B.A. Political Science

PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY
(A CENTRAL UNIVERSITY)
B.A. Political Science

(Choice Based Credit System)
Regulations & Syllabus
2017-18 onwards
Pondicherry University
B. A (Political Science)
REGULATIONS
(Effective from the academic year 2017-2018)
Aim of the Course
The B.A (Political Science) course aims to impart the students with fundamental knowledge
of Political Science.
Eligibility of Admission
Candidates for admission to B.A. (PS), shall be required to have passed 10 + 2 system of
Examination or equivalent with all Science and Arts Subjects.
Duration of the course
The course shall be of three years duration spread over six consecutive semesters.
The maximum duration to acquire prescribed number of credits in order to complete the
Programme of Study shall be twelve consecutive semesters (six years).
Medium
The medium of instruction shall be English.
Course Structure
MIL, ENG, AECC
The crediting of MIL, ENG and AECC courses is as per Pondicherry University UG CBCS
regulations.
Discipline Specific Core Course (DSC) and Discipline Specific Elective Course (DSE)
At least 60% (72 credits) of the total minimum credit requirement must be earned by the
student from DSC and DSE courses as follows in order to obtain the degree: 60 credits from
Discipline Specific Core and 12 credits from Discipline Specific Elective courses.
Discipline Specific Core Course (DSE)
The six 4 credit papers to be credited under DSE can be credited from Discipline Specific
Elective specialization stream courses as follows:
I. Three of the 4 credit courses should be credited from one specialization stream
courses or across the different specialization stream courses specified in the
curriculum.
II. The remaining three of the 4 credit courses may be credited from
a. Another specialization stream courses of the curriculum or across the different
specialization stream courses specified in the curriculum without any overlap of
courses credited in I above.
or
b. Another specialization stream courses or across the different specialization stream

courses in the curriculum of other UG Computer Science Disciplines of study
without any overlap of courses credited in I above.
or
c. An assortment of the above options in II a and IIb.
Open Elective Courses
Any 2 of the 3 credit Open Elective Courses specified in the curriculum (B.A. PS) could be
credited to constitute the 6 credits or substituted with Open elective courses in the curriculum
of other UG Political Science disciplines of study that add proficiency to the students - with
the advice of the Faculty Advisor or an assortment of these without any overlap of courses.
1. Faculty to Students Ratio

The Faculty to Student Ratio in all the practical / laboratory classes shall be maintained at
1:25.
2. Pattern of Examination
I. The End-Semester examination and internal assessments for MIL, ENG, AECC, DSC,
GE and OE courses are as per Pondicherry University UG CBCS regulations.
II. The marks for attendance (5 marks) applies to all courses and the awarding of
attendance marks is as per Pondicherry University UG CBCS regulations.
Passing Minimum
Passing Eligibility and classification for the award of the Degree is as per Pondicherry
University UG CBCS regulations.
Other aspects of CBCS not covered in this document by default conforms to the Pondicherry
University UG CBCS regulations.
SCHEME FOR CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM IN
B.A./B.Sc./B.Com/BBA PROGRAMME
To be implemented form 2017-18 onwards
COURSE SUBJECT CODE TITLE OF THE PAPER CREDITS ALLOTED

Lecture Tutorial/Lab.
SEMESTER-I 20 Credits
MIL 1 LBEN/LHIN/LMAL/LS Bengali/Hindi/Malayalam/Sanskrit/Tamil/Telugu 03
AN/LTAM/LTEL 111
ENGLISH ENGL 112 ENGLISH 1 03
1
DSC 1A XXXX 111 Principles of Political Science 04 02
DSC 2A XXXX 112 Ancient and Medieval Western Political Thought 04 02
AECC 1 PADM 113 Introduction to Public Administration 02
SEMESTER-II 20 Credits
AN/LTAM/LTEL 121
ENGLISH ENGL 122 ENGLISH 2 03
2
DSC 1B XXXX 121 Basic Political Concepts and Ideologies 04 02
DSC 2B XXXX 122 Modern Western Political Thought 04 02
AECC 2 ENVS 123 Environmental Studies 02

SEMESTER-III 20 Credits
AN/LTAM/LTEL 231
ENGLISH ENGL 232 ENGLISH III 03
3
DSC 1C XXXX (231) Indian Constitution 04 02
DSC 2C XXXX (232) Modern Governments. 04 02
SEMESTER-IV 20 Credits
AN/LTAM/LTEL 241
ENGLISH ENGL 242 ENGLISH IV 03
4
DSC 1D XXXX (241) Politics in India 04 02
DSC 2D XXXX (242) Comparative Politics 04 02
SEMESTER-V 20 Credits
SEC - 3 XXXX (351) 02
XXXX (352) Principles of Public Administration 04 01
*DSE 1A XXXX (353) International Relations 04 01
*DSE 2A XXXX (354) Ancient Indian Political Thought 04 01
*DSE 3A XXXX (355) Major Issues in Contemporary Politics 04 01
XXXX (356) International Organization. 04 01
SEMESTER-VI 20 Credits
SEC - 4 XXXX (361) 02
XXXX (362) Development Administration 04 01
*DSE 1B XXXX (363) Human Rights 04 01
*DSE 2B XXXX (364) Modern Indian Political Thought 04 01
*DSE 3B XXXX (365) Indian Foreign Policy 04 01
XXXX (366) Local Self Government 04 01
Total Number of Credits 120
B.A.(POLITICAL SCIENCE) SYLLABUS AS PERCHOICE BASED CREDIT
SYSTEM(CBCS)
FIRST SEMESTER
DSC-IA- Introduction to Political Theory
Course Rationale: This course aims to introduce certain key aspects of

conceptual analysis in political theory and the skills required to engage in debates
surrounding the application of the concepts.
Course Contents
1. a. What is Politics?
b. What is Political Theory and what is its relevance?
2. Concepts: Democracy, Liberty, Equality, Justice, Rights, Gender,

Citizenship, Civil Societyand State.
3. Debates in Political Theory:
a. Is democracy compatible with economic growth?
b. On what grounds is censorship justified and what are its limits?
c. Does protective discrimination violate principles of fairness?
d. Should the State intervene in the institution of the family?
Suggested Readings:
Bhargava, R. (2008) What is Political Theory, in Bhargava, R. and

Acharya, A. (eds.) Political Theory: An Introduction,New Delhi: Pearson
Longman, pp.217.
Sriranjani, V. (2008) Liberty, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.)

Political Theory: An Introduction,.New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp.4057.
Acharya, A. (2008) Equality, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.)

Political Theory: An Introduction, New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp.5873.
Menon, K. (2008) Justice, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political

Theory: An Introduction,New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp.7482.
Talukdar, P.S. (2008) Rights, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.)
Political Theory: An Introduction, New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp.88105.
Srinivasan, J. (2008) Democracy, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.)

Political Theory: AnIntroduction, New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp.106128.
Roy, A. Citizenship, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political

Theory: An Introduction, New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 130147.
Das, S. (2008) State, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political

Theory: An Introduction, New Delhi:Pearson Longman, pp. 170187.
Singh, M. (2008) Civil Society, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya.
DSC- 2A- Classical Political Philosophy
Course RationaleThis paper highlights the classical tradition in political

theory in the ancient and medieval era. Through this course the students are
expected to learn political theorizing done by eminent thinkers of western political
thought during the ancient and medieval times.
Course Contents.
1. Foundations of Greek Political thought- Aspects of Greek Political Thought
2. Plato
3. Aristotle
4. Medieval political thought- St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas
5. Transition from medieval to modern period Position of Machiavelli.
Suggested Readings
1. Leon P. Baradat, Political Ideologies: Origin and Impact, Prentice Hall,

Englewood Cliffs, 1979.
2. William Ebenstein, Today Isms, Prentice hall of India, Engelwood Cliffs,

1980.
3. G.H. Sabine,A History of Political Theory, Oxford and IBH, New Delhi,
1973.
4. W. A. Dunning, History of Political Theories, Central Publishing House,

Allahabad.
5. J. Hampton, Political Philosophy, West View, USA, 1997.
6. M.G. Gupta, History of Political Thought, Chaitanya, Publishing House,

Allahabad, 1991.
SEMESTER SECOND
DSC--IB - Indian Government and Politics
1) Approaches to the Study of Indian Politics and Nature of the State in India
2) Indian Constitution: basic features, debates on Fundamental Rights and

DirectivePrinciples.
3) Institutional Functioning: Prime Minister, Parliament and Judiciary.
4) Power Structure in India: Caste, Class and Patriarchy.
5) Religion and Politics: Debates on secularism and communalism.
6) Parties and Party systems in India.
7) Social Movements: Workers, Peasants, Environmental and Womens

Movements.
8) Strategies of Development in India since Independence: Planned Economy

andNeo-liberalism.
Suggested Readings
Abbas, H., Kumar, R. &Alam, M. A. (2011) Indian Government and

Politics. New Delhi: Pearson, 2011.
Chandhoke, N. &Priyadarshi, P. (eds.) (2009) Contemporary India:

Economy, Society,Politics. NewDelhi: Pearson.
Chakravarty, B. & Pandey, K. P. (2006) Indian Government and Politics.

New Delhi: Sage.
Chandra, B., Mukherjee, A. & Mukherjee, M. (2010) India After

Independence. New Delhi: Penguin.
Singh, M.P. &Saxena, R. (2008) Indian Politics: Contemporary Issues and

Concerns. New Delhi: PHI
Vanaik, A. & Bhargava, R. (eds.) (2010) Understanding Contemporary
India: CriticalPerspectives. New Delhi: Orient Blackswan.
Menon, N. and Nigam, A. (2007) Power and Contestation: India Since 1989.
London
Austin, G. (1999) Indian Constitution: Corner Stone of a Nation. New Delhi:

Oxford UniversityPress.
Austin, G. (2004) Working of a Democratic Constitution of India. New

Delhi: OxfordUniversity Press.
Jayal, N. G. &Maheta, P. B. (eds.) (2010) Oxford Companion to Indian

Politics. New Delhi, OxfordUniversity Press.
DSC-2B -Modern Political Philosophy

Course Rationale
The study of this paper enables students at undergraduate level to obtain the
classical political tradition in the modern era. The political ideas and thoughts of
philosophers from Thomas Hobbes to Karl Marx have been included in the paper.
Course Contents
1. Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Rousseau
2. Montesquieu and Edmund Burke
3. J.S.Mill and Jeremy Bentham
4. T.H Green and Hegel
5. Karl Marx.
Suggested Readings
1. George H. Sabine, History of Political Theory, Oxford and IHB, New Delhi,
1973.
2. William Ebenstein, Great Political Thinkers( from Plato to Present)
3. ---------------------, Modern Political Thought, Great Issues, Oxford &IBH,

New Delhi, 1970
4. --------------------, Todays Isms, Engelwood Cliffs, Prentice Hall,980

5. M.G. Gupta, History of Political Thought, Chaitanya Publishing House,
Allahabad,1991.
6. Leon P. Baradat, Political Ideologies- Their Origins and Impact, Engelwood

Cliffs,. Prentice Hall,1979.
SEMESTER THREE
DSC -1C-Comparative Government and Politics
1. The nature, scope and methods of comparative political analysis
2. Comparing Regimes: Authoritarian and Democratic
3. Classifications of political systems:
a) Parliamentary and Presidential: UK and USA
b) Federal and Unitary: Canada and China.
4. Electoral Systems: First past the post, proportional representation, mixed

systems
5. Party Systems: one-party, two-party and multi-party systems.
6. Contemporary debates on the nature of state: From state centric security to

humancentric security and the changing nature of nation-state in the context
of globalization.
Suggested Readings
Bara, J & Pennington, M. (eds.). (2009) Comparative Politics,New Delhi:

Sage.
Caramani, D. (ed.). (2008) Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford University

Press.
Hague, R. and Harrop, M. (2010) Comparative Government and Politics: An

Introduction. (EightEdition). London: Palgrave McMillan.
Ishiyama, J.T. and Breuning, M. (eds.). (2011) 21st Century Political

Science: A Reference Book. Los Angeles: Sage.
Newton, K. and Deth, Jan W. V. (2010) Foundations of Comparative
Politics: Democracies ofTheModern World,Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
ONeil, P. (2009) Essentials of Comparative Politics. (Third Edition). New

York: WW. Norton &Company, Inc.
Palekar, S.A. (2009) Comparative Government and Politics. New Delhi: PHI
Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Caramani, D. (2008) Introduction to Comparative Politics, in Caramani, D.

(ed.) ComparativePolitics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 123.
Mohanty, M. (1975) Comparative Political Theory and Third World

Sensitivity, in Teaching Politics,Nos.1 & 2, pp. 2238.
Webb, E. (2011) Totalitarianism and Authoritarianism, in Ishiyama, J. T.

and Breuning, M.(eds.) 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Book. Los
Angeles: Sage, pp. 249257.
Hague, R. and Harrop, M. (2004) Comparative Government and Politics: An

IntroductionLondon: Palgrave McMillan, pp. 3650, 5168.
Cameron, D. R. (2002) Canada, in Ann L. G. (ed.) Handbook of Federal

Countries. Montreal&Kingston: McGillQueens University Press, pp. 105119.
Dhillon, Michael. (2009), Government and Politics, in Contemporary

China: An Introduction, London, New York: Routledge, 2009, pp. 137160.
Evans, Jocelyn A.J. (2009) Electoral Systems, in Bara, J. and Pennington,

M.(eds.)ComparativePolitics. New Delhi: Sage, pp. 93119.
Downs, W. M. (2011) Electoral Systems in Comparative Perspectives, in

Ishiyama, J.T. andBreuning, M. (eds.) 21st Century Political Science: A Reference
Book. Los Angeles: Sage, pp.159 167.
Cole, A. (2011) Comparative Political Parties: Systems and Organizations,

in Ishiyama, J.T.andBreuning, M. (eds.) 21st Century Political Science: A
Reference Book. Los Angeles: Sage,pp. 150158.
Caramani, D. (2008) Party Systems, in Caramani, D. (ed.) Comparative
Politics. Oxford: OxfordUniversity Press, pp. 293317, 318347.
Poggi, Gianfranco. (2008) The nationstate, in Caramani, D. (ed.)

Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press pp. 85107.
Hague, R. and Harrop, M. (2004) The state in a global context, in

Comparative Governmentand Politics: An Introduction. London: Palgrave
McMillan, pp. 1734.
Bara, J. (2009) Methods for Comparative Analysis, in Bara, J.
DSC2C -Major Modern Political Systems
Course Rationale
The objective of this paper is to impart basic knowledge of the working
major modern political systems.This paper includes the study of the governmental
systems of U.K, USA, France, Switzerland and China.
Course Contents
1. Constitution of U.K
Features of the Constitution
Crown and the King, Prime Minister and the Cabinet
British Parliament
Judicial system
Political parties
2. Constitution of U.S.A
The Presidency
The Congress
The Judiciary
Political parties
3. Constitution of France
The President of France
Legislature in France
French Judiciary, administrative Law
Multi - Party system in France
4. Constitution of Switzerland
Direct Democracy in Switzerland
The Federal Council
The Federal Assembly
The Federal Tribunal
5. Constitution of China
Executive China
Legislature in China
Judiciary in China
One Party System
Recommended Readings:
1. Carl J. Friedrich, Constitutional Government and Democracy, Oxford

University Press, New Delhi,1989.
2. Ogg and Zink, Modern Foreign Governments, New York, 1934.
3. Robert, E.Ward and Roy. C. Macridis, Modern Political Systems: Asia,

Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1963.
4. A.C. Kapoor, Select Constitutions, S . Chand and Co, New Delhi, 1986
5. V. D. Mahajan, Select Modern Governments, S, Chand and o, New Delhi,
1986
6. Vishnoo Bhagavan &Vidya Bhooshan, World Constitutions, Sterling

Publishers, New Delhi, 2002.
SEC-1.Legislative Support
Aim of the course: To acquaint the student broadly with the legislative
process in India atvarious levels, introduce them to the requirements of peoples
representatives and provideelementary skills to be part of a legislative support
team.
Rationale:Peoples representatives need support for the multiple tasks they

are supposed toundertake. The need to understand complex policy issues, draft new
legislation, track andanalyse ongoing bills, make speeches and floor statements,
write articles and pressreleases, attend legislative meetings, conduct meetings with
various stakeholders, monitormedia and public developments, manage constituent
relations and handle interofficecommunications. All over the world, elected
representatives have an office with specialized support team to carry out these
tasks.
In India this has just begun. With about 5000 MPs and MLAs, and more than
30 lakhsrepresentatives at the Panchayati Raj level, there is a vast need that needs
to be respondedto. This course will equip the students with basic skills for this task
and expose them to reallife legislative work. It will build their skills and deepen
their understanding of the politicalprocess.
Course outline:
1. Powers and functions of peoples representatives at different tiers of

governanceMembers of Parliament, State Legislative Assemblies, functionaries
of rural andurban local self government from ZilaParishads/Municipal
Corporation toPanchayat/Ward.
2. Supporting the legislative process: How a Bill becomes a Law, Role of the
StandingCommittee in reviewing a Bill, Legislative Consultations, amendments
to a Bill, theframing of Rules and Regulations.
3. Supporting the legislative committees: Types of committees, Role of committees

in reviewing government finances,policy, programmes, and legislation
4. Reading the budget document: Overview of Budget Process, Role of Parliament

in reviewing the Union Budget,Railway Budget, Examination of Demands for
Grants of Ministries, Working ofMinistries.
5. Support in media monitoring and communication: Types of media and

theirsignificance for legislators. Basics of communication in print and
electronicmedia.
Suggested Readings:
Madhavan, M.R. &N.WahiFinancing of Election Campaigns PRS, Centre

forPolicy Research, New Delh, 2008:
http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media/conference/Campaign_finance_brief.pdfVank
a, S. Primer on MPLADS Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, 2008. can be
accessed on:http://www.prsindia.org/parliamenttrack/primers/mplads487/
Kalra, H. Public Engagement with the Legislative Process PRS, Centre

forPolicy Research, New Delhi, 2011. can be accessed on:
http://www.prsindia.org/administrator/uploads/media/Conference%202011
/Public%20Engagement%20with%20the%20Legislative%20Process.pdfGovernment
of India (LokSabha Secretariat) Parliamentary Procedures(Abstract Series), 2009.
Can be accessed on:http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/abstract/index.aspx
Government of India, (Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) Legislation,

Parliamentary Procedure, 2009. Can be accessed
on:http://mpa.nic.in/Manual/Manual_English/Chapter/chapter09.htm Government of
India, (Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) SubordinateLegislation, Parliamentary
Procedure, 2009. Can be accessed on:
http://mpa.nic.in/Manual/Manual_English/Chapter/chapter11.htm.
Kapur, Devesh and PratapBanu Mehta, The Indian Parliament as anInstitution

of Accountability, Democracy, Governance and Human Rights,
Programme Paper Number 23, United Nations Research Institute for
SocialDevelopment, January 2006. Can be accessed on:
http://www.unrisd.org/UNRISD/website/document.nsf/240da49ca467a53f80
256b4f005ef245/8e6fc72d6b546696c1257123002fcceb/$FILE/KapMeht.pdf
Agarwal, O.P. and T.V. Somanathan, Public Policy Making in India: Issues
and Remedies, February, 2005. Can be accessed on:
http://www.cprindia.org/admin/paper/Public_Policy_Making_in_India_14205_TV_S
OMANATHAN.pdf. Debroy, Bibek, Why we need law reform, Seminar January
2001.
Mehta, PratapBhanu, Indias Unlikely Democracy: The Rise of

JudicialSovereignty, Journal of Democracy Vol.18, No.2, pp.7083.
Government links:
http://loksabha.nic.in/; http://rajyasabha.nic.in/; http://mpa.nic.in
Sanyal,K. Strengthening Parliamentary Committees PRS, Centre for

PolicyResearch, New Delhi, 2011. can be accessed on:
http://www.prsindia.org/administrator/uploads/media/Conference%202011/Strengt
hening%20Parliamentary%20Committees.pdf
Celestine, A. How to read the Union Budget PRS, Centre for Policy
Research,New Delhi, 2011. can be accessed on:
http://www.prsindia.org/parliamenttrack/primers/howtoreadtheunionbudget102
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SEMESTER FOUR
DSC - 1D- Introduction to International Relations
Course Rationale: This Course is designed to give students a sense of some

importanttheoretical approaches to understand international relations; a history
from 1945 onwardsto the present; and an outline of the evolution of Indian foreign
policy since independenceand its possible future trajectory.
1. Approaches to International Relations
Classical Realism (Hans Morgenthau) and Neo-Realism (Kenneth Waltz)

Neo-Liberalism: Complex Interdependence (Robert O. Keohane and Joseph Nye)
Structural Approaches: World Systems Approach (Immanuel Wallerstein) and
Dependency School (Andre Gunder Frank) Feminist Perspective (J. Ann Tickner)
2. Cold War & Post-Cold War Era
Second World War & Origins of Cold War,
Phases of Cold War: First Cold WarRise and fall of DetenteSecond Cold War
End of Cold War and Collapse of the Soviet Union
Post Cold- War Era and Emerging Centers of Power (European Union, China,
Russia andJapan)
3. Indias Foreign Policy
Basic Determinants (Historical, Geo-Political, Economic, Domestic

andStrategic)
Indias Policy of Non-alignment
India: An Emerging Power
4. Emerging Trends of Theory and Practice in International Relations
6. The Issue of Global terrorism
Suggested Readings
William, P., Goldstein, D. M. and Shafritz, J. M. (eds.) (1999) Classic

Readings of InternationalRelations. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Co, pp.
3058; 92126.
Art, R. J. and Jervis, R. (eds.) (1999) International Political Enduring:

Concepts andContemporary Issues.5th Edition. New York: Longman, pp. 714;
2949; 119126.
Jackson, R. and Sorenson, G. (2008) Introduction to International Relations:

Theories and Approaches. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 5996.
Goldstein, J. and Pevehouse, J.C. (2009) International Relations. New Delhi:

Pearson, pp. 81111.
Tickner, J. A. (2001) Gendering World Politics: Issues and Approaches in
the PostCold WarEra. Columbia University Press.

Baylis, J. and Smith, S. (eds.) (2011) The Globalization of World Politics: An
Introduction toInternational Relations. Fifth Edition. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, pp. 90123; 142159;262277.
Wenger, A. and Zimmermann, D. (eds.) (2003) International Relations:

From the ColdWorldWar to the Globalized World. London: Lynne Rienner, pp.
5489.
Appadorai and Rajan, M. S. (eds.) (1985) Indias Foreign Policy and

Relations. New Delhi: South Asian Publishers.
Mewmillians, W.C. and Piotrowski, H. (2001) The World Since 1945: A

History ofInternational Relations.Fifth edition. London: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Smith, M., Little, R. and Shackleton, M. (eds.) (1981) Perspectives on World

Politics. London:Croom Helm.
Indian Foreign Service Institute. (1997, 1998) Indias Foreign Policy: An

Agenda for the 21stCentury Vols. 1 & 2, New Delhi: Konark Publishers, pp. 341;
102119.
Ganguly, S. (ed.) (2009) Indias Foreign Policy: Retrospect and Prospect.

New Delhi: OxfordUniversity Press.
Vanaik, A. (1995) India in a Changing World: Problems, Limits and

Successes of Its ForeignPolicy. New Delhi: Orient Longman. pp. 1941; 6367;
102114; 118124; 132134.
Basu, Rumki (ed)(2012) International Politics: Concepts theories and Issues,

New Delhi.
DSC -2DPolitical Processes and Institutions in Comparative Perspective
Course Rationale: In this course students will be trained in the application

of comparativemethods to the study of politics. The course is comparative in both
what we study and howwestudy. In the process the course aims to introduce
undergraduate students to some of therangeof issues, literature, and methods that
cover comparative political.
I. Approaches to Studying Comparative Politics Political Culture, New

Institutionalism
II. Party System Historical contexts of emergence of the party system and types
of parties
III. Nation-state What is nationstate? Historical evolution in Western Europe

and postcolonial contexts Nation and State: debates
IV. Democratization Process of democratization in postcolonial, post-

authoritarian and post-communist Countries
V. Federalism Historical context Federation and Confederation: debates around

Territorial division of power.
Suggested Readings:
M. Pennington, (2009) Theory, Institutional and Comparative Politics, in J.
Bara andPennington. (eds.) Comparative Politics: Explaining Democratic System.
Sage Publications, New Delhi, pp. 13-40.
M. Howard, (2009) Culture in Comparative Political Analysis, in M.

Lichback and A.Zuckerman, pp. 134- S. (eds.) Comparative Political: Rationality,
Culture, and Structure. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
B. Rosamond, (2005) Political Culture, in B. Axford, et al. Politics,

London: Routledge, pp.57-81.
P. Hall, Taylor and C. Rosemary, (1996) Political Science and the Three
NewInstitutionalism, Political Studies. XLIV, pp. 936-957.
L. Rakner, and R. Vicky, (2011) Institutional Perspectives, in P. Burnell, et

.al. (eds.) Politicalin the Developing World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.
53-70.
A. Heywood, (2002) Representation, Electoral and Voting, in Politics. New

York: Palgrave,pp. 223-245.
A. Evans, (2009) Elections Systems, in J. Bara and M. Pennington, (eds.)

Comparative politics. New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 93-119.
R. Moser, and S. Ethan, (2004) Mixed Electoral Systems and Electoral

System Effects:
Controlled Comparison and Cross-national Analysis, in Electoral Studies.

23, pp. 575-599.
A. Cole, (2011) Comparative Political Parties: Systems and Organizations,
in J. Ishiyama, and M. Breuning, (eds) 21st Century Political Science: A Reference
Book. Los Angeles: SagePublications, pp. 150-158.
A. Heywood, (2002) Parties and Party System, in Politics. New York :

Palgrave, pp. 247-268.
B. Criddle, (2003) Parties and Party System, in R. Axtmann, (ed.)

Understanding DemocraticPolitics: An Introduction. London: Sage Publications,
pp. 134-142.
SEC-2Public Opinion and Survey Research
Course Rationale: This course will introduce the students to the debates,
principles andpractices of public opinion polling in the context of democracies,
with special reference toIndia. It will familiarise the students with how to
conceptualize and measure public opinionusing quantitative methods, with
particular attention being paid to developing basic skillspertaining to the collection,
analysis and utilisation of quantitative data.
I. Introduction to the course

Definition and characteristics of public opinion, conceptions and
characteristics, debates about its role in a democratic political system, uses
for opinion poll
II. Measuring Public Opinion with Surveys: Representation and sampling (6

lectures)
a. What is sampling? Why do we need to sample? Sample design.
b. Sampling error and nonresponse
c. Types of sampling: Non random sampling (quota, purposive and snowball

sampling); random sampling: simple and stratified
III. Survey Research
a. Interviewing: Interview techniques pitfalls, different types of and forms of

interview
b. Questionnaire: Question wording; fairness and clarity.

IV. Quantitative Data Analysis
a. Introduction to quantitative data analysis
b. Basic concepts: correlational research, causation and prediction,

descriptive and inferential Statistics
V. Interpreting polls
a. Prediction in polling research: possibilities and pitfalls
b. Politics of interpreting polling
Suggested Readings
R. Erikson and K. Tedin, (2011) American Public Opinion, 8th edition, New
York: Pearson Longman Publishers,. pp.4046.
G. Gallup, (1948) A guide to public opinion polls Princeton, Princeton

University Press, 1948, pp. 313.
G. Kalton, (1983) Introduction to Survey Sampling Beverly Hills, Sage

Publication.
Lokniti Team (2009) National Election Study 2009: A Methodological

Note, Economic andPolitical Weekly, Vol. XLIV (39)
Lokniti Team, (2004) National Election Study 2004, Economic and

Political Weekly, Vol. XXXIX (51).
Asking About Numbers: Why and How, Political Analysis (2013), Vol.
21(1): 4869, (first published online November 21, 2012)
H. Asher, (2001) Chapters 3 and 5, in Polling and the Public: What Every
Citizen Should Know, Washington DC: Congressional Quarterly Press.
R. Erikson and K. Tedin, (2011) American Public Opinion, 8th edition, New
York, Pearson Longman Publishers, pp. 4046.
A. Agresti and B. Finlay, (2009) Statistical methods for the Social Sciences,
4th edition, Uppersaddle river, NJ: PearsonPrentice Hall,
S. Kumar and P. Rai, (2013) Chapter 1, in Measuring Voting Behaviour in

India, New Delhi,Sage.
SEMESTER -FIVE
SEC-3-Democratic Awareness with Legal Literacy
Course Rationale: The Proposed course aims to acquaint student with the
structure andmanner of functioning of the legal system in India.
Expected Learning Outcome: The student should be aware of the

institutions that comprise thelegal system the courts, police, jails and the system
of criminal justice administration. Have a briefknowledge of the Constitution and
laws of India, an understanding of the formal and alternate dispute redressal (ADR)
mechanisms that exist in India, public interest litigation. Have some
workingknowledge of how to affirm one's rights and be aware of one's duties
within the legal framework;and the opportunities and challenges posed by the legal
system for different sections of persons.
This course consists of 100 marks comprising 25 marks for evaluation of

the practical/ project workand a written paper of 75 marks.
Course Content:
1. Outline of the Legal system in IndiaSystem of courts/tribunals and their

jurisdiction in India criminal and civil courts,writ jurisdiction, specialized
courts such as juvenile courts, Mahila courts andtribunals. Role of the police
and executive in criminal law administration. Alternate dispute mechanisms
such as lokadalats, nonformal mechanisms.
2. Brief understanding of the laws applicable in India.Constitution

fundamental rights, fundamental duties, other constitutional rightsand their
manner of enforcement, with emphasis on public interest litigation and
theexpansion of certain rights under Article 21 of the Constitution.
3. Laws relating to criminal jurisdiction provision relating to filing an FIR,

arrest, bailsearch and seizure and some understanding of the questions of
evidence and procedure in Cr. P.C. and related laws, important offences
under the IndianPenalCode, offences against women, juvenile justice,
prevention of atrocities onScheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
4. Concepts like Burden of Proof, Presumption of Innocence, Principles of
NaturalJustice, Fair comment under Contempt laws.Personal laws in India:
Pluralism and Democracy. Laws relating to contract, property and tenancy
laws.Laws relating to dowry, sexual harassment and violence against women.
Laws relating to consumer rights. Laws relating to cyber crimesAntiterrorist
laws: implications for security and human rights
5. Brief understanding of the laws applicable in India Visit to Local Court -

Constitution fundamental rights, fundamental duties, other constitutional
rightsand their manner of enforcement, with emphasis on public interest
litigation and theexpansion of certain rights under Article 21 of the
Constitution.
Suggested Reading
Creating Legal Awareness, edited by Kamala Sankaran and Ujjwal Singh
(Delhi: OUP, 2007)
Legal literacy: available amongst interdisciplinary courses on Institute of

Life Long Learning(Delhi University) Virtual Learning Portal namely vle.du.ac.in
Multiple Action Research Group, Our Laws Vols 110, Delhi. Available in
Hindi also Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, Legal Literacy Series Booklets.
Available in Hindialso.
S.K. Agarwala, Public Interest Litigation in India, K.M. Munshi Memorial

Lecture, Second Series, Indian Law Institute, Delhi, 1985
Towards Gender Justice, Research Centre for Womens' Studies,

SNDT Women's University, Bombay, 1993.
AshaBajpai, Child Rights in India : Law, Policy, and Practice, Oxford

University Press, New Delhi, 2003.
Agnes, FlaviaLaw and Gender Equality, OUP, 1997.
Sagade, Jaga, Law of Maintenance: An Empirical Study, ILS Law College,

Pune 1996.
B.L. Wadhera, Public Interest Litigation A Handbook, Universal, Delhi,
2003.
Nomita Aggarwal, Women and Law in India, New Century, Delhi, 2002.
P.C. Rao and William Sheffiled Alternate Dispute Resolution: What it is and
How it Works, Universal Law Books and Publishers, Delhi, 2002.
DSE-(Elective) Human Rights in a Comparative Perspective
Course Rationale : This course attempts to build an understanding of human

rights amongstudents through a study of specific issues in a comparative
perspective. It is important forstudents to see how debates on human rights have
taken distinct forms historically and inthe contemporary world. The course seeks to
anchor all issues in the Indian context, andpulls out another country to form a
broader comparative frame. Students will be expectedto use a range of resources,
including films, biographies, and official documents to studyeach theme. Thematic
discussion of sub-topics in the second and third sections shouldincludestate
response to issues and structural violence questions.
I. Human Rights: Theory and Institutionalization
a. Understanding Human Rights: Three Generations of Rights
b. Institutionalization: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
c. Rights in National Constitutions: South Africa and India
II. Issues
a. Torture: USA and India
b. Surveillance and Censorship: China and India
c. Terrorism and Insecurity of Minorities: USA and India
III. Structural Violence
a. Caste and Race: South Africa and India
b. Gender and Violence: India and Pakistan
c. Adivasis/Aboriginals and the Land Question: Australia and India
Suggested Readings
J. Hoffman and P. Graham, (2006) Human Rights, Introduction to Political

Theory, Delhi, Pearson, pp. 436-458.
SAHRDC (2006) Introduction to Human Rights; Classification of Human
Rights: AnOverview of the First, Second, and Third Generational Rights, in
Introducing HumanRights,New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Chapter 2: Bill of Rights.
The Constitution of India, Chapter 3: Fundamental Rights
M. Lippman, (1979) The Protection of Universal Human Rights: The

Problem of Torture Universal Human Rights, Vol. 1(4), pp. 25-55
J. Lokaneeta, (2011) Torture in the TV Show 24: Circulation of Meanings;

Jurisprudence onTorture and Interrogations in India, in Transnational Torture
Law, Violence, and State Powerin the United States and India, Delhi: Orient
Blackswan,
D. OByrne, (2007) Torture, in Human Rights: An Introduction, Delhi:

Pearson, pp. 164-197.
D. Lyon, (2008) Surveillance Society, Talk for Festival del Diritto, Piacenza,
Italia, September28, pp.1-7.
U. Singh, (2012) Surveillance Regimes in India, paper presented at a

conference on States of Surveillance: Counter-Terrorism and Comparative
Constitutionalism, at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, 13-14
December.
E. Scarry, (2010) Resolving to Resist, in Rule of Law, Misrule of Men,

Cambridge: Boston Review Books, MIT, pp.1-53.
M. Ahmad, (2002) Homeland Insecurities: Racial Violence the Day after

September 11,Social Text, 72, Vol. 20(3), pp. 101-116.
U. Singh, (2007) The Unfolding of Extraordinariness: POTA and the

Construction of SuspectCommunities, in The State, Democracy and Anti-terror
Laws in India, Delhi: Sage Publications, pp.165-219.
A. Pinto, (2001) UN Conference against Racism: Is Caste Race?, in

Economic and PoliticalWeekly, Vol. 36(30)
D. OByrne, (2007) Apartheid, in Human Rights: An Introduction, Delhi:

Pearson, pp. 241-262.
R. Wasserstorm, (2006), Racism, Sexism, and Preferential Treatment: An
approach to theTopics, in R. Goodin and P. Pettit, Contemporary Political
Philosophy: an Anthology,Oxford:Blackwell, pp-549-574.
R. Wolfrum, (1998) Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism in J.

Symonides, Human Rights:New Dimensions and Challenges, Aldershot,
Ashgate/UNESCO, pp.181-198.
A. Khan and R. Hussain, (2008), Violence Against Women in Pakistan:

Perceptions and
Experiences of Domestic Violence, Asian Studies Review, Vol. 32, pp. 239
253.
K. Kannabiran (2012) Rethinking the Constitutional Category of Sex, in

Tools of Justice: Non-Discrimination and the Indian Constitution, New Delhi,
Routledge, pp.425-443.
N. Menon (2012) Desire, Seeing Like a Feminist, New Delhi:

Zubaan/Penguin, pp. 91-146.
H. Goodall, (2011) International Indigenous Community Study: Adivasi

Indigenous People inIndia, in A. Cadzow and J. Maynard (eds.), Aboriginal
Studies, Melbourne: Nelson CengageLearning, pp.254-259.
K. Kannabiran, (2012) Adivasi Homelands and the Question of Liberty, in

Tools of Justice:Non-Discrimination and the Indian Constitution, New Delhi:
Routledge, pp.242-271.
N. Watson (2011) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Identities in A.

Cadzow and J.
Maynard (eds.), Aboriginal Studies, Melbourne: Nelson Cengage Learning,

pp.43-52.
W. Fernandes (2008) India's Forced Displacement Policy and Practice. Is

Compensation up to its Functions?, in M. Cernea and H. Mathus (eds), Can
Compensation PreventImpoverishment? Reforming Resettlement through
Investments and Benefit-Sharing, pp. 181-207, New Delhi: Oxford University
Press.
D. OByrne, (2007) Theorizing Human Rights, in Human Rights: An
Introduction, Delhi, Pearson, pp.26-70.
J. Morsink, (1999) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins,

Drafting and Intent,Philadelphia: University of Pensylvania Press, pp. ix-xiv.
J. Nickel, (1987) Making Sense of Human Rights: Philosophical Reflections

on the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights, Berkeley: University of California
Press.
K. Tsutsui and C. Wotipka, (2004) Global Civil Society and the International
Human Rights
Movement: Citizen Participation in Human Rights International

NongovernmentalOrganizations, in Social Forces, Vol. 83(2), pp. 587-620.
L. Rabben, (2001) Amnesty International: Myth and Reality, in Agni, No. 54,
Amnesty
International Fortieth Anniversary pp. 8-28.
M. Mohanty, (2010) In Pursuit of Peoples Rights: An Introduction, in M.

Mohanty et al., Weapon of the Oppressed: Inventory of Peoples Rights in India,
New Delhi: Danish Books, pp.1-11
M. Cranston, (1973) What are Human Rights? New York: Taplinger R.

Sharan, (2009) Alienation and Restoration of Tribal Land in Jharkhand in N
Sundar (ed.) Legal Grounds, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 82-112.
Text of UDHR available at

http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml
U. Baxi, (1989) From Human Rights to the Right to be Human: Some

Heresies, in S. Kothariand H. Sethi (eds.), Rethinking Human Rights, Delhi:
Lokayan, pp.181-166.
M. Ishay, (2004) The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the
Globalization.
DSE-1A--Themes in Comparative Political Theory
Course Rationale: This course aims to familiarize students with the need to
recognize howconceptual resources in political theory draw from plural traditions.
By chiefly exploring theIndian and Western traditions of political theory through
some select themes, the overallobjective is to appreciate the value and
distinctiveness of comparative political theory.
1. Distinctive features of Indian and Western political thought (08 lectures)
2. Western Thought: Thinkers and Themes
a. Aristotle on Citizenship
b. Locke on Rights
c. Rousseau on inequality
d. J. S. Mill on liberty and democracy
e. Marx and Bakunin on State
3. Indian Thought: Thinkers and Themes
a. Kautilya on State
b. Tilak and Gandhi on Swaraj
c. Ambedkar and Lohia on Social Justice
d. Nehru and Jayaprakash Narayan on Democracy
e. PanditaRamabai on Patriarchy
Suggested Readings:
Dallmayr, F. (2009) Comparative Political Theory: What is it good for?, in

Shogimen, T. andNederman, C. J. (eds.) Western Political Thought in Dialogue
with Asia. Plymouth, UnitedKingdom: Lexington,pp. 13-24.
Parel, A. J. (2009) From Political Thought in India to Indian Political

Thought, inShogiman,T. and Nederman, C. J. (eds.) Western Political Thought in
Dialogue with Asia. Plymouth,United Kingdom:Lexington, pp. 187-208.
Pantham, Th. (1986) Introduction: For the Study of Modern Indian Political
Thought, inPantham, Th. &Deutch, K. L. (eds.) Political Thought in Modern
India. New Delhi: Sage, pp.9-16.
Burns, T. (2003) Aristotle, in Boucher, D and Kelly, P. (eds.) Political

Thinkers: From Socratesto the Present. New York: Oxford University Press, pp.
73-91.
Waldron, J. (2003) Locke, in Boucher, D. and Kelly, P. (eds.) Political

Thinkers: FromSocrates to the Present, New York: Oxford University Press, pp.
181-197.
Boucher, D. (2003) Rousseau, in Boucher, D. and Kelly, P. (eds.) Political

Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present. New York: Oxford University Press, pp.
235-252.
Kelly, P. (2003) J.S. Mill on Liberty, in Boucher, D. and Kelly, P. (eds.)

Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present. New York: Oxford University
Press, pp. 324-359.
Wilde, L. (2003) Early Marx, in Boucher, D. and Kelly, P. (eds.) Political

Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present. New York: Oxford University Press, pp.
404-435.
Sparks, Ch. and Isaacs, S. (2004) Political Theorists in Context. London:

Routledge, pp.
237-255.
Mehta, V. R. (1992) Foundations of Indian Political Thought. New Delhi:

Manohar Publishers,pp. 88-109.
Inamdar, N.R. (1986) The Political Ideas of LokmanyaTilak, in Panthan,

Th. & Deutsch, K. L.(eds.) Political Thought in Modern India. New Delhi: Sage,
pp. 110-121.
Patham, Th. (1986) Beyond Liberal Democracy: Thinking With

Democracy, in Panthan, Th.& Deutsch, K.L. (eds.) Political Thought in Modern
India. New Delhi: Sage.
Zelliot, E. (1986). The Social and Political Thought of B.R. Ambedkar, in
Panthan, Th. & Deutsch, K. L.(eds.) Political Thought in Modern India. New
Delhi: Sage.
Anand Kumar, Understanding Lohias Political Sociology: Intersectionality

of Caste, Class, Gender and Language Issue Economic and Political Weekly. Vol.
XLV: 40, October 2008, pp.64-70.
Pillai, R.C. (1986) The Political thought of Jawaharlal Nehru, in Panthan,

T. & Deutsch, K. L.(eds.) Political Thought in Modern India. New Delhi: Sage pp.
260-74.
Jha, M. (2001) Ramabai: Gender and Caste, in Singh, M.P. and Roy, H.
(eds.) Indian PoliticalThought:Themes and Thinkers, New Delhi: Pearson.
DSE-2 A--Administration and Public Policy: Concepts and Theories
Topics:
1. Public administration as a discipline: Meaning, scope and significance of the

subject,public and private administration, brief evolution and major
approaches, and comparative approaches to public administration.
2. Administrative theories: the classical theory, scientific management, the

human - relation theory, and rational decision-making.
3. Understanding public policy: concept and theories, relevance of policy

making inpublic administration and process of policy formulation and
implementation andevaluation.
4. From Development Administration to New Public Management. Elements

and politics of development administration, the New Public Management
paradigm-a critical perspective in the post globalized era.
5. Freedom of Information RTI Act 2005 Public Vs Private Debate in

disclosure of information
Suggested Readings:
Awasthi, A.andMaheshwari, S. (2003) Public Administration. Agra:

LaxmiNarainAgarwal, pp. 3-12.
Basu, Rumki, (2014) Public Administration, Concepts and Theories, Delhi

Sterling Publishers.
Henry, N. (2003) Public Administration and Public Affairs. New Delhi:
Prentice Hall.
Bhattacharya, M. and Chakrabarty, B. (2005) Introduction: Public

Administration: Theory and Practice, in Bhattacharya, M. and Chakrabarty, B.
(eds.) Public Administration: AReader. Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-50.
Henry, N. (2003) Public Administration and Public Affairs. New Delhi:

Prentice Hall, pp. 53-74.
Mouzelis, N.P. (2005) The Ideal Type of Bureaucracy, in Bhattacharya, M.

andChakrabarty, B. (eds.) Public Administration: A Reader. Delhi: Oxford
University Press, pp. 88-100.
Hyderbrand, W. (1980) A Marxist Critique of Organization Theory, in

Evan, W (ed.)
Frontiers in Organization & Management. New York: Praeger, pp. 123-150.
Hyderbrand, W. (1977) Organizational Contradictions in Public

Bureaucracies: Towards a Marxian Theory of Organizations, in Benson, J. K. (ed.)
Organizational Analysis: Critique and Innovation. Beverly Hills: Sage, pp. 85-109.
Bhattacharya, M. (1999) Restructuring Public Administration: Essays in

Rehabilitation. NewDelhi: Jawahar, pp. 29-70, 85-98.
Bhattacharya, M. (2001) New Horizons in Public Administration. New Delhi:

Jawahar, pp. 248-272, 301-323.
Dye, T.R. (1975) Understanding Public Policy. New Jersey: Prentice Hall,
pp. 1-38, 265-299.
Dror, Y. (1983) Public Policy Making Reexamined. Oxford: Transaction

Publication, pp.
129-216.
Bernard, C. (1938) The Functions of Executive. Cambridge: Harvard

University Press.
Esman, M.J. (1986) Politics of Development Administration, in

Montgomery, J.D. and
Siffin, W. (eds.), Approaches to Development Politics. New York:
McGrawHill.
Gant, G.F. (1979) Development Administration: Concepts, Goals, Methods.

Madison:
University of Wisconsin Press.
Kamenka, E. &Krygier, M. (eds.) (1979) Bureaucracy. London: Edward

Arnold.
Lee, H.B. (ed.) (1953) Korea: Time, Change and Administration. Hawaii:
University of Hawaii Press.
Leftwich, A. (1994) Governance, the State and the Politics of

Development, Development and Change, 25. March, J. and Simon, H. (1958)
Organization. New York: Wiley.
Mooney, J. (1954) The Principles of Organization. New York: Harper &

Row.
Simon, H. (1967) Administrative Behavior: A Study of Decision Making

Process inAdministrative Organization. New York: Macmillan.
Wiedner, E. (ed.) (1970) Development Administration in Asia. Durham:

Duke University Press.
DSE- 3A--Ancient Indian Political Thought
Course Rationale
This is an introductory paper to study the concepts and ideas that developed
in ancient India .It highlights main sources of political tradition in ancient India.
Course Contents
1. Nature and characteristics of ancient Indian political thought,
2. Political philosophy of Vedanta- evolution and basic concepts.
3. Buddhist political thought-evolution and basic concepts
4. Socio- Political ideas in Ramayana, Mahabharata and Bhagavat Gita.
5. Political ideas of Manusmriti and KautilyasArthasastra

Suggested Readings
V.P.Verma, Study in Hindu Political Thought and Metaphysical

Foundations.,MotilalBanarsidas, Delhi, 1974.
K.P. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, Butterworth, Calcutta, 1924.
U.N. Ghosal, Studies in Indian History and Culture, Orient Logman,

Calcutta, 1957.
--------------, A History of Hindu Political Theories,Oxford University Press,

Calcutta,1966.
A. Appadurai, Indian Political Thought in the Twentieth Century, South Asia

Publishers, New Delhi, 1987.
--------------,IndianPolitical Thinking Through Ages, Khanna Publishers,

Delhi, 1992.
DSE- 2A--Governance: Issues and Challenges
Course Rationale: This paper deals with concepts and different dimensions
of governancehighlighting the major debates in the contemporary times. There is a
need to understandthe importance of the concept of governance in the context of a
globalising world,environment, administration, development. The essence of
governance is explored throughthe various good governance initiatives introduced
in India.
1. Government and Governance: Concepts
Role of State In The Era of Globalisation State, Market and Civil Society
2. Governance and Development Changing Dimensions of Development

Strengthening Democracy through GoodGovernance
3. Environmental Governance
Human-Environment Interaction
Green Governance: Sustainable Human Development
4. Local Governance
Democratic Decentralisation
People's Participation In Governance

5. Good Governance Initiatives in India: Best Practices
Public Service Guarantee Acts
Electronic Governance
Citizens Charter & Right to Information
Corporate Social Responsibility
Suggested Readings
B. Chakrabarty and M. Bhattacharya, (eds.) The Governance Discourse. New

Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Surendra Munshi and Biju Paul Abraham [eds.],Good Governance,

Democratic Societies and Globalisation, Sage Publishers, 2004.
United Nation Development Programme ,Reconceptualising Governance,

New York, 1997 Carlos Santiso, Good Governance and Aid Effectiveness: The
World Bank and Conditionality Johns Hopkins University, The Georgetown Public
Policy Review ,Volume VII, No.1, 2001
VasudhaChotray and GeryStroker, Governance Theory: A Cross Disciplinary

Approach, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008,
J. Rosenau, Governance, Order, and Change in World Politics, in J.

Rosenau, and E.
Czempiel (eds.) Governance without Government: Order and Change in

World Politics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
B. Nayar (ed.), Globalization and Politics in India. Delhi: Oxford University

Press, 2007 pp. 218-240.
Smita Mishra Panda, Engendering Governance Institutions: State, Market

and CivilSociety, Sage Publications,2008.
NeeraChandhoke, State And Civil Society Explorations In Political Theory,

SagePublishers,1995
B. C. Smith, Good Governance and Development, Palgrave, 2007
World Bank Report, Governance And Development, 1992

P. Bardhan, Epilogue on the Political Economy of Reform in India, in The
Political Economy PranabBardhan and DilipMookherjee, Decentralization And
Local Governance InDeveloping Countries: A Comparative Perspective, MIT
Press, 2006.
T.R. Raghunandan, Decentralization And Local Governments: The Indian

Experience, Readings On The Economy, Polity And Society, Orient Blackswan,
2013. PardeepSachdeva, Local Government In India, Pearson Publishers, 2011.
P. de Souza, (2002) Decentralization and Local Government: The Second

Wind ofDemocracy in India, in Z. Hasan, E. Sridharan and R. Sudarshan (eds.)
Indias Living Constitution: Ideas, Practices and Controversies, New Delhi: Perma
nent Black, 2002.
Mary John, Women in Power? Gender, Caste and Politics of Local Urban
Governance, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 42(39), 2007
B. C. Smith, Good Governance and Development, Palgrave, 2007
World Bank Report, Governance and Development, 1992
P. Bardhan, Epilogue on the Political Economy of Reform in India, in The

Political Economyof Development in India. 6th edition, Delhi: Oxford University
Press, 2005.
J. Dreze and A. Sen, India: Economic Development and Social Opportunity.

New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1995
NirajaGopalJayal[ed.], Democracy in India, Oxford University Press, 2007.
RamachandraGuha, Environmentalism: A Global History, Longman

Publishers, 1999
J.P. Evans, Environmental Governance, Routledge, 2012
Emilio F. Moran, Environmental Social Science: Human - Environment

interactions and Sustainability, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
BinaAgarwal, Gender And Green Governance, Oxford University Press,

Oxford, 2013
J. Volger, Environmental Issues, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.)

Globalization ofWorld Politics, New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, pp.
348-362.
A. Heywood, Global Politics, New York: Palgrave, 2011, pp. 383-411.
N. Carter, The Politics of Environment: Ideas, Activism, Policy, Cambridge:

CambridgeUniversity Press, 2007, pp. 13-81.
PranabBardhan and DilipMookherjee, Decentralization And Local

Governance InDeveloping Countries: A Comparative Perspective, MIT Press,
2006.
T.R. Raghunandan, Decentralization And Local Governments: The Indian

Experience, Readings On The Economy, Polity And Society, Orient Blackswan,
2013.
PardeepSachdeva, Local Government In India, Pearson Publishers, 2011.
P. de Souza, (2002) Decentralization and Local Government: The Second

Wind of Democracy in India, in Z. Hasan, E. Sridharan and R. Sudarshan (eds.)
Indias Living Constitution: Ideas, Practices and Controversies, New Delhi:
Permanent Black, 2002
Mary John, Women in Power? Gender, Caste and Politics of Local Urban
Governance, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 42(39), 2007.
NirajaGopalJayal,Democracy and the State: Welfare, Secularism, and

Development in Contemporary India, Oxford University Press, 1999.
ReetikaKhera[ed.], The Battle for Employment Guarantee, Oxford University

Press, 2011.
NaliniJuneja, Primary Education for All in the City of Mumbai: The

Challenge Set By Local Actors' , International Institute For Educational Planning,
UNESCO : Paris, 2001.
Maxine Molyneux and ShahraRazavi ,Gender, Justice, Development, and

Rights , Oxford University Press, 2002.
Jugal Kishore, National Health Programs of India: National Policies and

Legislations, Century Publications, 2005.
Jean Drze and AmartyaSen, India, Economic Development and Social

Opportunity, OxfordUniversity Press, 1995.
K. Lee and Mills, The Economic Of Health In Developing Countries, Oxford

University Press,1983.
MarmarMukhopadhyay and MadhuParhar (eds.) Education in India:
Dynamics
General Elective -- IReading Gandhi
Course Rationale : The course seeks to meet two essential objectives: one,
to acquaint thestudents with the art of reading texts, to enable them to grasp its
conceptual andargumentative structure and to help them acquire the skills to locate
the texts in a broaderintellectual and sociohistorical context. Second, it aims to
acquaint the students with thesocial and political thought of Gandhi. The themes in
Gandhian thought that are chosen for a close reading are particularly relevant to
our times.
A). Ways to read a text:
a. textual
b. contextual
c. Terence Ball, Reappraising Political Theory, Ch. 1, OUP, 1995
d. Meaning and Interpretation in the History of Ideas in Visions of Politics,
e. Quentin Skinner (ed.), Vol. 1, CUP, Cambridge, 2002.
f. Hind Swaraj:
g. Gandhi in his own words: A close reading of Hind Swaraj.
B). Commentaries on Hind Swaraj and Gandhian thought:
a. Introduction, M.K.Gandhi, Hind Swaraj and other writings ed.

A.J.Parel(1997).
b. B.Parekh, Gandhi (1997), chs. 4 (Satyagraha) and 5(The critique

ofmodernity).
c. D.Hardiman, Gandhi in his time and ours (2003), ch.4(An

alternativemodernity)
C. Gandhiand modern India.
a. Nationalism.
b. Communal unity
c. Womens Question
d. Untouchability.
This component will contain the following selections from Gandhis India of
my Dreams(compiled R.K.Prabhu): The meaning of Swaraj (no.2); In defence
of Nationalism (no.3);Indias cultural heritage (no.45); Regeneration of Indian
women (no.54); Womenseducation (no.55); Communal unity (no.59); The
curse of untouchability (no.61);Religious tolerance in India (no.62); The
problem of minorities (no.66).
SEMESTER VI
SEC-4- Conflict and Peace Building
Course Rationale: This course is designed to help build an understanding of

a variety ofconflict situations among students in a way that they can relate to them
through their livedexperiences. Its an interdisciplinary course that draws its
insights from various branches ofsocial sciences and seeks to provide a lively
learning environment for teaching and trainingstudents how to bring about political
and social transformations at the local, national andinternational levels. The course
encourages the use of new information technologies andinnovative ways of
understanding these issues by teaching students skills of managing andresolving
conflicts and building peace through techniques such as roleplay, simulations,street
theatre, cinema and music on the one hand and by undertaking field visits,
interactingwith different segments of the civil society including those affected by
conflicts as well as diplomats, journalists and experts, on the other.
Unit I. Concepts (6 Lectures)
a. Understanding Conflict (Week 1)
b. Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution and Conflict Transformation

(Week 2)
c. Peace Building (Week 3)
Unit II: Dimensions of Conflict (6 Lectures)
a. Ideology (Week 4)
b. Economic/Resource Sharing Conflicts (Week 5)
c. Socio-Cultural Conflicts (Ethnic, Religious, Gender based) (Week 6)

Unit III: Sites of Conflict (6 Lectures)
a. Local (Week 7)
b. Sub-National (Week 7)
c. International (Week 8)
Unit IV: Conflict Responses: Skills And Techniques (6 Lectures)
a. Negotiations: Trust Building (Week 9)
b. Mediation: Skill Building; Active Listening (Week 10)
c. Track I, Track II & Multi Track Diplomacy (Week 11)
d. Gandhian Methods (Week 12)
Unit I. Concepts
a. Understanding Conflict
Suggested Readings:
O. Ramsbotham, T. Woodhouse and H. Miall, (2011) Understanding
Contemporary Conflict,in Contemporary Conflict Resolution, (Third Edition),
Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 94-122.
W. Zartman, (1995) Dynamics and Constraints In Negotiations In Internal

Conflicts, inWilliam Zartman (ed.), Elusive Peace: Negotiating an End to Civil
Wars, Washington: The Brookings Institute, pp. 3-29.
P. Wallensteen, (2012) Armed Conflicts, in Understanding Conflict

Resolution, (ThirdEdition), London: Sage, pp. 13-28.
C. Mitchell, (2002) Beyond Resolution: What Does Conflict Transformation

ActuallyTransform?, in Peace and Conflict Studies, 9:1, May, pp.1-23.
S. Ryan, (1990) Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution, in

Terrorism and Political Violence, 2:1, pp. 54-71.
J. Lederach, (2003) The Little Book Of a Conflict Transformation, London:

Good Books.
I. Doucet, (1996)Thinking About Conflict, Resource Pack For Conflict

Transformation:International Alert.
M. Lund, (2001) A Toolbox for Responding to Conflicts and Building
Peace, in L.Reychlerand T. Paffenholz, eds., Peace-Building: A Field Guide,
Boulder: Lynne Rienner, pp. 16-20.
L. Schirch, (2004) The Little Book Of Strategic Peacebuilding, London:

Good Books.
R. Rubenstein, (2003) Sources, in S. Cheldelin, D. Druckman and L. Fast

(eds.) Conflict: FromAnalysis to Intervention, London: Continuum, pp.55-67.
P. Le Billon, (2009) Economic and Resource Causes of Conflicts, in J.

Bercovitch, V.
Kremenyuk and I. Zartman (eds.)The Sage Hand Book of Conflict

Resolution, London: Sage Publications, pp. 210-224.
S. AyseKadayifci-Orellana, (2009) Ethno-Religious Conflicts: Exploring the

Role of Religion inConflict Resolution, in J. Bercovitch, V. Kremenyuk and I.
Zartman (eds.)The Sage Hand Bookof Conflict Resolution, London: Sage
Publications, pp. 264-284.
D. Barash and C. Webel, (2009) Peace and Conflict Studies, London: Sage
Publication, pp. 91-117.
D. Sandole, (2003) Typology in S. Cheldelin, D. Druckman and L. Fast

(eds.) Conflict: FromAnalysis to Intervention, London: Continuum, pp.39-54.
P. Wallenstein, (2007) Understanding Conflict Resolution (2nd ed.), London:

SagePublications.
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.Tongerenand H. Van De Veen (eds.), Searching For Peace In
Central And South Asia, London: LynneRienner 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: Gandhis Perspective

on Power, in D.Christie, R. Wagner and D. Winter, (eds.), Peace, Conflict, and
Violence: Peace Psychology forthe 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: UnitedStates Institute Of Peace.
A. Smith and D. Smock, (2010) Managing A Mediation Process, Washington

D.C: United States Institute of Peace.
DSE (Elective)Development Process and Social Movements in Contemporary

India
Course Rationale: Under the influence of globalization, development

processes in India haveundergone transformation to produce spaces of advantage
and disadvantage and newgeographies of power. The high social reproduction
costs and dispossession of vulnerablesocial groups involved in such a development
strategy condition new theatres ofcontestation and struggles. A variety of protest
movements emerged to interrogate andchallenge this development paradigm that
evidently also weakens the democratic space sovery vital to the formulation of
critical consensus. This course proposes to introducestudents to the conditions,
contexts and forms of political contestation over developmentparadigms and their
bearing on the retrieval of democratic voice of citizens.
I. Development Process since Independence (2 weeks)
b. State and planning
c. Liberalization and reforms
II. Industrial Development Strategy and its Impact on the Social Structure (2
weeks)
a. Mixed economy, privatization, the impact on organized and unorganized
labour
b. Emergence of the new middle class
III. Agrarian Development Strategy and its Impact on the Social Structure
(2weeks)
a. Land Reforms, Green Revolution
b. Agrarian crisis since the 1990s and its impact on farmers
IV. Social Movements (6 weeks)
a. Tribal, Peasant, Dalit and Women's movements
b. Maoist challenge
c. Civil rights movements
Suggested Readings
A. Mozoomdar, (1994) The Rise and Decline of Development Planning in
India, in T. Byres(ed.) The State and Development Planning in India. Delhi:
Oxford University Press, pp. 73-108.
A. Varshney, (2010) Mass Politics or Elite Politics? Understanding the

Politics of Indias Economic Reforms in R. Mukherji (ed.) Indias Economic
Transition: The Politics ofReforms,Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp 146-169.
P. Chatterjee, (2000) Development Planning and the Indian State, in

ZoyaHasan (ed.), Politics and the State in India, New Delhi: Sage, pp.116-140.
P. Patnaik and C. Chandrasekhar, (2007) India: Dirigisme, Structural

Adjustment, and the Radical Alternative, in B. Nayar (ed.), Globalization and
Politics in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 218-240.
P. Bardhan, (2005) Epilogue on the Political Economy of Reform in India,

in The Political Economy of Development in India. 6th impression, Delhi: Oxford
University Press.
T. Singh, (1979) The Planning Process and Public Process: a Reassessment,

R. R. Kale Memorial Lecture, Pune: Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics.
A. Aggarwal, (2006) Special Economic Zones: Revisiting the Policy

Debate, in Economic andPolitical Weekly, XLI (43-44), pp.4533-36.100
B. Nayar (1989) Indias Mixed Economy: The Role of Ideology and its
Development, Bombay:Popular Prakashan.
F. Frankel, (2005) Crisis of National Economic Planning, in Indias

Political Economy (1947-2004): The Gradual Revolution, Delhi: Oxford
University Press, pp. 93-340.
L. Fernandes, (2007) Indias New Middle Class: Democratic Politics in an

Era of Economic Reform, Delhi: Oxford University Press.
S. Shyam, (2003) Organizing the Unorganized, in Seminar, [Footloose

Labour: A Symposiumon Livelihood Struggles of the Informal Workforce, 531]
pp. 47-53.
S. Chowdhury, (2007) Globalization and Labour, in B. Nayar (ed.)

Globalization and Politicsin India, Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp.516-526.
V. Chibber, (2005) From Class Compromise to Class Accommodation:

LaborsIncorporationinto the Indian Political Economy in R. Ray, and M.F.
Katzenstein (eds.) SocialMovements inIndia, Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp
32-60.
A. Desai, (ed.), (1986) Agrarian Struggles in India After Independence,

Delhi: Oxford
University Press, pp. xi-xxxvi F. Frankel, (1971) Indias Green Revolution:

Economic Gains and Political Costs, Princeton and New Jersey: Princeton
University Press.
F. Frankel, (2009) Harvesting Despair: Agrarian Crisis in India, Delhi:

Perspectives, pp. 161-169.
J. Harriss, (2006) Local Power and the Agrarian Political Economy in

Harriss, J. (ed) PowerMatters: Essays on Institutions, Politics, and Society in
India, Delhi. Oxford University Press,pp. 29-32.
K. Suri, (2006) Political economy of Agrarian Distress, in Economic and

Political Weekly, XLI(16) pp. 1523-1529.
P. Joshi, (1979) Land Reforms in India: Trends and Perspectives, New

Delhi: Allied publishers.
P. Appu, (1974) Agrarian Structure and Rural Development, in Economic
and Political Weekly, IX (39), pp.70 75.
P. Sainath, (2010) Agrarian Crisis and Farmers, Suicide, Occasional

Publication22, New Delhi: India International Centre (IIC)
DSE1BDemocracy and Governance
Course Rationale: This Paper tries to explain the institutional aspects of

democracy and howinstitutions function within a constitutional framework. It
further delves into howdemocracy as a model of governance can be complimented
by institution building.
1. Structure and Process of Governance: Indian Model of Democracy,

Parliament, Party
Politics and Electoral behaviour, Federalism, The Supreme Court and

Judicial Activism, Unitsof Local Governance (Grassroots Democracy)Political
Communication,Nature,Forms and Importance.
2. Ideas, Interests and Institutions in Public Policy:
a. Contextual Orientation of Policy Design
b. Institutions of Policy Making
a. Regulatory Institutions SEBI, TRAI, Competition Commission of India,
b. Lobbying Institutions: Chambers of Commerce and Industries, Trade

Unions, Farmers Associations, etc.
3. Contemporary Political Economy of Development in India: Policy

Debates over Modelsof Development in India, Recent trends of
Liberalisation of Indian Economy in differentsectors, E-governance.
4. Dynamics of Civil Society: New Social Movements and Various interests,

Role of NGOs, Understanding the political significance of Media and
Popular Culture.
5. Central Information Commission Empowerment of Grassroots through

information RTI Act 2005.
Suggested Readings
Agarwal B, Environmental Management, Equity and Ecofeminism: Debating

Indias Experience, Journal of Pesant Studies, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 55-95.
AtulKohli (ed.), The Success of Indias Democracy, Cambridge University

Press, 2001.
Corbridge, Stuart and John Harris, Reinventing India: Liberalisation, Hindu

Nationalism and Popular Democracy OUP, 2000.
J.Dreze and A.Sen, India: Economic Development and Social

Opportunity,Clarendon, 1995
SaimaSaeed, Screening the Public Sphere: Media and Democracy in

India,2013
Nick Stevenson, Understanding Media Cultures, 2002
Fuller, C.J. (ed.) Caste Today, Oxford University Press, 1997
Himat Singh, Green Revolution Reconsidered: The Rural World of Punjab,

OUP, 2001.
JagdishBhagwati, India in Transition: Freeing The Economy, 1993.
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Globalisation and its Discontents, WW Norton, 2003.
Patel, I.G., Glimpses of Indian Economic Policy: An Insider View, OUP,

2002.
Rajni Kothari and CludeAlvares, (eds.) Another Revolution Fails: an

investigation of how andwhy Indias Operation Flood Project Touted as the
Worlds Largest Dairy.
Development Program Funded by the EEC went off the Rails, Ajanta, New
Delhi, 1985.
Smitu Kothari, Social Movements and the Redefinition of Democracy,

Boulder, Westview, 1993.
Qah, John S.T., Curbing Corruption in Asia: A Comparative Study of Six

Countries, Eastern University Press, 2003.
Vasu Deva, E-Governance In India : A Reality, Commonwealth

Publishers,2005.
M.J.Moon, The Evolution of Electronic Government Among Municipalities:
Rheoteric or Reality, American Society For Public Administration, Public
Administration Review, Vol 62,Issue 4, July August 2002
Pankaj Sharma, E-Governance: The New Age Governance, APH Publishers,

2004.
Pippa Norris, Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty and

the Internet in Democratic Societies, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2001.
Ghanshyam Shah [ed.], Social Movements and The State, Sage Publication,
2002.
Su H. Lee, Debating New Social Movements: Culture, Identity, and Social

Fragmentation, Rawat Publishers, 2010.
S. Laurel Weldon,When Protest Makes Policy : How Social Movements

Represent Disadvantaged Groups, Michigan Publishers, 2011.
Richard Cox, Production, Power and World Order, New York, Columbia
University Press, 1987
Baxi, Upendra and Bhikhu Parekh, (ed.) Crisis and Change in Contemporary
India, New Delhi, Sage, 1994.
BidyutChakrabarty, Public Administration: A Reader, Delhi Oxford

University Press, 2003.
Elaine Kamarck, Government Innovation Around the World: Occasional

Paper Series, John F Kennedy School of Government, 2003.
Kothari, Rajini, Politics in India, Delhi, Orient Longman, 1970.
Mackie, Gerry, Democracy Defended, New York, Cambridge University

Press, 2003.
Mahajan, Gurpreet (ed.), Democracy, Difference and Social Justice, New

Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2000.
Menon, Nivedita, (ed.), Gender and Politics in India, New Delhi, Oxford
University Press, 2001.
Mohanty, Manoranjan, Peoples Rights: Social Movements and the State in
the Third World, Sage, New Delhi, 1998.
Paul Brass, Politics in India Since Independence, Hyderabad, Orient

Longman, 1990.
Rob Jenkins Regional Reflections: Comparative Politics Across Indias

States, NewDelhi, OUP, 2004.
DSE 2B-Understanding Globalization
Course Rationale: The Purpose of this course is to give students a basic

understanding ofwhat is meant by the phenomenon of globalization, its sources and
forms. In addition,students will obtain a familiarity with both key global actors and
certain urgent problems that require solutions at global level.
1. Globalization
a) What is it?
b) Economic, Political, Technological and Cultural Dimensions
2. Contemporary World Actors
a) United Nations
b) World Trade Organisation (WTO)
c) Group of 77 Countries (G-77)
3. Contemporary World Issues
a) Global Environmental Issues (Global Warming, Bio-diversity, Resource

Scarcities)
b) Poverty and Inequality
c) International Terrorism
Suggested Readings
Lechner, F. J. and Boli, J. (eds.) (2004) The Globalization Reader. 2nd

Edition. Oxford: Blackwell.
Held, D., Mc Grew, A. et al. (eds.) (1999) Global Transformations Reader.

Politics, Economicsand Culture, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pp. 1-50.
Viotti, P. R. and Kauppi, M. V. (2007) International Relations and World
Politics Security, Economy, Identity. Third Edition. Delhi: Pearson Education, pp.
430-450.
Baylis, J. and Smith, S. (eds.) (2011) The Globalization of World Politics: An

Introduction toInternational Relations. FourthEdition. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, pp. 312-329;50-385;
Tickner, J.A. (2008) Gender in World Politics, in Baylis, J. and Smith, S.

(eds.) The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International
Relation. 4th Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Taylor, P. and Grom, A.J.R. (eds.) (2000) The United Nations at the
Millennium. London: Continuum. pp. 1-20.
Ravenhill, J. (2008) The Study of Global Political Economy, in Ravenhill,

John (ed.) Global Political Economy. Second Edition. New York: Oxford
University Press, pp.18-24.
Sauvant, K. (1981) Group of 77: Evolution, Structure and Organisation,

New York: Oceana Publications.
Chasek, P. S., Downie, D. L. and Brown, J. W. (eds.) Global Environmental

Politics. Fourth Edition. Boulder: Colorado: Westview Press.
Roberts, J.M. (1999) The Penguin History of the 20th Century. London:
Penguin.
Smith, M., Little, R. and Shackleton, M. (eds.) (1981) Perspectives on World

Politics. London:Croom Helm.
White, B. et al. (eds.) (2005) Issues in World Politics. Third Edition, New
York: Macmillan, pp.74-92; 191-211.
Halliday, F. (2004) Terrorism in Historical Perspective, Open Democracy.

22 April, availableat:http://www.opendemocracy
DSE---3B-Modern Indian Political Thought
Course Rationale :Based on the study of individual thinkers, the course

introduces a widespan of thinkers and themes that defines the modernity of Indian
political thought. Theobjective is to study general themes that have been produced
by thinkers from varied socialand temporal contexts. Selected extracts from
original texts are also given to discuss in theclass. The list of additional readings is
meant for teachers as well as the more interestedstudents.
I. Introduction to Modern Indian Political Thought (4 lectures)
II. Rammohan Roy: Rights
III. Pandita Ramabai: Gender
IV. Vivekananda: Ideal Society
V. Gandhi: Swaraj
VI. Ambedkar: Social Justice
VII. Tagore: Critique of Nationalism
VIII. Iqbal: Community
IX. Savarkar: Hindutva
X. Nehru: Secularism
XI. Lohia: Socialism
Suggested Readings
V. Mehta and T. Pantham (eds.), (2006) A Thematic Introduction to

Political Ideas in ModernIndia: Thematic Explorations, History of Science,
Philosophy and Culture in Indian civilizationVol. 10, Part: 7, New Delhi: Sage
Publications, pp. xxvii-ixi.
D. Dalton, (1982) Continuity of Innovation, in Indian Idea of Freedom:

Political Thought ofSwami Vivekananda, AurobindoGhose, Rabindranath Tagore
and Mahatma Gandhi, Academic Press: Gurgaon, pp. 1-28.
R. Roy, (1991) The Precepts of Jesus, the Guide to Peace and Happiness, S.
Hay, (ed.) Sources of Indian Traditio, Vol. 2. Second Edition. New Delhi: Penguin,
pp. 24-29.
C. Bayly, (2010) Rammohan and the Advent of Constitutional Liberalism in

India 1800-1830, in Sh. Kapila (ed.), An intellectual History for India, New Delhi:
Cambridge University Press,pp. 18- 34.
T. Pantham, (1986) The Socio-Religious Thought of Rammohan Roy, in
Th. Panthom and K.Deutsch, (eds.) Political Thought in Modern India, New Delhi:
Sage, pp.32-52.
S. Sarkar, (1985) Rammohan Roy and the break With the Past, in A
Critique on colonial India, Calcutta: Papyrus, pp. 1-17.
P. Ramabai, (2000) Womans Place in Religion and Society, in M.

Kosambi (ed.), Pandita Ramabai Through her Own Words: Selected Works, New
Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp.150-155.
M. Kosambi, (1988) Womens Emancipation and Equality:

PanditaRamabais Contributionto Womens Cause, in Economic and Political
Weekly, Vol. 23(44), pp. 38-49.
U. Chakravarti, (2007) PanditaRamabai - A Life and a Time, New Delhi:

Critical Quest, pp. 1-40.
G. Omvedt, (2008) Ramabai: Women in the Kingdom of God, in Seeking

Begumpura: The Social Vision of Anti Caste Intellectuals, New Delhi: Navayana.
pp. 205-224.
S. Vivekananda, (2007) The Real and the Apparent Man, S.

Bodhasarananda (ed.), Selections from the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda,
Kolkata: AdvaitaAshrama, pp. 126-129.
A. Sen, (2003) Swami Vivekananda on History and Society, in Swami

Vivekananda, Delhi:Oxford University Press, pp. 62- 79.
H. Rustav, (1998) Swami Vivekananda and the Ideal Society, in W. Radice

(ed.), Swami Vivekananda and the Modernisation of Hinduism, Delhi: Oxford
University Press, pp. 264- 280.
Raghuramaraju, (2007) Swami and Mahatma, Paradigms: State and Civil

Society, in Debatesin Indian Philosophy: Classical, Colonial, and Contemporary,
Delhi: Oxford University Press,pp. 29-65.
M. Gandhi, (1991) Satyagraha: Transforming Unjust Relationships through

the Power of theSoul, in S. Hay (ed.), Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 2.Second
Edition, New Delhi: Penguin, pp. 265-270.
A. Parel, (ed.), (2002) Introduction, in Gandhi, freedom and Self Rule,
Delhi: Vistaar Publication.
D. Dalton, (1982) Indian Idea of Freedom: Political Thought of Swami

Vivekananda,AurobindoGhose, Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore,
Gurgaon: The Academic Press, pp. 154- 190.
R. Terchek, (2002) Gandhian Autonomy in Late Modern World, in A. Parel

(ed.), Gandhi,Freedom and Self Rule. Delhi: Sage.
B. Ambedkar, (1991) Constituent Assembly Debates, S. Hay (ed.), Sources

of IndianTradition, Vol. 2, Second Edition, New Delhi: Penguin, pp. 342-347.
V. Rodrigues, (2007) Good society, Rights, Democracy Socialism, in S.

Thorat and Aryama(eds.), Ambedkar in Retrospect - Essays on Economics, Politics
and Society, Jaipur: IIDS andRawat Publications.
B. Mungekar, (2007) Quest for Democratic Socialism, in S. Thorat, and

Aryana (eds.), Ambedkar in Retrospect - Essays on Economics, Politics and
Society, Jaipur: IIDS and RawatPublications, pp. 121-142.
P. Chatterjee, (2005) Ambedkar and the Troubled times of Citizenship, in

V. Mehta and Th.Pantham (eds.), Political ideas in modern India: Thematic
Explorations, New Delhi: Sage, pp.73-92.
R. Tagore, (1994) The Nation, S. Das (ed.), The English Writings of

Rabindranath Tagore, Vol. 3, New Delhi: SahityaAkademi, pp. 548-551.
R. Chakravarty, (1986) Tagore, Politics and Beyond, in Th. Panthams and

K. Deutsch (eds.), Political Thought in Modern India, New Delhi: Sage, pp. 177-
191.
M. Radhakrishnan, and Debasmita, (2003) Nationalism is a Great Menace:

Tagore and Nationalism in P. Hogan, Colm and L. Pandit, (eds.) Rabindranath
Tagore: Universality andTradition, London: Rosemont Publishing and Printing
Corporation, pp. 29-3
M. Iqbal, (1991) Speeches and Statements, in S. Hay (ed.), Sources of

Indian Tradition, Vol.2, Second Edition, New Delhi: Penguin, pp. 218-222.
A. Engineer, (1980) Iqbals Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam,

in Social Scientist,Vol.8 (8), pp. 52-63.
Madani, (2005) Composite Nationalism and Islam, New Delhi: Manohar, pp.
66-91.
Additional Reading:L. Gordon-Polonskya, (1971) Ideology of Muslim

Nationalism, in H. Malik (ed.), Iqbal: Poet-Philosopher of Pakistan, New York:
Columbia University Press, pp. 108-134.
V.Savarkar, Hindutva is Different from Hinduism, available at

http://www.savarkar.org/en/hindutva-/essentials-hindutva/hindutva-different-
hinduism, Accessed: 19.04.2013
J. Sharma, (2003) Hindutva: Exploring the Idea of Hindu Nationalism, Delhi:

Penguin, pp. 124-172.
DSE- Society and Polity of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Course Rationale: This paper has been specifically included in the Syllabus
to acquaint the students with the social, economic and political framework of the
UT of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
1. Historical Background of theAndaman andNicobar Islands
2. Demography of the Islands and Economic scenario and Social Structure
3. Political Anthropology- Tribes of the islands and their orientation towards

politics
4. Political and Administrative setup, administration of UT, - The Lieutenant

Governor as Administrator of UT - political scenariodecentralized
Governance and civil Society organizations
5. Development Challenges Issues of Administrative Corruption Vigilance

and Anti-corruption machineries
Suggested Readings
1. Ghosh A.,A study on the Development Strategy for Andaman and Nicobar
Islands,Classical Publishing Company,New Delhi,1994.
2. Kloss,C.Baden, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Vivek Publishing

House,Delhi, 1971.
3. K.S.Singh (ed) People of India Andaman and Nicobar Islands,

Anthropological Survey of India,1994.
4. S.K.Biswas-Colonialism and Rehabilitation in Andaman and Nicobar
islands.
5. MajumdarR. C. Penal Settlement in Andamans, Ministry of Education and

Culture, Government of India,1975.
6. Man E.H, Aboroginal Inhabitants of Andaaman Islands, Sanskaran

Prakasak,Delhi,1975.
7. Mathur, L.P., History of Andaman and Nicobar Islands(1756-1966),

Sterling Publishers, NewDelhi,1968.
8. Port man,M.V.,The History our Relations with Andamanese(two Vol.),

Asian Educational Services, Delhi, 1990.
9. Sen, Prabat Kumar, Land and People of Andamans, Post Graduate Book
mart,Calcutta,1962
10. KiranDhingra, The Andaman and Nicobar in the 20th Century A

Gazetteer, Oxford University Press, New Delhi,2006.
GE-2--Human Rights, Gender and Environment

Course Rationale: This course aims at enabling the students to understand
the issuesconcerning the rights of citizens in general and the marginalized groups
in particular, andassess the institutional and policy measures which have been
taken in response to thedemands of various movements. Conceptual dimensions,
international trends and theIndian experience form the contents of the course.
Expected Learning Outcome: The study of the course will equip the
students withtheoretical and conceptual understanding of socio economic and
political problems ofmarginalized groups in society such as women, dalits,
minorities and adivasis andrepercussions of contemporary developments on
globalization on them.
I Understanding Social Inequality

1. Caste, Gender, Ethnicity and Class as distinct categories and their
interconnection.
2. Globalisation and its impact on workers, peasants, dalits, adivasis and

women.
II Human Rights
1. Human Rights: Various Meanings
2. UN Declarations and Covenants
3. Human Rights and Citizenship Rights
4. Human Rights and the Indian Constitution
5. Human Rights, Laws and Institutions in India; the role of the National
Human Rights Commission.
6. Human Rights of Marginalized Groups: Dalits, Adivasis, Women, Minorities

and Unorganized Workers
7.
redressal mechanisms.
8. Human Rights Movement in India.
III Gender
1. Analysing Structures of Patriarchy
2. Gender, Culture and History
3. Economic Development and Women
4. The issue of Womens Political Participation and Representation in India
5. Laws, Institutions and Womens Rights in India
6. Womens Movements in India
IV Environment
1. Environmental and Sustainable Development
2. UN Environment Programme: Rio, Johannesburg and after.
3. Issues of Industrial Pollution, Global Warming and threats to Bio diversit
4.
5. Environmental Movement in India

Suggested Readings
Agarwal, Anil and Sunita Narain (1991), Global Warming and Unequal
World: A Case of Environmental Colonialism, Centre for Science and
Environment, Delhi.
Baxi, Upendra (2002), The Future of Human Rights, Oxford University

Press, Delhi.
Beteille, Andre (2003), Antinomies of Society: Essays on Ideology and

Institutions, Oxford University Press, Delhi.
Geetha, V. (2002) Gender, Stree Publications, Kolkata.
Ghanshyam Shah, (1991) Social Movements in India, Sage Publications,

Delhi.
Guha, Ramachandra and MadhavGadgil, (1993) Environmental History of

India, University of California Press, Berkeley.
Haragopal, G. (1997) The Political Economy of Human Rights, Himachal

Publishing House, Mumbai.
Menon, Nivedita (ed) (2000) Gender and Politics in India, Oxford

University Press, Delhi.
Patel, Sujata et al (eds) (2003) Gender and Caste: Issues in Contemporary

Indian Feminism, Kali for Women, Delhi.
Shah, Nandita and Nandita Gandhi (1992) Issues at Stake: Theory and
Practice in theContemporary Womens Movement in India, Kali for Women,
Delhi.
Gonsalves, Colin (2011) Kaliyug: The decline of human rights law in the
period ofglobalization Human Rights Law Network, New Delhi.
Sen, Amartya, Development as Freedom (1999) New Delhi, OUP.

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B.A. Political Science

Regulations & Syllabus

Duration of the course

The medium of instruction shall be English.

MIL, ENG, AECC

Discipline Specific Core Course (DSE)

b. Another specialization stream courses or across the different specialization stream

c. An assortment of the above options in II a and IIb.

Open Elective Courses

1. Faculty to Students Ratio

COURSE SUBJECT CODE TITLE OF THE PAPER CREDITS ALLOTED

AECC 2 ENVS 123 Environmental Studies 02

DSC-IA- Introduction to Political Theory

Course Rationale: This course aims to introduce certain key aspects of

b. What is Political Theory and what is its relevance?

2. Concepts: Democracy, Liberty, Equality, Justice, Rights, Gender,

3. Debates in Political Theory:

a. Is democracy compatible with economic growth?

b. On what grounds is censorship justified and what are its limits?

c. Does protective discrimination violate principles of fairness?

d. Should the State intervene in the institution of the family?

Bhargava, R. (2008) What is Political Theory, in Bhargava, R. and

Sriranjani, V. (2008) Liberty, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.)

Acharya, A. (2008) Equality, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.)

Menon, K. (2008) Justice, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political

Srinivasan, J. (2008) Democracy, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.)

Roy, A. Citizenship, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political

Das, S. (2008) State, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political

Singh, M. (2008) Civil Society, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya.

DSC- 2A- Classical Political Philosophy

Course RationaleThis paper highlights the classical tradition in political

1. Foundations of Greek Political thought- Aspects of Greek Political Thought

4. Medieval political thought- St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas

5. Transition from medieval to modern period Position of Machiavelli.

1. Leon P. Baradat, Political Ideologies: Origin and Impact, Prentice Hall,

2. William Ebenstein, Today Isms, Prentice hall of India, Engelwood Cliffs,

4. W. A. Dunning, History of Political Theories, Central Publishing House,

6. M.G. Gupta, History of Political Thought, Chaitanya, Publishing House,

DSC--IB - Indian Government and Politics

2) Indian Constitution: basic features, debates on Fundamental Rights and

3) Institutional Functioning: Prime Minister, Parliament and Judiciary.

4) Power Structure in India: Caste, Class and Patriarchy.

5) Religion and Politics: Debates on secularism and communalism.

6) Parties and Party systems in India.

7) Social Movements: Workers, Peasants, Environmental and Womens

8) Strategies of Development in India since Independence: Planned Economy

Abbas, H., Kumar, R. &Alam, M. A. (2011) Indian Government and

Chandhoke, N. &Priyadarshi, P. (eds.) (2009) Contemporary India:

Chakravarty, B. & Pandey, K. P. (2006) Indian Government and Politics.

Chandra, B., Mukherjee, A. & Mukherjee, M. (2010) India After

Singh, M.P. &Saxena, R. (2008) Indian Politics: Contemporary Issues and

Austin, G. (1999) Indian Constitution: Corner Stone of a Nation. New Delhi:

Austin, G. (2004) Working of a Democratic Constitution of India. New

Jayal, N. G. &Maheta, P. B. (eds.) (2010) Oxford Companion to Indian

DSC-2B -Modern Political Philosophy

1. Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Rousseau

2. Montesquieu and Edmund Burke