UNDERGRADUATE (MAJOR) SYLLABUS

2017

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Department of Political Science Presidency University, Kolkata

Bachelor of Arts Syllabus (2017) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

FIRST SEMESTER: POLS 0101: Foundations of Political Theory POLS 0102: Colonialism and Nationalism in India SECOND SEMESTER: POLS 0201: Western Political Thought - I POLS 0202: Indian Political Thought THIRD SEMESTER: POLS 0301: Indian Constitution: Major Aspects POLS 0302: Indian Politics since Independence POLS 0303: International Relations FOURTH SEMESTER: POLS 0401: Western Political Thought - II POLS 0402: Comparative Politics POLS 0403: Multilateralism and India’s Foreign Policy FIFTH SEMESTER: POLS 0501: Public Administration POLS 0502: Optional Paper POLS 0503: Optional Paper POLS 0581: Sessional POLS 0582: Sessional: Applied Politics Project Optional Papers: POLS 0502a: Foundations of Peace and Conflict Studies POLS 0502b: Select Indian Political Thinkers POLS 0502c: Foundations of Political Economy POLS 0503a: Nation and Nationalism POLS 0503b: Gender Studies SIXTH SEMESTER: POLS 0601: Political Sociology POLS 0602: Optional Paper POLS 0603: Optional Paper POLS 0681: Sessional POLS 0682: Sessional Optional Papers: POLS 0602a: Foundations of Global Politics POLS 0602b: Marxist Political Theory POLS 0603a: Emerging Issues in the Study of Politics POLS 0603b: Foundations of Civil Society and Democracy All papers carry 50 marks and 4 credits each. Total Marks: 1000

POLS 0101: Foundations of Political Theory

1. Meaning of politics; What is political theory? 2. Approaches to the study of politics 3. Theories of the State 4. Theories of Sovereignty; Changing concept of Sovereignty in the context of Globalization 5. Rights, Liberty and Equality and Justice

References:

Andrew Heywood, Key Concepts in Politics.

Andrew Heywood, Political Ideologies: An Introduction.

Andrew Heywood, Political Theory: An Introduction.

Andrew Heywood, Politics.

B. N. Ray, Political Theory: Interrogations and Interventions.

C. E. M. Joad, Introduction to Modern Political Theory.

Chris Beasley, What is Feminism?

E. Barker, Principles of Social and Political Theory.

John Gray, Liberalism.

Murray Knuttila Wendee Kubik, State Theories.

N. P. Barry, An Introduction to Modern Political Theory.

R. Marsh and G. Stoker (ed), Theory and Methods in Political Science.

Rajeev Bhargava, What is Political Theory and Why do We Need It?

Ralph Miliband, Maxism and Politics.

S. P. Varma, Modern Political Theory.

S. Ramaswamy, Political Theory: Ideas and Concepts.

Stephen L. Wasby, Political Science: The Discipline and Its Dimensions.

POLS 0102: Colonialism and Nationalism in India

1. Colonialism and Nationalism: Historiography 2. Nature of Colonial Rule in India 3. Emergence of Nationalism and Gandhian Movements 4. Alternative Movements in Colonial India 5. Rise of Communalism in India

References:

Anil Seal, (1971) The Emergence of Indian Nationalism: Competition And Collaboration In The Later Nineteenth Century, Cambridge: CUP

Bipan Chandra, “Gandhiji, Secularism and Communalism” Social Scientist, Vol. 32, No. 1/2 (Jan. - Feb., 2004), pp. 3-29

Bipan Chandra,et al, eds. India's Struggle for Independence.

Christophe Jaffrelot, Hindu Nationalism: A Reader

Duncan Bell, (2010) “John Stuart Mill on Colonies”, Political Theory, Vol. 38 No. 1, 34-64.

Gail Omvedt, (1971) “Jotirao Phule and the Ideology of Social Revolution in India”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 6, No. 37, pp. 1969-1979

Gyanendra Pande, (2002) Remembering Partition: Violence, Nationalism and History in India, Cambridge: CUP.

Ian J. Kerr, (1985) “Working Class Protest in 19th Century India: Example of Railway Workers”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. PE34-PE40

Irfan Habib, (1997) "Civil Disobedience 1930-31", Social Scientist, Vol. 25, No. 9/10, pp. 43-66

Irfan Habib, (1998) "The Left and the National Movement", Social Scientist, Vol. 26, No. 5/6, pp. 3-33

K. C. Suri, (1987) “The Agrarian Question in India during the National Movement, 1885-1947”, Social Scientist, Vol. 15, No. 10, pp. 25-50

K. N. Panikkar (1997) "From Revolt to Agitation: Beginning of the National Movement", Social Scientist, Vol. 25, No. 9/10, pp. 28-42

Lisa N. Trivedi, (2003) "Visually Mapping the "Nation": Swadeshi Politics in Nationalist India, 1920- 1930", The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 11-41

V. I. Lenin; Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism

POLS 0201: Western Political Thought – I

1. Greek Political Thought: Features a) Plato b) Aristotle

2. Roman Political Thought: An Overview 3. Medieval Political Thought: Contributions of St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas 4. Renaissance and Machiavelli 5. Political thought of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau

References:

Amal K. Mukhopadhyay, Western Political Thought: From Plato to Marx.

Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy.

Bronowski and Mazlish, Western Intellectual Tradition.

Bruce Haddock, A History of Political Thought.

E. Barker, The Political Thought of Plato and Aristotle.

G. H. Sabine and T. I. Thorson, A History of Political Theory.

Howard Warrender, The Political Philosophy of Hobbes, His Theory of Obligation.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract and Discourses (translated by G. D. H. Cole).

Karl Popper, Open Society and Its Enemies.

Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey (ed.) History of Political Philosophy.

Lucio Colletti, From Rousseau to Lenin: Studies in Ideology and Society.

Quentin Skinner, The Foundations of Political Thought (2 vols.)

R. Kraut, Aristotle: Political Philosophy.

S. Mukherjee and S. Ramaswami, A History of Political Thought, Plato to Marx.

Shefali Jha, Western Political Thought: From Plato to Marx

William Ebenstein, Great Political Thinkers.

POLS 0202: Indian Political Thought

1. Important Features of Ancient Political Thought: Kautilya 2. Important Features of Medieval Political Thought: Barani 3. Liberalism: Raja Rammohun Roy 4. Nationalism and its Critique: Bankimchandra Chatterjee and Rabindranath Tagore 5. Swaraj: M. K. Gandhi 6. Social Justice: B. R. Ambedkar 7. Radical Humanism: M. N. Roy 8. Gender: Pandita Ramabai

References:

Bhikhu Parekh, Gandhi: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 1997.

George Modelski, “Kautilya: Foreign Policy and International System in the Ancient Hindu World”, The American Political Science Review, Vol. 58, No. 3 (Sep., 1964), pp. 549-560.

Hafeez Malik, "Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan's Doctrines of Muslim Nationalism and National Progress", Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 2, No. 3 (1968).

Irfan Habib, “Ziya Barani’s Vision of the State”, The Medieval History Journal, 2 (1) 1998.

M. K. Gandhi, Hind Swaraj and Other Writings, Anthony J Parel, ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridhe, 1997.

Meenakshi Mukherjee, "Anandmath: A Political Myth", Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 17, No. 22 (May 29, 1982), pp. 903-905

Meera Kosambi, Pandita Ramabai: Life and Landmark Writings, Routledge, New York, 2016.

Mushirul Hasan and Nishant Zaidi, trans. and eds. (2011) A Voyage to Modernism: Syed Ahmed Khan, Delhi: Primus.

R. Shamsastry, Kautilya’s Arthasastra (Translated by Weslevan) Mission Press, Mysore, 1929.

Rabindranath Tagore, Nationalism, Macmillan And Co, London, 1918

Raja Rammohun Roy (1901) "Conference Between An Advocate For, And An Opponent Of The Practice Of Burning Widows Alive", in Jogendra Chunder Ghosh, (ed.) The English Works of Raja Rammohun Roy (Vol. II), Calcutta: Srikanta Roy.

Tanika Sarkar, “Birth of a Goddess'Vande Mataram', "Anandamath", and Hindu Nationhood”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 41, No. 37 (Sep. 16-22, 2006), pp. 3959-3969

Thomas Pantham and kenneth L Deutsch, eds. Political Thought in Modern India.

Zia Uddin Barni, Fatawa-i-Jahandari, (Translated by Afsar Afzal Uddin), Doctoral Thesis submitted to SOAS, 1955.

POLS 0301: Indian Constitution: Major Aspects

1. The Constitution of India: Philosophy and Amendment Procedures 2. Fundamental Rights; Fundamental Duties; Directive Principles of State Policy. 3. Executive: Union and the States. 4. Legislature: Union and the States 5. Judiciary: Supreme Court and the High Courts 6. Distribution of Power between the Union and the States 7. Election Commission

References:

A. G. Noorani, Constitutional Questions and Citizens’ Rights.

Alladi Krishnaswami Aiyer, Constitution and Fundamental Rights.

D. N. Sen, From Raj to Swaraj

Durga Das Basu, Introduction to the Constitution of India.

Durga Das Basu, Shorter Constitution of India.

Granville Austin, The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation.

Granville Austin, Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian experience.

J. C. Johari, Indian Government and Politics.

M. C. Setalvad, Union and State Relations under the Constitution.

M. V. Pylee, Constitutional Government in India.

P. M. Bakshi, The Constitution of India.

Pran Chopra (ed.), The Supreme Court versus the Constitution: A Challenge to Federalism.

Shiva Rao, The Framing of India’s Constitution.

Subhas C. Kashyap, Our Constitution.

POLS 0302: Indian Politics since Independence

1. Study of Indian Society and Politics: Major Approaches 2. Nature of Party system in India 3. Interest Groups in Indian politics: Business, Working Class and Peasants 4. Religion in Indian politics– secularism and the Indian state 5. Caste in Indian politics– the issue of reservation 6. New social movements in India: An Overview

References:

Atul Kohli (ed), The Success of Indian Democracy.

Atul Kohli, Democracy and Discontent in India.

C. P. Bhambri, The Indian State: Fifty years.

F. Frankel, India’s Political Economy: 1947-2004.

F. Frankel, Z. Hasan, R. Bhargava, and B. Arora (ed.), Transforming India: Social and Political Dynamics of Democracy.

Ghanashyam Shah, Social Movements and the State.

Manoranjan Mohanty, Class, Caste and Gender.

N. G. Jayal and P. B. Mehta (ed.), Oxford Companion to Indian Politics.

N. Jayal, Democracy and State: Welfare, Secularism and Development in Contemporary India.

Neera Chandhoke and Pravin Priyadarshini (ed), Contemporary India: Economy, Society, Politics.

Partha Chatterjee (ed.), State and Politics in India.

Paul Brass, The Politics of India since Independence.

Rajeev Bhargava (ed.), Secularism and its Critics.

Rajni Kothari, Caste in Indian Politics.

Rakhahari Chatterjee (ed.), Politics in India– State Society Interface.

S. L. Sikri, Indian Government and Politics.

Sobhanlal Datta Gupta (ed.), India : Politics and Society.

Sudipta Kaviraj (ed.), Politics in India.

T. V. Sathyamurthy (ed.), Social Change and Political Discourse in India, vol. 3.

Z. Hasan (ed.), Parties and Party Politics in India.

POLS 0303: International Relations

1. Origin and Growth of International Relations, Meaning and Scope 2. Major Theories of International Relations

a) Liberal Theory and its Variants b) Realist Theory and its Variants c) Marxist Theory d) Feminist Theory

3. Cold War: Origins and Outline; Non Proliferation Regime 4. Decolonization and Emergence of the Third World 5. Post Cold War Era and Globalization

References:

A. Hurrell and N. Woods, Inequality, Globalization and World Politics.

Aneek Chatterjee, International Relations Today: Concepts and Applications.

C. Sylvester, Feminist Theory and International Relations in a Postmordern Era.

Hans J. Morgenthau, Politics among Nations: the Struggle for Power and Peace.

J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens, The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations

J. Stiglitz, Globalization and Its Discontent.

Joseph Frankel, International Relations in a Changing World.

Joshua S. Goldstein, International Relations.

N. D. Palmer and H. C. Perkins, International Relations.

R. Jackson and G. Sorensen, Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches.

Stephanie Lawson, International Relations.

W. Laquer, A History of Terrorism. Scott Burchill et. al., Theories of International Relation.

POLS 0401: Western Political Thought - II

1. The Enlightenment 2. Utilitarianism: Bentham and J. S. Mill 3. Philosophical Idealism: Hegel 4. Scientific Socialism: Marx and Engels 5. Varieties of Socialism: Fabian Socialism, Guild Socialism, Anarchism and German Revisionism

References:

Amal K. Mukhopadhyay, Western Political Thought: From Plato to Marx.

Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy.

Bruce Haddock, A History of Political Thought.

C. E. M. Joad, Political Thought.

G. H. Sabine and T. I. Thorson, A History of Political Theory.

H. J. Laski, The Rise of European Liberalism.

John Plamenatz, Man and Society (2 Vols.).

John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, Liberty, Representative Government

Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey (ed.), History of Political Philosophy.

Lucio Colletti, From Rousseau to Lenin: Studies in Ideology and Society.

Peter Laslett (ed.), John Locke: Two Treatises of Government

S. Mukherjee and S. Ramaswami, A History of Political Thought, Plato to Marx.

Shefali Jha, Western Political Thought: From Plato to Marx

POLS 0402: Comparative Politics

1. Development of Comparative Politics 2. Approaches to the study of Comparative Politics 3. Political systems and major governing principles 4. Comparative studies of organs of Government 5. Federalism 6. Political parties and Interest groups: features and role

References:

A. Appadorai, The Substance of Politics.

A. H. Birch, British System of Government.

Alan R. Ball and Guy Peters, Modern Politics & Government.

D. Olson, Legislative Institutions: A Comparative View.

Dorothy Pickles, The Government and Politics of France (2 Vols.)

G. Almond et. al., Comparative Politics Today: A World View.

G. Roberts, An Introduction to Comparative Politics.

Gokulesh Sharma, Constitutions of the SAARC Nations.

H. Eckstein and P. E. Apter (ed.), Comparative Politics : A Reader.

J. Blondel, An Introduction to Comparative Government.

J. Harvey and L. Bather, The British Constitution.

J. T. Dreyer, China’s Political System: Modernization & Tradition.

J. Wilson, American Government.

Joel Krieger and William A. Joseph, Introduction to Comparative Politics.

Judith Bara and Mark Pennington (ed.), Comparative Politics.

R. Hague, M. Harrop and S. Breslin, Comparative Government and Politics: An Introduction.

R. Sakwa, Russian Politics and Society.

Rakhahari Chatterjee, Introduction to Comparative Political Analysis.

S. K. Dailey (ed.), American Politics and Government.

S. N. Ray, Comparative Politics.

The Constitution of the People’s Republic of China (1982).

Tony Saich, Governance and Politics of China.

Vincent Wright, The Government and Politics of France.

Zoya Hasan (ed.), Democracy in Muslim Societies: The Asian Experience.

POLS 0403: Multilateralism and India’s Foreign Policy

1. India’s Foreign Policy: Principles and Evolution 2. India and United Nations: United Nations Security Council, United Nations Peace Keeping 3. International Political Economy: Present Economic Order and India 4. Regionalism and Regional Organizations

a) SAARC b) ASEAN

5. ‘New’ Regionalism: BRICS, Global Climate Change References:

A. W. Knight, A Changing United Nations: Multilateral Evolution and Quest for Global Governance.

Aneek Chatterjee, International Relations Today: Concepts and Applications.

C. L. Gates and M. Than, ASEAN Enlargement: Impacts and Implications.

D. Dinan, Europe Recast: A History of European Union.

D. J. Whittaker, United Nations in the Contemporary World.

E. Nahar, SAARC: Problems and Prospects.

H. G. Nicholas, The United Nations as a Political Institution.

Harsh V. Pant (ed.), Indian Foreign Policy in a Unipolar World.

R. O. Keohane, After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World

S. Hix, The Political System of the European Union.

U. S. Bajpai (ed.), Non-Alignment: Perspectives and Prospects.

V. P. Dutt, India’s Foreign Policy in a Changing World.

Y. Kahol, SAARC through the New Millennium.

POLS 0501: Public Administration

1. Introduction to Public Administration 2. Theories of administration 3. Major concepts of administration 4. Theories of bureaucracy 5. Organization of the Union & State Government in India 6. Administrative accountability 7. Local Self-governments

References:

A. Avasthi and A. P. Avasthi, Indian Administration.

B. Chakrabarty and M. Bhattacharya, Public Administration: A Reader.

F. A. Negro and L. G. Negro, Modern Public Administration.

G. H. Frederickson, New Public Administration.

Mohit Bhattacharya, Public Administration: Structure, Processes and Behaviour.

Moitree Bhattacharya, Panchayati Raj in West Bengal.

Nicholas Henry, Public Administration and Public Affairs.

R. B. Jain, Contemporary Issues in Indian Administration.

R. K. Sapru, Development Administration.

R. T. Golembeiwski, Public Administration as a Developing Discipline.

Ramesh Arora, Comparative Public Administration.

S. R. Maheshwari, Administrative Theories.

S. R. Maheshwari, Indian Administration.

S. R. Maheshwari, State Governments in India.

POLS 0502a: Foundations of Peace and Conflict Studies

1. Evolution of Peace and Conflict Studies 2. Contending Issues of Peace and Conflict 3. Theories of Conflict Resolution 4. Sources and Levels of Conflict 5. Challenges to Peace in contemporary world: few case studies

References:

Barash, David P. (2002), Webel, Charles, Peace and Conflict Studies, California: Sage

David Barasch (ed.), Approaches to Peace: A Reader in Peace Studies.

Dennis J.D. Sandole Sean Byrne, Ingrid Sandole-Staroste (ed.), (2009), Handbook of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Oxford: Routledge

Doucet, Ian (1996), Thinking About Conflict, Resource Pack for Conflict Transformation: International Alert.

Elise Boulding (ed.) New Agendas for Peace Research: Conflict and Security Reexamined (Boulder: Lynne Rienner)

Fukuyama, F., (1992), The End of History and the last Man, New York: Free Press.

Huntington, Samuel (1996), The Clash of Civilizations and the remaking of World Order, New York: Simon & Schuster.

Jacob Bercovitch, Victor Kremenyuk, I William Zartman (eds.) (2009), The Sage Handbook of Conflict Resolution, London: Sage

Jeong, Ho-Won (2008), Understanding Conflict and Conflict Analysis, (London: Sage)

Johan Galtung, Theories of Peace: A Synthetic Approach to Peace.

Lake, David and Donald Rothchild (1996), “Containing Fear: The Origins and Management of Ethnic Conflict”, International Security, 21 (2), Autumn, p.41-75.

Ranabir Samaddar (ed.) (2004), Peace Studies: Peace Studies: An Introduction To the Concept, Scope, and Themes, New Delhi: Sage.

Samir Das(ed.), South Asian Peace Studies, Vol.II: Peace Accords and Peace Processes.

Van Evera, Stephen (1994), “Hypotheses on Nationalism and War”, International Security, 18 (4), Spring.

Wallenstein, Peter (2007), Understanding Conflict Resolution. 2nd ed. (London: Sage Publications).

Zartman, I. William (2007), Peace Making in International Conflict, Washington, USIP.

POLS 0502b: Select Indian Political Thinkers

1. Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose 2. Syed Ahmad Khan and Md. Iqbal 3. B. G. Tilak and Aurobindo 4. Vivekananda and Savarkar 5. Narendra Dev, Ram Manohar Lohia and Jayaprakash Narayan

References:

A. T. Embree (ed.), Sources of Indian Tradition (Vol. 1)

Bidyut Chakraborty and Rajendra Kumar Pandey (ed.), Modern Indian Political Thought: Text and Context.

Sankar Ghose, Socialism and Communism in India.

T. Pantham and K. L. Deutsch (ed.), Political Thought in Modern India.

V. R. Mehta, Foundations of Indian Political Thought: An Interpretation

POLS 0502c: Foundations of Political Economy

1. Theories of the State, politics and economics 2. Marxist Approach: Marxist economics and Value Theory 3. Welfare economics and State 4. Post Structural theories of capitalism 5. Institutionalism

References:

Berlin, Isaiah. "Two Concepts of Liberty." In Four Essays on Liberty. New York, Oxford University Press, 1990.

Friedman, Milton. Capitalism and Freedom. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1982, pp. 1-55, 108-37, and 161-90.

Hayek, Frederich. Chapters 1, 2, 4, and 5 in Individualism and Economic Order. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1996.

Howard, M. C., and J. E. King. The Political Economy of Marx. New York, NY: New York University Press, 1988, pp. 1-180.

J.K. Gibson-Graham, Stephen Resnick, and Richard Wolff, "Toward a Poststructuralist Political Economy," pps 1-22 of GGRW North Douglas.

Keynes, J. M. "The Great Slump of 1930," "Economy," and "The End of LaissezLaissez-Faire." In Essays in Persuasion. pp. 126-50, 126-50, and 272-95

Locke, John. Chapters 1-5, and 7-9 in Second Treatise on Civil Government. The Editorium, 2010.

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. "The Communist Manifesto." In The Marx-Engels Reader (Second Edition).1978, pp. 469-500.

Marx, Karl. The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon. Translated by D. D. L. Create Space, 2011.

Polanyi, Karl. Chapters 3-14 in The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2001.

Weber, Max. Introduction and chapters 1-3, and 5 in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, 2010.

POLS 0503a: Nation and Nationalism

1. Origin of Nationalism in the West 2. Development of Nationalism in Post-Colonial Societies 3. Theories of Nationalism 4. Diaspora and Nationalism 5. Nationalism: Challenges and Critique

References:

Anthony D Smith, The Ethnic Origins of Nations

Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities

Benedict Anderson, Spectres of Comparison

Eric Hobsbawm, Nations and Nationalism Since 1780

Ernest Gellner, Nations and Nationalism

Michael Leifer, Asian Nationalism

POLS 0503b: Gender Studies

1. Understanding Gender: Conceptual Issues 2. Gender, Nation and Community 3. Gender, Identity and Democracy in India 4. Gender and Development 5. Militarisation, Conflict and Gender 6. Gender Movements in India: perspectives and debates

References:

A. Basu (ed), The challenge of Local Feminism: Women’s Movement in Global Perspective, Boulder Co, West view Press, 1995.

Anne Philips, Feminism and Politics

Asha Sarangi, (2009) "Languages as Women: The Feminisation of Linguistic Discourses in Colonial North India", Gender & History, Vol.21 No.2, pp. 287–304 8.

B.Smith, Global Feminisms since 1945: Rewriting Histories, London, Routledge, 2000.

Chandra Mohanty Talpade, Feminism Without Borders: Declonizing Theory, Practising Solidarity, New Delhi, Zubaan 2003

Charu Gupta, (1998) "Articulating Hindu Masculinity and Femininity: 'Shuddhi' and 'Sangathan' Movements in United Provinces in the 1920s", Economic and Political Weekly, 33 (13): 727-735. 6.

Cynthia Enloe, 2000. Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives. Berkeley: University of California Press

Deepti Priya Mehrotra, (2009) Burning Bright: Irom Sharmila and Struggle for Peace in Manipur, New Delhi: Penguin Books.

Gail Omvedt, Dalits and the Democratic Revolution: Dr. Ambedkar and the Dalit Movement in Colonial India, New Delhi, Sage, 2004.

J.Ghosh, Never Done and Poorly Paid: Women’s Work in Globalizing India, New Delhi, Women Unlimited, 2009.

K. Kapadia (ed.), Violence of Development: The Politics of Identity, Gender and Social Inequalities in India, New Delhi, Zubaan, 2002.

Kamla Bhasin and Menon Ritu (2000) Borders and Boundaries: Women in India’s Partition, New Delhi, Kali for Women.

Nandita Gandhi and Shah Nandita (1992) Issues at Stake: Theory and Practice of Women’s Movement in India, New Delhi: Kali for Women

Nivedita Menon, (ed.), Gender and Politics in India, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1999.

Nivedita Menon, Seeing Like a Feminist

P Clough, Feminist Thought, Oxford, Blackwell, 1994.

Partha Chatterjee, (1989) "Colonialism, Nationalism and the Colonized Women: The Contest in India", American Ethnologist, 16 (4): 622-633. 5.

Raewyn Connell, Gender in World Perspective

Tanika Sarkar and U. Butalia (Eds.), Women and the Hindu Right: A Collection of Essays, Delhi, Kali for Women, 1995.

Tiplut Nongbri, (2001), “Democracy, Gender and Tribes : A Critical Appraisal of India's Constitutional Policies”, Indian Anthropologist, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 1-14

Tong, Rosemarie, Feminist Thought: A More Comprehensive Introduction

Will Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy

Young, Iris Marion (1994), “Gender as Seriality: Thinking about Women as a Social Collective”, Signs, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 713-738

Zakia Pathak, and Rajeswari Sunder Rajan (1989) "Shahbano", Signs, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 558-582 7.

POLS 0601: Political Sociology

1. Introduction to Political Sociology 2. Social stratification and politics 3. Concept of power and Elite Theories 4. Political culture and Political socialization 5. Political participation 6. Political communication 7. Political development and modernisation

References:

Ali Asraf, L. N. Sharma, Political Sociology.

Almond and S. Verba, Civic Culture.

Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Political Sociology.

Brian McNair, An Introduction to Political Communication.

C. E. Fuller (ed.), Caste Today.

Dipankar Gupta, Political Sociology in India

Donal E. Smith (ed.), Religion and Political Modernization.

Kate Nash, Contemporary Political Sociology.

Lucian Pye, Aspects of Political Development.

M. Rush, Politics and Society.

R. Bendix (ed.), State and Society.

Rakhahari Chatterjee (ed.), Religion, Politics and Communalism.

Satyabrata Chakraborty (ed.), Political Sociology.

Tom Bottomore, Classes in Modern Society.

Tom Bottomore, Political Sociology.

POLS 0602a: Foundations of Global Politics

1. Introduction to Global Politics 2. Global Security 3. Global Political Economy 4. Development, Ecology and Global Politics 5. Global Energy Distribution 6. Globalism and Regionalism 7. India in Global Politics

References:

Harsh V. Pant, Contemporary Debates in Indian Foreign and Security Policy: India Negotiates its Rise in the International System.

Heikki Potomaki, The Political Economy of Global Security: War, Future Crises and Changes in Global Governance.

Mary Farrell, Bjorn Hettne and Luk Langenhove, Global Politics of Regionalism: Theory and Practice

Peter Hough, Understanding Global Security.

RadharamanChakrabarti, India’s External Relations in a Globalized World Economy.

Robert Gilpin, Global Political Economy.

POLS 0602b: Marxist Political Theory

1. Marxist Approach to politics 2. Dialectical & Historical Materialism 3. Marxist concept of State 4. Gramsci on Hegemony 5. Marxist concept of Party – Lenin-Luxemburg debate 6. Marxist concept of Democracy

References:

D. Riazanov (ed), The Communist Manifesto of Marx and Engels.

David Mclellan, Marxism After Marx.

David Mclellan, The Thought of Karl Marx

Ernest Fischer, Marx in His Own Words.

G. F. Gaus and C. Kukathas, Handbook of Political Theory.

Joseph Femia, Marxism and Democracy.

Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, The Communist Manifesto.

L. Kolakowski, Main currents of Maxism Vol-I.

Paul Blackledge, Reflections on the Marxist theory of History.

Sobhanlal Dattagupta (ed.), Rosa Luxemburg and Her Critics.

Tom Bottomore (ed), A Dictionary of Marxist Thought.

POLS 0603a: Emerging Issues in the Study of Politics

1. Modernity 2. Postcolonialism 3. Communitarianism 4. Multiculturalism 5. Development & Environmentalism

References:

A. Eisenberg and Jeff Spinner Minorities within Minorities

Blakeley and Bryson (ed.), Contemporary Political Concepts: A Critical Introduction.

Chandran Kukathas, “Against the Communitarian Republic”, The Australian Quarterly, Vol. 68, No. 1 (Autumn, 1996), pp. 67-76]

Edward Said Orientalism

Gurpreet Mahajan The Multicultural Path

Iain MacKenzie (ed.), Political Concepts : A Reader and Guide.

Leela Gandhi, Postcolonial Theory.

Mark Bevir, ed.,Encyclopedia of Governance

Noel O’Sullivan (ed), Political Theory in Transition.

Peter Barry, Beginning Theory.

Ramchandra Guha, Environmentalism: A Global History

Richard Bellamy, Theories and Concepts of Politics : An Introduction.

S. Hall et. al. (ed.), Modernity and Its Features.

Seyla Benhabib, The Claims of Culture

Stuart Hall, and Bram Gieben, eds. (1992) Formations of Modernity, Cambridge: Polity Press in Association with the Open University

Sumit Sarkar, Modern Times: India 1880s-1950s Environment, Economy, Culture (Permanent Black, Ranikhet, 2014)

Will Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy.

POLS 0603b: Foundations of Civil Society and Democracy

1. Civil Society: Origin and development – an outline. 2. Approaches to the understanding of civil society: Locke, Hegel, Marx and Gramsci 3. Non-Marxist theories of Democracy: David Held’s classification 4. Marxism and Democracy

References:

Carolyn M. Elliott (ed.),Civil Society and Democracy : A Reader.

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