UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Integrated Programme in Political Science

Course: Introduction to Public Administration(PS251)

Credits: 4 Objective

Objective of the course is to acquaint the students with basic concepts, principles and theories of public administration.

1. Public Administration: Meaning, Scope & Importance 2. Public Administration: Originand Development 3. Theories of Public Administration:

Classical Theory : Scientific Management Theory and bureaucracy, Human Relations Theory, Behavioral theory, Decision Making Theory Comparative Public Administration Developmental Administration, New Public Administration

4. Principles of Organization: • Hierarchy • Span of control • Communication • Co-ordination • Leadership • Delegation, Devolution and Deconcentration • Centralization VsDecentralization • Supervision • Integration Vs Disintegration

5. Recent Trends in Public Administration New Public Management Governance

Readings:

1. RumkiBasu,(2009) Public Administration, Concepts and Theories, Sterling publications, NewDelhi

2. B.L Fadia, K.L Fadia(2006)Administration, Theories and Concepts, SahityaBhavan publications,Agra

3. Ramesh K. Aurora, (2004) Public Administration; Fresh Perspectives, Aalekh Publications, Jaipu.

4. M.P Sharma, Sadana,(2005) Theory and Practice of Public Administration,kitabMahal publications

5. VishnuBhagvan&VidyaBushan, (1990) Public Administration, S.Chand& Sons Publications ,New Delhi

6. Mohit Bhattacharya, (2001) New Horizons of Public Administration, Jawhar Publications, New Delhi.

7. ShiramMaheshwari&Avasthi, (2007) Public Administration, Lakshmi Narain Agarwal, Agra.

Journals:1. Indian Journal of Public Administration

  

    

UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Five Year M.A Integrated Programme in Political Science

SEMESTER – V

Course : International Relations: An Introduction

Course No : PS-351

Core/Optional : Core

No of Credits : 4 (four)

Lecturers : 4 sessions /week

This course seeks to provide students with a historical introduction to the study of international relations. If

focuses on the emergence of modern state system, the rise of non-state actors and the evolution of

international and supranational organizations. It will also familiarize students with important events and

phases in international relations in the 20th century.

1. Emergence of modern state system 2. Rise of non-state actors 3. Evolution of supranational organization 4. The Cold War 5. The impact of globalization on international relations

Recommended Readings: Watson, Adam, the Evolution of the International Society, London, Routledge, 1992. Halliday, Fred, Rethinking International Relations, London, Macmillan, 1994. Mayall, James, Nationalism and the International Soceity, Cambrdige, Cambridge University Press, 1990. Carr, E.H. The Twenty Years’ Crisis, London, Macmillan, 1984.

Three Internal Examinations and End‐Semester Examination will follow. * * *

 

  

   

Semester VI

PS352: POLITICS IN THE GLOBALIZING WORLD – With focus on India The aim of the course is to enable the students to understand the post cold war globalization; its impact on and implications for India; Indian Foreign Policy; and the need for genuine global governance based on truly universal norms and values.

1. Globalization; Glocalization; Globalism: Transformation of INTER-NATIONAL POLITICS into GLOBAL POLITICS.

2. Post Cold War Globalization: Changed ideological and strategic context of global politics; Capitalist ascendancy; Spread of market ethos; Farewell to Welfare State; No farewell to State; End of euphoria of globalization; Politics of inclusive growth.

3. Globalization and India: Supra-national integration and Sub-national disintegration. 4. Glocalization and India: Growth of new kinds of linkages across the globe. Sovereign Nation state in

the era of globalization. 5. North-South Divide: Widening gap between the rich and poor nations, and rich and poor within

countries; marginalization of millions. Selected global issues: trade and commerce; agricultural subsidies and protectionism; climate change and global warming.

6. Indian foreign policy since the 1990s: Non-alignment to Multi-alignment; Multipolarity; SAARC, ASEAN, BRICS; US-China-India Trilateral Equation.

7. Globalism: West and the Rest; Legitimate globalization: Truly universal norms and values; Philosophy of globalism.

Suggested Readings Books:

Babu, B. Ramesh, “Glocalization” and the Indian Nation State: Jurisdictions and Loyalties in Flux, New Delhi: South Asian Publishers, 2004.

Babu, B. Ramesh, ed. Globalization and the South Asian State, New Delhi: South Asian Publishers, 1998.

Babu, B. Ramesh, ed. Changing Global Political/Ideological Context and Afro-Asia: Strategies for Development, New Delhi: South Asian Publishers, 1996.

Brar, Bhupinder, and Pampa Mukherjee, eds. Facing Globality, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2012.

Clark, Ian, Hegemony in International Society, New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.

Corbridge, Stuart, John Harriss, and Craig Jeffery, Today: Economy, Politics, and Society, Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2012.

Nagaraj, R., ed. Growth, Inequality, and Social Development in India: Is Inclusive Growth Possible? , Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Pushpagandhan, K. and V. N. Balasubramanyam, eds. Growth, Development and Diversity – Indi’s Record since Liberalization, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2012.

Rosenau, James N., Distant Proximities: Dynamics beyond Globalization, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003.

Sandel, Michael, What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets, New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2012.

  

  Stegar, Manfred B., Globalsim: The New Market Ideology, New York: Rowan & Littlefield, 2002.

Stiglitz, Joseph, Globalization and Its Discontents, New York: W. W. Norton, 2002. Articles:

Babu, B. Ramesh, “Sovereign Nation State at the Crossroads of History,” Freedom First, No. 425 (April-June 1995), pp. 21-24.

Babu, B. Ramesh, “Indian Foreign Policy in a Globalizing World,” One India One People, Vol. 3 no.8 (March 2000), pp. 49-53.

Babu, B. Ramesh, “India’s Foreign Policy: The Makeover from Ideology to National Self-Interest,” Freedom First, No. 469 (April-June 2006), pp. 5-8.

Babu, B. Ramesh, “Multipolarity: The Ultimate Global Reality,” ICFAI Journal of International Relations, Vol.1 no.3 (October 2007), pp. 7-22.

Babu, B. Ramesh, “Legitimate Globalization: Towards New Universal Norms and Values,” Man in India, Vol. 90 no. 1-2 (January-June 2010), pp. 401-410.

Babu, B. Ramesh, “Non-Alignment to Multi-Alignment: India’s Foreign Realignments in Search of a Grand Strategy,” World Affairs, Vol. 16 no. 2 (April-June 2012), pp. 74-84.

Costells, Manuel, “Global Governance and Global Politics,” PS Political Science & Politics, Vol. 38 no. 1 (January 2005), pp. 9-16.

Freeland, Chrystia, “The Rise of New Global Elite,” Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 307 no. 1 (January-February 2011), pp. 44-55.

“Globalisation: A Focus,” several articles, World Affairs, Vol. 6 no.2 (April-June 2002), pp. 18-103.

Huntington, Samuel P., “The Clash of Civilizations,” Foreign Affairs, Vol. 72 no. 3 (Summer 1993), pp. 22-49.

Rosenau, James P., “New Dimensions of Security: The Interaction of Globalizing and Localizing Dynamics,” Security Dialogue, Vol. 25 no. 3 (September 1994), pp. 255-289, especially 255-269.

Singh, Ajit Pal, “Globalization and its Impact on National Politics in India,” World Affairs, Vol.13 no. 2 (Summer 2009), pp. 66-85.

Wheary, Jennifer, “The Global Middle Class is here: Now what?” World Policy Journal, Vol. 26 no. 4 (Winter 2009/2010), pp. 75-83.

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