Syllabus

M.A. (Political Science)

[w.e.f 2014]

Department of Political Science

Central University of Haryana

Jant-Pali, Mahendergarh

Course Structure

Outlines (As per University Ordinance):

The two year program will be divided in to four semester of six month of each.

The whole program is of 74 credits

There will be three types of course: core courses, elective courses and self study courses.

Elective courses will be from Semester III and Semester IV. A student has to choose at

least four electives from the department in semester III and IV and at least two electives

from sister departments.

For the two year program minimum 18 credits from the elective courses (of which at least

6 credit shall be from elective course offered by other departments).

A student shall register for a minimum of 5 credits and can register for a maximum of 24

credits in a semester.

Sessional evaluation shall be done on a continuous basis, taking in to account the student’s

class performance, fulfillment of home assignments at the compulsory Sessional tests (2

bests out of three tests to be conducted in a semester).

Sessional Test 1 shall be held during the sixth week of the semester for the syllabi covered

till then.

Sessional Test two shall be held during the eleventh week for the syllabi covered between

seventh and eleventh week.

Sessional Test three shall be held during the fourteenth week of the semester for the

remaining syllabus after the Sessional test 2.

1 credit = 1 hour of instruction per week

Course Structure

Semester I

Sl .NO Paper code Paper Name Credit Core/Optional

1 SSH PO1 Political Theory-I 4 Core

2 SSH PO2 Western Political Thought-I 4 Core

3 SSH PO3 Comparative Political Analysis 4 Core

4 SSH PO4 Indian Political System 4 Core

Semester II

Sl .NO Paper code Paper Name Credit Core/Optional

5 SSH PO5 Political Theory-II 4 Core

6 SSH PO6 Western Political Thought-II 4 Core

7 SSH PO7 Comparative Political Institutions 4 Core

8 SSH PO8 Contemporary issues in Indian Politics 4 Core

Semester –III

Sl .NO Paper code Paper Name Credit Core/Optional

9 SSH PO9 International Relations-I 4 Core

10 SSH PO10 Indian Political Thought 4 Core

11 SSH PO11 Political Ideologies 4 Core

12 SSH PO12 Federalism in India 4 Optional

13 SSH PO13 Political Economy of India 4 Optional

14 SSH PO14 Foreign Policy of India 4 Optional

15 SSH PO15 Political Sociology 4 Optional

Semester IV

Sl .NO Paper code Paper Name Credit Core/Optional

16 SSH PO16 International Relations –II 4 Core

17 SSH PO17 Research Methodology 4 Core

18 SSH PO18 Political Economy of Federalism and

Decentralization

4 Optional

19 SSH PO19 Local self Government in India 4 Optional

20 SSH PO20 Public Policy and Governance 4 Optional

21 SSH PO21 International Organization 4 Optional

Paper I (Core) Semester I

Political Theory

Unit-I

Political Theory: Meaning, Nature, Scope, Decline and Revival

Approaches to the Study of Politics: Traditional and Modern

Unit –II

State and Sovereignty

Liberty and Equality

Unit-III

Justice and Rights

Democracy and Citizenship

Suggested Readings:

Easton, David,(1981) ‘The Political System Beyond the State’, Political Theory, No. 3.

Held, D.(1990) Political Theory and the Modern State, Polity Press, Cambridge, 1989.

Arblaster, Anthony(1994), Democracy, Open University Press, Milton Keynes, .

Bowles, Samuel and Herbert Gintis,(1986) Democracy and Capitalism, Routledge, New

York.

Dahl, R.(1989), Democracy and Its Critics, Yale University Press, New Heaven.

Held, David,(1989) Models of Democracy, Polity, Cambridge.

Hunt, Alan,(1980) Marxism and Democracy, Lawrence and Wishart, London.

Macpherson, C.B.(1977) The Life and Times of Liberal Democracy, Verso, London.

Mouffe, Chantal,(1992) Dimensions of Radical Democracy, Verso, London.

. Pateman, Carole(1983), "Feminism and Democracy" in G. Duncan (ed.), Democratic

Theory and Practice, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Arneson, R.J., (1993)"Equality" in Robert E. Goodin and Philip Pettit (ed.), A Companion to

Contemporary Political Philosophy, Blackwell, Oxford, 1993, pp. 489-507.

Baker, John,(1987) Arguing for Equality, Verso, London.

Mitchel, Juliet,(1987) "Women and Equality" in Anne Philips (ed.), Feminism and Equality,

New York University Press, New York.

Tawny, R.H., Equality, Allen & Unwin(1952), London and Harcourt Brace, New York, 1931

Bauman, Zygmunt, Freedom(1988), Open University Press, Milton Keynes.

Cohen, Marshall, Thomas, Nagel and Thomas Scanlon (ed.)(1980), Marx, Justice and

History, Princeton university Press, Princeton, (Part I on Marx’s Views on Justice and

Other Fundamental Ethical Ideas).

Kukathas, Chandran and Philip Petit, Rawls(1990), A Theory of Justice and Its Critics,

Cambridge.

Kolm, Serge-Christophe(1993), "Distributive Justice" in Robert E. Goodin and Philip Petit

(ed.), A Comparison to Contemporary Political Philosophy, Blackwell, Oxford,(pp. 438-461).

Walby, Sylvia,(1990) Theorizing Patriarchy, Blackwell, Oxford.

Bottomore, Tom, (1992)"Citizenship and Social Class, Forty Years On" in T.H. Marshall,

Citizenship and Social Class (reprint), Pluto Press, London.

White, Stephen(2001), Communism and its Collapse, Routledge, New YorK.

Heywood, Andrew(2003), Political Theory : An Introduction, St. Martin’s Press, New York, .

Gaus, Gerald F., and Chandran Kukathas(2004), Handbook of Political Theory, Sage,

London.

Paper II (Core) Semeseter I

Western Political thought-I

Unit-I

Plato.

Aristotle.

Unit- II

St. Augustine.

St. Thomas Aquinas.

Machiavelli.

Unit-III

Hobbes

Locke.

Rousseau.

Suggested Readings:

Dunning, W.A., A History of Political Theories, Allahabad (any edition).

Ebenstein, William, Great Political Thinkers, IBH, Oxford (any edition).

Sabine, G.H., A History of Political Theory, Oxford and IBH, Bombay (any edition).

Russell, Bertand, History of Western Philosophy, Simon and Schuster, New York (any

edition).

Strauss, Leo and Joseph Cropsey,(1968) History of Political Philosophy, Rand McNally.

Barker, E.(1947), Greek Political Theory : Plato and His Predecessors, Methuen, London.

rombie, I.M.(1962), An Examination of Plato’s Doctrines, Vol. I R.K.P., London.

Cross, R.C. & A.B. Woozley (1964), Plato’s Republic, Macmillan.

Filed, G.C.,(1969), The Philosophy of Plato, London.

Levinson, R.B.(1953), In Defence of Plato, Harvard University Press, Harvard, 1953.

Barker, E., "Introduction" in E. Barker (ed.), The Politics of Aristotle, OUP, Oxford.

Bakshi, O.P.(1975), Politics and Prejudice : Notes on Aristotle’s Political Theory,

University of Delhi.

Barnes, Jonathan, (1977)nArticles on Aristotle, Vol. 2, Ethics and Politics, Duckworth,

London, 1977.

Muglan, R.(1977), Aristotle’s Political Theory, Clarendon, Oxford, 1977.

Newman, N.L., The Political Thought of Aristotle, 4 Vols., Clarendon, Oxford.

Berlin, Isaiah, (1981)NThe Originality of Machiavelli in I. Berlin, Against the Current,

OUP, Oxford, 1981.

Pocock, J.,(1975) The Machiavellian Moment, Princeton, 1975.

Skinner, Q.,(1981) Machiavelli, Past Masters Series, OUP, Oxford,.

Skinners, Q.,(1978). Foundations of Modern Political Thought, Vol. 1 : The Rennaissance,

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (Chs. 4, 5, 6).

Raphael, D.D.,(1977) Hobbes : Morals and Politics, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1977.

Macpherson, C.B.(1962), Political Theory of Possessive Individualism, Hobbes to Locke,

OUP, London.

Dunn, John, Locke(1984), Past Masters Series, OUP, Oxford, Chs. 1 & 2.

. Dunn, John,(1969) The Political Thought of John Locke, Cambridge University Press,

Cambridge

Colletti, Lucio,(1978) "Rousseau as Critic of Civil Society" in Lucio Colletti ed. From

Rousseau to Lenin, OUP, Delhi.

Grimsley, Ronald,(1973) The Philosophy of Rousseau, OUP, London.

Masters, Roger D.(1968), The Political Philosophy of Rousseau, Princeton.

Hall, J.C., Rousseau(1971), Introduction to His Political Philosophy, Macmillan.

Brian R. Nelson, (2004) Western Political Thought, Pearson, Delhi.

Deane, Herbert, A.(1963), The Politics and Social Ideas of St. Augustine, Columbia

University Press, New York.

.

Paper-III (Core) Semester-I

Comparative Political Analysis

Unit-I

Comparative Politics: Meaning, nature and scope

Approaches to the study of Comparative Politics

Unit-II

State in comparative perspective: characteristics, and changing nature of the state in

capitalist and socialist economies, and advanced industrial and developing societies.

Political Culture and Political Socialization.

Unit-III

Political parties, Interest and Pressure groups

Elites: Concept, typology and role

Suggested Readings :

Almond G.A(2004), Comparative Politics Today: A World View, Pearson Education Pvt.

Limited, Singapore

Finer E(2009), Comparative Government, Harmondsworth, Penguin

Judith Bara & Mark Pennington, Comparative Politics, Sage Publication New Delhi

Johari, J.C. (2009), Comparative Politics, Sterling Publication, New Delhi.

Johari J.C. (2011), New Comparative Government, Lotus Press, New Delhi.

Chilcote R. H. (1994), Theories Of Comparative Politics Westview Press.

Wiarda H. J. (2007), Comparative Politics: Approaches and Issues, Rowman & Littlefeild

Publishers, Lanham.

Weber M. (1995), Theory of Social & economic Organization, New York; Free Press.

Roy Arvind K, (2011), Comparative Politics and Political Government, Mahaveer & Sons

Hague Harrop Martin, Rod. (2004), Comparative Government and Politics,Palgrave

Macmillan

Paper-IV (Core) Semester-I

Indian Political System

Unit-I

Ideological Basis of the Indian Constitution: Preamble,

Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles of State Policy.

Constitutional Amendments : Nature, problems and politics.

Unit-II

Dynamics of Indian Federalism.

Sarkaria Commission and Punchhi Commission Report

Unit- III

The Union Executive: President and Prime Minister.

The Union Parliament: Structure, Functioning, Committee system.

The Union Judiciary: Supreme court of India

Suggested Readings :

Arora, Balveer and Verney, Douglas (ed.),(1995) Multiple Identities in a Single State :

Indian Federalismin a Comparative Perspective, Konark, Delhi.

Austin, Granville,(2000) Working of a Democratic Constitution, OUP, New Delhi, .

Baxi, Upendra and Bhikhu Parekh (ed.),(1994) Crisis and Change in Contemporary India,

Sage, New Delhi, .

Brass, Paul,(1990) Politics of India since Independence, Orient Longman, Hyderabad, .

Kaushik, Susheela (ed.),(1990) Indian Government and Politics (Hindi), Directorate of

Hindi Implementation, Delhi University, .

Kothari, Rajni,(1989) State Against Democracy, In Search of Humane Governance, Ajanta,

Delhi, .

Morris-Jones, W.H., Government and Politics in India, B.I., Delhi (Latest Edition).

Noorani, A.G.(2000), Constitutional Questions in India : The President, Parliament and the

States, OUP,.

Rudolph, L.I., and Rudolph, S.H.(1987), In Pursuit of Lakshmi : The Political Economy of

the Indian State,Orient Longman, Delhi, .

Saez, Lawrence(2002), Federalism without a Centre : The Impact of Political and Economic

Reforms on India’s Federal System, Sage, New Delhi, .

Narang A.S(1993), Indian Government and Politics, Geetanjali publishing House, New

Delhi,.

Singh M.P, Roy Himanshu,(1988) Indian Political System: Structure, policies, development,

Ganada prakashan, New Delhi, .

Basu D. D,(2010) Introduction to the Indian Constitution, Lexis-Nexis Butterworth,

Wadhwa Publishing house, Nagpur,.

Paper-V (Core) Semester-II

Political Theory-II

Unit –I

Power and Authority

Legitimacy

Deliberative Democracy

Unit-II

End of Ideology

End of History

Unit -III

Post-modernism

Multiculturalism

Suggested Readings:

B. Parekh,(2000) Rethinking Multiculturalism: Cultural Diversity and Political theory.

Macmillan Press, London.

E. Said,(1978) Orientalism, Chatto and Windus, London.

C. Taylor,(1968) Multiculturalism : Examining the Politics of Recognition, edited by J.P.

Mayer and M. Lerner, New York, Harper, London, Fontana.

S.K. White,(1991) Political Theory and Postmodernism, Cambridge University Press,

Cambridge.

I.M. Young,(1990) Justice and the Politics of Diference, Princeton University Press, Oxford,.

A. Ahmed,(1992) In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, Verso, London.

J.B. Elshtain, Public Man(1981), Private Man: Women in Social and Political Thought,

Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ.

R. Guha and G.C. Spivak,(1988) Selected Subaltern Studies. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

R. Young(1990), White Mythologies: Writing History and the West, Routledge, London.

Asirvaatham Eddy and Mishra K.K, Political Theory, S Chand and Company, New Delhi

Ramaswamy S, Political Theory, Ideas and concept, Macmillan India, New delhi

Heywood Andrew, Politics, Palgrave, New York

Ray Amal and Bhattacharya Mohit, Political Theory: ideas and Institutions, the World Press,

Kolkata

Dahl Robert A, Modern Political Analysis, Engelwood Cliffss, New Jersey]

Bhargava Rajeev Acharya Ashok , Political Theory: An Introduction, Pearson, New Delhi

Verma S.P, Modern Political theory, Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd, New Delhi

Barry Norman, An Introduction to modern Political theory, MacMillan Pvt, London

Paper VI (Core) Semester-II

Western Political Thought-II

Unit I

Immanuel Kant

G.W.F Hegel

Unit II

T.H.Green

Jeremy Bentham

J.S.Mill

Unit III

Karl Marx

Lenin

Mao

Suggested readings:

Sabine George.H,(1973) A history of Political Thought, George P harrap& co Ltd

Held, David (1995) Cosmopolitan Democracy: An agenda for a New World Order, Polity

Press, London.

Barry Norman (1991). Libertarianism in Philosophy and Politics, Cambridge University

Press, New York

Cohen, G.A,(1988) Karl Marx’s theory of History: A Defence, Princeton University

press, Princeton

Jacob Lesley (1996), An introduction to modern political philosophy: The Democratic

vision of Politics, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ

Kymlicka Will,(2002) Contemporary Political Philosophy, Oxford University Press

Pantham, Thomas(1986) Political Thought in Modern India, Sage Publication, New

Delhi

Mukherjee Subarat (2009), A History of Political Thought,Phil learning, New Delhi

Wayper C.L (1965), Poltical thought, Hutchinson London

HallowellJ.H ( 1960) main currents in modern political thought, Holt, Newyark

Sen Amartya Derez Jean (2007), Development as freedom, Oxford University Press, New

Delhi, 2007

Paper VII (Core) Semester-II

Comparative Political Institutions

Unit-I

Political development and modernization

Theories of development and underdevelopment

Unit-II

Presidential systems

Parliamentary systems

Unit-III

Federal and Unitary systems

Democratic and Totalitarian systems

Suggested reading:

Almond G.A(2004), Comparative Politics Today: A World View, pearson Education Pvt

Limited, Singapore

Finer E(2009), Comparative Government, Harmondsworth, Penguin

Judith Bara & Mark Pennington, Comparative Politics, Sage Publication New Delhi

Johari, J.C. (2009), Comparative Politics, Sterling Publication, New Delhi.

Johari J.C. (2011), New Comparative Government, Lotus Press, New Delhi.

Chilcote R. H. (1994), Theories Of Comparative Politics Westview Press.

Wiarda H. J. (2007), Comparative Politics: Approaches and Issues, Rowman &

Littlefeild Publishers, Lanham.

Weber M. (1995), Theory of Social & economic Organization, New York; Free Press.

Roy Arvind K, (2011), Comparative Politics and Political Government, Mahaveer & Sons

Hague Harrop martin, Rod. (2004), Comparative Government and Politics, Palgrave

Macmillan

Paper VIII (Core) Semester-II

Contemporary Issues in Indian Politics

Unit-I

Election commission and Electoral Reforms

Report of the National Commission to Review the working of the constitution

Judicial Review and Judicial Activism

Unit-II

Caste in Indian Politics

Religion and Indian Politics

Political violence and Terrorism in India

Unit-III

India’s development strategy and Inclusive growth

Regional Politics

Politics of Identity

Suggested Readings:

Basu, D.D,(2010)”Introduction to the Indian Constitution”,LexisNexisButterworths

Wadhwa Publishing House- Nagpur

Narang, A.S,(1993)”Indian Government & Politics, geetanjali Publishing House, New

Delhi

K S Subramanian Political Violence and the Police in India, Sage, New Delhi

KavirajSudipta,(2009)”Indian Political System”, Oxford University Press

Chandok Neera (2011) ‘ Contemporary India’ Pearson India, New Delhi

KashyapSubhas (2008) ‘Our Constitution’ National Book Trust, New Delhi

KashyapSubhas (2008) ‘Our Parliament’ National Book Trust, New Delhi

Bakshi P.M (2011) ‘ Constitution of India’ Universal Law Publisher, Allahabad’

Nariman fali S ( 2012) The state of Nation, hay House publishing, New Delhi

Brass Paul(1989), the Politics of India since Independence, Orient Longman, New Delhi

Singh M.P, Roy Himanshu (1988) Indian Poltical system: structure, policies , development,

Ganada Prakashan, New Delhi

Austin, Granville, (1966), the Indian Constitution: cornerstone of a nation, Oxford

university press

Austin, Granville, (2000), Working a democratic constitution: the Indian

Experience,Oxford University press New Delhi

Paper IX (Core) Semester III

International Relations-I

Unit I

Introduction: Definition, nature, scope and subject matter of International Relations.

National Interest and Power

The Evolution of International Relations

Unit II

State as an actor in International Relations: Non-state actors

National Power, Balance of power:

Power Politics,

Armament and Disarmament ,

Models of Regional Cooperation

Unit III

Alternatives to Power Politics: Liberal Perspective: Liberal Institutionalism,

International Regimes,

Collective security,

Democratic Peace.

Gender Perspective.

Concepts and Techniques of Foreign Policy

Suggested Readings

Baylis, J, Steve S. and Patricia O. (2011), The Globalisation of World Politics An

Introduction to International Relations, New York: Oxford University Press.

Brown, C. (2011), Understanding International Relations, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire

MacMillan Press Ltd.

Callaghan, Terry O. and Martin G. (2007), Key Concepts in International Relations, London

and New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group.

Chatterjee, A. (2010), International Relations Today: Concepts and Applications, New Delhi:

Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Ghosh, P. (2011), International Relations, New Delhi: PHI Learning Limited.

Goldstein J. S. and Jon C. P. (2011), International Relations, New Delhi: Dorling Kindersley

India Pvt. Ltd.

Howard C. P. and Palmer N. D. (2010), International Relations (3rd Edition), New Delhi:

CBS Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd.

Sorensen, G. and Robert J. (2010), Introduction to International Relations: Theories and

Approaches, USA: Oxford University Press.

Wilkinson, P. (2007), International Relations: A Very Short Introduction, USA: Oxford

University Press.

Paper X (Core) Semester III

Indian Political Thought

Unit-I

Raja Ram Mohan Roy.

Dayanand Saraswati.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale.

Unit-II

Aurobindo Ghosh

Bhim Rao Ambedkar

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Unit-III

M.K.Gandhi: Hind Swaraj

J.L. Nehru.

M.N.Roy

Suggested Reading;

V.P. Verma,(1974) Modern Indian Political Thought, Lakshmi Naryan Aggarwal, Agra.

Appadorai(1992), Indian Political Thinking through the Ages, Khanna Publishers, Delhi.

J. Bandopandhyay,(1969) Social and Political Thought of Gandhi, Allied Publishers, Bombay,.

T. Pantham, and K. Deustch (eds.),(1986) Political Thought in Modern India, Sage Publishers,

New Delhi.

Parekh & T. Pantham (eds.),(1987) Political Discourse: Exploration in Indian and Western

Political Thought, Sage, New Delhi.

M.N. Jha, Political Thought in Modern India, Meenakshi Prakashan, Meerut.

V.R. Mehta,(1996) Indian Political Thought, Manohar, New Delhi.

Paper XI (Core) Semester-III

Political Ideologies Unit I

Liberalism

Nationalism

Conservatism

Unit-II

Anarchism

Marxism

Democratic Socialism

Unit -III

Fascism

Feminism

Environmentalism

Suggested Reading:

Michael Freeden, Lyman Tower Sargent, and Marc Stears (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of

Political Ideologies, Oxford University Press

Haleh Arshar (ed.) Women and Politics in the Third World, London: Routledge. 1996

United Nations 2000 The World’s Women 2000: Trends and Statistics, New York: United

Nations

Baradat Leon P , Political ideologies, prentice Hall, New Delhi

Heywood Andrew, Political Ideologies, Palgrave macmillan

Ebenstein , Today’s Ism, Prentice Hall,

Adams Ian, 1993, Political Ideologies Today, Manchester, Manchester University Press

Bhole Bhaskar, 2002, Rajakiya Siddhanta ani Vishleshan, Nagpur, Pimplapure

Goodin Robert and Philip Petit (eds.), 1993, A Companion to Contemporary Political

Philosophy, London, Blackwell

Graham Gordon, 1986, Politics in its Place- A Study of Six Ideologies, Oxford, Clarendon

Press

Macridis Roy C, 1985, Contemporary Political Ideologies, Boston, Little Brown and Co.

Vincent Andrew, 1992, Modern Political Ideologies, London, Blackwell

Bhole Bhaskar, 2002, Rajakiya Siddhanta ani Vishleshan, Nagpur, Pimpalapure

Blakely Georgina & Valerie Bryson (eds.), 2002, Contemporary Political Concepts,

London, Pluto Press

Goodwin Barbara, 2004, Using Political Ideas, Chichester, John Wiley & Sons

Hampton Jean, 1998, Political Philosophy, New Delhi, OUP

Hawkesworth Mary and Maurice Kogan (eds.), 1992, Encyclopaedia of Government and

Politics(Vol. I), London, Routledge

Knowles Dudley, 2001, Political Philosophy, London, Routledge

Pierson Christopher, 2004, The Modern State, London, Routledge

Vandana Shiva,1998, Staying Alive: Women Ecology and Development in India, New Delhi:

Kali for Women,

Nivedita Menon,1999, Gender and Politics in India, New York, OUP,

Vandana Shiva (ed)1994, Close to Home: Women Reconnect, Ecology, Health and

Development Worldwide, Philadelphia New Society Publishers 1994

Haleh Arshar (ed.) 1996, Women and Politics in the Third World, London: Routledge. 1996

Paper XII (elective) Semester-III

Federalism in India

Unit-I

Background, Evolution and Nature of Federalism in India

Developments in Indian Federalism since 1947

Unit -II

Centre-State Relations with reference to Emergency and Financial Powers

Demand for State Autonomy

Commissions on study of Centre-State Relations: Sarkaria and Punchhi Commission

Unit-III

Regional Parties and their Impact on the Federal Process

Politics of Coalition Government

Suggested Readings:

B. Arora and D.V. Vermey (eds) Multiple Identities in a ingle State: Indian Federalism in

Comparative Perspective, New Delhi, Centre for Policy Research, Konark, 1995

G. Austin, The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation, Oxford University Press,

Oxford, 1966

S.P. Aiyar and U. Mehta (eds) Essays on Indian Federalism, Bombay, Allied Publishers, 1965

P. Brass, Politics of India Since Independence, Orient Longman, Hyderabad, 1990

Chanda, Federalism in India: A Study of Union State Relations, George Allen and Unwin,

London, 1965

R. Khan, Rethinking Indian Federalism, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, 1997

R. Khan, Federal India: A design for change, Vikas New Delhi, 1992

J.A. Kauzar, Federalism and Good Governance: Issues Across Cultures, South Asian, New

Delhi, 1998.

P. Kumar, Studies in Indian Federalism, Deep and Deep, New Delhi, 1988

N. Mukharji and B. Arora (eds.) Federalism in India: Origins and Development, Centre for

Policy Research, Vikas, New Delhi, 1992

L. Saez, Federalism Without a Centre: The Impact of Political and Economic Reform on

India’s Federal System, Sage, New Delhi, 2002.

K.C. Wheare, Federal Government, Oxford University Press, New York., 1952.

S.P. Aiyar and U. Mehta (eds.), Essays on Indian Federalism, Bombay, Allied Publishers,

1965

Arora and D.V. Verney (eds.), Multiple identities in a Single State : Indian Federalism in a

Comparative Perspectve, Delhi, Konark, 1995.

K.R. Bombwall, The Foundations of Indian Federalism, Bombay, Asia Publishing House,

1967

Chanda, Federalism in India: A study of Union-Sate Relations, London, George Allen &

Unwin, 1965

R. Kothari, State Against Democracy: In Search for Humane Governance, Delhi, Ajanta,

1988

Caste and Politics in India, New Delhi, Orient Longman, 1970

Politics in India, New Delhi, Orient Longman, 1970

Party System and Election Studies, Bombay, Asia Publishing House, 1967

Ray, Tension Areas in India’s Federal System, Calcutta, K.P. Bagchi, 2001

G. Smith (ed.), Federalism: The Multi Ethnic Challenge, Harlow, Longman, 1995

Paper XIII (Elective) Semester-III

Political Economy of India

Course Contents:

1. Key Concepts in Political Economy

2. Political Economy of India’s Democracy, Social Inequality and Ethnic Conflict

3. The Political Economy of the Green Revolution

4. Political Economy of Economic Reforms in India

5. The Political Economy of India’s Federal System

6. Labor, Trade Unions and Class Politics in India

7. Natural Resources and Local Governance

8. Globalization and Indian Economy

Suggested Reading :

Agrawal and Chhatre. 2007. “State Involvement and Forest Co-Governance: Evidence

from the Indian Himalayas,” Studies in Comparative and International Development.

Banerjee and Iyer. 2010. “Colonial Land Tenure, Electoral Competition, and Public

Goods in India.” In Natural Experiments of History, eds. Diamond and Robinson.

Beaman et al. 2009. “Powerful Women: Does Exposure Reduce Bias?” Quarterly Journal

of Economics.

Bjorkman. 2011. “Godot in Bombay: A Trajicomedy in Two Decades,” Journal of

Environmental Design and Planning.

Chakravarty. 1984. “Aspects of India’s Development Strategy for 1980s.” Economic and

Political Weekly.

Chandra. 2000. “Elite Incorporation in Multiethnic Societies,” Asian Survey.

Dhanagare. 1987. “Green Revolution and Social Inequalities in Rural India,” Economic

and Political Weekly.

Drèze and Sen. 2002. “Democratic Practice and Social Inequality.” Journal of Asian and

African Studies.

Fernandes and Heller. 2006. “Hegemonic Aspirations: New Middle Class Politics and

India’s Democracy in Comparative Perspective,” Critical Asian Studies.

Fernandes. 1997. “Beyond Public Spaces and Private Spheres: Gender, Family and

Working Class Politics in India,” Feminist Studies.

Frankel. 2005. India’s Political Economy 1947-2004.

Hutchins. 1967. The Illusion of Permanence.

Jaffrelot. 2003. India’s Silent Revolution.

Jagaraman and Lanjouw. 1999. “The Evolution of Poverty and Inequality in Indian

Villages,” World Bank Research Observer.

Kale. 2009. “Inside Out: India’s Global Reorientation,” India Review.

Kapur. 2002. “Causes and Consequences of Indi India’s IT Boom,” India Review

Kapur. 2004. “Ideas and Economic Reforms in India: The Role of International Migration

and the Indian Diaspora,” India Review.

Kohli. 2006. “Politics of Economic Growth in India, 1980-2005,” Economic and Political

Weekly (Parts I and II).

Levi. 2010. “World Bank Institute Learning Briefs”.

Lijphart. 1996. “The Puzzle of Indian Democracy,” American Political Science Review.

Maddison. 1971. Class Structure and Economic Growth.

Manor. 1990. “How and Why Liberal and Representative Politics Emerged in India,”

Political Studies.

Mukherji, Rahul ed., India’s Economic Transition: The politics of reform, Oxford

University Press: New Delhi,

Rudolph and Rudolph. 2007. “Iconization of Chandrababu: Sharing Sovereignty in India’s

Federal Market Economy.”

Sharma, C. K. 2011. “A Discursive Dominance Theory of Economic Reform

Sustainability: The Case of India, India Review

Sinha. 2004. “The Changing Political Economy of Federalism in India: A Historical

Institutionalist Approach,” India Review.

Sinha. 2005. “Understanding the Rise and Transformation of Business Collective Action

in India,” Business and Politics.

Sinha. 2007. “Economic Growth and Political Accommodation,” Journal of Democracy.

Teitelbaum. 2007. “In the Grip of a Green Giant,” Comparative Political Studies.

Varshney. 2001. “Ethnic Conflict and Civil Society: India and Beyond,” World Politics.

Wilkinson. 2000. “India, Consociational Theory, and Ethnic Violence,” Asian Survey.

Paper XIV (Elective) Semester-III

Foreign Policy of India

Unit-I

Genesis and foundation of Indian foreign policy: principles and objectives

Emerging patterns of post-war world politics: India’s perspectives

Political process and foreign policy

Unit-II

India and the major powers: USA, China, Britain, France, and Russian Republic

India’s perspectives

Disarmament and arms control: NPT, CTBT etc

Globalisation and WTO, Kyoto Protocol and environmental protection

Unit-III

India and her neighbours: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka

Regional focus of India with special reference to Look East policy

(i) SAARC

(ii) ASEAN

(iii) EU

(iv) The Commonwealth

(v) Central Asian Republics

Suggested Readings:

Bahadur, Kalim (ed.), South Asia in transition: Conflicts and tensions, Patriots, New

Delhi, 1986.

Banerjee, A.K. (ed.), Security issues in South Asia: Domestic and external sources of

threats to security Minerva, Calcutta, 1998.

Bidwai, Praful and Achin Vanaik (eds.), South Asia on a short fuse: Nuclear politics and

the future of global disarmament, OUP, New Delhi, 1999).

Ghosh, Partha S., Cooperation and conflict in South Asia, Manohar, New Delhi, 1989.

Gould, H.A. and Sumit Ganguly (eds.), The Hope and the Reality: U.S.-Indian Relations

from Roosevelt to Reagan, Oxford & IBH, New Delhi, 1993.

Gujral, I.K., A foreign policy for India, External publicity division, MEA, Government of

India, Delhi, 1998.

Indian foreign policy, World Focus, Vol 20, No 10-12, October-December 1999.

Jones, Rodney W. and Sumit Ganguly, “Debating New Delhi’s Nuclear Decision,”

International Security, Vol 24 (4), Spring 2000.

Mansingh, Surjeet, India’s search for power: Indira Gandhi’s foreign policy, 1966-1982

New Delhi Sage, 1984.

Perkovich, G., India’s nuclear bomb: The impact on global proliferation New Delhi: OUP,

2000.

Suryanarayan, V. (ed.), South and Southeast Asia in the 1990s: Indian and American

Perspectives Delhi: Konark, 1992.

Upreti, B.C. et al. (eds.), India’s foreign policy: Emerging challenges and paradigms

(Delhi: Kalinga, 2003).

Paper XV (Elective) Semester-III

Political Sociology

Unit I

Political Sociology : Thematic Concerns

Nature, meaning and scope.

Historical Development.

Caste, Class and Power

Unit II

Political Socialization

Political Culture

Political Modernization and Development

Unit III

Political Sociology of Agrarian Relations

Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms.

Pressure Groups : Farmers and Labourers

Caste and Communal conflicts

Suggested readings

Effrat, Andrew, Perspective on Political Sociology, New York, The Bobbs-Merrill, 1972.

Dowse, Robert E. & Hughes, John A., Political Sociology, London, John Wiley, 1975.

Horowitz, Foundations of Political Sociology, New York, Harper & Row, 1972.

Das, Hari Hara and Choudhary, B.C., Introduction to Sociology, New Delhi, Vikas, 1997.

Tumin, M.M., Social Stratification, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 1978.

Gupta, Dipankar (ed.), Social Stratification, Delhi, OUP, 1991.

Scott, John, Stratification and Power, Cambridge, Polity, 1996.

Sharma, K.L., Social Stratification in India, New Delhi, Sage, 1997.

Singh, Yogendra, Social Change in India, New Delhi, Har Anand, 1993.

Layder, Derek, Understanding Social Theory, London, Sage, 1996.

Jaiswal, Suvira, Caste : Origin, Function and Dimensions of Change, Delhi, Manohar, 1998.

Srinivas, M.N., Social Change in Modern India, New Delhi, 1969.

Runciman, W.S., Social Science and Political Theory, Cambridge, 1971.

Lukes, Steven, Power : A Radical View, Hong Kong, Macmillan, 1974.

Barnes, Barry, The Nature of Power, Cambridge, Polity, 1988.

Paper XVI (Core) Semester-IV

International Relations –II

Unit I

International Relations as an Academic Discipline and Scope

Realism

Structural Realism & Its critics

Statism, Self help and Security dilemma

Unit II

Liberalism: origin of the idea, core ideas in liberal thinking on International

Neo Liberalism

Game Theory

Decision Making Theory

Unit III

Social Constructivism

Post Modernism and International Relations:.

Post Colonialism

Suggested Readings:

Baylis, J, Steve S. and Patricia O. (2011),The Globalisation of World Politics, An

Introduction to International Relations, New York: Oxford University Press.

Bull, H.(1977) , The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics, United States:

Columbia University Press.

Carr E. H. (2001), The Twenty Years’ Crisis, 1919-1939, New York: Perennial. 2001

Morgenthau, H. (1948), Politics Among Nations, New York: McGraw Hill.1948

Machiavelli, N. (1961), The Prince, London: Penguin.1961

Milner, H. ( 1991), "The Assumption of Anarchy in International Relations Theory: A

Critique", Review of International Studies, 17, 67-851991

Howard C. P. and Palmer N. D. (2010), International Relations (3rd Edition), New Delhi:

CBS Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd.

Schroeder, P. (1994), “Historical Reality vs. Neo Realist Theory”, International Security, 19

(1), 108-148.

Thomas H., (year missing), Leviathan, (Chapter XIII of the Natural Condition of Mankind as

Concerning Their Felicity and Misery).

Thucydides (1972), History of the Peloponnesian War, London: Penguin Books Ltd.

Waltz, K. N. (2001), Man, the State and War: A Theoretical Analysis, New York: Columbia

University Press.

Waltz, K. N. (1979), Theory of International Politics, New York: McGraw Hill.

Wight, M. (1960), “Why there is no International Relations Theory”, International Relations,

2: 35-48.

PaperXVII Semester-IV

Research Methodology

Unit-I

Nature of Social science research

Identification of the Research problem

Research Questions and Hypothesis

Case Study

Unit-II

Methods of Data Collection: Experimental and Non-Experimental

Techniques of Data Collection: Questionnaire, Interview, Observation

Sampling : Probability and Non-Probability Methods

Unit-III

Concept of measurement and Scales

Statistical Measures for Data Analysis

Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing

Report writing

Suggested Readings:

Creswell, J. W. Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods, Sage

Publications

Baert, Patrick, Social Theory in the Twentieth Century (Polity, 1998)

Brecher, Michael, and Frank P. Harvey, eds. Millennial Reflections on International Studies

(Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2002).

Elman, Colin, and Miriam Fendius Elman, eds. Progress in International Relations Theory:

Appraising the Field (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003).

Evera, Stephen Van, Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science. Ithaca: Cornell

University Press, 1997.

Gordon, Scott, The History and Philosophy of Social Science (Routledge, 1991)

Harvey, Frank P. and Michael Brecher (Editors), Evaluating Methodology in International

Studies (Millennial Reflections on International Studies) University of Michigan Press, 2002.

King, Gary, Robert O. Keohane and Sidney Verba. Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific

Inference in Qualitative Research (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994).

Nachmias, C., & Nachmias, D. Research Methods in the Social Sciences (4th ed.). New

York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.

Spoull, N.L. Handbook of Research Methods: A Guide for Practitioners and Students in the

Social Sciences. (2nd ed.). Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1995.

Strauss, Anselm and Juliet Corbin, , Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and

Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory, 2nd Edition. Newbury Park, CA: Sage

Publications, 1998.

Paper XVIII Semester-IV

Political Economy of Federalism and Decentralization

Course Contents:

1. Federalism and Federal Systems

2. Decentralization: Meaning and Measurement

3. Democracy, Decentralization and Federalism

4. Fiscal Federalism and Fiscal Decentralization

5. Political Economy of Regional Autonomy Movements

6. Federalism and Ethnic Conflicts

Suggested Readings :

Agrawal, Arun and Jesse Ribot. 1999. “Accountability in Decentralization: A framework

with South Asian and West African cases” Journal of Developing Areas 33 (Summer): 473-

502.

Bahl, Roy and Johannes Linn. 1994. “Fiscal Decentralization and Intergovernmental

Transfers in Less Developed Countries” Publius 24(1): 1-19.

Bardhan, Pradeep and Dilip Mookherjee. 2000. "Capture and governance at local and

national levels" American Economic Review 90(2): 135-139.

Bardhan, Pranab and Dilip Mookherjee. 2006. “Decentralisation and Accountability in

Infrastructure Delivery in Developing Countries” The Economic Journal 116(January):101-

127.

Bermeo, Nancy. 2002. "A New look at Federalism: The import of institutions" Journal of

Democracy 13(2): 96-110.

Blair, Harry. 2000. "Participation and Accountability at the Periphery: Democratic Local

Governance in Six Countries." World Development 28: 21-39.

Brancati, Dawn. 2006. “Decentralization: Fueling the Fire or Dampening the Flames of

Ethnic Conflict and Secessionism?” International Organization 60(3): 651-685.

Breton, Albert. 2000. “Federalism and Decentralization: Ownership Rights and the

Superiority of Federalism” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 30(2):1-16.

Cai, Hongbin and Daniel Treisman. 2006. "Did Government Decentralization Cause China's

Economic Miracle?" World Politics 58(4): 505-535.

Cheema, G. Shabbir, A. Rondinelli. 2007. Decentralizing Governance: Emerging Concepts

and Practices . Washington,DC: Brookings Institution Press.

Chhibber, Pradeep, Sandeep Shastri and Richard Sisson. 2004. "Federal Arrangements and

the Provision of Public Goods in India" Asian Survey 44(3): 339-352.

Eaton, Kent. “Conservative Autonomy Movements: Territorial Dimensions of Ideological

Conflict in Bolivia and Ecuador” Comparative Politics.

Ed Connerley, Kent Eaton, and Paul Smoke Making Decentralization Work: Democracy,

Development, and Security Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.

Ehtisham Ahmad and Giorgio Brosio Does Decentralization Enhance Service Delivery and

Poverty Reduction? Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Elazar, Daniel J. 1994. Federal Systems of the World: a handbook of federal, confederal,

and autonomy arrangements. New York, NY: Stockton. (introductory material available at:

http://www.jcpa.org/dje/books/fedsysworld-intro.htm)

Escobar-Lemmon. 2001. “Fiscal Decentralization and Federalism in Latin America”

Publius, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Autumn, 2001), pp. 23-41.

Falleti, Tulia. 2005. “A Sequential Theory of Decentralization: Latin American Cases in

Comparative Perspective The American Political Science Review, Vol. 99, No. 3 (Aug.,

2005), pp. 327-346.

Filippov, Mikhail, Peter C. Ordershook, and Olga Shvetsova. 2004. Designing Federalism:

A Theory of Self-Sustainable Federal Institutions Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Fisman, Raymond and Roberta Gatti. 2002. "Decentralization and corruption: evidence

across countries" Journal of Public Economics 83:325-345.

Freitag, Markus and Adrian Vatter. 2008. "Decentralization and Fiscal Discipline in Sub-

National Governments: Evidence from the Swiss Federal System" Publius 38(2): 272-294.

Gerring, John, Strom Thacker and Carola Moreno. 2005. "Centripetal Democratic

Governance: A Theory and Global Inquiry" American Political Science Review 99(4): 567-

581.

Hindriks, Jean and Ben Lockwood. 2009. “Decentralization and electoral accountability:

Incentives, separation and voter welfare” European Journal of Political Economy 25(3):

385-397.

Huang, Yashen and Yumin Sheng. 2009. "Political Decentralization and Inflation: Sub-

National Evidence from China" British Journal of Political Science 39(2): 389-412.

Johnston, Jocelyn M., Jocelyn M. Johnston, Barbara S. Romzek, Curtis H. Wood. 2004. “The

Challenges of Contracting and Accountability across the Federal System: From Ambulances

to Space Shuttles” Publius, 34(3): 155-182.

Khemani, Stuti. 2001. "Decentralization and Accountability" World Bank. Policy Research

Working Paper #2557.

Lalvani, Mala. “Can Decentralization Limit Government Growth? A Test of the Leviathan

Hypothesis for the Indian Federation”, Publius 32(3 Summer): 25-45.

Leff, Carol Skalnik. 1999. "Democratization and Disintegration in Multi-National States:

The Breakup of the Communist Federations" World Politics 51(2): 205-35.

Lustik, Ian S., Dan Miodownik, and Roy J. Eidelson. 2004. "Secessionism in Multicultural

States: Does Sharing Power Prevent or Encourage It?" American Political Science Review

98(2): 209-229.

Manor, J. 1999. The Political Economy of Democratic Decentralization. Washington, DC:

World Bank. Parts II and III (pages 13-52).

Mehrotra, Santosh. 2006. “Governance and Basic Social Services: Ensuring Accountability

in Service Delivery Through Deep Democratic Decentralization” Journal of International

Development 18:263-283.

Mills, Anne. 2006. “Decentralization and accountability in the health sector from an

international perspective: what are the choices?” Public Administration and Development

14(3): 281-292.

Mitchinson R. 2003. Devolution in Uganda: an experiment in local service delivery. Public

Administration and Development 23(3): 241–248.

Montero, Alfred P. and David J. Samuels. 2004. "The Political Determinants of

Decentralization in Latin America" (chapter 1) in Decentralization and Democracy in Latin

America edited by Alfred P. Montero and David J. Samuels. Notre Dame, IN: University of

Notre Dame Press, pages 3-32.

Osaghae, Eghosa E. 1990. “A Reassessment of Federalism as a Degree of Decentralization”

Publius: The Journal of Federalism 20(Winter):83-98.

Oxhorn, Philip. 2004. Decentralization, Democratic Governance, and Civil Society in

Comparative. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press.

Panizza, Ugo. 1999. "On the Determinants of Fiscal Centralization: Theory and Evidence"

Journal of Public Economics 74:97-139.

Pranab Bardhan and Dilip Mookherjee, 2006. Decentralization and Local Governance in

Developing Countries edited by Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, pages.

Prud'homme, Remy. 1995. "The Dangers of Decentralization" The World Bank Research

Observer 10(2):201-220

Qian, Yingyi and Barry R. Weingast. 1997. “Federalism as a Commitment to Preserving

Market Incentives” Journal of Economic Perspectives 11(4): 83-92.

Richard M. Bird and Francois Vaillancourt. 1998. Fiscal Decentralization in Developing

Countries. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Riker, William H. 1964. Federalism: Origin, Operation, Significance. Boston and Toronto:

Little, Brown, and Company.

Rodden, Jonathan and Erik Wibbels. 2002. “Beyond the Fiction of Federalism:

Macroeconomic Management in Multitiered Systems” World Politics

Rodden, Jonathan. 2003. “Reviving Leviathan: Fiscal Federalism and the Growth of

Government” International Organization 57(4): 695-729.

Roeder, Philip G. 1991. "Soviet Federalism and Ethnic Mobilization." World Politics 43

(January): 196-232.

Rondinelli, Dennis A., John R. Nellis, and G. Shabbir Cheema. 1984. Decentralization in

Developing Countries Washington, DC: The World Bank.

Shah, Anwar. 2006. "Corruption and Decentralized Public Governance" World Bank Policy

Research Working Paper #3824.

Stepan, Alfred. 2004. “Toward a New Comparative Politics of Federalism,

Multinationalism, and Democracy,” in Federalism and Democracy in Latin America, edited

by Edward L. Gibson, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. 29-84.

Tiebout, Charles M. 1956. "A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures" Journal of Political

Economy 64(5):416-424.

Treisman, Daniel. 1999. “Political Decentralization and Economic Reform” American

Journal of Political Science 43(2):488-517.

Treisman, Daniel. 2000. "The Causes of Corruption: a cross-national study" Journal of

Public Economics 76(3): 399-457.

Treisman, Daniel. 2000. “Decentralization and Inflation: Commitment, Collective Action,

or Continuity” American Political Science Review 94(4):837-858.

Treisman, Daniel. 2007. The Architecture of Government: Rethinking Political

Decentralization.

Treisman, Daniel. n.d. “Defining and Measuring Decentralization: A Global Perspective”,

March 2002. Available at:

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/polisci/faculty/treisman/Papers/defin.pdf

Paper XIX Semester-IV

Local self government in India

Unit-I

Local Government: Theoretical framework

Evolution of Panchayati Raj in India: Pre-Independence

Legal and Constitutional provisions regarding structures of Panchayati Raj (with special reference

to 73rd Constitutional Amendment)

Unit-II

Growth of urban local government in India

Constitutional provisions regarding structure and functions of urban government ( with special

reference to 74th Constitutional amendment)

Unit-III

Rural Development

Significance and Problems of Local self government in India

Suggested reading:

Maheshwari S R, Local Government in India, New Delhi, Orient Longman, New Delhi, latest

edition.

R.P Joshi & G.S. Narwani, Panchayati Raj in India: Emerging Trends, Rawat Publications,

Jaipur, 2002

Mishra, S.N., Dreams and Realities: Expectation from Panchayati Raj, New Delhi, IIPA, 1996

73rd Constitution Amendment Act, 1992

S.N. Jha and P.C. Mathur, Decentralization and Local Politics, New Delhi, Sage, 1999

T.N. Chaturvedi and A. Dutta (ed), Local Government IIPA, New Delhi.

Debidas Nanda, Municipal Administration in India Ganga Kaveri Publishing House, Varanasi.1993

Ali Ashraf, Government and Politics of Big cities: an Indian case study, Concept publishing company,

Delhi.

Nagarlok (Journal), IIPA, New Delhi

Indian Journal of Public Administration, New Delhi

M. Bhattacharya, Essays in Urban Government, World Press, Calcutta

Paper-XX Semester-IV

Public Policy and Governance

Unit-I

Public policy – meaning, nature and importance of public policy

Policy Formulation in the developed and developing countries

Policy Implementation: Techniques and conditions and challenges for successful implementation

of public policy

Policy Evaluation: feedback , criteria and problems

Unit-II

Policy Analysis: Meaning, issues and models

The Role of the State in Policy making

Impact of Culture, Ideology and Ideas in Policy Determination

Unit-III

The Process of Policy Making and Implementation in India

Participation of the Civil Society in Public Policy Determination

Sectoral Policies in India: Health, Education, Energy, Information Technology and Agricultural,

Economic Liberalization Policy in 1991

Suggested readings

H.A. Aaron, T.E. Mann & Taylor (ed.), Values and Public Policy, Washington D.C., Braking

Institution, 1994.

J.E. Anderson, Public Policy making, Boston, Haughton, Miffin, 1990

T. Dye, Understanding Public Policy, 9th Edt. Englewood Cliffs New Jersey, Prentice Hall,

1997

R.K. Sapru, Public Policy: Formulation, Supplementation and Evaluation, New Delhi,

Sterling 1984.

P.K. Saxena (ed) Comparative Public Policy, Jaipur Rawat Publication 2000

L.N. Gerston Public Policy Making: Process and Principles, London, M. E. Sharpe, 1997

W.N. Dunn Public Policy Analysis: An Introduction, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1993

Michael E.Kraft and Scott R.Farlang ,Public Policy: Political Analysis & Alternatives,Cq

Press Washington.

Sharma, C.K. 2013 Exploring the Frontiers of Collaborative Federal Architecture in India, Indian

Journal of Federal Studies

Sharma C. K. 2010. Towards a Modern Federal Construct in India: The Urgency of an Institutional

Response to the Ideational Turn. Journal of Political Science 28 (1): 3-32.

W.N. Dunn Public Policy Analysis: An Introduction, Pearson Publication, New Delhi.

Thomas A.Birkland,An introduction to the Policy Process:Theories,Concept and Models of

Public Policy Making,PHI Learning,New Delhi 2011.

R.K.Sapru,Public Policy: Art and Craft of Policy Analysis,PHI Learning,Pvt.Ltd.New Delhi

L.N. Gerston Public Policy Making: Process and Principles, London, M. E. Sharpe, 1997

Paper XXI Semester-IV

International Organization

UNIT-I

Evolution of International Organisation

Theoretical approaches to the study of international organization : Classical, neo-realist,

functionalist,

conflict resolution, world society approach and the Marxist approach.

UNIT-II

Role and function of :

(i) International government organization.

(ii) International non-governmental organization.

Making of the United Nations: Its purpose, principles and structure.

United Nations and maintenance of international peace and security, collective security and its

alternative.

Major specialized agencies: ILO, UNESCO, WHO, FAO.

UNIT-III

United Nations and Human Rights.

United Nations in the Post-Cold War Era :

UN and disarmament, revision of UN Charter, UN and emerging deterioration in international

relations.

Limitations and constraints.

Suggested Readings:

John Baylis and Steve Smith(2011), The Globalization of World Politics : An Introduction to

International Relations ,Oxford University Press : New York,.

Alan C. Lamborn and Joseph Lepgold,(2003) World Politics into the Twenty First Century :

Unique Contexts, Enduring Patterns New Jersey, Prentice Hall.

A. LeRoy Bennett (1991), International Organization : Principles and Issues (New Jersey,

Prentice Hall.

B.N. Mehrish,(1996) International Organisations : Structures and Processes Jallandhar,

Vishal Publications.

Shambhavi Vendantam,(1996) United Nations : Putting Words to Work ,New Delhi, Vikash.

K. P. Saksena,(1993) Reforming the United Nations : The Challenge of Relevance (New

Delhi, Sage.

C. Archer,(1992) International Organisations, London, Routledge,

P. R. Baehr and L. Gordenker,(1994),The United Nations in 1990s Hamshire, Macmillan.

Boutros-Boutros Ghali,(1992), An Agenda for Peace New York, United Nations, .

Abi-Saab Georgeas (ed.),(1981) The Concept of International Organisation Paris,

UNESCO.

Thomas G. Wein, David P. Forsyth, Roger A. Coate,(1994) The United Nations and

Changing World Politics Boulder, Westview Press.

William Burch,(1993) The Evolution of the United Nations Peace Keeping : Case Studies and

Comparative Analysis St. Martin Press.

Paul Taylor and A.R.J. Groom (eds.),(1978). International Organisation : A Conceptual

Approach,London, Frances Printer.

J.W. Burton,1972 World Society London, Cambridge University Press.

Freidrich Kratochwil and Edward Mansfield (eds.),(1994) International Organisation : A

Reader ,New York, Harper Collins, 1994.