. 30, 97, pp. 50- 51 & 69- 70.
V. Mehta, (1992) Foundation of Indian Political Thought, Delhi: Manohar, pp. 157- 183.
G. Omvedt, (2008) ‘Kabir and Ravidas, Envisioning Begumpura’, in Seeking Begumpura: TheMSocial
Vision of Anti Caste Intellectual, Delhi: Navayana, pp. 91- 107.
Additional Reading:
L. Hess and S. Singh, (2002) ‘Introduction’, in The Bijak of Kabir, New Delhi: Oxford University Press,
pp. 3- 35.

DISCIPLINE SPECEFIC (ELECTIVE)

DSE - 1: HUMAN RIGHTS

Course objective: This course attempts to build an understanding of human rights among students
through a study of specific issues in a comparative perspective. It is important for students to see how
debates on human rights have taken distinct forms historically and in the contemporary world. The
course seeks to anchor all issues in the Indian context, and pulls out another country to form a broader
comparative frame. Students will be expected to use a range of resources, including films, biographies,
and official documents to study each theme. Thematic discussion of sub-topics in the second and third
sections should include state response to issues and structural violence questions.

I. Human Rights: Theory and Institutionalization (3 weeks)

 Understanding Human Rights: Three Generations of Rights.
 Institutionalization: Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
 Rights in National Constitutions: South Africa and India.
II. Issues (5 weeks)
 Torture: USA and India
 Surveillance and Censorship: China and India
 Terrorism and Insecurity of Minorities: USA and India
III. Structural Violence (4 weeks)
 Caste and Race: South Africa and India
 Gender and Violence: India and Pakistan
 Adivasis/Aboriginals and the Land Question: Australia and India.

Reading List:

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I. Human Rights: Theory and Institutionalization
Essential Readings:
J. Hoffman and P. Graham, (2006) ‘Human Rights’, Introduction to Political Theory, Delhi, Pearson,
pp. 436-458.
SAHRDC (2006) ‘Introduction to Human Rights’; ‘Classification of Human Rights: An Overview of the
First, Second, and Third Generational Rights’, in Introducing Human Rights,
New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Chapter 2: Bill of Rights.
The Constitution of India, Chapter 3: Fundamental Rights
II. Issues
a. Torture: USA and India
Essential Readings:
M. Lippman, (1979) ‘The Protection of Universal Human Rights: The Problem of Torture’ Universal
Human Rights, Vol. 1(4), pp. 25-55
J. Lokaneeta, (2011) ‘Torture in the TV Show 24: Circulation of Meanings’; ‘Jurisprudence on
Torture and Interrogations in India’, in Transnational Torture Law, Violence, and State Power in the
United States and India, Delhi: Orient Blackswan,
D. O’Byrne, (2007) ‘Torture’, in Human Rights: An Introduction, Delhi: Pearson, pp. 164-197.
b. Surveillance and Censorship: China and India
Essential Readings:
D. O’Byrne, (2007) ‘Censorship’, in Human Rights: An Introduction, Delhi: Pearson, pp. 106- 138.
D. Lyon, (2008) Surveillance Society, Talk for Festival del Diritto, Piacenza, Italia, September 28, pp.1-
7.
Fu Hualing, (2012) ‘Politicized Challenges, Depoliticized Responses: Political Monitoring in China’s
Transitions’, paper presented at a conference on States of Surveillance: Counter- Terrorism and
Comparative Constitutionalism, at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, 13-14 December.
U. Singh, (2012) ‘Surveillance Regimes in India’, paper presented at a conference on States of
Surveillance: Counter-Terrorism and Comparative Constitutionalism, at the University of
New South Wales, Sydney, 13-14 December.
c. Terrorism and Insecurity of Minorities: USA and India
Essential Readings:
E. Scarry, (2010) ‘Resolving to Resist’, in Rule of Law, Misrule of Men, Cambridge: Boston Review
Books, MIT, pp.1-53.
M. Ahmad, (2002) ‘Homeland Insecurities: Racial Violence the Day after September 11’, Social Text,
72, Vol. 20(3), pp. 101-116.
U. Singh, (2007) ‘The Unfolding of Extraordinariness: POTA and the Construction of Suspect
Communities’, in The State, Democracy and Anti-terror Laws in India, Delhi: Sage Publications,
pp.165-219
3. Structural Conflicts
a. Caste and Race: South Africa and India
Essential Readings:
A. Pinto, (2001) ‘UN Conference against Racism: Is Caste Race?’, in Economic and Political Weekly,
Vol. 36(30)
D. O’Byrne, (2007) ‘Apartheid’, in Human Rights: An Introduction, Delhi: Pearson, pp. 241- 262.
R. Wasserstorm, (2006), ‘Racism, Sexism, and Preferential Treatment: An approach to the Topics’, in R.
Goodin and P. Pettit, Contemporary Political Philosophy: an Anthology, Oxford:
Blackwell, pp-549-574
R. Wolfrum, (1998) ‘Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism’ in J. Symonides, Human Rights: New
Dimensions and Challenges, Aldershot, Ashgate/UNESCO, pp.181-198.
b. Gender and Violence: India and Pakistan
Essential Readings:
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A. Khan and R. Hussain, (2008), ‘Violence Against Women in Pakistan: Perceptions and Experiences of
Domestic Violence’, Asian Studies Review, Vol. 32, pp. 239 – 253
K. Kannabiran (2012) ‘Rethinking the Constitutional Category of Sex’, in Tools of Justice: Non-
Discrimination and the Indian Constitution, New Delhi, Routledge, pp.425-443
N. Menon (2012) ‘Desire’, Seeing Like a Feminist, New Delhi: Zubaan/Penguin, pp. 91-146
c. Adivasis/Aboriginals and the Land Question: Australia and India
Essential Readings:
H. Goodall, (2011) ‘International Indigenous Community Study: Adivasi Indigenous People in India’, in
A. Cadzow and J. Maynard (eds.), Aboriginal Studies, Melbourne: Nelson Cengage Learning, pp.254-
259.
K. Kannabiran, (2012) ‘Adivasi Homelands and the Question of Liberty’, in Tools of Justice: Non-
Discrimination and the Indian Constitution, New Delhi: Routledge, pp.242-271.
N. Watson (2011) ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Identities’ in A. Cadzow and J.
Maynard (eds.), Aboriginal Studies, Melbourne: Nelson Cengage Learning, pp.43-52.
W. Fernandes (2008) ‘India's Forced Displacement Policy and Practice. Is Compensation up to its
Functions?’, in M. Cernea and H. Mathus (eds), Can Compensation Prevent Impoverishment?
Reforming Resettlement through Investments and Benefit-Sharing, pp. 181-207, New Delhi: Oxford
University Press.
Additional Readings:
A. Laws and V. Iacopino, (2002) ‘Police Torture in Punjab, India: An Extended Survey’, in Health and
Human Rights, Vol. 6(1), pp. 195-210
D. O’Byrne, (2007) ‘Theorizing Human Rights’, in Human Rights: An Introduction, Delhi, Pearson,
pp.26-70.
J. Morsink, (1999) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins, Drafting and Intent,
Philadelphia: University of Pensylvania Press, pp. ix-xiv
J. Nickel, (1987) Making Sense of Human Rights: Philosophical Reflections on the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, Berkeley: University of California Press.
J. Goldman, (2005) ‘Of Treaties and Torture: How the Supreme Court Can Restrain the Executive’, in
Duke Law Journal, Vol. 55(3), pp. 609-640.
K. Tsutsui and C. Wotipka, (2004) Global Civil Society and the International Human Rights
Movement: Citizen Participation in Human Rights International Nongovernmental Organizations, in
Social Forces, Vol. 83(2), pp. 587-620.
L. Rabben, (2001) Amnesty International: Myth and Reality, in Agni, No. 54, Amnesty International
Fortieth Anniversary pp. 8-28
M. Mohanty, (2010) ‘In Pursuit of People’s Rights: An Introduction’, in M. Mohanty et al., Weapon of
the Oppressed: Inventory of People’s Rights in India, New Delhi: Danish Books, pp.1-11
M. Cranston, (1973) What are Human Rights? New York: Taplinger
M. Ishay, (2004) The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era, Delhi:
Orient Blackswan.
R. Sharan, (2009) ‘Alienation and Restoration of Tribal Land in Jharkhand in N Sundar (ed.) Legal
Grounds, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 82-112 Text of UDHR available at
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml
U. Baxi, (1989) ‘From Human Rights to the Right to be Human: Some Heresies’, in S. Kothari and H.
Sethi (eds.), Rethinking Human Rights, Delhi: Lokayan, pp.181-166

DSE - 2: WOMEN AND POLITICS

Course objective: This course opens up the question of women’s agency, taking it beyond ‘women’s
empowerment’ and focusing on women as radical social agents. It attempts to question the complicity of
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social structures and relations in gender inequality. This is extended to cover new forms of precarious
work and labour under the new economy. Special attention will be paid to feminism as an approach and
outlook. The course is divided into broad units, each of which is divided into three sub-units.

Course Contents:

I. Groundings (6 weeks)
1. Patriarchy (2 weeks)
 Sex-Gender Debates
 Public and Private
 Power
2. Feminism (2 weeks)
3. Family, Community, State (2 weeks)
 Family
 Community
 State
II. Movements and Issues (6 weeks)
1. History of the Women’s Movement in India (2 weeks)
2. Violence against women (2 weeks)
3. Work and Labour (2 weeks)
 Visible and Invisible work
 Reproductive and care work
 Sex work

Reading List:
I. Groundings
1. Patriarchy
Essential Readings:
T. Shinde, (1993) ‘Stree Purusha Tulna’, in K. Lalitha and Susie Tharu (eds), Women Writing in India,
New Delhi, Oxford University Press, pp. 221-234
U. Chakravarti, (2001) ‘Pitrasatta Par ek Note’, in S. Arya, N. Menon & J. Lokneeta (eds.) Naarivaadi
Rajneeti: Sangharsh evam Muddey, University of Delhi: Hindi Medium Implementation Board, pp.1-7
a. Sex Gender Debates
Essential Reading:
V Geetha, (2002) Gender, Kolkata, Stree, pp. 1-20
b. Public and Private
Essential Reading:
M. Kosambi, (2007) Crossing the Threshold, New Delhi, Permanent Black, pp. 3-10; 40-46
c. Power
Essential Reading:
N. Menon, (2008) ‘Power’, in R. Bhargava and A. Acharya (eds), Political Theory: An Introduction,
Delhi: Pearson, pp.148-157
2. Feminism
Essential Readings:
B. Hooks, (2010) ‘Feminism: A Movement to End Sexism’, in C. Mc Cann and S. Kim (eds), The
Feminist Reader: Local and Global Perspectives, New York: Routledge, pp. 51-57
R. Delmar, (2005) ‘What is Feminism?’, in W. Kolmar & F. Bartkowski (eds) Feminist Theory: A
Reader, pp. 27-37
3.Family, Community and State
a.Family
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Essential Readings:
R. Palriwala, (2008) ‘Economics and Patriliny: Consumption and Authority within the Household’ in M.
John. (ed) Women's Studies in India, New Delhi: Penguin, pp. 414-423
b. Community
Essential Reading:
U. Chakravarti, (2003) Gendering Caste through a Feminist Len, Kolkata, Stree, pp. 139-159.
c. State
Essential Reading:
C. MacKinnon, ‘The Liberal State’ from Towards a Feminist Theory of State, Available at http://fair-
use.org/catharine-mackinnon/toward-a-feminist-theory-of-the-state/chapter-8, Accessed: 19.04.2013.
Additional Readings:
K. Millet, (1968) Sexual Politics, Available at http://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/millett-
kate/sexual-politics.htm, Accessed: 19.04.2013.
N. Menon (2008) ‘Gender’, in R. Bhargava and A. Acharya (eds), Political Theory: An Introduction,
New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 224-233
R. Hussain, (1988) ‘Sultana’s Dream’, in Sultana’s Dream and Selections from the Secluded Ones –
translated by Roushan Jahan, New York: The Feminist Press S. Ray ‘Understanding Patriarchy’,
Available at http://www.du.ac.in/fileadmin/DU/Academics/course_material/hrge_06.pdf, Accessed:
19.04.2013.
S. de Beauvoir (1997) Second Sex, London: Vintage. Saheli Women’s Centre, (2007) Talking Marriage,
Caste and Community: Women’s Voices from Within, New Delhi: monograph
II. Movements and Issues
1. History of Women’s Movement in India
Essential Readings:
I. Agnihotri and V. Mazumdar, (1997) ‘Changing the Terms of Political Discourse: Women’s
Movement in India, 1970s-1990s’, Economic and Political Weekly, 30 (29), pp. 1869-1878.
R. Kapur, (2012) ‘Hecklers to Power? The Waning of Liberal Rights and Challenges to Feminism in
India’, in A. Loomba South Asian Feminisms, Durham and London: Duke University Press, pp. 333-355
2. Violence against Women
Essential Readings:
N. Menon, (2004) ‘Sexual Violence: Escaping the Body’, in Recovering Subversion, New Delhi:
Permanent Black, pp. 106-165
3. Work and Labour
a. Visible and Invisible work
Essential Reading:
P. Swaminathan, (2012) ‘Introduction’, in Women and Work, Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan, pp.1-17
b. Reproductive and care work
Essential Reading:
J. Tronto, (1996) ‘Care as a Political Concept’, in N. Hirschmann and C. Stephano, Revisioning the
Political, Boulder: Westview Press, pp. 139-156
c. Sex work
Essential Readings:
Darbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, Kolkata (2011) ‘Why the so-called Immoral Traffic (Preventive)
Act of India Should be Repealed’, in P. Kotiswaran, Sex Work, New Delhi, Women Unlimited, pp. 259-
262
N. Jameela, (2011) ‘Autobiography of a Sex Worker’, in P. Kotiswaran, Sex Work, New Delhi: Women
Unlimited, pp. 225-241
Additional Readings:
C. Zetkin, ‘Proletarian Woman’, Available at
http://www.marxists.org/archive/zetkin/1896/10/women.htm, Accessed: 19.04.2013.

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F. Engles, Family, Private Property and State, Available at
http://readingfromtheleft.com/PDF/EngelsOrigin.pdf, Accessed: 19.04.2013.
J. Ghosh, (2009) Never Done and Poorly Paid: Women’s Work in Globalising India, Delhi: Women
Unlimited Justice Verma Committee Report, Available at http://nlrd.org/womens-rightsinitiative/ justice-
verma-committee-report-download-full-report, Accessed: 19.04.2013.
N. Gandhi and N. Shah, (1992) Issues at Stake – Theory and Practice in the Women’s Movement, New
Delhi: Kali for Women.
V. Bryson, (1992) Feminist Political Theory, London: Palgrave-MacMillan, pp. 175-180; 196- 200
M. Mies, (1986) ‘Colonisation and Housewifisation’, in Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale
London: Zed, pp. 74-111, Available at http://caringlabor.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/maria-mies-
colonization andhousewifization/, Accessed: 19.04.2013.
R. Ghadially, (2007) Urban Women in Contemporary India, Delhi: Sage Publications.
S. Brownmiller, (1975) Against our Wills, New York: Ballantine.
Saheli Women’s Centre (2001) ‘Reproductive Health and Women’s Rights, Sex Selection and
feminist response’ in S Arya, N. Menon, J. Lokneeta (eds), Nariwadi Rajneeti, Delhi, pp. 284-306
V. Bryson (2007) Gender and the Politics of Time, Bristol: Polity Press
Readings in Hindi:
D. Mehrotra, (2001) Bhartiya Mahila Andolan: Kal, Aaj aur Kal, Delhi: Books for Change
G. Joshi, (2004) Bharat Mein Stree Asmaanta: Ek Vimarsh, University of Delhi: Hindi Medium
Implementation Board
N. Menon (2008) ‘Power’, in R. Bhargava and A. Acharya (eds) Political Theory: An Introduction, New
Delhi: Pearson
N. Menon (2008) ‘Gender’, in R. Bhargava and A. Acharya (eds) Political Theory: An Introduction,
New Delhi, Pearson
R. Upadhyay and S. Upadhyay (eds.) (2004) Aaj ka Stree Andolan, Delhi: Shabd Sandhan.
S. Arya, N. Menon and J. Lokneeta (eds.) (2001) Naarivaadi Rajneeti: Sangharsh evam Muddey,
University of Delhi: Hindi Medium Implementation Board.

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 Six Semester

C- 13: MODERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Course Objective: Philosophy and politics are closely intertwined. We explore this convergence by
identifying four main tendencies here. Students will be exposed to the manner in which the questions of
politics have been posed in terms that have implications for larger questions of thought and existence.

I. Modernity and its discourses (8 lectures)

This section will introduce students to the idea of modernity and the discourses around modernity. Two
essential readings have been prescribed.
II. Romantics (16 lectures)
 Jean Jacques Rousseau (8 Lectures)
Presentation themes: General Will; local or direct democracy; self-government; origin of
inequality.
 Mary Wollstonecraft (8 Lectures)
Presentation themes: Women and paternalism; critique of Rousseau’s idea of education; legal
rights
III. Liberal socialist (8 lectures)
 John Stuart Mill
Presentation themes: Liberty, suffrage and subjection of women, right of minorities; utility
principle.
IV. Radicals (16 lectures)
 Karl Marx (8 Lectures)
Presentation themes: Alienation; difference with other kinds of materialism; class struggle
 b. Alexandra Kollontai (8 Lectures)
Presentation themes: Winged and wingless Eros; proletarian woman; socialization of housework;
disagreement with Lenin.

Reading List:

I. Modernity and its discourses

Essential Readings:
I. Kant. (1784) ‘What is Enlightenment?,’ available at http://theliterarylink.com/kant.html, Accessed:
19.04.2013
S. Hall (1992) ‘Introduction’, in Formations of Modernity UK: Polity Press pages 1-16
II. Romantics
Essential Readings:
B. Nelson, (2008) Western Political Thought. New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 221-255.
M. Keens-Soper, (2003) ‘Jean Jacques Rousseau: The Social Contract’, in M. Forsyth and M.
Keens-Soper, (eds) A Guide to the Political Classics: Plato to Rousseau. New York: Oxford University
Press, pp. 171-202.
C. Jones, (2002) ‘Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindications and their Political Tradition’ in C. Johnson, (ed.)
The Cambridge Companion to Mary Wollstonecraft, Cambridge: Cambridge

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University Press, pp. 42-58.
S. Ferguson, (1999) ‘The Radical Ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft’, in Canadian Journal of Political
Science XXXII (3), pp. 427-50, Available at
http://digitalcommons.ryerson.ca/politics, Accessed: 19.04.2013.
III. Liberal Socialist
Essential Readings:
H. Magid, (1987) ‘John Stuart Mill’, in L. Strauss and J. Cropsey, (eds), History of Political Philosophy,
2nd edition. Chicago: Chicago University Press, pp. 784-801.
P. Kelly, (2003) ‘J.S. Mill on Liberty’, in D. Boucher, and P. Kelly, (eds.) Political Thinkers: From
Socrates to the Present. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 324-359.
IV. Radicals
Essential Readings:
J. Cropsey, (1987) ‘Karl Marx’, in L. Strauss and J. Cropsey, (eds) History of Political Philosophy,
2ndEdition. Chicago: Chicago University Press, pp. 802-828.
L. Wilde, (2003) ‘Early Marx’, in D. Boucher and P. Kelly, P. (eds) Political Thinkers: From Socrates
to the Present. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 404-435.
V. Bryson, (1992) ‘Marxist Feminism in Russia’ in Feminist Political Theory, London: Palgrave
Macmillan, pp. 114-122
C. Sypnowich, (1993) ‘Alexandra Kollontai and the Fate of Bolshevik Feminism’ Labour/Le Travail
Vol. 32 (Fall 1992) pp. 287-295
A. Kollontai (1909), The Social Basis of the Woman Question, Available at
http://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1909/social-basis.htm, Accessed: 19.04.2013
Additional Readings:
A. Bloom, (1987) ‘Jean-Jacques Rousseau’, in Strauss, L. and Cropsey, J. (eds.) History of Political
Philosophy, 2nd edition. Chicago: Chicago University Press, pp. 559-580. Selections from A Vindication
of the Rights of Woman, Available at
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/wollstonecraft/womana. html#CHAPTER%20II, Accessed:
19.04.2013.
A. Skoble and T. Machan, (2007) Political Philosophy: Essential Selections, New Delhi: Pearson
Education, pp. 328-354.
B. Ollman (1991) Marxism: An Uncommon Introduction, New Delhi: Sterling Publishers.
G. Blakely and V. Bryson (2005) Marx and Other Four Letter Words, London: Pluto
A. Skoble, and T. Machan, (2007) Political Philosophy: Essential Selections, New Delhi: Pearson
Education, pp. 286-327.
A. Kollontai, (1977) ‘Social Democracy and the Women’s Question’, in Selected Writings of Alexandra
Kollontai, London: Allison & Busby, pp. 29-74.
A. Kollontai, (1977) ‘Make Way for Winged Eros: A Letter to the Youth’, in Selected Writings of
Alexandra Kollontai Allison & Busby, pp. 201-292.
C. Porter, (1980) Alexandra Kollontai: The Lonely Struggle of the Woman who defied Lenin, New York:
Dutton Children’s Books.

C- 14: INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT-II

Course Objective: Based on the study of individual thinkers, the course introduces a wide span of
thinkers and themes that defines the modernity of Indian political thought. The objective is to study
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general themes that have been produced by thinkers from varied social and temporal contexts. Selected
extracts from original texts are also given to discuss in the class. The list of additional readings is meant
for teachers as well as the more interested students.

1. Introduction to Modern Indian Political Thought (4 lectures)

2. Rammohan Roy: Rights (4 lectures)
3. Pandita Ramabai: Gender (4 lectures)
4. Vivekananda: Ideal Society (5 lectures)
5. Gandhi: Swaraj (5 lectures)
6. Ambedkar: Social Justice (5 lectures)
7. Tagore: Critique of Nationalism (4 lectures)
8. Iqbal: Community (5 lectures)
9. Savarkar: Hindutva (4 lectures)
10. Nehru: Secularism (4 lectures)
11. Lohia: Socialism (4 lectures)

Reading List:

I. Introduction to Modern Indian Political Thought

Essential Readings:
V. Mehta and T. Pantham (eds.), (2006) ‘A Thematic Introduction to Political Ideas in Modern India:
Thematic Explorations, History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian civilization’ Vol. 10, Part:
7, New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. xxvii-ixi.
D. Dalton, (1982) ‘Continuity of Innovation’, in Indian Idea of Freedom: Political Thought of Swami
Vivekananda, Aurobindo Ghose, Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi, Academic Press:
Gurgaon, pp. 1-28.
II. Rammohan Roy: Rights
Essential Readings:
R. Roy, (1991) ‘The Precepts of Jesus, the Guide to Peace and Happiness’, S. Hay, (ed.) Sources of
Indian Traditio, Vol. 2. Second Edition. New Delhi: Penguin, pp. 24-29.
C. Bayly, (2010) ‘Rammohan and the Advent of Constitutional Liberalism in India 1800-1830’, in Sh.
Kapila (ed.), An intellectual History for India, New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, pp. 18- 34.
T. Pantham, (1986) ‘The Socio-Religious Thought of Rammohan Roy’, in Th. Panthom and K. Deutsch,
(eds.) Political Thought in Modern India, New Delhi: Sage, pp.32-52.
Additional Reading:
S. Sarkar, (1985) ‘Rammohan Roy and the break With the Past’, in A Critique on colonial India,
Calcutta: Papyrus, pp. 1-17.
III. Pandita Ramabai: Gender
Essential Readings:
P. Ramabai, (2000) ‘Woman’s Place in Religion and Society’, in M. Kosambi (ed.), Pandita Ramabai
Through her Own Words: Selected Works, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 150-155.
M. Kosambi, (1988) ‘Women’s Emancipation and Equality: Pandita Ramabai’s Contribution to
Women’s Cause’, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 23(44), pp. 38-49.
Additional Reading:
U. Chakravarti, (2007) Pandita Ramabai - A Life and a Time, New Delhi: Critical Quest, pp. 1- 40.
G. Omvedt, (2008) ‘Ramabai: Women in the Kingdom of God’, in Seeking Begumpura: The Social
Vision of Anti Caste Intellectuals, New Delhi: Navayana. pp. 205-224.
IV. Vivekananda: Ideal Society
Essential Readings:
S. Vivekananda, (2007) ‘The Real and the Apparent Man’, S. Bodhasarananda (ed.), Selections from the
Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama, pp. 126-129.
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A. Sen, (2003) ‘Swami Vivekananda on History and Society’, in Swami Vivekananda, Delhi: Oxford
University Press, pp. 62- 79.
H. Rustav, (1998) ‘Swami Vivekananda and the Ideal Society’, in W. Radice (ed.), Swami Vivekananda
and the Modernisation of Hinduism, Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 264-280.
Additional Reading:
Raghuramaraju, (2007) ‘Swami and Mahatma, Paradigms: State and Civil Society’, in Debates in Indian
Philosophy: Classical, Colonial, and Contemporary, Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 29-65.
V. Gandhi: Swaraj
Essential Readings:
M. Gandhi, (1991) ‘Satyagraha: Transforming Unjust Relationships through the Power of the Soul’, in
S. Hay (ed.), Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 2.Second Edition, New Delhi: Penguin, pp. 265-270.
A. Parel, (ed.), (2002) ‘Introduction’, in Gandhi, freedom and Self Rule, Delhi: Vistaar Publication.
D. Dalton, (1982) Indian Idea of Freedom: Political Thought of Swami Vivekananda, AurobindoGhose,
Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, Gurgaon: The Academic Press, pp. 154- 190.
Additional Reading:
R. Terchek, (2002) ‘Gandhian Autonomy in Late Modern World’, in A. Parel (ed.), Gandhi, Freedom
and Self Rule. Delhi: Sage.
VI. Ambedkar: Social Justice
Essential Readings:
B. Ambedkar, (1991) ‘Constituent Assembly Debates’, S. Hay (ed.), Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 2,
Second Edition, New Delhi: Penguin, pp. 342-347.
V. Rodrigues, (2007) ‘Good society, Rights, Democracy Socialism’, in S. Thorat and Aryama (eds.),
Ambedkar in Retrospect - Essays on Economics, Politics and Society, Jaipur: IIDS and Rawat
Publications.
B. Mungekar, (2007) ‘Quest for Democratic Socialism’, in S. Thorat, and Aryana (eds.), Ambedkar in
Retrospect - Essays on Economics, Politics and Society, Jaipur: IIDS and Rawat Publications, pp. 121-
142.
Additional Reading:
P. Chatterjee, (2005) ‘Ambedkar and the Troubled times of Citizenship’, in V. Mehta and Th.
Pantham (eds.), Political ideas in modern India: Thematic Explorations, New Delhi: Sage, pp. 73-92.
VII. Tagore: Critique of Nationalism
Essential Readings:
R. Tagore, (1994) ‘The Nation’, S. Das (ed.), The English Writings of Rabindranath Tagore, Vol. 3,
New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, pp. 548-551.
R. Chakravarty, (1986) ‘Tagore, Politics and Beyond’, in Th. Panthams and K. Deutsch (eds.), Political
Thought in Modern India, New Delhi: Sage, pp. 177-191.
M. Radhakrishnan, and Debasmita, (2003) ‘Nationalism is a Great Menace: Tagore and Nationalism’ in
P. Hogan, Colm and L. Pandit, (eds.) Rabindranath Tagore: Universality and Tradition, London:
Rosemont Publishing and Printing Corporation, pp. 29-39.
Additional Reading:
A. Nandy, (1994) ‘Rabindranath Tagore & Politics of Self’, in Illegitimacy of Nationalism, Delhi:
Oxford University Press, pp. 1-50.

VIII. Iqbal: Community

Essential Readings:
M. Iqbal, (1991) ‘Speeches and Statements’, in S. Hay (ed.), Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol.2, Second
Edition, New Delhi: Penguin, pp. 218-222.
A. Engineer, (1980) ‘Iqbal’s Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam’, in Social Scientist, Vol.8
(8), pp. 52-63.
Madani, (2005) Composite Nationalism and Islam, New Delhi: Manohar, pp. 66-91.
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Additional Reading:
L. Gordon-Polonskya, (1971) ‘Ideology of Muslim Nationalism’, in H. Malik (ed.), Iqbal: Poet-
Philosopher of Pakistan, New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 108-134.
IX. Savarkar: Hindutva
Essential Readings:
V.Savarkar, ‘Hindutva is Different from Hinduism’, available at http://www.savarkar.org/en/hindutva-
/essentials-hindutva/hindutva-different-hinduism, Accessed: 19.04.2013
J. Sharma, (2003) Hindutva: Exploring the Idea of Hindu Nationalism, Delhi: Penguin, pp. 124-172.
Additional Reading:
Dh. Keer, (1966) Veer Savarkar, Bombay: Popular Prakashan, pp. 223-250.
X. Nehru: Secularism
Essential Readings:
J. Nehru, (1991) ‘Selected Works’, in S. Hay (ed.), Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 2, Second Edition,
New Delhi: Penguin, pp. 317-319.
R. Pillai, (1986) ‘Political thought of Jawaharlal Nehru’, in Th. Pantham, and K. Deutsch (eds.),
Political Thought in Modem India, New Delhi: Sage, pp. 260- 274.
B. Zachariah, (2004) Nehru, London: Routledge Historical Biographies, pp. 169-213.
Additional Reading:
P. Chatterjee, (1986) ‘The Moment of Arrival: Nehru and the Passive Revolution’, in Nationalist
Thought and the Colonial World: A Derivative Discourse? London: Zed Books, pp. 131-166
XI. Lohia: Socialism
Essential Readings:
M. Anees and V. Dixit (eds.), (1984) Lohia: Many Faceted Personality, Rammanohar Lohia Smarak
Smriti.
S. Sinha, (2010) ‘Lohia’s Socialism: An underdog’s perspective’, in Economic and Political Weekly,
Vol. XLV (40) pp. 51-55.
A. Kumar, (2010) ‘Understanding Lohia’s Political Sociology: Intersectionality of Caste, Class, Gender
and Language Issue’, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XLV (40), pp. 64-70.

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC (ELECTIVE)

DSE - 3: SOUTH ASIA

Course Objective: The course introduces the historical legacies and geopolitics of South Asia as a
region. It imparts an understanding of political regime types as well as the socio economic issues of the
region in a comparative framework. The course also apprises students of the common challenges and the
strategies deployed to deal with them by countries in South Asia.

I. South Asia- Understanding South Asia as a Region (9 Lectures)

 Historical and Colonial Legacies (b) Geopolitics of South Asia
II. Politics and Governance (21 Lectures)
 Regime types: democracy, authoritarianism, monarchy.
 (b) Emerging constitutional practices: federal experiments in Pakistan; constitutional debate in
Nepal and Bhutan; devolution debate in Sri Lanka
III. Socio-Economic Issues (15 Lectures)

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  Identity politics and economic deprivation: challenges and impacts (case studies of Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka)
IV. Regional Issues and Challenges (15 Lectures)
 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC): problems and prospects (b)
Terrorism_(c) Migration.

Reading Lists:
I. South Asia- Understanding South Asia as a Region
Hewitt, V. (1992) ‘Introduction’, in The International Politics of South Asia. Manchester: Manchester
University Press, pp.1-10.
Hewitt, V. (2010) ‘International Politics of South Asia’ in Brass, P. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of South
Asian Politics. London: Routledge, pp.399-418.
Muni, S.D. (2003) ‘South Asia as a Region’, South Asian Journal, 1(1), August-September, pp. 1-6
Baxter, C. (ed.) (1986) The Government and Politics of South Asia. London: Oxford University Press,
pp.376-394.
Baxter, C. (2010) ‘Introduction’, Brass, P. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics. London:
Routledge, pp.1-24
II. Politics and Governance
De Silva, K.M. (2001)‘The Working of Democracy in South Asia’, in Panandikar, V.A (ed.) Problems
of Governance in South Asia. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research & Konark Publishing House, pp.
46-88.
Wilson, J. (2003) ‘Sri Lanka: Ethnic Strife and the Politics of Space’, in Coakley, J. (ed.) The Territorial
Management of Ethnic Conflict. Oregon: Frank Cass, pp. 173-193.
Mendis, D. (2008) ‘South Asian Democracies in Transition’, in Mendis, D. (ed.) Electoral Processes and
Governance in South Asia. New Delhi: Sage, pp.15-52.
Subramanyam, K. (2001) ‘Military and Governance in South Asia’, in V.A (ed.) Problems of
Governance in South Asia. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research & Konark Publishing House, pp.201-
208.
Hachethi, K. and Gellner, D.N.(2010) ‘Nepal : Trajectories of Democracy and Restructuring of the
State’, in Brass, P. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics. London: Routledge, pp. 131-146.
Kukreja, V. 2011. ‘Federalism in Pakistan’, in Saxena R. (ed.) Varieties of Federal Governance. New
Delhi: Foundation Books, pp. 104-130.
Jha, N.K. (2008) ‘Domestic Turbulence in Nepal: Origin, Dimensions and India’s Policy Options’, in
Kukreja, V. and Singh, M.P. (eds.) Democracy, Development and Discontent in
South Asia. New Delhi: Sage, pp. 264-281.
Burki, S.J. (2010) ‘Pakistan’s Politics and its Economy’, in Brass, P. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of South
Asian Politics. London: Routledge, pp. 83-97.
Kaul, N. (2008)‘Bearing Better Witness in Bhutan’, Economic and Political Weekly, 13 September, pp.
67-69.
III. Socio-Economic Issues
Phadnis, U.(1986) ‘Ethnic Conflicts in South Asian States’, in Muni, S.D. et.al. (eds.) Domestic
Conflicts in South Asia : Political, Economic and Ethnic Dimensions. Vol. 2. New Delhi: South Asian
Publishers, pp.100-119.
Kukreja, V. (2003) Contemporary Pakistan. New Delhi: Sage, pp. 75-111 and 112-153.
IV. Regional Issues and Challenges
Narayan, S. (2010) ‘SAARC and South Asia Economic Integration’, in Muni, S.D. (ed.) Emerging
dimensions of SAARC. New Delhi: Foundation Books, pp. 32-50.
Muni, S.D. and Jetley, R. (2010) ‘SAARC prospects: the Changing Dimensions’, in Muni, S.D. (ed.)
Emerging dimensions of SAARC. New Delhi: Foundation Books, pp. 1-31.
Baral, L.R. (2006) ‘Responding to Terrorism: Political and Social Consequences in South Asia’, in
Muni, S.D. (ed.) Responding to terrorism in South Asia. New Delhi: Manohar, pp.301-332.
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Muni, S.D. (2006) ‘Responding to Terrorism: An Overview’, in Muni, S.D. (ed.) Responding to
terrorism in South Asia. New Delhi: Manohar, pp.453-469.
Hoyt, T.D. (2005) ‘The War on Terrorism: Implications for South Asia’, in Hagerty, D.T. (ed.) South
Asia in World Politics. Lanham: Roman and Littlefield Publishers, pp.281-295.
Lama, M. (2003) ‘Poverty, Migration and Conflict: Challenges to Human Security in South Asia’, in
Chari, P.R. and Gupta, S. (eds.) Human Security in South Asia: Gender, Energy, Migration and
Globalisation. New Delhi: Social Science Press, pp. 124-144
Acharya, J. and Bose, T.K. (2001) ‘The New Search for a Durable Solution for Refugees: South Asia’,
in Samaddar, S. and Reifeld, H. (eds.) Peace as Process: Reconciliation and Conflict Resolution in South
Asia. New Delhi: Vedams ,pp-137-157
Additional Readings
Baxter, C. (ed.) (1986) The Government and Politics of South Asia. London: Oxford University Press.
Rizvi, G. (1993) South Asia in a Changing International Order. New Delhi: Sage._Thakur, R. and
Wiggin, O.(ed.) (2005) South Asia and the world. New Delhi: Bookwell. Hagerty, D.T. (ed.) (2005)
South Asia in World Politics, Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield. Samaddar, R. (2002) ‘Protecting the
Victims of Forced Migration: Mixed Flows and Massive Flows’, in Makenkemp, M. Tongern, P.V. and
Van De Veen, H. (eds.) Searching for
Peace in Central and South Asia. London: Lynne Reinner._Kukreja, V. and Singh, M.P. (eds) (2008)
Democracy, Development and Discontent in SouthAsia. New Delhi: Sage.

DSE - 4: INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY

Course Objective: This course’s objective is to teach students the domestic sources and the structural
constraints on the genesis, evolution and practice of India’s foreign policy. The Endeavour is to
highlight integral linkages between the ‘domestic’ and the ‘international’ aspects of India’s foreign
policy by stressing on the shifts in its domestic identity and the corresponding changes at the
international level. Students will be instructed on India’s shifting identity as a postcolonial state to the
contemporary dynamics of India attempting to carve its identity as an ‘aspiring power’. India’s evolving
relations with the superpowers during the Cold War and after, bargaining strategy and positioning in
international climate change negotiations, international economic governance, international terrorism
and the United Nations facilitate an understanding of the changing positions and development of India’s
role as a global player since independence.

1. India’s Foreign Policy: From a Postcolonial State to an Aspiring Global Power (7 lectures)
2. India’s Relations with the USA and USSR/Russia (9 lectures)
3. India’s Engagements with China (6 lectures)
4. India in South Asia: Debating Regional Strategies (9 lectures)
5. India’s Negotiating Style and Strategies: Trade, Environment and Security Regimes (11
lectures)
6. India in the Contemporary Multi-polar World (6 lectures)

Reading List:

I. India’s Foreign Policy: From a Postcolonial State to an Aspiring Global Power

Essential Readings:
S. Ganguly and M. Pardesi, (2009) ‘Explaining Sixty Years of India’s Foreign Policy’, in India Review,
Vol. 8 (1), pp. 4–19.

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Ch. Ogden, (2011) ‘International ‘Aspirations’ of a Rising Power’, in David Scott (ed.), Handbook of
India’s International Relations, London: Routeledge, pp.3-31
W. Anderson, (2011) ‘Domestic Roots of Indian Foreign Policy’, in W. Anderson, Trysts with
Democracy: Political Practice in South Asia, Anthem Press: University Publishing Online.
Additional Reading:
J. Bandhopadhyaya, (1970) The Making Of India's Foreign Policy, New Delhi: Allied Publishers.
II: India’s Relations with the USA and USSR/Russia
Essential Readings:
S. Mehrotra, (1990) ‘Indo-Soviet Economic Relations: Geopolitical and Ideological Factors’, in India
and the Soviet Union: Trade and Technology Transfer, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, pp. 8
28.
R. Hathaway, (2003) ‘The US-India Courtship: From Clinton to Bush’, in S. Ganguly (ed.), India as an
Emerging Power, Frank Cass: Portland.
A. Singh, (1995) ‘India's Relations with Russia and Central Asia’, in International Affairs, Vol. 71 (1):
69-81.
M. Zafar, (1984), ‘Chapter 1’, in India and the Superpowers: India's Political Relations with the
Superpowers in the 1970s, Dhaka, University Press.
Additional Readings:
H. Pant, (2008) ‘The U.S.-India Entente: From Estrangement to Engagement’, in H. Pant, Contemporary
Debates in Indian Foreign and Security Policy: India Negotiates Its Rise in the International System,
Palgrave Macmillan: London.
D. Mistry, (2006) ‘Diplomacy, Domestic Politics, and the U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement’, in Asian
Survey, Vol. 46 (5), pp. 675-698.
III: India’s Engagements with China
Essential Readings:
H. Pant, (2011) ‘India’s Relations with China’, in D. Scott (ed.), Handbook of India’s International
Relations, London: Routeledge, pp. 233-242.
A. Tellis and S. Mirski, (2013) ‘Introduction’, in A. Tellis and S. Mirski (eds.), Crux of Asia: China,
India, and the Emerging Global Order, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:
Washington.
S. Raghavan, (2013) ‘Stability in Southern Asia: India’s Perspective’, in A. Tellis and S. Mirski (eds.),
Crux of Asia: China, India, and the Emerging Global Order, Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace: Washington.
Additional Reading:
Li Li, (2013) ‘Stability in Southern Asia: China’s Perspective’, in A. Tellis and S. Mirski (eds.), Crux of
Asia: China, India, and the Emerging Global Order, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:
Washington.
IV: India in South Asia: Debating Regional Strategies
Essential Readings:
S. Muni, (2003) ‘Problem Areas in India’s Neighbourhood Policy’, in South Asian Survey, Vol. 10 (2),
pp. 185-196.
S. Cohen, (2002) India: Emerging Power, Brookings Institution Press.V. Sood, (2009) ‘India and
regional security interests’, in Alyssa Ayres and C. Raja Mohan (eds), Power realignments in Asia:
China, India, and the United States, New Delhi: Sage.
Additional Readings:
M. Pardesi, (2005) ‘Deducing India’s Grand Strategy of Regional Hegemony from Historical and
Conceptual Perspectives’, IDSS Working Paper, 76, Available at
http://www.rsis.edu.sg/publications/WorkingPapers/WP76.pdf, Accessed: 19.04.2013.
D. Scott, (2009) ‘India's “Extended Neighbourhood” Concept: Power Projection for a Rising Power’, in
India Review, Vol. 8 (2), pp. 107-143
V: India’s Negotiating Style and Strategies: Trade, Environment and Security Regimes
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Essential Readings:
S. Cohen, (2002) ‘The World View of India’s Strategic Elite’, in S. Cohen, India: Emerging Power,
Brookings Institution Press, pp. 36-65.
A. Narlikar, (2007) ‘All that Glitters is not Gold: India’s Rise to Power’, in Third World Quarterly, Vol.
28 (5) pp. 983 – 996.
N. Dubash, (2012) ‘The Politics of Climate Change in India: Narratives of Enquiry and Cobenefits’,
Working Paper, New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research.
N. Jayaprakash, (2000) ‘Nuclear Disarmament and India’, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 35
(7), pp. 525-533.
Additional Readings:
P. Bidwai, (2005) ‘A Deplorable Nuclear Bargain’, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 40 (31), pp.
3362-3364.
A. Anant, (2011) ‘India and International Terrorism’, in D. Scott (ed.), Handbook of India’s
International Relations, London: Routledge, pp. 266-277.
VI: India in the Contemporary Multipolar World
Essential Readings:
R. Rajgopalan and V. Sahni (2008), ‘India and the Great Powers: Strategic Imperatives, Normative
Necessities’, in South Asian Survey, Vol. 15 (1), pp. 5–32.
C. Mohan, (2013) ‘Changing Global Order: India’s Perspective’, in A. Tellis and S. Mirski (eds.), Crux
of Asia: China, India, and the Emerging Global Order, Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace: Washington.
A. Narlikar, (2006) ‘Peculiar Chauvinism or Strategic Calculation? Explaining the Negotiating Strategy
of a Rising India’, in International Affairs, Vol. 82 (1), pp. 59-76.
Additional Reading:
P. Mehta, (2009) ‘Still Under Nehru’s Shadow? The Absence of Foreign Policy Frameworks in India’,
in India Review, Vol. 8 (3), pp. 209–233.
Online Resources:
Government of India’s Ministry of External Relations website at http://www.mea.gov.in/ and specially
its library which provides online resources at http://mealib.nic.in/
The Council of Foreign Relations has a regularly updated blog on India’s foreign policy:
http://www.cfr.org/region/india/ri282 Centre for Policy Research’s blog on IR and strategic affairs
though it is not exclusively on India’s foreign policy. http://www.cprindia.org/blog/international-
relations-and-security-blog
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses: http://www.idsa.in/
Research and Information System: www.ris.org.in/
Indian Council of World Affairs: www.icwa.in/
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies: www.ipcs.org/
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations: www.icrier.org/

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