M. A. Political Science Semester System Course Scheme: 1 SEMESTER (Autumn) 4 CORE Courses

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M. A.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Semester System
COURSE SCHEME
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1st SEMESTER (Autumn)
4 CORE Courses
Course No. Course Title
POL 501 Western Political Thought- I (From Plato to Hegel)

POL 502 Comparative Politics
POL 503 Modern Indian Political Thinkers
POL 504 Indian Administration
2nd SEMESTER (Spring)
4 Compulsory Courses
POL 511 Western Political Thought- II

POL 512 Indian Political System
POL 513 Principles of Public Administration
POL 514 Concepts & Contemporary Issues in International Relations
3rd SEMESTER (Autumn)
2 CORE & 2 ELECTIVE Course
POL 601 Theory of International Relations

POL 602 Human Rights
Group A – Interpreting India ( Any One Elective Course From Group ‘A’)

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POL 651 State Politics in India (With Special Reference to U.P.)

POL 652 Reform Initiatives and Administrative Changes in India
POL 653 Human Rights in India
POL 654 Government and Politics in India
POL 655 Themes in Indian Political Thought
POL 656 Society & Politics in India
POL 657 Women Empowerment & Gender Justice in India
Group B – Political Philosophy and Public Policy

( Any One Elective Course From Group ‘B’)
POL 661 Political Sociology

POL 662 Green Political Thought
POL 663 Feminism and Gender Justice
POL 664 Civil Society
POL 665 Public Policy
POL 666 Research Methods in Social Sciences
4th SEMESTER (SPRING )
2 CORE Courses & 2 Elective Courses
POL 611 Contemporary Political Philosophy

POL 612 India in World Affairs
Group C – Comparative Politics & Political Systems

( Any One Elective from Group ‘C’
POL 671 State in Comparative Perspective

POL 672 Theories of Social Change, Social Movements, and Revolutions
POL 673 Development Discourse - Politics of the Development
POL 674 Comparative Study of Culture, Identity and Politics
POL 675 South Asian Political Systems (Pak, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal)
POL 676 Political Parties and Party Systems
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Group D – International Relations
Any one Elective Course from Group ‘D’
POL 681 International Relations after the Second World War

POL 682 South Asian Regional Security
POL 683 Diplomacy
POL 684 India, Pakistan & the Great Powers
POL 685 Foreign Policy of the Major Powers
POL 686 International Law
POL 687 International Organization
There will be 16 courses of 5 credits each over a four semester period.

There will be 12 CORE and 4 ELECTIVE Courses.
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M.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE

Ist SEMESTER ( AUTUMN)
Course Code : POL 501
Course Title : Western political thought – I (From Plato to Hegel)
THE GREEKS
PLATO
ARISTOTLE
THE MEDIEVALISTS
AUGUSTINE
AQUINAS
THE MODERNS
MACHIAVELLI
HOBBES
LOCKE
ROUSSEAU
BENTHAM
MILL
GREEN
HEGEL
Recommended Readings :
1. F.W. Coker, Recent Political Thought, The World Press Private Ltd., Calcutta, 1966
2. Roberts Peri & Peter Sutch, An Introduction to Political Thought, Atlantic Publishers, New
Delhi, 2005.
3. L. Colletti, From Rousseau to Lenin, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1969.
4. J. S. McClelland: A History of Western Political Thought
5. Brain Nelson : Western Political Thought from Socrates to the age of Ideology
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6. Judith Best : The Mainstream of Western Political Thought

7. R.G. Mulgan : Aristotles’ Political Theory
8. John Bowle : Western Political Thought : From the Origins to Rousseau
9. Shefali Jha : Western Political Thought - From Plato to Marx
10. Dante Germino : Machiavelli to Marx – Modern Western Political Thought
11. Bruce Haddoc : A History of Political Thought : From Antiquity to the Present
12. W.K.C. Gutheri : The Greek Philosophers from Thales to Aristotle
13. Ernest Barker : Greek Political theory : Plato and His Predecessors
14. G.H. Sabine : A history of Political Thought
15. Q. Skinner Foundations of Modern Political Thought
16. C. B. Macpherson : The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism
17. S. Avineri : Hegel’s Theory of the Modern State
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M.A.: POLITICAL SCIENCE

Course Title: COMPARATIVE POLITICS
(Compulsory Course)
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(I) (i) Comparative Politics – A historical overview

(ii) Meaning, Nature and Scope, Present & Future trends
(II) Approaches to the study of Comparative Politics –
Traditional & Modern
Behaviour, Post Behaviour approaches
Political Systems Approach – David Easton’s model
Structural Functionalism – Almond’s model
Karl Deutsch’s Communication model
Political Economy approach
Culture Centric Approach
(III) Constitutionalism and Democratic Theory, Liberal, Classical and Contemporary,
David Held’s Concept of Cosmopolitan Democracy, Authoritarian, Military &
Totalitarian Dictatorships.
(IV) Theories of Party systems, classification & role in Modern Societies.
Pressure Groups
Civil Society and the State
Theories of Ruling Elites & Political Leadership
(V) Comparative Development Experience
Theories of Development
Political Development & Modernization
Development and Under development and Dependency
Problems confronting developing countries
Search for alternative model of development
Impact of Liberalisation and globalization on developing political systems.
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READING LIST
1 Almond, G. A. and Powell, G. B., Comparative Politics: A Developmental Approach, Boston, Mass, 1966
Almond, G. A. and Sidney, Verba, The Civic Culture (Boston: Little, Brown, 1965). - (Eds.), The Civic
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Culture Revisited (Boston: Little Brwn, 1980)
3 Almond, Gabriel A. Comparative Politics Today: A World View. Harper Collins College Publishers, 1996.
4 Amin, Samir, Unequal Development. New York, NY: Monthly Review Press, 1976
Apter, D. (1996) 'Comparative politics, old and new', in R. Goodin' and H-D. Klingemann (ed.), A New
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Handbook of Political Science. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 372-97.
6 Apter, David E., Introduction to Political Analysis (Cambridge, Mass: Winthrop, 1977)
7 Apter, David, The Politics of Modernisation, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1067
8 Arendt, Hannah, The Origins of Totalitarianism (New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1951).
9 Calvert, P., Revolution, London, 1970
10 Chalesworth, J. (Ed.), Cntemporary Political Analysis (New York: Oxford University Press, 1967)
11 Chatterji, Rakhahari, Introduction to Comparative Political Analysis. Kolkata: Sarat Book House, 2008
12 Das, Harihara, Comparative Government. New Delhi: National Publishing House, 2003
13 Deutsch, Karl : The Nerves of Government, The Free Press, Glencoe, III, 1963
14 Dube, S.C.,: Tradition and Development, Vikas, New Delhi, 1990
15 Duverger, Maurice, : Political Parties, Methuen & Co. Ltd,: London, 1954
La Palombara, Joseph and Myron Weiner (ed.), Political Parties and Political Development edited by
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Princeton University Press, 1966
17 Macridis, R.C. & Ward, R.E., : Modern Political Systems: Asia (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1964
Macridis, Roy, C. & Brown, B.e.(Eds.), : Comparative Politics : Notes and Readings, (Illinois: dorsey Press
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1961)
19 Mills, C.Wright, : The Power Elites, Oxford University Press, London, 1939
20 Mukhopadhyaya A.K.,: Political Sociolog, K.P.Bagchi & Co., 1980
Pye Lucian W. & Verba, Sidney (Eds.) : Political Culture and Political Development, Princeton University
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Press, Princeton, 1965
22 Rathore L.S., : Political Sociology, Meenakshi, New Delhi, 1981
23 Roberts, G. K. What Is Comparative Politics. London: Macmillan, 1972
24 Sartori, G., Democratic Theory (London: Praeger, 1962).

25 Schumpeter, Joseph A., Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, George Alien and Unwin, London, 1966
26 Verma, S.P., Modern Political Theory, Vikas, Delhi, 1975
27 Vidya Bhusan: Comparative Politics, Atlantic, New Delhi, 1997
28 Wiseman, H.V.Political Systems, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1966

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M..A.: POLITICAL SCIENCE

Course Code POL 503
Course Title: MODERN INDIAN POLITICAL THINKERS
(Compulsory Course)
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SECTION I
a. Sources of Modern Indian Political Thought

b. Influences: Growth of Different Ideologies
c. Context of Modern Political Thought
SECTION II
 RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY

a. Rationalist Foundation of Liberalism, Rationalism and Universalism
b. Constitutionalism: Law and Judicial System
 TILAK
a. Idea of Swaraja
b. Doctrine of Passive Resistance
 V.D. SAVARKAR
a. On Indian Identity
b. Concept of Hindutva
 RABRINDRANATH TAGORE
a. Idea of Freedom (Mukti)
b. Critique Nationalism
 M.A. JINNAH
a. Liberalism and Secularism
b. Nationalism and Islam
 M.N. ROY
a. Critique of and Contribution to Communism
b. Radical Humanism
 M.K. GANDHI
a. Non- Violence
b. Satyagraha and Swaraja
c. Gramrajya
 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
a. Democratic Socialism
b. Humanism and Democracy
 B.R. AMBEDKAR
a. Critique of Brahmanical Hinduism
b. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, Social Justice
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c. Role in Constitution Making

 R.M. LOHIA
a. Idea of State
b. Idea of Democracy
READING LIST
A. Appadorai : Indian Political thinking Through the Ages
Karunakaran K.P. : Indian Politics from Naoroji to Gandhi
Mehta V. R. : Foundations of Indian Political Thought
Verrma V.P. : Modern Indian Political thought (Hindi Too)
Naraane, V.M. : Modern Indian thought
Chakravarty B and Pandey, R : Modern Indian Thought : Text and Context Also (In Hindi too)
Sinari, R.A. : Modern Indian Political Thought
Suda, J.P. :Main Currents of Social and Political Thought in Modern India – III Vol(also in
Hindi)
Singh and Roy : Indian Political Thought

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Course Code POL 504
Course Title: INDIAN ADMINISTRATION
(Compulsory Course)
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Course Rationale:
The paper examines the evolution, history, growth and structure of Indian
Administration. It also explores the financial and structural mix between the institutional
evolution and the dynamics of developmental concerns. It attempts to examine the impact
of globalisation, liberalization and privatization on economic administration of India and
also the remedial measures attached to it.
1. EVOLUTION OF INDIAN ADMINISTRATION:-

a. Mauryan
b. Mughal
c. British Administration
2. POST-INDEPENDENCE INDIAN ADMINISTRATION:-
a. Constitutional Setting
b. Parliamentary Democracy
c. Federalism
d. Socialism
e. Globalisation & its Impact
3. FEDERAL ARRANGEMENT
a. Centre- State Relationship
b. Recent Developments
4. STRUCTURE OF ADMINISTRATION
a. Central Secretariat
b. Cabinet Secretariat
c. P.M.O
d. Cabinet Committees
5. STATE ADMINISTRATION
a. Role of Governor
6. Financial Administration
a. Budget- Formation, Approval and Execution
b. Parliamentary Control over Finance
c. Parliamentary Committees
d. CAG
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e. Lokpal, Social Audit

7. Planning and Development
a. Planning- History and Growth in India
b. Planning Process in India
c. NITI AAYOG its organization, structure and functions
d. Economic Liberalization and Recent Initiatives
8. Public Sector Units

a. History and Classification
b. Achievements and Limitations
c. Recent Developments in Public Enterprises- Privatization and Disinvestment
SUGGESTED READINGS
 Austin, Grainville, 2003, Working of Democratic Constitution : A History of Indian

Experience, Oxford University Press, New Delhi
 Bandopadhyay, D, 2003, 12th Finance Commission and Panchayat Finance, Economic
and Political Weekly, xxxviii, 23, June 7, 2242-43.
 Bhattacharya, Mohit: New Horizons of Public Administration, Jawahar Publishers and
Distributions, New Delhi.
 Bhagwati, Jagdish, 1995, India in Transition, Claredon Press, Oxford.
 Banik Dan, 2001, The Transfer Raj : Indian Civil Servants on the Move, The European
Journal of Development Research, 13, 1, June 2001, 106-134
 Das S.K., 1998, Civil Service Reform and Structural Adjustment, Oxford University
Press, New Delhi
 Government of India, 1997, Report of the Working Group on Right to Information and
Promotion of Open And Transparent Government, New Delhi
 Government of India, 2006, The State of the Panchayats : A Mid Term Review and
Appraisal, 22 November, 2006, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, New delhi, vol. iii
 Guha Roy, Jaytilak, 2006, Right to Information Initiatives and Impact, Indian Institute of
Public Administration, New Delhi.
 Niraja and Sudha Pai, eds., Democratic Governance in India: Challenges of Poverty,
Development and Identity, Sage, New Delhi, 2001.
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 Jenkins, Rob, 1999Democratic Politics and Economic Reform in India, Cambridge

University Press, Cambridge.
 Kapur, Devesh and Mehta, Bhanu Pratap (eds.), 2003, Public Institutions in India :
Performance and Design, Oxford University Press, Delhi
 Khilnani, Sunil, 1997, The Idea of India, Hamish Hamilton, London
 Maheshwari, S.R., 2004,’Administrative Reforms in India: Past, Present and Future
Prospects’, CPR Occasional Paper Series, Center for Policy Research, New Delhi
 Mathew, George, 2000, Panchayati Raj in India : An Overview, Status of Panchayati Raj
in States and Union Territories of India, 2000, Institute of Social Sciences, Concept
Publishing Company, New Delhi
 Mathur, Kuldeep, 2011, From Government to Governance : A Brief of the Survey of
Indian Experience, National Book Trust, India, New Delhi
 Mehta, Vinod (ed) Reforming Administration in India, Indian Council of Social Science
Research and Har Anand Publications, New Delhi
 Pierre, Jon (ed.), 2000, Debating Governance Oxford University Press, Oxford.
 Potter, David, 1986, India’s Political Administrators, Clarendon Press, Oxford.
 Sarkaria Commission, 1989, Report on Centre-State Relations, Government of India,
New Delhi
 United Nations Development Programme undated, Decentralization in India :
Challenges and opportunities, Human resource Development centre Discussion Paper
Series-1, New Delhi.
 World Bank 1989, Sub-Saharan Africa : From Crisis to Sustainable Growth, World Bank,
Washington D.C.
 World Bank, 1992, Governance and Development, World Bank, Washington D.C.
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SEMESTER II ( SPRING SEMESTER)

Course CODE POL 511
Course Title: WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT II
(Compulsory Course)
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THE FOUNDERS
MARX AND ENGELS
THE SECOND GENERATION

KAUTSKY
BERNSTEIN
THE THIRD GENERATION

LENIN
TROTSKY
ROSA LUXEMBERG
THE FOURTH GENERATION

GRAMSCI
FRANKFURT SCHOOL
ALTHUSSER
MAO
A CASE STUDY OF FASCISM

HITLER
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Recommended Readings:
1. J.S. Roudseck, (ed) : Contemporary Political Ideologies, London, 1969.
2. Roger, Garaudy, Marxim in Twentieth Century, London : Collins, 1970.
3. Herbert Marcuse : One Dimension Man, Routledge, Kegan Paul London, 1964.
4. Irwing Howe, (ed)., Beyond the New Left, New York, 1970.
5. F.W. Coker, Recent Political Thought, The World Press Private Ltd., Calcutta,
1966
6. Harding Neil, Lenin's Political Thought, Vol. 2 London, The Macmillan Press,
1977
7. S. Scharan, Mao Tse-Tung, Harmendsworth : Penguin, 1966.
8. R.R. Salowan, Mao's Revolution and the Chinese Political Culture : Bombay,
Oxford University Press, 1971.
9. V. I. Lenin, State and Revolution, Progress Publisher, Moscow, 1972.
10. V. I. Lenin, Imperialism- The Highest Stage of Capitalism, Left World Books, New
Delhi, 2005.
11. Roberts Peri & Peter Sutch, An Introduction to Political Thought, Atlantic
Publishers, New Delhi, 2005.
12. Subrata Mukherji & Sushila Ramaswamy, A History of Socialist Thought, Sage
Publications, New Delhi.
13. Alan Finlayson (ed), Contemporary Political Thought, Edinbergh University
Press, 2003.
14. John Rawls, A Theory of Justice, Harvard University Press, 1971.
15. John Rawls, Political Liberalism, Columbia University Press, New York, 1996.
16. John Rawls, The Law of Peoples, Harvard University Press, 1999.
17. A. Davidson, Antonio Gramsci : Towards an Intellectual Biography, London,
1977.
18. L. Colletti, From Rousseau to Lenin, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1969.
19. B. Parekh, Marx's Theory of Ideology, London, Croom & Helm,1982.
20. David McLellan : Marxism after Marx
21. L. Kolakowski :Main Currents of Marxism – The Golden Age
22. E. Baliber : The Philosophy of Marx
23. David McLellan : Thought of Karl Marx
24. Paul D’Amatd : The Meaning of Marxism
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25. Rosa Luxemburg : The Rosa Luxemburg Reader

26. Terry , Eagleton, Why Marx was Right
27. Peter, Singer, Marx- A Very Short Introduction
28. Trotsky : The Revolution Betrayed
29. Trotsky : The Essential Trotsky
30. Thomas Sowell, Marxism – Philosophy and Economics
31. Althusser : For Marx
32. Gramsci : Prison Notebooks
33. K. Kautsky, The Materialistic Conception of History
34. Mao Tse Tung On New Democracy
35. Mao Tse Tung On Contradiction
36. Martin Cohen : Political Philosophy from Marx to Mao
37. Robin Blackburn : An Unfinished Revolution
38. Eagles : The Marx-Engles Reader
39. Perry Anderson : Consideration on Western Marxism
40. Perry Anderson : Marxism and the New Left
41. Hitler : Mein Kampf
42. Allan Bullock : Hitler – A Study in Tyranny
43. Ian Kershaw : Hitler (2 Vols)
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M.A.: Political Science
Course CODE POL 512

Course Title: Indian Political System
(Compulsory Course)
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1. Nature of the Indian political system.

Languages of Indian politics – Saintly, Traditional, Modern.
Civilizational Ethos – Unity in Diversity.
Political Culture in India.
2. Caste and Politics in India – Mandalization and Dalit Politics.
3. Religion and Politics in India – Problems of Communalism, Secularism and
Fundamentalism.
4. Region and Language in Indian Politics – Insurgency, Secessionism and
Terrorism.
5. Working of Indian Democracy, its Strengths and Weaknesses and the Main
Challenges before it.
6. Emerging Trends in Indian Politics – a) Corruption and Politics in India b)
Women and Politics in India c) Environment and Politics in India
Suggested Reading:
 Adeney, Katherine and Saez, Lawrence, eds., Coalition Politics and Hindu Nationalism,
Routledge, London, 2005.
 Arora, Balveer and Douglas, Verney, eds., Multiple Identities in a Single State: Indian
 Austin, Granville, Working a Democratic Constitution: A History of the Indian Experience,
Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1999.
 Bhargava, Rajeev, ed., Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution, Oxford University Press,
New Delhi, 2008.
 Bhargava, Rajeev, ed., Secularism and its Critics, Nationality Press, New Delhi, 1998.
 Brass, Paul R. and Marcus , F. Franda, eds, Radical Politics in South Asia, MIT Press,
Cambridge, 1973.
 Brass, Paul, Language, Religion and Politics in North India, Cambridge University Press,
London, 1974.
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 Dreze, Jean and Amartya Sen, India: Development and Participation, Oxford University Press
New Delhi, 2002.
 Fernandes, Leela, India’s New Middle Class: Democratic Politics in an Era of Economic
Reform, University of Minnesota Press, 2006.
 Frankel, Francine et al., eds., Transforming India: Social and Political Dynamics of Democracy,
 Galanter, Marc, Law and Society in Modern India, edited with an introduction by Rajeev Dhavan,
 Hasan, Zoya et al., eds., India’s Living Constitution: Ideas, Practices, Controversies, Permanent
Black, New Delhi, 2002.
 Jaffrelot, Christopher, The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics, 1925 to the 1990s,
Penguin Books, New Delhi, 1996.
 Kaviraj, Sudipta, ed., Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1997.
 Kohli, Atul, ed., The Success of India’s Democracy, Cambridge University Press, London, 2001.
 Kothari, Rajni, State against Democracy: In Search of Humane Governance, Ajanta, Delhi,
1988.
 Menon, Nivedita ed., Gender and Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2001.
 Misra, B.B., The Indian Middle Class – Their Growth in Modern Times, Oxford University
Press, Delhi, 1978.
 Mohanty, Manoranjan ed. Caste, Class and Gender, Sage, Delhi, 2000.
 Pai, Sudha, Dalit Assertion and the Unfinished Democratic Revolution: The Bahujan Samaj
Party in Uttar Pradesh, Sage, New Delhi, 2002.
 Rudolph, Lloyd and Susanne, The Realm of Institutions: State Formation and Institutional
Change (Vol. II), Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2008.
 Sathyamurthy, T. V. ed., Region, Religion, Caste, Gender and Culture in India, Oxford
University Press, Oxford, 1998.
 Shah, Ghanshyam ed., Dalit Identity and Politics, Sage, New Delhi, 2001.
 Varshney, Ashutosh, Democracy, Development and the Countryside: Urban Rural Struggles in
India, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1995.
 Weiner, Myron , Modernity of Tradition
 Weiner, Myron, Sons of the Soil: Migration and Ethnic Conflict in India, Oxford University
Press, New Delhi, 1987.
 Weiner, Myron, The Indian Paradox: Essays in Indian Politics, edited by Varshney, Ashutosh,
Sage Publication, New Delhi, 1989.
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Course Title: Principles of Public Administration

(Compulsory Course)
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1. Basic Premises: Meaning, Scope and Significance

2. Evolution of the Discipline and its Present Status
3. Orgonisation: Meaning, Principle and Structure.
4. Personnel Administration and Financial Administration.
5. Accountability and Control.
6. Major Theories and Approaches to the Study of P. A.:
Classical and neo-classical schools:
a) The Scientific Management Theory: Taylor & Others

b) The Classical Theory of Management.
c) The Bureaucratic Theory: Max Weber, its critique and post-Weberian
development
d) Human Relations: Elton Mary.
e) Behavioural and Systems Approaches: Maslow Angstyns and Mcgsegor.
f) Ecological Approach: F. Riggs
g) Rational Decision – Making: Hebert Simon
h) Public Choice approach and Participatory Management
i) Marxist Approach: Political Economy Approach.
7. Contemporary Developments
a) New Public Administration
b) New Public Management: Good Governance & Development-
Civil Society, Citizens’ Charter, Right to Information, Social Audit
8. Role of State & Role of Public Administration in post-globalisation era: Debate

and Alternative Perspectives
9. Challenges of Liberalisation, Privatisation & Globalisation
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BOOKS RECOMMENDED
 Odway Lead,Administration : Its Purpose and Performance, Hadper and
Bros., New York, 1956.
 M.P. Sharma ,Public Administration : Theory and Practice, Kitab Mahal,
Allahabad, 1972.
 C.P. Bhambri, Public Administration : Theory and Practice, Jaipur, 1986.
 A. Awasthi & Shriram ,Public Administration: Narain, Agra,1980
 A.R. Tyagi, Public Administration : Theory and Practice, Atma Ram & Sons,
New Delhi.
 F.M. Marx, Elements of Public Administration, Prentice Hall of India, New
Delhi, 1964.
 M.A. Muttalib , Democracy, Bureaucracy, Technology Assumption of Public
Management Theory, Concept, New Delhi, 1980.
 F.W. Riggs, Ecology of Public Administration, Asia,Bombay, 1961.
 Herbert Simon, Administrative Behaviour, Free Press, New York, 1966.
 Ramesh K. Arora, Comparative Public Administration : An Ecological
Perspective, Associated Publishing House, New Delhi, 1972.
 Arora, Ramesh K, : Public Administration – Fresh Perspectives, Aalekh Publishers
Jaipur.
 __________________ : Perspective in Administration Theory (ed) Associated Publishing
House, New Delhi.
 Rumki Basu Public Administration Concepts and Theories, Sterling
Publishers Private limited, 1999 New Delhi.
 Nalin K. Panda, Dynamic Public Administration APH Publishing Corporation
1999 Delhi.
 U.C. Mandal , Public Administration Principles and Practices, Sarup & Sons.
Delhi, 2006.
 T.N. Chaturvedi, Comparative Public Administration, Research Publications
1999.
 Jan-Erik Lan ,PublicAdministration and Public Management, Routledge
Taylore Francis Group, 2005, London.
 Bhattacharya Mohit, : New Horizons of Public Administration, Jawahar Publishers and
Distributors, New Delhi.
 _________________ :, Public Administration : Structure, Process and Behaviour, The World
Process Pvt Ltd, Kolkata. Caiden, Gerald E. : Public Administration, Publisads Publishers ,
California, USA.
 Chakrabarty, Bidyut and Mohit Bhattacharya : Public Administration : A Reader, Oxford
University Press, New York.
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Course Code POL 514
Course Title: Concepts and Contemporary Issues in International Relations
(Compulsory Course)
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KEY CONCEPTS
 National Interest
 National Power
 Balance of Power
 Diplomacy
 Nuclear Deterrence
 National Security
 Human Security
 Collective Security
 Arms Control and Disarmament
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
 International Political Economy
 North-South problems
 WTO and issues between the developed and the developing countries
 Nuclear Proliferation
 Non-proliferation initiatives
 International terrorism
 Humanitarian Intervention
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Suggested Reading
 Benjamin Miller, States, Nations and the Great Powers: Sources of Regional War and
Peace, Cambridge University Press.
 Boutros Boutros –Ghali, An Agenda for Peace, Oxford University Press.
 Hans J. Morgenthau, Politics among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace, Knopf,
Kalyani Publications
 Hedley Bull, The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics, Macmillan
 J.L. Holzgrefe, Robert O. Keohane (Eds.), Humanitarian Intervention: Ethical, Legal and
Political Dilemmas, Cambridge University Press.
 Jennifer M. Welsh (Ed.), Humanitarian Intervention and International Relations, Oxford
University Press.
 Johan Spanier, Games Nations Play, Macmillan.
 Joshua S. Goldstein, International Relations, Pearson.
 Kenneth N. Waltz, Theory of Intenational Politics, MacGraw Hill
 Mahendra Kumar, Theoretical Aspects of International Politics,Shiv Lal Agarwal &
Company.
 Martin Griffiths and Terry O’Callaghan, International Relations: The Key Concepts,
Routledge
 Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for 21st Century: An Introduction,
Routledge.
 Neta C. Crawford, Arguments and Change in World Politics: Ethics, decolonization, and
humanitarian intervention, Cambridge University Press.
 Palmer and Perkins, International Relations, CBS
 Pushpesh Pant, International Relations, Tata MacGraw Hill
 Robert Gilpin, War and Change in World Politics, Cambridge University Press
 Thomas Diez, Ingvild Bode, et. al., Key Concepts in International Relations, Sage
Publications.
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SEMESTER – III (AUTUMN SEMESTER)
COURSE CODE POL 601

COURSE TITLE: THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
(COMPULSORY COURSE)
 Development of International Relations Theory

 State, State System and International Relations
 International System and International Relations
 Pluralism in contemporary foreign policy-making
 Advanced traditional and contemporary theories:
 Realism
 Structural Realism
 Liberalism
 Neo-Liberalism
 Marxism
 Critical Theory
 Constructivism
 Environmentalism in IR theory
 Functionalism and Regionalism in IR theory
 Culture and Religion in International Relations
 Democratic Peace
 Globalization dynamics and International Relations Theory
Suggested Reading
 Alexander Wendt, Social Theory of International Politics, Cambridge University Press.
 Barry Buzan, People, Sates and Fear: An Agenda for International Security Studies in
the post-Cold War Period, Wheatsheaf Books
 Chris Brown and Kirsten Ainley, Understanding International Relations, Palgrave.
 Colin Wight, Agents, Structures and International Relations: Politics as Ontology,
Cambridge University Press.
 David Held, Globalisation Theory: Approaches and Controversies, Polity.
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 Emanuel Adler and Michael Barnett (Eds.), Security Communities, Cambridge University
Press.
 Francis Fukuyama, The End of History and the Last Man, Avon.
 Hans J. Morgenthau, Politics among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace, Knopf,
Kalyani Publications
 Hedley Bull, The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics, Macmillan
 Iver B.Neumann and Ole Wæver (Eds.), The Future of International Relations: Masters
in the Making?, Routledge.
 Jack Donnelly, Realism and International Relations, Cambridge University Press.
 John Baylis and Steve Smith (Eds.), The Gobalisation of World Politics, Oxford
University Press.
 Jonathan Fox and Shmuel Soadler, Bringing Religion into International Relations,
Palgrave Macmillan.
 Julie Reeves, Culture and International Relations, Routledge.
 K. Knorr and J.N. Rosenau (Eds.), Contending Approaches to International Politics,
Princeton University Press.
 K.J. Holst, International Politics: A Framework for Analysis, PHI
 Karim M. Fierke, Critical Approaches to International Security, Blackwell.
 Kenneth N. Waltz, Theory of Intenational Politics, MacGraw Hill
 Mahendra Kumar, Theoretical Aspects of International Politics, Shiv Lal Agarwal &
Company.
 Maja Zehfuss, Constructivism in International Relations: The Politics of Reality,
 Martin Griffiths, International Relations Theory for 21st Century: An Introduction,
Routledge.
 Martin Griffiths, Realism, Idealism and International Politics: A Reinterpretation,
Routledge.
 Martin Hollis and Steve Smith, Explaining and Understanding International Relations,
Clarendon Press.
 Michael P. Sallivan, Theories of International Relations: Transition vs. Persistence,
Palgrave.
 Paul K. Huth and Todd L. Allee, The Democratic Peace and Territorial Conflict in the
Twentieth Century, Cambridge University Press.
 Robert Gilpin, War and Change in World Politics, Cambridge University Press
 Robert Jackson and Georg Sorensen, Introduction to International Relations, Oxford
University Press.
 Scott Burchill et al.,Theories of International Relations, Palgrave
 Thomas Diez, Ingvild Bode, et. al., Key Concepts in International Relations, Sage
Publications
 Tim Dunne, et al. (Eds.), International Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford
University Press.
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COURSE CODE POL 602
COURSE TITLE : HUMAN RIGHTS
(COMPULSORY COURSE)
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(I) Meaning, Nature & Evolution of Human Rights Theories of Human Rights
Human Rights discourse – universal or culture specific individual or community related
(II) Changing Dimensions of Human Rights
(i) End of cold war and ideological confrontation

(ii) Widening democratization in the World-Development , Democracy & Social Justice
(iii) Vienna Conference 1993 unfolding of the New Dimensions.
(III) Emerging Dimensions of Human Rights – Interface between Human Rights,
Development, Environment & Peace.
(i) Right to Development
(ii) Right to Environment
(iii) Right to Peace
(IV) Human Rights and International order
(i) Human Rights and International Order
(ii) Human Rights and United Nations-Human Rights and Various Conventions
(iii) International Protection of Human Rights
(V) Past and Present Challenges to the promotion of Human Rights
Poverty, Discrimination & intolerance, Racism, Inequality, Social Exclusion, Violence
and exploitation, Global warming.
Terrorism and Organised Crime and Human Rights
(VI) Globalization and its impact on Human Rights
Defining Rights in the era of globalization
Impact of globalization on the vulnerable sections – like women, children, minorities,
indigenous people, migrant workers etc.
(VII) Agenda for the New millennium – Protection of Human Rights and the role of
Human Rights education.
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Reading List
1 Campbell, T., eds, Human Rights: From Rhetoric to Reality, Oxford: Blackwell, 1986
2 Crawford, J., ed., The Rights of Peples, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988
3 Davies, P., ed., Human Rights, London: Routledge, 1988.
4 Donnelly, Jack, The Concept of Human Rights, London: Croom Helm, 1985
5 Dworkin, Ronald. Taking Rights Seriously. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1978
Falk, Richard. Human Rights Horizons: The Pursuit of Justice in a Globalizing World. London:
6
Routledge, 2000.
7 Achieving Human Rights, Routage, 2009
8 Byrne, Darren J. O. , Human Rights - An Introduction, Pearso, 2005
9 Symonidies, J., edited, Human Rights Concept & Standards, Rawat, Jaipur, 2002
10 Symonidies, J., edited, New Dimensions & Challenges for Human Rights , Rawat, Jaipur, 2003
Symonidies, J., edited, Human Rights International Protection, Monitoring, Enforcement, , Rawat,
11
Jaipur, 2005
Human Rights in the World - A. H. Robertson & J. G. Merrills, Universal Law Publication, New
12
Delhi, 2005
Pollis, Adamanta & Schwals, Peter , edited, Human Rights New Perspectives, New Realities Viva,
13
2002
Pollis, A. and P. Schwab, eds, Human Rights: Cultural and Ideological Perspectives (New York:
14
Praeger, 1979)
15 Bisawal, Tapan ,Human Rights, Gender & Environment - Viva, 2006
16 Introducing Human Rights - An Overview, OUP, 2006
17 Kamenka, Eugene, Human Rights: Ideas and Ideologies
18 Macfarlene, L J, The Theory and Practice of Human Rights, London: Maurice temple Smith, 1985
19 Cranston, Mauris, What Are Human Rights? London: The Bodleyhead, 1973
20 Singh, Nagendra, Human Rights and International Coperation.
21 Nanda, Ved P, Global Human Rights, 1981
Reflection on the Rights to Development edited by Arjun Sengupta, Archana Negi, Moushami
22
Basn, Centre for Development and Human Rights Sage, 2005
23 Said, AA, Human Rights And World Order.
24 The Concise Guide to Global Human Rights, Damil Fischin & Martha Nandorby, OUP, 2007
25 Ishay, Micheline R. The History of Human Rights - Orient Longman, 2004
26 The Rights to Development, Centre for Development & Human Rights Sage, 2004
27 Baxi, Upendra - Human Rights in a Posthuman World, OUP, 2007
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Group A – Interpreting India ( Any One Elective Course From Group ‘A’)

POL 652 Reform Initiatives and Administrative Changes in India
POL 653 Human Rights in India
POL 654 Government and Politics in India
POL 655 Themes in Indian Political Thought
POL 656 Society & Politics in India
POL 657 Women Empowerment & Gender Justice in India
Group B – Political Philosophy and Public Policy

( Any One Elective Course From Group ‘B’)
POL 661 Political Sociology

POL 662 Green Political Thought
POL 663 Feminism and Gender Justice
POL 664 Civil Society
POL 665 Public Policy
POL 666 Research Methods in Social Sciences
ELECTIVE COURSE
 State Politics in India : Theoretical Framework, Nature and Patterns. Emerging Trends -
Demand for State Autonomy
 Government Machinery in the States :
State Executive : Governor, Chief Minister, Council of Ministers
State Legislature: Composition, Powers and Functions
State Judiciary : Composition, Powers and Functions
 The Federal System -Changing Pattern of Centre‐State Relations
Panchayati Raj System – Democratic Decentralisation and Social Justice
 Political Behaviour and Rise of Regional Parties
 POLITICS OF UTTAR PRADESH

Historical Legacies, Geographic and demographic Profile of U.P.
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Post Independence Politics : The role of Political Parties

Green revolution : Rise of Agrarian Interests and their impact on Politics
Pressure Groups in U.P.
Regionalism : Trends and Main features
 Caste and Religion in U.P. Politics

Political leadership and changing pattern of dominance
Politics of Minorities, Scheduled castes and Other Backward Classes in U.P.
Future prospects of State Politics in U.P.
SUGGESTED READINGS
1. G. Austin, Working a Democratic Constitution : The Indian Experience, Delhi, Oxford

University Press, 2000.
2. P. Chatterjee (ed.), States and Politics in India, Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1997.
3. A. Chanda, Federalism in India A Study of Union-State Relations, London, George Allden &
Unwin, 1965.
4. P. R. Brass, Caste, Faction and Party in Indian Politics, Vol. 2, Delhi, Chanakya
Publications, 1984-1985.
5. P. R. Brass, Language, Religion and Politics in North India, London, Cambridge Press, 1974.
6. Z. Hassan, Politics and States in India, New Delhi, Sage, 2000.
7. Iqbal Narain (ed.), State Politics in India, Vo. I & II, Meenakshi Prakashan, Merrut 1967.
8. Myron Weiner (ed.), State Politics in India, Princeton University Press, 1968.
9. V. P. Menon, The Story of the Integration of Indian States, Orient Logmans, Bombay, 1961.
10. T.R. Sharma (ed.,) New Challenges of Politics in Indian States, Uppal Publishing House,
New Delhi, 1986.
11. Fadia, Babulal, State Politics in India, Vol. II, Radiant Publishers, New Delhi, 1984.
12. Basu, DD, Introduction to the Constitution of India, New Delhi,Prentice Hall, 2003.
13. Dreze, Jean and Amartya K, Sen,India : Development and Participation, New Delhi, Oxford
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MA: Political Science

POL 652 : REFORM INITIATIVES AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES IN
INDIA
(ELECTIVE)
Course Rationale:
This paper is an introduction to the historical background and global changes in the field of
administration and India’s response to the same. It addresses the basic issues and recent
shifts in view of liberalization, globalization and privatization. Different aspects of
administration e.g. personnel, district, rural, urban and welfare administration need to be
examined in the light of recent developments. The paper also deals with the administrative
reforms and requisite changes in administrative areas to face the contemporary challenges.
1. PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
a. Civil Services in India- Evolution and Growth
b. Central Administrative Machinery
c. State Administrative Machinery
d. Recruitment, Training and Promotion
e. Improving Public Administration- Transparency and Accountability,
New Regulatory Bodies, New Debates on Administrative Reforms
f. Responsive and Responsible Administration
2. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
a. Role and Importance of DM
b. Development Administration and DM
c. Changing Scenario
3. REVAMPING THE RURAL ADMINISTRATION

a. Panchayati Raj- History and Growth
b. 73rd Amendment and PRIs
c. Promise, Performance and Reforms
4. RESTRUCTURING THE URBAN ADMINISTRATION

a. History and Growth of Local Self-Govt
b. 74th Amendment and its Impact
c. Problems of Urban Administration- Transport, Water Supply, Solid Waste
Management and Sanitation
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5. WELFARE ADMINISTRATION
a. SC and ST
b. Women
c. Physically Disabled
6. ISSUE AREAS IN INDIAN ADMINISTRATION
a. Integrity in Civil Services

b. Emerging Challenges to Indian Administration
c. Problem of Corruption
d. Minister- Civil Servant Interface
e. Redressal of Public Grievances
f. Lokpal and Lokayukta
g. Ensuring Public Delivery System
7. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS IN INDIA

a. History of Reforms
b. ARC - I and II
c. Other Developments
8. STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTS TO GOOD GOVERNANCE

a. The Concept of Good Governance and Paradigm Shift
b. Indian Response
SUGGESTED READINGS
 Austin, Grainville, 2003, Working of Democratic Constitution : A History of Indian
Experience, Oxford University Press, New Delhi
 Bandopadhyay, D, 2003, 12th Finance Commission and Panchayat Finance, Economic
and Political Weekly, xxxviii, 23, June 7, 2242-43.
 Bhattacharya, Mohit: New Horizons of Public Administration, Jawahar Publishers and
Distributions, New Delhi.
 Bhagwati, Jagdish, 1995, India in Transition, Claredon Press, Oxford.
 Banik Dan, 2001, The Transfer Raj : Indian Civil Servants on the Move, The European
Journal of Development Research, 13, 1, June 2001, 106-134
 Das S.K., 1998, Civil Service Reform and Structural Adjustment, Oxford University
Press, New Delhi
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 Government of India, 1997, Report of the Working Group on Right to Information and
Promotion of Open And Transparent Government, New Delhi
 Government of India, 2006, The State of the Panchayats : A Mid Term Review and
Appraisal, 22 November, 2006, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, New delhi, vol. iii
 Guha Roy, Jaytilak, 2006, Right to Information Initiatives and Impact, Indian Institute of
Public Administration, New Delhi.
 Jenkins, Rob, 1999Democratic Politics and Economic Reform in India, Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge.
 Kapur, Devesh and Mehta, Bhanu Pratap (eds.), 2003, Public Institutions in India :
Performance and Design, Oxford University Press, Delhi
 Maheshwari, S.R., 2004,’Administrative Reforms in India: Past, Present and Future
Prospects’, CPR Occasional Paper Series, Center for Policy Research, New Delhi
 Mathew, George, 2000, Panchayati Raj in India : An Overview, Status of Panchayati Raj
in States and Union Territories of India, 2000, Institute of Social Sciences, Concept
Publishing Company, New Delhi
 Mathur, Kuldeep, 2011, From Government to Governance : A Brief of the Survey of
Indian Experience, National Book Trust, India, New Delhi
 Mehta, Vinod (ed) Reforming Administration in India, Indian Council of Social Science
Research and Har Anand Publications, New Delhi
 Pierre, Jon (ed.), 2000, Debating Governance Oxford University Press, Oxford.
 Potter, David, 1986, India’s Political Administrators, Clarendon Press, Oxford.
 Sarkaria Commission, 1989, Report on Centre-State Relations, Government of India,
New Delhi
 United Nations Development Programme undated, Decentralization in India :
Challenges and opportunities, Human resource Development centre Discussion Paper
Series-1, New Delhi.
 World Bank, 1992, Governance and Development, World Bank, Washington D.C.
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POL 653 : HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA
(ELECTIVE)
(Optional)
(I) Introduction -
Indian perspective of Human Rights & Social Justice, Gandhian perspective, Ambedkar’s
strategy, Critique of the western approach.
(II) India’s commitment to Human Rights & Social Justice.

(a) Human Rights & Social Justice in the Indian Constitutional Framework-
The Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principals of State Policy.
(b) India’s commitment to International Declarations and Conventions.
(III) Implementation of the Constitutional Provisions-

(a) Judiciary – Promotion of Rights and Social Justice
(b) PIL – an instrument for promotion of Rights & Social Justice.
(c) National Human Rights Commissions.
(d) New Rights incorporated in the Constitution for eg- Right to Information, Right to
Education etc.
(IV) Empowerment of the weaker sections-

(a) Gender Justice and Women – Curbing violence against women, women’s
movement.
(b) Empowerment of S.Cs & S.Ts the depressed castes – Social Engineering and
Social change.
(c) Justice for the Minorities – Protection.
(d) Rights of the tribals, Refugees & displaced persons, Bonded Labour
(V) (a) Human Rights Movement in India – Growing awareness
(b) Education and protection of Human Rights.
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Reading List
1 Agarwal, R.S., Human Rights in the Modern World, New Delhi: Chetana, 1979
Attar Chand, Politics of Human Rights and Civil Liberties: A Global Survey, Delhi :
2
Amar Prakashan, 1985
Basu, Durga Das, Human Rights in Constitutional Law, New Delhi: Prentice Hall,
3
1994
4 Baxi, Upendra, Inhuman Wrongs and Human Rights, New Delhi : Har Anand, 1994
5 Baxi, Upendra, The Right to be Human, New Delhi : Lancer International, 1987
6 Child Rights: Child labour in India, a UNICEF, Mailing II, April, 1997
Diwan Paras & Peeyushi Diwan, Human Rights and the Law, New Delhi: Deep &
7
Deep, 1994
Gupta, Vijay K., Perspectives on Human Rights, New Delhi: Vikas Publishing
8
House, 1996
9 Hingorani, R.C., Human Rights in India, New Delhi: Oxford & IBH, 1985
Human Rights & Humanitarian Law - Developments in Indian & Internatonal Law,
10
South Asia Human Rghts Documentation Centre, OUP, 2005.
11 Human Rights in India, C.V. Nirmal, OUP, 2004.
12 Human Rights Problems & , D.R.Kaarthikeyan Gyan, Delhi, 2005
13 Johri, J.C. Human Rights and The New World Order, New Delhi: Anmol, 1996
14 V. R. Krishna Iyer, Human Rights and The Law, Indore, Vedpal Law House, 1984
15 Kashyap, Subhash, C., Human Rights: Issues and Perspectives
16 Baxi Upendra - The Future of Human Rights OUP, 2002
Iyer Venkat eds., Democracy, Human Rights and The Rule of Law, Butterworths,
17
New Delhi, 2000.
Borgohain Bani, Human Rights Social Justice and Political Challenge, Kaniska,
18
New Delhi, 2007
C. Raj Kumar & K. Chockalingam eds., Human Rights, Justice and Constitutional
19
Empowerment, OUP, New Delhi, 2007.
Oxford Handbook of Human Rights & Criminal Justice in India, South Asia Human
20
Rights Documentation Centre, OUP, New Delhi, 2010.
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POL 654 : GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN INDIA

(ELECTIVE)
1. Nature of Indian Federalism – Main Areas of Tension between the Centre and the
States – Commissions on Centre State Relations – Rajmanar and Sarkaria -
Changing Nature of Federalism Under Coalition Politics.
2. Nature of Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of State Policy

-Their Changing Relationship in the light of Judicial Decisions – Golaknath and
Keshavnand Bharti Case.
3. a) Changing Role of the President and Prime Minister in the Era of Coalition
Politics.
b) Decline of Legislature vis- a- vis the Executive.
c) Judicial Independence – Judicial Review – Judicial Activism and Public
Interest Litigation.
4. Decentralization and Participatory Democracy – Changing Nature of Panchayati

Raj in India – Significance of the 73rd and 74th Amendments.
5. The Party System in India – Recent Trends – Role of Regional Parties – Elections
and Voting Behaviour – Electoral reforms.
6. Pressure Groups in Indian Politics:
a) Business groups
b) Agrarian Groups
c) Trade Unions.
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SUGGESTED READING:
 Austin, Granville, The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation, Oxford

University Press, Delhi, 1966.
 Basu, D. D., Introduction to the Constitution of Indian, Prentice Hall, New Delhi,
2008.
 Baxi, Upendra, The Supreme Court in Indian Politics, Eastern Book Company,
New Delhi, 1980.
 Bhagat, A.K., Elections and Reforms, Vikas Publications, New Delhi, 1996.
 Brass, Paul R., The Politics of India since Independence, Cambridge University
Press.
 Chatterjee, Partha, ed., State and Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi, 1997.
 Hardgrave, Robert L., India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation,
Harcourt, Jovanovich, New York, 1980.
 Hasan Zoya ed., Parties and Party Politics in India, Oxford University Press,
New Delhi, 2002.
 Kashyap, Subash, ed., Constitutional Reforms: Problems, Prospects and
Perspective, Radha Publication, New Delhi, 2004.
 Kirpal, B.N. et al., eds., Supreme but not Infallible: Essays in Honour of the
Supreme Court of India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2000.
 Kothari Rajni, Caste and Politics in India, Gordon & Breach Publishing.
 Kothari Rajni, Politics in India, Orient Longman.
 Lyngdoh, J.M., Chronicle of an Impossible Election: The Election Commission
and the 2002 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, Penguin, New Delhi, 2004.
 Manor, James, ed., Nehru to the Nineties: The Changing Office of Prime Minister
in India, Viking Press, New Delhi, 1994.
 Noorani, A.G., Constitutional Questions in India: The President, Parliament and
the States, oxford University Press.
 Pylee, M.V., India’s Constitution, Asia Publishing House, New Delhi, 1962.
 Saez, Lawrence, Federalism without a Centre: The Impact of Political and
Economic Reforms on India’s Federal System, Sage, New Delhi, 2002.
 Sathe, S.P., Judicial Activism in India: Transgressing Borders and Enforcing
Limits, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2002.
 Singh, Ujjwal Kumar, State, Democracy and Anti Terror Laws, Sage
Publications, New Delhi, 2007.
 Weiner, Myron, Party Politics in India: The Development of a Multi Party
System,
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POL 655 : THEMES IN INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
(ELECTIVE)
1. Nature of State and Citizen
a) State in India – Ancient, Medieval and Modern with special reference to
Kautilya’s theory of State, Barni and Abul Fazl’s Idea of Medieval
State.
b) Concept of Subject and Citizen in Pre Colonial and Post-Colonial India.
2. Politics and Morality
Ethics, power and governance (viz. Dharma, Danda and Shasana)
War and Morality in Ancient Thought.
3. Liberalism in Indian Politics – Rationalism, Constitutionalism, Liberty,
Rights, State and Economy.
4. Theories of Nationalism – Secular, Cultural and Religiou
5. Marxism and Socialism in India – Radical Humanism, Communism,
Democratic Socialism, Indian Socialist Ideas.
6. Gandhism and Sarvodya with special reference to Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave
and Jay Prakash Narain.
7. Feminist Discourse with special reference to Pandita Ramabai and
Women’s Indian Association
8. Dalit Bahujan Discourse with reference to the Ideas of Phule, Ambedkar
and Periyar
Reading List
1. Altekar, A.S. State and Government in Ancient India (Hindi and English)
2. A. Appadorai : Indian Political thinking Through the Ages
3. Jayaswal, K.P. : Hindu Polity
4. Karunakaran K.P. : Indian Politics from Naoroji to Gandhi
5. Mehta V. R. : Foundations of Indian Political Thought
6. Verrma V.P. : Ancient and Medieval Indian Political thought (Hindi Too)
7. Naraane, V.M. : Modern Indian thought
8. Chakravarty B and Pandey, R : Modern Indian Thought : Text and
Context Also (In Hindi too)
9. Sinari, R.A. : Modern Indian Political Thought
10. Suda, J.P. :Main Currents of Social and Political Thought in Modern India
– III Vol(also in Hindi)
11. Singh and Roy : Indian Political Thought
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POL 656 : Women Empowerment and Gendre Justice in India
(ELECTIVE)
Indian Women’s movement towards gender justice – Historical Evolution Feminism in
India Main concepts.
Problems faced by women in India
- Violence against women – Domestic violence, foeticide, dowry, honour killing –

Discrimination, Inequality, Poverty, Illiteracy, Unemployment, Sexual Harrashment,
Neglect of the Girl Child, Women Trafficking.
Indian Constitution and Women’s Rights
Law as an instrument of gender justice and social change – enactments to protect and
promote women’s rights.
Judiciary and Gender Justice
Political Empowerment and Gender Justice – Participation in the political process –

Politics of Representation.
Women and Development – Economic Empowerment – women & work.
Social Empowerment – Health & Education .
Reading List
1. Agarwal, Bina, (ed.), Structures of Patriarchy: The State, The Community and The Household,
London: Zed Books, 1989.
2. Agarwal, Bina, A Field of One’s Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia, Cambridge:
3. Buch Nirmala, From Oppression to Assertion, Routledge, New Delhi, 2010.
4.Chatterjee, Shoma A., The Indian Women’s Search for an Identity, New Delhi: Vikas, 1988.
5. Chatttopadhya, Kamaladevi, Indian Women’s Battle for Freedom, New Delhi: Abhinav, 1983.
6. Desai, Neera, (ed.), A Decade of Women’s Movement in India, Bombay, Himalaya

Publication, 1988.
7. Desai, Neera, and Patel, Vibhuti, Indian Women: Change and Challenge in the
International Decade, 1975-1985, Bombay: Pupular, 1985.
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8. Desai, Neera, and Krishnaraj, Maithreyi, Women and Society in India, New Delhi:
Ajanta, 1987.
9. Devendra, Kiran, Changing Status of Women in India, New Delhi: Vikas, 1994.
10. Dhagamwar, Vasudha, Law, Power and Justice: Protection of Personal Rights under the
IPC, Bombay: N.M.Tripathi, 1974.
11. Gandhi, Nandita, and Shah, Nandita, The Issues of Stake: Theory and Pratice in the
Contemporary Women’s Movement in India, New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1991.
12. Ghadially, Rehana, (ed.), Women in Indian Society: A Reader, New Delhi: Sage, 1988.
13. Gonslaves, Lina, Women and Law, New Delhi: Lancer, 1993.
14. Haksar, Nandita, and Singh, Anju, Demystification of Law for Women, New Delhi:
Lancers Press, 1986.
15. Jain, Devaki, (ed.), Indian Women, New Delhi: Government of India Publications.
16. Kishwar, Madhu, (ed.), In Search of Answers: Indian Women’s Voices from Manushi,
London, Zed Books, 1984.
17. Kapur Promilla, Empowering The Indian Woman Publications Division, New Delhi,
2001.
18. Menon Nivedita, Recovering Subversion Feminist Plitics Beyond the Law, Permanet
Blach, New Delhi, 2004. Gender and Politics in India, OUP, New Delhi, 1999.
19. Mukhopadhyaya Swapna, In the name of Justice Women and Law in Society, Manohar,
New Delhi, 1998.
20. Mies, Maria, Indian Women and Patriarchy, New Delhi: Concept, 1980.
21. Nair, Janki, Women and Law in Colonial India: A Social History, New Delhi: Kali for
Women.
22. Nanda, B.R. (ed.), Indian Women from Pardah to Modernity, New Delhi: Vikas, 1976.
23. Omvedt, Gail, Feminism and the Women’s Movement in India, (mimeo), Bombay:
SNDT Women’s Press, 1987.
24. Towards Equality, 1974, Report of the Committee on the Status of Women in India, New
Delhi: Government of India, Department of Social Welfare, Ministry of Education and Social
Welfare.
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ELECTIVE COURSES
GROUP ‘B’ – Political Philosophy and Public Policy

POL 661 : Political Sociology
(ELECTIVE)
1. Political Sociology : Meaning, Nature and scope. Different approaches to political Sociology-
Systems, Structural Functional and Marxist.
2. Theories of Political Sociology : Durkheim , Max Weber and Elite Theorists, Pareto, Mosca,
Michels and Mills.
3. Theories of Social Change, Social Movements and Revolutions..
4. Power , Authority and Legitimacy.
5. Political Culture and Political Socialization.
6.Political Participation
7 Political Development and Modernization.
8. State Civil Society and Governance.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED
1. Alsesandro Pizzorno :
Political Sociology, Penguin Harmondsworth 1971.
2. M. Janowitz :
Politcal Sociology in Encylopaedia of Social Sciences, Free
Press, Macmillan, 1901.
3. S.M. Lipest : Political Man, Double Day, 1900.
4. W.G. Rundiman : Social Science and Political Theory, Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, 1909.
5. R. Bendix and S.M. Lipest (eds) :Class, Status and Power, Routledge and Kegan paul,
London, 1974.
6. H.H. Gerth and C. Wright Mills (eds): From Max Weber: Essay in Sociology. Kegan
Paul, London, 1974.
7. R.R. Dahl : Modern Political Analysis, Prentice Hall, 1965.
8. Almond and Coleman: Politics of Developing Areas. Princeton University Press, 1960.
9 A.R. Desai : Essays on Modernisation of Under Developed Societies. Thacker
and Developed Societies, Tracker and Co., Bombay 1979.
10. L.I. Rudolph and S.H. Rudholph : Modernity of Tradition, University of Chicago
Press, 1967.
11. Ramond Aron : Main Currents of Sociological Theagnt, Vol. 1 and 2, Penguin
Books. 1968.
12. T.B. Bottomore : Elites and Society, Pengain Books, 1971.
13. T.B Bottomore : Sociology, Unwin University Books, 1972.
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POL 662 : GREEN POLITICAL THOUGHT
(ELECTIVE)
 Environmental Values in Social and Political Thought
 Ecology and Enlightenment.
 The Development of Modern Ecopolitical Thought.
 The Ethics of Ecological Humanism.
 Causes of Environmental Destruction.
 Environmental Economics, Sustainable Development.
 Political Ecology.
 Ecological Challenges.
 Ecologism.
 Ecofeminist Movement.
 Environmental Policy in India.
 Green Movements in India.
 Pollution and Its Eradication.
 Ecological Activism.
Suggested Reading
Barry, J., (1999) Rethinking Green Politics, London and Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage
Baxter, B (1999), Ecologism : An Introduction, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press.
Bramwell, A : (1989) Ecology in the Twentieth Century : A History, Yale University Press.
____________(1994) The Fading of the Greens : The Decline of Environmental Politics,

Yale University Press.
Dobson, A: (2000) Green Political Thought, London, Harper Collins.
Eckersley, R.: (1992) Environmentalism & Political Theory : Towards an Ecocentric

Approach, London : UCL Press.
Fox, W.: (1990) Towards a Transpersonal Ecology : Developing the Foundation for
Environmentalism, Boston.
Goldsmith, E. etal. : (Ed.) (1972) Blueprint for Survival, Harmondsworth, Penguin.
Goodin R.E., (1992), Green Political Theory, Oxford : Polity Press.
Hobsbawm E., (1994), Age of Extremes The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991, London,
Michael Joseph.
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POL 663 : FEMINISM AND GENDER JUSTICE
(ELECTIVE)
________________________________________________________________
Feminist Approach to Political Theory

Key issues like Gender, Patriarchy, and Theories of women’s subordination
Public Vs Private
Different approaches to Feminisim - Liberal, Socialist, Radical, Cultural, Post
Modernist, Eco Feminism, Post colonial, Post Marxist
Gender Justice – Theorizing Justice, Equity and Equality

Empowerment
Law as an Instrument of Gender Justice & Social Change
Judiciary and Gender Justice
Gender Based Violence

Violation of Women’s Rights
United Nations and Gender Justice

Women’s Rights as Human Rights
Reading List
1. Bhagwat Vidyut, Feminist Social Thought An Introduction to Six Key Thinkers, Rawat,
Jaipur, 2004
2. Bhandare, M.C. eds. The World of Gender Justice, Har Anand, New Delhi, 2001.
3. Boserup, E., Women’s Role in Economic Development, New York: St.Martin’s Press,
1970.
4. Coole, Diana, Women in Political Theory From Ancient Misogyny to Contemporary

Feminism, Sussex: Wheatsheaf Books, 1988.
5. De Beauvoir, Simone, The Second Sex, (trans and ed.) Parshley, H.M., New York:
Alfred Knopf, 1971.
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6. Eisenstein, Zillah, R., (ed.), Captalist Patriarchy and the Case for Scialist Feminism, New
York: Monthly Review Press, 1979.
7. Friedan, Betty, The Feminist Mystique, New York: V. Gollancz, 1963.
8. Frug, Mary Joe, Postmodern Feminism, New York: Routledge, 1992.
9. Gilligan, C., In a Different Voice, USA: Harvard University Press, 1982.
10. Mackinnon, C.A., Feminism Unmodified, Discourses on Life and Law, Cambridge,
Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1987.
11. MacKinnon, C., Toward a Feminist Theory of the state, Cambridge, Massachusetts:
Harvard University Press, 1989.
12. Nelson, Barbara, and Choudhary Najma, (eds.), Women and Politics Worldwide, New
Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997.
13. Oakley, Ann, and Mitchell, Juliet, (ed.), What is Feminism, Oxford, U.K.: Basil
Blackwell Ltd.., 1986.
14. Randall, Vicky, Women and Politics: An International Perspective, Chicago: Chicago
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POL 664 : CIVIL SOCIETY
(ELECTIVE)
Civil Society – An Introduction to the Discourse

 State and Civil Society
 Civil Society and Democracy
 Civil Society : The Classical Political theory and Liberal Tradition
 Civil Society : The Hegelian, The Marxian and Gramscian Traditions.
 Civil Society : Contemporary Theory-Post Modernist Analysis.
 Civil Society in India –
People’s Movement – Mobilization of Marginalised Classes – Socially Backward and
economically deprived classes, such as women, dalits and tribals etc.
 Role of NGOs
 Civil Society Reconsidered
Emancipatory Role of Civil Society, Empowerment of the Weaker Sections.
 Significance of Civil Society in the New Millennium – Emerging Trends, achievements

and Challenges.
READING LIST
1. Chandoke, Neera, State and Civil Society- Explorations in Political Theory, New
Delhi Sage, 1995
2. Cohen, J and Arato, A, Civil Society and Political Theory, Cambridge : Institute
of Technology Press, 1992.
3. Gellner, E., ‘Civil Society in Historical Context’, International Social Science
Journal, no. 129 : 495-510, 1992.
4. Habermas, J., ‘The Structural transformation of the Public Sphere’, translated by
L Berger, Cambridge, Polity, 1989.
5. Keane, J., Democracy and Civil Society, London, Verso, 1988.
6. Kothari, R, Politics in India, Orient Longman New Delhi
7. _________Politics and the People, New Delhi, Ajanta, 1970.
8. Kaviraj, Sudita, Khilnani, Sunil eds., Civil Society, History and Possibilities,
Cambridge University Press, New Delhi 2001.
9. Oomen, T.K., Nation, Civil Society and Society Movements, Sage New Delhi
2004.
10. Jayram, N., eds. On Civil Society Issues and Perspectives, Sage New Delhi 2005.
11. Civil Society at the Millenium, published in cooperation with CIVICUS,
Kumarian Press,USA 2005.
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POL 665 : PUBLIC POLICY
(ELECTIVE)
A. What is Public Policy ?
1) Public Policy :Concepts and Dimensions
a) Characteristics and Norms
b) Politics-Administration Relationship
c) Political Science and Public Administration as Meta-Policy Science
2) Approaches to Public Policy Studies
a) Political Economy : Western, Marxist and non-Western Traditions
b) Development Policy and administration
c) Public Policy Approach : Post-Behavioural Approach
d) Public Choice Theory
e) Public Management Theory
3) Public Policy Process
a) Policy Context – Political, Constitutional, Legal, Administrative, Sociocultural,
economic, Environmental and Scientific,
b) Interface of the Policy Process—Institutions, Policy Formulation, Policy
Implementation, Policy Monitoring and evaluation.
c) Role of the Government, Bureaucracy, Parliament, Courts, Political Parties,
Corporate sector, Interest Groups, Citizens and NGOs in the policy process.
4) Public Policy Analysis : Quantitative and Qualitative Models
5) (A) Public Policy Research and Development (B) Practical Issues
6) Public Policy in India : Models and Trends
a) Nehruvian Model : Public Sector Undertaking and Development
b) Economic Liberalisation Model : Privatization, marketization, disinvestment,
Corporate Governance
c) Civil Society Cooperatives, NGOs, Social Action Groups and Citizens Bodies
d) Decentralisation Model : Panchayati Raj Institutions, Municipal Corporations and
Rural-Urban Development.
7) Globalisation MNC’s, WTO and Development in India
8) Impact of Public Policies on Socio-economic Development and Nation-building
in India
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SELECTED READING
1. Baker, R.J.S. : Administrative Theory and Public Administration, Hutchinson
University Library, London.
2. Bhattacharya Mohit, : New Horizons of Public Administration, Jawahar
Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi.
3. _________________ :, Public Administration : Structure, Process and Behaviour,
The World Process Pvt Ltd, Kolkata.
4. Arora, Ramesh K, : Public Administration – Fresh Perspectives, Aalekh
Publishers Jaipur.
5. __________________ : Perspective in Administration Theory (ed) Associated
Publishing House, New Delhi.
6. Caiden, Gerald E. : Public Administration, Publisads Publishers , California,
USA.
7. Chakrabarty, Bidyut and Mohit Bhattacharya : Public Administration : A Reader,
Oxford University Press, New York.
8. Henry, Nicholas : Public Administration and Public Affairs, Prentice Hall of
India, New Delhi
9. Ali, Shun Sun Nisa: Eminent Administrative Thinkers, Associated Publishing
House, New Delhi
10. Simon, Herbert A. : Administrative Behaviour : A Study of Decision-making
Process, Free Press, New York.
11. Drucker, Peter, F. : Management tasks, Responsibilities and Practices, Harbour
and Row, New York.
12. Prasad D., Ravindra, V.S. and P. Satyanarayan (eds) Administrative Thinkers,
Sterling Publishers, New Delhi.
13. Agger, B. :The Discourse of Domination : From the Frankfurt School to Post-
modernism, Northwestern University Press, Evanston.
14. Boston, Jonathan etal (ed.) Reshaping of the State, New Zealand’s Bureaucratic
Revolution : Oxford University Press, Oxford
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POL 666 : RESEARCH METHODS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE
(ELECTIVE)
 General remarks about social science and natural science research.
 Limitations of social science research.
 Importance of theories and facts in research.
 Social science research and public policy.
 Basic parameters of IR research
 Sources of Information, Classification and Documentation: Techniques of Data
Collection (Personal Observation Method, Respondents Perception, Survey Method,
Experimental Method); Data Gaps and Data Pitfalls; Classification and tabulation of
Information; Graphical and Diagrammatical Representation of Information.
 Comparison and Analysis of Information: Application of averages and measures of
Central Tendency such as mean, median and partitioned values. Measures of Dispersion –
Standard Deviation and Coefficient of Variation.
 Theory of Sampling: Importance of a Sample, Characteristics of a sample, Difference
between large sample and small sample, parameters and statistics, Types of Sample
(simple random sampling, systematic sampling, stratified sampling).
 Identification of Research Problem and Research Design: Formulating a Hypothesis and
writing Thesis
Suggested Reading:
Baronov, Conceptual Foundations of Social Research Methods, Paradigm Publications,
2004.
Bauer Martin W. and G. Gaskell, Qualitative Researching with Text, Image and Sound,
Sage, London, 2000.
Bohrnstedt & Knoke, Statistics for Social Data Analysis, F.E.Peacock Publishers, 1988.
Bryman A., Social Research Method, Oxford University Press, 2001.
Education, 2005.
Keohane King, & Verba, Designing Social Inquiry, Princeton University Press, 2001.
Kuhn T., Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1962.
Kumar Ranjit, Research Methodology: A step by Step Guide for Beginners, Pearson
Mukherjee P. N., Methodology in Social Research, Sage, 2000.
Popper Karl, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, Hutchinson, 1980.
Simon J.L., Basic R esearch Methods in Social Science, Random House, New York, 1969.
Srivastava VK ed., Methodology and Fieldwork, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
Triggs Roger, Understanding Social Science, Blackwell, 2001.
Weber Max, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Free Press, 1968.
Weinberg Darin ed, Qualitative Research Method, Blackwell, 2000.
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4th SEMESTER (SPRING)
TWO (2) Compulsory and Two (2) ELECTIVE COURSES- One Each From Group ‘C’
and Group ‘D’
Course Title: CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORY

COURSE CODE : POL 611
(Compulsory Course)
__________________________________________________________________
1. Status of Political Theory-Decline or Resurgence.

2. State in Political Theory – Liberal, Neo – Liberal, Marxist and Neo –
Marxist Theories.
3. Democratic Theory.
4. Feminism – Liberal, Radical, Socialist, Cultural, Eco, Post – Modernist.
5. New Social Movements and Civil Society.
6. Social Justice and Theory of Rights : Nozick, Rawls, Hayek, Walzer,
Martha Nussbaum
7. Post-Modernism and Amartya Sen, Critical Response to Post – Modernity &
Post – Modernism: Ernest Gellner, Habermas, Ulrich Beck, Giddens.
8. Citizenship Theory - Communitarianism: Machael Sandel, Michael Walzer,
Macintyre, Taylor
9. Nationalism and Multiculturalism.
10.Globalization and Environmentalism
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SELECT READING
Barrow, Clyde W. 1993. Critical theories of the State : Marxist, Neo Marxist and Post-Marxists,
Wisconsin, Wisconsin University Press.
Castells, Manuel. 1996. The Rise of the Network Society, London, Blackwell
Chandhoke, Neera, 1995. State and Civil Society, Explorations in Political Theory, Delhi Sage
Publications.
Chatterjee, Partha, 1993. The Nation and its Fragments : Colonial and Post Colonial Histories.
Focault, M. 1991. Governmentality’ in G. Burchell, C. Gordon and P. Miller (eds) The Foucault
Effect : Studies in Governmentality, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, pp. 87-104.
Gellner, Ernest. 2006 Nations and Nationalism, Oxford, Blackwell.
Giddens, Anthony, 1994. Beyond Left and the Right : The Future of Radical Politics, Stanford,
Stanford University Press.
______________, 2002. Runaway World : How Globalisation is Shaping Our Lives, London,
Routledge.
Gramsci, A. 1970. ‘State and Civil Society’ in A Gramsci ‘Selection from the Prison Notebooks,
New York, International Publishers, pp. 206-78.
Guha Ramchandra, 2000. Environmentalism-A Global History, New York, Longman
_______________1989. Unquiet Woods : Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the

Himalayas, Delhi , Oxford University Press.
Gurr, T.R. 1970. Why Men Rebel, Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press.
Habermass, J. 1981. ‘New Social Movements’, Telos, vol. 49 pp. 33-37.
Held, David et.al. 2002. Globalization/Anti-Globalization, London, Polity Press.
Kothari Rajni. 1988. State Against Democracy : In Search of Human Governance, Delhi, Ajanta
Publishers.
MacIntyre, A. 1988. Whose Justice ? Which Rationality ? University of Notre Dam Press
Smith Mark J., 2000. Rethinking State Theory, London, Routledge.
Steinberger, Peter, J. 2009. The Idea of the State, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
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M.A. Political Science

Course Title: India in World Affairs
(Compulsory Course)
______________________________________________________________
The Making of India’s Foreign Policy

. What is foreign policy?
. Non-Alignment: Conceptual Implications
. Development of Foreign Policy: 1920-1947
. Determinants and Objectives of Foreign Policy
India and its Neighbours

. Indo-Pakistan Relations
. Indo-Nepal Relations
. Indo-Bangladesh Relations
. Indo-Sri Lanka Relations
. Is India behaving like a superpower in South Asia?
India and major Powers

. India-China Relations
. India-Russia Relations
. India-USA Relations
. Foreign policies of major powers and latest happenings
India’s role in the world organizations

. India’s role in The United Relations
. India’s role in NAM
. India, ASEAN and European Union
. India and SAARC
. Main features of SAARC, drawbacks and limitations
Contemporary challenges before Indian Foreign Policy

. India’s policy in Post-Cold War era
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. India overcoming terrorism

. Development of India’s Nuclear Policy
. India’s Look East Policy
. New Foreign Policy
. Challenges before Indian Foreign Policy?
SUGGESTED READING
1) The making of India’s Foreign Policy – J Bandopadhyaya

2) Across the Borders - J.N. Dixit
3) Crossing the rubicon –C Rajamohan
4) India’s Search for Power – Surjeetman Singh
5) India’s Foreign Policy – edited b by Bimal Prasad
6) India’s Foreign Policy – V.P. Dutt
7) Realities of India’s Foreign Policy – N.M. Khilnani
8) Studies in India’s Foreign Policy – S. Chopra
9) India’s Foreign Policy and Relations – A. Appadorai and M.S. Rajan
10) Bhartiya Videsh Niti – Pushpesh Pant
11) Bhartiya Videsh Niti – JN Dixit
12) Pramukh deshon ki Videsh Nitiyan – Rajasthan Granth Akadami
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Group C – Comparative Politics & Political Systems

( Any One Elective from Group ‘C’
POL 671 State in Comparative Perspective
POL 672 Theories of Social Change, Social Movements, and Revolutions
POL 673 Development Discourse - Politics of the Development
POL 674 Comparative Study of Culture, Identity and Politics
POL 675 South Asian Political Systems (Pak, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal)
POL 676 Political Parties and Party Systems
Group D – International Relations
Any one Elective Course from Group ‘D’
POL 681 International Relations after the Second World War

POL 682 South Asian Regional Security
POL 683 Diplomacy
POL 684 India, Pakistan & the Great Powers
POL 685 Foreign Policy of the Major Powers
POL 686 International Law
POL 687 International Organization
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GROUP ‘C’
MA: POLITICAL SCIENCE

COURSE TITLE: STATE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
(ELECTIVE)
____________________________________________________________
1. The development of the modern state in a comparative perspective.
2. State in Politic al Theory

(a) State and Civil Society
(b) State and Class, Caste, Gender
(c) State and Nationalities
(d) State and Citizen
3. Liberal Democratic State

The Welfare State
The advanced capitalist state
4. State in socialist societies

Party and the state
State and class
5. The Post Colonial State
6. Authoritarian States
(a) Explanation of Authoritarian regimes
(b) Patterns of Coercion
(c) Causes and Consequences of Military Rule in Asia and Africa
(d) Fascist States
(e) Corporate
7. Globalisation and the Contemporary State
8. Virtual State
(a) State in the era of expanding Information Technology
(b) Professionalisation of the state apparatus with special reference to U.S. and India
9. The State in the 21st century

(a) Questions of state sovereignty
(b) Statism and centrality of the state in organized human life.
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SELECT READINGS
Allbrow, martin, The Global Age : State and Society : Beyond Modernity, Cambridge, Polity
Press, 1996.
Basu Amrita and Atul Kohli, (eds) State and Community Conflict in India, Delhi, Oxford
University Press.
Carnoy, Martin, The State and Political Theory, New Jersy, Princeton University Press, 1984.
Dunleavy, Patrick and O’Leary, Theories of the State : The Politics of Liberal Democracy,
London Macmillan, 1987.
Dunn, John, ed. Contemporary Crisis of the Nation State, Cambridge, Blackwell, 1995.
Held, David, State and the Political Theory, Cambridge, Polity Press.
McGraw, AG et.al. edited Global Politics, Globalization and the Nation-state, Cambridge, Polity
Press, 1992.
Midgal, Joel S., Atul Kohli and Vivien Shue (eds) State, Power and the Social Forces;
Domination and Transformation in Third World, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Miliband, R. The State in Capitalist Society, London, 1969
Oomen, T.K., State and Society in India : Studies in Nation Building, New Delhi, Sage. 1990
Poulantzas, Nico, State, Power and Socialism, London Verso, 1980
Scopkol, Theda, States and Social revolutions : A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and
China, New York 1979
Alavi, Hamza, The State in Post Colonial Societies : Pakistan and Bangladesh, New Left
Review, no. 74, July-August 1982.
Cardoso, Fernando H.,’On the Characterisation of Authoritarian Regimes in Latin America’ in

David Collier ed. The New Authoritarianism in Latin America’. Princeton, Princeton
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COURSE TITLE: THEORIES OF SOCIAL CHANGE, SOCIAL
MOVEMENTS & REVOLUTION
(ELECTIVE)
____________________________________________________________
(I) Social Change – Meaning & Theories
(II) Revolution –causes, impact, Theories – Recent trends
(III) Theories of Social Movements – Emerging Issues
(IV) New Social Movements, Meaning, Theories

Role of Feminist, Environmental and Human Rights Movements
(V) Emerging Issues –

(a) New liberation movements
(b) The new anti corruption movement – in India
(c) The NGO phenomenon – patterns in Bangladesh & India and India, the experience of
Grameen Bank & SEWA
(d) Impact of Information Technology on Social Mobilization
READING LIST
1. Arendt Hannah, Crises of the Republic, Penguin Books, England, 1972.
2. Aptheker Herbert, The Nature of Democracy, Freedom and Revolution, 1967,

International Publishers, New York.
3. Barker, Jonathan et. Al., Street Level Democracy: Political Settings at the Margins of the
Global Power, Toronto, Between the Lines, 1999.
4. Basu, Amrita edited, The Challenge of Local Feminism: Womens’ Movement in Global
Perspective, New Delhi, Kali for Women, 1999.
5. Blackburn Robin ed. Revolution and Class Struggle : A Rader in Marxist Politics,
Fontana Collins, England, 1927.
6. Castells, M., The City and the Grassroots, London: Edward Arnold, 1983.
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7. Chaliand, Gerard, Revolutions in the Third World: Myths and Prospects, Sussex, The
Harvester Press, 1976.
8 Calvert Peter, Comparative Politics An Introduction, Pearson Education, Harlow, 2002.
9 Calvert Peter, Revolution and Counter Revolution, Open University Press, Bucking hum,
1990.
10 Dunn John, Modern Revolutions, Cambridge University Press, London, 1972.
11. Foran, John edited. Theorizing Revolutions. London and New York, Routledge, 1997.
12. Goldstone, J.A. et. al. (eds.), Revolutions of the Late Twentieth Century. Boulder,
Oxford, Westview Press, 1991.
13. Guha, Ramachandra, The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and the Peasant Resistance
in the Himalay, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1989.
14. Guha, Ramchandra and Juan Martinez-Alier, Varieties of Environmentalism: Essays on

North and South. New Delhi, OUP, 1998.
15. Krejci, Jaroslav, Great Revolutions Compared: The Search for a Theory, Sussex,
Wheatsheaf Books, 1983.
16. Lutz, William and Harry Brent (eds.), On Revolution. Cambridge, Winthrop Publishers,
1971.
17. Moore Barrington, Jr. Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, Penguin Books,
England, 1991.
18. Omvedt, Gail, Reinventing Revolutions: New Social Movements and the Socialist
Tradition in India, New York, M.E. Sharp, 1993.
19. Shah, Ghanshyam edited, Social Movements in India: A Review of the Literature, New
Delhi, Sage Publication, 1990.
20. Seale Patrick and Mc Convilk Maureen, French Revolution, 1968, Penguin, England,
1968.
21. Oommen T.K., Nation, Civil Society and Social Movements, Sage, N.D., 2004.
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COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE
COURSE CODE POL 673

(ELECTIVE)
____________________________________________________________
Social scientists are deeply concerned with creating a just, cohesive and humane
order. Development discourse emerged in the post second world war era with the
emergence of the Third world of developing countries. It is an interdisciplinary approach
and seeks to understand the nature, meaning, role and impact of development. From its
traditional modernization and Marxist development theories, the discourse moved on to
culture specific understanding of the developing nations. It subsequently got intertwined
with the globalization debate. World community is now stressing on globalization which
is people oriented and would promote human development. The course would try to
review the emerging theories, debates and contestations among the social scientists. The
discourse is necessary to reach some consensus relating to the goals of development, best
ways of pursuing it without endangering humanity.
(I) Development – Various connotations – Economics, Social, Political, People

oriented human development, enhancing social opportunities, growth and equality
(II) Various Theories of Development – Liberal Democratic, Marxist, Neo-Liberal,

Neo-Marxist, Third World perspective – Development Reconsidered.
(III) Development & Politics

Challenges and Crises confronting humanity.
Development dilemmas of the Third World.
Key Issues and goals of development.
(IV) Sustainable development and Environment – Community Participation
(V) Globalization, Human Development and Good Governance
(VI) Search for alternative paradigms – agenda for the 21st centuary
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READING LIST
Escobar, A. 1986. Encountering Development : The Making and Unmaking of the Third World,
1
Princeton, Princeton University Press.
Schnurman, F. (ed.) 1993. Beyand the Impasse: New Direction in Development Theory, London:
2
Zed Books.
__________, 2001. Globalization and Development Studies: Challenges for the 21st Century,
3
New Delhi: Vistaar Publication.
Adams, W. 1990. Greening Development : Sustainable Development in the South Asia, London
4
& New York: Routledge.
5 Sen Amartya, 1999. Development As Freedom, New Delhi : OUP
6 Nassbaum, M. Glover J. (ed.) 1995. Women, Culture and Development, New Delhi : OUP
Sharma, S. K. (ed.) 1978. Dynamics of Development An International Perspective, Vol.1, New
7
Delhi: Concept.
8 Yogesh Atal (ed.) Culture Development Interface, New Delhi: Vikas.
9 Somjee, A.H., 1982. Political Capacity in Developing Societies, London: Macmillan.
10 Pye Lucian, 1966. Aspects of Political Development, Boston: Massachusetts.
Leys Colin, 1969, Plitics and Change in Developing Countries: Studies in Theory & Practice of
11
Development, Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
Kothari, Rajni (ed.), 1976. State and Nation Building : A Third World Perspective, Bombay:
12
Allied Publication.
Cardoso, F.H. & Fallet E., 1979, Dependency and Development in Latin America, Berkeley:
13
California University Press.
14 Narain, I., 1989. Development, Politics and Social Theory, New Delhi : Sterling Publication.
15 Firoze Manji, Development & Rights, Rawat, Jaipur, 2006
16 Weaver, Rock, Kustere, Achieving Broad based Sustainable Development, Rawat, Jaipur, 2003.
17 Mohammad Yunus, Greating A World without Poverty, BBS Publicaion, New York, 2007.
18 The Age of Development, Indian Social Institute, Delhi, 2006.
19 Dube S.C., Tradition and Development, 1994, Vikas, New Delhi.
Dube S.C., Modernization & Development The Search for Alternative Paradigms, Vistaar
20
Publication, New Delhi, 1988.
21 John S.Saul, Development after Globalization, 2006, Three Essays Collective, Gurgaon.
22 Des Gasper, The Ethics of Development, Vistaar Publication, New Delhi, 2004.
23 Ramchandra Guha, Society & the Dilemmas of Development, ICSSR, 1994.
24 Amartya Sen, Resources, Values & Development OUP, 2010.
25 Henri Bartoli, Rethinking Development, Rawat, Jaipur, 2002.
26 P.W. Preston, Development Theory An Introduction, Blackwell, U.K., 1996.
Ash Narain Roy, The Third World in the age of Globalization, Madhyan Books, New Delhi,
27
1999.
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MA POLITICAL SCIENCE
COURSE TITLE :- CULTURE, IDENTITY AND POLITICS –

COMPARATIVE STUDY
(ELECTIVE)
1. Culture – Concept, Meaning, Political Culture Approach, Classification,
relationship between Culture and Politics.
2. Identity Discourse – Identity of Individuals, Communities, States and Nation

States.
3. Identity Conflicts in Multicultural Post Colonial Nations.
4. Politics of Culture and Identity
5. Impact of Globalizzation on Culture and Identity – Cultural Diversity and Global

Uniformity.
6. Gender and Identity Politics
7. Religion and Politics.
READING LIST
 Almond, Gabriel and Sydney Verba, 1963 The Civic Culture, Political Attitudes and
Democracy in Five Nations, Princeton, Princeton University Press.
 _________________________________, 1963, The Civic Culture (Revisited), Boston

MA, Newbury Park, CA, Sage.
 Inglehart, Ronald, 1990, Culture Shift in Advanced Industrial Society, Princeton

University Press, Princeton.
 Weeden, Lisa 2002. “ Conceptualizing Culture : Possibilities for Political Science”,

APSR 96 : 4, 713-728.
 Calhoun, C. Social Theory and the Politics of Identity, Oxford, Blackwell, 1994.
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 Chatterjee, Partha, Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World : A Derivative

Discourse.
 Gellner, Ernest, Nations and Nationalism, Oxford, Blackwell, 1964.
 Hassan, Zoya, edited Forging Identities : Gender, Communities and the State, Delhi, Kali
for Women, 1994.
 Kymlicka Wll, Liberalism, Community and Culture, Oxford, Oxford University .

1991.
 Parekh, Bhikhu, Rethinking Multiculturalism : Cultural diversity and Political Theory,

London, Macmillan 2000.
 A. Gutmann, Multiculturalism : Examining the Politics of Recognition, Princeton

 Craig Calhoun, Social Theory and the Politics of Identity, Cambridge, Basil Blackwell,
1994.
 Eric Hobsbaum ‘ Identity Politics and the Left’ in New Left Review, 1996.
 Eash and Scott Modernity and identity, Basil Blackwell, 1992.
 Bhatt Ray and David Taylor (eds) Politics and Identity in South Asia, Oxford University
Press, 2002.
 Edward Said, ‘Culture and Imperialism’ London, Vintage Books, 1994.
 Eric Hobsbaum and Terence Ranger, (ed) The Innovation of Tradition, Cambridge
 Fanon, Franz ‘National cultures.
 Amita, Baviskar (ed.) Contested Grounds : Essays on Nature, Culture and Power.
 Arthur, G Rubinoff ‘The Construction of a Political Community.
 Stuart Hall and gay (ed) Cultural identity, Sage, London, 1996.
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COURSE TITLE: SOUTH ASIAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS
CORSE CODE : POL 675
(ELECTIVE)
____________________________________________________________
 South Asia : General Introduction
 Nationalism and Colonialism in South Asia
 Political Institutions in South Asia: Constitutional Development; Nature and Type of
Political Systems; Structure and Processes of Politics,
 Political Parties and Pressure Groups,
 Religion and Politics, Role of Military in Political Development,
 Politics of Ethnicity;
 Ethnic and sectarian conflicts
 Problems of Nation-Building,
SUGGESTED REDINGS
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
Y. Malik, C. Kennedy, R. Oberst, M. Lawoti, S. Rahman, A. Kapur (2009), Government and Politics in
South Asia
A. Lieven (2011), Pakistan: A Hard Country, London: Allen Lane.
Ian Talbot (2009), Pakistan: A Modern History, London: C. Hurst
Owen Bennett Jones (2009), Pakistan: Eye of the Storm, New Haven: Yale University Press.
W. Van Schendel‟s (2009) A History of Bangladesh,
S. Mahmud Ali (2010), Understanding Bangladesh,
Y. Malik, et al (2009), Government and Politics in South Asia,
N. DeVotta (2004), Blowback: linguistic nationalism, institutional decay, and ethnic conflict in Sri
Lanka,
S. Bose & A. Jalal (1998), Modern South Asia,
N.DeVotta (2009), 'The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Lost Quest for Separatism in
Sri Lanka', Asian Survey, 49/6
N. DeVotta (2010),' Politics and Governance in Post-Independence Sri Lanka', in P. Brass (ed) (2010),
Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics
N.DeVotta (2011), „Sri Lanka; from Turmoil to Dynasty‟, Journal of Democracy, 22/2, pp.130-44.
Academic Journals
Asian Survey 2. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 3.Contemporary South Asia 4. Economic and
Political Weekly 5. South Asian Survey 6.Journal of Asian Studies 7. Modern Asian Studies 8. Subaltern
Studies
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COURSE TITLE: POLITICAL PARTIES AND PARTY SYSTEMS
CORSE CODE : POL 676
(ELECTIVE)
____________________________________________________________
Political Parties and party systems are the key structures of all the modern Political Systems.
Originating as an Extra-Constitutional Structure it consolidated itself in the process of
democratization in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is intrinsically lined with the
working of representative democracies of today. Howerver, in non-democratic one party states
party plays an important role as an independent variable. It acts as an instrument of
modernization in the developing countries. This course deals with the crucial role of political
parties as an important institution in the entire political system.
COURSE CONTENT
1, Meaning, Nature and Evolution of Political Parties.

2. Theories of Party Systems.
3. Classification of Party Systems.
4. Role of Political Parties in Modern Political Systems.
5. Party Structure.
6. Electoral System and Political Parties – Need for Reforms.
7. Party system in India.
8. Party System & Pressure Politics in USA.
9. Communist Party of China.
10. Recent Trends.
SUGGESTED READINGS
Duverger, M, Political Parties, London : Wiley, 1954.

Eldersveld, Samuel J., Political Parties : A Behavioural Analysis, Chicago , 1964.
Kohli, A.(ed.) India’s Democracy AN Analysis of Changing State-Society Relations, Hyderabad,
Orient Longman, 1988.
Lawson, K. (ed.) Political Parties and Linkage, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1980.
La Palambora, J and M Weiner (eds.) Political Parties and Political Development, Princeton,
Princeton University Press, 1996.
Neumann S. (ed.) Modern Political Parties, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1966.
Parkin, S., Green Parties, London : Heretic Books, 1989.
Randall, V. (ed.) Political Parties in the Third World, New Delhi : Sage, 1988.
Sartori, G., Parties and Party System, London, Cambridge University Press, 1976.
Thum G.W. and E.G. Janosik, Parties and the Governmental Systems, NJ, Prentice Hall, 1967.
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ELECTIVE ‘D’ GROUP
ANY ONE COURSE FROM THIS GROUP.

(ELECTIVE)
Course Title: International Relations after Second World War
____________________________________________________________
 Cold War: Origin, development and impact

 Deterrence, arms race and power politics during Cold War
 Disintegration of Soviet Union: Implications for word politics and
security
 Post-Cold War international system
 Impact of 9/11 on world politics
 United Nations: Structure, functions and role
 Issues of Human Rights and International Law
 NAM: Origin, role and relevance
 Regional Organisations: SAARC and European Union
 Third World political problems in the post-Cold War period (specially
the conflict in the Middle East and Afghanistan)
 The problem of nuclear proliferation in Asia
 Indian foreign policy: Determinants, objectives and decision-making
process
 India’s neighbourhood
 Indian economic diplomacy
 India’s politico-strategic engagement with the major powers in the post-
Cold War period
 A case for reshaping of India’s foreign policy in the contemporary world
Suggested Reading
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 Baldev Raj Nayyar, India in the World Order: Searching for Major-Power Status,
Cambridge University Press
 Colin Wight, Agents, Structures and International Relations: Politics as Ontology,
 Harsh V. Pant (Ed), Indian Foreign Policy in a Unipolar World, Routlledge.
 Iver B.Neumann and Ole Wæver (Eds.), The Future of International Relations: Masters
in the Making?, Routledge.
 J. Bandhyopadhayaya, The Making of India’s Foreign Policy, Allied Publishers
 J.L. Holzgrefe, Robert O. Keohane (Eds.), Humanitarian Intervention: Ethical, Legal and
Political Dilemmas, Cambridge University Press.
 J.N. Dixit, Anatomy of a Flawed Inheritance: Indo-Pak Relations, 1970-94, Konark
Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
 Jennifer M. Welsh (Ed.), Humanitarian Intervention and International Relations, Oxford
University Press.
 John Baylis and Steve Smith (Eds.), The Gobalisation of World Politics, Oxford
University Press.
 John Garver, Protracted Conflict: Sino-Indian Rivalry in the Twentieth Century,
University of Washinton Press.
 Jonathan Fox and Shmuel Soadler, Bringing Religion into International Relations,
Palgrave Macmillan.
 Julie Reeves, Culture and International Relations, Routledge.
 Neta C. Crawford, Arguments and Change in World Politics: Ethics, decolonization, and
humanitarian intervention, Cambridge University Press.
 R.S. Yadav and Suresh Dhanda (Eds.) India’s Foreign Policy: Contemporary Trends.
Shipra Publications.
 V.P. Dutt, India’s Foreign Policy
 William J. Barns, India, Pakistan and the Great Powers
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(ELECTIVE)
Course Title: SOUTH ASIAN REGIONAL SECURITY
____________________________________________________________
 Regional Security in South Asia: A Conceptual Understanding

 Regional Security in South Asia during the Cold War
 Regional Security in South Asia during the post-Cold War period
 Impact of 9/11 and Globalisation
 Various dimensions of conflicts in South Asia
 Causal Explanations of conflicts in South Asia
 Nuclearisation of South Asia: Problem and solution
 International Terrorism in South Asia
 Regional Security in South Asia and extra-regional powers: An overview of the
role of the US, China and Russia
 Approaches to Conflict Resolution in South Asia
 Confidence-building measures (CBMS) in South Asia
 Regional cooperation and integration: Problem and solution
 Importance of the Indian Ocean
 India’s South Asia policy
Suggested Reading
 Achin Vanaik (Ed.), Globalisation and South Asia: Multidimensional Perspectives,

Manohar.
 Ashley J. Tellis, Stability in South Asia: Prospects of Indo -Pak Nuclear Conflict, Natraj
Publishers.
 B.M. Jain, India in the New South Asia, I.B. Taurus & Co. Ltd.
 Baldev Raj Nayyar, India in the World Order: Searching for Major-Power Status,
Cambridge University Press
 Barry Buzan and Gowher Rizvi (Eds.), South Asian Insecurity and the Great Powers,
Macmillan
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 Craig Baxter, et al., Government and Politics in South Asia, Westview.
 Dennis Kux, The United States and Pakistan, 1947-2000: Disenchanted Allies, John
Hopkins University Press.
 Devin T. Hagerty (Ed.), South Asia in World Politics, Oxford University Press.
 Devin T. Hagerty , The Consequences of Nuclear Proliferation: Lessons from South Asia
,MIT Press.
 Kanti P. Bajpai and Stephen P. Cohen (Eds.), South Asia after the Cold War, Westview
 Mohammad Ayoob (Ed.), Regional Security in the Third World, Croom Helm Ltd.
 Navnita Chadha-Behera, International Relations in South Asia: Search for an Alternative
Paradigm , Sage Publications
 Partha Gosh, Cooperation and Conflict in South Asia, Manohar Publishers
 Rafiq Dosani and Henry S. Rower (Eds.), Prospects for Peace in South Asia, Orient
Longman.
 Rajpal Budania, India’s National Security Dilemma: The Pakistan Factor and India’s
Policy Response, Indus Publishing Company
 Richard Sisson and Leo Rose, War and Secession: Pakistan, India and the Creation of
Bangladesh, University of California Press.
 S.M. Burke, Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: An Historical Analysis, Oxford University Press.
 Samir Das
 Shahid M. Amin, Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: A Reappraisal, Oxford University Press.
 Stephen Cohen, The Security of South Asia: American and Asian Perspectives, Vistaar.
 Strobe Talbot, Engaging India: Diplomacy, Democracy, and the Bomb, Brookings
Institution Press.
 Sudhir J. George, Intra-State and Inter-State Conflicts in South Asia, South Asian
Publishers.
 Sumit Ganguly, The Origins of War in South Asia: Indo-Pakistani Conflicts since 1947,
Westview Press
 Urmila Phadnis, Ethnicity and Nation-Building in South Asia, Sage Publications.
 V.M. Hewitt, The International Politics of South Asia, Manchester University Press.
 S.D. Muni (Ed.),The Emerging Dimensions of SAARC, Cambridge University Press.
 Saira Khan, Nuclear Weapons and Conflict Transformation : The Case of India-Pakistan,
Routledge
 P. Sahadevan, Conflict and Peace-making in South Asia, Lancer.
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(ELECTIVE)
COURSE TITLE: – DIPLOMACY
____________________________________________________________
What is Diplomacy?
. Definition and Meaning
. Types of Diplomacy
. Ancient Indian Diplomacy – Lord Krishna, Kautilya’s diplomacy
. Modern Indian Diplomacy
Diplomacy during Cold War

. Traditional Diplomacy
. Modern Diplomacy
. Summit Diplomacy
. Personal Diplomacy
Diplomacy after Cold War

. Personalised Diplomacy
. Track 1, Track 2 and Track 3 diplomacy
. Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution
Diplomacy and World Politics

. Diplomacy in the Third World
. Diplomatic methods
. Diplomatic practice
. Negotiations
. Relevance of Diplomacy?
Diplomacy and International Law

. Diplomatic immunities
. Treaties, pacts and ties
. Environmental diplomacy
Diplomacy and the United Nations

. Mediation, Intervention?
. Role of UNPKF
. Diplomacy of normalization; Palestine, Kashmir etc.
Diplomacy of Foreign Policy

. Economic diplomacy
. Cultural diplomacy
. Nuclear diplomacy
. Disaster and Energy diplomacy
Note: The course outline is tentative, and subject to modification from time to time
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ESSENTIAL READINGS:
 H. Saunders, (1999) A Public Peace Process: Sustained Dialogue To Transform Racial

and Ethnic Conflicts, Palgrave Macmillan: New York, pp. 1‐30.
 N. Behera, ‘Forging New Solidarities: Non‐official Dialogues’, in M. Mekenkamp, P.
Tongeren and H. Van De Veen (eds.), Searching For Peace In Central And South Asia,
London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, pp. 210‐236.
 J Bercovitch, V. Kremenyuk, and I. Zartman (eds.), (2009) The Sage Hand Book of
Conflict Resolution, London: Sage Publications.
 M. Steger , (2001) ‘Peacebuilding and Non‐Violence: Gandhi’s Perspective on Power’,
in D.
 Christie, R. Wagner and D. Winter, (eds.), Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace
Psychology for the 21st Century Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice‐Hall.
 J. Davies and E. Kaufman (eds.), (2003) Second Track/Citizens' Diplomacy: Concepts
and Techniques for Conflict Transformation, Rowman & Littlefield: Maryland.
 C. Webel and J. Galtung (eds.), (2007) The Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies,
London: Routledge.
 S. Mason and M. Siegfried, (2010) Debriefing Mediators To Learn Their Experiences,
Washington D.C: United States Institute Of Peace.
 I. Zartman and A. De Soto, (2010) Timing Mediation Initiatives, Washington D.C:
United States Institute Of Peace.
 A. Smith and D. Smock, (2010) Managing A Mediation Process, Washington D.C:
United States Institute Of Peace.
 H. Burgess and G. Burgess, (2010) Conducting Track II, Washington D.C: United States
Institute Of Peace.
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(ELECTIVE)
COURSE TITLE: INDIA, PAKISTAN AND THE GREAT POWERS
___________________________________________________________________
 India-Pakistan Relations: A Historical Background

 Cold War Dynamics and Impact on India-Pakistan Relations
 Issues in India-Pakistan Relations:
 The Kashmir Issue
 The Issue of Terrorism
 Various Dimensions of Arms Race between India and Pakistan
 The Issue of Economic Cooperation
 Minor Issues: Siachen, Tulbul Navigation Project, Sir Creek
 India-Pakistan Peace Process: Key Structures
 Policies and Roles of Great Powers towards India-Pakistan Relations:
 Policy and Role of Great Britain
 Policy and Role of the United States
 Policy and Role of the Soviet Union (Now Russia)
 Policy and Role of China
Suggested Reading
 Ajit Bhattacharjea, Kashmir: The Wounded Valley, UBSPD

 Appadaroi and MS Rajan, India’s Foreign Policy and Relations, South Asian Publishers.
 Ashley J. Tellis, Stability in South Asia: Prospects of Indo -Pak Nuclear Conflict, Natraj
Publishers.
 Baldev Raj Nayyar, India in the World Order: Searching for Major-Power Status, Cambridge
University Press
 Benjamin Miller, States, Nations and the Great Powers: Sources of Regional War and Peace,
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 Dennis Kux, The United States and Pakistan, 1947-2000: Disenchanted Allies, John Hopkins
University Press.
 Devin T. Hagerty (Ed.), South Asia in World Politics, Oxford University Press.
 H.V. Hodson, The Great Divide: Britain, India, Pakistan, Oxford University Press.
 Harsh V. Pant (Ed), Indian Foreign Policy in a Unipolar World, Routlledge.
 J. Bandhyopadhayaya, The Making of India’s Foreign Policy, Allied Publishers.
 J.N. Dixit, Anatomy of a Flawed Inheritance: Indo-Pak Relations, 1970-94, Konark Publishers
Pvt. Ltd.
 John Garver, Protracted Conflict: Sino-Indian Rivalry in the Twentieth Century, University of
Washinton Press.
 P. Sahadevan, Conflict and Peace-making in South Asia, Lancer.
 Peter R. Lavoy (Ed.), Asymmetric Warfare in South Asia - The Causes and Consequences of the
Kargil Conflict,Cambridge University Press.
 R.S. Yadav and Suresh Dhanda (Eds.) India’s Foreign Policy: Contemporary Trends. Shipra
Publications.
 Rafiq Dosani and Henry S. Rower (Eds.), Prospects for Peace in South Asia, Orient Longman.
 Raja Mohan, Crossing the Rubicon: The Shaping of India’s New Foreign Policy, Palgrave
Macmillan..
 Rajen Harshe and K.M. Seethi (Eds.), Engaging with the World: Critical Reflections on India’s
Foreign Policy, Orient Longman.
 Rajpal Budania, India’s National Security Dilemma: The Pakistan Factor and India’s Policy
Response, Indus Publishing Company.
 Richard Sisson and Leo Rose, War and Secession: Pakistan, India and the Creation of
Bangladesh, University of California Press.
 S.D. Muni (Ed.),The Emerging Dimensions of SAARC, Cambridge University Press.
 S.M. Burke, Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: An Historical Analysis, Oxford University Press.
 Saira Khan, Nuclear Weapons and Conflict Transformation : The Case of India-Pakistan,
Routledge
 Samir Kumar Das, Peace Processes and Peace Accords, Sage Publications.
 Shahid M. Amin, Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: A Reappraisal, Oxford University Press.
 Stephen P. Cohen, The Idea of Pakistan, Oxford University Press.
 Strobe Talbot, Engaging India: Diplomacy, Democracy, and the Bomb, Brookings Institution
Press.
 Sudhir J. George, Intra-State and Inter-State Conflicts in South Asia, South Asian Publishers.
 Sumit Ganguly, Conflict Unending: India-Pakistan Tensions since 1947, Columbia University
Press.
 Sumit Ganguly, The Origins of War in South Asia: Indo-Pakistani Conflicts since 1947, Westview
Press.
 V.M. Hewitt, The International Politics of South Asia, Manchester University Press.
 V.P. Dutt, India’s Foreign Policy, Vani Educational Books.
 William Bards, India, Pakistan and Great Powers, New York
69

(ELECTIVE)
COURSE TITLE: FOREIGN POLICY OF THE MAJOR POWERS
____________________________________________________________
 Foreign Policy of the Major Powers: Importance of the Study

 Foreign Policy-making of the Major Powers: Key Factors
 Foreign Policy of the United States:
Key determinants and objectives, features of the US foreign policy, US policy
towards India, US policy on non-proliferation and terrorism
 Foreign Policy of China:

Key Objectives, China’s rise as a major power and its implications for world
politics, China’s policy towards South Asia and South-east Asia
 Foreign Policy of Russia:

Russia’s foreign policy in the post-Cold War period, Russia’s relations with the
U.S. and China, Russia’s relations with India
 Foreign Policy of Japan:

Key features of Japan’s foreign policy, Japan’s engagement with China and
Russia after the end of the Cold War, Japan’s engagement with Southeast Asia,
Indo-Japan relations
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SUGGESTED READING
 B.M. Jain (Ed.), International System and the Great Power Relationship, INA
Shree Publication.
 Benjamin Miller, States, Nations and the Great Powers: Sources of Regional War
and Peace, Cambridge University Press.
 Chan Gerald, Chinese Perspective on International Relations, Macmillan.
 Cronin Patrick M. From Globalism to Regionalism: New Perspectives on US
Foreign and Defence Policies, National Defence University Press.
 Ellison Herbert J. Japan and The Pacific Quadrille: The Major Powers in East
Asia, Westview Press, 1987.
 Gaddis Johan Lewis, Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of Post War
American National Security Policy, Oxford University Press.
 George Kennan, Realities of American Foreign Policy, Princeton University Press.
 Haas Richard N, Intervention: The Use of American Military Forces in the Post
Cold War World, Carnegie Endowment of International Peace.
 John Dumbrell, American Foreign Policy: Carter to Clinton, Macmillan.
 Kanet Roger E and Alexander V. Kozhemiakin. The Foreign Policy of Russian
Federation, Macmillan.
 Masahide Shibusawa (Ed.), Japan and the Asian Pacific Region, Croom Helm.
 Owen Harries (Ed.), America’s Purpose: New Visions of U.S. Foreign Policy,
Macmillan.
 Palmer and Perkins, International Relations, CBS.
 Sutter Robert G., Shaping China's Future in World Affairs: The Role of U.S. ,
Westview.
71

(ELECTIVE)
COURSE TITLE: INTERNATIONAL LAW
Definition, basis and nature of International Law
Source of International Law
Subjects of International Law
Law of Peace –Intervention, Recognition, State Succession, Nationality, Extradition and Asylum
International Transactions- Agents- Diplomatic Envoys, Consuls , Treaties.
Disputes - Settlement of disputes by peaceful and coercive means,
Role of International Court of Justice in the settlement of disputes, war crimes, Neutrality , Prize
Court .
Recent trends and changing structure of International Law.
International Law and UNO.
READINGS
1. J.G. Starke, Introduction to International Law, London, Butterworths, First Indian
Reprint, 1994
2. Oppenheim, International Law, Vol. I & II, Longman Green and Company, London,
1955
3. J.L. Brierly, Law of Nations, Oxford, London, 1963
4. Charles G. Fenwick, International Law, Vakils, Feffer and Simons Pvt Ltd., Bombay,
1962
5. D.P.O. Connell, International Law, Vol. I & II, London, 1971
6. Max Sorensen (ed.), Manual of Public International Law, Macmillan, London, 1968
7. S.K. Kapoor, International Law, Central Law Agency, Allahabad, 1998
8. G.S. Bajwa, Human Rights in India : Implementation and Violations, Anmol Publication,
New Delhi, 1995
9. R.P. Anand, New States and International Law, Vikas, Delhi, 1972
10. M. Akehurst, A Modern Introduction to International Law, George Allen and Unwin,
London, 1978
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(ELECTIVE)
COURSE TITLE: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
 International Organisations, meaning, nature and gensis.

 League of Nations, its origin and structure.
 Achievements and failures of League of Nations and Causes for the failure of
League of Nations.
 Gensis of the United Nations, its structure, comparison between
League convenant and UN charter. •
 United Nations and Human Rights, Art 2(7).
 Peaceful settlement of International disputes.

 Collective security under the United Nations.
 Changing role of Secretary General.
 Peace keeping in domestic conflicts, U.N. in the post cold war era.
 Revision of the UN Charter.
 Meaning, Nature, Evolution, scope and objects of diplomacy.

 Diplomacy as a determinant of foreign policy.
 Classification of Diplomat envoys-Deplomatic envoys and consular agents.
 Qualities of an ideal Diplomat.
 Transition from old to New Diplomacy, Reasons for the Decline of old Diplomacy.
 Features of Contemporary Diplomacy.

 Democratic Diplomacy: Open Diplomacy.
 Conference Diplomacy; Summit Diplomacy.
 Economic Diplomacy: Third World Diplomacy.
 Diplomacy and Mass Media.
 Impact of Nuclear Age in Diplomacy .
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BOOK RECOMMENDED
 Carr, E.H. , The Twenty Years crisis 1919-1939 Torento, macmillan 1946.
 Scott, George ,The Rise and Fall of League of Nations, New York, Macmillan,
1974.
 Mangone Gerardji, A short History of International Organisation, New York,
McGraw Hill, 1954.
 Walters, F.P.,A History of League of Nations.
 Mehrish B.M, International Organisation, Delhi, Vishal, 1976.
 Bilgrami, S.J.R, Current Issues in International Politics, Kanishka Publishers,
NewDelhi, 1997.
 Hans Asha, The United Nations Delhi; Amar Parkashan, 1986.
 Good-speed S.S.,International Organisation, Oxford University Press, New York,
1967.
 Claude Inis,Swords into ploughshares, New york, Random 1971.
 Riggs, Robert E & Plano Jack C.The United Nations : International Organisation
and world Politics, Chicago; The Dorsey Press, 1998.
 Nicholas H.G. ,The United Nations as a Political Institution. London:
Oxford University Press, 1975.
 Goodrich, L.M. & Simons, A.P. ,The United Nations and the Maintenance of
International Peace and Security, Washington, D.C., The Brookings Institution,
1955.
 Bajpai, U.S.,Forty Years of the U.N. New Delhi, Lancer International, 1986.
 Robertson, Arthur H., Human Rights in the World: An Introduction to the
International, Protection of Human Rights, New York, St. Martins Press, 1982.
 Bajwa, G.S.,Human Rights in India: Implementation & Violations, Anrnol
Publications, Delhi, 1995.
 Saksena, K.P.,The U.N. and Collective Security: Historical Analysis, Delhi: D.K.
Publishing House, 1974.
 Bennet, Ale Ray, International Organisations Principles and Issues, new Jersey;
Englewood elifts, 1984.
 Khare, S.C., Human Rights and United Nations, Metropolitan Book Co., Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi, 1977.

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1st SEMESTER (Autumn)

Course No. Course Title

POL 501 Western Political Thought- I (From Plato to Hegel)

2nd SEMESTER (Spring)

Course No. Course Title

POL 511 Western Political Thought- II

3rd SEMESTER (Autumn)

2 CORE & 2 ELECTIVE Course

Course No. Course Title

POL 601 Theory of International Relations

Course No. Course Title

POL 651 State Politics in India (With Special Reference to U.P.)

Group B – Political Philosophy and Public Policy

Course No. Course Title

POL 661 Political Sociology

4th SEMESTER (SPRING )

2 CORE Courses & 2 Elective Courses

Course No. Course Title

POL 611 Contemporary Political Philosophy

Group C – Comparative Politics & Political Systems

POL 671 State in Comparative Perspective

Group D – International Relations

Any one Elective Course from Group ‘D’

Course No. Course Title

POL 681 International Relations after the Second World War

There will be 16 courses of 5 credits each over a four semester period.

M.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE

6. Judith Best : The Mainstream of Western Political Thought

M.A.: POLITICAL SCIENCE

(I) (i) Comparative Politics – A historical overview

23 Roberts, G. K. What Is Comparative Politics. London: Macmillan, 1972

24 Sartori, G., Democratic Theory (London: Praeger, 1962).

26 Verma, S.P., Modern Political Theory, Vikas, Delhi, 1975

27 Vidya Bhusan: Comparative Politics, Atlantic, New Delhi, 1997

28 Wiseman, H.V.Political Systems, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1966

M..A.: POLITICAL SCIENCE

a. Sources of Modern Indian Political Thought

 RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY

c. Role in Constitution Making

Karunakaran K.P. : Indian Politics from Naoroji to Gandhi

Mehta V. R. : Foundations of Indian Political Thought

Verrma V.P. : Modern Indian Political thought (Hindi Too)

Naraane, V.M. : Modern Indian thought

Sinari, R.A. : Modern Indian Political Thought

Singh and Roy : Indian Political Thought

M.A.: POLITICAL SCIENCE

1. EVOLUTION OF INDIAN ADMINISTRATION:-

e. Lokpal, Social Audit

8. Public Sector Units

 Austin, Grainville, 2003, Working of Democratic Constitution : A History of Indian

 Jenkins, Rob, 1999Democratic Politics and Economic Reform in India, Cambridge

SEMESTER II ( SPRING SEMESTER)

M.A.: POLITICAL SCIENCE

THE SECOND GENERATION

THE THIRD GENERATION

THE FOURTH GENERATION

A CASE STUDY OF FASCISM