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UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
Revised Syllabus for the
M.A. ( Politics)
Sem - I to IV
(As per the Choice Based Credit System with effect from the academic
year 2021 -22)
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2 M.A. (POLITICS )
AS PER CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM)
SEMESTER - I
CORE PAPERS
SR.NO. CODE NO. PAPERS
1. MAPOLC 101 POLITICAL THEORY
2. MAPOLC 102 INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
3. MAPOLC 102 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
4. MAPOLC 104 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
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AS PER CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM
SEMESTER - I
CORE PAPER I MAPOLC 101
POLITICAL THEORY
(6 Credits, 60 hours)
1. Meaning and Approaches (15 hours)
a) Normative and Empirical
b) Liberal, Marxist
c) Feminist.
2. Democracy (15 hours)
a) Representative
b) Participatory
c) Deliberative.
3. Citizenship (15 hours)
a) Republican and liberal
b) Universal and differentiated
c) Citizenship and globalization .
4. Modernity and Post-modernism (15 hours)
a) Deconstruction
b) Post structuralism
c) Critical Theory
Reading List: Political Theory
1. Bhargava, Rajeev, What is Political Theory and Why Do We Need it?, Oxford University
Press, New Delhi, 2010, pp. 3 -55.
2. Dryzek, John S., Honig, Bonnie, and Phillips, Anne (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of
Political Theory , Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2008.
3. Goodin, Robert E., and Pettit, Philip (Ed.), A Companion to Contemporary Political
Philosophy, Oxford, Blackwell, 2006.
4. Goodin, Robert E. (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook to Political Science , Oxford University
Press, Oxford, 2009.
5. Gutman, Amy, and Thompson, Dennis, Why Deliberative Democracy ?, Princeton
University Press, Princeton, 2004.
6. Held, David, Models of Democracy , Third Edition, Polity Press, London, 2006.
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4 7. Honneth, Axel, and Joas, Hans (Eds.), Communicative Action: Essays on
JurgenHabermas’s Theory of Communicative Action , MIT Press, Cambridge, 1991.
8. Hoy, David Couzens, and McCarthy, Thomas, Critical Theory , Blackwell, Oxford, 1995.
9. Kymlicka, Will, Multicultural CitizenshipA Liberal Theory of Minority Rights , Oxford
University Press, Oxford, 1995.
10. Lyon, David, Postmodernity , Second Edition, Open University, Buckingham, 1999.
11. Marsh, David, and Stoker, Gerry, Theory and Methods in Political Science , Macmillan,
Houndmills, 1995.
12. Marshall, T.H., Citizenship and Social Class and Other Essays , Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge, 1950, pp.1-75.
13. McQuillan, Martin, The Politics of Deconstruction Jacques Derrida and the Other of
Philosophy , Pluto Press, London, 2007.
14. Rush, Fred, The Cambridge Companion to Critical Theory , Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, 2004.
15. Young, Iris Marion, Inclusion and Democracy , Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002.
Useful website
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://www.iep.utm.edu/home /welcome
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://plato.stanford.edu/
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5 CORE PAPER -II MAPOLC 102
INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
6 CREDITS , 60 HOURS
1. State in Post-Independent India (15 Hours.)
a) Nehruvian Era, Welfare State.
b) Populist Era, Emergency and Deinstitutionalisation
c) Nature of State under Globalisation and Liberalisation
2. Indian Party System, Electoral Politics (15 Hours)
a) National and Regional Political Parties: Ideology and Social Bases
b) From „Single Party Dominance‟ to Coalition Politics
c) Electoral Process and Electoral Behaviour
3. Class, Caste, Tribe and Gender (15 Hours)
a) The changing Class relations.
b) Caste and Politics - Upper castes, Dalits and OBCs.
c) Politics of Women and Adivasis.
4. Demands for Recognition and Autonomy (15 Hours)
a) Religious Communities and Secular Politics
b) Politics of Language and Regionalism.
c) Ethnic Politics: Demands for greater autonomy and secession
Readings: Indian Government and Politics
1. Brass, Paul R., 1990, (2001 reprint), The politics of India since Independence . Cambridge
University Press, Delhi.
2. Chatterjee, P. (ed), 1997, State and Politics in India , Oxford University Press, New
Delhi.
3. Corbridge, S. And Harriss, J., 2000,(2ndedn.), Reinventing India: Liberalization, Hindu
Nation
4. DeSouza,P.R., Sridharan, E., Sudarshan, R. (eds.), 2006, India’s Political Parties , Sage
Publication, New Delhi. alism and Popular Democracy . Oxford University Press, New
Delhi.
5. Frankel, F.R. 2005, India‟s Political Economy: 1947 - 2004. Oxford University Press,
New Delhi.
6. Hansen, T.B., 1999, The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern
India . Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
7. Hasan, Zoya (ed.), 2002, Parties and Party Politics in India , Oxfo rd University Press,
New Delhi.
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6 8. Hasan, Zoya and Sridharan, E. (eds.), 2002, India‟s Constitution: Ideas, Practices,
Controversies. Permanent Black, Delhi.
9. Jaffrelot, Christophe, 2003, India’s Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Low Castes in
North Indian Politics , Permanent Black, Delhi.
10. John, Mary, E., Jha, Praveen Kumar, Jodhka, Surinder S., (eds.), 2006, Contested
Transformations: Changing Economies and Identities in Contemporary India . Tulika
Books. New Delhi.
11. Kohli, Atul (ed), 2001, (2004 reprint), The Success of India’s Democracy . Cambridge
University press, Foundation Books, New Delhi.
12. Kohli, Atul, 2009, Democracy and Development in India: From Socialism to Pro-
Business . Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
13. Kothari, Rajni, 1973, Caste in Indian Politics , Orient Longman, New Delhi.
14. Mohanty, M.(ed.), 2004, Class, Caste, Gender. Sage Publication, New Delhi.
15. Shah, Ghanshyam (ed.), 2002, Caste and Democratic politics in India , Permanent Black,
Delhi.
16. Vora, R. And Palshikar, S. (eds), 2004, Indian Democracy: Meaning and Practices. Sage
Publications, New Delhi.
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7 CORE PAPER - III MAPOLC 103
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
CREDITS : 6 (60 HOURS )
1. Meaning, Scope and Significance (15 hours)
a) Evolution and changing character of the discipline: Comparative
b) Public Administration, Development Administration, New Public
Administration
c) Challenges of liberalisation, privatisation, globalisation, changing role of public
sector, public -private relations
d) Good Governance: concept and application; New Public Management.
2. Theories and Approaches (15 hours)
a) Classical, Bureaucratic Model, Human Relations School,
b) Scientific Management, Behavioural, Structural -functional Approach
c) Marxian, Public Choice, Post-modern.
3. Personnel Administration (15 hours)
a) Recruitment, training, career advancement, performance appraisal, promotion,
pay and service conditions, civil service reform
b) Employer -employee relations, grievance redressal mechanism
c) Code of conduct, administrative ethics.
4. Transparency and Accountability (15 hours)
a) Legislative, executive and judicial control over administration
b) Ombudsman, Lok Pal and Lok Ayukta
c) Citizen‟s charter, Right to Information, e-governance, role of civil society.
Readings: Public Administration
1. Chakrabarty, Bidyut, and Bhattacharya, Mohit, Public Administration A Reader , Oxford
University Press, New Delhi, 2005.
2. Cox, Raymond W., Buck, Susan J., and Morgan, Betty N., Public Administration in Theory
and Practice , Pearson, Delhi, 2005.
3. Dameja, Alka (Ed.), Contemporary Debates in Public Administration , PHI Learning, New
Delhi, 2009.
4. Denhardt, Robert B., Theories of Public Organization, Sixth Edition, Thomas Wadsworth ,
Belmont , 2010.
5. Goel, S.L., Advanced Public Administration , Deep and Deep, New Delhi, 2003.
6. Golembiewski, Robert T., Public Administration as a Developing Discipline , Voumes I
and II, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1977.
7. Guy Peters, B., and Pierre, Jon (Eds.), Handbook of Public Administration , Sage, London,
2005.
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8 8. Henry, Nicholas, Public Administration and Public Affairs , Eleventh Edition, PHI, Delhi,
2009.
9. Hyden, Goran, Court, Julius, and Mease, Kenneth, Making Sense of Governance , Viva
Books, New Delhi, 2010.
10. Khandwall, Pradip N., Revitalizing the State A Menu of Options , Sage, New Delhi, 1999.
11. Lynn, Laurence E. (Jr.), Public Management: Old and New, Routledge, New York, 2006.
12. McCourt, W., and Minogue, M. (Ed.), The Internationalization of Public Management:
Reinventing the Third World State, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2001.
13. Medury, Uma, Public Administration in the Globalisation Era The New Public
Management Perspective, Orient Blackswan, Hyderabad, 2010.
14. Shafritz, Jay M., Russell, E.W., and Borick, Christopher, Introducing Public
Administration , Sixth Edition, Longman, New York, 2008.
15. Spicer, Michael W., Public Administration and the State: A Postmodern Perspective , The
University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2001.
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
CREDITS : 6 (60 HOURS )
1. Order (15 hours)
a) Emerging world order
b) Threats to security: terrorism, civil conflicts, failing states; changing nature of
conflicts: from inter -state war to other types of conflicts
c) Peace and conflict -resolution: collective security, peacekeeping, enforcement of peace.
2. Role of Power (15hours)
a) Concept of power
b) Balance of power: unipolarity, bipolarity and multipolarity
c) Nation -state, national interest, national power.
3. Determinants (15 hours)
a) Diplomacy
b) International law
c) Non-state actors: multinational corporations, transnational corporations,
intergovernmental organisations, global civil society.
4. Arms Control and Disarmament Measures (15 hours)
a) Conventional weapons
b) Nuclear weapons
c) Other weapons of mass destruction.
Readings: International Relations
1 Baldwin, David, Neorealism and Neoliberalism: The Contemporary Debate , Columbia
University Press, New York, 1993.
2 Baylis, John and Smith, Steve, The Globalization of World Politics , Oxford University Press,
Oxford, 2005.
3 Bell, Duncan, Political Thought and International Relation , Oxford University Press,
Oxford, 2009
4 Calvocoressi, Peter, World Politics Since 1945 , Longman, London, 2000.
5 Da Costa, Gerson, Nuclear Politics: Destruction and Disarmament in a Dangerous World ,
Kanishka, New Delhi, 2000.
6 Deutsch, Karl, The Analysis of International Relations , Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs,
1968.
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2 7 Dunne, Tim, International Relations Theories , Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007.
8 Ghosh, Peu, International Relations , PHI Learning, New Delhi, 2009
9 Jackson, Robert, and Sorensen, Georg, Introduction to International Relations , Oxford
University Press, Oxford, 2003.
10 प�डसे , अरे णे , आ�णसह�बे �े , उ�रे ,
आे तररे �े यसे ब ध:
शे तये �े �रआ�णजे गिेतक�करण चे रे जके रण, ओ�रए टलॉगमन, मबई, 2008.
10 Waltz, Kenneth, Theory of International Politics , Addison Wesley, Reading, 1979.
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AS PER CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM
SEMESTER - II
CORE PAPERS
SR. NO. CODE NO. PAPERS
1. MAPOL C 201 POLITICAL THEORY II
2. MAPOL C 202 COMPARATIVE POLITICS
3. MAPOL C 203 APPROACHES AND EMERGING ISSUES
IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
4. MAPOL C 204 INDIAN CONSTITUTION
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SEMESTER - II
CORE PAPER V MAPOLC 201
POLITICAL THEORY -II
(6 Credits, 60 hours)
1. Rights (15hours)
a) Theories of rights.
b) Problems in the idea of rights – group based vs individual rights
c) Civil, political, socio -economic and cultural rights; human rights.
2. Equality (15 hours)
a) Contestations on equality
b) Equality of treatment vs. treatment as equals
c) Equality of resources and outcomes.
3. Justice (15 hours)
a) Justice as fairness - John Rawls
b) Justice as entitlement - Robert Nozick, AmartyaSen
c) Justice as embedded - Michael Sandel, Iris Young.
4. Coercion and consent (15 hours)
a) Power and authority
b) Hegemony
c) Legitimation.
Reading List: Political Theory -II
1. Berlin Isaiah, Four Essays on Liberty , Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002.
2. Burchell, Graham, Gordon, Colin, and Miller, Peter (Eds.), The Foucault Effect: Studies in
Governmentality , University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1991.
3. Dworkin, Ronald, “What is Equality? Part I: Equality of Welfare”, Philosophy and Public
Affairs , Volume 10, No. 3, Summer 1981, pp. 185-246; “What is Equality? Part II:
Equality of Resources”, Philosophy and Public Affairs , Volume 10, No. 4, Autumn 1981,
pp. 283 -345.
4. Held, David, Political Theory and the Modern State: Essays on State, Power, and
Democracy , Polity Press, Cambridge, 1989.
5. Joseph, Sarah, Political Theory and Power , BRILL, Delhi, 1988.
6. Kukathas, Chandran, The Liberal Archipelago A Theory of Diversity and Freedom , Oxford
University Press, Oxford, 2003.
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5 7. Miller, David, and Walzer, Michael, Pluralism, Justice, and Equality , Oxford University
Press, Oxford, 2003.
8. Nozick, Robert, Anarchy, State and Utopia , Basic Books, Malden, 1974, pp.149 -231.
9. Parekh, Bhikhu, Rethinking Multiculturalism , Palgrave, New York, 2000.
10. Rawls, John, A Theory of Justice, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1971, pp. 3-53; (Justice
as Fairness), and pp. 258 -332(Distributive Shares).
11. Sen, Amartya, “Equality of What?” in McMurrin, Sterling M. (Ed.), The Tanner Lectures
on Human Values , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1980, pp. 195 -220.
12. Sen, Amartya, The Idea of Justice , Allen Lane, London, 2009.
13. Taylor, Charles, “What is Wrong with Negative Liberty?” in Ryan,Alan (Ed.), The Idea of
Freedom: Essays in Honour of Isaiah Berlin , Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1979, pp.
175-193.
14. Waldron, Jeremy (Ed.), Theories of Rights, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1984.
15. Walzer, Michael, Spheres of Justice: A Defence of Pluralism and Equality , Basic Books,
New York, 1983, pp 3 -30.
Useful website:
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://www.iep.utm.edu/home /welcome
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://plato.stanford.edu/
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COMPARATIVE POLITICS
(6 Credits, 60 hours)
1. Understanding Comparative Politics. (15 HOURS)
a) Nature and Scope of Comparative Politics
b) Old institutionalism and New Institutionalism.
c) Global context of Comparative Politics
2. Development of Modern State. (15 HOURS)
a) State in a comparative framework
b) State and Nation
c) Postcolonial State.
3. The Polity (15 HOURS)
a) Constitution and Constitutionalism
b) Democratic Systems
c) Non-Democratic Systems
4. Political Process (15 HOURS)
a) Political Party and Pressure groups
b) Public Opinion and Mass media.
c) Civil Society and Social Movements
Reading List: Comparative Politics
1. Bara, Judith (ed) Comparative Politics, Sage, New Delhi, 2009.
2. Caramani Daniele, Comparative Politics, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2012
3. Clark, W., Golder , M., & Golder, S. (2012). Principles of Comparative Politics. USA:
SAGE CQ Press
4. Hayes Jaffery, Comparative Politics in a Globalising World, Polity, UK, 2005.
5. Landman, Todd: Issues and methods in comparative politics . – Routledge, London 2002.
6. Lichbach, M., & Zuckerman, A, Comparative Politics: Rationality, Culture, and
Structure. New York: Cabridge University Press, 2010. \
7. Lim, T. C., Doing Comparative Politics: An Introduction to Approaches and Issues. New
Delhi: Viva Books Pvt Ltd, 2010.
8. Newton Kenneth and Jan V. Deth (eds), Foundations of Comparative Politics, Routledge,
2010.
9. Orvis, S., & Carol , D, Introducing Comparative Politics: Concepts and Cases in
Context. Washington DC: SAGE CQ Press, 2012.
10. Zagorski Paul W, Comparative Politics: Continuity and Breakdown in Contemporary
World, New York, Routledge, 2009.
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APPROACHES AND EMERGING ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
(6 Credits, 60 hours)
1. Approaches to IR – I (15 Hours)
a) Liberalism
b) Realism
c) Constructivism
2. Approaches to IR – II (15 Hours)
a) Marxist approaches
b) Critical Theory
c) Feminist approach
3. International Political Economy and Globalisation (15 Hours)
a) Bretton Woods Institutions – evolving role
b) Content and impact of globalisation
c) Regional blocs, regional organisations and Free Trade Agreements.
4. Issues in Human Security (15 Hours)
a) Poverty, Development, Environment
b) Human Rights, Humanitarian Intervention
c) Migration
Reading List: Approaches and Emerging Issues in International Relations
Books
1. Bajpai, Kanti and SiddarthMallavarapu eds. International Relations in India: Theorising
the Region and Nation , (2005: New Delhi, Orient Longman)
2. Baylis, John and Steve Smith The Globalization of World Politics , (2005: New Delhi,
Oxford University Press)
3. Burchill, Scott, et. al. Theories of International Relations , (2001: New York, Palgrave)
4. Chari, P.R. and Sonika Gupta Human Society and South Asia: Gender, Energy,
Migration and Globalisaiton , (2008: New Delhi, Palgrave -Macmillan)
5. Ghosh, B.N. and Halil M. Guven Globalisation and the Thirds World: A Study of
Negative Consequences , (2008: New Delhi, Palgrave -Macmillan)
6. Griffiths, Martin and Terry O‟Callaghan Key Concepts in International Relations , (2005:
Chennai, Routledge)
7. Lechner, Frank J. Globalisation: The Making of World Society , (2009: Sussex, Wiley -
Blackwell)
8. प�डसे , अरे ण आ�णउ�रे सह�बे �े आे तररे �े यसे ब ध:
शे तये �े �रआ�णजे गिेतक�करणे चे रे जके रण, (2008, मबई, ओ�रए टलॉगमन)
9. Steger, Manfred Globalization: The New Market Ideology , (2004: Jaipur & New Delhi,
Rawat Publications)
10. Stiglitz, Joseph Globalization and its Discontents , (2002: Penguin)
11. Wein, Thomas Humanitarian Intervention , (2007: Polity Press)
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8 Journals
1. Current History
2. Economist
3. International Relations
4. Orbis
5. World Politics
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CORE PAPER VIII MAPOLC 204
INDIAN CONSTITUTION
(6 Credits, 60 hours)
1. Constitution as Instrument of Socio -Economic Change (15 hours)
a) Making of the Indian Constitution, salient features, Preamble
b) Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy, Fundamental Duties.
c) Constitutional amendments.
2. Federalism in Indian Constitution (15 hours)
a) Federal structure
b) Re-organisation of the states
c) Emerging trends in centre -state relations.
3. Parliamentary Institutions (15 hours)
a) Union Executives: President, Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers
b) Role and significance of the Parliament.
c) Judicial independence and judicial activism, debate between Judiciary and
Parliament.
4. State and Local Governments (15 hours)
a) Governor, Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers
b) Panchayati0 raj and the Seventy -third constitutional amendment
c) Municipal government and the Seventy -fourth constitutional amendment.
Reading List: Indian Constitution
1. Basu, D.D., Introduction to the Constitution of India , Prentice Hall, New Delhi, 2008.
2. Bhargava, Rajeev (Ed.), Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution , Oxford
University Press, New Delhi, 2008.
3. Chakrabarty, Bidyut, and Pandey, Rajendra Kumar, Indian Government and Politics ,
Sage, New Delhi, 2008.
4. Granville, Austin, The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation , Second Edition,
Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1999.
5. Kashyap, Subash (Ed.), Constitutional Reforms: Problems, Prospects and Perspectives ,
Radha, New Delhi, 2004.
6. Mohanty, Biswaranjan, Constitution, Government and Politics in India , New Century,
New Delhi, 2009.
7. Noorani, A.G., Constitutional Questions in India: The President, Parliament and the
States , Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2000.
8. Pylee, M.V., An Introduction to the Constitution of India , Vikas, New Delhi, 2008.
9. Saez, Lawrence, Federalism Without a Centre: The Impact of Political and Economic
Reforms on India’s Federal System , Sage, New Delhi, 2002.
10. Sharma, Brij Kishore, An Introduction to the Constitution of India , Vikas, New Delhi, 2008.
11. Singh, M.P., and Roy, Himanshu (Eds.), Indian Political System , Manak, New Delhi, 2005.
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Syllabus for
MA (Politics ) Semester III
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)
Students are required to opt five elective courses from the following.
Semester III
1. Political Economy of India
2. International Law
3. Introduction to Methods in Research
4. State Politics in India
5. Foreign Policy of China
6. Political Ideologies
7. Social and Political Thought of Mahatma Gandhi
8. Foreign Policy of India
9. Rural Governance in India (in Comparative Perspective)
10. Social and Political Thought in Maharashtra
11. Urban Governance in Maharashtra
12. Social Movements in India
13. Foreign Policy of USA
14. Political and Social Thought of Lokmanya Tilak
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Elective Paper 1 MAPOLE 301
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.)Frankel 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 Delhi.
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 Press, New Delhi.
Journal References :
1. Economic and Political weekly
2. The Journal of Peasant Studies .
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Elective Paper 2 MAPOLE 302
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: Critique 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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Elective Paper I MAPOLE 303
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, classifications, 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: Readings and
Analysis. 3rd 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 Analysis , Prentice -Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, 2007.
11. Narula, Sanjay , Research Methodology , MuraliLal, New Delhi, 2007.
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12. Sharma, J. Narain, Research Methodology: The Discipline and its Dimensions, Deep
and Deep, New Delhi, 2007.
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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Elective Paper IV MAPOLE 304
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.), Coalition 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 Reflections: 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. Narain, 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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Elective Paper 5 MAPOLE 305
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 Goes 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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Elective Paper 6 MAPOLE 306
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, Leon 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., Nations 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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Elective Paper 7 MAPOLE 307
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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Elective Paper 8 MAPOLE 308
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 Relationship: 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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Elective Paper 9 MAPOLE 309
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: Reservation & 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 Administrative 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, NirajaGopal, 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 Soc ial 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 Press, 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 ,
Palgrave 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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Elective Paper 10 MAPOLE 310
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. पा टा ल शरद -दा सशा �ा ा चा गा ला मिगरा ,�ा ज्ञ �का शन ,वा ई,१९८७
2. सा ळ ा खा आ.ह - .वै�दक धिर्सा Tा मआण बइजना ा चा ग ला िमागरा ,एक्सा्�ा स
पमाब्ल�शग हा ऊस, १९९८
3. रा गा ि .प -�हदा धा �िक परा परा मआण सा िा माजक प�रवतनन,�ा ज्ञपा ठश ळा ,वा ई,
4. Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya The Oxford India Kosambi (Oxford University Press,
New Delhi) 2009
5. Dalwai Hamid - Muslim politics in India . Nachiketa Publications, 1969
6. दे शपे े डे स.ह - .fहे दते व आ�ण रे �े यते व – मौज �के शन,मे े बई
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. जे शे शरद,- बळ�चे रे ज्य ये णे र आहे -जनशN� वे चक चळवळ,२०१०
10. चौस ळकर अश क -कॉ.�े प द अमृत ड ग )कॉ.ग fव द प नसर अमतमह त्सव ससमत
�क शन ,क ल्ह पूर २०११
11. दे शपे े डे वसे त – हम ल पे चे यत, मौज �के शन गेृह,मे े बई
12. Wersch Hubert w.m. -The Bombay Textile Strike: 1982 - 83, OUP,1992
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13. Patil Sharad -Caste Feudal Servitude,VOL.II Mavlai Prakashan,2006
14. स ळे े खे आ.ह-.सव��म भेूसेमपे � : ग तम बे �, Rakesh Annasaheb Salunkhe,
Lokayat Satara 2007
15. Brass Tom –( Ed.) New Farmers‟ Movements in India: Frank Cass and Company
Limited 1995
16. fदf�टे फे दर �े �ने सस-से बे ध बे यबल ,जे न करे र,रे जहे स �के शन,दस
17. fदf�टे फे दर �े �ने सस-से बे ध बे यबल ,नवे करे र,रे जहे स �के शन,दसे र� आवृ�े
,ऑक्ट बर २०१० र� आवृ�े ,ऑक्ट बर २०१०
18. भट भ से कर वे मन -रे जवे डे चhर� :रे जवे डे से शे धन मे डळ धे ळे , दसर� आवेृ�े ,जून,
२०१०
Websites
http://ahsalunkhe.wordpress.com/
http://www.sharadjoshi.in/
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Elective Paper 11 MAPOLE 311
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 provisio n, 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, Government 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
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2009 , Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2009.
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
Scienc es, 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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Elective Paper 12 MAPOLE 312
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN INDIA
(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 Class 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, New 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.
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14. Sundarayya, P., Telangana People’s Struggle and its Lessons, Foundation Books, New
Delhi, 1972.
15. Vora, Rajendra, The World’s First Anti-Dam Movement, Permanent Black, Ranikhet,
2009.
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Elective Paper 13 MAPOLE 313
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, Fraser 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, University 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 Effects
of a Divided America , (1996: Lanham, Rowman & Littlefield)
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Elective Paper 14 MAPOLE 314
Political and Social Thought of Lokmanya Tilak
(6 Credits, 60 Hours)
1. Nationalism (15 Hours)
A) Nationalism in the context of Indian Freedom Movement
B) Tilak's Ideas on Indian Nation and Nationalism
C) Comparing Tilak's Nationalism with his contemporaries (Pherozeshah Mehta, Aurobindo,
Ravindrana th Tagore)
2. Swarajya (15 Hours)
A) Tilak's Concept of Swarajya
B) Methods of Protest advocated by Tilak
C) Comparing Tilak's idea of Swarajya with his contemporarie s (G.K. Gokhale, Mahatma Gandhi)
3. Social Reform (15 Hours)
A) Indian Thoughts on Social Reform before Tilak
B) Tilak's Approach to Social Reform in India
C) Tilak's Debates on Social Reform with his contemporaries (Justice Ranade, Agarkar, Chhatrapati
Shahu, Mahatma Phule, Savitribai Phule, Dr. Ambedkar, V. R. Shinde)
4. Relevance of Tilak (15 Hours)
A) Pioneering Work towards Journalism
B) Contribution to Astronomy, Philosophy and History
C) Legacy and Impact of Tilak
Reading List:
Arati. (1999). Indian nationalism and Tilak: a critical analysis. New Delhi: National Book
Organization.
Bakshi, S. (1990). Bal Gangadhar tilak, Struggle for Swarajya. New Delhi: Anmol publications.
Bakshi, S. (2006). Swarajya as Birth Right, Role of Tilak and Annie Besant. New Delhi: Vista
International Publishing.
Belvi, S. B. (1999). Lokamanya Tilak in the temple of Justice. Mumabi: Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan.
Grover, V. (1990). Political Thinkers of Modern India. New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications.
Inamdar, N. (1983). Political thought and leadership of Lokmanya Tilak. New Delhi: Concept
Publishing Company.
India, L. S. (1992). Lokmany Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a Profile. New Delhi: India, Lok Sabha Secretariat.
Kapur, S. (1991). Sri Arbindo Ghosh and Bal Gangadhar tilak the spirit of freedom. New Delhi: Deep
and Deep Publications.
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Kelkar, N. (1987). Life and times of Lokmanya Tilak. New Delhi: Anupama Publications.
Kumar, R. (1992). Selected documents of Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak ( 1880 -1920). New Delhi:
Anmol Publications.
Misra, S. C. (2005). Ethical Philosophy of Tilak, Aurobindo and Gandhi . New Delhi: Janaki
Prakashan.
Sathe, S. (1994). Lokmanya Tilak: his social and political thought. New Delhi: Ajanta Publications .
Sharma, J. (2001). Tilak and Gandhi:Perspectives on religion and Politics. New Delhi: Gyan
Publishing H ouse.
Tilak, D. (2019). Lokmany B.G. tilak: the visionary. Pune: Tialk Maharashtra Vidyapith.
Tilak -Gokhale in Legislative Council. (Bombay ). 1991: Maharashtra Legislative Council.
Tripathi, M. (2010). Means of Protest:Gandhi and Tilak. Jaipur : Yking Books.
क र, धन जय . (१९७८ ). ल कम न्य सटळक आसण र जर्षी श हू मह र ज . म बई: श्र गज नन ब क ड प .
ज श , स. त. (२०१३ ). ल कम न्य सटळक ल खस ग्रह . म बई : स सहत्य अक दम .
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Syllabus for
MA (Politics ) Semester IV
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)
Students are required to take:
1. ONE Interdisciplinary/Cross Disciplinary Course (I/C Course).
2. ONE Skill Based Course.
3. PROJECT BASED COURSE •
Dissertation in Politics: MA Politics students will do one Project based course.
Credits: 10
Proce ss 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
P.G. Centre will announce four to six br oad topics at the beginning of the second semester,
reflecting degree of relevance and rigor suitable to a post graduate programme, along with an
indicative reading list. These will be screened by the Board of Studies in Politics and a final list
of approv ed 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 pare nt department. The P.G. Centre
will constitute a project committee consisting of the Head of the Department (Chairperson) and
three other teachers from the Centre. The purpose of this committee is to oversee the
functioning of the project component in the department. All post graduate teachers in the
Centre 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 semesters
1 and 2. If it is felt necessary, the project committee can assign a co -guide to a student,
depending upon specific disciplinary needs.
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4. 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 P.G. Centre . The committee will make necessary
suggestions to improve the dissertation.
5. 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.
6. Dissertation Su bmission 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.
7. The Dissertation Format: 1. Title Page 2. Abstract 3. Introduction (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 pres entation ii) 15
marks for answers to questions 75 Marks: Evaluation by Project Guide.
Semester IV
Interdisciplinary Courses
1. Environment Conservation and Development In India
2. The United Nations
3. Dalit Movement in India
4. Urban Governance
Skill -Based Courses
1. Application of Computer in Research in Social Sciences
2. Leadership Development
3. Introduction to Right to Information
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Semester IV -Interdisciplinary Courses
MAPOLID 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 Edition, 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 and 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? Permane nt 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.
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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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MAPOLID 402
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, Jerry, 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 , Routledge, 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 Peacekeeping: 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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MAPOLID 403
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 Hours)
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, New 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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MAPOLE 404
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 Governance
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 Collaborative 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 (Eds), 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 Publicat ions, 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.
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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
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 Indian 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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Semester IV –Skill Based Courses
MAPOLSB 405
APPLICATION OF COMPUTER IN RESEARCH IN SOCIAL SCIENCES
(6 Credits and 60 Hours)
1. Introduction (15 Hours)
a) Basics of Computer
b) Computer hardware and software
c) Internet
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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 Web 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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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) Formation 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). Political 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., & Kla tt, 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). Leadership: The Key Concepts. New
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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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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
Achieveme nt )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. (201 0). 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. Gov ernment 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 Compa nion 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.
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9 13. Narayan, V. )2015 .(Right to Information -A route to good Governance. Mumbai: BCAS
Foundation.
14. Nile, M. J. (2014). Right to Information: An Interventio n 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 Del hi: Oxford
University Press.
17. Ryder, R. D. (2006). Right to Information: Law -Policy and Practice. Nagpur: Wadhwa and
Company.
18. क िेमकक जन ते र व िेनवृे व तन म े लय भ रत सरक र) .२००९ .(म हत च िअधक र िअिधनयम ,
२००५ म गर्ददशक क . )स वर्जजनक ध रण क यशद , अन (.नव दल्ल .
19. स वर्जजनक ध रण क, यशद .म हत च िअधक र क ये च िितह िेसक प भभकम आण महत्व च्य
स कल्पन दभररशक्षण म णप अभ्य स म प स्तक .१ . प ण :यशद .
20. स वर्जजनक ध रण क, यशद .स वर्जजनक े िेधकरण आण त्य च्य जब बद ऱ्य दभररशक्षण म णप
अभ्य स म प स्तक .२ . प ण :यशद .
21. स वर्जजनक ध रण क, यशद .म हत च िअधक र िअिधनयम , २००५ आण त्य अ तगतक िेनयम,
दभररशक्षण म णप अभ्य स म प स्तक .३.प ण :यशद .
22. स वर्जजनक ध रण क, य) .एन .ड .(.म हत च िअधक र िअिधनयम , २००५ श सन आद श , परपक
आण महत्वपभणर् न्य ियनणयक दभररशक्षण म णप अभ्य स म प स्तक .४ . प ण :यशद .
23. स वर्जजनक ध रण क, यशद .जन म हत िअधक र आण थम अपल य िअधक र य च
क यपक त दभररशक्षण म णप अभ्य स म प स्तक ५ . प ण :यशद