munotes®
Sign in
Home / Syllabus / Law / LLB BLS 5 Years / Second Year / Semester 4 / Political Science III

BLS LLB Political Science III Syllabus Sem 4 - Mumbai University | munotes

MU law student group Free to join
Telegram group 1,460 members · approved within a day Join WhatsApp group Approved within a day Join
Political Science III Syllabus.pdf
Semester 4 · Second Year · 4 credits

Loading syllabus...

Syllabus for Political Science III

Semester 4 · Second Year · 4 credits

Module I

  • Introduction to International Relations (IR)
  • 1 IR as an Academic Discipline: Relevance of the study of IR
  • Evolution of the study of IR
  • 1 Westphalian Nation – State System
  • 1.2.1 Peace of Westphalia and Implications on the Modern Nation State System
  • 1.2.2 Foundational Elements of Modern Nation State – Principles of Sovereign
  • 1.2.3 Equality, Territorial Integrity, Non-Intervention
  • 1 National Power
  • 1.3.1 Meaning and Definition, Elements and Limitations of National Power
  • 1.3.2 Polarity in IR - Bi-Polarity (1949 -1991), Uni-polarity (1991 – 2001), Multi- polarity (2001- present)
  • 1.3.3 Challenges to State Sovereignty – Globalisation and R2P
  • 1.3.4 World Government – Myth or Reality, Methods of Creation and Difficulties

Module II

  • Actors in IR
  • 2.1 Sovereign Nation-State as the Primary Actor in IR
  • 2.1.1 Inter-state relations- Treaty signing as a Sovereign attribute, Declaration of War
  • and Conclusion of Peace
  • 2.1.2 Diplomacy – as an official medium of inter-state communication
  • Public diplomacy, Track II Diplomacy and Para diplomacy
  • 2.2 Shift in the State Centric System –Emergence of the Non State Actors (NSAs)
  • 2.2.1 Classification of NSAs –NonViolent Non State Actors and Violent Non State Actors (VNSAs)
  • 2.2.2 Features and Role of Non Sovereign Actors in IR with relevant Case Studies
  • 2.2.3 Multinational Company (MNC) (Home State & Host State relations Environmental
  • Pollution, Carbon Lobbying, Labour Law Violations – Sweat shops, Case study – Royal Dutch
  • Shell, Nike, United Fruit Company & the BananaRepublic)
  • 2.2.4 International Non - Government Organisation (INGO) (Amnesty International, TransparencyInternational & International Red Cross)
  • 2.2.5 Intergovernmental Organisation (IGOs) – Features & Role
  • 2.2.6 National Liberation Movements [NLM]
  • 2.2.7 VNSAs – The rapid rise of VNSAs as a threat to world peace. Impact of Global Terrorist
  • Organisations, International Drug Cartels and Human Traffickers, and War Lords.
  • 2.3 INGOs and UN ECOSOC

Module III

  • Dispute Redressal Mechanisms in IR
  • 3.1 Peaceful Settlement of Disputes
  • 3.1.1 Chapter VI of the UN Charter
  • Negotiation, Mediation, Conciliation, Arbitration, Judicial
  • Settlement
  • 3.1.2 Functions and Role of ICJ in Peaceful Settlement of Disputes– Case laws
  • 3.2 UN Peace Keeping Operations - Principles, Case studies and Critical Appraisal
  • 3.2.1 United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS),
  • 3.2.2 United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
  • 3.2.3 UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)
  • 3.3 Chapter VII of the UN Charter- Coercive Methods of Settlement of Disputes
  • 3.3.1 UNSC as Global Enforcement Agency
  • 3.3.2 Exercise of Veto by P-5 as an obstacle to UNSC‘s effectiveness
  • 3.3.3 Uniting for Peace Resolution (UNGA /RES/377 (A), Reforms of UNSC

Module IV: International Organizations and Issues

  • 4.1 United Nations Organisation (UNO)
  • 4.1.1 Formation, Objectives, Purposes and Principles
  • 4.1.2 Principal Organs– Composition, Functions and Evaluation.
  • Specialized agencies – Functions and role 4.2.
  • WTO, IMF, World Bank, ILO, WHO, UNESCO, UNICEF, FAO
  • Regional Organizations and Groupings – OPEC, ASEAN, EU, Arab League, SAARC, G7,BRICS, QUAD, NATO, BIMSTEC (New)
  • 4.3 Issues of concern in IR (Specified & New)
  • 4.3.1 Global North -South divide (Rich vs. Poor, Stability vs. Progress)
  • 4.3.2 Wealth (NIEO and PIEO) and Vaccine Inequality (New), Climate Justice:
  • Carbon Divide and Carbon Credit
  • 4.3.3 Human Security –Asylum seekers, Migrants and Refugees, the differences.

Recommended Resources

  • 1 Appadurai, A.(2000) The Grounds of the Nation-State: Identity, Violence and Territory, in Nationalism and Internationalism in the Post-Cold War Era. K. Goldmann, U. Hannerz, and C. Westin (Eds.). London: Routledge
  • 1 Arora, P. (1996) International Politics, New Delhi: Cosmos Book Hive Pvt. Ltd.
  • 1 Basu, R. (2012) International Politics: Concepts, Theories and Issues, New Delhi: Sage Publications India
  • 1 Baylis, J. and Smith, S. (2020) The Globalisation of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations. 8 ed., New York: Oxford Universit y Press th
  • 1 Ghosh, P. (2009) International Relations, 5 ed., New Delhi: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., th
  • 1 Heywood, A. (2015) Global Politics, London; New York: Palgrave Macmillan
  • 1 Koser, K. (2007) International Migration: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press
  • 1 Murthy, B.S. (2002) International Relations and Organization, Lucknow: Eastern Book Company
  • 1 Ravenhill, J. (eds.) (2008). Global Political Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press 10.Reus – Smit, C. and Snidal, D. (eds.) (2008) The Oxford Handbook of International Relations, Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press Suggested Web Links: https://www.icj- cij.org/enhttps://www.mea.gov.in/distinguished-lectures- detail.htm?850https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un- charter/full-texthttps://peacemaker.un.org/regional- organizationshttps://www.amnesty.org/what-we-do-/ https://www.oxfamindia.org/knowledgehub/workingpaper/inequality-virus-global- report- 2021https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/justice- climate/https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/mission/unmis s https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/mission/minurso https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/mission/minustah https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/26/us/nike-supports-women-in-its-ads-but-not- itsfactories-groups-say.html https://www.panoramas.pitt.edu/other/truth-behind-banana- republic https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/climate-change/why-shell-being-asked-to- cutemissions-is-a-big-move-on-big-oil-77141

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai Revised Syllabus for LL.B. (5 years) Five Years Integrated Course (CBCS), in force from the academic year 2022-23 and amended in June 2023. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

The complete syllabus

This subject is cut from the revised syllabus. Open a document here if you want the whole thing rather than a single subject.

PDF Complete BLS LLB 5 Years syllabus Revised syllabus (CBCS) in force from 2022-23, as amended in June 2023 Read full PDF Read
PDF New criminal laws update University circular AAMS_UGS/ICC/2024-25/69, 17 August 2024 Read full PDF Read
PDF Assessment manual, 60:40 pattern University manual for the CBCG system, UG law programme Read full PDF Read
PDF Assessment manual, 75:25 pattern University manual for the CBCG system, UG law programme Read full PDF Read
PDF Earlier 100 marks pattern syllabus University syllabus for the UG law programme, LL.B. 3 and 5 years Read full PDF Read
Report or request
Done!