P.G.

Department of Political Science

School of Social Science
Programme: M.A. Political Science
Session: November-December, 2020
CBCS Scheme Semester-IV
S Type of Max. Marks
Course Code Title of the Course Course L T P Credits CIA External
1 PS-20401-CR Methods in Social Science Core 4 0 0 4 20 80

2 PS-20402-CR South Asia: State and Society Core 4 0 0 4 20 80

3 PS-20403-CR Contemporary Political Core 4 0 0 4 20 80

Theory

4 PS-20404-CR Peace and Conflict Studies DCE 4 0 0 4 20 80

5 PS-20405- Federalism in India DCE 4 0 0 4 20 80

(DCE)

6 PS-20406- International Political DCE 4 0 0 4 20 80

(DCE) Economy

7 PS-20407- Regional Integration-II DCE 4 0 0 4 20 80

(DCE)

8 PS-20408- Project Work DCE 4 0 0 4 20 80

(DCE)

9 PS-20004-GE Political Ideas-II GE 2 0 0 2 10 40

24 Credits = 24 Contact Hours 24 0 0 24 Total= 100

Credits Marks

School of Social Sciences

P.G. Department of Political Science
 Programme: M.A. Political Science

Course Title/Code: Methods in Social Science (PS-20401-CR) Credit 04

Course Teacher: _________________
Classroom: _________________
Office: _________________
Email: _________________

1. Course Description:
The Course is designed to enable students make sense of various aspects of research
methodology in social science besides enabling them to frame research proposals and
dissertations by dealing with theoretical and practical aspects of it. The course is expected
to develop in student’s interest for research in social science and inculcate critical
awareness of varied aspects of research for academic and non-academic purposes. This
course covers a wide range of research methods, approaches to research, and ways of
carrying out data analysis, so it is likely to meet the needs of the vast majority of students in
this position.
2. Learning Outcomes:
The curriculum is designed to achieve following outcomes:
a. The primary objective of this course is to develop a research orientation among the
students and to acquaint them with fundamentals of research methods.
b. It also aims at introducing students the basic concepts used in research and to
scientific social research methods and their approach.
c. To develop understanding of the basic framework of research process
d. To develop an understanding of various research designs and techniques
e. To develop an understanding of the ethical dimensions of conducting applied
research.
3. Pedagogy:
Teaching methods include readings, lectures, group discussions, exercises, and assignments.
Lectures are designed such that ensure greater scholar participation.
4. Evaluation:
Evaluation will consist of two parts-end semester examinations and the internal/continuous
assessment. Internal assessment consisting of 20 marks (as per current scheme) will be
made on the basis of class tests/ field-work based assignments/viva-voce/presentations.
End-term examination consisting of 80 marks will be as per the University norms.

4. Outline

Unit: I
1.1 Theories of Knowledge: Empiricism, Rationalism and Positivism
1.2 Kuhn and Popper about the basis of scientific knowledge
1.3 Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

Unit: II

2.1 Research Problem: Identification and steps involved

2.2 Hypothesis: Meaning, types and importance
2.3 Methods of Data Collection: Observation, interviews, Case Study and Questionnaire

Unit: III
3.1 Research Design: Descriptive, Exploratory and Explanatory
3.2 Analysis and Classification of Data, Drafting of thesis and Research Report
3.3 Use of Computers in Social Science Research: Hands on learning SPSS and online Surveys

Unit: IV
4.1 Concepts and issues in Social Science Research
a) Research Ethics
b) Plagiarism: Hands on learning of open source plagiarism tools
c) Value neutrality, Researcher Bias and Objectivity in Social Science Research
d) Unpredictability and problem of universalisation
e) Issue of Consent and Confidentiality

Recommended Texts for Unit I & II

1. A. C. Issak, Scope and Methods of Political Science, Homewood Illinois, Dorsey
Press, 1985.
2. A. Ryan (ed.), The Philosophy of Social Sciences, London Macmillan, 1970.
3. Alvesson Mats, Reflexive Methodology, London Stage Publications.
4. B. Smith, Political Research Methods, Boston, Houghton Milton, 1976.
5. Baronov, Conceptual Foundations of Social Research Methods, Paradigm
Publications, 2004.
6. Bauer Martin W. and G. Gaskell, Qualitative Researching with Text, Image and
Sound, Sage, London, 2000.
7. Beart Davit Patick, Philosophy of Social Sciences, Polity, 2005.
8. Bohrnstedt & Knoke, Statistics for Social Data Analysis, F. E. Peacock Publishers,
1988.
9. Brodbeck May ed., Readings in the Philosophy of Science, Macmillan, 1968.
10. Brown S. J. Fauvel and R. Finnegan eds., Conceptions of Inquiry, Routledge, 1981.
11. Bryman A., Social Research Method, Oxford University Press, 2001.
12. Bryman, A. (2015). Social research methods. Oxford University Press. 5 th Edition.
13. C. R. Kothari, Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques, New Delhi, Wishva
Publications.
14. C. Selltiz et. Al., Research Methods in Social Relations, USA, Methuea, 1965.
 15. Chawla, Deepak & Sondhi, Neena (2011). Research methodology: Concepts and
cases, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. Delhi.
16. D. Marsh and G. Stoker (ed.), Theory and Methods in Political Science, Basingstoke,
Macmillan, 1995.
17. D. Miller (ed.), Pocket Popper, London, Fontana, 1997.
18. De D. A. Vaus, Surveys in Social Research 2nd , Edn., London Unwin Hayman, 1991.
19. E. Gelliner, Relativism and Social Science, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press,
1985.
20. F. N. Kerlinger, Behavioural Research, New York Hold, Rinehart and Winston 1979.
21. Field, A. (2013 / 2017). Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics. SAGE. 4th
and 5th Editions
22. Flick, U. (2014). An introduction to qualitative research. SAGE. 5 th Edition.
23. G. Mydral, Objectivity in Social Science, New York, Pantheon Books, 1969.
24. G. W. Snedecor, Statistical Methods, 5thedn.,Lowa State College, 1965.
25. H. J. Rubin, Applied Social Research, Columbus, North Illinois University Press,
1983.
26. H. N. Blalock (ed.), Casual Models in the Social Sciences, London Macmillan, 1972.
27. H. N. Blalock, An Introduction to Social Research, Eaglewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice
Hall, 1970.
28. Hindess Barry, Philosophy and Methodology in the Social Sciences, Humanities
Press, 1977.
29. Hoffding O., ed., Essential Readings in Logical Positivism, Basil Blackwell, 1981.
30. J. B. Johnson ad A. Joslyn, Political Science Research Methods, Washington DC, C.
Q. Press, 1986.
31. J. Galtung, Theory and Methods of Social research, New York, Columbia, University
Press, 1987.
32. Jones Terrence, Conducting Political Research, New York, Harper and Raw
Publications.
33. K. R. Hoover, The Elements of Social Scientific Thinking, New York, St. Martin’s
Press, 1985.
34. Keohane King & Verba, Designing Social Inquiry, Princeton University Press, 2001.
35. Kerlinger, F.N., & Lee, H.B. (2000). Foundations of Behavioural Research (Fourth
Edition), Harcourt Inc.

Suggested Readings Unit: III & IV

1. Kolkowski, L., Logical Positivism: From Hume to the Vienna Circle, Pelican Books,
1972.
2. Krippendorff, K. (2013). Content Analysis: An Introduction to Its Methodology.
SAGE, Thousand Oaks. 3 rd Edition.
3. Krueger, R. A., & Casey, M. A. (2014). Focus groups: A practical guide for applied
research. SAGE. 5th Edition.
4. Kuhn T., Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1962.
5. Kumar Ranjit, Research Methodology: A Step by Step Guide for Beginners, Pearson
Edeucation, 2005.
6. Lakatos and Musgrave ed., Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge, Cambridge Univ.
Press, 1970.
7. M. Bulmer (ed.), Sociological Research Methods: An Introduction, London,
Macmillan, 1984.
8. M. Duveger, An Introduction to the Social Sciences with Special References to their
Methods, Translated by M. Anderson, New York Fredrick A. Praeger 1964.
9. Marsh Cathie, The Critics of Suevey, from the Survey Method: The Contribution of
Survey to Sociological Explanation, Allen and Unwin, London, 1982.
10. Mukherjee P.N., Methodology in Social Research, Sage, 2000.
11. N. Gilbert (ed.), Researching Social Life, London, Sage, 1993.
12. Neuman, W.L. (2008). Social research methods: Qualitative and quantitative
approaches, Pearson Education.
13. Nidditch P. H. ed., Philosophy of Science, Oxford University Press, 1968.
14. Patton, M. Q. (2015). Qualitative evaluation and research methods. SAGE. 4 th
Edition.
15. Pawar, B.S. (2009). Theory building for hypothesis specification in organizational
studies, Response Books, New Delhi.
16. Rubin, Allen & Babbie, Earl (2009). Essential Research Methods for Social Work,
Cengage Learning Inc., USA.
17. S. V. Evera, Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science, Ithaca, NY, Cornell
University Press, 1997.
18. Sir, K. R. Popper, Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge,
London Routledge and Kegan Paul 1963.
19. Sir, K. R. Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, London, Hutchinson, 1959.
20. T. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolution, Chicago, University Press, 1970.
21. T. L. Burton and G. L. Cheery, Social Research Techniques, London, Unwin, 1989.
22. W. J. Goode and P. K. Hatt, Methods of Social Research, New York, McGraw Hill,
1952.
23. Phillips D. C., Philosophy, Science and Social Inquiry: Contemporary
Methodological Controversies in Social Science and Related Applied Field of
Research, Pergamon Press, 2004.
24. Popper Karl, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, Hutchinson, 1980.
25. Rabinow P. & W. H. Sullivan, Interpretive Social Science, Univ. of California Press,
1988.
26. Ryan Alan ed., The Philosophy of Social Explanation, Oxford University Press, 1973.
27. Sapsford R., Survey Research, Sage, Delhi, 1999.
28. Seale Clive, Social Research Method: A Reader, Routledge, 2008.
29. Selltiz, Jahoda, Deutsche & Coote eds., Research Methods in Social Relations,
Methuen, London, 1965.
30. Simon J. L., Basic Research Methods in Social Science, Random House, New York
1969.
31. Srivastava VK ed., Methoidology and Fieldwork, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi.
32. Taylor Charles, “Interpretation and the Sciences of Man”, Review of Metaphysics,
25/1, 1971.
33. Triggs Roger, Understanding Social Science, Blackwell, 2001.
34. Weber Max, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Free Press, 1968.
35. Weingbery Darin ed, Qualitative Research Method, Blackwell, 2000.

School of Social Sciences

Department of Political Science
Programme: M.A. Political Science
Course Title/Code: South Asia: State and Society (PS-20402-CR) Credit 04
Course Teacher: _________________
Classroom: _________________
Office: _________________
Email: _________________

1. Course Description:
This course is designed to introduce students to society & politics in South Asia in the
period after independence from colonial rule. The course pays greatest attention to the
region’s largest country, India, but will also incorporate the experiences of Pakistan, Sri
Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh in substantial measure. The themes discussed in the course
will be those that are important both to South Asia as well as to a general study of politics in
developing countries. The course is organized into different themes like colonial inheritance,
state formation and nation-building, democracy and authoritarianism, state and society,
ethnic and secessionist conflict, identity issues, political economy of development, and
future of South Asia.
2. Learning Outcomes:
The curriculum is designed to achieve following outcomes:
a. To analyze the impact of colonialism and then trace the historical process of political
change and nation-building in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
b. It will examine democracy and authoritarianism in south Asia and its varied
democratic trajectories in the region.
c. It will examine the state institutions and state-society interactions
d. It delves into various challenges to state and nation-building, issues related to the
political economy of development, and ends with a brief focus on international
issues..
3. Pedagogy:
Teaching methods include readings, lectures, group discussions, exercises, and assignments.
Lectures are designed such that ensure greater scholar participation.
4. Evaluation:
Evaluation will consist of two parts-end semester examinations and the internal/continuous
assessment. Internal assessment consisting of 20 marks (as per current scheme) will be
made on the basis of class tests/ field-work based assignments/viva-voce/presentations.
End-term examination consisting of 80 marks will be as per the University norms.

4. Outline

UNIT: I Region, Colonialism, Growth & Construction of Nationalism

1.1 South Asia as a Region: Post-Colonial Conceptualization

1.2 Colonialism and Growth of Nationalism.
 1.3 Impact of Colonialism on the Politics of South Asian States
1.4 Construction of Nationalism in the Post-Colonial India and Pakistan
UNIT: II Political Processes, Patterns and Trends

2.1 Democracy in India & Sri Lanka: Emerging Tension

2.2 Authoritarianism in Nepal
2.3 Praetorianism in Pakistan and Bangladesh
2.4 Sectarian Violence in the South Asian States
UNIT: III Political Economy and Human Development

3.1 Political Economy of South Asian States

3.2 Human Development in South Asia
3.3 Liberalization in South Asia
3.4 Hunger and Food Security
UNIT: IV People’s Movements, Politics of Identities, State

4.1 People’s Movements: Human Rights and Anti-Neo-Liberal

4.2 Politics of Identities: Religion and Gender
4.3 Nation-State and State-Nation in South Asia
4.4 Future of South Asian Integration

Suggested Readings for Unit I & II

1. Ayesha Siddiqa, Pakistan’s Arms Procurement and Military Build-up, 1979-99: In search of
a policy, Palgrave, 2001.
2. Jalal Ayesha, Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical
Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
3. Ahmar Moonis, Internal and External Dynamics of South Asian Security, Fazeelsons,
Karachi, 2001.
4. Ahmar Moonis, The Challenge of Confidence-Building in South Asia, Har-Anand
Publications, New Delhi, 2001.
 5. Bajpai, Kanti,P.R Chari,Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, Stephen P Cohen and Sumit
Ganguly,Brasstacks and Beyond: Perception and Management of Crisis in South Asia,
Manohar, New Delhi, 1995.
6. Banerji Dipankar, Confidence Building Measures in South Asia, Regional Centre for
Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo, 1999.
7. Bidwai Praful and Vanaik Achin, New Nukes: India, Pakistan and Global Nuclear
Disarmament, Interlink Books, New York, 2000.
8. Cohen, Stephen Philip, The Structural Dimensions of Conflict in South Asia, Regional
Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo, 1997.
9. Cohen, Stephen Philip, India: Emerging Power, Brookings Institution Press, Washington
D.C, 2001.
10. Hagerty, Devin T. (ed.), South Asia in World Politics, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
USA, 2005.
11. Basrur, Rajesh, M., (ed.), Security in the New Millennium: Views from South Asia, New
Delhi, India Research Press, 2001.
12. Bhola, P.L., and Ramakant (ed.), Post Cold War Developments in South Asia, Jaipur, RBSA
Publisher, 1995.
13. Mitra, S. (eds), Sub-nationalism in South Asia, Boulder, West View, 1996.
Suggested Readings for Unit III & IV

1. Kothari, Smitu and Mian, Zia. (ed.), Out of the Nuclear Shadow, Delhi, Lokayan, 2001.
2. Siddiqa, Ayesha, Military Inc: Inside Pakistan’s Military Economy, London: Pluto press,
2007.
3. Pandey Gyandera and Yunus Samad, Fault Line of Nationhood, New Delhi, Roli Books,
2007.
4. KhanHamid, Constitutional and Political History of Pakistan, Karachi: OUP, 2005.
5 ManogaranChelvadurai, Ethnic conflict and reconciliation in Sri Lanka, University of Hawaii
Press, 1987.
6. Muni, S D, Understanding South Asia, New Delhi, South Asian Pub., 1994.
7. Haq Mahbubul, Reflections on Human Development, New Delhi, Oxford University Press,
1999.
8. Phadnis Urmila, S.D. Muni, Kalim Bahadur, Domestic Conflicts in South Asia, New Delhi,
South Asia Books, 1986.
9. Muni, S D, Understanding South Asia, New Delhi, South Asian Pub., 1994.
10. Paul, T.V, South Asia's Weak States: Understanding the Regional Insecurity Predicament,
Stanford, Stanford University Press, 2010.
11. Madsen, Stig Toft, Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Uwe Skoda Trysts with Democracy: Political
Practice in South Asia, UK, Anthem Press, 2011.
12. MalikYogendra, Mahendra Lawoti, Syedur Rahman, Ashok Kapur, Robert C Oberst,
Charles H Kennedy, Government and Politics in South Asia: Sixth Edition, Colorado (US),
Westview Press, 2008.
13. Ahmed Ishtiaq, The Politics of Religion in South and Southeast Asia, Routledge, 2011.
 School of Social Sciences
Department of Political Science
Programme: M.A. Political Science

Course Title/Code: Contemporary Political Theory (PS-20403-CR) Credit 04

Course Teacher: Dr. Javid Ahmad Dar
Classroom: _________________
Office: _________________
Email: javid1931@gmail.com

Course Description

Contemporary Political Theory is featured by a complex understanding of the foundation, or

otherwise, of issues like justice, liberty and equality with an intense debate on individual-
community-culture matrix. The unconventional notions of power, legitimacy, collectivity and
identity have transformed our visions of world and politics. The Course begins with John
Rawls’ A Theory of Justice and some of the most important objections it has been presented
with in the last fifty years. The central focus remains not only on how government operates,
but also how it ought to operate.

Objectives:

The course is grounded in the following objectives:

• To trigger an understanding of central arguments of contemporary political

philosophy.
• To foster the ability to analyse and discuss arguments in political philosophy.
• To develop the ability to link and apply arguments of political philosophy to social
and political issues.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the key positions within contemporary political philosophy.

• Produce critical and well-structured arguments in political philosophy.
• Balance and contrast the weakness and strengths of different positions in
contemporary debates in Contemporary Political Theory

Pedagogy:

The Course shall be a readings-based course. The teacher/instructor would be a leading

discussant of the essential and optional readings, and students are expected to discuss the
essential readings through individual presentations and group discussions. Valuing
translations and critical engagement with translations shall be part of learning process in
highlighting the peculiar ‘ontological’ difficulties amidst the ‘shifting’ epistemological
assumptions.

Evaluation/ Assessment:

The Internal Assessment/Evaluation will be based on two components. First, the attendance
of lectures and participation in discussions; second, the students are required to write
Assignments on applying the lessons drawn from the Course on practical problems of polity
and society. However, the End Semester Examination of the Course shall be in accordance
with Final Assessment prescribed by the Institution from time to time.
UNIT: I

1.1 Contemporary Political Theory: Nature, Shifts and Issues

1.2 Contemporary Liberalism:

a) Rawls: Justice
b) Dworkin: Equality
c) Amartya Sen: Development and Freedom

UNIT: II:

2.1 Libertarianism: Robert Nozick

2.2 Communitarianism: MichealSandel, MichealWalzer

2.3 Multiculturalism: Will Kymlicka, BhikhuParekh

UNIT: III:

3.1 Feminism: Judith Butler

3.2 Post-Colonialism: Edward Said, Frantz Fanon,

3.3 Post-Modernism: Michel Foucault, Lyotard

UNIT: IV:

4.1 Neo-Marxism: Gramsci, and Habermas

4.2 Nationalism: Benedict Anderson, Partha Chatterjee

Suggested Readings:

Unit I:

1. Andrew Vincent (2004). The Nature of Political Theory, Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
2. John Rawls (1971). A Theory of Justice, Cambridge, MT: Belknap Press
3. John Rawls (1980). ‘Kantian Constructivism in Moral Theory’, The Journal of
Philosophy, Vol. 77, No. 9, pp. 515-572.
4. John Rawls (1985). ‘Justice as Fairness: Political not Metaphysical’, Philosophy and
Public Affairs, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 223-251.
5. Ronald Dworkin (1981). ‘What is Equality? Part 1: Equality of Welfare’, Philosophy
& Public Affairs, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 185-246.
6. Ronald Dworkin (1981). ‘What is Equality? Part 2: Equality of Resources’,
Philosophy & Public Affairs, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 283-345.
7. Amartya Sen (1985). ‘Well-Being, Agency and Freedom: The Dewey Lectures 1984’,
The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 82, No. 4, pp. 169-221.
8. Amartya Sen (1999). Development as Freedom, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
9. Susan Moller Okin (1990). Justice, Gender and the Family, New York: Basic Books.
Unit II:

1. Robert Nozick (1974). Anarchy, State and Utopia, Oxford: Blackwell.

2. MichealSandel (1998). Liberalism and the Limits of Justice(2nd Edition), Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
3. MichealWalzer (1983). Spheres of Justice, New York: Basic Books.
4. Will Kymlicka (1995). Multicultural Citizenship, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
5. Bhikhu Parekh (2007). Rethinking Multiculturalism: Culture Diversity and Political
Theory (2nd Edition), London: Palgrave Macmillan.
6. Charles Taylor (1994). Multiculturalism: Examining the Politics of Recognition,
edited by Amy Gutmann, Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press.

Unit III:

1. Simon de Beauvoir (1953). The Second Sex, London: Cape.

2. Shulamith Firestone (1979). The Dialectic of Sex –The Case for Feminist Revolution,
London: Women’s Press.
3. Carole Pateman (1990). The Disorder of Women –Democracy, Feminism and
Political Theory, Cambridge: Polity Press.
4. Judith Butler (1990). Gender Trouble –Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, New
York: Routledge.
5. Judith Butler (1995). Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex, New York:
Routledge.
6. Iris M. Young (1990). Justice and the Politics of Difference, Princeton, NJ: Princeton
University Press.
7. Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, Helen Tiffin (eds.)(2005). The Post-Colonial Studies
Reader (2nd Edition) London: Routledge.
8. Edward Said (1978). Orientalism, London: Chatto and Windus.
9. Frantz Fanon (1979). Black Skin, White Mask, Translated by C.L. Markham, New
York: Grove Press.
10. Laura Chrisman and Patrick Williams (1993). Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial
Theory – A Reader, London: Routledge.
11. Linda Hutcheon(2002).The Politics of Postmodernism, London: Routledge.
12. Stephen K. White (1991). Political Theory and Postmodernism, Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
13. Michel Foucault (1984). The Foucault Reader (edited by Paul Rabinow), New York:
Penguin (and also Pantheon Books).
14. Michel Foucault (1980). Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings
1972-1977 (edited by Colin Gordon), New York: Pantheon Books.

Unit IV:

1. Theodor W. Adorno & Max Horkheimer (2002).Dialectic of Enlightenment:

Philosophical Fragments, Edited by GunzelinSchmidNoerr; translated by Edmund
Jephcott, Stanford: Stanford University Press
 2. Antonio Gramsci (2011). Prison Notebooks Volumes 1, 2 & 3,(Edited with an
introduction by Joseph A. Buttigieg. Translated by Joseph A. Buttigieg and
AntonioCallari) New York: Columbia University Press.
3. JurgenHabermas (1992). Between Facts and Norms –Contributions to a Discourse
Theory of Law and Democracy(Translated by William Rehg),Cambridge, MA: The
MIT Press.
4. Benedict Anderson (1983). Imagined Communities –Reflections on the Origin and
Spread of Nationalism, New York: Verso Books.
5. ParthaChaterjee (1993). The Nation and its Fragments: Colonial and Postcolonial
Histories, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
6. ParthaChaterjee (2011). Lineages of Political Society: Studies in Postcolonial
Democracy, New York: Columbia University Press.

School of Social Sciences

Department of Political Science
Programme: M.A. Political Science

Course Title/Code: Peace and Conflict Studies (PS-20404-CR) Credit 04

Course Teacher: _________________
Classroom: _________________
Office: _________________
Email: _________________

1. Course Description:
This course is designed to give an overview pertaining to the peace and conflict as an
academic discipline. The aim is to help students understand and evaluate conceptual and
practical analysis of the conflict and working of peace shapes and builds the relationship
among nations. The paper also tries to focus how conflict shapes the foreign policy in the
world order. It provides an understanding of the mechanism of the theories related to the
conflict and conflict. Peace and conflict, however as a concept is all pervasive in political
discourses and is getting more importance in contemporary era of globalisation. The paper
also tries to make students understand how different trends and happenings at
international level impact peace of nations. This foundational course will provide students
with a comprehensive survey of the literature on peace and conflict; the descriptive and
normative dimensions of the concept, the theoretical approaches to its study; changing role
of the state; and alsothe importance of different theories on peace and conflict.

2. Learning Outcomes:
The curriculum is designed to achieve following outcomes:
f. To develop the basic understanding about the development of peace and conflict as
an academic discipline
g. To get familiarized with the key concepts of the subject
h. To develop an understanding of changing role of the state during conflict
i. To develop an understanding how peace and conflict shapes and builds relations.
j. To get familiarized with some of the case studies related to the conflict.
3. Pedagogy:
The pedagogy of the paper shall be based on expert/teacher led and self-learning. Debate,
discussion and group reflection will be the basis of classroom sessions, reflecting on
concepts, theories and ideas of governance discourse. Suggested readings, presentations
and group discussion shall form an essential part of the classroom teaching. Field visits and
interaction with field offices shall be encouraged.
4. Evaluation:

Evaluation will consist of two parts-end semester examinations and the internal/continuous
assessment. Internal assessment consisting of 20 marks (as per current scheme) will be
made on the basis of class tests/ field-work based assignments/viva-voce/presentations.
End-term examination consisting of 80 marks will be as per the University norms.

4. Outline

UNIT I: Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies:

1.1 Nature, Scope and Evolution of Peace and conflict Studies ( PACS)
1.2 Conceptual foundations with reference to John Galtung
1.3 Understanding Conflict and Violence

Unit II: Approaches to Study Peace

2.1 Feminist Approach

2.2 Political Economy Approach
2.3 Gandhian Approach

UNIT III: Conflict Analysis: Structure and Processes

3.1 Types of Conflict: International Conflict (Changing Nature of Inter-

State War, Irregular and Proxy Warfare); Intra-State Conflict
(Ethnic and Identity conflicts); Transnational Conflict 9/11 and War on Terror
and Responses)
3.2 Conflict Resolution: Methods of Peaceful Settlement of Disputes.
3.3 Peacemaking, Peacekeeping and Peace building

UNIT IV: Case Study

4.1 Sri Lanka

4.2 Northern Ireland
4.3 Kashmir

Suggested Readings

Unit I

1. Anthony Oberschall, Conflict and Peace Building in Divided Societies; Responses to

ethnic Violence, Routledge, 2007.
2. Boutros, B. Ghali, An Agenda for Peace, UNITED NATIONS, New York, 2nd ed.,
1995.
3. Charles P. Webel and Jorgen Johansen (ed) Peace and Conflict Studies, A Reader,
Routledge, 2012.
4. D. Suba Chandran & P. R. Chari (ed) Armed Conflicts in South Asia 2008, Growing
Violence Routledge, 2008.
5. Edwar Said, Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient, Penguin, 1900.
6. Frantz Fanon; The Wretched of the Earth; Penguin Books, 2001.

Unit II

7. Hugh Miall, Oliver Ramsbotham and Tom Woodhouse; Contemporary Conflict

Resolution; The prevention, management and transformation of deadly conflict, Polity
Press, Cambridge, 2005.
8. Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace, Cosimo Classics, New York, 2005.
9. Jacob Bercovitch, Victor Kremenyuk, and I William Zartman; (ed.), The Sage
Handbook of conflict Resolution, Sage Publications 2009.
10. John Bayles, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens (ed.), The Globalization of World
Politics, OUP, 2011.
11. Joseph S. Nye, Jr, Understanding International Conflicts; An Introduction to Theory
and History, Pearson Pub, 2007.
12. Joshua, S. Goldstein, Jon C. Pere House, International Relations, Pearson Pub, 2009.

Unit III

13. Laurent Gayer and Christophe Jaffrelot (ed.), Armed Militias of South Asia,
Fundamentalists, Maoists and Separatists, Foundation Books, New Delhi, 2009.
14. M. K. Gandhi, Hind Swaraj
15. Neal G. Jesse and Kristen P. Williams; Ethnic Conflict; A Systematic Approach to
Cases of Conflict, CQ Press, Washington, 2011.
16. Noam Chomski, Gilbert Archcar, S. R. Shalom; Perilous Powers to the Middle East
Us. Foreign Policy Dialogue on Terror, Democracy, war and Justice, Paradign Pub,
2006.
17. O’Neill, John Terrance and Rees, Nicholas; United Nations Peace Keeping in the Post
Cold War Era, New York, Routledge.

Unit IV

18. Peter Wallensteen, Peace Research, Theory and Practice, Routledge, 2010.
19. Raffacle Marchetti, Nathalie Tocci (ed) Conflict Society and Peace Building:
Comparative Perspectives, Routledge, 2011.
20. Ranabir Samaddar (ed), Peace Studies; An Introduction to the Concept, Scope and
Themes, Sage Publications, 2004.
21. S. P. Verma, Modern Political Theory, Vikas Publishing House, 2002.
22. T. G. Fraser, Ireland in Conflict 1922-1998, Routledge, 2000.
23. T. V. Paul; South Asia’s Weak States, Understanding the Regional Insecurity
Predicament, Oxford University Press, 2010.
24. Victoria Schofield, Kashmir in Conflict, Viva Books, 2004.
25. John Galtung, Essays in Peace Research, Vol. I, Copenhagen, 1975.
26. Brecher, Michael, A Study of Crisis, Michigan University Press, 1997.
 School of Social Sciences
P.G. Department of Political Science
Programme: M.A. Political Science

Course Title: Federalism in India (PS-20405-DCE) Credit 04

Course Teacher: ---------------------------------

Classroom: -----------------------------------
Office: -------------------------------------

Email: --------------------------------------

1. Course Description:

This course is designed to give an overview pertaining to the federalism as an academic

discipline in political science. The aim is to help students understand and evaluate
conceptual and functional working of the federalism in India. The course will help the
students to develop analytical understanding about the mechanism of the working of the
federal principles and the challenges that federalism is facing in contemporary times. The
paper also tries to make students understand how different trends and happenings at
national/ central level impact domestic politics of Indian state. This foundational course will
provide students with a comprehensive survey of the literature on unitary features as well
as the federal principles; the descriptive dimensions of the concept, the analytical
approaches to its study; comparing different political concepts that can turn impediment
towards a federal India; and also try to understand different asymmetries in Indian
constitution.

2. Learning Outcomes:

The curriculum is designed to achieve following outcomes:

a. To develop the basic understanding of concept federalism

b. To get familiarized with the federal structure in India
c. To develop an understanding of how in spite of federalism there are unitary
principles at work
d. To develop an understanding how federalism is facing different challenges in
contemporary India
e. To get familiarized with new discourses about federalism in India.
3. Pedagogy:

The pedagogy of the paper shall be based on expert/teacher led and self-learning. Debate,
discussion and group reflection will be the basis of classroom sessions, reflecting on
concepts, theories and ideas on federal discourse. Suggested readings, presentations and
group discussion shall form an essential part of the classroom teaching. Field visits and
interaction with field offices shall be encouraged.

4. Evaluation:

Evaluation will consist of two parts-end semester examinations and the internal/continuous
assessment. Internal assessment consisting of 20 marks (as per current scheme) will be
made on the basis of class tests/ field-work based assignments/viva-voce/presentations.
End-term examination consisting of 80 marks will be as per the University norms.

4. Outline

UNIT-I Introduction

1.1 The Federal Idea

1.2 The Core Features of Federalism and Indian Constitution
1.3 Nationalism and Federalism

UNIT-II Federalism and New Discourse

2.1 Dialectics of Cooperative and Coercive federalism
2.2 'One Nation Concept' and Federalism
2.3 Federalism and group Identities

UNIT-III Resource Federalism

3.1 Land Acquisition and New Farm Laws
3.2 Environment and Forest Governance
3.3 Regional Business Chambers

UNIT-IV Asymmetrical Federalism

4.1 Asymmetry in Indian Constitution (Art 370, 371)
4.2 Federalism and Foreign policy
4.3 Federalism: Theory and Practice

Suggested Readings:

Unit I

1. Abbas Hoveyda, Ranjay Kumar, Mohammad Aftab Alam, Indian Government and
Politics, New Delhi, Dorling Kindersley, 2011.
2. Singh, M. P and Rekha Saxena, Indian Politics: Contemporary Issues and Concerns,
New Delhi, Prentice Hall, 2008.
3. Mahajan Gurpreet, Multicultural Path: Issues of Diversity and Discrimination in
Democracy, New Delhi, Sage Publications, 2002.
4. Kothari Rajni, Rethinking Democracy, New Delhi, Zed Books, 2008.
5. Frankel Francine,Zoya Hasan, Rajeev Bhargava, Balveer Arora (eds.) Transforming
India: Social and Political Dynamics of Democracy, New Delhi, Oxford University
Press, 2000.
6. Dua, B. D. and M.P. Singh (eds.), Indian Federalism in the New Millennium, New
Delhi, Manohar, 2004.
7. Singh Ujjwal Kumar, The State, Democracy and Anti-Terror Laws in India, New
Delhi, Sage, 2007.
8. Nariman, Fali. S, India's Legal System: Can It Be Saved?, New Delhi, Penguin
Books, 2006.
9. Saxena Rekha, Situating Federalism: Mechanisms of Intergovernmental Relations in
Canada and India, New Delhi, Manohar, 2006.
10. Akhtar Majeed (eds.), Federalism within the Union: Distribution of Responsibilities in
the Indian System, New Delhi, Manak Publications, 2004.
11. Singh, M. P and Rekha Saxena (eds.), Ideologies and Institutions in Indian Politics,
New Delhi, Deep & Deep Publications, 1998.
12. Chakrabarty Bidyut, Forging Power: Coalition Politics in India, New Delhi, Oxford
University Press, 2006.

Unit II

13. Singh, M.P. and Rekha Saxena (eds.), Indian Judiciary and Politics: The Changing
Landscape, New Delhi, Manohar, 2006.
14. Mathew George, Panchayati Raj: From Legislation to Movement, New Delhi, Concept
Publishing Company, 1994.
15. Saez Lawrence, Federations Without a Centre: the Impact of Political and Economic
Reform on India’s Federal System, New Delhi, Sage, 2002.
16. Dua, B.D. and M.P. Singh (eds.), Indian Federalism in the New Millennium, New Delhi,
Manohar, 2003.
17. ChatterjeePartha (eds.), State and Politics in India, New Delhi, Oxford University
Press, 1997.
18. Basu, D.D. ,Introduction to the Constitution of India,New Delhi, Prentice Hall, 2008.
19. Bhargava Rajeev (eds.), Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution,New Delhi,
Oxford University Press, 2008.

Unit III

20. Kashyap Subash (eds.) , Constitutional Reforms: Problems, Prospects and

Perspectives, New Delhi, Radha Publications, 2004.
21. Sathe, S.P. ,Judicial Activism in India: Transgressing Borders and Enforcing Limits,
New Delhi,Oxford University Press, 2000.
22. Arora Balveer, and, Douglas Verney (eds.) Multiple Identities in a Single State: Indian
Federalism in Comparative Perspective, New Delhi, Konark Publishers, 1995.
23. Hasan, Zoya (eds.), Parties and Party Politics in India, New Delhi, Oxford University
Press, 2002.
24. Jenkins Rob (eds.), Regional Reflections: Comparing Politics Across India’s States,
New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2004.
25. Kohli Atul ,The Success of India’s Democracy,Cambridge, Cambridge University
Press, 2001.
26. Ratnaparkhi, M.S., The Grey Areas in the Indian Political System,Atlantic Publishers &
Distributors, 2008.
27. Noorani A.G., Constitutional Questions in India: The President, Parliament and the
States, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2000.
28. Mohanty Manoranjan (eds.), Caste, Class and Gender, New Delhi, Sage, 2000.
29. Sathyamurthy, T.V. (eds.), Region, Religion, Caste, Gender and Culture in India,
Oxford University Press, 1998.
30. Dreze Jean and Amartya Sen ,India: Development and Participation, New Delhi,
Oxford University Press, 2002.
31. SharmaVeena, President in Indian Political System, New Delhi, Rawat Publications,
2001.
32. Khan, Abbas M., Indian Political System, New Delhi, Anmol Publications, 2006.

Unit IV

33. Verma B.K. ,Modern Indian Political System: Problem and Prospects, New Delhi,
Global Vision Publishing House, 2006.
34. M. M. Sury, Finance Commissions and Fiscal Federalism in India - (English), Indian
Tax Foundation, New Delhi, 2015
35. Mahapatra Mihir, Fiscal Federalism in India Vdm Verlag,2011
36. Jayesh Shah (Eds), Mrutuyanjaya Sahu Lancy Lobo, FEDERALISM IN INDIA:
Towards a Fresh Balance of Power, Rawat Publication New Delhi,2014
37. Guljit K. Arora Globalisation, Federalism And Decentralisation Implications:For
India , Bookwell,2002
38. Ken Kollman , Pradeep Chhibber, The Formation of National Party Systems:
Federalism and Party Competition in Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United
States (Federalism and Party Competition in Canada, Great Britain, India, and the
United States), Princeton University Press,2010
39. Singh Pritam, Federalism, Nationalism and Development (India and the Punjab
Economy), Taylor and Francis, 2008
40. C. Rangarajan, FEDERALISM AND FISCAL TRANSFERS IN INDIA, OXFORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS-NEW DELHI,2011
41. Kashyap C. Subash, Constitutional History of India: Federalism, Elections,
Government and Rule of Law (History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian
Civilization, Vol. XIV, Part 5B) , PHISPC/Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt
Ltd,2015
42. Awasthy Kaushik, Federalism & presidents rule in india, Book Age Publications,2012
43. Saxena Rekha, RELATIONS IN CANADA AND INDIA, Manohar Publishers And
Distributors,2006
 School of Social Sciences
Department of Political Science
Programme: M.A. Political Science

Course Title/Code: International Political Economy (PS-20406-DCE) Credit 04

Course Teacher: Dr. Sanjeda Warsi
Classroom: _________________
Office: _________________
Email: warsisanjeda@kashmiruniversity.ac.in

1. Course Description:
The main objective of this paper is to familiarize the students with certain key concepts,
theoretical issues and empirical explanations in the field of International Political Economy
(IPE). The course discusses key issues pertaining to the relationship, and tension, between
national politics and decision making on matters of global economic governance, politics of
international trade, finance and labour. The concerns of Global South also figure in course to
underline several dimensions including global environmental governance and the role of
global social movements in resisting pressures of globalization.

2. Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to
1. Understand issues concerning distribution of power, wealth and resources among the
nations.
2. Students will also learn about different perspectives for studying IPE and are expected
to evaluate globalization and its impact on the world economy.

3. Pedagogy:

1. The pedagogy of the programme will be teacher-led and self learning Processes. Term
papers and field work may be assigned to provide training ground to students to both
test their theoretical knowledge and help them develop keen interest to be part of
community development program.
2. Relevant readings would be provided to the students in advance as part of self-
learning process.
3. Relevant expert invitees will share their views on the proposed topic by the
department.

4. Suggested Assessments
1. The Department deploys multiple methods to evaluate the program outcomes
alongside the stipulated requirements of the University of having internal assessments
and end-semester exams.
2. The communication and analytical skills of students are evaluated through regular
class presentations and group discussions as part of internal assessment

5. Outline
1. Introduction to International Political Economy
1. 1 Meaning, Nature and Scope of IPE
1. 2.Traditional approaches to IPE: liberal, mercantilist, and Marxian
1. 3 New approaches to I PE: Political Economy, Institutionalism and Social
Constructivism

2. Theoretical Debates and Critical Perspectives

 2.1 Feminist Critique
2.2 Rational Choice Critique
2.3 Green Critique

3. Multilateralism and Governance

a. Global Economic Governance (IMF, WB and WTO)
b. Politics of International Trade, Finance and Labour
c. International Alignments (G-8, BRICS and G-77)

4. Global Challenges and Movements

5.1 Global Social Movements
5.2 Environmental Governance
5.3 Global Justice
3. .

Suggested Readings

Unit-1

Robert Gilpin, The Political Economy ofInternational Relations, New Jersey: Princeton
University Press, 1987, pp. 25-63.
Chapter 2, “Wealth and Power: Mercantilism and Economic Nationalism,” in David N.
Balaam and Michael Veseth, Introduction to International Political Economy (2nd Edition),
Prentice Hall, 2000.
Chapter 3, “Laissez-Faire, Laissez-Passer,” in David N. Balaam and Michael Veseth,
Introduction to International Political Economy (2nd Edition), New Jersey: Prentice Hall,
2000, pp. 45-65.
Chapter 4, “Marx, Lenin, ant the Structuralist Perspective,” in David N. Balaam and Michael
Veseth, Introduction to International Political Economy (2nd Edition), Prentice Hall, 2000,
pp.67-85.
Chapter 5, “Critical Perspectives on International Political Economy,” in David N. Balaam
and Michael Veseth, Introduction to International Political Economy (2nd Edition), Prentice
Hall, 2000, pp. 87-105.
Unit-2
V. Spike Peterson, “How (the Meaning of ) Gender Matters in Political Economy,” New
Political Economy, vol. 10, no. 4, December 2005, pp. 145-159.
Bruno Frey, “Public Choice View of International Political Economy,” in Peter Katzenstein,
Robert Keohane and Stephen Krasner (eds.), Exploration and Contestation in the Study of
World Politics, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999.
Peter Newell and Mathew Paterson, “Sustainable Development,” in Axel Hulsemeyer (ed.),
International Political Economy: A Reader, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 544-
556.
Brent Ranalli and Samuel Thernstrom, “Climate Change and the Environment: Can
International Regimes be Effective Means to Restrain Carbon Emissions?”, Peter M. Haas
and John A. Hird, (eds), Controversies in Globalization: Contending Approaches to
International Relations, New Delhi: Sage, 2013, pp. 278-317.
Prakash, Aseem. 2000. Greening the Firm: The Politics of Corporate Environmentalism.
Cambridge MA: Cambridge University Press.
Margaret P. Karns and Karen A. Mingst, “Protecting the Environment,” International
Organizations: The Politics and Process of Global Governance (2nd Edition), London: Lynne
Rienner Publishers, 2010, pp. 497-534.
Garrett Hardin, “The Tragedy of the Commons,” in David N. Balam and Michael Vaseth
(eds.), Readings in International Political Economy, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1966, pp.
361-372.

Unit-III
Amrita Narlikar, The World Trade Organisation: A Very Short Introduction, Chapter 2, 3, 4
and 5, London: Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 22-121.
Chapter 2, “ Bretton Woods, The ITO, The GATT and The WTO,” Chapter 3, “The
WTOCharterand Organization,” and Chapter 4, “Disputes settlement and the WTO,” by John
H.Jackson, The World Trade Organisation: Constitution and Jurisprudence, London:
Routledge, 1998, pp. 12-100.
Marc Williams, “The IMF and the Third World,” International Economic Organisations and
the Third World, New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1994, pp. 51-111.
Dani Rodrik, “Bretton Woods, GATT, and the WTO: Trade in a Politicized World”, The
Globalization Paradox, New York: Norton, 2011, pp. 67-88.
John Gerrad Ruggie, “International Regimes, transactions, and Change: embedded liberalism
in the Post-war Economic Order”, Timothy J. Sinclair, (eds), Global Governance: Critical
Concepts in Political Science, Vol II, London: Routledge, pp. 387-425.
Thomas J. Biersteker, “Reducing the role of the State in the Economy: a Conceptual
Exploration of IMF and World Bank prescriptions, Timothy J. Sinclair, (eds), Global
Governance: Critical Concepts in Political Science, Vol III, London: Routledge, pp. 3-24.
Council on Foreign Relations, “Report: the Future of the International Financial
Architecture”, Timothy J. Sinclair, (eds), Global Governance: Critical Concepts in Political
Science, Vol IV, London: Routledge, pp. 218-234.
Robert Z. Lawrence, “Regionalism, Multilateralism, and Deeper Integration: Changing
Paradigms for Developing Countries,” Part 4, Chapter-23, in C. Roe Goddard, Patrick Cronin
& Kishore C. Dash (eds.), International Political Economy: State Market Relation in a
Changing Global Order (2nd Edition), Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003, pp. 391-412.
Chapter 5-“International Trade,” (pp. 135-166) Chapter 7-“Global Division of Labour,”
(pp.198-223) and Chapter 8-“The Global Financial System,” (pp. 224-252), Robert O’Brien
and Marc William, Global Political Economy: Evolution and Dynamics, New York: Palgrave
Macmillan, 2004.
Ziya Onis and Fikret Senses, Rethinking the Emerging Post-Washington Consenses, ERC
Working Paper, 2003, pp. 263-289.
David Dollar and Robert H. Wade, “Trade Liberalization and Economic Growth: Does Trade
Liberalization Contribute to Economic Prosperity?”, Peter M. Haas and John A. Hird, (eds),
Controversies in Globalization: Contending Approaches to International Relations, New
Delhi: Sage, 2013, pp. 1-39.
Alan Winters, Kate Vyborny and Nancy Birdsall, “Trade and equality: Does Free Trade
Promote Economic Equality?”, Peter M. Haas and John A. Hird, (eds), Controversies in
Globalization: Contending Approaches to International Relations, New Delhi: Sage, 2013,
pp. 40-70.
Jadish N. Bhagwati and Philip I. Levy, “ Financial Crises: Will Preventing Future Financial
Crisis Require Concerted International Rulemaking?”, Peter M. Haas and John A. Hird, (eds),
Controversies in Globalization: Contending Approaches to International Relations, New
Delhi: Sage, 2013, pp.103-130.
Dani Rodrik, “Financial Globalization Follies”, The Globalization Paradox, New York:
Norton, 2011, pp. 89-111.
Dani Rodrik, “The foxes and Hedgehogs of Finance”, The Globalization Paradox, New
York:Norton, 2011, pp. 112-134.
Stephan Haggard and Sylvia Maxfield, “The Political Economy of Financial
Institutionalization in the Developing World”, Timothy J. Sinclair, (eds), Global
Governance:Critical Concepts in Political Science, Vol II, London: Routledge, pp. 71-105.
Chapter 4, “The Role of Technological Change,” Global Shift: Mapping the Changing
Contours of the World Economy, in Peter Dicken (ed.), pp. 97-119.
Chapter 10, “Technology, Investment and Economic Growth,” pp. 337-374 and Chapter 13,
“Technologies, Agency and the Shape of the Future,” William Brown, Simon Bromley and
Suma Athreye, Ordering the International: History, Change and Transformation, London:
Pluto Press, 2004, pp. 453-480.
Maria Lucia Maciel and Sarita Albagli, “Knowledge Societies Seen from the South: Local
Learning and Innovation Challenges,” International Social Science Journal, vol. 60, no. 195,
March 2009, pp. 97-107.
Aoileann Ni Mhurchu, “Knowledge Practice”, in, Aoileann Ni Mhurchu and Reiko Shindo,
eds, Critical Imaginations in International Relations, New York: Routledge, 2016, pp.102-
119.
Benjamin J. Muller, “Technology”, in, Aoileann Ni Mhurchu and Reiko Shindo, eds, Critical
Imaginations in International Relations, New York: Routledge, 2016, pp. 228-244.
Timothy J. Sinclair, “Reinventing Authority: Embedded Knowledge Networks and the New
Global Finance”, Timothy J. Sinclair, (eds), Global Governance: Critical Concepts in
Political Science, Vol III, London: Routledge, pp. 368-388.
Andrew Hurrell, “Hegemony, liberalism and global order: what space for would- be great
powers?,” International Affairs, 2006, pp. 1-19.
Stephen M. Walt, “Alliances in Unipolar World,” in World Politics, vol. 61, no. 1, January,
2009, pp. 86-120.
Chris Alden and Marco Antonio Vieira, “The New Diplomacy of South Africa, Brazil, India
and Trilateralism,” Third World Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 7, 2005, pp. 1077-1095.
Samuel P. Huntington, “The Clash of Civilizations?,” Foreign Affairs, 1993, 72:3, pp. 22-49.
Andrew Hurrell, “One World? Many Worlds? The Place of regions in the study of
International Society,” International Affairs, 83:1, 2007, pp. 151-166.
Philip Neil, “Redistribution and Recognition: What Emerging Regional Powers Want,”
Review of International Studies, British International Studies Association, 2010, pp. 951–974.
Francis Fukuyama, “The End of History?,” The National Interest, 1989.
Stephen M. Walt, “The End of the American Era,” 25 October, 2011, pp. 1-9.
Unit-IV
Robin Cohen, “Transnational Social Movement: An Assessment,” Paper to the Transnational
Communities Programme seminar held at the School of Geography, University of Oxford, 19
June 1988.
Margaret P. Karns and Karen A. Mingst, “Protecting the Environment,” International
Organizations: The Politics and Process of Global Governance (2nd Edition), London: Lynne
Rienner Publishers, 2010, pp. 497-534.
Garrett Hardin, “The Tragedy of the Commons,” in David N. Balam and Michael Vaseth
(eds.), Readings in International Political Economy, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1966, pp.
361-372.
Manuel Castells, “The New Public Sphere: Global Civil Society, Communication Networks,
and Global Governance,” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social
Science, Washington: Sage, 2008, pp. 78-93.
David Chandler, “Building Global Civil Society ‘From Below’?,” Millennium- Journal of
International Studies, London: Sage Publication, 2004, pp. 313-340.
Mary Kaldor, “The Idea of Global Civil Society,” International Affairs (Royal Institute of
International Affairs 1944), vol. 79, no. 3, May, 2003, pp. 583-593.
Kleber B. Ghimire, “The Contemporary Global Social Movements: Emergent Proposals,
Connectivity and Development Implications,” United Nations Research Institute For Social
Development, Civil Society and Social Movements Programme Paper Number 19, August,
2005.
Jan Aart Scholte, “Global Civil Society: Changing the World?,” Centre For The Study of
Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR), CSGR Working Paper No. 31/99 University of
Warwick, Coventry, May 1999.
Valentine M. Moghadam, “Introduction and Overview: Social Movements and
Contemporary
Politics”, Globalization and Social Movements, Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2013, pp.
1-30.
John Rawls, “The Law of Peoples,” Critical Inquiry, vol. 20, no 1, 1993, pp. 36-68.
Thomas Pogge, “Priorities of Global Justice” Metaphilosophy, vol. 32, no. 1/ 2, 2001, pp. 6-
24.
Valentine M. Moghadam, “The Global Justice Movement”, Globalization and Social
Movements, Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2013, pp. 171-202.

Additional Readings
Shibashis Chatterjee, “Intra-State/Inter-State Conflicts in South Asia: The Constructivist
Alternative to Realism,” in Navnita Chadha Behera (ed.), International Relations in South
Asia: Search for an Alternative Paradigm, New Delhi: Sage, 2008, pp. 177-208.
Gilpin, Robert. 2000. The Challenge of Global Capitalism: The World Economy in the 21st
Century. NJ: Princeton University Press.
Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation. New York: Reinhart, 1944.
Chapter 1, “Discourses on Security: A Contested Terrain,” in Navnita Chadha Behera, (ed.),
State, People and Security: The South Asian Context, New Delhi: Har-Anand, 2002, pp.11-66.
Peter Evans, “The Eclipse of the State? Reflections on Stateness in an Era of Globalization,”
in Axel Hulsemeyer (ed.), International Political Economy: A Reader, Ontario: Oxford
University Press, 2010, pp. 285-297.
Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson, “Globalization and the Future of the Nation State,” in
Axel Hulsemeyer (ed.), International Political Economy: A Reader, Ontario: Oxford
University Press, 2010, pp. 298-317.
Enrol A Henderson, “Culture or Contiguity: Ethnic Conflicts, the Similarity of States and the
Onset of War,” in Paul F. Diehl (ed.), War, vol. IV, pp. 31-52.
James D. Fearon and David D. Laitin, “Violence and the Social Construction of Ethnic
Identity,” in Paul F. Diehl (ed.), War, vol. II, pp. 304-338.
Chapter 4, 5 and 6 in Bassam Tibi, The Challenge of Fundamentalism: Political Islam and
theNew World Disorder, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998, pp. 64-135.
Naeem Inayatullah and David L. Blaney, “Knowing Encounters: Beyond Parochialism in IR
Theory,” (pp. 65-84) and J. Ann Tickner, “Identity in IR Theory: Feminist Perspectives,” (pp.
147-162) in Yosef Lapid and Freiedrich Kratochwil, (eds.), The Return of Culture and
Identity in IR Theory, Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1997.
Friedrich List, “The National System of Political Economy: The Theory of the Powers of
Production and the Theory of Values, Customs Duties as a Chief Means of Establishing and
Protecting the Internal Manufacturing Power,” in Axel Hulsemeyer (ed.), International
Political Economy: A Reader, Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 46-55.
Klaus Knorr, “The Power of Nations: The Political Economy of International Relations: The
Bases of National Economic Power,” in Axel Hulsemeyer (ed.), International Political
Economy: A Reader, Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 56-68.
Stephanie Lee Mudge, “The State of Art: What is neo-liberalism?,” Socio-Economic Review,
2008, pp. 703-731.
Adam Smith, “An Inquiry into the Nature and the Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Of the
Division of Labour, Of the Principal which Gives Occasion to the Division of Labour, and
That the Division of Labour Is Limited by the Extent of the Market,” in Axel Hulsemeyer
(ed.), International Political Economy :A Reader, Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2010,
pp.19-26.
Frederick Engel, “Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy,” in Axel Hulsemeyer (ed.),
International Political Economy: A Reader, Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 85-
97.
David Ricardo, “The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation,” in Axel Hulsemeyer
(ed.), International Political Economy: A Reader, Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2010,
pp.27-34.
Immanuel M Wallerstein, “Globalisation or the Age of Transition? A Long-Term View of the
Trajectory of the World System,” International Sociology, vol. 15 no. 2, June 2000, pp. 251-
267.
Vladimir I. Lenin, “Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism: Imperialism as a Special
Stage of Capitalism,” in Axel Hulsemeyer (ed.), International Political Economy: A Reader,
Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 97-108.
Immanuel M. Wallerstein, “The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System:
Concepts for Comparative Analysis,” in Axel Hulsemeyer (ed.), International Political
Economy: A Reader, Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 109-124.
Sunanda Sen, “On Methods and Analysis in Feminist Economics,” in Asian Women, pp. 17-
29.
Adrian Wood, “North-South trade and Female Labour in Manufacturing: An Asymmetry,”
Journal of Development Studies, vol. 27.
Bina Agarwal, A Field of One’s Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia, Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Chapter 1, “The Politics of International Trade,” Part II- Structure of IPE, Richard H.
Steinberg, “In the Shadow of Law or Power? Consensus-Based Bargaining and Outcomes in
Gatt/WTO,” and Sol Picciotto, “Private Rights vs Public Standards in the WTO,” in Alex
Hulsemeyer (ed.), International Political Economy, Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 161-
206.
Chapter 2, “The Political Economy of Money and Finance,” Part II- Structure of IPE, John B.
Goodman and Louis W. Pauly, “The Obsolescence of Capital Controls? Economic
Management in an Age of Global Markets,” and Adam Harmes, “Institutional Investors and
Polanyi’s Double Movement: A Model of Contemporary Currency Crises,” in Alex
Hulsemeyer (ed.), International Political Economy, Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 207-
249.
Deepak Nayyar, “Reforming the International Financial Architecture: Consensus and
Divergence,” Governing Globalization, Oxford University Press, 2002, pp.287-307.
Eric Helleiner, “Explaining the Globalization of Financial Markets: Bringing States Back,”
Review of International Political Economy, 1955, pp. 315-341.
Susan Strange, “Money Credit and Trade,” in Roger Tooze and Christopher May (eds.),
Susan Strange’s Writings on Political Economy Authority and Markets, New York: Palgrave
Macmillan, 2002, pp. 33-103.
Chapter 4, “Transnational Corporations and Technology Flows,” Deepak Nayyar, Governing
Globalization, London: Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 78-107.
Chapter 4, “The Rise of Information Economy,” Avinash Jha, Background to Globalisation,
Bombay: Centre For Education and Documentation, 2000, pp. 64-83.
Michael Mason, “The Governance of Transnational Environment Harm: Addressing New
Modes of Accountability/ Responsibility,” Global Environmental Politics (special issue), 8:3,
August 2008, pp. 8-26.
Sylvia Karlsson, “The North- South Knowledge Divide: Consequences For Global
Environmental Governance,” in D.C. Esty and M. Ivanova (eds.), Strengthening Global
Environmental Governance: Options and Opportunities, New Haven CT: Yale School of
Forestry & Environmental Studies, 2002, pp. 1-24.
Jennifer Clapp, “The Privatization of Global Environmental Governance: ISO 14000 and the
Developing World,” Global Governance, 1998, pp. 295- 316.
Robert Falkner, “Private Environmental Governance and International Relations: Exploring
the Links,” Global Environmental Politics, 3:2, May 2003, pp. 72- 87.
Frank Biermann and Philipp Pattberg, “Global Environmental Governance: Taking Stock,
Moving Forward,” Environment and Resources (Annual Review), vol. 33, 2008, pp. 277-294.
 School of Social Sciences
Department of Political Science
Programme: M.A. Political Science

Course Title: Regional Integration: II (PS-20407-DCE) Credit 04

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1. Course Description:
Notwithstanding the core nation-state interests there has been stress on regional
integration world over. In the wake of globalization individual nation-states are finding it
hard to negotiate at global forums as well as deal with issues and problems with trans-
national ramifications. It is being recognized that the interests of the nation-states could
be better served only through regional cooperation. The course intends to engage with
the themes of region and regional integration not only within South Asia but in a wider
framework. It looks into the trajectory of the development of regional integration and
regional cooperation as it unfolded in South Asia and beyond.
2. Learning Outcomes:
The curriculum is designed to achieve following fundamental objectives:
a. To develop the basic understanding of concepts- region, regional integration and
regional cooperation
b. To familiarize students with the key theories on the subject
c. To develop a comparative understanding of different regional organizations

3. Pedagogy:
The pedagogy of the paper shall be based on expert/teacher led and self-learning.
Debate, discussion and group reflection will be the basis of class-room sessions,
reflecting on concepts, theories and ideas of regional integration and cooperation and
connecting them to the actual working of the existing regional organizations. Suggested
readings, case studies, presentations and group discussion shall form an essential part of
the classroom teaching. Success stories in regional integration shall be shared and
discussed with students.

4. Outline
 Unit: I Types of Integration

1.1 Defining Integration

1.2 Positive and Negative Integration
1.3 Static Customs Union Theory
1.4 Dynamic Customs Union Theory
Unit: II Historical and Comparative Perspectives on Regional Integration

2.1 The European Context

2.2 European Union
2.3 The American Contexts
2.4 NAFTA
2.5 Mercosur

Unit: III Regional Cooperation in Developing Countries

a. The Asian Contexts with Special Reference to

a. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
b. ASEAN
b. The African Contexts
a. OAU and AU

Unit: IV Regional Cooperation and Conflict Management

a. Defining Conflict and Conflict Management

b. Major Internal Conflicts in South Asia
c. Conflict Management in South Asia
d. Regional Security in South Asia

Reading List

• B.S. Chimmi, International Refugee Law: A Reader, Sage, New Delhi, 2000.
• ImtiyazAlam, SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, South
Asian Policy Analysis Network, 2006.
• Maurice W. Schiff and Leonard Alan Winters, Regional Integration and
Development, World Bank Publications, 2003.
• Michael G. Plummer and Erik Jones (eds.), International Economics Integration and
Asia, World Scientific, Advance Research in Asian Economics Studies Vol. 3,
London, 2006.
 • Mya Than (ed.), ASEAN Beyond the Regional Crisis: Challenges and Initiatives,
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2001.
• P.R. Chari and Sonalika Gupta (eds.), Human Security in South Asia, Social Science
Press, New Delhi, 2006.
• PonnaWignaraja and AkmalHussain (eds.), The Challenges in South Asia:
Development, Democracy, and Regional Cooperation, United Nations University
Press, Japan, 1989.
• S.N.Raghavan, Regional Economic Cooperation Among SAARC Countries, Allied
Publishers, New Delhi, 1995.
• SagarikaDutt, India in a Globalised world, Manchester University Press, Manchester,
2006.
• SajalLahiri (ed.), Regionalism and Globalization: Theory and Practice, Routledge,
London, 2001.
• T.N.Srinivasan (ed.), Trade, Finance, and Investment in South Asia, Social Science
Press, 2002.
• V.T.Patil and P.R. Trividi, Refugees and Human Rights, New Delhi, Authors Press,
2000.
• Vernon L.B. Mends, SAARC: Origins, Organization and Prospects, Indian Ocean
Centre for Peace Studies, 1991.
• Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal, Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political
Economy, Routledge, 3rd Edition 2011.
• IftikharDadi, Modernism and the Art of Muslim South Asia, the University of North
Carolina Press, 2010.

School of Social Sciences

P.G. Department of Political Science
Programme: M.A. Political Science

Course Title: Project Work (PS-20408-DCE) Credit 04

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Course Description
The Project Work (4 Credits) shall be discipline centric to be carried out under the
supervision of the concerned teacher/s of the department. Such students are supposed to
choose any sub-discipline of the Subject and work in consultation and under the guidance of
teachers in accordance with their areas of specialization. The Project work shall be
submitted in the form of typed Dissertation limited to 80-100 pages and shall be evaluated
by one internal examiner followed by presentation of work and viva voce. 60% marks will be
allotted for Dissertation and 40% for presentation and viva voce.

School of Social Sciences

Department of Political Science
Programme: M.A. Political Science

Course Title: Political Ideas-II (PS-20004-GE) Credit 02

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1. Course outline
This course paper is designed as a general introduction to politics through the analysis of
political ideas and their relationship to political practice. It will serve a guide to the major
concepts encountered in political analysis and a primer in political theory. The concepts
incorporated in the syllabus have been chosen because of the central role they play in
political analysis. Greater attention is generally paid to the issues of Justice and Democracy
keeping into consideration ongoing debate of the different schools within the discourse of
Justice and Democracy. Students will recognize the relevance to their lives of these ideas
and to demonstrate the interrelationship of these theoretical concepts, and practical politics
around these issues.

2. Learning Outcomes:
a) This Course Paper is intended to provide an introduction to, and critical appraisal of,
the major schools of thought within the discourse of Justice and Democracy
b) It will provide a detailed account of the different strands that emerged within the
discourse of Justice and Democracy
c) It will critically analyze the response of political thinkers to the questions of Liberty,
welfare, pluralism, equality etc.
d) Students will easily understand or locate the texts and themes of the thinkers within
the historical context in which such ideas were conceptualized and articulated.
3. Pedagogy
The pedagogy of the paper shall be teacher led and shall include self-learning process.
Discussions and group reflection will be the basis of class-room sessions connecting key
thinkers and their scholarly contribution to study the social and political phenomena of
modern world. Teacher-students engagement in the class room will be based on methods like
readings, group discussions, lectures, exercises’, assignments, and documentaries. The
problem solving, critical thinking & simulation as methods of teaching are to be encouraged
and promoted.

4. Evaluation:
Evaluation will consist of two parts-end semester examinations and the
internal/continuous assessment. Internal assessment consisting of 20 marks (as per
current scheme) will be made on the basis of classes tests/ field-work based
assignments/viva-voce/presentations. End-term examination consisting of 80 marks will
be as per the University norms.

5. Outline
Unit I: Justice

1.1 Plato’s Theory of Justice

1.2 Marx’s Theory of Justice
1.3 John Rawls’s Justice as Fairness

Unit II: Democracy

2.1 Robert Dahl on Democracy
2.2 Amartya Sen on Development and Democracy
2.3 Jurgen Habermas on Public Sphere and Democracy

Suggested Readings: Unit I

1. John Gray (1989). Liberalisms: Essays in Political Philosophy, London: Routledge.
2. Will kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction, Oxford
University Press, 2002
3. Leaon P. Baradat & John A Phillips ‘Political Ideologies: Their Origins and Impact’
Routledge Taylor & Francis group, 2017
4. Vincent, Andrew, Modern Political Ideologies, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2010
5. John Gray (1998). Liberalism, Delhi: Worldview Publications.
6. John Rawls (1971). A Theory of Justice, Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press.
7. John Stuart Mill (1991). On Liberty and Other Essays, Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
8. Will Kymlicka (1989). Liberalism, Community, and Culture, Oxford: Clarendon
Press.
9. Nozick, Robert, The Entitlement Theory of Justice, in ed. Colin Farrelly
Contemporary Political Theory: A Reader, Sage, p 61-68
10. Tom Bottomore, Entries on “Dialectics” & “Dialectical Materialism” in A Dictionary
of Marxist Thought, Blackwell, Pages 142-150
11. Karl Marx, Preface of “A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy”, 1859,
12. Terry Eagleton, Chapter “Seven”- on Class, Why Marx was Right?, Yale University
Press, pages 160-178
13. Istvan Meszaros (1970). Marx’s Theory of Alienation, London: Merlin Press.
Suggested Readings: Unit II
1. W. Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction, Oxford, The
Clarendon Press, 1990.
2. Vincent, Andrew, Modern Political Ideologies, Blackwell Oxford Cambridge USA,
1992.
3. Axtmann Roland: Democracy (Problems and Perspectives), Edinburg University Press
ltd, 2007
4. Sen, Amartya, Preface and Introduction, in Development as Freedom, Oxford
University Press, p. 2-11
5. Bidet, Jacques, Falling Short of Marx: Habermas, in ed. Jacques Bidet & Stathis
Kouvelakis, Critical Companion to Contemporary Marxism, Brill, p. 678-698