MA Hons Politics CBCS SEM III IV 1 Syllabus Mumbai University


MA Hons Politics CBCS SEM III IV 1 Syllabus Mumbai University by munotes

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University of Mumbai
Department of Civics and Politics




Syllabus for
MA (Hons) Politics Semester III and IV
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)
(2017- 18 Onwards)



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Regulations regarding CBCS

Semester III: Electives
Elective Courses shall be offered by the parent department. Students are required to opt five
elective courses from the Groups provided by the department.

Group I
Sr. No CODE NO. Papers

1. PA POL E 301 Security in International Relations
2. PA POL E 302 Strategic Studies
3. PA POL E 303 Comparing Language Policy and Politics: India and
Pakistan
4. PA POL E 304 South East Asia
5. PA POL E 305 Political Economy of India
6. PA POL E 306 International Law
7. PA POL E 307 Civil Society and Democracy
8. PA POL E 308 City in the Global Perspective

Group II
Sr. No CODE NO. Papers

1. PA POL E 309 South Asia
2. PA POL E 310 India’s Neighborhood Policy
3. PA POL E 311 Development and Public Policy (With Special Reference
to India)
4. PA POL E 312 Introduction to Methods in Research
5. PA POL E 313 State and Regional Security in Central Asia
6. PA POL E 314 State Politics in India
7. PA POL E 315 Political Thought in Maharashtra
8. PA POL E 316 Political Thought of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Group III
Sr. No CODE NO. Papers

1. PA POL E 317 Foreign Policy of China
2. PA POL E 318 Ideas of Maharashtra
3. PA POL E 319 Urban Politics in the Age of Globalisation
4. PA POL E 320 Political Ideologies
5. PA POL E 321 Ethics, Public Administration and Public Policy
6. PA POL E 322 Regionalism in International Relations
7. PA POL E 323 Foreign Policy of Russia
8. PA POL E 324 Social and Political Thought of Mahatma Gandhi

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Group IV
Sr. No CODE NO. Papers

1. PA POL E 325 Foreign Policy of India
2. PA POL E 326 West Asian Studies
3. PA POL E 327 Political Thought in Modern India
4. PA POL E 328 Police Administration and Criminal Justice System
5. PA POL E 329 Politics of Region and Sub -regional Development in
Maharashtra
6. PA POL E 330 Rural Governance in India
7. PA POL E 331 Development Discourse
8. PA POL E 332 Foreign Policy of the United States of America

Group V
Sr. No CODE NO. Papers

1. PA POL E 333 Urban Governance in Maharashtra
2. PA POL E 334 Maritime Politics and Policy in Indian Ocean Region
3. PA POL E 335 New Politics of Identity
4. PA POL E 336 Internal Security in India
5. PA POL E 337 Social and Political Thought in Maharashtra
6. PA POL E 338 Language Policy and Language Politics in India
7. PA POL E 339 Theories of State
8. PA POL E 340 Social Movements in India

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SEMESTER IV

Students are required to take:
1. ONE Interdisciplinary/Cross Disciplinary Course (I/C Course).
2. ONE Skill Enhancement Course.
3. PROJECT BASED COURSE

• Dissertation in Politics: Note that MA (Honours) Politics Students are required to do 2
Project based course s.
• MA Politics students will however do only 1 Project based course.
• Credits: 10 + 10 (Two Dissertations for MA (Hons) Politics.

Process of Project Based Course:

The project based course will be in the form of a dissertation based on a live project or a
research assignment related to the specific discipline of the Politics.
Every Teacher from the Department of Civics & Politics will announce four to six broad topics
at the beginning of the second semester, reflecting degree of relevance and rigor suitabl e to a
post graduate programme, along with an indicative reading list. These will be screened by the Board of Studies in the subject and a final list of approved topics along with a reading list will
be displayed in the first week of the third semester.
The student will submit a list of his/her three most preferred topics in the order of preference
by the fifth week of the third semester to the Head of the parent department.

The Departments will constitute a project committee consisting of the Head of t he Department
(Chairperson) and three other teachers from the department. The purpose of this committee is
to oversee the functioning of the project component in the department.

All post graduate teachers in the Department will be guides for the project component. Each
teacher will have a specified minimum number of students
In case, a particular topic is preferred by more students, the project committee will allocate
students to guides within the department in order of the average of marks obtained in s emesters
1 and 2.
If it is felt necessary, the project committee can assign a co -guide to a student, depending upon
specific disciplinary needs.

The student will make a preliminary presentation in or before the seventh week of the fourth
semester. The presentation will be attended by the guide/s and a committee consisting of three
other teachers appointed by the Head of the Department. The committee will make necessary
suggestions to improve the dissertation.

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The student will make a final presentation in the 10th to the 12th week of semester four. The
presentation will be evaluated by the same committee that evaluated the preliminary
presentation. The criteria for evaluation will be as follows:
i) 10 marks for the quality of presentation
ii) 15 marks for answers to questions

The marks given by the three members of the evaluation committee will be averaged in each
head and the total marks decided by totaling the averages under the three heads.

Dissertation Submission
The student will submit a bound hard copy of the dissertation to the Department by the end of the fourth semester, along with a soft copy on a CD/DVD.
The final dissertation will have a word limit of 5000- 8000 words and will be typed in one and
a half spacing on one side of the paper. The APA style shall be followed for the writing of
dissertation.

The final dissertation will be evaluated out of 75 marks by the guide.
The Dissertation Format:
1. Title Page
2. Abstract
3. Introduc tion (Contains justification, objectives and Methodology)
4. Chapters
5. Concluding Remarks
6. Bibliography
7. Appendices (if any)

Evaluation:
Total Marks: 100

25 Marks: Presentation to Project Committee. The marks have two components: i) 10 marks
for the quality of presentation ii) 15 marks for answers to questions
75 Marks: Evaluation by Project Guide.

(Note: M.A. (Hons) Programme students are required to do one additional project based
course.)

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SEMESTER IV: (INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSES)

Sr. No CODE NO. Papers

1. PA POL I 401 Environment Conservation and Development In India
2. PA POL I 402 International Refugee Law
3. PA POL I 403 The United Nations
4. PA POL I 404 Conflict and Peace Studies
5. PA POL I 405 Geopolitics in World Affairs
6. PA POL I 406 Administration of Common Property Resources
7. PA POL I 407 Dalit Movement in India
8. PA POL I 408 Democracy and Media
9. PA POL I 409 International Political Economy
10. PA POL I 410 Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights
11. PA POL I 411 Political Sociology in India
12. PA POL I 412 Meeting the Challenges of Mega Cities: Study of
Mumbai
13. PA POL I 413 Urban Governance
14. PA POL I 414 National Security a nd Nuclear Order

SKILL BASED COURSES

Sr. No CODE NO. Papers
1. PA POL S 401 Application of Computer in Research in Social Sciences
2. PA POL S 402 Leadership Development
3. PA POL S 403 Legal System in India
4. PA POL S 404 Introduction to Psephology and Election Studies
5. PA POL S 405 Introduction to Right to Information





















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GROUP I
CODE NO: PA POL E 301
SECURITY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )
1. International Relations and Security (15 Hours )
a) Security: Traditional and Non- traditional
b) Key Concepts: Power, Balance of Power and Security Dilemma
c) Theories: Realism, Liberalism and Critical theory

2. Threats- I (15 Hours )
a) Ethnic Conflicts, Genocide
b) Terrorism
c) Proliferation and Trafficking of weapons

3. Threats- II (15 Hours )
a) Environmental Change
b) Transnational Organised Crime
c) Poverty and Underdevelopment

4. Approaches to Security (15 Hours )
a) Collective Security
b) Debate on R2P
c) Post-conflict reconstruction

Reading List:
1. Cavelty, M., D., Mauer, Victor,(Edt.) ‘Handbook of Security Studies’, Routledge, UK,
2010
2. Peoples, Columba, Williams, Nick, Vaughan,’Critical Security Studies: An
Introduction’, Routledge, UK, 2010
3. Buzan, Barry, Hansen, Lene, ‘The Evolution of International Security Studies,
Cambridge University Press, USA, 2009
4. William, Paul, D.,(Edt.),’ Security Studies: An Introduction’, Routledge, UK, 2008
5. Collins, Alan, ‘Contemporary Security Studies’, Oxford University Press, New York,
2007
6. Kolodziej, Edward, A., ‘Security and International Relations, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2005
7. Hoogensen, Gunhild, ‘International Relations, Securi ty and Jeremy Bentham’,
Routledge, UK, 2005
8. Lacy, Mark, J., ‘Security and Climate Change: International Relations and the Limits of Realism’, Routledge, UK, 2005
9. Stavrianakis, Anna, Selby, Jan, (Edt.), ‘Militarism and International Relations: Political
Economy, Security, Theory’, Routledge, UK, 2013
10. McSweeney, Bill, ‘Security, Identity and Interests: A Sociology of International
Relations, Cambridge University Press, UK, 1999
11. Buzan ,Barry, Wver, Ole, De Wilde, Jaap, ‘Security: A New Framework of Analysis’,
Lynne Rienner Publishers, USA, 1998
12. Mangold, Peter, ‘National Security and International Relations’, Routledge, UK, 1990
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CODE NO: PA POL E 302
STRATEGIC STUDIES
(6 Credits and 60 Hours)

1. Approaches to Strategic Thought (15 Hours)
a) Traditional – Karl von Clausewitz
b) Geopolitics - Alfred Mahan, Sergei Gorshkov
c) Military -Industrial -Complex - . Eisenhower

2. Conceptual Framework (15 Hours)
a) Deterrence: concept, nuclear deterrence and current relevance
b) Hegemony and dominance
c) Arms r ace, balancing and bandwagoning

3. Contemporary Warfare (15 Hours)
a) Conventional warfare in the nuclear age
b) Total and limited war, asymmetric warfare, terrorism, counter- terrorism
c) Guerilla warfare, insurgency, low intensity war, proxy war.

4. Strategic Culture (15 Hours)
a) Sources: physical, political and social; Constructivism
b) Case studies of strategic culture: China, USA, Russia, Pakistan, India
c) Military technology, weapons of mass destruction and other weapons systems.

Reading List:
1. Arreguin -Toft, Ivan, How the Weak Win Wars: A Theory of Asymmetric Co nflict,
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005.
2. Baylis, John, Wirtz, James J., and Gray, Colin S., Strategy in the Contemporary
World , Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010.
3. Cliff, Tony, Marxist Theory After Trotsky, Bookmarks, England, 2003.
4. Collins, Alan, Contemporary Security Studies , Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010.
5. Diehl, Paul F., War, Volumes I to VI, Sage, Thousand Oaks, 2005.
6. Freedman, Lawrence, War , Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1994.
7. Higgs, Robert, Depression, War and Cold War: Studies in Political Economy , Oxford
University Press, Oxford, 2006.
8. Lenin, V. I., Imperialism: the Highest Stage of Capitalism , International, New York,
1939.
9. McDonald, Patrick J., The Invisible Hand of Peace: Capitalism, the War Machine and
International Relations Theory , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2009.
10. Morgenthau, Hans J., Politics Among Nations , Sixth Edition, McGraw -Hill, New York,
1985.
11. Paret, Peter (Ed.), Makers of Modern Strategy , Princeton University Press, Princeton,
1985.
12. Rosefielde, Steven, Russia in the 21st Century: the Prodigal Superpower , Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, 2005.
13. Waton, C. Dale, Geopolitics and the Great Powers in the 21st Century: Multipolarity
and the Revolution in Strategic Perspective , Routledge , New York, 2009.
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14. Weir, William, 50 Military Leaders Who Changed the World, Pentagon Press, New
Delhi, 2008.
15. Zartman, William, Imbalance of Power , Lynne Rienner, London, 2009.

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CODE NO: PA POL E 303
COMPARING LANGUAGE POLICY AND POLITICS: INDIA AND PAKISTAN
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Identity and Politics (15 Hours )
a) Language, Identity and social stratification
b) Nationalism and identity formation in pre -Independence India
c) Linguistic identity and federalism in Post -Independence period

2. Politics of La nguage and its Impact (15 Hours )
a) Linguistic Reorganisation of States in India; Creation of Bangladesh
b) The Politics over Official/National language vs. Regional languages
c) Aspirations and perceptions of linguistic groups

3. Globalization and language Politics (15 Hours )
a) Cultural Globalization and its Impact on politics
b) Global capital, Migration and their impact on politics
c) Expanding domains of use of English and its impact

4. New Concerns in Language policy (15 Hours )
a) Language pl anning and language development
b) Role of Civil Society Organisations in language development
c) Agencies of language promotion

Readings:
1. Anderson, Benedict. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of
Nationalism. (Revised Edition ed. London and New York: Verso, 1991, pp. 5- 7).
2. Annamalai E (Ed) Language Movements in India – (1979, Central Institute of Indian
Languages, Manas Gangotri)
3. Austin, Granville -Working a democratic constitution: The Indian experience ; (OUP,
Fifth impression, 2001)
4. Baylis John, Smith Steve - The Globalization of World Politics , (OUP,2005)
5. Beard Adrian – Language of Politics (2000, Routledge London)
6. Brass, Paul: Ethnicity and Nationalism, Theory and comparison, (Sage publications,
1991)
7. Rahman ,Tariq – Language and politics in Pakistan: (Orient Longman 2007)
8. Rahman ,Tariq – Language Ideology and power – Language learning among the
Muslims of Pakistan and North India, (Orient Longman 2000)
9. Uddin Sufia M.- Constructing Bangladesh: Religion, Ethnici ty and Language in an
Islamic Nation, The University of North Carolina Press,2006
10. Census 1991– Language Atlas of India (2004, Delhi, Controller of Publications)
11. Harris Roxy, Rampton Ben (Ed) – Language Ethnicity & Race Reader (2003,
Routledge London)
12. McPh ail, Thomas L. (1987). Electronic colonialism: the future of international
broadcasting and communication, Volume 126 of Sage library of social research. Sage
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13. Morris Jacques, Morris Michael (Ed) - Language in Globalizing World (2003,
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press)
14. E.Annamalai and others – Language Planning Proceedings of an Institute ,CIIL,1986
15. �काशन �वभाग ,भारत सरकार – राजभाषा �हंद� ,�दल्ली ,२०००

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CODE NO: PA POL E 304
SOUTH EAST ASIA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Nationalism and nation -building (15 Hours )
a) Indonesia, Malaysia
b) Philippines, Myanmar
c) Thailand, Vietnam

2. Challenge of democratic institution -building (15 Hours )
a) Indonesia, Malaysia
b) Philippines, Thailand
c) Myanmar, Singapore

3. Issues in economy and security (15 Hours )
a) Economic growth, Financial Crisis and recovery
b) Ethnic conflicts, religious extremism, Ter rorism
c) Territorial disputes

4. Regionalism in Southeast Asia (15 Hours )
a) Association of Southeast Asian Nations
b) AEAN Regional Forum
c) Asia-Pacific Economic Community, East Asia Summit

Reading List: Books
1. Acharya, Amitav – Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia: ASEAN and
the Problem of Regional Order ; (2001: London & New York; Routledge)
2. Arndt, H.W. & Hal Hill (eds.) – Southeast Asia’s Economic Crisis: Origins, Lessons,
and the Way Forward; (1999: Singapore; ISEAS)
3. Collins, Alan – Security and Southeast Asia: Domestic, Regional and Global Issues ;
(2005: New Delhi; Viva Books)
4. Hoadley, Stephen & Jurgen Ruland (eds.) – ASEAN Security Reassessed ; (2006:
Singapore; ISEAS)
5. Kahn, J.S. (ed.) – Southeast Asian Identities: Culture and the Politics of Representation
in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand; (1998: Singapore; ASEAS)
6. Kingsbury, Damien (ed.) – Violence In Between: Conflict and Security in Archipelagic
Southeast Asia; (2 005: Victoria/Singapore; Monash University/ISEAS)
7. Osborne, Milton – Southeast Asia: An Introductory History ; (2004, 9th edition: Crows
Nest; Allen & Unwin)
8. Pempel, T.J. (ed.) – The Politics of the Asian Economic Crisis ; (1999: Ithaca; Cornell
University Press)
9. Petri, Peter (ed.) – Regional Co- operation and Asian Recovery ; (2000: Singapore;
ISEAS)
10. Sidel, John – The Islamist Threat in Southeast Asia: A Reassessment ; (2007:
Washington; Policy Studies 37, East -West Center)
11. Smith, Martin – State of Strife: Th e Dynamics of Ethnic Conflict in Burma; (2007:
Washington; Policy Studies 36, East -West Center)
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12. Snitwongse, Kusuma & W. Scott Thompson (eds.) – Ethnic Conflicts in Southeast
Asia; (2005: Singapore; ISEAS)
13. Weatherbee, Donald – International Relations in So utheast Asia: The Struggle for
Autonomy ; (2005: Lanham; Rowman & Littlefield)
Journals:
1. Contemporary Southeast Asia
2. Journal of Asian Studies
3. Pacific Affairs
4. Pacific Review
5. Third World Quarterly

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CODE NO: PA POL E 305
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INDIA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Understanding Political Economy (15 Hours )
a) Meaning, Nature and Scope.
b) Major approaches
c) State and economic change

2. Changing Nature of Political Economy (15 Hours )
a) Colonial and Post -colonial state.
b) Dominant classes.
c) Rise of Middle class

3. Political Economy of agriculture (15 Hours )
a) Agrarian classes; crisis of peasantry
b) Politics of land reforms
c) Land and global capital

4. Changing nature of Economic activity (15 Hours )
a) Globalization and its impact
b) Changing nature of Manufacture and impact on class structure
c) Trade and services

Reading List:

1. Ahluwalia, I.J. 1992, Productivity and Growth in Indian manufacturing, Oxford
University Press, New Delhi.
2. Bardhan, P. 1998, The Political Economy of Development in India : expanded edition
with an Epilogue on the Political Economy of Reform in India, Oxford University
Press, New Delhi.
3. Baru, S. 2000, Economic Policy and Development of Capitalism in India: The Role of
Regional Capitalists and Political Parties , in (eds.)F rankel et al.
4. Bhaduri, A. 1983, The Economics of Backward Agriculture , Academic Press, New
York.
5. Chandavarkar, R., 1996, Imperial Power and Personal Politics: Class Resistance and
State in India, c. 1850- 1951, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
6. Chandavarkar, R., 1994, The Origins of Industrial Capitalism in India: Business
Strategies and the working classes in Bombay, 1900- 1940 . Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge.
7. Corbridge, S. and Harriss, J., 2000, Reinventing India, Polity, London.
8. Dreze, 1., and A. Sen, (eds.) 1995, India: Economic Development and Social
Opportunity , Delhi, Oxford University Press.
9. Basu, Kaushik,(ed.) 2004, India’s Emerging Economy: Performance and Prospects in
the 1990s and beyond. Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
10. Roy, Tirthankar, 2001, The Economic History of India; 1857- 1947, New Delhi,
Oxford University Press.
11. Dandekar, V.M. and Rath, N., 1971, Poverty in India, Indian School of Political
Economy , Poona.
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12. Jha, P. K. 1997, Agricultural Labour in India, Vikas, New Delhi.
13. Jhabvala, R. And Subramanyam, R.K.A., (eds) 2000, The Unorganised Sector: Work
securityand Social Protection, Sage, New Delhi.
14. Joshi, V. And Little, I.M., 1994, India: Macroeconomics and Political Economy:
1964- 91, Oxford University Press, New D elhi.
15. Joshi, P.C., 1996, India’s Economic Reforms: 1991- 2001, Oxford University Press,
NewDelhi.
16. Harriss -White, B., 2004, India Working: Essays on Society and Economy . Cambridge
University press, Foundation Books, New Delhi.
17. Byres, T.J. (ed.) 1998, The Indian Economy: Major debates since independence ,
Oxford University Press, Delhi.
18. Byres, T.J. 1996, The State, Development Planning and Liberalisation in India.
Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
19. Bose, S. And Jalal, A. (eds.) 1997, Nationalism, Democracy and Development: State
and Politics of development , Oxford University Press, Delhi.
20. Mitra, Ashok, 1977, The Terms of Trade and Class relations , Cass, London.
21. Satyamurthy, T.V., 1995, Industry and Agriculture in India since Independence .
Oxford University Pres s, New Delhi.

Journal References :
1. Economic and Political weekly
2. The Journal of Peasant Studies .

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CODE NO. PA POL E 306
INTERNATIONAL LAW
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. International Law (15 Hours )
a) Nature and perspectives, Sources
b) Evolution and codification
c) Enforcement of International Law

2. Subjects of international law (15 Hours )
a) States: recognition, succession, jurisdiction, responsibility
b) Individuals: changing nature
c) Other subjects: diminutive states, belligerent parties, MNCs

3. International Law on Global Commons (15 Hours )
a) Laws of the Seas
b) Environment
c) Space and its use

4. International Regimes (15 Hours )
a) Human Rights
b) Disarmament
c) Trade

Reading List:
1. Brownlie, Ian Principles of Public International Law , (1999: Oxford University Press,
New York)
2. Brownlie, Ian Basic Documents in International Law , (2009: Oxford University Press,
Oxford)
3. Chimni, B.S.L. International Law and World Order: Cr itique of Contemporary
Approaches , ( 1993: Sage Publications, New Delhi)
4. Levi, Werner Contemporary International Law: A Concise Introduction, (1991:
Westview Press, Boulder)
5. Lowe, Vaughan and Colin Warwick, eds. The United Nations and the Principles of International Law , (1996: Routledge, London)
6. Ku, Charlotte, and Paul Diehl International Law: Classic and Contemporary Readings ,
(1998: Lynne Rienner Publications, London)
7. Scott, Shirley, ed. International Law and Politics: Key Documents , (2008: Viva Books,
New Delhi)
8. Shaw, Malcolm International Law , (2004: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge)
9. United Nations The Work of the International Law Commission, ( 2004: UN, New
York)
10. Von-Glahn, Gerhard Law Among Nations: An Introduction to Public International
Law, (1970, Macmillan, London)

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CODE No: PA POL E 307
CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Civil Society and Democratic Process (15 Hours )
a) Civil Society as Site of Contestation.
b) Mapping Civil Society
c) Uncivil Society

2. Civil Society Organisations and the State (15 Hours )
a) Watchdog
b) Service Delivery
c) Co-optation

3. Spaces of Civil Society Organisations Action (15 Hours )
a) Religion
b) Media
c) Markets

4. Issues in Global Civil Society (15 Hours )
a) Human Security
b) Humanitarian Issues
c) Democratisation Movement

Reading List:
1. Carolyn M. Elliot, Civil Society and Democracy, Oxford University Press, 2003.
2. John Keane – “Introduction: Cities and Civil Society” - In John Keane (Ed), , Civil
Society: Berlin Perspectives, Oxford/New York, Berghahn Books, 2006
3. Mark Robinson, Hybrid States: Globalisation and the Politics; of State Capacity,
Political Studies, 2008, vol. 56, 566–583
4. Chandhoke Neera, ‘Civil Society’, Development in Practice , Volume 17, Numbers 4–
5, August 2007
5. Kerstin Martens1Mission Impossible? Defining Nongovernmental Organizations, Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Vol. 13,
No. 3, September 2002
6. Fredrick Powell, The Politics of Civil Society , The Policy Press, U.K., 2007.
7. The Politics of the Governed: Considerations on Political Society in Most of the World, Columbia University Press, New York, 2004
8. Harris, John, Antimonies of Empowerment Observations on Civil Society, Politics and Urban Governance in India, Economic and Political Weekly , June 30,2007
9. Good Luke, Beech Anne, Castle David, Jurgen Habermas: Democracy and the public sphere, Pluto Press, London, 2005.
10. Mohan Sudha, ‘Role and Relevance of Civil Society Organisations in Mumbai’, Indian Journal of Political Science , (Special Issue on Civil Society) Vol. 63, Nos. 2
and 3, June -September, 2002, pp. 193- 211.
11. Graeme Chesters, ‘Global Complexity and Global Civil Society’, Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit OrganizationsVol. 15, No. 4,
December 2004
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12. Manuel Castells, Global Governance and Global Politics The 2004 Ithiel De Sola Pool
Lecture, PS Online www.apsanet.org
13. Manor, J., Robinson, M.&White, G. (1999) Civil society and governance. A concept
paper. IDS Civil Society and Governance Programme, available at
http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/civsoc/home.html
14. Paul Nelson, New Agendas and New Patterns of International NGO Political Action
Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Vol. 13,
No. 4, December 2002
15. Funke, Peter N.(2008)'The World Social Forum: Social Forums as Resistanc e Relays',
New Political Science ,30:4,449- 474

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CODE NO: PA POL E 308
CITY IN THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
(6 Credits and 60 Hours)

1. Emergence of Cities (15 Hours)
a) Understanding Urban Space: Meaning and Interpretation, Right to the City
b) Theories of City: Marxist, Pluralist, Human Ecological, Post Modern.
c) Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Cities

2. Contemporary Globalization and City- Systems (15 Hours)
a) Global Transformation and the City
b) Demographic and Geo- Political Shifts, Migration and Gentrification
c) Process of Consumption, Investments, Cuisine a nd Culture

3. Political Economy of Cities (15 Hours)
a) Economic Restructuring and Competition
b) Changes in the Process of Production: Fordism to Post -Fordism
c) Changing Character of Labour Market

4. Future of Cities: Challenges and Opportunities (15 Hours)
a) City and Security: Violence and Terrorism
b) Environmental Issues
c) Livability of Cities: Indices of Cities, Just Cities.

Reading List
1. Setha Low, Theorising the City , Rutgers University Press, 2000
2. Le Gates, Richard T. and Frederic Stout, The City Reader, 3rd edition, London and New
York: Routledge, 2003
3. Short J.R., The Urban Order: An Introduction to Cities, Culture and Power , Cornwall,
T.J. Press, 1996.
4. Mark Purcell Excavating Lefebvre: The right to the city and its urban politics of the
inhabitant, GeoJournal 58: 99–108, 2002.
5. Asef Bayat and Kees Biekart,. Cities of Extremes, Development and Change 40(5)
2009, 815–825.
6. Davis, Diane E. “Cities in Global Context: A Brief Intellectual History.” International
Journal of Urban and Regional Research 29(1), 2005.92- 109.
7. Gugler, J. World c ities in poor countries, International Journal of Urban and Regional
Research , 27(3), 2003. pp. 707–713.
8. Pratt, Andy. “Review Essay: Understanding Cities.” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 24(4), 2001,929- 931.
9. Savitch, Hank V. “What is New about Globalisation and What Does it Portend for Cities?” International Social Science Journal 54(172) 2002,179- 189.
10. Walter Nicholls, The Urban Question Revisited: The Importance of Cities for Social Movements, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Volume 32 Issue
4 , 2008, 842- 857
11. Davis D, Cities in Global Context: A Brief Intellectual History International Journal of
Urban and Regional Research Volume 29, 2005. 192–109
12. Safa, Helen (ed.), Towards a political economy of urbanisation in t he Third World
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Countries, New York, Oxford University Press, 1982
13. Stephen Graham, 2006. Cities and the ‘War on Terror’ International Journal of Urban
and Regional Research Volume 30.2 June, 255–76 War on Terror ‘Stham
14. Tovi Fenster, 2005. The Right to the Gendered City: Different Formations of
Belonging in Everyday Life, Journal of Gender Studies , Vol. 14, No. 3 November,
217–231
15. Annapurna Shaw (ed.), Indian cities in transition, Chennai: Orient Longman, 2007

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GROUP II
CODE NO: PA POL E 309
SOUTH ASIA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Introduction (15 Hours )
a) Geopolitical Characteristics
b) Historical Background: colonialism and the emergence of independent states
c) Nation building: Objectives and impediments

2. Democracy And Development (15 Hours )
a) Democracy and Authoritarianism
b) Violation and protection of Human Rights
c) Impact of Globalisation

3. Regional Security (15 Hours )
a) Inter -state disputes/conflicts
b) Cross -border terrorism
c) Nuclearisation

4. Regionalism And Regional Integration (15 Hours )
a) Regionalism: Meaning and basic concepts
b) Theories of Regionalism
c) South Asian Association for Regional Co- operation (SAARC)
Readings:
1. Basrur, R. M . (2008). South Asia's Cold War: Nuclear Weapons and Conflict in
Comparative Perspective. New York: Routledge.
2. Buzan, B., & Waever, O. (2003). Regions and Powers: The Structure of International
Security. London: Cambridge University Press.
3. Chapman, G. P. ( 2000). The Geopolitics of South Asia: From Early Empires to India,
Pakista and Bangladesh. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
4. Dash, Kishore, C.,(2008), Regionalism in South Asia: Negotiating Cooperation, Institutional Structures, Routledge, New York
5. Dutt, S., & Bansal, A. (Eds.). (2012). South Asian Security: 21st Century Discourses.
New York: Routledge.
6. Hagerty, Devin, T.,(2005), ‘South Asia In World Politics’, Rowman & Littlefield
Publishers, Inc., USA
7. Jalal, Ayesha,(1995), ‘Democracy and Authoritar ianism in South Asia’, Cambridge
University Press, New Delhi.
8. McGarr, P. M. (2013). The Cold War in South Asia: Britain, the United States and the
Indian Subcontinent 1945- 1965. New York: Cambridge University Press.
9. Mitra, Subrata, K., (Edt.),(2009), Polit ics of Modern South Asia (Volume V),
Routledge, New York
10. Paul, T.V. (Edt.),(2010), South Asia’s Weak States, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi,
11. Sridharan, E. (Edt.),(2011), International Relations Theory and South Asia (Volume II), Oxford University Pre ss, New Delhi

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CODE NO: PA POL E 310
INDIA’S NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Evolution (15 Hours )
a) India’s Neighbourhood Policy During Congress period
b) India’s Neighbourhood Policy During Non Congress, Gujaral Doctrine
c) Nuclearisation and Neighbourhood Policy

2. India and It’s Neighbour - I (15 Hou rs)
a) China
b) Pakistan, Afghanistan
c) Sri Lanka

3. India and It’s Neighbour - II (15 Hours )
a) Bangladesh
b) Nepal, Bhutan
c) Myanmar

4. Bilateral Issues (15 Hours )
a) Land and Maritime Boundary Issue
b) Water Sharing Issue
c) Cross Border Terrorism, Migration and Terrorism

Readings :
1. Jha Nalini Kant, “South Asia in 21st Century: India and Her Neighbours and Great
Powers”, South Asian Publisher, 2003, New Delhi.
2. Nancy Jaitly (ed.), “India’s Foreign Policy: Challenges and Prospectus”, Vikas
Publication, 1999, New Delhi.
3. Jack Kathryn, ”Bangladesh, India and Pakistan: International Relations and Regional Tension in South Asia, Palgrave, 2000,
4. Tharoor Shashi, “Pax Indica, Penguin, 2011
5. Sinha Atish and Mohata Madhup, “India’s Foreign Policy: Challenges and
Opport unities, Academic Foundation, 2007, New Delhi.
6. David M. Malon, Does the Elephant Dance?, Oxford, 2011.
7. Noorani A. G., “India China Boundary Problem 1846- 1947, Oxford, 2010.
8. Jala A. and Bose S., Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy, Oxford University Press, 2004, New Delhi.
9. Gupta V.K.S. and Chandra V. (ed.), India’s Neighbourhood: Challenges Ahead, IDSA and Republic Press, 2008, New Delhi.
10. Muni S.D. (ED.), The Emerging Dimension Of SAARC,, Cambridge University Press, 2010, New Delhi
11. Ganguly S. Indian Foreign Policy Grows Up, World Policy Journal, 20 (2): 41- 47,
2003.
12. Mohan C. Raja, “India’s Neighbourhood Policy: Four Dimensions, Indian Foreign
Affairs Journal, 2(1), 2007.
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13. ___________ India and China: Can Two Tigers Share a Mountain? Sunday G urdian,
21 March, 2010.
14. Chenioy K.M. and Chenioy A.M., India’s Foreign Policy Shifts and The Calculus of
Power, Economic and Political Weekly, 42(35): 3547:53, 2007.
15. Rumel D. and Ashok K Bhuria, India’s Neighbourhood: Challenges in the next Two Decades, IDSA, 2012, New Delhi.

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CODE NO: PA POL E 311
DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY
(WITH SPECIAL REFERE NCE TO INDIA)
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Introduction (15 Hours )
a) The Discourse on development: From development as economic
growth to human development to well -being and happiness.
b) Indian State and Its developmental trajectory
c) Social indicators of development & policy for them (Health, Education
and Women )

2. India’s Developmental Strategy: The Era of Planned Development (15 Hours )
a) Planning Institutions: Planning Commission, National Development Council
and NITI Ayog
b) Poverty: measurement and alleviation programmes.
c) Industrial policy since independence and New Economic Policy

3. Infrastructure Development and Public Policy (15 Hours )
a) Transportation & Telecommunication
b) Energy
c) Science and Technology

4. Challenges of Developmen t (15 Hours )
a) Development induced displacement
b) Special economic zone
c) Environmental degradation and Environment Policy

Reading List:
1. Acharya, Shankar, and Mohan, Rakesh (Eds.), India’s Economy Performance and
Challenges , Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2010.
2. Bardhan, Pranab, Poverty, Agrarian Structure and Political Economy in India, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2003.
3. Chakrabarty, Bidyut, and Bhattacharya, Mohit (Eds.), The Governance Discourse A
Reader , Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2008.
4. Chand, Vikram K., Reinventing Public Service Delivery in India , Sage, New Delhi, 2006.
5. Desai, Sonalde B., Dubey, Amaresh, Joshi, BrijLal, Sen, Mitali, Shariff, Abusaleh, and
Vanneman, Reeve, Human Development In India, Challenges for a Society in Transition ,
Oxford Universi ty Press, New Delhi, 2010.
6. Dreze, Jean and Sen, Amartya, India: Development and Participation, Oxford University
Press, New Delhi, 2002.
7. Frankel, Francine R., India’s Political Economy , Oxford University Press, New Delhi,
2005.
8. Haq, Mahbubul ,Reflections on Human Development , Oxford University Press, Delhi,
1999.
9. Harriss, John, Depoliticising Development : The World Bank and Social Capital , Leftword,
Delhi, 2001.
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10. Jayal, NirajaGopal, Democracy and the State: Welfare, Secularism and Development in
Contemporary India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2001.
11. Jayal, NirajaGopal, Prakash, Amit, and Sharma, Pradeep K. (Eds.), Local Governance in India: Decentralization and Beyond, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2006.
12. Kaushik, Basu (Ed.), India`s Emerging Economy , MIT Press, Cambridge, 2004.
13. Kishwar, MadhuPurnima, Deepening Democracy: Challenges of Governance and
Globalization in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2005.
14. Mathur, Kuldeep (Ed.), Development Policy and Administration, Sage, New Delhi, 1996.
Mehta, AashaKapur, and Shephard, Andrew (Eds.), Chronic Poverty and Development
Policy in India, Sage, New Delhi, 2006

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CODE NO: PA POL E 312
INTRODUCTION TO METHODS IN RESEARCH
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Concepts and vocabulary (15 Hours )
a) Scientific method: basic assumptions, methods of Karl Popper and Thomas
Kuhn, Limitations of scientific method and alternatives
b) Hypotheses, theories, models, classificatio ns, ideal types
c) Theoretical or empirical, Inductive or Deductive, Quantitative or qualitative, Normative or Positive, feminist perspectives.
2. Types of research (15 Hours )
a) Quantitative data analysis: Observations, variables, operational
definitions, coding
b) Qualitative data analysis: ethnography, coding, indexing etc.
c) Mixed methods and grounded studies

3. Methods and sites of inquiry (15 Hours )
a) Historical Method
b) Case Study Method
c) Comparative Method

4. Types of Data, data collection methods and writing techniques (15 Hours )
a) Individual or Aggregate, Cross -sectional or Time -series, Experimental
or Observational
b) Sampling techniques, Interviews, group discussions etc.
c) Research proposal, Paper/projects report writing: presentation of data results
and limitations, Reference styles, manuals, e- citations.

Reading List:
1. Miles, Matthew, A.M. Huberman, Qualitative data analysis: a sourcebook of new Methods, Sage Publications, 1984.
2. Marcus E. Ethridge (ed). 2002. The Political Research Experience: Read ings and
Analysis. 3
rd edition. M.E. Sharpe: Armonk, NY.
3. W. Phillips Shively. 2002. The Craft of Political Research. 5th edition. Prentice -Hall:
Upper Saddle River, NJ.
4. Donijo, Robbins, Understanding Research Methods , CKC Press, Michigan 2009.
5. Gupta, Santosh, Research Methodology and Statistical Techniques, Deep and Deep,
New Delhi, 2007.
6. Harrison, Lisa, Political Research: An Introduction, Routledge, London, 2004.
7. Jain, GopalLal, Research Methodology, Methods, Tools and Techniques , Mangal
Deep , Jaipur, 2004
8. Kothari, C.R., Research Methodology , New Age International, New Delhi, 2007.
9. Kumar, Ranjit, Research Methodology: A Step by Step Guide for Beginners , Pearson
Education, Delhi, 2005.
10. Manheim, J. B., and Rich, R.C., Empirical Political An alysis , Prentice -Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, 2007.
11. Narula, Sanjay , Research Methodology , MuraliLal, New Delhi, 2007.
12. Sharma, J. Narain, Research Methodology: The Discipline and its Dimensions, Deep
and Deep, New Delhi, 2007.
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13. Shively, P.W., The Craft of Political Research , Prentice -Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1980.

Useful Website:
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/contents.php

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CODE NO: PA POL E 313
STATE AND REGIONAL SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Central Asia in Historical perspective (15 Hours )
a) Soviet disintegration, its impact
b) Central Asian Republics Sovereignty
c) Emergence of Commonwealth of Independent States

2. Politic al Process in Central Asia (15 Hours )
a) Nation building, Impact of Religion
b) Institutional aspect of Central Asian Democratisation
c) Transition towards a new Political and economic system

3. Role of External Powers (15 Hours )
a) Russia
b) US and Europe
c) India and China

4. Geopolitics and Security Issues (15 Hours )
a) Changing geopolitics of Central Asia
b) New Great Game
c) Energy, Security and Stability

Reading List
1. Allworth, Edward, ed. Central Asia: 130 years of Russian dominance.
2. Durham: Duke University Press, 1994.
3. Allworth, Edward. The Modern Uzbeks: From the 14th Century to the Present: A Cultural History: Hoover Institution Press, 1990.
4. Dudoignon, Stephane, and Komatsu Hisao, eds. Islam in Politics in Russia and Central Asia (Early Eighteenth to Late Twentieth Ce nturies). London and New York: Kegan
Paul, 2001.
5. Grousset, Rene. The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia. Translated by
Naomi Walford. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1970.
6. Hopkirk, Peter. Foreign Devils on the Silk Road. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980.
7. Hopkirk, Peter. Trespassers on the Roof of the World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982.
8. Khazanov, Anatoly. Nomads and the Outside World. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994.
9. Lazzerini, Edward J. “Volga Tatars in Central Asia, 18th -20th Centuries: From
Diaspora to Hegemony.” In Central Asia in Historical Perspective, edited by Beatrice
Manz, 82- 102. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994.
10. Manz, Beatrice, ed. Central Asia in Historical Perspective. Boulder, CO: Westview, 1994.
11. Manz, Beatrice. “Historical Background.” In Central Asia in Historical Perspective, edited by Beatriz Manz, 4 -26: Westview, 1994.
12. Olcott, Martha Brill. The Kazakhs: Hoover Institution Press, 1995.
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13. Rudelson, Justin. Oasis Identities. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.
14. Shukurov, Sharif, and Rustam Shukurov. Tsentral'naia Aziia: Opyt istorii dukha.
Moskva: Tsentr strategicheskogo planirovaniia Orenburgskoi oblasti, 2001.
15. Voll, John O. “Central Asia as Part of the Modern Islamic World.” In Central Asia in Historical Perspective, edited by Beatrice Manz, 62 -81. Boulder, CO: Westview
Press, 1994.
16. Wood, Frances. The Silk Road: Two Thousand Years in the Heart of Asia. Berkele y:
University of California Press, 2003.

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CODE NO: PA POL E 314
STATE POLITICS IN INDIA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. The Indian Union (15 Hours )
a) Origins of the federal system, colonial legacy
b) Reorganisation of states in independent India
c) Recent demands for smaller states

2. Pluralism, Identities and National Integration (15 Hours )
a) Federalism in India
b) Assertion of identities
c) Politics of sub- regionalism

3. Federalisation of the Party System (15 Hours )
a) Impact of single party dominance
b) Rise of regional parties and its implications
c) Coalition politics

4. Issues in Regional Politics (15 Hours )
a) Socio -economic determinants of state politics
b) Uneven development
c) Inter -state disputes

Reading List:
1. Adeney, Katherin, and Saez, Lawrence (Eds.), Coalit ion Politics and Hindu
Nationalism , Routledge, London, 2005.
2. Brass, Paul, The Politics of India Since Independence , Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, 2004.
3. Chatterjee, Partha, State and Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi,
2009.
4. Hasan, Zoya (Ed.), Parties and Party Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi, 2002.
5. Jayal, Niraj Gopal, and Mehta, Pratap Bhanu, The Oxford Companion to Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2010.
6. Jenkins, Rob, Regional Refle ctions: Comparing Politics Across India’s States , Oxford
University Press, New Delhi, 2004.
7. Kohli, Atul, Democracy and Development in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2010.
8. Kothari, Rajni, Politics in India , Orient Longman, Hyderabad, 2003.
9. Narai n, Iqbal (Ed.), State Politics in India , Meenakshi Prakashan, Meerut, 1965.
10. Robinson, John, “Regionalising India: Uttarakhand and the Politics of Creating States”, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies , Volume 24, No. 2, December
2001, pp. 189- 212.
11. Sarangi, Asha (Ed.), Language and Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi, 2009.
12. Weiner, Myron (Ed.), State Politics in India, Princeton University, Princeton, 1968

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CODE NO: PA POL E 315
POLITICAL THOUGHT IN MAHARASHTRA
(6 Credits and 60 hours)

1. Liberalism (15 hours)
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Ganesh Vyankatesh Joshi
c) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

2. Nationalism (15 hours)
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak,
b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
c) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

3. Women’s Emancipation (15 hours)
a) Tarabai Shinde
b) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
c) Pandita Ramabai

4. Gandhism and Socialism (15 hours)
a) S.D. Jawadekar
b) Vinoba Bhave
c) S.A. Dange

Reading List:

1. Chousalkar, Ashok S. (Ed), Nation, Civil society and State in Western India,
Department of Political Science, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 2009.
2. Deshpande, G.P. (Ed.), Selected Writings of Jotirao Phule , Left Word, New Delhi,
2002.
3. Ganachari, Arvind, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar: The Secular Rationalist Reformer ,
Popular Prakashan, Mumbai, 2005.
4. Gottlob, M., Historical Thinking in South Asia: A Handbook of Sources from Colonial Times to the Present, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2003.
5. Lederle, M.R., Philosophical Trends in Modern Maharashtra, Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1976.
6. Masselos, J., Towards Nationalism: Public Institutions and Urban Politics in the Nineteenth Century, Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1974.
7. O’Hanlon, Rosalind, Caste Conflict and Ideology: Mahatma Jotirao Phule and Low Caste Movement in Nineteenth Century Western India , Cambridge University Press,
Bombay, 1985.
8. Omvedt, Gail, Cultural Revolt in a Colonial Society: The Non- Brahman Movement in
Western India, 1873 to 1930, Scientific Socialist Education Trust, Bombay, 1976.
9. Palshikar, Suhas (Ed.), Satyagrahi Samajvaad: Acharya Jawadekar Nivdak
Lekhasangraha, (Marathi), Maharashtra Rajya Sahitya ani Sanskruti Mandal, Mumbai, 1994.
10. Pandit, Nalini, Ambedkar , (Marathi), Granthali, Mumbai, 1996.
11. Pantham, Thomas, and Deutsch, Kenne th (Eds.), Political Thought in Modern India,
Sage, New Delhi, 1986.
12. Phadke, Y.D. (Ed.), Mahatma Phule Samagra Wangmay , (Marathi), Maharashtra
Rajya Sahitya ani Sanskruti Mandal, Mumbai, 1991.
13. Phule, Jotirao G., Slavery , (Translated and edited by Patil, P. G.), Government of
Maharashtra, Bombay, 1991.

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14. Ranadive, B.T., The Independence Struggle and After, National Book Centre , New
Delhi, 1988.
15. Tucker, Richard P., Ranade and the Roots of Indian Nationalism , Popular Prakashan,
Bombay, 1972.

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CODE NO: PA POL E 316
POLITICAL THOUGHT OF DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Critique of British Imperialism and Indian Nationalism (15 Hours )
a) Critique of British Imperialism
b) Views on nation and nationalism
c) Indian Nationalism: Ambedkar -Gandhi Debate.

2. Political Thought (15 Hours )
a) State, constitutionalism, parliamentary democracy
b) Minority rights, social democracy
c) Marxism and socialism.

3. Economic Thought (15 Hours )
a) Imperial Indian economy
b) Khoti Abolition Bill and Mahar Watan Bill
c) State socialism.

4. Interpretation of Buddhism (15 Hours )
a) Dhamma and Dharma
b) Buddhism and communism
c) Navyan: Buddhism and social reconstruction.

Reading List:
1. Ambedkar, Babasaheb, Writings and Speeches , Volume 1, Education Department,
Government of Maharashtra, Bombay, 1979.
2. Ambedkar, Babasaheb, Writings and Speeches , Volume 3, Education Department,
Government of Maharashtra, Bombay, 1992.
3. Ambedkar, Babasaheb, Writings and Speeches , Volume 6, Education De partment,
Government of Maharashtra, Bombay, 1987.
4. Ambedkar, Babasaheb, Writings and Speeches , Volume 7, Education Department,
Government of Maharashtra, Bombay, 1989.
5. Ambedkar, Babasaheb, Writings and Speeches , Volume 9, Education Department,
Government of Maharashtra, Bombay, 1990.
6. Ambedkar, Babasaheb, Writings and Speeches , Volume 11, Education Department,
Government of Maharashtra, Bombay, 1990.
7. Ganguly, Debjani, Caste and Dalit Lifeworlds, Postcolonial Perspectives, Orient
Longman, New Delhi, 2005.
8. Gokhale, Pradeep (Ed.), The Philosophy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar , Sugava Prakashan,
Pune, 2008.
9. Gore, M.S., The Social Context of an Ideology Ambedkar’s Political and Social Thought , Sage, New Delhi, 1993.
10. Gupta, S.K., The Scheduled Castes in Modern Indian Politic s, Their Emergence as a
Political Power , Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, 1985.
11. Jadhav, Narendra, Dr. Ambedkar’s Economic Thought and Philosophy , Popular
Prakashan, Bombay, 1993.
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12. Kumar, Ravinder, “Gandhi, Ambedkar and the Poona Pact 1932”, in The Making of a
Nation, Essays in Indian History and Politics , Manohar, New Delhi, 1989.
13. Omvedt, Gail, Dalits and the Democratic Revolution, Dr. Ambedkar and the Dalit
Movement in Colonial India, Sage, New Delhi, 1994.
14. Parekh, Bhikhu, Discourse on Untouchability , Sage, New Delhi, 1989.
15. Rajasekharia, A.M., B.R. Ambedkar, The Politics of Emancipation, Sindhu, Bombay,
1971
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GROUP III
CODE NO: PA POL 317
FOREIGN POLICY OF CHINA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Historical Perspective (15 Hours )
a) Philosophical and Ideological influence on Chinese Society
b) National interests and Emergence of Nationalism in China
c) Emergence of Peoples Republic of China and Development of Foreign Policy

2. Determinants of Foreign Policy (15 Hours )
a) Role of Personalities
b) Party System
c) PLA and PLAN

3. China and Bilateral Relations (15 Hours )
a) Russia
b) US and India
c) Asian Countries

4. China and World (15 Hours )
a) Central Asia and West Asia
b) South Asia
c) Africa and BRICS Organisation

Reading List:
1. Marc Lanteigne, Chinese Foreign Policy: An Introduction, Routledge, 2013
2. Yufan, C.X. George et.al, Challenges to the China’s Foreign Policy, KW
Publisher,2013
3. Alden, Christopher, China Returns to Africa: A Superpower and a Continent
Embrac e ,2008
4. David Shambaugh,China G oes Global, Oxford, 2013
5. Henery Kissinger, On China, Penguin, 2012
6. Denny Ray,China’s Foreign Relations, Macmillan Press, 1998
7. William J. Joseph, Politics in China, Oxford,2014
8. Lowell Dittmer and George T.Yu. China: The Developing World and the New Global Dynamic, Lynne Rinner,2010
9. Cossa Ralph, The PRC’S National Security Objectives in the Post Cold War Era and Role of PLA, Issues and Studies, Vol.30, Sept.1996.
10. J.A.G.Roberts, A History of China, Palgrave, 2011

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CODE NO: PA POL E 318
IDEAS OF MAHARASHTRA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Ideas of Maharashtra (15 Hours )
a) V.K. Rajwade
b) D.K.Bedekar
c) P.G.Sahasrabuddhe

2. Making Of Samyukta Maharashtra (15 Hours )
a) G.T. Madkholkar
b) P.K. Atre/ S.M.Joshi
c) Swami Ramanand Teerth

3. State and Language (15 Hours )
a) V.B.Kolte
b) Tarkateertha Lakshmanshstri Joshi
c) Y.B.Chavan

4. Maharashtra and Its Sub Regions (15 Hours )
a) Narhar Kurundkar
b) M.S.Aney
c) D.R.Gadgil

Readings:
1. महारा�ाचे महामंथन - प�डसे लालजी ,लोकवाड ;मयगृह �काशन ,२०१०
2. बेडेकर �द.के .– संयु� महारा� – िच�शाळा �काशन ,पुणे १९४५
3. सह�बु�े पु.ग .- महारा� संस्कृ ती ,कॉिन्टननेन्टल �काशन , २०११
4. िव.स.जोग आिण इतर –ग.�यं .माडखोलकर �ि�त्व आिण कतृर्त्व –महारा� राज्य सािहत्य आिण
संस्कृती मंडळ ,मुंबई २०००
5. अ�े �.के - कऱ्हेचे पाणी - परचुरे �काशन ,मुंबई
6. कोलते िव .िभ .- मराठीच्या अिस्मतेचा शोध -१९८९
7. ल�मणशा�ी जोशी)संपा (.मराठी िव�कोश िविवध खंड ,महारा� राज्य िव�कोश िन�मती
महामंडळ ,वाई
8. चव्हाण ,यशवंतराव -स�ा�ीचे वारे )यशवंतराव चव्हाण यांची िनवडक भाषणे ,यशवंतराव चव्हाण
�ित�ान ,मुंबई, १९९२
9. कु �ं द क र नरहर ,जागर ,देशमुख आिण कंपनी ,पुणे,१९८८
10. भालेराव िनिशकांत )संपा(.सम� अनंत भालेराव खंड १ आिण २ दपर्ण �ित�ान नांदेड ,२०११
11. Brahme Sulabha, Writings and Speeches of Prof. D. R. Gadgiì on Economic and Political
Problems, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune1981
12. Dhanagare D.N. - Loknayak Madhav Shrihari Aney - Kal ani Kartrutva, published by
Shri Gandharva Ved Prakashan, Near Chimanya Ganapati, Sadashiv Peth, Pune -411 030.
13. Aney M.S.- Memorandum submitted to the States Reorganisation Commission 1954.
published by the Yeotmal District Association

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Websites
www.ambedkar.org
http://www.ybchavan.in/
http://narharkurundkar.com/

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CODE NO. : PA POL E 319
URBAN POLITICS IN THE AGE OF GLOBALISATION
(6 Credits and 60 Hours)

1. Introduction to Urban Politics (15 Hours)
a) Theoretical Understanding of Urban Politics: Pluralist, Regime and Public Choice.
b) Understanding Globalisation, Glocalisation and Glurbanisation.
c) Urbanisation and Urban Politics in India

2. The Changing Urban Political Economy (15 Hours)
a) Urban Poverty and the Informal Sector
b) Politics of Urban Infrastructure and Investment
c) Education, Health and Housing

3. Politics and the Production of Urban Space (15 Hours)
a) Politics of Labour Market
b) Politics of Social and Cultural Change
c) Politics of Urban Sprawl

4. New Urban Paradigm (15 Hours)
a) Urban Commons and the Shared Urban Resources
b) Access, Entitlements and Urban Enfranchisement
c) Towards an Inclusive Urban Democracy

Reading List:
1. Susan S. Fainstein, Scott Campbell (Eds.), Readings in Urban Theory , Blackwell
Publishers, Oxford, 2002
2. Carole Rakodi, Representation and responsiveness – urban politics and the poor in
ten cities in the south Community Development Journal, Vol 39, No 3, 2004, 252- 265
3. Gyan Prakash, The Urban Turn: Cities of Everyday Life, Delhi, Sarai Reader, 2001
4. Nieuwenhuys Eva (Ed.), Neo -liberal globalis m and social sustainable globalization,
Koninklijke Brill, Leiden, 2006.
5. Mohan Sudha, Urban Development and New localism, Rawat Publishers, Mumbai,
New Delhi and Jaipur, July 2005.
6. Gavin Shatkin, Global cities of the South: Emerging perspectives on growth and inequality Cities , Vol. 24, No. 1, 1–15, 2007
7. Carole Rakodi, Representation and responsiveness – urban politics and the poor in
ten cities in the south, Community Development Journal, Vol. 39, No. 3, 2004, 252–
265
8. Allen J. Scott, Resurgent Metropolis: Economy, Society and Urbanization in an
Interconnected World, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Vol.
32, No.3, September, 2008, 548–64
9. Solomon Benjamin, Occupancy Urbanism: Radicalizing Politics and Economy
beyond Policy and Programs International Journal of Urban and Regional
Research, Volume 32, No.3, 719–29, September, 2008
10. John Harriss, Kristian Stokke, Olle Tornquist, Politicizing Democracy, Palgrave
Macmillan, New York, 2004.
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11. Roesch, Ulrich (Ed.), Vision and action for another world: Powerful ideas and
inspiring practical approaches , Earthcare Books, Calcutta, 2004.
12. Gellner David and Krishna Hacchethu, Local Democr acy in South Asia, New Delhi,
Sage, 2008.

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CODE NO: PA POL E 320
POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES
(6 Credits and 60 Hours)
1. Liberalism (15 Hours)
a) Capitalism and liberalism
b) Types - classical, modern, egalitarian
c) Neo-liberalism.

2. Socialism (15 Hours)
a) Marxism
b) Democratic socialism
c) Latin American socialism.

3. Communitarianism (15 Hours)
a) Rights vs the Good
b) Self, community and culture
c) Virtue Ethics (Alasdair MacIntyre)

4. Nationalism (15 Hours)
a) Nation and nation state
b) Liberal, civic, cultural, imagined
c) Ethnicity and identity
Reading List:
1. Anderson, Benedict, Imagined Communities, Reflections on the Origin and Spread
of Nationalism, Verso, London, 1991.
2. Baradat, L eon P., Political Ideologies: Their Origins and Impact , Eighth Edition,
Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, 2003.
3. Bellamy, Richard, Liberalism and Modern Society , Polity Press, Cambridge, 1992.
4. Eatwell, Roger and Wright, Anthony (Eds.), Contemporary Political Ideologies ,
Second Edition, Rawat, New Delhi, 2003.
5. Frieden, Michael, Ideologies and Political Theory: A Conceptual Approach,
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1996.
6. Gellner, Ernest, Nations and Nationalism , Blackwell, Oxford, 1983.
7. Hobsbawm, E.J., Nation s and Nationalism Since 1780, Programme, Myth, Reality ,
Cambridge University Press, London, 1990.
8. Kymlicka, W., Multicultural Citizenship , Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995.
9. Laclau, Ernesto, Politics and Ideology in Marxist Theory – Captialism -Fascism -
Populism , Verso, London, 1979.
10. McLellan, David, Ideology , Second Edition, Open University Press, Milton
Keynes, 1995.
11. McLellan, David , Marxism after Marx , MacMillan, London, 1980.
12. McLellan, David, The Thought of Karl Marx , Second Edition, MacMillan, London,
1980.
13. Miliband, Ralph, Parliamentary Socialism , Second Edition, Merlin, London, 1973.
14. Nisbet, Robert , Conservatism , Open University Press, Milton Keynes, 1986.
15. Wright, T., Socialisms , Routledge, London, 1996.

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CODE NO: PA POL E 321
ETHICS, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC POLICY
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Introduction (15 Hours )
a) Definition: objectivist (absolutist) and interpretivist (s ituational ethics)
b) Theories of ethics: duty -based, rights -based, virtue -based and out -come based
c) Public ethics and personal ethics, professional ethics, rationality and objectivity in ethics

2. Major Concerns in Public Life (15 Hours )
a) Combating Corruption: graft, bribery, and conflict of interest
b) Transparency and accountability
c) Equity and fairness.

3. Ethical Debates and Issues in Public Policy and Administration (15 Hours )
a) Reservation, affirmative policies
b) Immigration policy
c) Secularism and minority rights

4. Mapping Ethical Dilemmas: Case Studies in Making Choices (15 Hours )
a) Capital punishment, suicide, abortion and euthanasia
b) Free Speech, hate speech
c) Clinical Trials in developing countries: vaccines, new drugs.

Reading List:
1. Arora, Ramesh K., and Saxena, Tanjul (Eds.), Ethics and Accountability in
Government and Business , Rawat, Jaipur, 2003.
2. Cooper, Terry L. (Ed.), Handbook of Administrative Ethics , Second Edition, Marcel
Dekker, New York, 2001.
3. Cox, Raymond W. (III), Buck, Susan J., and Morgan, Betty N., Public Administration
in Theory and Practice , Pearson, Delhi, 2005.
4. Geuras, Dean, and Garofalo, Charles, Practical Ethics in Public Administration ,
Second Edition, Management Concepts, Vienna, Virginia, 2005.
5. Godbole, Madhav, Public Accountability and Transparency The Imperatives of Good Governance , Orient Longman, Hyderabad, 2003.
6. Government of India, Second Administrative Reforms Commission, Ethics in Governance , 2007, available at http://arc.gov.in/4threport.pdf
7. Gutmann, Amy, andThompson, Dennis F. (Ed.), Ethics and Politics: Cases and Comments , Fourth Edition, Thomson- Wadsworth, Belmont, 2006.
8. Menzel, Donald C., Ethics Management for Public Administrators: Building
Organizations of Integrity , M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, 2007.
9. Sandel, Michael, “Affirmative Action: Reverse Discrimination?”, inSandel, Michael, Justice: A Reader, Oxford University Press, New York, 2007, pp. 237- 262.
10. Sheeran, Patrick J., Ethics in Public Administration: A Philosophical Approach, Praeger, Westpoint, 1993.
11. Smith, Katherine, Applying Political Theory Issues and Debates , Palgrave
Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2009.
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CODE NO: PA POL E 322
REGIONALISM IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Understanding Regionalism (15 Hours )
a) Meaning of regionalism, basic concepts
b) Evolution of regionalism
c) Regionalism and multilateralism, regionalism and globalisaiton

2. Theories of Regional ism (15 Hours )
a) Realist theories
b) Functionalism and neo- functionalism
c) New Regionalism Theory

3. Regional Experiences – I (15 Hours )
a) Europe
b) Southeast Asia, Asia -Pacific
c) South Asia, Central Asia

4. Regional Experiences – I (15 Hours )
a) Africa
b) Latin America
c) North America

Reading List:
1. Acharya Amitav – Regionalism and Multilateralism: Essays on Co -operative Security
in the Asia -Pacific ; (2003: Singapore; Eastern University Press)
2. Amorim, Joao, Mario Avelar & Ulrich Niemann (eds.) – Integration or Disintegration
of the Modern World: Experiences in Europe and Asia, (Lectures from the Fifth ASEF
University) (2001: Singapore; Asia Europe Foundation)
3. Breslin Shaun et. al. – New Regionalisms in the Global Political Economy ; (2002:
London; Routledge)
4. Buzan, Barry & Ole Waever – Regions and Powers: The Structure of International
Security; (2003: Cambridge, UK; Cambridge University Press)
5. Caballero -Anthony, Mely – Regional Security in Sout heast Asia: Beyond the ASEAN
Way; (2005: Singapore; ISEAS)
6. Coleman, William & Geoffrey Underhill (eds.) – Regionalism and Global Economic
Integration; (1998: London; Routledge)
7. Fawcett, Louis & Andrew Hurrel (eds.) – Regionalism in World Politics: Regional
Organization and International Order ; (1995: Oxford; OUP)
8. Hettne, Bjorn et. al. (eds.) – Comparing Regionalisms: Implications for Global
Development ; (2001: London; Macmillan)
9. Hettne, Bjorn & Fredrik Soderbaum (eds.) – New Regionalisms in the Gl obal Political
Economy ; (2002: London; Routledge)
10. Nathan, K.S. (ed.) – The European Union, United States and ASEAN: Challenges and
Prospects for Co -operative Engagement in the 21st Century ; (2002: London; ASEAN
Academic Press)
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11. Singh, Daljit (ed.) – Political and Security Dynamics of South and Southeast Asia;
(2007: Singapore; ISEAS)
12. Tow, William et. al. (eds.) – Asia’s Emerging Regional Order: Reconciling Traditional
and Human Security ; (2000: Tokyo; UN University)
13. Waever, Ole and Barry Buzan Regions and Powers: The Structure of International
Security, (2003: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press)
Journals
1. Europe -Asia Studies
2. International Organizations
3. International Studies Quarterly
4. Pacific Affairs
5. Asian Survey

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CODE NO: PA POL E 323
FOREIGN POLICY OF RUSSIA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Framework of Russian foreign policy (15 Hours )
a) “Atlanticism” – Post -Soviet tilt towards the West
b) “Eurasianism” – re -orientation towards “Near Abroad” and Asia
c) Instruments of Russian power – military, nuclear weapons and technology

2. Determinants of foreign policy (15 Hours )
a) Institutional Actors – President, Prime Minister, Duma
b) Geo-economics of energy security
c) Geopolitic s of NATO expansion

3. Russia and the world – I (15 Hours )
a) US
b) China
c) Europe

4. Russia and the world – II (15 Hours )
a) CIS
b) Asia
c) Africa

Reading List:
1. Donaldson, Roberts & Joseph Nogee Foreign Policy of Russia: Changing Systems, Enduring Interests, (2009: New York, M.E. Sharpe)
2. Gorodetsky, Gabriel ed. Russia between the East and the West: Russian Foreign Policy
on the Threshold of the Twenty -First Century, (2003: Oxon & New York, Frank Cass
Publishers)
3. Mankoff, Jeffrey Russian Foreign Policy: The Return of Great Power Politics, (2012:
Lanham, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc.)
4. Tsygankov, Andrei Russia’s Foreign Polic y: Change and Continuity in National
Identity (2013: Lanham and Plymouth, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc.)
5. Rowe, Elana Wilson and Stina Torjesen eds. The Multilateral Dimension in Russian Foreign Policy , (2009, Routledge)
6. Thorun, Christian Explaining Change in Russian Foreign Policy: The Role of Ideas in
Post-Soviet Russia’s Conduct towards the West , (2009: Palgrave Macmillan)
7. Kanet, Roger Russian Foreign Policy in the 21
st Century , (2010, Palgrave Macmillan)

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CODE NO.: PA POL E 324
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT OF MAHATMA GANDHI
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Influences on Gandhi’s Thought (15 Hours )
a) Hinduism, Jainism, Islam and Christianity
b) John Ruskin, Henry David Thoreau, Leo Tolstoy
c) Gopala Krishna Gokhale.

2. Basic Concepts (15 Hours )
a) Hindu social structure: caste, untouchability, women
b) Truth, non- violence, satyagraha
c) Religion and politics.

3. Political, Social and Economic Ideals (15 Hours )
a) Critique of modern civilization, swadeshi.
b) Democratic decentralisation
c) Gram swaraj, Ram Rajya ,Sarvodaya.

4. Post-Gandhi Thought (15 Hours )
a) Bhoodan movement (VinobaBhave)
b) Civil rights movement (Martin Luther King)
c) Non-violent action against apartheid - Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Reading List:
1. Allen, Douglas (Ed.), The Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi for the Twenty -first
Century , Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2009.
2. Bilgrami, Akeel, “Gandhi, the Philosopher”, http://www.gandhi
foundation.net/articles/philgandhi.htm.
3. Chakrabarty, Bidyut, Social and Political Thought of Mahatma Gandhi , Routledge,
Abingdon, 1996.
4. Dalton, Dennis, Gandhi’s Power Nonviolence in Action, Oxford University Press,
New Delhi, 1998.
5. Hardiman, David, Gandhi: In His Time and Ours , Permanent Black, Delhi,2003.
6. Iyer, Raghavan, The Moral and Political Thought of Mahatma Gandhi , Oxford
University Press, Oxford, 1973.
7. King, Mary, Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.: The Power of Nonviolent
Action , United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 1999.
8. Mishra, Anil Dutta, Challenges of 21st Century: Gandhian Alternative , Mittal, New
Delhi, 2003.
9. Nanda, B.R., In Search of Gandhi Essays and Reflections , Oxford University Press,
New Delhi, 2004.
10. Parekh, Bhikhu, Colonialism, Tradition and Reform , Sage, Delhi, 1989
11. Parel, Anthony J. (Ed.), Hindu Swaraj and other Writings , Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge, 1997.
12. Parel, Anthony J., Gandhi’s Philosophy and the Quest for Harmony , Cambridge
University, Cambridge, 2006.
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13. Prasad, Nand Kishore, Economic Vision of Mahatma Gandhi , ABD Publications,
Jaipur, 2010.
14. Raghuramaraju, A. (Ed.), Debating Gandhi A Reader , Oxford University Press, New
Delhi, 2006.
15. Ray, Sibnarayan (Ed.), Gandhi, Gandhism and Our Times: An International
Symposium , Renaissance, Kolkata, 2008.
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GROUP IV
CODE NO : PA POL E 325
FOREIGN POLICY OF INDIA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Evolution of Indian foreign policy (15 Hours )
a) The “liberal” phase – Nehru and non- alignment
b) The “realist” phase – post -Nehru shift to state -centrism
c) The “neo -liberal” phase – impact of the end of the Cold War and globalisation

2. Process of making foreign policy (15 Hours )
a) Role of the Executive – political and bureaucratic
b) Role of the Parliament
c) Role of political parties, pressure groups, media

3. National Security (15 Hours )
a) Concept and dynamics of national security, threat perceptions, power projection
b) Defence preparedness: purchases, indigenisation
c) Nuclear Policy

4. Economic Power and “Soft” Power (15 Hours )
a) Trade as an instrument of foreign policy – trade blocs, FTAs, role in the WTO
b) Quest for Energy Security and Maritime Security
c) “Soft Power” in foreign policy – cultural -historical linkages, diaspora

Reading List:
1. Basrur, Rajesh Minimum Deterrence and India’s Nuclear Security, (2005: Palo Alto,
CA, Stanford University Press)
2. Cohen, Stephen India Emerging Power , (2002: New Delhi, Oxford University Press)
3. Dash, P.L. And Andrei Nazarkin, eds. India and Russia: Strategic Synergy Emerging,
(2007: New Delhi, Authors Press)
4. Devare, Sudhir – India and Southeast Asia ; (2006: Singapore & New Delhi; ISEAS &
Capital Publishing Co.)
5. Dixit, J.N. External Affairs: Cross -Border Relations , (2003: New Delhi, Lotus
Collections)
6. Dutt, V.P. Foreign Policy of India
7. Frankel, Francine and Harry Harding, eds. The India- China Relationsh ip: Rivalry and
Engagement , (2004: New Delhi, Oxford University Press)
8. Harshe, Rajen and K.M. Seethi, eds. Engaging with the World: Critical Reflections on
India’s Foreign Policy , (2005: New Delhi, Orient Longman)
9. Mohan, C. Raja Crossing the Rubicon: The Shaping of India’s New Foreign Policy ,
(2005: New Delhi, Viking – Penguin Books)
10. Nayar Baldev Raj and T.V. Paul India in the World Order: Searching for Major -Power
Status , (2004: New Delhi, Foundation Books/Cambridge University Press)
11. Perkovich India’s Nuclear Bomb, (2002: Berkley, University of California Press)
12. Thakkar, Usha and Mangesh Kulkarni, eds. India in World Affairs: Towards the 21st
Century , (1999: Mumbai, Himalaya Publishing House)

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Journals
1. India Quarterly
2. International Studies (JNU)
3. World Focus
4. World Affairs
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CODE NO: PA POL E 326
WEST ASIAN STUDIES
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Understanding and Mapping the Region (15 Hours )
a) Topography, natural resources and countries
b) Religion and cultures: Pan -Arabism, Pan -Islamism
c) Political framework

2. Political Issues and Power Struggles (15 Hours )
a) Israel -Palestine struggle
b) Territorial disputes and security
c) Islamic resu rgence, social transformations

3. Economic Issues (15 Hours )
a) Oil politics
b) Geopolitics of energy resources in the Arabian Gulf
c) Asia’s energy quest: redefining security dynamics in West Asia

4. Role of Major Powers in West Asia (15 Hours )
a) United States of America
b) Europe and Russia
c) China and India

Reading List:
1. Abhyankar, R M., West Asia and the Region, Academic Foundation, New Delhi, 2008.
2. Alam, Richard S., Political Economy of the Middle East , Westview Press, Colorado,
2008.
3. Browers, Michaelle L., Political Ideology in the Arab World: Accommodation and
Transformation, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2009.
4. Cleveland, William C., History of Modern Middle East , Westview Press, Philadelphia,
2009.
5. Ehteshami, Anoushiravan, Globalisation and Geopolitics in the Middle East ,
Routledge, London, 2008.
6. Hurd, Elizabeth Shakman, Politics of Secularism in International Relation , Princeton
Universi ty Press, Princeton, 2008.
7. Khan, Javed Ahmad, India and West Asia: Emerging Markets in the Liberalisation Era ,
Sage, New Delhi, 1999.
8. Lybarger, Loren D., Identity and Religion in Palestine: The Struggle Between Islamism and Secularism in the Occupied Terri tories, Princeton University Press, Princeton,
2007.
9. Onley, James, The Arabian Frontier of the British Raj: Merchants Rulers, and the
British in the Nineteenth Century Gulf, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007.
10. Philip, Hiti, History of the Arabs: From th e Earliest Times to the Present , Palgrave
Macmillan, Houndmills,2006.
11. Simons, Geoff, Future Iraq: US Policy in Reshaping the Middle East , Viva Books,
New Delhi, 2006.
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12. Sisodia, N S., West Asia in Turmoil: Implications for the Global Security , Academic
Foundation, New Delhi, 2007.

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CODE NO. : PA POL E 327
POLITICAL THOUGHT IN MODERN INDIA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Liberal Tradition (15 Hours )
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) M.G. Ranade
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

2. Engaging with Modernity (15 Hours )
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) Mahatma. Gandhi
c) Jawaharlal N ehru

3. Anti -Caste Discourse (15 Hours )
a) Mahatma Jotirao Phule
b) Babasaheb Ambedkar
c) Ramaswamy Naicker

4. Cultural Nationalism (15 Hours )
a) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
b) M.S. Golwalkar
c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah



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Reading List:


















1.Appadurai, A., 1987,
Indian Political Thinking in the 20
th

Century
, South Asian
Publishers, New Delhi.

2. Bali, D.R. 1988,
Modern Indian Political Thought From Rammohan Roy to
Jayaprakash Narayan
, Sterling Pub
lishers, New Delhi.

3.Bandopadhyay, Sekhar (Ed.) 2009,
Nationalist Movement in India
, Oxford University
Press, New Delhi.

4. Cashman, Richard, 1975,
The Myth of Lokmanya
, University of California Press,
Berkeley.

5. Chakarabarty, Bidyut, and Pandey, Rajend
rakumar, 2009
, Modern Indian Political
Thought, Text and Context
, Sage, New Delhi,

6. Desai, A.R. 1976,
Social Background of Indian Nationalism
, Popular Prakashan,
Bombay.

7. Ghose, Shankar, 1984,
Modern Indian Political Thought
, Allied, New Delhi.

8.
Hei
msath, Charles, 1964,
Indian Nationalism and Hind Social Reforms
, Princeton
University Press, Princeton.

9. Masselos, Jim, 1996,
Indian Nationalism, An History
, Sterling, New Delhi.

10. O’Hanlon, Rosalind, 1985,
Caste, Conflict and Ideology, Mahatma Jotira
o Phule and
Low Caste Protest in 19
th

Century Western India
, Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge.

11. Omvedt, Gail, 1976,
Cultural Revolt in a Colonial Society, The Non
-
Brahman
Movement in Western India 1873 to 1930
, Scientific Socialist Education Trust,

Bombay.

12. Pantham, Thomas and Deutsch, Kenneth L
., 1986, Political

Thought in Modern
India
, Sage, New Delhi.

13. Sarkar, Sumit, 1983,
Modern India 1885
-

1947
, MacMillan, New Delhi.

14. Tucker, Richard R. 1974,
Ranade and the root
s

of Indian Nationalism
,

Popular
Prakashan, Bombay.

15. Verma, V. P. 2008,
Modern Indian Political Thought
, Laxmi Narain Agarwal
Educational, Agra.

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CODE NO: PA POL E 328
POLICE ADMINISTRATION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Police Administration in India (15 Hours )
a) Evolution of police administration in India
b) Organisation of the police department, police operations, Central Intelligence
Agencies
c) Functions of Police.

2. Police Reforms (15 Hours )
a) National Police Commission (1979 - 1982)
b) Other initiatives since 1982
c) Global trends – Interpol.

3. Judicial System and Criminal Laws in India (15 Hours )
a) Judicial system, Free Legal Aid
b) Core criminal laws: Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, Indian
Evidence Act of 1872
c) Types of penalty, prison system.

4. Major Challenges to Criminal Justice System (15 Hours )
a) Ensuring fair trial
b) Changing contour s of crime and criminal behaviour
c) Reform of judicial system.

Reading List:
1. Bhatnagar, Ved, Dynamics of Law & Order Administration, Aavishkar, Jaipur,
2003.
2. Chaturvedi, J.C. (Ed.), Police Administration and Investigation of Crime , Isha
Books, New Delhi, 2006.
3. Dhillon, Kirpal, Police and Politics in India : Colonial Concepts, Democratic
Compulsions : Indian Police 1947 -2002, Manohar, New Delhi, 2005.
4. Dogra, Shiv Kumar, Criminal Justice Administration in India, Deep and Deep,
New Delhi, 2009.
5. Ghosh, S.K., a nd Rustamji, K.F. (Eds.), Encyclopaedia of Police in India, Ashish,
New Delhi, 1994.
6. Government of India, Second Administrative Reforms Commission, Public Order, 2007,http://arc.gov.in/5th%20REPORT.pdf.
7. KalyaniRadha, Police, Crime and Human Rights , Pointer, Jaipur, 2003.
8. Singh, Joginder, Inside Indian Police , Fifth edition, Gyan, New Delhi, 2002.
9. Subramanian, K.S., Political Violence and the Police in India , Sage, New Delhi,
2007.
10. Umranikar, Jayant V., Police Reforms in India: A Sisphean Saga ,
Ameya Prakashan, Pune, 2009.
11. Vadackumchery, James, Human Rights and the Police in India, APH, New Delhi,
1996.
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Useful Websites
• Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative: http://www.humanrights initiative.org/
• The Bureau of Police Research and Development http://www.bprd.gov.in/

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CODE NO: PA POL E 329
POLITICS OF REGION AND SUB- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN
MAHARASHTRA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. The material, social and political bases of region and sub- regions (15 Hours )
a) Developmental imbalance/disparity
b) Linguistic identity and cultural ideology of the region
c) Elite competition for political power
2. Formation of the region and sub -regions in Maharashtra (15 Hours )
a) Historical background of Western Maharashtra, Vidarbha, Marathwada
b) Samyukta Maharashtra Movement
c) Demand for and politics of separate Vidarbha

3. Political economy and Political Processes of sub -regions (15 Hours )
a) Vidarbha and Marathwada
b) Western Maharashtra
c) Mumbai and Konkan

4. Institutional responses to sub -regional imbalance (15 Hours )
a) Political Adjustments
b) Statutory Development Boards
c) Allocation of resources

Readings List:
1. Attwood, Donald W., 1993, Raising Cane: The Political Economy of Sugar in Western
India, Delhi, Oxford University Press.
2. Baviskar, B.S. 1980, Th e Politics of Development: Sugar Cooperative in Rural
Maharashtra. Delhi, Oxford University Press.
3. Brahme, Sulabha and Upadhyaya Ashok: 1979, A Critical Analysis of the Social Formation and Peasant Resistance in Maharashtra, Vol.s I, II, III; Pune, Shankar
Brahme Samaj Vidnyan Granthalay.
4. Guru, Gopal: 1999, Sugar Workers’ Radicalism in India, Pune; Department of Politics and Public Administration, Occasional Paper Series II: 2.
5. Jadhav Vishal, 2006, Role of Elite Politics in the Employment Guarantee Scheme ,
Belgao. Samaj Prabodhan Patrika (Marathi Journal), April/June 2006.
6. Jawandhia, Vijay, 2004, Kapus Kondichi Goshta Sangu Ka ? (Marathi), Mumbai, Focus
on Global South.
7. Jogdand, P.G. and Michael, S.M., (Eds.), Globalization and Social Movements:
Struggle for a Humane Society . Jaipur, Rawat Publications.
8. Lanjewar, N. (ed.), 2007, Shetkaryanchya Aatmahattya: Chintan ani Upaay , Dombivli,
Sumeru Prakashan.
9. Lele, Jayant, 1982, Elite Pluralism and Class Rule ; Mumbai, Popular Prakashan.
10. Mudholkar, Aruna and Vora, Rajendra, 1984, Regionalism in Maharashtra, in Majeed (ed.) 1984, Regionalism: Developmental Tensions in India. New Delhi, Cosmo Publications.
11. Palshikar, Suhas and Birmal, Nitin, (eds.), 2007 edition. Maharashtrache Rajkaaran, (Marathi), Pune, Pratima Prakaashan.
12. Patel, Sujata, 2006, Empowerment, Co -option and Domination: Politics of
maharashtra’s Employment Guarantee Scheme , Dec. 16, Economic and Political
Weekly, Mumbai.
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13. Report of the Inter -Ministry Task Group: January 2005, Re dressing Growing Regional
Imbalances , New Delhi, Planning Commission.
14. Tambe, S. 2004, Collective Subjectivity, Democracy and Domination: The MJVA in
Marathwada, India. Current Sociology, July 2004, Vol. 52(4): 671- 691.
15. TISS Report: March 2005, Causes of Farmers’ Suicides in Maharashtra: An Enquiry ,
Final report submitted to the Mumbai High Court, Tata Institute of Social sciences, Rural Campus, Tulzapur, Dist. Osmanabad. www.tiss.edu

16. Vora, Rajendra and Palshikar, Suhas, 1996, Maharashtratil Sattantar , (Marathi),
Mumbai, Granthali

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CODE NO: PA POL E 330
RURAL GOVERNANCE IN INDIA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )
1. Introduction (15 Hours )
a) Evolution of Panchayati Raj Institutions in India
b) Constitutional framework: 73rd Constitutional amendment act
c) Comparative study of Maharashtra, Kerala, West Bengal & Madhya Pradesh

2. PRIs: Central processing Units of Democracy (15 Hours )
a) Government initiative to empower local: R eservation & social audit
b) Fiscal decentralization
c) Decentralized planning

3. Rural development through PRI (15 Hours )
a) Employment: NREGA
b) Health: NRHM
c) Education: SSA

4. Contemporary Issues (15 Hours )
a) Capacity building at the grassroots
b) People’s participation through NGOs, SHGs, User Associations, Para statals
c) Localization, Globalization, Rurbanization

Reading List:
1. Das, S.K., Nanda, B.K., Rath, J. (Eds.), Micro Finance and Rural Development in
India, New Century, New Delhi, 2008.
2. Devi, Shakuntala, Planning and Rural Development: Indian Perspective , Sarup and
Sons, New Delhi, 2006.
3. Government of India, Second Adminis trative Reforms Commission, Unlocking
Human Capital Entitlements and Governance - A Case Study , 2006,
http://arc.gov.in/2ndrep.pdf.
4. Hooja, Rakesh, and Hooja, Meenakshi,Democratic Decentralization and Planning :
Essays on Panchayati Raj, District Planning and Development Administration,Rawat,
Jaipur, 2007.
5. Hooja, Rakesh, and Parnami, K.K., Development Administration and Rural Development , Aalekh, Jaipur, 2007.
6. Jain, L.C. (Ed.), Decentralisation and Local Governance , Orient Longman, New
Delhi, 2005.
7. Jayal, N irajaGopal, Prakash, Amit, and Sharma, Pradeep K., Local Governance in
India Decentralization and Beyond, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2007.
8. Prasad, B.K., Rural Development: Concept, Approach and Strategy , Sarup and Sons,
New Delhi, 2003.
9. Prasad, R. R., and Rajanikanth, G. (Eds .), Rural Development and Social Change ,
Discovery, New Delhi, 2006.
10. Singh, S. and Sharma, P. (eds.) (2007) ‘Introduction’, in Decentralization: Institution
and Politics in Rural India. New Delhi: Oxford University P ress, pp 1- 36.
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11. Manor, J. (1999) ‘Defining Terms’, in The Political Economy of Democratic
Decentralization.Washington D.C: The World Bank, pp. 15- 23.
12. Palanithurai G & Ramesh R, Standpoints on Globalisation and ecentralisation,
Concept publishing company, 2009
13. Bardhan Pranab & Mukherjee Dilip, Decentralization and local Governments in developing Countries: Comparative perspective , Oxford University Press, 2007
14. Denters Bas & Rose Lawrence E, Comparing Local Governance - Trend Development ,
Pal grave MacMilan, 2005Kumar Girish, Local Democracy in India: Interpreting
Decentralisation, Sage Publications, 2006 15. Lieten G.K., Power, Politics and Rural Development: Essays on India , New Delhi:
Manohar, 2003

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CODE NO: PA POL E 331
DEVELOPMENT DIS COURSE
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Understanding Development (15 Hours )
a) Development and underdevelopment
b) Theories of Development
c) Neo-Liberal

2. Development through the Decades (15 Hours )
a) From Economic to Human Development
b) Structural Adjustment Programme, Washington Consensus
c) Right to Development

3. Equity and Social Justice (15 Hours )
a) Women and development
b) Indigenous people and Development
c) Minorities and Development

4. Shaping Development (15 Hours )
a) New Economy
b) Social capital
c) Democracy and Develop

Reading List:
1. Corbridge Stuart, (eds.), 1995, Development Studies : A reader, Oxford, OUP.
2. Jan Nederveen Pieterse, “My Paradigm or Yours? Alternative Development, Post -
Development, Reflexive Development,” Development & Change, Volume 29, No.2, April 1998, 343- 74
3. Knut G. Nustad. “Development: The Devil We Know?” Third World Quarterly, Vol. 22, no. 4, August 2001, 479- 89.
4. Amy Lind. “Feminist Post -Development Thought,” Women's Studies Quarterly,
Vol.31, nos. 3- 4 Fall -Winter 2003, 227- 41.
5. Sally Matthews. “Post -Development Theory and the Question of Alternatives: A View
from Africa,” Third World Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 2, April 2004, 373- 84.
6. Dreze, Jean, and Amartya Sen. 2002. India. Development and Participation. Oxford University Press, D elhi
7. Paul Burkett and Martin Hart -Landsberg. “A Critique of ‘Catch -Up’ Theories of
Development,” Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 33, No. 2, 2003, 147- 71
8. Ganguly S, L. Diamond and M. F. Plattner, (Eds), The State of India’s Democracy ,
Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2007.
9. Held David, (eds.), The Global Transformation Reader: An Introduction To The Globalisation Dabate , New York, Polity Press, 2003.
10. Humphrey, J. (2007), ‘Forty Years of Development Research: Transformations and Reformations’ , IDS Bull etin, Vol.38. No. 2, 14- 19.
11. Schuurman, Frans, Paradigms lost, paradigms regained? Development studies in the twenty -first century ‟, Third World Quarterly, Vol 21, No.6, December 2000, 7- 20.
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12. Jolly, Richard “Human Development and Neo- liberalism: Paradigms Co mpared” in
Sakiko Kukuda -Parr and A.K. Shiva Kumar (eds.), Readings in Human Development ,
2nd Edition, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003.
13. Hickey, S., and Mohan, G, ‘Relocating Participation within a Radical Politics of
Development’ , Development and Change, Volume 36. No 2, 2005, 237- 262.
14. Mark R. Brawley and Nicole Baerg, Structural Adjustment, Development, and Democracy, International Studies Review , Volume 9, No.4 Winter 2007, 601–615
15. Choudhary Kameshwar (Ed) Globalization, Governance and Development in India, Sage, London, New Delhi, 2008

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CODE NO: PA POL E 332
FOREIGN POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Evolution of US Foreign Policy (15 Hours )
a) Instruments of policy – military, economic, soft power
b) Policy of Containment – Alliances, Aid, Intervention
c) Policy of Engagement – Democracy, Development , Human Rights

2. Foreign Policy -Making: Determinants and Process (15 Hours )
a) Constitution, Geography, Economy, Technology, Systemic factors
b) Institutional Actors – President, Congress, Bureaucracy
c) Domestic Context – Political Parties, Lobbies, Mass Media

3. US and the World – I (15 Hours )
a) China, Russia
b) Europe, Japan
c) India

4. US and the World – II (15 Hours )
a) West, South and Central Asia
b) Southeast Asia
c) Latin America

Reading List:
1. Baum, Matthew Soft News Goes to War: Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy,
(2003: Princeton, Princeton University Press)
2. Bucklin, Stevens Realism and the American Foreign Policy: Wilsonians and the
Kennan- Morgenthau Thesis , (2001: Westport, Praeger)
3. Cameron, Fras er US Foreign Policy after the Cold War: Global Hegemon or Reluctant
Sheriff?, (2002: New York, Routledge)
4. Chittick, William American Foreign Policy: A Framework for Analysis , (2006:
Washington D.C., CQ Press)
5. Hook, Steven and John Spanier American Foreign Policy since World War II , (2007:
Washington DC, CQ Press)
6. Mead, Walter Russell Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How it
Changed the World, (2001: New York, Knopf)
7. McEvoy- Levy, Siobhan American Exceptionalism and US Foreign Policy: Public
Diplomacy at the end of the Cold War , (2001: New York, Palgrave)
8. Pillar, Paul Terrorism and US Foreign Policy , (2001: Washington DC, Brookings
Institution Press)
9. Peterson, Paul The President, the Congress and the Making of Foreign Policy , (1994:
Norman, Uni versity of Oklahoma Press)
10. Steil, Benn and Robert Litan Financial Statecraft: The Role of Financial Markets in
American Foreign Policy , (2006: New Haven Yale University Press)
11. Wiarda, Howard and Skelley Esther The Crisis of American Foreign Policy: the Ef fects
of a Divided America , (1996: Lanham, Rowman & Littlefield)
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GROUP V
CODE NO: PA POL E 333
URBAN GOVERNANCE IN MAHARASHTRA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Introduction (15 Hours )
a) Urban governance: meaning and evolution, urbanisation in Maharashtra,
changing nature of urban demography, migration
b) Institutional arrangements in Maharashtra: constitutional provision, state
municipal laws, judicial intervention, role of state and central financial
bodies, financing the urban local bodies
c) Role of non- state actors in urban governance: corporate sector, civil society

2. Land and Housing (15 Hours )
a) Housing policy
b) Issue of Slums
c) Slum rehabilitation.

3. Select Utilities (15 Hours )
a) Health Policy
b) Policy for water sector
c) Transport sector
d) Waste management (solid waste and sewerage).

4. Law and Order (15 Hours )
a) Main concerns: poverty, crime, terrorism, communal riots
b) Role of Police
c) Role of community policing.

Reading List:
1. Baud, I.S.A., and de Wit, J. (Ed.), New Forms of Urban Governance in India Shifts,
Models, Networks and Contestations , Sage, New Delhi, 2008.
2. Bhide, A., Shajahan, A.K., and Shinde, S., Utilization of Slum Rehabilitation Scheme ,
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 2003.
3. Das, P.K., Slums: The Continuing Struggle for Housing, Nivara Hakk Suraksha Samiti
Publication, Mumbai, 2002.
4. Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Draft Urban Health
Mission , Urban Health Division, Governme nt of India, New Delhi, 2008.
5. Government of India, Planning Commission, Maharashtra Development Report ,
Academic Foundation, Planning Commission, New Delhi, 2007.
6. Gupta, K.R. (Ed.), Urban Development Debates in the New Millennium , Altantic, New
Delhi, 2004.
7. Hust, E., and Mann, M. (Eds.), Urbanization and Governance in India, Manohar,
Delhi, 2005.
8. Mohanty, B. (Ed.), Financing the Grassroot Governments , APH, New Delhi, 2001.
9. Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Mumbai Human Development Report
2009, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2009.
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10. Shekhar, C., and Ram, F., National Report on Evaluation of Functioning of Urban
Health Posts/Urban Family Centers in India, International Institute of Population
Sciences, Mumbai, 2005.
11. Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action, Survey of Sanitation in Mumbai’s Slums ,
Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Mumbai, 2002.

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CODE NO.: PA POL E 334
MARITIME POLITICS AND POLICY IN THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )
1. Mapping the Region (15 Hours )
a) Littoral and hinterland states, diversity of the region, major actors in the region
b) Natural resources potential and growth potential of the region
c) Importance of the IOR SLOCs for world trade

2. Maritime Policies and Politics of Major Regional Powers (15 Hours )
a) India
b) Australia
c) Indonesia

3. Maritime Policies and Politics of Major Extra -Regional Powers (15 Hours )
a) The US
b) China
c) Japan

4. Concerns for Security in the Region (15 Hours )
a) Disputes over maritime boundaries and Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs)
b) Threats emerging from Piracy, terrorist activities, illegal trafficking and
clima te change
c) Initiatives for security in the IOR

Reading List:
1. Bose, Sugata A Hundred Horizons: The Indian Ocean in the Age of Global
Empire , (2006: Harvard University Press, Harvard)
2. Churchill, R.R., et.al The Law of the Sea, (2000: Manchester University Press)
3. Forbes, Andrew Managing International Shipping, (2008: New Delhi, KM
Publishers with National Maritime Foundation)
4. Cottrell, Alvin Indian Ocean, (1981: New York, Praeger)
5. McNicholas, Michael Maritime Security: An In troduction, (2008: Burlington,
Butterworth -Heinemann)
6. Mishra, R.N. Indian Ocean and India’s Security , (1986: Delhi, Mittal
Publications)
7. Prakash, Arun Commonality of Maritime Challenges , (2008: New Delhi, KW
Publishers with National Maritime Foundation)
8. Raghavan, Sudha The Indian Ocean Power Politics , (1996, New Delhi, Lancer)
9. Rao, P.V., ed. India and Indian Ocean: In the Twilight of the Millenium , (2003: South
Asian Publishers, New Delhi)
10. Rais, Rasul Indian Ocean and the Super Powers , (1992: New Delhi, Vistar
Publications)
11. Sakhuja, Vijay Confidence -Building from the Sea: An Indian Initiative , (2001: New
Delhi, Knowledge World)

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CODE NO: PA POL E 335
NEW POLITICS OF IDENTITY
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Definition and Concepts (15 Hours )
a) Meaning of Identity
b) Construction of Identity
c) Critique of Identity Politics

2. Dynamics of Identity Politics (15 Hours )
a) Hegemony, Contestations
b) Ethnic, National and Sub- national conflicts
c) Institutional and political responses to Conflicts

3. Identity and Citizenship (15 Hours )
a) Migrants
b) Refugees
c) Stateless people

4. Identity in the Global Age (15 Hours )
a) Multiculturalism
b) Impact of Mass media
c) Globalization and Identity

Reading List:
1. Parekh Bhikhu, A New Politics of Identity, Palgrave, NY, 2008.
2. Imtiaz Ahmed, Partha Ghosh and Helmut Reifeld, Pluralism and Equality: Values in
Indian Society and Politics , London, Sage, 2000.
3. Will Kymlicka and Bashir Bashir (eds.) The Poli tics of Reconciliation in Multicultural
Societies (Oxford University Press, 2008
4. Miller, David, Citizenship and National Identity , UK, Polity Press, 2000.
5. Parekh, Bhikhu, Rethinking Multiculturalism: Cultural Diversity and Political Theory ,
Macmillan, Houndmills/ London, 2000
6. Weinreich, P., & Saunderson, W. (Eds.), Analyzing identity: Cross -cultural, societal and
clinical contexts. New York: Routledge, 2003
7. Ray, B. N, Citizenship in a Globalising World, New Delhi, Kaveri Books, 2007.
8. Kabeer N. 2005, The search for 'inclusive' citizenship: meanings and expressions in an
inter- connected world’ in (Ed) N. Kabeer, Inclusive Citizenship: Meanings and
Expressions of Citizenship London: Zed Books.
9. Evelina Dagnino, Citizenship: a perverse confluence, Development in Practice,
Volume 17, Numbers 4–5, August 549- 556, 2007
10. Kevin Olson, ‘Constructing Citizens’ The Journal of Politics , Vol. 70, No. 1, January
2008, Pp. 40–53
11. Patel, Sujata ‘Bombay and Mumbai: Identities, politics, and populism’, in Sujata Patel and
Kusha l Deb (eds.), Urban studies (249- 273). New Delhi: Oxford
University Press, 2006.
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12. Htun, Mala “The Political Representation of Identity Groups.” Perspectives on Politics,
Volume 2, No. 3, September, 2004 439- 458, Development Research Centre on Identity,
Citizenship, Participation and Accountability, available at www.drc.citizenship- org

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CODE NO: PA POL E 336
INTERNAL SECURI TY IN INDIA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. National Security (15 Hours )
a) Basic Concepts: nation, nationalism, nation state, national power and national security
b) National security internal dimensions: values, structures and processes
c) Internal security organisations, internal security decision -making structures.

2. Terrorism and National Security (15 Hours )
a) Definitiona l problems and classification
b) Terrorist organisations
c) Counter terrorism.

3. Ethnic and Communal Violence (15 Hours )
a) Chakmas, Gorkhas
b) Communal riots /violence in Delhi, Mumbai, Gujarat
c) Recurring attacks on minorities.

4. State Response (15 Hours )
a) Laws to deal with terrorism
b) Laws against communal riots
c) Combating insurgency.

Reading List:
1. Dogra, P.C., Threat to Security: How Secured is India From Within, Manas, New Delhi, 2007.
2. Gill, K.P.S., and Sahni, Ajai (Ed.), Terror and Containment Perspectives of India's Internal Security , Gyan, New Delhi, 2001.
3. Government of India, Second Administrative Reforms Commission, Combating Terrorism, Protecting by Righteousness , 2008, Available at
http://arc.gov.in/8threport/ARC_8th_ report. htm
4. Gupta, K. R. (Ed.), Anti -Terrorism Laws, Atlantic, New Delhi, 2002.
5. Kirshner, Jonathan (Ed.), Globalisation and National Security , Routledge, New York,
2006.
6. Kumar, Satish (Ed.), India’s National Security - Annual Review 2009, Routledge India,
New Delhi, 2010.
7. O’Leary, Brendan, Heiberg, Maria nne, and Tirman, John, Terror, Insurgency and the
State Ending Protracted Conflicts , Manas, New Delhi, 2009.
8. Paranjpe, Shrikant, (Ed.), India’s Internal Security Issues and Perspectives, Kalinga, Delhi, 2009.
9. Singh, R A, India's National Security: Through Ages , Raj, New Delhi, 2006.
10. Singh, Samarveer, India’s Quest For Internal Security , Sumit, Delhi, 2009.
11. Singh, Ujjwal Kumar, The State, Democracy and Anti -Terror Laws in India , Sage, New
Delhi, 2007.
12. Verghese, B.G., India's Northeast Resurgent: Ethnicit y, Insurgency, Governance,
Development , Konark, Delhi, 2004.
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CODE NO: PA POL E 337
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT IN MAHARASHTRA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Caste (15 Hours )
a) B.R. Ambedkar
b) D.D. Kosambi
c) Sharad Patil

2. Religion (15 Hours )
a) M.P.Rege
b) Hamid Dalwai
c) Father Francis D’brito

3. Agrarian Question (15 Hours )
a) Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil
b) V.M.Dandekar
c) Sharad Joshi

4. Working Class (15 Hours )
a) S.A.Dange/B.K. Randive
b) Baba Adhav
c) Datta Samant

Readings:
1. पाटील शरद - दासशू�ांची गुलामिगरी ,�ाज्ञ �काशन ,वाई ,१९८७
2. साळुंखे आ.ह - .वै�दक धमर्सू�े आिण ब�जनांची गुलामिगरी ,एक्स्�ेस पिब्ल�शग हाऊस , १९९८
3. रेगे मे.पुं -�हदू धा�मक परंपरा आिण सामािजक प�रवतर्न,�ाज्ञपाठशाळा ,वाई,
4. Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya The Oxford India Kosambi (Oxford University Press,
New Delhi) 2009
5. Dalwai Hamid - Muslim politics in India . Nachiketa Publications, 1969
6. देशपांडे स.ह - .�हंदुत्व आ�ण रा�ीयत्व – मौज �काशन ,मुंबई
7. Sadhu Arun: The Pioneer - Life and Times of Viththalrao Vikhe Patil, Rohan
Prakashan, Pune
8. Dandekar V.M.Peasant -Worker Alliance: Its Basis in the Indian Economy (R.C. Dutt
lectures on political economy
9. जोशी शरद,- बळ�चे राज्य येणार आहे-जनश�� वाचक चळवळ,२०१०
10. चौसाळकर अशोक -कॉ.�ीपाद अमृत डांगे )कॉ.गो�वंद पानसरे अमृतमहोत्सव सिमती
�काशन ,कोल्हापूर २०११
11. देशपांडे वसंत – हमाल पंचायत, मौज �काशन गृह,मुंबई
12. Wersch Hubert w.m.- The Bombay Textile Strike: 1982- 83, OUP,1992
13. Patil Sharad -Caste Feudal Servitude,VOL.II Mavlai Prakashan,2006
14. साळुंखे आ.ह.-सव��म भूिमपु� : गोतम बु� ,Rakesh Annasaheb Salunkhe, Lokayat Satara
2007
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15. Brass Tom – ( Ed.) New Farmers’ Movements in India: Frank Cass and Company
Limited 1995
16. �द��टो फादर �ा�न्सस -सुबोध बायबल ,जुना करार ,राजहंस �काशन ,दुसर� आवृ�ी ,ऑक्टोबर २०१०
17. �द��टो फादर �ा�न्सस -सुबोध बायबल ,नवा करार ,राजहंस �काशन ,दुसर� आवृ�ी ,ऑक्टोबर २०१०
18. भट भास्कर वामन -राजवाडे च�र� :राजवाडे संशोधन मंडळ धुळे, दुसर� आवृ�ी ,जून, २०१०

Websites
http://ahsalunkhe.wordpress.com/
http://www.sharadjoshi.in/

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CODE NO: PA POL E 338
LANGUAGE POLICY AND LANGUAGE POLITICS IN INDIA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )
1. Constitution and Language (15 Hours )
a) Constituent Assembly debates
b) Provisions about Official Language & Regional Languages
c) Limitations/Gaps of the constitutional Discourse on Language

2. Language Policy and Planning (15 Hours )
a) Concept and Types
b) Institutional Mechanism
c) Limits of Language Planning

3. Nature of Language Politics in India (15 Hours )
a) Nativism
b) Cultural Politics of Language
c) Ethnic identity and language

4. Contestations About: (15 Hours )
a) National/ Official language
b) Regional Languages
c) Languages of State Minorities

Reading List:
1. Akolkar Prakash- Jai Maharashtra , Ha Shivsena Navacha Itihas ahe ( Mumbai,
Prabhat Prakashan, 1998)
2. Chandra, Bipin et. al. (ed.) India after independence 1947- 2000 (Penguin books, 2000)
3. Gupta Jyotirindra Das - Language Conflict and National Development: Group Politics
and National language policy in India (University of California Press, 1970)
4. Copland Ian, Rickard John (Ed) – Federalism: Comparative Perspectives from India
and Australia (Monash University, National Centre for Australian Studies)
5. Hansen Thomas Blom – Urban violence in India: Identity politics, Mumbai and the
postcolonial city , (Permanent black, 2001)
6. Harris Roxy, Rampton Ben (Ed) – Language Ethnicity & Race Reader (2003,
Routledge London)
7. Joshi, Manohar - Shivsena – Kaal , Aaj, Udya - History of Shivs ena from 1966 ,
(Mumbai, Prabodhan Prakashan 2008)
8. Nahir, Moshe – Language Planning Goals: A classification (First published in 1984)
Republished in Christina B.
9. Naregal Veena – Language Politics, Elites & Pub. Sphere (2001, Permanent Black,
New Delhi)
10. Phadke , Y.D: Politics and language : (Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai, 1979 )
11. Phadke Y.D., Visavya Shtakatil Maharashtra , vol. VI,VII , VIII (Mauj Prakashan,
Mumbai, 2007)
12. Basu Sajal,Regional movements:politics of language, ethnicity -identity Indian
Institute of Advanced Study, 1992
13. Ugo Amoretti & Nancy B ermeo (ed.) - Federalism and Territorial Cleavages, The
Johns Hopkins University Press,2004

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CODE NO: PA POL E 339
THEORIES OF STATE
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. The Liberal Theory (15 Hours )
a) Classical Liberals: Hobbes, Locke, J.S. Mill
b) Neo Liberals: Robert Nozick,
c) Libertarians: Milton Friedman

2. The Marxist Theory (15 Hours )
a) Karl Marx, V Lenin
b) Antoni Gramsci
c) Ralph Miliband, Nicos Polantzas, Bob Jessop

3. The Alternative Perspectives (15 Hours )
a) Pluralist and Elites
b) Feminist: Betty Friedman, Katte Millet
c) Environmentalist

4. Beyond the State (15 Hours )
a) Anarchist: William Godwin, Mahatma Gandhi
b) Critical Theory: Jurgen Habermas
c) Post Colonial - Pierre Bourdieu

Reading List:
1. Polsby, Nelson W. 1960. “How to Study Community Power: The Pluralist Alternative.”
Journal of Politics 22: 474- 484.
2. Dahl, Robert. 1961. Who Governs? Democracy and Power in an American City. New
Haven: Yale University Press. Pp.1- 8, 89- 103, 223- 228, 271- 275.
3. Manley, John F. 1983. “Neo- Pluralism: A Class Analysis of Pluralism I and Pluralism II.”
American Political Scien ce Review 77: 368- 83.
4. Mills, C. Wright. 1956. The Power Elite. Pp. 3 -29, 269- 297.
5. Dahl, Robert A. 1958. “A Critique of the Ruling Elite Model.” American Political Science
Review 52:463- 9.
6. Bell, Daniel. 1958. “The Power Elite Reconsidered.” American Jour nal of Sociology 64:
238-50.
7. Poulantzas, Nicos. 1969. “The Problem of the Capitalist State.” New Left review 58: 67-
78.
8. Miliband, Ralph. 1969. State in Capitalist Society. London: Quartet Books. [320.1 MIL].
9. Nicos Poulantzas. 1978. State, Power, Sociali sm. New York: Verso. Pp. 11- 27, 35- 46, 49-
53, 123- 160.
10. Nicos Poulantazas. 1973. Political Power and Social Classes. New York: Verso. Pp. 25-
141 (especially: 25- 33, 44- 50, 73- 77, 104- 114, 130- 137), 147- 152; 187- 194, 225- 245
(especially 229 -234), 255- 289 (e specially 275- 289), 296- 321 (especially 317- 321).
11. Barrow, Clyde W. “The Miliband- Poulantzas Debate: An Intellectual History.” In
Paradigm Lost: State Theory Reconsidered. Edited by Stanely Aronowitz and Peter Bratsis. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota P ress. Pp. 3- 52.
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12. Bridges, Amy. 1974. “Nicos Poulantzas and the Marxist Theory of the State.” Politics &
Society 4(2): 161- 190.
13. Block, Fred. 1977. “The Ruling Class Does Not Rule: Notes on the Marxist Theory of the State.” Socialist Review 6 -28.
14. Orloff, A nn. 1996. “Gender in the Welfare State.” Annual Review of sociology 22:51 -78.
15. Haney, Lynne A. 2000. “Feminist State Theory: Applications to Jurisprudence,
Criminology, and the Welfare State.” Annual Review of Sociology 26: 641- 666.
16. Haney, Lynne and Lisa Pollard. 2003. Families of a New World: Gender, Politics, and State Development in a Global Context. London: Routledge.
17. Skocpol, Theda (1980) “Political Response to Capitalist Crisis: Neo- Marxist Theories of
the State and the Case of the New Deal,” 10 Pol itics and Society 2: 155 -201.[].
18. Bourdieu, Pierre. 1994. “Rethinking the State: Genesis and Structure of the Bureaucratic Field.” Sociological Theory 12(1): 1- 18.
19. Bourdieu, Pierre. 1989. “Social Space and Symbolic Power.” Sociological Theory. 7: 14-25.
20. Rose, Nikolas and Peter Miller. 1992. “Political Power beyond the State: Problematics of Government.” British Journal of Sociology 43(2): 173- 205.
21. Gordon, Colin. 1991. “Government Rationality: An Introduction,” pp. 1- 53 in The
Foucault Effect: Studies in Governmental Rationality: An Introduction,: pp. 1- 53 in The
Foucault Effect: Studies in Governmentality, edited by Graham Buchell, Collin Gordon, and Peter Miller. Chicago: University of Chicago Press [REF to CEU].
22. Mouffe, Chantale. 1979. “Hegemony and Ideology in Gramsci,” pp. 168- 204 in Gramsci
and Marxist Theory, edited by Chantale Mouffe. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
23. Antonio Gramsci. 1971. Selections from the Prison Notebooks. New York: International
Publishers. “State and The Civil Society” (206 -275); “Problems of Marxism: Economy and
Ideology” (pp. 407- 409); “The Foramtion of Intellectuals” (pp. 5- 14); “The Modern
Prince” (123 -202) [335.4/309/45 GRA].
24. Biagio de Giovanni, “Lenin and Gramsci: state, politics and party”, pp. 259- 288 in
Gramsci and Marxist Theory, edited by Chantale Mouffe. London: Routledge and Kegan
Paul.
25. Shaw, Martin. 1997. “The State of Globalization: Towards a Theory of State Transformation,” Review of International Political Economy 4(3): 497 -513.
26. Weiss, Linda. 1997. “Globalization and the Myth of the Powerless State.” New Left Review 225: 3- 27.
27. Cerny , Philip G. 1997. “Paradoxes of the Competition State: The Dynamics of Political
Globalization,” 32:2 Government and Opposition 249- 274.
28. Panitch, Leo. 2000. “The new Imperial State.” New Left Review 2: 5- 20.


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CODE NO: PA POL E 340
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN I NDIA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Conceptual Framework (15 Hours )
a) Traditional movements
b) New Social Movements
c) Social movements and politics of change

2. Rural Social Movements (15 Hours )
a) Farmers’ movements
b) Mobilisation of agricultural workers and rural labour
c) Movements of the adivasis and ethnic minorities

3. Urban Working Clas s Movements (15 Hours )
a) Movements of organised industrial workers and service sector employees
b) Mobilisation of workers in unorganised and informal sectors
c) Movements of the urban middle classes

4. New Social Movements (15 Hours )
a) Women’s movement
b) Dalit Movement
c) Environmental and Human Rights movements

Reading List:
1. Brass, Paul R. and Franda, Marcus F., The Communist Movement in India, MIT Press,
Cambridge, 1973.
2. Desai, A.R., Peasant Struggles in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1982.
3. Dhanagare, D.N., Peasant Movements in India: 1920- 1950, Oxford University Press,
New Delhi, 1983.
4. Dietrich, Gabriel, Reflections on the Women’s Movement in India: Religion, Ecology,
Development , Horizon India Books, New Delhi, 1992.
5. Foweraker, Joe, Theorizing Social Movements , Pluto Press, London, 1995.
6. Hardgrave, R.L., The Dravidian Movement , Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1965.
7. Jogdand, P.G., and Michael, S.M., Globalization and Social Movements: Struggle for a
Humane Society, Rawat, Jaipur, 2003.
8. Lee, Su H., Debating New Social Movements: Culture, Identity, and Social
Fragmentation, Rawat, Jaipur, 2010.
9. Nadkarni, M .V., Farmers’ Movement in India , Allied, New Delhi, 1992.
10. Omvedt, Gail, Reinventing Revolution: New Social Movements and the Socialist
Tradition in India, M.E. Sharpe, New York, 1993.
11. Oommen, T.K., Protest and Change: Studies in Social Movements, Sage, Ne w Delhi,
1990.
12. Rao, M.S.A. (Ed.), Social Movements in India: Studies in Peasants, Backward Classes, Sectarian, Tribal and Women’s Movements , Manohar, New Delhi, 2004.
13. Shah, Ghanshyam, Social Movements in India: A Review of the Literature, Sage, New
Delhi, 1990.
14. Sundarayya, P., Telangana People’s Struggle and its Lessons, Foundation Books, New
Delhi, 1972.
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15. Vora, Rajendra, The World’s First Anti- Dam Movement, Permanent Black, Ranikhet,
2009.

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Semester IV
1. Interdisciplinary Course
2. Skill Based Course
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Semester IV -Interdisciplinary Courses
CODE NO.: PA POL I 401
ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. State of India’s Environment (15 Hours )
a) Natural resources: renewable and non -renewable
b) Impact of development on people and nature, issues of equity, poverty and affluence
c) Government of India’s policies.

2. Water and its Conservation (15 Hours )
a) Water management: traditional and modern, small and large -scale
b) Privatisation of water
c) Protest: Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, North -east.

3. Biodiversity and its Conservation (15 Hours )
a) Definition, biodiversity at global, national and local levels
b) India as a mega- diversity nation
c) Threats and conservation attempts.

4. Civil Society Responses (15 Hours )
a) Resistance: Chipko, Silent Valley,anti- Posco and anti -Vedanta movements
b) Activism: National Alliance of Peoples' Movements, urban non- governmental
organisations
c) Reconstruction and alternatives: case studies.
Reading List:
1. Agarwal, Anil, and Narain, Sunita, Forests State of India’s Environment: First Citizens’ Report,Centre for Science and Environment, Delhi, 1995.
2. Baviskar, Amita, In the Belly of the River: Tribal Conflicts over Development in the Narmada Valley , Second Edi tion, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2005.
3. Divan, Shyam, and Rosencranz, Armin, Environmental Law and Policy in India: Cases, Materials and Statutes, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002.
4. Gadgil, Madhav, and Guha, Ramachandra, Ecology an d Equity: The Use and Abuse of
Nature in Contemporary India, Penguin Books India, Delhi, 1995.
5. Guha, Ramachandra,The Authoritarianism of the WildHow Much Should a Person Consume? Permanent Black, Delhi, 2006.
6. Kalpavriksh, Biodiversity Infopack: A Guide to Biodiversity Legislation and
Intellectual Property Rights , Kalpavrkish, Delhi/Pune, 2006.
7. Kothari, Ashish, Understanding Biodiversity: Life, Sustainability and Equity, Orient
Longman, New Delhi, 1997.
8. Kothari, A., Pathak, N., Anuradha, R.V., and Taneja, B. (Eds.), Communities and
Conservation:Natural Resource Management in South and Central Asia. Sage, New
Delhi, 1998.
9. Lewis, M., Inventing Global Ecology: Tracking the Biodiversity Ideal in India 1945- 97,
Orient Longman, Hyderabad, 2003.
10. Mehta, Chetan Singh, Environmental Protection and the Law , APH, New Delhi, 2009.
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11. Rangarajan, Mahesh (Ed.), Environmental Issues in India: A Reader. Pearson
Education, Delhi, 2006.
12. Saberwal, V., Rangarajan, M., and Kothari, A.,People , Parks and Wildlife – Towards
Co-existence,Orient Longman, New Delhi, 2000.
13. Saberwal, Vasant, and Rangarajan, Mahesh (Eds.), Battles Over Nature Science and the
Politics of Conservation, Permanent Black, New Delhi, 2003.
14. Singh, Katar, Managing Common Pool Resources: Principles and Case Studies , Oxford
University Press, New Delhi, 1994.
15. Chatterjee, B.M., Environmental Law: Implications, Problems and Perspective , Deep
and Deep, New Delhi, 2007.

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CODE NO: PA POL I 402
INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE LAW
(6 Credits and 6 Hours )

1. Legal and Institutional Protection (15 Hours )
a) Basic Terms & Concepts: refugee, internally displaced persons, aliens, stateless,
asylum, protection,
b) Refugee convention, protocols, human rights l aw
c) Role of UN.

2. Asylum (15 Hours )
a) Grounds: race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or
political opinion
b) Durable solution: voluntary repatriation, local integration, resettlement in a third
country
c) Asylum laws in U nited States of America, European Union, Canada

3. Rights of Refugees (15 Hours )
a) Basic rights of refugees, principle of non- refoulment
b) Rights of special groups: women, children
c) Role of governments, refugees in India.

4. India and Refugees (15 Hours )
a) Civil wars, violence: Role of non- governmental organizations
b) Deve lopment induced displacement, IDP: case studies
c) Laws to protect resettlement and rehabilitation.

Reading List:
1. Bayefsky, Anne F., Human Rights and Forced Displacement , Martinus Nijnoff, The
Netherlands, 2000.
2. Cholewinski, Ryszard, de Guchteneire, Paul, and Pecoud, Antoine (Eds.), Migration
and Human Rights The United Nations Convention on Migrant Workers’ Rights ,
Cambridge University Press, New Delhi, 2009.
3. de Wet, Chris, Development Induced Displacement: Probl ems, Policies and People ,
Berghahn Books, New York, 2005.
4. Essed, Philomena, Frerks, Georg, and Schrijvers, Joke (Eds.), Refugees and the
Transformation of Societies: Agency Policies, Ethics and Politics , Berghahn Books,
New York, 2005.
5. Hathaway, James C., The Rights of Refugee Under International Law , Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, 2005.
6. Juss, Satvinder Singh, International Migration and Global Justice , Asghate, Aldershot,
2006.
7. Kharat, Rajesh S., Tibetan Refugee in India, Kaveri Books, New Delhi, 2003.
8. Kneebone, Susan, and Rawlings -Sanaei, Felicity (Eds.), New Regionalism and Asylum
Seekers: Challenges Ahead , Berghahn Books, New York, 2007.
9. Mishra, Omprakash, Elsewhere People: Cross Border Migration, Refugee Protection
and State Response , Lancers Books, New Delhi, 2003.
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10. Nathwani, Niraj, Rethinking Refugee Law , Martinus Nijnoff, The Netherlands, 2003.
11. Singh, Deepak K., Stateless in South Asia: The Chakmas Between Bangladesh and
India, Sage, New Delhi, 2010.
12. van Selm -Thornburn, Joanne, Refugee Prot ection in Europe , Martinus Nijnoff
Publishers, The Netherlands, 1998.
13. van Selm, Joanne, et.al . (Eds.), The Refugee Convention at Fifty: A View From Forced
Migration Studies , Lexington Books, Lanham, 2003.

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CODE NO: PA POL I 403
THE UNITED NATIONS
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Introduction (15 Hours )
a) Approaches: Liberal, Realist
b) Evolution of International Organisations
c) The League of Nations

2. United Nations (15 Hours )
a) The United Nations Charter
b) General Assembly, Security Council
c) International Court of Justice, Secretary General

3. Role of the United Nations (15 Hours )
a) Maintenance of international peace and security
b) Protection and promotion of human rights,
c) International Labour Organisation, United Nations Educational Scientific
Cultural Organisation and World Health Organisation

4. United Nations Today (15 Hours )
a) Changing Nature
b) Reforms
c) Relevance

Reading List:
1. Thomas George Weiss, Sam Daws (Edt.), The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations,
Oxford University Press, New York, 2007
2. Joachim Koops, Norrie MacQueen, Thierry Tardy, Paul D. Williams (Edt), The Oxford
Handbook of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, Oxford University Press, 2015
3. Gordenker , Leon, The UN Secretary -General and Secretariat , Second Edition,
Routledge, New York, 2010.
4. Karns, Margaret P., and Mingst, Karen A., International Organisations ThePolitics and
Processes of Global Governance, Viva Books, New Delhi, 2005
5. Krasno, Jean E., United Nation: Confronting the Challenges of a Global Society , Lynne
Rienner, London, 2004.
6. Mehrish, B.N., The United Nations in the New Millennium: A Changing Scenario, Academic Excellence, Delhi, 2007.
7. Moore, John A., and Pubantz, Jerr y, New United Nations: InternationalOrganization in
The Twenty -First Century, Pearson Prentice Hall , Upper SaddleRiver, 2006.
8. Singh, J. P., UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and
CulturalOrganization) Creating Norms for a Complex World, Routl edge, New York,
2010.
9. Thakur, Ramesh, The United Nations, Peace and Security , Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, 2006.
10. United Nations, United Nations Today , United Nations Publications, New York, 2008.
11. Whitworth, Sandra, Men, Militarism, and Peacekee ping: A Gendered Analysis , Lynne
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Rienner, Boulder, 2007.
12. Zweifel, Thomas D., International Organizations and Democracy:
Accountability,Politics, and Power , Lynne Rienner, Boulder, 2005.

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CODE NO: PA POL I 404
CONFLICT AND PEACE STUDIES
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Introduction (15 Hours )
a) Nature, Scope and Meaning
b) Peace traditions
c) Approaches to study of peace

2. Forms of Conflict (15 Hours )
a) Intra societal Conflict
b) Reflections on the phenomena of War
c) Global wars

3. UN System (15 Hours )
a) Pacific settlements of Disputes
b) Peace Keeping, Peacemaking and Adjudication
c) Confidence Building measures

4. Case Studies (15 Hours )
a) Kosovo Issue
b) 9/11 Afghanistan/Somalian Issue
c) Haitian conflict/ Srilankan Conflict

Reading List:
1. Woolf, L. M., & Hulsizer, M. R. (2004). Psychology Of Peace And Mass Violence --
War, Ethno- Political Conflict, Terrorism, And Peace: Informational Resources. Otrp -
Online , Published By Office Of Teaching Resources In Psychology, Society For The
Teaching Of Psychology (Div. 2, Apa).
Url: Http://Www.Lemoyne.Edu/Otrp/Teachingresources.Html#Diversity
2. Galtung, J. (2004), Transcend And Transform; An Introduction To Conflict Work ,
London, Pluto Press.
3. Hampson, F. Malone, D. (2002), From Reaction To Conflict Prevention: Opportunities For The Un System , Boulder Lynne Reiner.
4. Held, D. (1995), Democracy And The Global Order: From The Modern State To Cosmopolitan Governance , Cambridge, Polity Press.
5. Lederach, J. P. (2005), The Moral Imagination: The Art And Soul Of Building Peace ,
Oxford Oup.
6. Lederach, J. P. (1997), Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation In Divided Societies, Washington, Usip.
7. Wallensteen, P. (2007), Understanding Conflict Resolution, 2007, Sage, London

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CODE NO: PA POL I 405
GEOPOLITICS IN WORLD AFFAIRS
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Basic issues and Concepts (15 Hours )
a) Importance of geo- political factors -physical, human, economic, political
and environmental
b) Theories: Organic, Sea power and Rim land, Land Power, German
Geopolitik, Critical
c) Geopolitics and foreign policy formulation: ecological, regionalist, internation alist
globalist challenges

2. Changing Nature of Geopolitics (15 Hours )
a) Decline of classical geopolitics
b) Imperialism and geopolitics: Nazi Germany, Pax Americana
c) Emergence of new geopolitics in the post cold war era

3. Strategic Geography (15 Hours )
a) Europe, Eurasia
b) North and South America
c) Asia, Africa
4. Geopolitics and Natural Resources Disputes (15 Hours )
a) Oil
b) Water
c) Territory

Reading List:
1. Agrew, John, Geopolitics , Routledge, New York, 2003.
2. Ayres, Alyssa, and Mohan, C. Raja (Ed.), Power Realignments in Asia: China, India
and the United States , Sage, New Delhi, 2009.
3. Cohen, Saul Bernard, Geopolitics: the Geography of International Relations ,
Rowman & Littlefield, Pentagon Press, New Delhi, 2010.
4. Dalby, Simon, Rethinking Geopolitics , Routle dge, New York, 2007.
5. Falk, Richard A., Declining World Order: Americas Imperial Geopolitics , Routledge,
New York, 2004.
6. Flint, Colin, Introduction to Geopolitics , Routledge, New York, 2006.
7. Freedman, Alan, and Kagarlitsky, Boris, The Politics of Empire , Pluto Press, London,
2004.
8. Gill, Stephen, Power and Resistance in the New World Order , Palgrave - Macmillan,
New York, 2003.
9. Isakova, Irina, Russian Governance in the Twenty First Century: Geo Strategy,
Geopolitics and Governance , Frank Cass, London, 2005.
10. Lordesmas, Anthony H., The Iraq war , Natraj, Dehradun, 2006.
11. Mojtahed -Zadeh, Pirouz, Small Players of the Great Game; Settlement of Iraq Eastern
Borderland and Creation of Afghanistan, Routledge, London, 2004.
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12. Overholt, William H., Asia, America and the Transformation of Geopolitics ,
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008.
13. Sriram, Chandra Lekha, Exploring Sub- regional Conflict , Viva Books, Mumbai,
2006.
14. Warwick, Armstrong, and Anderson, James, Geopolitics of European Union
Enlargement the Fortress Empire, Routledge, London, 2007.

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CODE NO.: PA POL I 406
ADMINISTRATION OF COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Introduction (15 Hours )
a) Definition of common property resources
b) Historical evolution of common property resources
c) Introduction of state ownership and private property.

2. Theoretical debates (15 Hours )
a) Tragedy of the Commons Approach vs Tragedy of Anti -Commons
b) Institutionalist
c) Functions of reciprocity among groups and communities.

3. Legal, Institutional and Policy Frameworks in India (15 Hours )
a) Land
b) Water (including marine/coastal)
c) Forest.

4. New Common Property Resources and Challenges (15Hours )
a) Traditional knowledge
b) Biodiversity
c) Atmosphere.

Reading List:
1. Boyle, James, The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind, Yale
University Press, New Haven, 2008, available athttp://www.
thepublicdomain.org/download/
2. Cullet, Phillipe, Water Law, Poverty, and Development Water Sector Reforms in
India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2009.
3. Dolsak, Nives, and Ostrom, Elinor (Eds.), The Commons in the New Millennium: Challenges and Adaptations,MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2003.
4. Guha, Ramachandra, The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peas ant
Resistance in the Himalaya , Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2001.
5. Hardin, Garrett James, "The Tragedy of the Commons", Science, Volume 162,
No.3859, December 13, 1968, pp.1243- 48.
6. Hawthorne, Susan, Wild Politics Feminism, Globalization Bio/Diversity , Aakar,
Delhi, 2008.
7. Ingram, Gregory K., and Hong, Yu- Hung (Eds,), Property Rights and Land
Policies, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, 2009.
8. Krishna, Sumi, Genderscapes: Revisioning Natural Resources Management ,Zubaan, New Delhi, 2009.
9. Lehmann, Scott, Privatizing Public Lands , Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995.
10. Lessig, Lawrence, Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity , Penguin
Books, New York, 2005.
11. Olson, Mancur, The Logic of Collective Action , Harvard University Pre ss,
Cambridge, 1971.
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12. Ostrom, Elinor, Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for
Collective Action ,Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003.
13. Sandler, T., Collective Action: Theory and Application, The University of Michigan
Press, Ann Arbor, 1992.
14. Shiva, Vandana, Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution and Profit, Between the
Lines,Toronto, 2002.
15. Vaidyanathan, A., India’s Water Resources, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2008.

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CODE NO.: PA POL I 407
DALIT MOVEMENT IN INDIA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Pre-Ambedkar Depressed Classes Awakening and Protests (15 Hours )
a) Western India - Shivram Janba Kamble, Gopal Baba Valangkar
b) South India - Iyothee Thass, Sree Narayana Guru
c) Eastern India – Namsudra Movement.

2. Dalit Movement under Dr. Ambedkar’s Leadership (15 Hours )
a) Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha
b) Independent Labour Party
c) Scheduled Caste Federation/Republican Party of India.

3. Post- Ambedkar Dalit Politics (15 Hour s)
a) Dalit Panther/Republican Party of India/ Bharatiya Republican Party - Bahujan
Mahasangh
b) Dalit Sangharsha Samiti
c) Bahujan Samaj Party.

4. Issues and Concerns of Dalit Movements (15 Hours )
a) Reservation, dalit middle class
b) Atrocities against dalits, conversions
c) Identity, autonomy, ideology.

Reading List:
1. Bandopadhya, Sekhar, Caste, Protests and Identity in Colonial India, The Namsudras
of Bengal 1872 – 1947, Curzon Press, London, 1997.
2. Deliege, Robert, The Untouchable of India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi,
1999.
3. Franco, Fernando (Ed.), Pain and Awakening, The Dynamics of Dalit Identity in Bihar, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, 2002.
4. Geeta, V., and Rajadurai, S.V., Towards a Non- Brahmin Millennium, From Iyothee
Thass to Periyar, Samya, Kolkata, 1998.
5. Jacob, T.G., and Bandhu, P., Reflections on the Caste Question – The Dalit Situation
in South India , Odyssey, Ootacamund, 2009.
6. Jafferelot, Christophe, India’s Silent Revolution, The Rise of the Low Castes in North Indian Politics , Permanent Black, New Delhi, 2003.
7. Jafferelot, Christophe, Dr. Ambedkar and Untouchability , Permanent Black, New
Delhi, 2004.
8. Jogdand, P.G. (Ed.), New Economic Policy and Dalits , Rawat, Jaipur, 2000.
9. Manoranjan, Mohanty (Ed.), Class, Caste , Gender , Sage, New Delhi, 2004.
10. Nagraj, D.R., The Flaming Fleet, A Study of Dalit Movement , South Forum Press,
Bangalore, 1993.
11. Omvedt, Gail, Dalits and the Democratic Revolution, Dr. Ambedkar and the Dalit
Movement in Colonial India, Sage Publications, N ew Delhi, 1994.
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12. Prasad, Vijay, Untouchable Freedom, A Social History of a Dalit Community , Oxford
University Press, New Delhi, 2000.
13. Thorat, Sukhadeo, Dalits in India – Search for a Common Destiny , Sage, New Delhi,
2009.
14. Yagati, Chinna Rao, Dalit Struggle for Identity, Andhra and Hyderabad 1900 – 1950,
Kanishka, New Delhi, 2003.
15. Zelliot, Eleanor, From Untouchable to Dalit – Essays on the Ambedkar Movement ,
Foundation Books, New Delhi, 2005.

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CODE NO: PA POL I 408
DEMOCRACY AND MEDIA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Introduction (15 Hours )
a) Classical Models of media system: libertarian, social responsibility and
authoritarian; critique: Marxist and Critical theory.
b) Public opinion, freedom of speech and expression.
c) Constitutional framework, freedom of the press

2. Political Economy of Media (15 Hours )
a) Ownership: Public, Private
b) Regulation: Print, Broadcast, Internet.
c) Copyright, Information Technology Act, Article 19, International Bill of Right s.

3 Content Regulation (15 Hours )
a) Protecting the state: Censorship, Parliamentary privileges, Contempt of Court, Official Secrets Act.
b) Defending Individual rights: Defamation, right to privacy.
c) Self-regulation, accountability

4 Emerging challenges and prospects (15 Hours )
a) Boundaries: Public order, hate speech, national security.
b) Media and marginalization: caste, gender, language.
c) Election coverage – Paid news, public relations and advertisements.

Reading List:
1. Atkinson, Joshua D., Alternative Media and Politics of Resistance: A Communicative Perspective, Peter Lang, New York, 2010.
2. Axford, Barrie & Huggins, Richard (Ed.), New Media and Politics , Sage, London,
2001.
3. Batabyal, Somanth, Chowdhry, Angad, Gaur, Meenu and Pohjonen (Eds.),Indian Mass Media and the Politics of Change , Routledge India, New Delhi, 2011.
4. Curran, James , Media and Democracy , Routledge, London, 2011
5. Graber, Doris Appel (Ed.), Media Power in Polit ics, Sixth Edition, CQ Press,
Thousand Oaks, CA 2010.
6. Graber, Doris Appel, McQuail, Denis, Norris, Pippa, The Politics of News: the News
of Politics, Second Edition, CQ Press, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2008.
7. Gunther, Richard and Mughan, Anthony, Democracy and the Media: A Comparative
Perspective, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000.
8. Iyengar, Shanto and McGrady, Jennifer, Media And Politics: A Citizen's Guide, W.W. Norton & Company, New York , 2011.
9. Keane, John, The Media and Democracy, Polity, 1991.
10. Louw , Eric, The Media and Political Process , Sage, New Delhi, 2010.
11. Meyer, Thomas,andHinchman, Lew, Media Democracy: How the Media Colonize
Politics, Polity Press, Oxford, 2002.
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12. Ranganathan,Maya and Rodrigues, Usha M (Ed.), Indian Media in a Gobalised
World , Sage, New Delhi, 2010.
13. Reidfeld, Helmut and Bhargava, Rajeev Ed (2005), Civil Society, Public Sphere and Citizenship: Dialogues and Perceptions , Sage: New Delhi, Chapters 3, 4, 8 and 9
14. Wolfsfeld, Gadi, Making Sense of Media and Politics: Five Principles in Political
Communication, Routledge, 2011.
15. B. Cammaerts and N. Carpentier (Eds) Reclaiming the Media: communication rights and democratic media roles,: Intellect, Bristol, 2007
16. Jenkins, H and Thorburn, D., Democracy and the New Media, MIT, 2003.



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CODE NO: PA POL I 409
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Approaches to the study of IPE (15 Hours )
a) Realist
b) Liberal
c) Marxist

2. International monetary and financial structures (15 Hours )
a) IMF
b) World Bank
c) Proposals for reforms

3. World Trade Organisation (15 Hours )
a) From GATT to WTO – agric ulture and trade in services
b) Special and Differential Treatment
c) Developing Countries and the WTO

4. International Regimes (15 Hours )
a) TRIPS, TRIMS
b) Trade Policy Review Mechanism, Dispute Settlement Mechanism
c) MNCs, TNCs, FIIs and Non- governmental groups

Reading List:
1. Baylis, John and Steve Smith The Globalization of World Politics , (2005: New Delhi,
Oxford University Press)
2. Baker, Andrew et.al Governing Financial Globalization: International Political
Economy and Multi -Level Governance, (2008: London, Routledge)
3. Burnell, Peter and Vicky Randall Politics in the Developing World, (2005: Oxford
University Press, Oxford)
4. Dunn, Bill Global Political Economy: A Marxist Critique , (2009: Pluto Press, London)
5. Gilpin, Robert The Political Economy of International Relations, (1987: Princeton,
Princeton University Press)
6. Hoekman, Bernard and Michel Kostecki The Political Economy of the World Trading
System: The WTO and Beyond, (2009: Oxford University Press, Oxford)
7. Karns, Margaret and Karen Mingst International Organizations: The Politics and
Processes of Global Governance, (2005: Viva Books, New Delhi)
8. Narlikar, Amrita The World Trade Organisation: A Very Short Introduction, (2005: Oxford University Press, Delhi)
9. प�डसे ,अरुणा आ�ण उ�रा सह�बु�े आंतररा�ीय संबंध :शीतयु�ो�र आ�ण जागितक�करणाचे
राजकारण ,(2008, मुंबई ,ओ�रएंट लॉंगमन (
10. Ravenhill, John Global Political Economy , (2005: Oxford University Press, Oxford),

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CODE NO.: PA POL I 410
INTRODUCTION TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Knowledge, Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights (15 Hours )
a) Evolution of intellectual property: pre -intellectual property system of protection:
secrecy/trade guilds/cartels, emergence of intellectual property
b) Justification of intellectual property: consequentialist, right based and economic.
c) Alternatives to intel lectual property rights , Tragedy of the Anticommons.

2. Internationalistion of Intellectual Property Rights (15 Hours )
a) Intellectual property statutes – origin and internationalisation
b) World Trade Organization framework and the Agreement Related to Trade -Related
Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, new forms of intellectual property rights
c) Role of World Intellectual Property Organization, Patent Cooperation Treaty,
harmonisation of intellectual property, Development Agenda.

3. Intellectual Property Rights in India (15 Hours )
a) The Patent Act of India 1911 and the Indian Patent Act of 1970.
b) Intellectual property rightsin India and progressive harmonisation with international
standards
c) Patent Amendment Act 2005.

4. Intellectual Property Rights and Select Sectors (15 Hours )
a) Pharmaceutical industry
b) Agriculture
c) Biotechnology, life form patenting (technical and ethical issues).

Reading List:
1. Alikhan, Shahid, and Mashelkar, RaghunathAnant, Intellectual Property and
Competitive Strategies in the 21st Century ,Kluwer Law International, The Hague,
2004.
2. Bhagwati,Jagdish, and Hirsch, Mathias (Eds.),The Uruguay Round and Beyond: Essays
in Honour of Arthur Dunkel , The University of Michigan Press, Michigan, 1998.
3. Brush, Stephen B., and Stabinsky, Doreen (Eds.), Valuing Local Knowledge:
Indigenous People and Intellectual Property Rights , Island, Washington, D.C., 1996
4. Chandra, Rajshree, Knowledge as Property Issues in the Moral Grounding of
Intellectual Property Rig hts, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2010.
5. Chaudhuri,Sudip,The WTO and India’s Pharmaceuticals Industry Patent Protection,
TRIPS and Developing Countries , Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2005.
6. Correa, Carlos M.,Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights: A
Commentary on the TRIPS Agreement , Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007.
7. Dasgupta,Paramita (Ed.), WTO at the Crossroads, Concept, New Delhi, 2009.
8. Drahos, Peter, and Mayne, Ruth (Eds.),Global Intellectual Property Rights:
Knowledge, Ac cess and Development , Palgrave Macmillan, Houdmills, 2002.
9. Drahos, Peter, An Alternative Framework for the Global Regulation of Intellectual
Property Rights , Centre for Governance of Knowledge and Development, Working
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Paper, Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National University, Canberra
2005.
10. Fisher, William, “Theories of Intellectual Property”, available at http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/tfisher/iptheory.html.
11. Lindberg, Van, Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical Guide t o
Protecting Code , O’Reilly, Sebastopol, 2008.
12. May, Christopher, A Global Political Economy of Intellectual Property Rights: The New Enclosures ?,Routledge, New York, 2000.
13. Sell, Susan K., Private Power, Public Law: The Globalization of Intellectual Propert y
Rights , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003.
14. Stiglitz, Joseph E., and Charlton, Andrew, Fair Trade for All: How Trade Can Promote Development , Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006.
15. Vaidhyanathan, Siva,Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intel lectual Property
and How It Threatens Creativity , New York University Press, New York, 2001.

Useful Websites
• World Trade Organization: wto.org
• World Intellectual Property Organization: wipo.org
• The South Centre: http://www.southcentre.org
• Patent Office of India :www.patentoffice.nic.in/

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CODE NO: PA POL I 411
POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY IN INDIA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Approaches (15 Hours )
a) Marxist and Neo -Marxist
b) Elite and Pluralist.
c) Systems and Feminist

2. Important Concepts (15 Hours )
a) State and Civil Society
b) Power and Hegemony
c) Political Culture and processes

3. Social Asymmetries and Politics (15 Hours )
a) Caste and class
b) Ethnicity
c) Gender

4. Political Change (15 Hours )
a) State and political change
b) Social Movements
c) Revolutions; Politics of Violence.

Reading List:

1. Almond, Gabriel and Powell, Bingham G. Jr. 1966, Comparative Politics:
Developmental Approach. Feffer and Simons, New York.
2. Asraf, Ali and Sharma, L.N., 1983, (2007 reprint), Political Sociology: A New
Grammaer of Politics . Universities Press,Hyderabad.
3. Avineri, S., 1972, The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx . Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge.
4. Bottommore, Tom, 1979, (1994 reprint),Political Sociology . B.I. Publicat ions, Bombay.
5. Dowse, R. and Hughes, John A., 1972, Political Sociology , John Wiley and Sons,
London.
6. Giddens, Anthony, 1971,(1992 Indian edn.), Capitalism and modern social theory: an
analysis of the writings of Marx, Durkheim and Max Weber . Cambridge University
Press, Foundation Books, New Delhi.
7. Gupta, Dipankar(ed), Social Stratification, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
8. Joseph, Sarah, 1988,(2004 reprint), Political Theory and Power , Foundation Books,
Delhi.
9. Lipset, S. M. (ed.) 1961, Culture and Social Character, Free Press, New York.
10. Mukhopadhyaya, A.K., 1977, (1997 Reprint), Political Sociology: An Introductory
Analysis . K.P. Bagchi, Calcutta.
11. Sen, Sukomal,1977, Working Class of India : History of Emergence and Movement
1930- 1970.
12. Shah, Ghanshyam(Ed.) 2004, Caste and Democratic Politics in India. Permanent
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Black, New Delhi.
13. Sharma, K.L., 1994 ,(2002 reprint), Social Stratification and Mobility . Rawat
Publication, Mumbai.
14. Varma, S.P., 1976, Modern Political theory . Vikas, New Delhi.
15. Wilkinson,Steven I., (ed.), 2005, Religious Politics and Communal Violence . Oxford
University Press, New Delhi.

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CODE NO: PA POL I 412
MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF MEGACITIES: STUDY OF MUMBAI
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Understanding Megacity Concept (15 Hours )
a) Megacity: Meaning and Characteristics
b) Emergence of Megacities; A Comparative Review
c) Issues and Concerns of Megacities

2. Mumbai the Megacity (15 Hours )
a) Mumbai: Urban Origins and History
b) Growth of Mumbai as a Megacity
c) Development in Mumbai Metropolitan Region

3. Changing Metropolitan Political Economy (15 Hours )
a) Informal Sector
b) Migration
c) Slums

4. Strategies for meeting challenges (15 Hours )
a) From Growth to Inclusive Development
b) Civic Activism
c) Twinning of Megacities

Rea ding List:
1. Frauke Kraas, Megacities and Global Change in East, Southeast and South Asia ASIEN
103, April 2007, 9- 22
2. Barney Cohen, Urbanization in developing countries: Current trends, future
projections, and key challenges for sustainability, Technology in Society 28 (2006) 63–
80
3. Frederick van der Ploega and Steven Poelhekkeb Globalizat ion and the rise of mega -
cities in the developing world, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society
2008, 1, 477–501
4. Palen J. John, Urban World, Paradigm Publishers, Boulder, 2008.
5. Thomas Blom Hansen, Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Post colonial
Bombay (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001).
6. Shaw Annapurna and M.K. Satish, Metropolitan restructuring in post -liberalized India:
Separating the global and the local, Cities , Vol. 24, No. 2, 2007,148–163
7. You, Nicholas, 'Sustainable for w hom? The urban millennium and challenges for
redefining the global development planning agenda ', City, volume 11 No.2, July 2007,
214 – 220.
8. Putzel James, Globalization, Liberalization, and Prospects for the State, International
Political Science Review V ol. 26, No. 1, 2005, 5–16
9. Colin McFarlane and Jonathan Rutherford, Political Infrastructures: Governing and Experiencing the Fabric of the City, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Volume 32.2 June 2008, 363–74
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10. Mohan Sudha, Urban Developm ent and New localism, Rawat Publishers, Mumbai,
New Delhi and Jaipur, July 2005.
11. Judy Whitehead, Nitin More, Revanchism in Mumbai? Political Economy of Rent
Gaps and Urban Restructuring in a Global City Economic and Political Weekly June
23, 2007
12. Aprodicio A. Laquian, Vinod Tiwari and Lisa Hanley, (eds) “The Inclusive City: Infrastructure and Public Services for the Urban Poor in Asian Cities”, Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars, September, 2007.
13. Mohan Sudha, “Between Privatisation a nd Participation: Basic Services in Mumbai
Metropolitan Region” in Klaus Segbers, Simon Raiser and Krister Volkmann (Eds),
Public Problems – Private Solutions? Globalizing Cities in the South, Aldershot, UK,
Ashgate, September 2005, 191- 206
14. Bannerjee -Guha S, ‘Shifting Cities: Urban Restructuring in Mumbai’, Economic and
Political Weekly , January 12, 2002, 121- 28.
15. Mumbai Human Development Report , Oxford University Press, 2009.

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CODE NO: PA POL I 413
URBAN GOVERNANCE
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Governance Discourse in the Urban Context (15 Hours )
a) Governance: Meaning, Usage and Perspectives
b) Types of Urban Governance
c) Problems of Gover nance

2. Institutional Structures of Urban Local Governance in India (15 Hours )
a) Role of Local Government.
b) Commissioner Model and the Mayor in Council
c) Fiscal Concerns and Resource Mobilisation

3. Urban Governance in the Post -Fordist City (15 Hours )
a) Multiple Domains of Governance
b) Corporate Governance
c) Features of C ollaborative Governance

4. Alternative Models of Governance (15 Hours )
a) Participative
b) Deliberative
c) Governance and Human Development

Reading List:
1. Jayal Niraja Gopal, Prakash Amit, Sharma Pradeep K. (Eds.), Local Governance in
India, decentralization and beyond, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2006.
2. I.S.A Baud and J. De Witt (E ds), New Forms of Urban Governance in India: Shifts
Models Networks and Contestations, New Delhi, Sage, 2008.
3. John Harriss, Kristian Stokke, Olle Tornquist, Politicising Democracy , Palgrave
Macmillan, New York, 2004 .
4. Kundu, A, ‘Urbanisation and Urban Governance. Search for a perspective beyond neo-
liberalism.’ Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.38, No.29, September 20- 26, 2003,
3079–3087.
5. Wignaraja Ponna, Sirivardana Susil (Eds.), Pro -poor growth and governance in South-
Asia: decentralization and participatory development , Sage Publications, New Delhi,
2004.
6. John Harriss, Kristian Stokke, Olle Tornquist, Politicising Democracy , Palgrave
Macmillan, New York, 2004.
7. Mohan Sudha, ‘Issues, Challenges and the Changing Sites of Governance: Self Organising Networks in Mumbai’, Journal of Governance and Public Policy , Vol. 1,
No.1, June 2006, 25- 40.
8. Mohan Sudha, ‘Challenges of Globalisation in Urban Local Governance’ in Sarangi
Prakash and Hans Lofgren (Eds) Globalisation and Politics: Indo- Australian
Perspectives, Social Sciences Press, New Delhi, February 2009.
9. Daniel Kaufmann and Aart Kraay, ‘Governance Indicators: Where Are We, Where Should We Be Going?’ The World Bank Research Observer, vol. 23, no. 1,Spring 2008
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10. Justin Beaumont and Walter Nicholls, ‘Plural Governance, Participation and
Democracy in Cities’ Journal of Urban and Regional Research Volume 32.1 March
2008, 87–94
11. Sharma Rajvir, Urban Governance in India: Major Issues and Challenges , New Delhi,
Research I ndian Press, 2009.
12. Wignaraja Ponna, Sirivardana Susil (Eds), Pro -Poor Growth and Governance in South
Asia: Decentralisation and Participatory Development , New Delhi, Sage, 2004.
Mark Robinson, The Politics of Successful Governance Reforms, Commonwealth and
Comparative Politics , Vol. 45, No. 4, 521–548, November 2007

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CODE NO.: PA POL I 414
NATIONAL SECURITY AND NUCLEAR ORDER
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. Introduction (15 Hours )
a) Traditional/Conventional
b) Non Traditional security
c) Nuclear Science

2. Discourses on Nuclear Security (15 Hours )
a) Nuclear Deterrence
b) Nuclear Weapons
c) Debates on No First Use

3. Nuclear Safeguards (15 Hours )
a) Non Proliferation Treaty
b) Nuclear supplier Groups
c) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

4. Nuclear Culture (15 Hours )
a) Nuclear Energy
b) Nuclear Technology
c) Nuclear Future

Reading List:
1. Etel Solingen, "The Political Economy of Nuclear Restraint," International Security 19
(Fall 1994), pp. 126- 69.
2. Scott D. Sagan, "Why Do States Build Nuclear Weapons? Three Models in Se arch of a
Bomb," International Security 21(Winter 1996/97), pp. 54- 86.
3. Peter Lavoy, "Nuclear Myths and the Causes of Nuclear Proliferation," Security Studies 2 (Spring/Summer 1993), pp. 192- 212.
4. T.V. Paul, "The NPT and Power Transitions in the International System," in Raju G.C. Thomas, ed., The Nuclear Non- proliferation Regime: Prospects for the 21" Century
(Houndmills, UK: Macmillan, 1998), pp. 56- 74.
5. Robert Jervis, "Systems Theories and Diplomatic History," in Paul Gordon Lauren, ed,
Diplomacy (New Yor k: Free Press, 1979), pp. 212- 44.
6. Robert Jervis, System Effects: Complexity in Political and Social Life (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997).
7. Kenneth Waltz, Theory of International Politics (Reading, MA: Addison- Wesley, 1979),
p. 64.
8. Willia m R. Thompson, "The Regional Sub- System: A Conceptual Explication and a
Prepositional Inventory," International Studies Quarterly 17 [March 1973], pp. 89- 117.
9. David Lake, "Regional Security Complexes: A System Approach," in David Lake and Patrick M. Morga n, eds., Regional Orders (University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State
University Press, 1997), pp. 45- 67.
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10. Ashok Kapur, "Indian Strategy: The Dilemmas about Enmities, the Nature of Power and
the Pattern of Relations," in Yogendra K. Malik and Ashok Kapur, eds., India: Fifty
Years of Democracy and Development (New Delhi: APH Publishing, 1998), pp. 341- 71.
11. T.V. Paul, "Power, Influence and Nuclear Weapons: A Reassessment," in T.V. Paul, Richard J. Harknett, and James J. Wirtz, eds., The Absolute Weapon Revisi ted: Nuclear
Arms and the Emerging International Order (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1988), pp. 19- 6.
12. Devin T. Hagerty, "Nuclear Deterrence in South Asia: The 1990 Indo- Pakistani Crisis,"
In- The Non- proliferation Review/Fall 1998 T.V. Pa ul international Security 20 (Winter
1995/96), pp. 79- 114.
13. Alva Myrdal, The Game of Disarmament (New York: Pantheon Books, 1982).
14. J. P. Jain, India and Disarmament: Nehru Era, Vol. I (New Delhi: Radiant Publishers, 1974).


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Semester IV –Skill Based Courses
CODE NO.: PA POL S 401
APPLICATION OF COMPUTER IN RESEARCH IN SOCIAL SCIENCES
(6 Credits and 60 Hours)

5. Introduction (15 Hours )
a) Basics of Computer
b) Computer hardware and software
c) Internet

6. Application in Research in Social Sciences (15 Hours )
a) Microsoft Office: Word, Excel and Power Point
b) Introduction to Specialised Application Software
c) Research Design: Dissertation and thesis writing, Presentation techniques

7. Computer Skills and Online Resources (15 Hours )
a) Web Skills: Web browsing, bookmarking, email, online applications
b) E-resources: websites, journals, books, archives, audio -videos resources
c) Communication and Networking: Data sharing, Social Networking

8. Computer Security and Ethics (15 Hours )
a) Threats to Computer/Data Security
b) Cyber -security and Ethical Hacking
c) Plagiarism

Reading List:
1. Clements, A. (2006). Principles of Computer Hardware. New York: Oxford University
Press.
2. Dochartaigh, N. Ó. (2002). The Internet Research Handbook: A Practical Guide for
Students and Researchers in the Social Sciences. London: Sage Publications Ltd.
3. Fuchs, C., Boersma, K., Albrechtslund, A., & Sandoval, M. (Eds.). (2012). Internet and
Surveillance: The Challenges of We b 2.0 and Social Media. New York: Routledge.
4. Graham, J., Olson, R., & Howard, R. (Eds.). (2010). Cyber Security Essentials. New
York: CRC Press.
5. Holt, T. (2010). Cybercrime: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide. UK:
Oxford University Press.
6. Kshetri, N. (2013). Cybercrime and Cybersecurity in the Global South. New York:
Palgrave Macmillan.
7. Smith, W. S. (2008). Plagiarism, the Internet, and Student Learning:Improving
Academic Integrity. New York: Routledge.
8. Thareja, R. (2014). Fundamentals of Computer. UK: Oxford University Press.
9. Wempen, F., Hattersley, R., Millett, R., & Shoup, K. (2015). Computing
Fundamentals: Introduction to Computers. US: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
10. Zhang, F., & Barber, B. (2008). Handbook of Research on Computer -Enhanced
Language Acquisition and Learning. New York: Information Science Reference.

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CODE NO.: PA POL S 402
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
(6 Credits and 60 Hours)

1. Introduction (15 Hours )
a) Leader and Leadership: Meaning and Definitions
b) History of Leadership
c) Theory of Leadership

2. Political Leadership (15 Hours )
a) Leadership and legitimacy
b) Political Systems and Leadership
c) Leadership in Policy Making

3. Skill Development (15 Hours )
a) Formatio n of social relationship, Training
b) Skill building: Self -confidence, oratory
c) Political communication

4. Ethics Of Leadership (15 Hours )
a) Ethics and Morality
b) Public Accountability
c) Challenges

Reading List:
1. Kane , J., Loy , H.- C., & Patapan , H. (Eds.). (2011). Political Legitimacy in Asia: New
Leadership Challenges. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
2. Leonard, H. S., Lewis, R., Freedman, A. M., & Passmore, J. (Eds.). (2013). The Wiley -
Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Leadership, Change, and Organizational
Development. UK: Wiley -Blackwell.
3. Valenty , L. O., & Feldman, O. (Eds.). (2002). Political Leadership For the New
Century: Personality and Behavior Among American Leaders. London: Praeger
Publishers.
4. Blondel, J. ( 1987). Politica l Leadership: Towards a General Analysis . London: SAGE
Publications .
5. Bryman, A., Collinson, D., Grint, K., Jackson, B., & Uhl -Bien, M. (Eds.). (2011). The
SAGE Handbook of Leadership. London: SAGE Publications Ltd.
6. Elgie, R. (1995). Political Leadership in Liberal Democracies . London: Macmillan
Press Ltd
7. Hiebert, M., & Klatt, B. (2001). The Encyclopedia of Leadership: A Practical Guide To
Popular Leadership Theories And Techniques. New York: McGraw -Hill.
8. Marturano , A., & Gosling, J. (Eds.). (2008). Lead ership: The Key Concepts. New
York: Routledge.
9. Rhodes, R. A., & 't Hart, P. (Eds.). (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Political Leadership. Oxford University Press.
10. Riggio , R. E., & Tan, S. J. (Eds.). (2014). Leader Interpersonal And Influence Skills:
The Soft Skills of Ledership. New York: Routledge.
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CODE NO.: PA POL S 403
LEGAL SYSTEM IN INDIA
(6 Credits and 60 Hours)

1. Introduction (15 Hours )
a) Outline of the Legal system in India, criminal and civil courts
b) Role of the police in criminal law administration
c) Non ‐ formal Dispute Redressal mechanism - Lok Adalat, Policies like Mahatma Gandhi
Tanta Mukta Gaav etc.

2. Understanding of the Laws in India (15 Hours )
a) Laws relating to criminal jurisdiction ‐ provision relating to filing an FIR, arrest, bail
search and seizure and some understanding of the questions of evidence and procedure
in Cr. P.C. and related laws,
b) Important offences under the Indian Penal Code, offences against women, juvenile
justice, prevention of atrocities on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
c) Personal laws in India: Pluralism and Democracy

3. Legal Equality (15 Hours )
a) Laws relating to dowry, sexual harassment and violence against women
b) Laws relating to consumer rights
c) Anti ‐terrorist laws: implications for security and human rights

4. Legal Empowerment (15 Hours )
a) Right to legal aid
b) Right to Information
c) Public Interest Litigation/ Social Interest Litigation

Reading List:
1. Creating Legal Awareness, edited by Kamala Sankaran and Ujjwal Singh (Delhi: OUP,
2007)
2. S.K. Agarwala, Public Interest Litigation in India, K.M. Munshi Memorial Lecture
3. Asha Bajpai, Child Rights in India : Law, Policy, and Practice, Oxford University
Press, New Delhi,2003
4. Agnes, Flavia Law and Gender Equality, OUP, 1997.
5. Sagade, Jaga, Law of Maintenance: An Empirical Study, ILS Law College, Pune 1996.
6. B.L. Wadhera, Public Interest Litigation ‐ A Handbook, Universa l, Delhi, 2003.
7. Nomita Aggarwal, Women and Law in India, New Century, Delhi, 2002.
8. P.C. Rao and William Sheffiled Alternate Dispute Resolution: What it is and How it
Works, Universal Law Books and Publishers, Delhi, 2002

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CODE NO.: PA POL S 404
INTRODUCTI ON TO PSEPHOLOGY AND ELECTION STUDIES
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. The Electoral Process and Elections in India (15 Hours )
a) Elections and Constitutional Provisions
b) Representation of Peoples Act 1950 and Electoral Reforms
c) 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Act

2. Psephology (15 Hours )
a) Psephology: Growth and Development
b) Voting Behaviour
c) Exit Polls, Opinion Polls, Electoral Surveys

3. Tools and Techniques (15 Hours )
a) Conducting Electoral Studies: Effective use of Census Data, Sampling Techniques,
Preparing questionnaire and tools
b) Election and Mass Media: Electronic and Print Media, Digital Media and Social Networking Sites, Viral Communication
c) Data Management: Voters Enrolment, Voters Participation, Voting Percentage, Number of Candidat es and Political Parties

4. Consultancy (15 Hours )
a) Impact Campaign: Feedback on candidates, Election Manifesto, Connect with people
b) Strategising Elections
c) Pre and Post Election Analysis

Reading List:
1. Antunes, R. (2008, October). Theoretical models of voting behaviour.
2. Bartels, L. M. (2008). The Study of Electoral Behavior (Vol. The Oxford Handbook of
American Elections and Political Behavior). (J. E. Leighley, Ed.) USA: Oxford
University Press.
3. Bhosale, H. (2004). Mumbai Mahanagarpalika Nivadnuk (Vol. Maharashtrache
Rajkaran). (S. Palshikar,& Birmal Eds.) Pune: Pratima
4. Butler, d., Lahiri, A., & Roy, P. (1984). A Compendium Indian Elections (First ed.).
New Delhi: Arnold -Heinemann Publishers (India) Pvt.
5. Butler, D., Lahiri, A., & Roy, P. (1997). Indi a Decades: Elections 1952 -1995 (Vol.
State and Politics in India). (P. Chatterjee, Ed.) New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
6. Dalton, R. J. (2000, August -September). Citizens Attitudes and Politcal Behaviour.
Comparative Political Studies, 33 (6/7), 912- 940.
7. Damore, D. F., Watters, M., & Bowler, S. (2012, December). Unhappy, Uninformed, or Uninterested? Understanding "None of the Above" Voting. Political Research
Quarterly, 65 (4), 895- 907.
8. Deshpande, R. (2004). How Gendered Was Women’s Participation in Election 2004? Economic & Political Weekly, 39 (51), 5431- 5436.
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9. Franklin, M. N. (2004). Voter Turnout and the Dynamics of Electoral Competition in
Established Democracies since 1945. Cambridge, UK: Press Syndicate of the
University of Cambridge .
10. Grumm, J. G. (1958, November). Theories of Electoral Systems. Midwest Journal of
Political Science, 2(4), 357 -376.
11. Hotelling, H. (1929). Stability in Competition. The Economic Journal, 39 (153), 41- 57
12. India, L. C. (2015). Electoral Reforms: Report No. 255. Government of India, Ministry
of Law & Justice. New Delhi: Law Commission of India.
13. Kothari, R. (2007). Issues before Indian Democracy: An Overview (Fourth Printing ed.,
Vol. Indian Democracy: Meanings and Practices). (R. Vora , & S. Palshikar, Eds.) New delhi: Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd.
14. Kothari, R. (2012). The Congress 'System' in India (Third Printing ed., Vol. India's
Political Parties). (E. Sridharan, & P. R. deSouza , Eds.) New Delhi: Sage Publications
India Pvt Ltd.
15. Kumar, S., & Rai, P. (2013) . Measuring Voting Behaviour In India. New Delhi: Sage
Publications India Pvt Ltd.
16. Mendis, D. (2008). South Asian Democracies In Transition (First ed., Vol. Electoral
Processes And Governance in South Asia). (D. Mendis, Ed.) New Delhi: Sage
Publications In dia Pvt Ltd.
17. Mohanti, M. (2007). Theorizing Indian Democracy (Fourth Printing ed., Vol. Indian
Democracy: Meanings and Practices). (R. Vora, & S. Palshikar, Eds.) New Delhi: Sage
Publications India Pvt Ltd.
18. Palshikar, S. (2015, May 9). Congress in the Time s of the post -Congress Era: Surviving
sans Politics. Economic and Political Weekly, L (19), 39- 49.
19. Reddy, K. E. (2014, August). Electoral Reforms in India - Issues and Recent Reforms.
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention, 3(8), 2 6-29.
20. Suri, K. (2004, December 18- 24). Democracy, Economic Reforms and Election Results
in India. Economic & Political Weekly, 39 (51), 5404- 5411.
21. Varma, R. (2009, September 26). Dalit Voting Patterns. Economic & Political Weekly,
XLIV(39), 94- 98.
22. Varma, R. , & Sardesai, S. (2014, September 27). Does Media Exposure Affect Voting
Behaviour and Political Preferences in India? Economic & Political Weekly, XLIX (39),
82-88.
23. Weiner, M. (2012). Party Politics and Electoral Behaviour (Third Printing ed., Vol.
India' Party System). (E. Sridharan, & P. R. deSouza, Eds.) New Delhi: Sage
Publications India Pvt Ltd.
24. Wiese, C. E. (2011). An Exploration of of the Voting Behaviourof the South African University Youth: A Study of A Select Group of University Students. March 20 11:
Dissertation (University of Pretoria).
25. Yadav , Y. (1999, Aug . 21 - Sep. 3). Electoral Politics In The Time Of Change : India's
Third Electoral System, 1989- 99. Economic & Political Weekly, 34 (34/35), 2393- 2399.
26. Youth, U. N.- A. (2012). Youth, Political Participation and Decision Making. United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Focal Point on Youth, UNDESA.


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CODE NO: PA POL S 40 5
INTRODUCTION TO RIGHT TO INFORMATION
(6 Credits and 60 Hours )

1. International Framework (15 Hours )
a) Theories of Right to Information (RTI)
b) History of RTI in the World
c) International Laws on Transparency

2. Development of RTI in India (15 Hours )
a) Supreme Court/High Courts judgments
b) Initiatives and Movements: NCPRI, CHRI, Anna Hazare, MKSS and others
c) Information Acts in States

3. RTI Act 2005: Obligations of Public Authorities (15 Hours )
a) Eligibility of applicants
b) Public authority obligations about suo motto disclosures, Appointment of PIO and
their duties
c) Submissions and Disposal of Applications

4. Exempt Information and Future Trajectory (15 Hours )
a) Exemptions, Larger public interest and copyrights
b) Severance of information, Third Party Information
c) Whistleblower Act, Right to Hearing, Grievance Redressal Bill, Right to Public
Services

Reading List:
1. Alfredsson, G. ) 1999 .( The Universal Declaration of Human Rights:A Common
Standard of Achievement )1 edition .(Springer.
2. Basu, D. ) 2013 .( Introduction to the Constitution of India )Twenty -First edition .(
LexisNexis
3. Bakshi, P. M. (2014). The Contitution of India. New Delhi: Universal Law Publishing
Company.
4. Bhattachrya,A., & Ghosh, B.K. (2010). Human Rights in India. Kolkatta: Setu
Prakashani
5. Blaugh, R., & Schwarzmantel, J. (2004). Democracy a Reader. Edinburgh: Edinburgh
University Press.
6. Carolyn M. Elliot. (2003). Civil Society and Democarcy. New DElhi: Oxford
University Press.
7. Government of Inda. (2006). The Right to Information Act, 2005. New Delhi:
Professional Book Publishers.
8. Government of India. (2006). Official Sectrets Act, 1923. New Delhi: Professional
Book Publishers.
9. Jayal, N. G., & Mehta, P. B. (2011). Oxford Companion to Politics in Inda. New Delhi:
Oxford University Press.
10. Kashyap, S. (2011). Our Parliament. New Delhi: National Book Trust.
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11. Kishwar , M. P. (2006). Deepening Democracy Challenges of Governance and
Globalisation in India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
12. Kumbhar, V. (2012). Pailu Majitichya Adhikarache. Pune: Prajakta Prakashan.
13. Narayan, V. ) 2015 .( Right to Information- A route to goo d Governance. Mumbai:
BCAS Foundation.
14. Nile, M. J. (2014). Right to Information: An Intervention Towards Participatory
Governance in Maharashtra. Navi Mumbai: NavVishnu.
15. O’Byrne, D.J. (2008). Human Rights: an Introduction. New Delhi: Dorling Kindersely (India) Pvt. Ltd.
16. Ramchandran, R. (2006). Urbanisation and Urban Systems in India. New Delhi:
Oxford University Press.
17. Ryder, R. D. (2006). Right to Information: Law -Policy and Practice. Nagpur: Wadhwa
and Company.
18. कािमर्क जन त�ार व िनवृ�ीवेतन मं�ालय भारत सरकार ) .२००९ .(मा�हतीचा अिधकार अिधिनयम ,
२००५ मागर्दिशर्का . )सावर्जिनक धोरण क� � यशदा , अनु (.नवी �दल्ली .
19. सावर्जिनक धोरण क� �, यशदा .मा�हतीचा अिधकार काय�ाची ऐितहािसक पा�र्भूमी आ�ण महत्वाच्या
संकल्पना दूरिशक्षण �माणप� अभ्यास�म पु�स्तका � .१ . पुणे :यशदा .
20. सावर्जिनक धोरण क� �, यशदा .सावर्जिनक �ािधकरणे आ�ण त्यांच्या जबाबदाऱ्या दूरिशक्षण �माणप�
अभ्यास�म पु�स्तका � .२ . पुणे :यशदा .
21. सावर्जिनक धोरण क� �, यशदा .मा�हतीचा अिधकार अिधिनयम , २००५ आ�ण त्याअंतगर्त िनयम ,
दूरिशक्षण �माणप� अभ्यास�म पु�स्तका � .३. पुणे :यशदा .
22. सावर्जिनक धोरण क� �, य) .एन .ड� .(.मा�हतीचा अिधकार अिधिनयम , २००५ शासन आदेश , प�रप�के
आ�ण महत्वपूणर् न्यायिनणर्य दूरिशक्षण �माणप� अभ्यास�म पु�स्तका � .४ . पुणे :यशदा .
23. सावर्जिनक धोरण क� �, यशदा .जन मा�हती अिधकार� आ�ण �थम अ�पलीय अिधकार� यांची
कायर्प�ती दूरिशक्षण �माणप� अभ्यास�म पु�स्तका ५ . पुणे :यशदा















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