Scheme of Examination and Courses

of Reading for B.A. (Hons.) Political Science

SEMESTER-IV

SCHOOL OF OPEN LEARNING

University of Delhi

Syllabus Applicable for the students seeking admission to

B.A.(Hons.) Political Science Course from 2020-2021 onwards
 B.A. (HONS.) POLITICAL SCIENCE SEMESTER-IV

CORE COURSE

Paper VIII : Political Processes and Institutions in Comparative

Perspective Paper IX : Public Policy and Administration in India
Paper X : Global Politics

SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE (SEC)

Legislative Practices and Procedures (Political Science)

GENERIC ELECTIVE

1. Public Finance (Economics)

2. Bestsellers and Genre Fiction (English)
3. Hindi Ka Vaishvik Paridrishya (Hindi)
 Core Course - (CC)

Paper VIII - Political Processes and Institutions in Comparative Perspective

Credit:6

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

Course Learning Outcomes

The paper will equip students with an in-depth understanding of different political systems and
regime types. Students would be able to contrast unitary and federal, democratic and
authoritarian systems. It will help students to develop analytical skills to reflect institutional
structures and their functioning such as party systems, electoral systems. It will provide insight
into the process of evolution of nation state in the context of West and post-colonial societies.
Students will develop insights into the process of democratization in post-colonial, post-
authoritarian and post-communist societies.

Unit 1
Forms of Government
a) Unitary and Federal System
b) Regime Types: Democratic, Authoritarian, Populism and Totalitarian

Unit 2
Electoral Systems
Definition and procedures, Types of election system (First Past the Post, Proportional
Representation, Mixed Representation)

Unit 3
Parties and Party Systems
Historical contexts of the emergence of the party system and types of parties

Unit 4
Nation-state
What is nation–state? Historical evolution in Western Europe and postcolonial contexts ‘Nation’
and ‘State’: debates

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Unit 5
Gendering Comparative Politics: Institutions and Processes
a. Political Representation
b. Women in Conflict and Peace

References

1.a. Forms of Government: Unitary and Federal System

M. Burgess, (2006) Comparative Federalism: Theory and Practice. London: Routledge, pp. 135-
161.
R. Watts, (2008) ’Introduction’, in Comparing Federal Systems. Montreal and Kingston: McGill
Queen’s University Press, pp. 1-27.
1.b. Forms of Government: Regime Types: Democratic, Authoritarian, Populism and
Totalitarian
Michael G. Roskin, Robert L. Cord, James A. Medeiros and Walter S. Johnes “Unitary or
Federal Systems”, pp 54-60.
Michael G. Roskin, Robert L. Cord, James A. Medeiros and Walter S. Johnes “Regimes”, pp 86-
100.
Cas Mudde and Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser (2017), Populism, A Very Short Introduction,
Oxford University Press.

II. Electoral System

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.

III. Parties and Party Systems: Historical contexts of emergence of the party system and
types of parties
A. Cole, (2011) ‘Comparative Political Parties: Systems and Organizations’, in J. Ishiyama, and
M. Breuning, (eds) 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Book. Los Angeles: Sage
Publications, pp. 150-158.
A. Heywood, (2002) ‘Parties and Party System’, in Politics. New York: Palgrave, pp. 247-268.
Geovanni Sartori (1976). Parties and Party Systems: A Framework for Analysis. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.

IV: Nation-state
W. O’Conner, (1994) ‘A Nation is a Nation, is a Sate, is a Ethnic Group, is a …’, in J.
Hutchinson and A. Smith, (eds.) Nationalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 36-46.

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K. Newton, and J. Deth, (2010) ‘The Development of the Modern State ‘, in Foundations of
Comparative Politics: Democracies of the Modern World. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, pp. 13-33.

V. Gendering Comparative Politics: Institutions and Processes

Baldez Lisa (2010). Symposium. The Gender Lacuna in Comparative Politics. March 2010 | Vol.
8/No. 199-205
Beckwith Karen (2010). Comparative Politics and the Logics of a Comparative Politics of
Gender. American Political Science Association. Vol. 8, No. 1 (March 2010), pp. 159-168
John Rod Martin and Hague Harrop McCormick (2019). “Political Participation”. pp 216-232.
London: Macmillan international and Red Globe Press.
Garrisoned Mind “Women and Arms Conflicts in South Asia”, edited by Laxmi Murthy and
Mitu Verma (eds). Introduction Chapter. New Delhi, Speaking Tiger.

Additional Resources:
Classic Readings
Hannah Arendt (1951) Origin of Totalitarianism, New York: A Harvest Book.
Roy Macridi (2009) Introduction to Comparative Politics: Political Regimes and Political
Change Pearson College Div; Pap/Psc edition.
Giovanni Sartori (1987), The Theory of Democracy Revisited, Columbia University, New York.

Additional Readings
I. Forms of Government
R. Saxena, (2011) ‘Introduction’, in Saxena, R (eds.) Varieties of Federal Governance: Major
Contemporary Models. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, pp. xii-x1.
II: Electoral System
R. Moser, and S. Ethan, (2004) ‘Mixed Electoral Systems and Electoral System Effects:
Controlled Comparison and Cross-national Analysis’, in Electoral Studies. 23, pp. 575-599.
III. Parties and Party Systems
B. Criddle, (2003) ‘Parties and Party System’, in R. Axtmann, (ed.) Understanding Democratic
Politics: An Introduction. London: Sage Publications, pp. 134-142.
IV: Nation-state
A. Heywood, (2002), ‘The State’, in Politics. New York: Palgrave, pp. 85-102
V. Gendering Comparative Politics
Caraway Teri L. (2010). American Political Science Association. Vol. 8, No. 1 (March 2010),
pp. 169-175.
Schwindt- Leslie A. Bayer (2010). Comparison and Integration: A Path toward a Comparative
Politics of Gender, American Political Science Association, Vol. 8, No. 1 (March 2010), pp. 177-
182.

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Krook Mona Lena (2011). Gendering Comparative Politics: Achievements and Challenges.
Politics & Gender 7(1), pp 99-105

Keywords
Forms of Government, Electoral Systems, Party Systems, Nation-state

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 Core Course - (CC)
Paper IX - Public Policy and Administration in India
Credit:6
Course Objective
The paper seeks to introduce the interface between public policy and administration in India. The
essence of public policy lies in its effectiveness in translating the governing philosophy into
programs and policies and making it a part of the community living. It deals with issues of
decentralization, financial management, citizens and administration and social welfare from a
non-western perspective.

Course Learning Outcomes

• The student is introduced to theoretical perspectives on public policy, a major sub-
discipline of public administration.
• This is a paper devoted specially to the Indian context, so the student will become
familiar with details of public policy adopted in India.
• Students will recognize the significance of local governance – both rural and urban.
• The students will become familiar with a range of budgetary procedures and practices, as
part of the budget cycle in India.
• The student is exposed to mechanisms of grievance redressal and a range of specific
social welfare policies.

Unit 1
Public Policy
a. Definition, characteristics and models
b. Public Policy Process in India

Unit 2
Decentralization
a. Meaning, significance and approaches and types
b. Local Self Governance: Rural and Urban

Unit 3
Budget
a. Concept and Significance of Budget
b. Budget Cycle in India
c. Various Approaches and Types of Budgeting

Unit 4
Citizen and Administration Interface
a. Public Service Delivery
b. Redressal of Public Grievances: RTI, Lokpal, Citizens’ Charter and E-Governance

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Unit 5
Social Welfare Administration
a. Concept and Approaches of Social Welfare
b. Social Welfare Policies:
i. Education: Right to Education,
ii. Health: National Health Mission,
iii. Food: Right to Food Security
iv. Employment: MNREGA

References
I. Public Policy
T. Dye, (1984) Understanding Public Policy, 5th Edition. U.S.A: Prentice Hall
R.B. Denhardt and J.V. Denhardt, (2009) Public Administration, New Delhi: Brooks/Cole
J. Anderson, (1975) Public Policy Making. New York: Thomas Nelson and sons Ltd.
M. Howlett, M. Ramesh, and A. Perl, (2009), Studying Public Policy: Policy Cycles and Policy
Subsystems, 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
T. Dye, (2002) Understanding Public Policy, New Delhi: Pearson.
Y. Dror, (1989) Public Policy Making Reexamined. Oxford: Transaction Publication.

II. Decentralization
Satyajit Singh and Pradeep K. Sharma [eds.] Decentralisation: Institutions and Politics In Rural
India, OUP, 2007
D. A. Rondinelli and S. Cheema, Decentralisation and Development, Beverly Hills: Sage
Publishers, 1983
N.G. Jayal, Democracy and The State: Welfare, Secular and Development in Contemporary
India, Oxford: Oxford University Press,1999
Bidyut Chakrabarty, Reinventing Public Administration: The Indian Experience, Orient
Longman, 2007
Noorjahan Bava, Development Policies and Administration in India, Delhi: Uppal Publishers,
2001
Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba, The Civic Culture, Boston: Little Brown, 1965
M.P. Lester, Political Participation- How and Why do People Get Involved in Politics Chicago:
McNally, 1965
Sinha, Manoj (2010) Prahasan evam Lokniti, Orient Blackswan, New Delhi.
Basu, Rumki (2012), Lok Prashasan Sankalp Avam Siddhant, Jawahar Book Centre: Delhi.
Chakrabarty, Bidyut and Prakash Chand (2018), Bhartiya Prashasan, Sage Bhasha: New Delhi.
Kataria, Surendra (2017), Bhartiya Lok Prashasan, National Publication House: New Delhi.
Kataria, Surendra (2015), Prashasnik Sidhant evam Prabandh, National Publication House.

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Maheshwari, Sri Ram (2008), Bhartiya Prashasan, Orient Blackswan: New Delhi.
Padma, Ramchandran, Bharat me Lok Prashasan, National Book Trust: New Delhi.
III. Budget
Erik-Lane, J. (2005) Public Administration and Public Management: The Principal Agent
Perspective. New York: Routledge
Henry, N. (1999) Public Administration and Public Affairs. New Jersey: Prentice Hall
Caiden, N. (2004) ‘Public Budgeting Amidst Uncertainity and Instability’, in Shafritz, J.M. &
Hyde, A.C. (eds.) Classics of Public Administration. Belmont: Wadsworth
IV Citizen and Administration Interface
R. Putnam, Making Democracy Work, Princeton University Press, 1993
Jenkins, R. and Goetz, A.M. (1999) ‘Accounts and Accountability: Theoretical Implications of
the Right to Information Movement in India’, in Third World Quarterly. June
Sharma, P.K. & Devasher, M. (2007) ‘Right to Information in India’ in S. Singh & P. Sharma
(eds.) Decentralization: Institutions and Politics in Rural India. New Delhi: Oxford University
Press
Vasu Deva, E-Governance in India: A Reality, Commonwealth Publishers, 2005
World Development Report, World Bank, Oxford University Press, 1992.
M.J. Moon, The Evolution of Electronic Government Among Municipalities: Rheoteric or
Reality, American Society for Public Administration, Public Administration Review, Vol 62,
Issue 4, July-August 2002
Pankaj Sharma, E-Governance: The New Age Governance, APH Publishers, 2004
Pippa Norris, Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty and the Internet in
Democratic Societies, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Stephan Goldsmith and William D. Eggers, Governing by Network: The New Shape of the
Public Sector, Brookings Institution [Washington], 2004
United Nation Development Programme, Reconceptualising Governance, New York, 1997
Mukhopadyay, A. (2005) ‘Social Audit’, in Seminar. No.551.
V. Social Welfare Administration
Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen, India, Economic Development and Social Opportunity, Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 1995
J. Dreze and Amartya Sen, Indian Development: Selected Regional Perspectives, Oxford:
Clareland Press, 1997
Reetika Khera- Rural Poverty and Public Distribution System, EPW, Vol-XLVIII, No.45-46,
Nov 2013
Pradeep Chaturvedi [ed.], Women and Food Security: Role of Panchayats, Concept Publishers,
1997

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National Food Security Mission: nfsm.gov.in/Guidelines/XIIPlan/NFSMXII.pdf
Jugal Kishore, National Health Programs of India: National Policies and Legislations, Century
Publications, 2005
K. Lee and Mills, The Economic of Health in Developing Countries, Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 1983
K. Vijaya Kumar, Right to Education Act 2009: Its Implementation as to Social Development in
India, Delhi: Akansha Publishers, 2012.
Marma Mukhopadhyay and Madhu Parhar(ed.) Education in India: Dynamics of Development,
Delhi: Shipra Publications, 2007
Nalini Juneja, Primary Education for All in the City of Mumbai: The Challenge Set by Local
Actors', International Institute For Educational Planning, UNESCO: Paris, 2001
Surendra Munshi and Biju Paul Abraham [eds.] Good Governance, Democratic Societies and
Globalisation, Sage Publishers, 2004
www.un.org/millenniumgoals
http://www.cefsindia.org
www.righttofoodindia.org

Keywords
Public Policy, Local Self Governance, Budget, Public Service Delivery, RTI, Lokpal, E-
Governance, Right to Education, National Health Mission, Right to Food Security, MNREGA

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 Core Course - (CC)
Paper X - Global Politics
Credit:6

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

Course Learning Outcomes

• The students will have conceptual clarity on meaning, nature and significance of
globalization.
• The students will learn about the contemporary debates on the discourse of globalization.
• The students will also learn about the rise of financial networks and major actors of
global economy and their impact on state and sovereignty.
• The paper will enhance students’ understanding of contemporary global issues like
proliferation of nuclear weapons, ecology, international terrorism and human security.
• The paper will develop analytical skills of the students to reflect on the phenomenon of
global governance.

Unit 1
Globalization: Conceptions and Perspectives
a. Understanding Globalization and its Alternative Perspectives (6 lectures)
b. Political Debates on Sovereignty and Territoriality (3 lectures)
c. Global Economy: Its Significance and Anchors of Global Political Economy:
IMF, World Bank, WTO, TNCs (8 lectures)
d. Cultural and Technological Dimension (3 lectures)
e. Global Resistances (Global Social Movements and NGOs) (3 lectures)

Unit 2
Contemporary Global Issues
a. Ecological Issues: Historical Overview of International Environmental
Agreements, Climate Change, Global Commons Debate (7 lectures)
b. Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (3 lectures)
c. International Terrorism: Non-State Actors and State Terrorism; Post 9/11
developments (4 lectures)
d. Migration (3 lectures)
e. Human Security (3 lectures)

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Unit 3
Globalization: Power and Resource Governance
References
I. Globalization – Conceptions and Perspectives
Andrew Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave-McMillan.
Anthony McGrew, (2017) ‘Globalization and Global Politics’, in J. Baylis, Smith and Owens
(eds.), Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, New York:
Oxford University Press, pp. 13-27.
Joseph E. Stiglitz (2018), Globalization and Its Discontents Revisited: Anti- Globalization in the
Era of Trump, New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
G. Ritzer, (2010) Globalization: A Basic Text, Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 33-62.
M. Strager, (2009) Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, London: Oxford University Press,
pp. 1-16.
R. Keohane and J. Nye Jr, (2000) ‘Globalization: What’s New? What’s Not? (And So What?)’,
in Foreign Policy, No 118, pp. 104-119.
Canchal Kumar, et.al, Understanding Global Politics, K.W. Publishers, Delhi, 2017.
A. Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave-McMillan, pp. 112-134.
R. Keohane, (2000) ‘Sovereignty in International Society’, in D. Held and A. McGrew (eds.) The
Global Trans-Formations Reader, Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 109-123.
A. Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave-McMillan, pp. 454-479.
T. Cohn, (2009) Global Political Economy: Theory and Practice, pp. 130-140 (IMF), 208-218.
R. Picciotto, (2003) ‘A New World Bank for a New Century’, in C. Roe Goddard et
al., International Political: State-Market Relations in a Changing Global Order, Boulder:
Lynne Reinner, pp. 341-351.
A. Narlikar, (2005) The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction, New York:
Oxford University Press, pp. 22-98.
J. Goldstein, (2006) International Relations, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 392-405 (MNC).
P. Hirst, G. Thompson and S. Bromley, (2009) Globalization in Question, Cambridge:
Polity Press, pp. 68-100 (MNC).
D. Held and A. McGrew (eds.), (2002) Global Transformations Reader: Politics, Economics and
Culture, Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 1-50; 84-91.
M. Steger, (2009) ‘Globalization: A Contested Concept’, in Globalization: A Very
Short Introduction, London: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-16.
A. Appadurai, (2000) ‘Grassroots Globalization and the Research Imagination’, in Public
Culture, Vol. 12(1), pp. 1-19.
G. Ritzer, (2010) Globalization: A Basic Text, Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 487-504.

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R. O’Brien et al., (2000) Contesting Global Governance: Multilateral Economic Institutions and
Global Social Movements, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-23.
J. Fisher, (1998) Non-Governments: NGOs and Political Development in the Third World,
Connecticut: Kumarian Press, pp. 1- 37 (NGO).

II. Contemporary Global Issues

J. Volger, (2011) ‘Environmental Issues’, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.)
Globalization of World Politics, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 348-362.
A. Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave, pp. 383-411.
N. Carter, (2007) The Politics of Environment: Ideas, Activism, Policy, Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, pp. 13-81.
D. Howlett, (2011) ‘Nuclear Proliferation’, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.)
Globalization of World Politics, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 384-397.
P. Viotti and M. Kauppi, (2007) International Relations and World Politics: Security, Economy
and Identity, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 238-272.

III. Global Shifts: Power and Governance

J. Rosenau, (1992) ‘Governance, Order, and Change in World Politics’, in J. Rosenau, and E.
Czempiel (eds.) Governance without Government: Order and Change in World Politics,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-29.
A. Kumar and D. Messner (eds), (2010) Power Shifts and Global Governance: Challenges
from South and North, London: Anthem Press.
P. Dicken, (2007) Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy, New
York: The Guilford Press.
Additional Resources:
Classic Readings
J. Goldstein, (2006) International Relations, New Delhi: Pearson.
Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri (2001), Empire, USA, Harvard University Press.
Jagdish Bhagwati (2004), In defense of Globalization, New York, Oxford University Press.
Paul Hirst, Graham Thompson and Simon Bromley (1996), Globalization in Question: The
International Economy and the Possibility of Governance, Polity Press.

Readings in Hindi
पुष्पेश पन्त (2016), भूमंडलीकरण एवं भारत, िदल्ली:एक्सेस पिब्लिशं ग.

अभय कुमार दुबे (ed.)(2007), भारत का भूमंडलीकरण, िदल्ली: वाणी प्रकाशन.

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Additional Readings
I. Globalization – Conceptions and Perspectives
A. McGrew, (2011) ‘Globalization and Global Politics’, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P.
Owens (eds.) Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, New
York: Oxford University Press, pp. 14-31.
W. Ellwood, (2005) The No-nonsense Guide to Globalization, Jaipur: NI-Rawat Publications,
pp. 12-23.
K. Shimko, (2005) International Relations: Perspectives and Controversies, New
York: Houghton Mifflin, pp. 195-219.
G. Ritzer, (2010) Globalization: A Basic Text, Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 180-190.
F. Lechner and J. Boli (ed.), (2004) The Globalization Reader, London: Blackwell, pp. 236- 239
(WTO).
D. Held et al, (1999) Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture, California:
Stanford University Press, pp. 242-282 (MNC).
T. Cohn, (2009) Global Political Economy, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 250-323 (MNC).
J. Beynon and D. Dunkerley, (eds.), (2012) Globalisation: The Reader, New Delhi: Rawat
Publications, pp. 1-19.
A. Vanaik, (ed.), (2004) Globalization and South Asia: Multidimensional Perspectives, New
Delhi: Manohar Publications, pp. 171-191, 192-213, 301-317, 335-357.
G. Laxter and S. Halperin (eds.), (2003) Global Civil Society and Its Limits, New
York: Palgrave, pp. 1-21.
A. Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave-McMillan, pp. 150-156 (NGO).
P. Willets, (2011) ‘Trans-National Actors and International Organizations in Global Politics’, in
J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.) Globalization of World Politics, New York: Oxford
University Press, pp. 334-342. (NGO).
II. Contemporary Global Issues
A. Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave, pp. 264-281.
P. Viotti and M. Kauppi, (2007) International Relations, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 276-307.
A. Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave, pp. 282-301.
G. Ritzer, (2010) Globalization: A Basic Text, Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 298-322.
S. Castles, (2012) ‘Global Migration’, in B. Chimni and S. Mallavarapu (eds.) International
Relations: Perspectives for the Global South, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 272-285.
A. Acharya, (2011) ‘Human Security’, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.) Globalization
of World Politics, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 480-493.
S. Tadjbakhsh and A. Chenoy, (2007) Human Security, London: Routledge, pp. 13-19; 123-127;
236-243.

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P. Bidwai, (2011) ‘Durban: Road to Nowhere’, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.46, No.
53, December, pp. 10-12.
K. Shimko, (2005) International Relations Perspectives and Controversies, New York: Hughton-
Mifflin, pp. 317-339.
J. Kiras, (2011) ‘Terrorism and Globalization’, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.)
Globalization of World Politics, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 366-380.
A. Vanaik, (2007) Masks of Empire, New Delhi: Tulika, pp. 103-128.
A. Acharya, (2001) ‘Human Security: East versus West’, in International Journal, Vol. 56, no. 3,
pp. 442-460.
N. Jindal and K. Kumar, (2018) Global Politics: Issues and Perspectives, New Delhi: Sage.

III. Global Shifts: Power and Governance

J. Close, (2001) ‘The Global Shift: A quantum leap in human evolution’, Available at
http://www.stir-global-shift.com/page22.php, Accessed: 19.04.2013.

Keywords
Globalization, Sovereignty, Global Economy, Climate Change, Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism,
Migration, Security

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 Skill Enhancement Course (SEC)
Legislative Practices and Procedures
Credit:4

Course Objective
This course will acquaint the students with the legislative process in India at various levels, to
impart them with the elementary skills required to part of a legislative support team and expose
them to real life legislative work. The skills provided by this course will include the
understanding of legislative procedures, comprehending policy concerns which serve as the
objective for legislative practices, drafting new legislation, tracking and analysing feedback on
ongoing bills, writing press releases, conducting meetings with various stakeholders, monitoring
media and public opinion, managing constituent relations and handling inter-office
communications. It will also deepen their understanding and appreciation of the legislative
process and its importance for a robust democracy.

Course Learning Outcomes

On the successful completion of the course, students shall be able to:
• Understand the structure and functions of law-making bodies in India at different levels
• Demonstrate knowledge of the legislative procedures in India
• Acquire skills related to a close reading of legislative documents
• Understand the relationship between the people and their elected representatives
• Develop beginners’ skills to become a part of a support team engaged in different levels
of the law-making functions
Unit 1
Powers and functions of people’s representative at different tiers of governance
Members of Parliament, State legislative assemblies, functionaries of rural and urban local self -
government from Zila Parishad, Municipal Corporation to Panchayat/ward.
Unit 2
Supporting the Legislative Process
How a bill becomes law, role of the Standing committee in reviewing a bill, legislative
consultants, the framing of rules and regulations.
Unit 3
Supporting the Legislative Committees
Types of committees, role of committees in reviewing government finances, policy,
programmes, and legislation.

Unit 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 of Ministries.

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Unit 5
Support in media monitoring and communication
Types of media and their significance for legislators; Basics of communication in print and
electronic media.

References
I. Powers and functions of people’s representative at different tiers of governance
M. Madhavan, and N. Wahi, (2008) Financing of Election Campaigns PRS, Centre for Policy
Research, New Delhi, Available at:
http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media/conference/Campaign_finance_brief.pdf
S. Vanka, (2008) Primer on MPLADS, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, Available
at http://www.prsindia.org/parliamenttrack/primers/mplads-487/

H. Kalra, (2011) Public Engagement with the Legislative Process PRS, Centre for Policy
Research, New Delhi, Available at:
https://www.prsindia.org/sites/default/files/parliament_or_policy_pdfs/1417684398--
Parliament%20as%20a%20Law%20Making%20Body_0.pdf
Government of India (Lok Sabha Secretariat), (2009) Parliamentary Procedures (Abstract
Series), Available at http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/abstract/index.aspx
II. Supporting the legislative process
Government of India, (Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs), (2009) Legislation, Parliamentary
Procedure, Available at http://mpa.nic.in/Manual/Manual_English/Chapter/chapter- 09.htm,
Accessed: 19.04.2013
Government of India, (Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) (2009), Subordinate
Legislation, Parliamentary Procedure, Available at:
http://mpa.nic.in/Manual/Manual_English/Chapter/chapter-11.htm Accessed: 19.04.2013
D. Kapur and P. Mehta, (2006) ‘The Indian Parliament as an Institution of Accountability’,
Democracy, Governance and Human Rights, Programme Paper Number 23, United Nations
Research Institute for Social Development, Available at:
http://www.unrisd.org/UNRISD/website/document.nsf/240da49ca467a53f80256b4f005ef245/8e
6fc72d6b546696c1257123002fcceb/$FILE/KapMeht.pdf
O. Agarwal and T. Somanathan, (2005) ‘Public Policy Making in India: Issues and Remedies’,
Available at:
http://www.cprindia.org/admin/paper/Public_Policy_Making_in_India_14205_TV_SOMANAT
HAN.pdf

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B. Debroy, (2001) ‘Why we need law reform’ Seminar January.
III. Supporting the Legislative Committees
P. Mehta, ‘India’s Unlikely Democracy: The Rise of Judicial Sovereignty’, Journal of
Democracy, Vol. 18(2), pp.70-83.
Government link: http://loksabha.nic.in/; http://rajyasabha.nic.in/; http://mpa.nic.in/
K. Sanyal, (2011) Strengthening Parliamentary Committees PRS, Centre for Policy Research,
New Delhi, Available at:
http://www.prsindia.org/administrator/uploads/media/Conference%202011/Strengthening%20Pa
rliamentary%20Committees.pdf, Accessed: 19.04.2013
IV. Reading the Budget Document
A. Celestine, (2011) How to Read the Union Budget PRS, Centre for Policy Research, New
Delhi, Available at http://www.prsindia.org/parliamenttrack/primers/how-to-read-the- union-
budget-1023/, Accessed: 19.04.2013
V. Support in media monitoring and communication
G. Rose, (2005) ‘How to Be a Media Darling: There's No getting Away From It’, State
Legislatures, Vol. 31(3).
Additional Resources:
N. Jayal and P. Mehta (eds), (2010) The Oxford Companion to Politics in India, Oxford
University Press: New Delhi.
B. Jalan, (2007) India’s Politics, New Delhi: Penguin.
Initiating Discussion on Various Type of Debates in Rajya Sabha, Available at
http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/publication_electronic/75RS.pdf, Accessed: 19.04.2013.
Praxis of Parliamentary Committees: Recommendations of Committee on Rules published
by Rajya Sabha, available at:
http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/publication_electronic/Praxis.pdf,Accessed: 19.04.2013.
S.J. Phansalkar, Policy Research in the Indian Context
N. Singh, ‘Some Economic Consequences of India’s Institutions of Governance: A Conceptual
Framework’, Available at:
http://econ.ucsc.edu/faculty/boxjenk/wp/econ_conseq_2003_rev2.pdf,Accessed:19.04.2013.
R. Guha, (2007), India After Gandhi, Macmillan: New Delhi.
Parliamentary Procedures (Abstract Series) published by Lok Sabha, Available at
http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/abstract/index.aspx, website: www.loksabha.nic.in, Accessed:
19.04.2013.
Committees of Lok Sabha, Available at:
http://164.100.47.134/committee/committee_list.aspxAccessed: 19.04.2013.
Ethics Committee of Rajya Sabha, available at:
http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/publication_electronic/ethics_committee.pdf,Accessed: 19.4.2013.

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Committees of Parliament, Parliamentary Procedure, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs,
Available at http://mpa.nic.in/Manual/Manual_English/Chapter/chapter-12.htm, Accessed:
19.04.2013.
Nomination of Members of Parliament on Committees, Councils, Boards and Commissions, etc.,
set up by the Government, Ministry of Parliament Affairs, Available at
http://mpa.nic.in/Manual/Manual_English/Chapter/chapter-14.htm, Accessed: 19.04.2013.
Parliamentary Procedures: Problems and Perspectives 2009 Published by Rajya Sabha, Available
at http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/publication_electronic/parl_procedure2009.pdf, Accessed:
19.04.2013.
Primer on the Budget Process published by PRS, Available at
http://www.prsindia.org/parliamenttrack/primers/the-budget-process-484/, Accessed:
19.04.2013.
Background note on Financial Oversight by Parliament published by PRS, Available
at http://www.prsindia.org/administrator/uploads/media/Conference%20note/Conference%20not
e%20on%20financial%20oversight.pdf,Accessed: 19.04.2013.
P. Keefer and S Khemani, (2009) ‘When Do Legislators Pass On "Pork"? The Determinants of
Legislator Utilization of a Constituency Development Fund in India’, in World Bank Policy
Research Working Paper Series 4929, pp. 1-45, Available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1405160,
Accessed: 19.04.2013.

Parliamentary Procedures (Abstract Series), Lok Sabha, Available at

http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/abstract/process.htm
Budget, Parliamentary Procedure, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, available at
http://mpa.nic.in/Manual/Manual_English/Chapter/chapter-07.htm, Accessed: 19.04.2013.
http://mpa.nic.in/mpahandbook/parlia13.pdf

Keywords
Functions, Governance, Legislature, Powers, Procedures, Representative

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 Generic Elective (Economics)
Public Finance
Credit: 6

Course Objective
This course is a non-technical overview of government finances with special
reference to India. The course does not require any prior knowledge of economics. It
will look into the efficiency and equity aspects of taxation of the centre, states and the
local governments and the issues of fiscal federalism and decentralisation in India.
The course will be useful for students aiming towards careers in the government
sector, policy analysis, business and journalism.

Course Learning Outcomes

The module aims to introduce students to the main concepts in public finance, equip
students with a thorough analytical grasp of government taxes: direct and indirect
taxes, and familiarise students with the main issues in government expenditure. At the
end of the module the students should be able to demonstrate their understanding of
the economic concepts of public finances, use diagrammatic analysis to demonstrate
and compare the economic welfare effects of various government policy options, and
demonstrate their understanding of the usefulness and problems related to government
revenues and expenditures.

Unit 1
Theory: Overview of Fiscal Functions, Tools of Normative Analysis, Pareto
Efficiency, Equity and the Social Welfare; Market Failure, Public Good and
Externalities; Elementary Theories of Product and Factor Taxation (Excess Burden
and Incidence)

Unit 2
Issues from Indian Public Finance: Working of Monetary and Fiscal Policies; Current
Issues of India’s Tax System; Analysis of Budget and Deficits; Fiscal Federalism in
India; State and Local Finances
References
1. Alam, S. (2016). GST and the states: sharing tax administrations. Economic
and Political Weekly, 51(31).
2. Cullis, J., Jones, P. (1998). Public finance and public choice, 2nd ed. Oxford
University Press.
3. Das, S. (2017). Some concepts regarding the goods and services
tax. Economic and Political Weekly, 52(9).
4. Government of India. (2017). GST - Concept and status - as on 3rd June,
2017. Central Board of Excise and Customs, Department of Revenue, Ministry
of Finance.
5. Hindriks, J., Myles, G. (2013). Intermediate public economics, 2nd ed. MIT
Press.
6. Rao, M. (2005). Changing contours of federal fiscal arrangements in India. In
A. Bagchi (ed.): Readings in public finance. Oxford University Press.

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7. Rao, M., Kumar, S. (2017). Envisioning tax policy for
accelerated development in India. Working Paper No. 190, National
Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
8. Reddy, Y. (2015). Fourteenth finance commission: Continuity, change
and way forward. Economic and Political Weekly, 50(21), 27-36.
9. Stiglitz, J. (2009). Economics of the public sector, 3rd ed. W. W. Norton.

Keywords
Taxation, public expenditure, policy

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 Generic Elective (English)
BESTSELLERS AND GENRE FICTION
Course Objectives

The paper engages with issues surrounding the category termed ‘popular literature’.
Questions about the roles of readership, bestsellers, and the role of mass-market publication
are explored. Various genres, such as writing for children and young adults, detective fiction,
and modern mythology, which are considered popular, are included here.

The paper aims to

• promote an understanding of popular literature as a socially relevant and pleasurable
form of writing, which engages with contemporary issues;
• encourage students to question the categories of ‘high’ and ‘low’ literature and issues
concerning ‘popular culture’; and
• explore the social and cultural relevance of popular texts and bestsellers, as products
of their time and age, mirroring the aspirations and anxieties of the society and class
of their readership.
Facilitating the Achievement of Course Learning Outcomes

Sl. Course Learning Outcomes Teaching and Assessment Tasks

No Learning Activity

1 Understanding concepts Interactive Reading material together in

discussions in small groups initiating
small groups in discussion topics participation in
Tutorial classes discussions

2 Expressing concepts How to think Writing essay length

through writing critically and write assignments
with clarity

3 Demonstrating conceptual Discussing exam Class tests

and textual understanding questions and
in tests and exams answering
techniques

Course Contents
Unit 1
Ruskin Bond, The Blue Umbrella

Unit 2
Amish, The Immortals of Meluha

Unit 3
Alexander McCall Smith, The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency

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Unit 4
John Green, Paper Towns

Essential Reading

Note: This is a literature-based course, and students will be examined on all the prescribed
readings in Units 1 through 4. Therefore, all those texts are to be considered essential
reading.
Keywords

Popular fiction
Literary cultures
Genre fiction
Mass media
High and low literature
Literature and marketing

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 Generic Elective - (Hindi)

हंद का वैि वक प र य
(BAHHGEC07)
Credit:6

Course Objective(2-3)

वै कपर य म हंद क िथत

हंद का वकास और चुनौितयाँ

Course Learning Outcomes

हंद क अंतरा ीय िथत का प रचय

वकास के नए े : उपल धयां और चुनौितयाँ

Unit 1

वै ीकरण, हंद भाषा, सं कृित और सा ह य

हंद के चार - सार म िवभ न सं थाओं क भूिमका

Unit 2

ह द भाषा का व व - संदभ

संयु त रा म हंद

Unit 3

हंद के वै क सार म हंद िसनेमा और गीत क लोक यता

हंद के वै क सार म हंद टेिल वज़न और रे डयो काय म का सारण

सोशल नेटव क ग साइ स, हंद लॉ स, ई-प काएँ, फस

े बुक, हा स एप, व टर (twitter)

Unit 4

अंतररा ीय हंद स मलेन : प रक पना, उ े य और महव

21 वीं सद म ह द क वै क चुनौितयाँ

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References

हंद भाषा का समाजशा - रवी नाथ ीवा तव

हंद क भागीरथ या ा – क हैयालाल गाँधी

वासी हंद सा ह य – कमल कशोर गोयनका

Additional Resources:

मॉ रशस का हंद सा ह य – मुनी वर चंताम ण

वासी सा ह य: जोहा सबग से आगे – (संपा.) कमल कशोर गोयनका

वासी लेखन: नयी ज़मीन, नया आसमान – अ नल जोशी

सूर नाम ह दु तानी – भावना स सेना

फ ज़ी का सजना मक हंद सा ह य – वमलेश कां त वमा

फ ज़ी म हंद : व प और वकास - वमलेश कां त वमा

Additional Resources: प का- वाक्, वष 2007, अंक 2

व व ह द प का , 2018

वेबसाईट / www.vishwahindi.com

Keywords
वासी सा ह य, व व हंद स मलेन, हंद भाषा श ण, संयु त रा संघ, गर म टया देश, साक, लॉ स,

ई-प काएँ

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