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Thalassery
Kerala, India


UNIVERSITY OF KANNUR
Under Graduate Programme in Political
Science
Semester Wise Details of Courses Recommended
By Board of Studies in Political Science (UG)
At its most basic level, politics is the struggle of "who gets what, when, how." This struggle may be as modest as competing interest groups fighting over control of a panchayath election in a rural area or as overwhelming as a military stand-off between international superpowers. Political science students study such struggles, both small and large, in an effort to develop general principles or theories about the way the world of politics works. Think about the title of your course or re-read the course description in your syllabus. You'll find that your course covers a particular sector of the large world of "politics" and brings with it a set of topics, issues, and approaches to information that may be helpful to bring about a world view among the new generation.
Political science is the study of governments, public policies and political processes, systems, and political behaviour. Political science subfields include political theory, political philosophy, political ideology, political economy, policy studies and analysis, comparative politics, international relations, and a host of related fields. Political scientists use both humanistic and scientific perspectives and tools and a variety of methodological approaches to examine the process, systems, and political dynamics of all countries and regions of the world.
Principal aims and objectives of the programme are:-
- To identify key questions, fundamental concepts, and theoretical frameworks critical to an
understanding of political theory.
- To solve complex problems by demonstrating a mastery of substantive knowledge in the
disciplines sub-fields.
- To follow scientific and humanistic methods to design and carry out politically oriented
research projects by utilizing sufficiently advanced social research methods.
- To communicate effectively political knowledge to general audiences as well as colleagues
in the field.
The syllabi of Kannur University revised by the Board of Studies in Political Science (UG). The Board has conducted five days workshop to develop a new curriculum. The work shop managed to develop a new curriculum that can impart a new professionalism and give insight to the newly emerged activities. A curriculum design committee was formed under the leadership of members of the Board of studies. A good number of teachers and academicians within and outside the state contributed their knowledge, experience and service to its academic exercise. The present system is the result of restructuring endeavor and its prominent features are Semestrisation, Choice Based Credit Programmes, and Interdisciplinarity, Continuous Evaluation, Grading and such student oriented academic innovations.
A.K.BASHEER, CHAIRMAN
BOARD OF STUDIES OF POLITICAL SCIENCE (UG)
KANNUR UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF KANNUR
Structure of Courses for B.A. programmes
Workingdays/semester -90 days
Credit for Common courses -38 credits
Credit for Core courses -62 credits
Credit for Complimentary courses -16 credits
Credit for Open courses -04 credits
Total Credit for the programme -120 credits
Table for Common Course
NO
SEMESTER
COURSE CODE
TITLE OF THE COURSE
Hrs/WEEK
CREDIT
1
I
IA01 ENG
Common course I English
5
4
2
I
IA02 ENG
Common course II English
4
3
3
I
IA07 ADL
Common course I Additional Language
4
4
4
II
2A03 ENG
Common course III English
5
4
5
II
2A04 ENG
Common course IV English
4
3
6
II
2A08 ADL
Common course II Additional Language
4
4
7
III
3A05 ENG
Common course V English
5
4
8
III
3A09 ADL
Common course III Additional Language
5
4
9
IV
4A06 ENG
Common course VI English
5
4
10
IV
4A10 ADL
Common course IV Additional Language
5
4
SL NO
COURSE TITLE
COURSE CODE
SEMESTER
CREDIT
Hrs/ WEEK
CORE COURSES
1
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE
1B01 POL
I
4
6
2
POLITICAL THEORY
2B02 POL
II
4
6
3
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL POLITICAL THOUGHT
3B03 POL
III
4
5
4
METHODOLOGY AND PERSPECTIVES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE
3B04 POL
III
4
4
5
Modern Political Thought
4B05 POL
IV
4
5
6
INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
POL 4B06
IV
4
4
7
COMPARATIVE POLITICS
5B07 POL
V
4
5
8
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: THEORY AND CONCEPT
5B08 POL
V
4
5
9
Issues in Indian Politics
5B09 POL
V
4
4
10
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS: CONCEPT AND THEORY
5B10 POL
V
4
5
11
Research methodology in Political Science
5B11 POL
V
4
4
12
India’s Foreign Policy
6B12 POL
VI
4
5
13
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN INDIA
6B13 POL
VI
4
5
14
HUMAN RIGHTS
6B14 POL
VI
4
5
15
POLITICS OF GLOBALISATION
6B15 POL
16
PROJECT WORK
6B16 POL
VI
2
3
COMPLIMENTARY COURSES FOR HISTORY
1
International organization and regional arrangements
OR
3C01 POL
4
6
2
INDIAN ADMINISTRATION
AND
3C02 POL
3
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN INDIA
OR
4C03 POL
4
HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA
4C04 POL
COMPLIMENTARY COURSES FOR ECONOMICS
1
POLITICS OF GLOBALISATION
OR
1C05 POL
4
6
2
India’s Foreign Policy
AND
1C06 POL
3
Mass media and political communication
OR
2C07 POL
4
CYBER POLITICS
2C08 POL
COMPLIMENTARY COURSES FOR ENGLISH
1
HUMAN RIGHTS
OR
3C09 POL
4
6
2
GENDER AND POLITICS
AND
3C10 POL
3
DEFENCE AND STRATEGIC STUDIES
OR
4C11 POL
4
POLITICS OF GLOBALISATION
4C12 POL
COMPLIMENTARY COURSE FOR MALAYALAM, SOCIOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, etc
1
MASS MEDIA AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
or
3C07 POL
4
6
2
CULTURAL POLITICS IN INDIA
and
3C13 POL
3
GENDER AND POLITICS
OR
4C10 POL
4
KERALA STAE SOCIETY
4C14 POL
OPEN COURSES
1
GENDER AND POLITICS
5D01 POL
V
2
2
2
CYBER POLITICS
5D02 POL
3
DEFENCE AND STRATEGIC STUDIES
5D03 POL
4
MEDIA AND POLITICS
5D04 POL
VI
2
2
5
HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA
5D05 POL
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE CORE COURSE- IB01 POL
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE
Unit I-Political science-A)Meaninig,Nature and Definition-a) as art of government,b)as public affairs, c) as compromise and consensus ,d) as power and distribution of resourceB)Different views of politics-a)Liberal b)Marxist,c)Communitarian,d)feminist
Unit II-Approaches-A)Traditional –philosophical,historical,legal,institutional .B)Modern- behavioural,post-behavioural,structural-functional,systems, communication,decision making.
C)Interdisciplinary-political economy,political sociology,political psychology,political philosophy,political anthropology.
Unit III-A)State-definition,elements,theories of origin of state(social contract and historical evolution),B)Sovereignty-monism and pluralism,nation state and civil society, demise of nation state.
Unit IV-Organization of Modern State:A)Democracy –Direct and Indirect- Devices. B)Constitutions and constitutionalism,classifications of constitutions.
C)Structure of Government: a) Theory of Separation of powers b)Legislature- bi-cameral and unicameral,role of legislature,c) Executive-permanent and political and d) Judiciary.
Unit V-A)Political Parties and elections -An overviewB)Public Opinion- An overview
Reference
1) E. Barker, Principles of Social & Political Theory, Calcutta, Oxford Uni. Press, 1976.
2) S. I. Benn & R. S. Peters, Social Principles & Democratic State, London, Geogre & Allen, 1959.
3) A. Brecht, Political Theory: The foundations of Twentieth Century Political Thought, Bombay, The Times of India Press, 1965.
4) M. Carnoy, The State & Political Theory, Princeton NJ Princeton Uni. Press, 1987.
5) D. Held, Models of Democracy, Cambridge, Polity Press, 1987.
6) D. Held, Political Theory & Modern State, Cambrige, Polity Press, 1989.
7) Laski H. J. – A Grammer of Politics, Allen & Unwin, 1948.
8) Macpherson C. B. – Democratic Theory, Essays in Retrieval, Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1977.
9) S. Ramswamy - Political Theory: Ideas & Concepts, Delhi,Macmillan, 2002.
10)S. P. Verma – Modern Political Theory, New Delhi, Vikas, 1983.
11)Andrew Heywood-Politics,Macmillan,2002
12)Andrew Heywood-Political Ideologies,Macmillan,2003
13)Andrew Heywood-Political Theory:An Inroduction,Macmillan,2005
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE CORE COURSE 2B02 POL
POLITICAL THEORY
Unit I-a) Political Theory: meaning, nature, scope, importance b) Political theory in the 21st century,c) Political theory, political thought, political philosophy.
Unit II-Political concepts:1. Theories of the State: Liberal, Neo-liberal, Marxist, and feminist. 2. Justice: Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawl’s theory of justice and its communitarian critiques. 3. Equality: Social, political and economic; relationship between equality and freedom; Affirmative action. 4. Rights: Meaning and theories; different kinds of rights; concept of Human Rights. 5. Democracy: Classical and contemporary theories; different models of democracy – representative, participatory and deliberative. 6. Concept of ideology, power, hegemony, legitimacy,authority
Unit III-Political Ideologies: Liberalism, Neo-liberalism ,Marxism,Neo-Marxism, Fascism, Gandhism,
Unit IV-Political theory recent debates:a) green politics,b) social capital c)post modernism,d) libertarianism,e) communitarianism, f) subalternism, g)orieantalism, h)civil society,j)public sphere,
Reference
1. Rajiv Bhargava and Ashok Acharya,Political Theory :An Introduction,Pearson Longman,Delhi,2008
2. B. Parekh, Rethinking Multiculturalism: Cultural Diversity and Political theory. Macmillan Press, London, 2000
3. E. Said, Orientalism, Chatto and Windus, London, 1978
4. C. Taylor, Multiculturalism : Examining the Politics of Recognition, edited by J.P. Mayer and M. Lerner, New York, Harper, London, Fontana, 1968.
5. S.K. White, Political Theory and Postmodernism, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991
6. I.M. Young, Justice and the Politics of Diference, Princeton University Press, Oxford, 1990.
7. Ahmed, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, Verso, London, 1992.
8. J.B. Elshtain, Public Man, Private Man: Women in Social and Political Thought, Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 1981.
9. R. Guha and G.C. Spivak, Selected Subaltern Studies. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1988.
10. R. Young, White Mythologies: Writing History and the West, Routledge, London, 1990.
11. SIR E Barker - Principles of Social and political theory , Calcutta oxford University Press 1976
12. Laski H.J. - A Grammar of Politics - London Allan University
13. Verma S.P. - Modern Political theory New Delhi Vikas 1983
14. Ashirvadam E. - Modern Political theory
15. D Held - Political theory , Cambridge polity press
16. Tripti Jain - Foundation of Politics - College book depo.
17. N.P. Barry - Introduction to Modern Political theory London, Macmillan 1995
18. D. Held - Political theory and the Modern state Cambridge , Polity Press 1989
19. D. Held - Models of Democracy , Cambridge Polity Press 1987.
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE CORE COURSE 3B02 POL
Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
Unit I-Greek political thought-Plato:Ideal State, Justice, Education, Communism,Aristotle :State-origin,nature and functions. Justice, Slavery and Revolution
Unit II-Ancient Roman political thought:Contributions of Polybius and Cicero to Roman political thought
Unit III-Ancient Hindu political thought:Hindu conception of Dharma and Justice, Saptanga
theory of state,contribution of Kautilya
Unit IV-Medieval Political Thought: Theory of Two Swords.St.Thomas Aquinas: Theory of Knowledge, Law and Justice.Dante :theory of Universal Monarchy.
Unit V-Machiavalli :On human nature,moralityand religion,realism in Machiavallian political
philosophy
Books Recommended
1. George, H. Sabine, A History of Political Theory, Oxford and I.B.H. Publishing, New Delhi, 1973.
2. C.L. Wayper, Political Thought, Hutchinson, London, 1965.
3. S. Mukerjee, & S. Ramaswamy, A History of Political Thought, Prentice Hall, New Delhi, 1999.
4. E. Barker, The Political Thought of Plato and Aristotle, Dover Publications, New Delhi, 1964.
5. A.Hacker, Political Theory: Philosophy, Ideology, Science, Macmillan, New York, 1961
6. Hacker, Political Theory: Philosophy, Ideology, Science, Macmillan, New York, 1961.
7. George, H. Sabine, A History of Political Theory, Oxford and I.B.H. Publishing, New Delhi, 1973 (English & Hindi)
8. C.L. Wayper, Political Thought, New Delhi, 1989 (Revised Edition) (English & Hindi).
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE CORE COURSE 3B04 POL
MEHTODOLOGY AND PERSPECTIVES OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Aim of the course
The course intends to familiarize the students with the broad contours of Social Science andtheir methodology.
Objectives of the course
Identify the main concerns of social science disciplines.
Articulate the basic terminology and quantitative models within the social sciences.
Understand qualitative and quantitative models within the social sciences.
To learn to apply the methods and theories of social science to contemporary issues.
Critically read popular and periodical literature from a social science perspective.
Course Outline
Module IIntroduction to Social Sciences
3)Social Science- Its Emergence.
2)An analysis of the disciplines that make up the Social Sciences with particular emphasis on their interrelationships. A study of source materials and library techniques as well as methods employed by social scientists. Relevance of the social scientists to understanding and solving contemporary problems at the regional, national and global levels.
3)Discussion of basic principles and concepts- Basic epistemology of Social Sciences.
Module IISurvey of Social Sciences-
1)Social Sciences: How they are related- how they are different –Social Science disciplines-Relation of other fields of knowledge.
2)Historical foundation of Social Sciences- Inter- disciplinary in SocialSciences.
Module III- Objectivity in Social Sciences.
- Limits to objectivity in Social Sciences
- Ethical issues in Social Sciences.
- Biological basis of society and culture.
Module IV- Some Political Structures: Case studies
  1. Election and Voting Behaviour
  2. Regionalism
  3. Caste and Electoral Politics
Reference:
1. Hunt, Elgin F,”social Science and its Methods”, in Social Science an Introduction to the
study of society, Allyn and Bacon, 2008
2. Perry, John, “Through the Lens of Science”, in Contemporary society: an introduction to
Social Science, Allyn and Bacon,2009
3. Porta, Donatella della and Michael Keating, Approaches and Methods in Social Sciences:
A Plurastic Perspective, Cambridge University Press,Delhi,2008 pp.19-38
4. Webber, Max “Objectivity in Social Science and Social Policy in Max J
Smith(ed),Philosophy and Methodology of Social Sciences, Vol.II Sage Publications, New
Delhi,2005,pp 3-49
5. Nagel,Ernest,”Problems of concept and Theory formation in the Social Sciencesibid.pp.301-319
6. Gulati,Leela,”Small is Beautiful: Case study as a Method in Social Science” in Sujatha
Patel et,al (ed),Thinking Social Science in India, Sage Publications, New Delhi,2002.
7. Srinivas, M.N, “Castes: Can they exists in the India of Tomorrow”, in Caste in India: And
other essays, Asia Publishing House, 1962
8. Zwart, Frank de, “The logic of Affirmative Action: Cast, Class and Quotas in India”, in
Acta Sociologica, Vol.43, No.3, 2000.pp235-249.
9. Badal, Sangeetha Bharadwaj, Gender, social, Structure and empowerment: Statutes Report of Women in India. Rawat Publications, New Delhi, 2009.
10. Shah, A. M, The Family in India :Critical Essays, Orient Blackswan, 1998, pp14-80
11. Perry, John and Erna Perry,Contermporary Society: An Introduction to Social Science, Allyn and Bacon, 2008
12. Wallerstein, Emmanuel,Open the Social Sciences, Vistaar Publications, New Delhi, 1996.
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE CORE COURSE 4B05 POL
Modern Political Thought
Unit I-Social contractualists: Hobbes :Scientific Materialism, Theory of Social Contract, Sovereignty, Individualism,Nature and attributes of State,Locke : Natural Law, Natural Rights, Social Contract,Nature and functions of State, Liberalism,Rousseau : Social Contract, General Will.
Unit II-Utilitarians:Bentham: Utilitarianism, Liberty,Pleasure -Pain theory,J.S Mill :Modifications of Bentham’s theory,Liberty, Representative Government.
Unit III-Idealists:Hegel :Dialectics, State,freedom, Green :Theory of Freedom and Rights, State.
Unit IV-Socialists: Marx :Basic principles-a critical appraisal,V I lenin:Imperialism,Role of Communist Party
Unit V-Modern Indian Political Thought -Gandhiji:Satyagraha,non-violence,Ramarajya,his economic ideas,M N Roy: New-Humanism,Sree Narayana Guru: secularism,universalism,as a social reformer
Unit VI-Contemporary political thought,Mcpherson:criticism to liberal democratic theory,John Rawls:theory of justice and political liberalism,Gramsci:theory of hegemony
1. F.W. Coker, Recent Political Thought, The World Press Pvt. Ltd., Calcutta, 1971.
2. J.H. Hallowell, Main Currents in Modern Political Thought, Holt, New York, 1960.
3. George, H. Sabine, A History of Political Theory, Oxford and I.B.H. Publishing, New Delhi, 1973 (English & Hindi)
4. C.L. Wayper, Political Thought, New Delhi, 1989 (Revised Edition) (English & Hindi).
5. D.Germino, Modern Western Political Thought: Machiavelli to Marx, Chicago University Press, Chicago, 1972.
6. Miliband, Ralph. 1977. Marxism and politics, Marxist introductions. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
7. Dunning W.A. A history of Political Theories From Rousseau to Spencer Vol. III ( New - york) 1955.
8. Ebenstein W. Great Political Thinkers- Plato to the Present ( New Delhi) Oxford & IBH, 1969.
9. Lancaster L.W. Master of Political Thought ( Vol. I, III) London ; George Harrap 1963.
10. U.N. Ghosal, A History of Indian Political Ideas, OUP, Mumbai, 1968
11. A S Altekar, State and Government in Ancient India, Delhi, Motilal Banarasidas, Delhi, 1966.
12. V.R. Mehta, Foundations of Indian Political Thought, Manohar Publisher, New Delhi, 1999.
13. R.S. Sharma, Aspects of Political ideas and institutions in Ancient India, Delhi, 1959
14. C. B. Macpherson, Second Treatise of Government, Hackett Publishing, 1980.
15. J. H. Burns(ed): The Cambridge History of Political Thought, 1450- 1700, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1991.
16. M. Cornforth: The open Philosophy and The Open Society: Reply to sir Carl Popper's refutation of Marxism, London, Lawrence and Wishart 1968.
17. W.L. Davidson, : Political Thought in England: The Utilitarians from Bentham to Mill, Oxford, Oxford university Press, 1957.
18. W. Ebenstein: Great Political Thinkers, New Delhi, Oxford and IBH, 1969
19. S. Mukharjee and S.Ramaswamy ; History of Political Thought ; Plato to Marx, New Delhi Prentice Hall 1999.
20. Sir K. P. Popper : The Open Society and its Enemies 2 Vols. Routledge.
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE CORE COURSE 4B06 POL
INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
Course Rationale:
This paper focuses in detail on the political processes and the actual functioning of the political system. It simultaneously studies in detail the political structure- both Constitutional and Administrative.The major contradictions of the Indian political process are to be critically analyzed along with an assessment of its relative success and failures in a comparative perspective with other developing countries and in particular those belonging to the South Asian region.
Course Content:
1. The Making of India’s Constitution and its sources-social basis of Constituent Assembly
2. Basic Features of India’s Constitution
3. Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties, and the Directive Principles of State Policy
4. Union Government: President, Parliament, Cabinet and Prime Minister
5. The State Government: Governor, Council of Ministers and the Chief Minister
6. Centre-State Relations-Federalism and constitutional process
7. Judiciary and the Constitutional Process-Supreme Court and High Courts,Judicial Review,Public Interest Litigation,Judicial Activism
8. Political Parties: National and Regional Parties
9. The Election Commission and Electoral Reforms
Readings:
S. P. Aiyar and U. Mehta (eds.), Essays on Indian Federalism, Bombay, Allied Publishers, Bombay, 1965.
G. Austin, The Indian Constitution: Corner Stone of a Nation, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1966.
D. D. Basu, An Introduction to the Constitution of India, New Delhi, Prentice Hall, 1994.
U. Baxi, The Indian Supreme Court and Politics, Delhi, Eastern Book Company, 1980.
C. P. Bhambhri, The Indian State: fifty years, New Delhi, Shipra, 1997.
S. Bose and A. Jalal, Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy, London, Routledge, 1997.
P. Brass, Politics of India Since Independence, Hyderabad, Orient Longman, 1990.
J. Brown, Modern India: the Origins of an Asian Democracy, Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1985
M. Chadda, Ethnicity, Security and Separatism in India, Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1997.
A. Chanda, Federalism in India: A Study of Union-Sate Relations, London, George Allen & Unwin, 1965.
S. K. Chaube,Constituent Assembly of India:Springboard of Revolution, New Delhi, Peoples' Publishing House,1973.
J. Dasgupta, Language Conflict and National Development, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1970.
B. L. Fadia, State Politics in India, 2 vols. New Delhi, Radiant Publishers, 1984.
C. Fuller and C. Jaffrelot (eds.),The BJP and the Compulsions of Politics in India,Delhi,Oxford University Press, 1998.
A. H. Hanson and J. Douglas, India’s Democracy, Delhi, Vikas, 1972.
R. L. Hardgrave, India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation, New York,Harcourt, Brace and World, 1965.
R. Inden, Imaging India, Oxford, Blackwell, 1990.
C. Jaffrelot, The Hindu Nationalist Movement in India, New York, Columbia University Press,1996.
I. Jennings, Some Characteristics of the Indian Constitution, London, Oxford University Press,1953.
N. G. Jayal (ed.), Democracy in India, Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2001.
S. Kashyap, Our Parliament, New Delhi, National Book Trust, 1992.
S. Kaushik (ed.,), Indian Government and Politics, Delhi University, Directorate of HindiImplementation, 1990.
S. Khilnani, The Idea of India, London, Hamish Hamilton, 1997.
R. D. King, Nehru and the Language Politics of India, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1997.
M. P. Krishna Shetty, Fundamental Rights and Socio-Economic Justice in the Indian
Constitution, Allahabad, Chaitanya Publishing House, 1969.
B. Kuppuswamy, Social Change in India, New Delhi, Vikas Publications, 1972.
N. N. Mallya, Indian Parliament, New Delhi, National Book Trust, 1970.
J.Manor (ed.),Nehru to the Nineties:The Changing Office of the Prime Minister in India,Delhi,Viking, 1994.
W. H. Morris Jones, Government and Politics in India, Delhi, BI Publications, 1974.
K. M. Munshi, The President Under the Indian Constitution, Bombay, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,1963.
G. Mydral, Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations, Harmondsworth, Penguin,1968.
I. Narain (ed.), State Politics in India, Meerut, Meenakshi Prakashan, 1967.
A. G. Noorani, Constitutional Questions in India: The President, Parliament and the States,Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2000.
N. D. Palmer, Elections in India: Its Social Basis, Calcutta, KP Bagchi, 1982.
M. V. Pylee, Constitutional Government in India, Bombay, Asia, Publishing House, 1977.
A. Ray, Tension Areas in India’s Federal System, Calcutta, The World Press, 1970.
R. Roy, Bureaucracy and Development, New Delhi, Manas Publications, 1974.
S. H. Rudolph and L.I. Rudolph, In Pursuit of Lakshmi- The Political Economy of the Indian State, Delhi, Orient Longman, 1987.
N. C. Sahni, (ed.), Coalition Politics in India, Jullunder, New Academic Publishing Company,1971.
M. C. Setalvad, Union and State Relations under the Indian Constitution, Calcutta, Eastern Law Hose, Calcutta, 1975
M. M. Sankhdher, Framework of Indian Politics, Delhi, Deep and Deep, 1983
J. R. Siwarch, Dynamics of Indian Government & Politics, New Delhi, Sterling Publishers,1985.
M. Shakir, State & Politics in Contemporary India, Delhi, Ajantha, 1986.
L. N. Sharma, The Indian Prime Minister: Office and Powers of India, New Delhi, Macmillan,1976.
S. R. Sharma, The Indian Federal Structure, Allahabad, Central Book Depot, 1967.
Singh, M.P. and H. Roy (eds.), Indian Political System: Structure, Policies, Development, New Delhi, Jnanada Prakashan, 1995.
B. Tapan, Khaki Shorts & Saffron Flags: A Critique of the Hindu Right, Columbia, Columbia University Press, 1993
R. Thakur, The Government & Politics of India, London, Macmillan, 1995.
A. Vanaik, The Painful Transition: Bourgeois Democracy in India, London, Verso, 1990.
S. P. Verma and C.P. Bhambri (eds.), Elections and Political Consciousness in India, Meerut,Meenakshi Prakashan, 1967.
M. Weiner, Party Politics in India, Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1957.
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE CORE COURSE 5B07 POL
COMPARATIVE POLITICS
Unit I a)Comparative Politics: Meaning, nature and scope.
b)Approaches to the study of Comparative Politics: Behavioural, System, Structural-Functional and Marxist approaches,dependency
c)Bases of classification of political systems: models of political system: Traditional, modern, liberal- democratic, authoritarian and populist.
d)socio-economic and political features of developed and developing countries
Unit II Elements of comparison-political culture,political modernization,political development,political socialization,public policy
Unit III a)Constitution and Constitutionalism-An overview of the Constitutions of USA,UK,France,China and Switzerland
b)Federalism and political process-USA,Canada,Switzerland and India
c)Rule making,Rule Application and Rule Adjudication-Special reference to UK,USA,France,Switzerland,China
Unit IV a)Interest articulation and interest aggregation-UK,USA,China,India
b)Coalition politics-France,Germany,India
Unit V Issues in comparative politics-terrorism,fundamentalism,militarism
Readings
  1. G.A. Almond and G.B. Powell Jr., Comparative Politics: A Development Approach, Boston, Little Brown, Boston, 1966.
  2. G.A. Almond et.al., Comparative Politics Today: A World View, Pearson Education Pvt. Ltd., Singapore, 2004.
  3. L.J. Cantori and A.H. Zeigler (ed.), Comparative Politics in Post-Behaviouralist Era, Lymme Reinner Publisher, London, 1988.
  4. R.H. Chilcote, Theories of Comparative Politics: The Search for a Paradigm Reconsidered, Boulder, West view Press, Colarado, 1994.
  5. H.J. Wiarda (ed.), New Developments in Comparative Politics, Boulder West view Press, Colarado, 1986.
  6. O. Dunleary and B.O’ Leary, Theories of Liberal Democratic State, Macmillan, London,1987.
  7. D. Easton, A Systems Analysis of Political Life, Wiley, New York, 1965.
  8. J.E. Goldthrope, The Sociology of Post-Colonial Societies: Economic Disparity, Cultural Diversity and Development, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996.
  9. J.C Johari, Comparative Political Theory: New Dimensions, Basic Concepts and Major Trends, Sterling, New Delhi, 1987.
  10. D. Krishna, Political Development: A Critical Perspective, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1979.
  11. J. Manor (ed.), Rethinking Third World Politics, Longman, London, 1991.
  12. L.W. Pye and S. Verba (ed.), Political Culture and Political Development, Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 1976.
  13. G. Sartori, Parties and Party Systems: A Framework for Analysis, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1976.
  14. H.J. Wiarda, New Development in Comparative Politics, Colorado, West-View Press, Boulder, 1986.
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE CORE COURSE 5B08 POL
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: THEORY AND CONCEPT
Unit I Introduction-meaning,nature,scope,importance,evolution,and growth.
Public Administration as a discipline and practice,public administration Vs private administration,politics- administration dichotomy,New Public Administratin.
Unit II Basic concepts and principles
Chief executive,line, staff ,auxiliary functions,integration vs disintegration
Hierarchy,unity of command,span of control,co-ordination,centralization and de-centralization,supervision ,delegation administration
Unit III Theories of organization
Formal , informal organization and management,F.W taylor and scientific management,bureaucracy Max Weber-criticism,human relations theory,social and psychological approach(Elton Mayo)
UnitIV Administrative behaviour
leadership,decision making,communication,acceptability(Herbert A Simon) public relations
UnitV Public personnel administration
recruitment,Merit Vs spoil system civil service neutrality,role of civil service in good governance
Unit VI Control over public administration
legislative control,judicial control,executive control,role of civil society ,peoples participation and right to information
UnitVII Globalization and administration:E- governance ,New public management
References:-
1. Rumki Basu, Public administration, Concepts and Theories (2nd Edn.) Sterling, New Delhi, 1990.
2. S. R. Maheshwari, Theories and Concepts in Public administration, allied, Delhi, 1991.
3. Avasthi and Maheshwari, Public administration, agra, Laxminarain aggarwal, 1996.
4. Sharma M.P.&Sadana, B. L. Public administration-Theory and Practice.
5. Prashant K. Mathru, Public administration, Policy and Planning, Kanishka, New Delhi, 1996.
6. J. E. anderson, Public policymaking, Boston, Houghton, Miffin, 1990.
7. 11) P. H. appleby, Policy and administration, alabama, Uni. alabama press, 1957.
8. T. N. Chaturvedi (ed.) Contemporary administrative Culture of India, New Delhi, Mittal, 1997.
9. P. R. Dubhashi, Recent Trends in Public administration, Delhi, Kaveri, 1995.
10. C. M. Jain and a Hingar (Ed.) administrative Culture : Premises and Perspectives, Jaipur, RBSa publication, 1996.
11. J. Lapalambora & M. Weiner (Ed.), Bureaucracy and political development, princeton, N.J. Princeton Uni. Press, 1996.
12. J. McGregor etal., Downsizing the Civil Service in Developing Countries, The Golden Handshake option Revisited public administration and Development 18 (1), Feb. 1996. pp. 61-76
13. L. D. White, Introduction to the Study of Public administration, New york, Mcmillan, 1955.
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE CORE COURSE 5B09 POL
ISSUES IN INDIAN POLITICS
Unit 1. (A)Approaches to Indian State:- Liberal, Marxist and Gandhian
(B)Modern State in India:- Political Culture and Social Character.
Unit 2. Working of Indian Democracy :-
a)Party system and political dynamics-Coalition politics,Reservation politics,Defection politics
b)Political Dynamics of Indian Federalism-Tension Areas,Inter-state Disputes-water,cultural etc
c)Politics of constitutional amendments-
d)Communalism,Regionalism,Terrorism,Criminalisation and Corruption.
e)Illiteracy,Mass Poverty, Population growth, Casteism.
f)Emergency and it’s Politics
Unit 3. Identity Politics in India:-
(A) Religion and politics in india-Secularism,Uniform Civil Code,Religious conversion,
(B)Tribal, Dalit, Caste, Communal, Regional, Women, Ecological.
(C)Separatist,Secessionist,Autonomy,Gorkhaland ,Naxalite Movements
Unit 4. New Economic Policy:-
(A)Liberalisation,Privatisation,Globalisation
(B)Social ,Economic and Political impacts.
Books Recommended
1. Lt Col Vivek Chanda,Low Intensity Conflicts in India:An Anaysis,Sage Publications,New Delhi,2005.
2. Zoya Hassan,Politics and the State in India,Sage Publications,New Delhi,2000.
3. Granville Austin Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1999.
4. A.S. Narang, Indian Government and Politics, Geetanjali Publishing House, New Delhi, 1996 (Latest edition)
5. Francine Frankel, Zoya Hasan, Rajeev Bhargava, Balveer Arora (eds.), Transforming India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2000.
6. J. Hasan, S.N. Jha & R. Khan. The State, Political Process and Identity, Sage, New Delhi, 1989.
7. Sunder Raman. Indian Government and Politics, Allied Publishers, New Delhi, 1988
8. Robert W. Stern. Changing India: Bourgeois Revolution on the Subcontinent, Cambridge University Press, New Delhi, 1993.
9. Iqbal Narayan (ed.) State Politics in India, Meenakshi Meerut, Meerut, 1967
10. M. Weiner (ed.) State Politics in India, Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1976
11. S.R. Maheshwari, State Governments in India, Macmillan, Delhi, 1979
12. J.R. Wood (ed.) State Politics in Contemporary India: Crisis or Continuity? Westview Press, Boulder, 1984
13. Ramashray Roy and Paul Wallace (eds.) Indian Politics and the 1998 Elections: Regionalism, Hindutva and State Politics, Sage, New Delhi, 2000.
14. Paul Wallace and Ramashray Roy (eds.) India’s 1999 Elections and Twentieth Century Politics, Sage, New Delhi, 2002.
15. Bidyut Chakrabarty,Forging Power:Coalition politics In India,Oxford:Delhi,2006.
16. Fadia,BL,Indian Govt.and Politics,Sahitya Bhavan:Agra,2007.
17. Dasgupta,Biplab,Globalisation:India’s Adjustment Experience,Sage:New Delhi,2007.
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE CORE COURSE 5B10 POL
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS: CONCEPT AND THEORY
Unit I a)Introduction:definition,nature,scope,importance
b)Rival theoretical interpretations of international politics :Idealism,Realism,neo-realism,liberalism,neo-liberalism ,feminism,post-modernism.
c)Alternative Theories of International Relations-marxism,Leninism,neo-marxism and critical theory
Unit II Actors in International politics
Nation state,MNCs TNCs,International organizations,Inter-govermental organizations

Unit III Central concepts and ideologies in international politics -
a)power,balance of power and national power
b)sovereignty,nationalism,(national) interest,security,collective security and peace
c)war,changing facets of war,cold-war,post-cold war
d)international law,diplomacy and foreign policy
e)imperialism and neo-colonialism
f) Armament and disarmament-N P T,C T B T
Unit V New World Order
Gulf war,Iraq war,Afghanisthan,9/11 and after,End of History and Clashes of Civilization
References
  1. Ahuja, Kanta, Huup Coppens and Herman van der Wusten (eds.) Regime Transformation and World Realignment, New Delhi, SAGE, 1993.
  2. Bajpai, Kanti and Shukul Hariss (eds.) Interpreting World Politics, New Delhi, SAGE, 1995.
  3. Bruce L. Sanders and Durban Alanc, Contemporary International Politics : Introductory Readings, New York, John Wiley, 1971.
  4. Bull, Hedley and Adam Watsom, The Expansion of the Internal Society, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1984.
  5. Buzan, Barry, People, States and Fear, Sussex, Wheat Sheaf Books, 1983.
  6. Calvocoressi, World Politics, New York, Longman, 1982.
  7. Carr, EH., The Twenty Years Crises 1919-1939, London, Macmillan, 1981.
  8. Giddens, Anthony, The Third Way, Cambridge, Polity Press, 1998.
  9. Halliday, Fred, Making of the Second Cold War, London, Verso, 1989.
  10. Halliday, Fred, Rethinking International Relations, London, Macmillan, 1994
  11. Harshe, Rajen, Twentieth Century Imperialism, New Delhi, SAGE, 1997.
  12. Malhotra V. Kuman, International Relations, New Delhi, Anmol, 1993.
  13. Mayall, James, Nationalism and International Society, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1990.
  14. Mishra,K.P., (ed.) Non-alignment – Frontiers and Dynamics, New Delhi, Vikas, 1982.
  15. Rahman, M.M., The Politics of Non-alignment, New Delhi, Associated Publishing House, 1969.
  16. Rajan M.S., Non-alignment:India and the Future, Mysore, University of Mysore, 1970.
  17. Rajan, M.S., and Shivaj Ganguli, (eds.) India and the International System, New Delhi, Vikas, 1981.
  18. Rana, A.P. Imperatives of Non-alignment: A Conceptual Study of India’s Foreign Policy Strategy in the Nehru Period, Delhi, Macmillan, 1994.
  19. Rosecrance Richard, Action and Reaction in World Politics, Bostan, Little Brown, 1963.
  20. Smith, Anthony, State and Nation in the Third World, Sussex, Wheat Sheaf Books, 1983.
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE CORE COURSE 5B11 POL
Research Methodology in Political Science
Unit I a)Research:meaning and objectives,research methodology,social science research,scientific method:feautures and limitations of scientific method in social science
b)Hypothesis:funcytions and importance,characteristics of good hypothesis.concepts and variables:a brief analysis
Unit II Types of research:pure and applied,historical and analytical,survey research:merits and demerits
Unit III Research design .meaning and importance,types of research design:exploratory,descriptive,experimental and action research
Unit IV Sampling:meaning and importance,types of sampling.random sampling,stratified sampling and systematic sampling
Unit V a)Data collection,processing and analysis:an analysis,report writing
b)Role of internet and computers in social science research
Selected Readings:
1. Michael Has & Henry S. Kariel (ed.) Approaches To The Study of Political Science, Chandler, 1988.
2. David E. Apter, Introduction to Political Analysis, Prentice Hall, 1984.
3. Freeman(ed.) Foundations of Political Science-Research, Methods and Scope, The Free Press, 1977.
4. William Meyer, The Political Experience, Kreiger Publishing Co, 1987.
5. BERNSTEIN, ROBERT, A. & JAMES A. DYER, An Introduction to PoliticalScience Methods, Prentice Hall, New Jeresy, 1984.
6. BICKMAN, LEONARD (ed.) Reasearch Design, Sage, Thousand Oaks,2000.
7. BURNS, ROBERT, B., Introduction to Research Methods, Sage, London,2000.
8. DIXON, BEVERLY, R., BOUMA, GARY, D & ATKINSON, G.B.J., AHandbook of Social Science Research, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1987.
9. GOEL, MADAN LAL & SINGH, V.B., Social and Political Science Research Methods,Ajanta, New Delhi, 1996.
10. GOODE, WILLIAM J. & PAUL K. HATT, Methods in Social Research,Mcgraw Hill, 1952.
11. KUMAR, RANJIT, Research Methodology: A Step by Step Guide forBeginners, Sage, London, 1999.
12. MASTERMANN, MARGARET, The Nature of a Paradigm in Lakatos andMusgrave (eds.), Criticism and Growth of Knowledge.
13. MUKHERJEE, PARTH, N. (ed.), Methodology in Sociology in Social Research: Dilemmas and Perspectives, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2000.
14. POPPER, KARL, Normal Science and its Dangers in Lakatos and Musgrave(eds.), Criticism and Growth of Knowledge.
15. SELITZ, CLAIRE, WRIGHTSMAN, LAWRENCE S.,& COOK,STUART W., Research Methods in Social Relations, Holt Rinehart andWinston, New York, 1976.
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE CORE COURSE 6B12 POL
India’s Foreign Policy
Unit I Indian Foreign Policy :Historical origins, determinants; the institutions of policy-making; continuity and change.

Unit II India and the Non-Alignment Movement :
Evolution and contemporary relevance, Socio- political basis of non-alignment-domestic and global.

Unit III Conflict and co-operation in South Asia :
a)India's relations with Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal.
b)Regional co-operation and SAARC.
c)Kashmir question in India's foreign policy.
d)India and South East Asia:ASEAN,Look East Policy
Unit IV India and the major powers : USA, EU, China, Japan and Russia.

Unit V a)India’s role in UN Peace Keeping and global disarmament .
b)India and the emerging international economic order; multilateral agencies-WTO, IMF, IBRD, ADB.
c)India and the question of nuclear weapons : NPT and CTBT.
Books Recommended
1. Bahadur, Kalim (ed.), South Asia in transition: Conflicts and tensions, Patriots, New Delhi, 1986.
2. Banerjee, A.K. (ed.), Security issues in South Asia: Domestic and external sources of threats to security Minerva, Calcutta, 1998.
3. Bidwai, Praful and Achin Vanaik (eds.), South Asia on a short fuse: Nuclear politics and the future of global disarmament, OUP, New Delhi, 1999).
4. Ghosh, Partha S., Cooperation and conflict in South Asia, Manohar, New Delhi, 1989.
5. 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.
6. Gujral, I.K., A foreign policy for India, External publicity division, MEA, Government of India, Delhi, 1998.
7. Indian foreign policy, World Focus, Vol 20, No 10-12, October-December 1999.
8. Jones, Rodney W. and Sumit Ganguly, “Debating New Delhi’s Nuclear Decision,” International Security, Vol 24 (4), Spring 2000.
9. Mansingh, Surjeet, India’s search for power: Indira Gandhi’s foreign policy, 1966-1982 New Delhi Sage, 1984.
10. Perkovich, G., India’s nuclear bomb: The impact on global proliferation New Delhi: OUP, 2000.
11. Suryanarayan, V. (ed.), South and Southeast Asia in the 1990s: Indian and American Perspectives Delhi: Konark, 1992.
12. Upreti, B.C. et al. (eds.), India’s foreign policy: Emerging challenges and paradigms (Delhi: Kalinga, 2003).
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE CORE COURSE 6B13 POL
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN INDIA
Unit II Social and political movements in India-A historical overview
Unit III Discourses on social and political movements
Unit IV Social and political movements in India
Readings
1. Doug McAdam and David A. Snow, eds. Social Movements: Readings on their Emergence, Mobilization, and Dynamic. Los Angeles, Roxbury, 1997.
2. Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward. Poor People's Movements. New York: Vintage, 1977.
3. Thomas R. Rochon. Culture Moves: Ideas, Activism, and Changing Values. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1998.
4. Sidney Tarrow, Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics, 2nd ed., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
5. Russell J. Dalton. 1994. The Green Rainbow: Environmental Groups in Western Europe. New Haven: Yale University Press.
6. Valerie Jenness and Kendal Broad. 1997. Hate Crimes: New Social Movements and the Politics of Violence. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
7. Valerie Jenness. 1993. Making it Work: The Prostitute's Rights Movement in Perspective. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
8. Cecelia Lynch. 1999. Beyond Appeasement; Interpreting Interwar Peace Movements in World Politics. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press.
9. David S. Meyer and Sidney Tarrow, eds. 1998. The Social Movement Society: Contentious Politics for a New Century. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield.
10. Thomas R. Rochon and David S. Meyer, eds. 1997. Coalitions and Politial Movements: The Lessons of the Nuclear Freeze. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner.
11. Nancy A. Naples, ed. 1998. Community Activism and Feminist Politics: Organizing Across Race, Class, and Gender. New York: Routledge.
12. Nancy A. Naples. 1998. Grassroots Warriors: Activist Mothering, Community Work, and the War on Poverty. New York: Routledge.
13. Judith StepanNorris and Maurice Zeitlin. 1996. Talking Union. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
14. Rajni Kothari, Politics in India,Delhi, Orient Longman 1970.
15. Rajni Kothari, Democratic Polity & Social Change in India, Delhi, allied, 1976.
16. S. Kothari, Social Movements and Redefinition of Democracy, Boulder Colorado, Westview Press, 199 .
17. T. K. Oomer, 'Protest and Change, Studies in Social Movement', New Delhi, Sage , 1990.
18. K. Jones, 'Socio Religions Reform Movement in British India, Cambridge
19. N. Subramaniam, Ethnicity & Populist Mobilization:Politial Parties, Citizens, Democracy in South asia, Delhi, Oxford Uni. Press, 1999.
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE CORE COURSE 6B14 POL
HUMAN RIGHTS
Unit I a)Concept of Human Rights-state-society relationship
b)Major influences on contemporary human rights
1)historical legacies
2)Marxist views
3)Liberal stream
4)anti-colonial struggles
Unit II a)The Universal Declaration,International Covenants
b)Post –Second World War phases:specific cases
1)Industrialised countries-USA,UK,Japan
2)Developing Countries
Unit III Human Rights Movements:Role of International Agencies and NGO’s
a)UN, b)Amnesty International c)World Watch, d)Asia and Africa Watch, d)International Redcros, e)Transparency International
Unit Iv Human Rights Laws and Institutions in India
a)constitution –relevant Articles,critical appraisal
b)Judicial protection of Human Rights
c)Human Rights specific elements of national enactments in India
d)National Human Rights Act-NHRC ,SHRC and Human Rights Courts
e)Right to Information Act
Unit IV Issue specific themes in Human Rights: children,caste,women,Refugees,displaced,asylum,minorities,disabilities,dalit,police,
bureaucracy,migrants,terrorism,fundamentalism,emergency,culture
Readings
  1. Tim Dunne and Nicholas J. Wheeler (eds.), Human Rights in Global Politics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998
  2. Kelly-Kate S. Pease, International Organizations: Perspectives on Governance in the Twenty-First Century Upper River, JN: Prentice Hall, Saddle, 2000
  3. Sunita Samal, Human Rights and Human Development: Concepts and Contexts, Kanishka, New Delhi, 2003
  4. M.M. Rehman, et al, Human Rights and Human Development: Concepts and Contexts, Manak, New Delhi, 2000
  5. Rev. M. Stephen, Human Rights: Concepts and Perspectives, Concept, New Delhi, 2002.
  6. M.H. Syed, Human Rights: The New Era Kilaso Books, New Delhi, 2003.
  7. Sonali Singh, Reinterpreting Human Rights – A Third World Perspectives, Ganga Kaveri, Varanasi, 2004
  8. Ashish Chandra, Human Rights Activism and Role of NGOs Delhi: Rajat, 2000.
  9. Sunita Samal, Human Rights and Development in Emerging World Order New Delhi: Kanishka, 2003.
  10. Tim Dunne and Nicholas J. Wheeler (eds.), Human Rights in Global Politics Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998
  11. Aftab Alam (ed.), Human Right in International law: Legal and Policy Issues Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984
  12. Susan Eileen Waltz, “Universalizing Human Rights The Role of Small States in the Construction of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2001, pp.44-72.
  13. Peter Jones, “Human Rights, Group Rights, and Peoples’ Rights,” Human Rights Quarterly, Vol.21.No.1,1999,pp.80-107
  14. Kelly-Kate S. Pease, International Organization: Perspectives on Governance in the Twenty First Century (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000)
  15. Zaim N. Nedjati, Human Rights under the European Conventtion Amsterdam, North Holland: European Studies in Law, 8: 1978
  16. V.T. Thamilmaran, Human Rights in Third World perspective New Delhi: Har Anand, 1992
  17. Human Rights Watch Global Report on Women’s Human Rights Delhi: OUP, 1998, reprint of 1995
  18. V.T. Thamilmaran, Human Rights in Third World perspective New Delhi: Har Anand, 1992
  19. Baxi Upendra (ed.) The Right to be Human, Lancer, Delhi, 1987.
  20. Beetham, David (ed.) Politics and Human Rights, Oxford, Blackwell, 1955.
  21. Desai, A. R. (ed.) Violations of Democratic Rights in India, Popular Prakashan, Bombay,1986.
  22. Evans, Tony – The Politics of Human Rights: A Global Perspective, London, Pluto Press, 2001.
  23. Iyer, V. R. Krishna, The Dialectics and Dynamics of Human Rights, Lokayan, Delhi,1991.
  24. Kothari Smitu and Sethi, Harsh (ed.) Rethinking Human Rights, Lokayan, Delhi, 1991.
  25. Saksena, K. P. (ed.) Human Rights: Fifty Years of India’s Independence, Delhi Gyan,1999.
  26. Subramaniam, S – Human Rights: International Challenges, Manhor, Delhi – 1997.
  27. G. Hargopal, G. (1997). Political Economy of Human Rights : Emerging Dimensions, Himalaya Publishing House.
  28. Mohanty, Manoranjan and Partha Nath Mukherji and Olle Tranguist, (1998). Social Movements and the State in the Third World, Sage.
  29. Baxi, Upendra, (2002) The Future of Human Rights, Oxford University Press
Articles:
1. Ray, Ashwini. Human Rights Movement in India, Economic and Political Weekly,
August 9, 2003.
2. Mohanty, Manoranjan. (2002) The Changing Definition of Right in India in Sujata
Patel, Jasodhara Bagchi, and Krishna Raj (eds.) thinking Social Science in India, Sage,New Delhi.
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE CORE COURSE 6B15 POL
POLITICS OF GLOBALISATION
Unit 1. Globalisation:
(A) History,definition,meaning,
(B) Approaches to the understanding of Globalisation:Liberal and Radical Approaches.
(C) International Institutions/Regimes-critical appraisal
a.World Bank,b. International Monetary Fund,c. The World Trade Organisation
Unit 2. Globalisation and State:(A)retreat and redefinition of nation state.
(b)Global Village-hollow state,borderless world,
Unit 3. Globalisation and Development:,MNC’s ,NGO’s and development,New- age Techonologies.
Unit 4. Globalisation and Culture:
a)Cocacolonisation
b)Mcdonaldisation
c)Wallmartisation
Unit 5. Globalisation and Resistance Movements:Feminist,Environmentalist,Various Protest movements,Social Forums etc
Suggested Reading:
1. Anthony Giddens, The Globalizing of Modernity.
2. Arjun Appadurai, Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalisation,University of Minnesota Press, 1996.
3. David E. Korten, Niconor Perlas and Vandana Shiva (ed.), International Forum ofGlobalisation.
4. Deepak Nayyar (ed.) Governing Globalisation: Issues and Institutions, Oxford
University Press, 2002.
5. Held, David and Anthony Mc grew (ed.), The Global Transformation Reader: Anintroduction to the Globalisation Debate, 2nd Cambridge, Polity Press, Blackwell Publishing.
6. Jagdish Bhagwati, In defense of Globalisation, Oxford University Press, 2004.
7. John Stopford, Multinational Corporations, Foreign Policy, Fall, 1998
8. Joseph E Stiglitg, Globalisation and its discontents.
9. Keohane Rebert and Joseph S. Nye Jr., Globalisation: What is new, what is not.
10. Kofi Annan, The politics of Globalisation,
11. Marc Lindenberg and Coralie Bryant, Going Global: Transforming Relief andDevelopment NGOs, Bloomfield, Kumarian Press.
12. Noreena Hertz, The silent take over: Global Capitalism and the death of Democracy,Praeger, 2000.
13. Nye Joseph S and John D. Donanu (ed.) Governance in a Globalizing World,Washington dc, Brookings.
14. Nye Jr. Joseph S, Globalisation and American Power.
15. Pilpin Robert, The National State in the Global Economy.
16. Samuel Huntington, the clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of world order.
17. Stanley Hoffman, Clash of civilizations,
18. Tyler Cowen, Creative Destruction: How Globalisation is changing the world’sculture, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 2000.
Additional Reading
1. Brahis John and Steeve Smith (ed.) The Globalisation of World Politics: An
Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press, 2001.
2. John Clark (ed.), Globalising Civic Engagement: Civil Society and Transnational
Action, London, Earthscan, 2003.
3. Sanjeev Khagram, James Riker and Korthrxu Sikkink (ed.) Restructuring World
Politics: Transnational Social Movements, MN, University of Minnesota Press, 2002.
4. Bernard Hoelkman and Michel Kostecki, the Political Economy of the World
Trading System: From GATT to WTO, New York, OUP, 1995.
Bibindas Gupta ,Globalisation:india’s Adjustment Experience,New Delhi,Sage Publications
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE CORE COURSE 6B16 POL
PROJECT WORK
COMPLEMENTARY COURSES FOR ECONOMICS
(CHOSE ANY ONE AMONG 1C05 POL&1C06 POL IN SEMESTER I AND CHOSE ANY ONE AMONG 2C07 POL &2C08 POL IN SEMESTER II)
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE COMPLEMENTARY COURSE FOR ECONOMICS 1C05 POL
POLITICS OF GLOBALISATION
Unit 1. Globalisation:
(A) History,definition,meaning,
(B) Approaches to the understanding of Globalisation:Liberal and Radical Approaches.
(C) International Institutions/Regimes-critical appraisal
a.World Bank,b. International Monetary Fund,c. The World Trade Organisation
Unit 2. Globalisation and State:(A)retreat and redefinition of nation state.
(b)Global Village-hollow state,borderless world,
Unit 3. Globalisation and Development:,MNC’s ,NGO’s and development,New- age Techonologies.
Unit 4. Globalisation and Culture:
a)Cocacolonisation
b)Mcdonaldisation
c)Wallmartisation
Unit 5. Globalisation and Resistance Movements:Feminist,Environmentalist,Various Protest movements,Social Forums etc
Suggested Reading:
1. Anthony Giddens, The Globalizing of Modernity.
2. Arjun Appadurai, Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalisation,University of Minnesota Press, 1996.
3. David E. Korten, Niconor Perlas and Vandana Shiva (ed.), International Forum ofGlobalisation.
4. Deepak Nayyar (ed.) Governing Globalisation: Issues and Institutions, Oxford
University Press, 2002.
5. Held, David and Anthony Mc grew (ed.), The Global Transformation Reader: Anintroduction to the Globalisation Debate, 2nd Cambridge, Polity Press, Blackwell Publishing.
6. Jagdish Bhagwati, In defense of Globalisation, Oxford University Press, 2004.
7. John Stopford, Multinational Corporations, Foreign Policy, Fall, 1998
8. Joseph E Stiglitg, Globalisation and its discontents.
9. Keohane Rebert and Joseph S. Nye Jr., Globalisation: What is new, what is not.
10. Kofi Annan, The politics of Globalisation,
11. Marc Lindenberg and Coralie Bryant, Going Global: Transforming Relief andDevelopment NGOs, Bloomfield, Kumarian Press.
12. Noreena Hertz, The silent take over: Global Capitalism and the death of Democracy,Praeger, 2000.
13. Nye Joseph S and John D. Donanu (ed.) Governance in a Globalizing World,Washington dc, Brookings.
14. Nye Jr. Joseph S, Globalisation and American Power.
15. Pilpin Robert, The National State in the Global Economy.
16. Samuel Huntington, the clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of world order.
17. Stanley Hoffman, Clash of civilizations,
18. Tyler Cowen, Creative Destruction: How Globalisation is changing the world’sculture, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 2000.
Additional Reading
1. Brahis John and Steeve Smith (ed.) The Globalisation of World Politics: An
Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press, 2001.
2. John Clark (ed.), Globalising Civic Engagement: Civil Society and Transnational
Action, London, Earthscan, 2003.
3. Sanjeev Khagram, James Riker and Korthrxu Sikkink (ed.) Restructuring World
Politics: Transnational Social Movements, MN, University of Minnesota Press, 2002.
4. Bernard Hoelkman and Michel Kostecki, the Political Economy of the World
Trading System: From GATT to WTO, New York, OUP, 1995.
Bibindas Gupta ,Globalisation:india’s Adjustment Experience,New Delhi,Sage Publications
OR
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE COMPLEMENTARY COURSE FOR ECONOMICS 1C06 POL
India’s Foreign Policy

Unit I Indian Foreign Policy :Historical origins, determinants; the institutions of policy-making; continuity and change.

Unit II India and the Non-Alignment Movement :
Evolution and contemporary relevance, Socio- political basis of non-alignment-domestic and global.

Unit III Conflict and co-operation in South Asia :
a)India's relations with Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal.
b)Regional co-operation and SAARC.
c)Kashmir question in India's foreign policy.
d)India and South East Asia:ASEAN,Look East Policy
Unit IV India and the major powers : USA, EU, China, Japan and Russia.

Unit V a)India’s role in UN Peace Keeping and global disarmament .
b)India and the emerging international economic order; multilateral agencies-WTO, IMF, IBRD, ADB.
c)India and the question of nuclear weapons : NPT and CTBT.
Books Recommended
1. Bahadur, Kalim (ed.), South Asia in transition: Conflicts and tensions, Patriots, New Delhi, 1986.
2. Banerjee, A.K. (ed.), Security issues in South Asia: Domestic and external sources of threats to security Minerva, Calcutta, 1998.
3. Bidwai, Praful and Achin Vanaik (eds.), South Asia on a short fuse: Nuclear politics and the future of global disarmament, OUP, New Delhi, 1999).
4. Ghosh, Partha S., Cooperation and conflict in South Asia, Manohar, New Delhi, 1989.
5. 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.
6. Gujral, I.K., A foreign policy for India, External publicity division, MEA, Government of India, Delhi, 1998.
7. Indian foreign policy, World Focus, Vol 20, No 10-12, October-December 1999.
8. Jones, Rodney W. and Sumit Ganguly, “Debating New Delhi’s Nuclear Decision,” International Security, Vol 24 (4), Spring 2000.
9. Mansingh, Surjeet, India’s search for power: Indira Gandhi’s foreign policy, 1966-1982 New Delhi Sage, 1984.
10. Perkovich, G., India’s nuclear bomb: The impact on global proliferation New Delhi: OUP, 2000.
11. Suryanarayan, V. (ed.), South and Southeast Asia in the 1990s: Indian and American Perspectives Delhi: Konark, 1992.
12. Upreti, B.C. et al. (eds.), India’s foreign policy: Emerging challenges and paradigms (Delhi: Kalinga, 2003).
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE COMPLEMENTARY COURSE FOR ECONOMICS 2C07 POL
Mass media and political communication
Unit I a)Public Opinion and Fourth Estate
Meaning and definition of public opinion,main feautures of public opinion,importance of public opinion in a democratic state,agencies of public opinion,role of mass media in moulding public opinion (Newspapers,Radio and TV)
b)Political Socialization and Political Culture
Political socialization,definition and meaning of political socialization,functions of political socialization,types of political socialization,important agencies of political socialization,mass media and political socialization
c)Political Culture,components or dimensions of political culture,classification of political culture,almonds view on political culture
Unit II Political participation ,Political Modernization and Political Communication.
a)political participaton ,definition and meaning ,types of political participation,formal,informal,extent of political participation,factors influencing political participation
b)political modernization,dimensions of modernization,modernization and social change,models of modernization,critical appraisal,role of massmedia in shaping these aspects
c)Political communication,types of communication,structue,informal,face to face,governmental,input structures,mass media
Unit III Theories of press and realities relating to the freedom of press,press council of india
a)theories of the press,authoritarian theory ,liberal theory, communist theory,social responsibility theory
b)the Press Council,nature,composition,objectives,functioning,and organizational structure
Unit IV Constitutional foundation of the press,article 19 of the Indian constitution,limitation on the freedom of press in india.Acts relating to media,press law,,rights,duties and liabilities of proprietor ,publisher,editor,author and contributor -law of defamation,contempt of court,official secrecy,right to information,law of copyn right
Unit V Electronic possibilities,media and society(cinema, radio,TV ,software revolution)
Webmedia,internet,blogs,community networks,citizen journalism,internet as new media,instant media,and role of individual as political actor
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B A POLITICAL SCIENCE COMPLEMENTARY COURSE FOR ECONOMICS 2C08 POL
CYBER POLITICS
Unit I a)Cyber politics-meaning,importance, evolution and nature
c)techonology ,society and politics
b)cybernetics and communication approach to politics
c)Open source politics-politics @ net
Unit II Tools of cyber politics-
a)Non-Web Tools- Mobile, SMS, Telephone, Electronic media and devices.
b)Web Tools- Internet, intranet, bloggs, chatrooms, and community groupings.
Unit III ICT, state and society
a)Social Movements Online, Cyberprotest,e-activism,e-campaigning,e-voting,e-participation,virtual politics
b)Cyber Citizen-netizen, e-governance and e-government-phases of transformation- Impact on government and state- service state, government on line, interactive citizen
Unit IV Technology and Democracy- e-democracy, e-participation, e-administration. Citizen empowerment
digital Democracy- Concepts and Issues
digital Democracy- Political Parties, and the Political Process,e-lobbying
Unit V Issues in cyber politics- Digital divide, technocentric administration, alienation, Cyber security and cyber crimes, free software Vs proprietary software
Unit IV Cyber politics in India
a)Information revolution in India, Issues and challenges
b)e-governance initiatives in India- Bhoomi project, Akshaya, FRIENDS, GYANDOOTH, Community Information Centers,E-Seva etc.,
Readings
1. Bagga R K, Kenneth Keniston, Mathur RR: The state IT and Development, Sage publications, New Delhi 2005
2. Bansal SK: IT and Globalization: APH Publications New Delhi 2002
3. Bhagawan M R; New generic technologies in Developing Countries, St Martin press New York 1999
4. Danier Amor; The E-Business (R) Evolution, Prentice Hall of India N J, 2000
5. David Held, Anthony McGrew: The global transformation reader, Polity press Cambridge 2002
6. David Osborne, Ted Gaebler: Reinventing Government. Prentice hall of India New Delhi 1992
7. Gill SS; Information revolution in India- a critique; Rupa & Co New Delhi 2004
8. Jonathan Rosenoer; Cyber law; the law of Internet, Springer-verlag New York 1997
9. Lane, Ja-Erick; New public management; Routledge London 2000
10. Murdick, Robert G, Joel E and Clagget James R; Information system for modern management, Prentice hall of India New Delhi1996
11. Roy Sumit; Globalization CIT and developing nations-challenges in the information age, Sage publications New Delhi, 2005.
12. Sivaraj K. Anungo; Making information technology work, Sage Publication New Delhi, 1999
13. Steven G. Jones; Cyber society 2.0; revisiting computer mediated communication and community, Sage Publication New Delhi, 1995.
14. Subash Bhatnagar; Information technology and development-foundations and key issues, Sage publications New Delhi 1991
COMPLEMENTARY COURSES FOR ENGLISH
(CHOSE ANY ONE AMONG 3C09 POL&3C10 POL IN SEMESTER III AND CHOSE ANY ONE AMONG 4C11 POL &4C12 POL IN SEMESTER IV)
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE COMPLEMENTARY COURSE FOR ENGLISH 3C09 POL
HUMAN RIGHTS
Unit I a)Concept of Human Rights-state-society relationship
b)Major influences on contemporary human rights
1)historical legacies
2)Marxist views
3)Liberal stream
4)anti-colonial struggles
Unit II a)The Universal Declaration,International Covenants
b)Post –Second World War phases:specific cases
1)Industrialised countries-USA,UK,Japan
2)Developing Countries
Unit III Human Rights Movements:Role of International Agencies and NGO’s
a)UN, b)Amnesty International c)World Watch, d)Asia and Africa Watch, d)International Redcros, e)Transparency International
Unit IV The Emerging Issues
a)Validity of Concept of Human Rights
b)State violence vs.Private violences
c)War on Terror
d)Globalisation and Human Rights
Readings
1. Tim Dunne and Nicholas J. Wheeler (eds.), Human Rights in Global Politics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998
2. Kelly-Kate S. Pease, International Organizations: Perspectives on Governance in the Twenty-First Century Upper River, JN: Prentice Hall, Saddle, 2000
3. Sunita Samal, Human Rights and Human Development: Concepts and Contexts, Kanishka, New Delhi, 2003
4. M.M. Rehman, et al, Human Rights and Human Development: Concepts and Contexts, Manak, New Delhi, 2000
5. Rev. M. Stephen, Human Rights: Concepts and Perspectives, Concept, New Delhi, 2002.
6. M.H. Syed, Human Rights: The New Era Kilaso Books, New Delhi, 2003.
7. Sonali Singh, Reinterpreting Human Rights – A Third World Perspectives, Ganga Kaveri, Varanasi, 2004
8. Ashish Chandra, Human Rights Activism and Role of NGOs Delhi: Rajat, 2000.
9. Sunita Samal, Human Rights and Development in Emerging World Order New Delhi: Kanishka, 2003.
10. Tim Dunne and Nicholas J. Wheeler (eds.), Human Rights in Global Politics Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998
11. Aftab Alam (ed.), Human Right in International law: Legal and Policy Issues Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984
12. Susan Eileen Waltz, “Universalizing Human Rights The Role of Small States in the Construction of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2001, pp.44-72.
13. Peter Jones, “Human Rights, Group Rights, and Peoples’ Rights,” Human Rights Quarterly, Vol.21.No.1,1999,pp.80-107
14. Kelly-Kate S. Pease, International Organization: Perspectives on Governance in the Twenty First Century (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000)
15. Zaim N. Nedjati, Human Rights under the European Conventtion Amsterdam, North Holland: European Studies in Law, 8: 1978
16. V.T. Thamilmaran, Human Rights in Third World perspective New Delhi: Har Anand, 1992
17. Human Rights Watch Global Report on Women’s Human Rights Delhi: OUP, 1998, reprint of 1995
18. V.T. Thamilmaran, Human Rights in Third World perspective New Delhi: Har Anand, 1992
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B A POLITICAL SCIENCE COMPLEMENTARY COURSE FOR ENGLISH 3C10 POL
GENDER AND POLITICS
Unit I A)Gender and politics :meaning,nature ,scope,importance
B)conceptual understanding-
1)The biology debate-gender/sex
2)patriarchy-public/private debate
3)gender as a contested social terrain
C)Feminist political theory-
Liberal,Socialist,Marxist,Radical,Post-modernist
Unit II Theories of Development-Empowerment
a)WID,b)WAD,c)GAD
Unit III Portrayal of women -Cinema,TV,Print media,Advertisement,Literature,Art and Sculpture,Culture etc.
Unit IV Women in Politics-
Election process,Parliament,State Legislature,Panchayat
Unit V Contemporary issues of women-
a)caste and class,humanrights,property,globalization,violence,workplace,
b)Gender Paradox; case study of Kerala Model of Development.
Readings
1. A.S. Altekar, Position of Women in Hindu Civilization from Prehistoric Past to the Present day, 3rd Edition, Motilal Banarasi Das, Delhi, 1962
2. Mandakranta Bose, Facess of the Feminism in Ancient Medieval and Modern India, OUP, New Delhi, 2000
3. Gayatri C. Spivak, In other Worlds, Methuen, London, 1987
4. Vandana Shiva, Staying Alive: Women Ecology and Development in India, New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1998
5. Nivedita Menon, Gender and Politics in India, New York, OUP, 1999
6. Vandana Shiva (ed) Close to Home: Women Reconnect, Ecology, Health and Development Worldwide, Philadelphia New Society Publishers 1994
7. Barbara J. Nelson and Najma Chawdhury (eds.) Women and Politics Worldwide New Haven: Yale University Press. 1994
8. Shirin Rai (ed.) International Perspectives on Gender and Democratization, New York: St. Martins Press, 2000
9. Marjorie Agosin (ed.) Women Gender and Human Rights: A Global perspective. New Brunswick N.J. Rutgers University Press, 2001
10. S. de, Beauvoi, The Second Sex, Trans, H.M. Parshley, Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1972.
11. D. Coole, Women in Political Theory: From Ancient Misogyny to Contemporary Feminism, Harvester Wheatsheaf, New York, 1993
12. S.M. Okin, and J. Mansbridge (eds.) Feminism, 3 Vols., Routledge, London, 1994
13. M.L. Shanley and C. Pateman, Feminist Interpretation and Political theory, Cambridge, Polity Press, 1991
14. M. Warnock, Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and J.S. Mill’s The Subjection of Women, Dent, London, 1985.
15. M. Wollstonecraft, A Vindiction of the Rightsof Women, Everyman, London, 1929
16. Shirin Rai (ed.) International Perspectives on Gender and Democratization, New York: St. Martins Press, 2000
17. Marjorie Agosin (ed.) Women Gender and Human Rights: A Global perspective. New Brunswrick N.J. Rutgers University Press, 2001
18. Barbara J. Nelson and Najma Chawdhury (eds.) Women and Politics Worldwide New Haven: Yale University Press. 1994
19. Joanna Liddle & Rama Joshi, Daughters of Independence-Gender, Caste and Class in India: Zed Books Ltd, London, 1986
20. Niroj Sinha: Women in Indian Politics: Gyan Publishing House, New Delhi, 2000
21. Mahmohan Kaur: Women in India’s freedom Struggle, Sterling Publishers Private Limited: New Delhi 1985
22. Abdul Majid Khan: The Great Daughter of India, Lahore, 1946
23. Vina Majumdar: In Symbols of Power (Editor’s note) Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 1979
24. Kumkum Sangni & Sudesh Vaid, (ed), Recasting Women, Essays in Colonial History, New Delhi, Kali for Women, 1989
25. Bina Agrawal: A Field of One’s Own Gender and Land Rights in South Asia, University Press, Cambridge, 1994
26. L. Anthony and C. Witt (eds.), A Mind of One’s Own: Feminist Eassays on Reason and Objectivity, Boulder Colorado, Westview Press, 1992
27. J. Grant, Fundamental Feminism: Contesting the Core Concepts of Feminist Theory, New York, Routledge, 1993
28. M. Meis, Ecofeminism, London and Atlantic Highlands NJ, Zed, 1993
29. I.M. Young, Justice and the Politics of Difference, Oxford, Princeton University Press, 1990
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE COMPLEMENTARY COURSE FOR ENGLISH 4C11 POL
DEFENCE AND STRATEGIC STUDIES
Unit I a)Contribution of Armed Forces towards Independent India including nation building.
b)Defence logistics and role of society towards the Armed Forces and war fighting.
Unit II a) Indian Defence Forces-Rank and structure and major equipments in the Army, Navy and Air force.
b) Terrain and boundaries with our neighbours including maritime boundaries (IB, LoC, LAC & AGPL).
c) Role and tasks of Armed Forces in war and peace.
d) Defence Support Organisations-DRDO, Ordinance factories and boards, Defence support industries
e) Broad study of land Warfare-Operation in plains,mountain,desert,jungle,riverine and canal terrains and Ditch cum Bunds; Naval warfare and air warfare and integration,NBC( Nuclear, Biological and chemical warfare).
f) Specialized operations and LICO (Low Intensity Conflicts Operations),Terrorism-urban/rural
g)Para Military forces and their role and functions.
h)Higher defence management in India and command and control.
Unit III Security and its dimensions (External, Internal, Energy, Food, Water, Maritime Security Political,Economic).
Unit IV Defence including maritime strategy and India’s foreign policy, with particular reference to our neighbours.
India’s neibours and their armed Forces.
Indian defence forces and UN.
Functional relations and warrant of precedence.
Indian Military campaigns –a broad study of major military campaigns from 1947.
Unit V Issues in Indian defence system
Women in the armed forces,military-society disconnect,defence modernization,social composition of India’s defence system,armed forces and politics
Reference
1. Bajpai Kanti and Mattoo Amitabh, Securing India : Strategic Thought and Practices
  1. Sen Gautam, India’s Security consideration in Nuclear Age.
  2. Paret peter (ed) makers of modern strategy. From Machiavelli to Nuclear Age.
  3. Baylis John Booth Ken, Garnett John and Williams Phil, contemporary strategy- Theories and concept Vol. - I London, Groom Helm 1987.
  4. Bobbit Philip, and others (ed) U. S Nuclear strategy, A reader, New York, New York University press, 1989.
  5. A world Atlas of Military History, London , lee cooper, 1980.
  6. John Garnett(ed) Theories of peace and security Reader in contemporary strategy, Bristol Macmillan, martin 1979.
  7. Paranjape Shrikant, Samrikshastra, (Marathi) Pune, continental, 1994.
  8. Peter Alis & P. G. Etsel, Military Geography.
  9. Das S. T. Defence strategy and military Geography.
11. Pelder & Pearcy, Military Geography.
12. Panikar K. M, Problems of India’s Defence.
13. Moodie A.E., Geography behind Politics.
14. Jofferi William, Global Defence.
15. Venkatesh, Cyber Terrorism
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE COMPLEMENTARY COURSE FOR ENGLISH 4C12 POL
POLITICS OF GLOBALISATION
Unit 1. Globalisation:
(A) History,definition,meaning,
(B) Approaches to the understanding of Globalisation:Liberal and Radical Approaches.
(C) International Institutions/Regimes-critical apprisal
a.World Bank,b. International Monetary Fund,c. The World Trade Organisation
Unit 2. Globalisation and State:(A)retreat and redefinition of nation state.
(b)Global Village-hollow state,borderless world,
Unit 3. Globalisation and Development:,MNC’s ,NGO’s and development,New- age Techonologies.
Unit 4. Globalisation and Culture:
a)Cocacolonisation
b)Mcdonaldisation
c)Wallmartisation
Unit 5. Globalisation and Resistance Movements:Feminist,Environmentalist,Various Protest movements,Social Forums etc
Suggested Reading:
1. Anthony Giddens, The Globalizing of Modernity.
2. Arjun Appadurai, Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalisation,University of Minnesota Press, 1996.
3. David E. Korten, Niconor Perlas and Vandana Shiva (ed.), International Forum ofGlobalisation.
4. Deepak Nayyar (ed.) Governing Globalisation: Issues and Institutions, Oxford
University Press, 2002.
5. Held, David and Anthony Mc grew (ed.), The Global Transformation Reader: Anintroduction to the Globalisation Debate, 2nd Cambridge, Polity Press, Blackwell Publishing.
6. Jagdish Bhagwati, In defense of Globalisation, Oxford University Press, 2004.
7. John Stopford, Multinational Corporations, Foreign Policy, Fall, 1998
8. Joseph E Stiglitg, Globalisation and its discontents.
9. Keohane Rebert and Joseph S. Nye Jr., Globalisation: What is new, what is not.
10. Kofi Annan, The politics of Globalisation,
11. Marc Lindenberg and Coralie Bryant, Going Global: Transforming Relief andDevelopment NGOs, Bloomfield, Kumarian Press.
12. Noreena Hertz, The silent take over: Global Capitalism and the death of Democracy,Praeger, 2000.
13. Nye Joseph S and John D. Donanu (ed.) Governance in a Globalizing World,Washington dc, Brookings.
14. Nye Jr. Joseph S, Globalisation and American Power.
15. Pilpin Robert, The National State in the Global Economy.
16. Samuel Huntington, the clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of world order.
17. Stanley Hoffman, Clash of civilizations,
18. Tyler Cowen, Creative Destruction: How Globalisation is changing the world’sculture, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 2000.
Additional Reading
1. Brahis John and Steeve Smith (ed.) The Globalisation of World Politics: An
Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press, 2001.
2. John Clark (ed.), Globalising Civic Engagement: Civil Society and Transnational
Action, London, Earthscan, 2003.
3. Sanjeev Khagram, James Riker and Korthrxu Sikkink (ed.) Restructuring World
Politics: Transnational Social Movements, MN, University of Minnesota Press, 2002.
4. Bernard Hoelkman and Michel Kostecki, the Political Economy of the World
Trading System: From GATT to WTO, New York, OUP, 1995.
Bibindas Gupta ,Globalisation:india’s Adjustment Experience,New Delhi,Sage Publications
COMPLEMENTARY COURSES FOR HISTORY
(CHOSE ANY ONE AMONG 3C01 POL&3C02 POL IN SEMESTER III AND CHOSE ANY ONE AMONG 4C03 POL &4C4 POL IN SEMESTER IV)
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE COMPLEMENTARY COURSE FOR HISTORY 3C01 POL
International Organization and Regional Arrangements
Unit I a)Origins and development of international organizations
b)contemporary international organization,nature,scope
c)the goals,intentions,and purposes of International organization
d)terms and definition-IO,IGO,ICO,NGO
Unit II a)the U N –history and institutions
b)Concert of Europe,League of Nations,the U N
c)U N structure –specialized agencies
Unit III a)The Bretton Woods Systems-IMF,WB,GATT/WTO,and other functional organizations
b)NAM,Commonwealth of Nations
c)Military Organizations
d)NGOs-Amnesty,Redcross,Greenpeace,Transparency International,MSF,MNCs,andTNCs
Unit IV Regional Arrangements-Overview
SAARC,ASEAN,EU,OAU,OPEC,GCC
Unit V Intercontinental Organizations-Multilateral Groupings
Reference
1. Joseph Schwartzberg, Revitalizing the United Nations: Reform Through Weighted Voting.New York: Institute for Global Policy. 2004.
2. Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore, Rules for the World: InternationalOrganizations in Global Politics. Cornell University Press, 2004.
3. Paul Diehl, The Politics of Global Governance: International Organizations in an Interdependent World. Lynn Reiner, 2001.
4. Margaret Keck and Kathryn Sikkink, Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks inInternational Politics, Cornell University Press. 1998.
5. Sebastian Mallaby, The World’s Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations.. New York: Penguin Press. 2004.
6. Karen Alter, Establishing the Supremacy of European Law: The Making of an International Rule of Law in Europe.. Oxford University Press. 2003.
7. Michael Barnett, Eyewitness to a Genocide. Cornell University Press. 2003.
8. Lloyd Gruber, Ruling the World: Power Politics and the Rise of Supranational Institutions. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2000.
9. John Ikenberry, After Victory. Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order After Major Wars. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2001.
10. Andrew Moravcsik, The Choice for Europe. Cornell University Press. 1998.
11. Paul F. Diehl, The Politics of Global Governance: International Organizations in an Interdependent World, 3rd edition.
12. David P. Forsythe, Roger A. Coate, Kelly-Kate Pease, Thomas G WeissThomas Weiss, et al, the United Nations and Changing World Politics, 5th edition.
13. Diehl, Paul F. ed. 1997. The Politics of Global Governance: International Organizations in an Interdependent World. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner.

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B A POLITICAL SCIENCE COMPLEMENTARY COURSE FOR HISTORY 3C02 POL
INDIAN ADMINISTRTION
UNIT I Kautilya's Arthashastra; Mughal administration;
Legacy of British rule in politics and administration, post -independent Indian administration (soul staff and low line,Head quarters-field relationship).
UNIT II Union Government and administration in India:
Constitutional context of Indian administration, Chief executive-nominal and real
Staff agencies-role of cabinet, secretariate (PM’s office),
Planning commission, Finance commission, Election Commission,National Development Council,
Controller and Auditor General.
Line agencies- Military and departments, Public enterprises,
UNIT III Recruitment to All India Services and Central services, UPSC, Training- generalist v specialist, minister Civil servant relationship.
UNIT IV State and District administration- Governor, Chief Minister, Secretariat,
Chief Secretary, Directors, District collector
UNIT V Panchayati Raj and urban local government-73rd and 74th amendment Act.Administration of scheduled areas and union territories in India.
UNIT VI Issues in Indian administration: corruption, redtapism, nepotism, favouritism
Reference books
1. R. K. arora (Ed.) administrative Change in India, Jaipur, alekh Pub. 1974.
2. P. L. Bansal, aministrative Development in India, New Delhi, Sterling, 1974.
3. C. P. Bhambhri, Bureaucracy and Politics in India, Delhi, Vikas, 1971.
4. R. Pravbanti & J. Spengler (Eds.) administration and Economic Development in India, Duke Uni. 1963.
5. P. R. Dubhashi, Rural Development administration in India.
6. R. B. Jain, Contemporary Issues in Indian administration, Delhi, Visha, 1976.
7. S. R. Maheshwari, Evolution of Indian administration, agra, Laxminarain, aggarwal, 1970.
8. S. R. Maheshwari, Indian administration, New Delhi, Orient Longman, 1998.
9. O. P. Motiwal (Ed) Changing aspects of Public administration in India, allahabad, 1976.
10. Hoshiar Singh, Indian administration, allahabad, Century Press, Rep. 2000.
11. Padma Ramaehandran, Public administration in India, New Delhi, National, 1996.
12. Avasthi & Avasthi, Indian administration, agra, Laxminarain agarwal, 3rd Edn. 1995.
13. Govt. of India (Home affairs) Organization of Government of India, New Delhi, 1971.
14. I.I.P.a. Journals, (IIPa, New Delhi)
15. M. P. Sharma & Sadana B. L. , Public administration, Theory & Practice, allahabad, Kitabmahal, 38th Edn. 1999.
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE COMPLEMENTARY COURSE FOR HISTORY 4C03 POL
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN INDIA
Unit II Social and political movements in India-A historical overview
Unit III Discourses on social and political movements
Unit IV Social and political movements in India
Readings
1. Doug McAdam and David A. Snow, eds. Social Movements: Readings on their Emergence, Mobilization, and Dynamic. Los Angeles, Roxbury, 1997.
2. Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward. Poor People's Movements. New York: Vintage, 1977.
3. Thomas R. Rochon. Culture Moves: Ideas, Activism, and Changing Values. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1998.
4. Sidney Tarrow, Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics, 2nd ed., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
5. Russell J. Dalton. 1994. The Green Rainbow: Environmental Groups in Western Europe. New Haven: Yale University Press.
6. Valerie Jenness and Kendal Broad. 1997. Hate Crimes: New Social Movements and the Politics of Violence. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
7. Valerie Jenness. 1993. Making it Work: The Prostitute's Rights Movement in Perspective. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
8. Cecelia Lynch. 1999. Beyond Appeasement; Interpreting Interwar Peace Movements in World Politics. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press.
9. David S. Meyer and Sidney Tarrow, eds. 1998. The Social Movement Society: Contentious Politics for a New Century. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield.
10. Thomas R. Rochon and David S. Meyer, eds. 1997. Coalitions and Politial Movements: The Lessons of the Nuclear Freeze. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner.
11. Nancy A. Naples, ed. 1998. Community Activism and Feminist Politics: Organizing Across Race, Class, and Gender. New York: Routledge.
12. Nancy A. Naples. 1998. Grassroots Warriors: Activist Mothering, Community Work, and the War on Poverty. New York: Routledge.
13. Judith StepanNorris and Maurice Zeitlin. 1996. Talking Union. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
14. Rajni Kothari, Politics in India,Delhi, Orient Longman 1970.
15. Rajni Kothari, Democratic Polity & Social Change in India, Delhi, allied, 1976.
16. S. Kothari, Social Movements and Redefinition of Democracy, Boulder Colorado, Westview Press, 199 .
17. T. K. Oomer, 'Protest and Change, Studies in Social Movement', New Delhi, Sage , 1990.
18. K. Jones, 'Socio Religions Reform Movement in British India, Cambridge
19. N. Subramaniam, Ethnicity & Populist Mobilization:Politial Parties, Citizens, Democracy in South asia, Delhi, Oxford Uni. Press, 1999.
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B A POLITICAL SCIENCE COMPLEMENTARY COURSE FOR HISTORY 4C04 POL
HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA
Unit I Genesis of Human Rights in India
Ancient India,Islamic Era,British India,The Constituent Assembly,Post-Independent period
Unit II Human Rights Laws and Institutions in India
a)constitution –relevant Articles,critical appraisal
b)Judicial protection of Human Rights
c)Human Rights specific elements of national enactments in India
d)National Human Rights Act-NHRC ,SHRC and Human Rights Courts
e)Right to Information Act
Unit III Civil Society and Human Rights Movements in India
a)Human Rights activism in India
b)Civil society responses
c)NGO’s
d)New social movement
e)Human Rights and Media activism
Unit IV Issue specific themes in Human Rights: children,caste,women,Refugees,displaced,minorities,dalit,police,bureaucracy,
migrants,terrorism,fundamentalism
Unit V The future of Human Rights in India:
Problems and Prospects
Reference
1. Baxi Upendra (ed.) The Right to be Human, Lancer, Delhi, 1987.
2. Beetham, David (ed.) Politics and Human Rights, Oxford, Blackwell, 1955.
3. Desai, A. R. (ed.) Violations of Democratic Rights in India, Popular Prakashan, Bombay,1986.
4. Evans, Tony – The Politics of Human Rights: A Global Perspective, London, Pluto Press, 2001.
6. Iyer, V. R. Krishna, The Dialectics and Dynamics of Human Rights, Lokayan, Delhi,1991.
7. Kothari Smitu and Sethi, Harsh (ed.) Rethinking Human Rights, Lokayan, Delhi, 1991.
9. Saksena, K. P. (ed.) Human Rights: Fifty Years of India’s Independence, Delhi Gyan,1999.
10. Subramaniam, S – Human Rights: International Challenges, Manhor, Delhi – 1997.
11. G. Hargopal, G. (1997). Political Economy of Human Rights : Emerging Dimensions,
Himalaya Publishing House.
12. Mohanty, Manoranjan and Partha Nath Mukherji and Olle Tranguist, (1998).
Social Movements and the State in the Third World, Sage.
13. Baxi, Upendra, (2002) The Future of Human Rights, Oxford University Press
Articles:
1. Ray, Ashwini. Human Rights Movement in India, Economic and Political Weekly,
August 9, 2003.
2. Mohanty, Manoranjan. (2002) The Changing Definition of Right in India in Sujata
Patel, Jasodhara Bagchi, and Krishna Raj (eds.) thinking Social Science in India, Sage,New Delhi.
COMPLEMENTARY COURSES FOR MALAYALAM,SOCIOLOGY,PHILOSOPHY,PSYCHOLOGY,GEOGRAPHY,etc
(CHOSE ANY ONE AMONG 3C07 POL&3C13 POL IN SEMESTER III AND CHOSE ANY ONE AMONG 4C10 POL &4C14 POL IN SEMESTER II)
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE COMPLEMENTARY COURSES FOR MALAYALAM, SOCIOLOGY,PHILOSOPHY,PSYCHOLOGY,GEOGRAPHY.etc 3C07 POL
Mass Media and Political Communication
Unit I a)Public Opinion and Fourth Estate
Meaning and definition of public opinion,main feautures of public opinion,importance of public opinion in a democratic state,agencies of public opinion,role of mass media in moulding public opinion (Newspapers,Radio and TV)
b)Political Socialization and Political Culture
Political socialization,definition and meaning of political socialization,functions of political socialization,types of political socialization,important agencies of political socialization,mass media and political socialization
c)Political Culture,components or dimensions of political culture,classification of political culture,almonds view on political culture
Unit II Political participation ,Political Modernization and Political Communication.
a)political participaton ,definition and meaning ,types of political participation,formal,informal,extent of political participation,factors influencing political participation
b)political modernization,dimensions of modernization,modernization and social change,models of modernization,critical appraisal,role of massmedia in shaping these aspects
c)Political communication,types of communication,structue,informal,face to face,governmental,input structures,mass media
Unit III Theories of press and realities relating to the freedom of press,press council of india
a)theories of the press,authoritarian theory ,liberal theory, communist theory,social responsibility theory
b)the Press Council,nature,composition,objectives,functioning,and organizational structure
Unit IV Constitutional foundation of the press,article 19 of the Indian constitution,limitation on the freedom of press in india.Acts relating to media,press law,,rights,duties and liabilities of proprietor ,publisher,editor,author and contributor -law of defamation,contempt of court,official secrecy,right to information,law of copyn right
Unit V Electronic possibilities,media and society(cinema, radio,TV ,software revolution)
Webmedia,internet,blogs,community networks,citizen journalism,internet as new media,instant media,and role of individual as political actor
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE COMPLEMENTARY COURSES FOR MALAYALAM, SOCIOLOGY,PHILOSOPHY,PSYCHOLOGY,GEOGRAPHY.etc 3C13 POL
CULTURAL POLITICS
Unit I- A)Cultural politics-meaning,nature,importance
B)Terminology-cultural nationalism,cultural imperialism,culture industry
C)Culture as process and product
D)Culture Industry-Max Horkheimer and Theodor W Adorno
Unit II- Indian culture-approaches
Colonial,imperialist,missionary,orientalist,nationalist
Unit III- Problems of cultural landscape in contemporary India.
a)Identity politics,regionalism
b)Cultural nationalism and politics in India
c)Cultural nationalism vs.secular democracy in india
d)Cultural nationalism and gender politics
Unit IV- A)Cultural Imperialism-popular cultures;culture industry and products Films, music, sports, commix,fashion,television,advertising,cyberculture etc
B)sources of resistance to this process, including popular culture(s) produced in India.
Readings
Appadurai, Arjun. "Disjuncture and difference in the global cultural economy." Theory, Culture and
Society, 7. 295-310 (1990).
Barker, Chris J. Global Television: An Introduction. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers, 1997.
Boddy, William. "U.S. Television Abroad: Market Power and National Introspection." Quarterly Review of
Film and Video, 15(2). 44-45 (1994).
Christian, W. T. Cultural Transfer or Electronic Imperialism?: The Impact of American Television Programs
on European Television. Heidelberg: C. Winter, 1989.
Dorfman, Ariel. The Emperor's Old Clothes: What the Lone Ranger, Babar, and Other Innocent Heroes Do
to Our Mind. Boston: Penguin Press, 1996.
Featherstone, Mike. "Global Culture: An Introduction." Theory, Culture and Society, 7, 1-14 (1990).
Giussani, B. "France Gets Along with Pre-web Technology." Cybertimes: New York Times on the Web
September 23, 1997.
May, Elaine Tyler, and Reinhold Wagnleitner, eds. Here, There, and Everywhere : The Foreign Politics of
American Popular Culture. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2000.
Morley, David, and K.Robins. Spaces of Identity: Global Media, Electronic Landscapes and Cultural
Boundaries. London: Routledge, 1995.
Morris, Merrill, and Christine Ogan. "The Internet as Mass Medium." Journal of Communication, 46(1). 39-
50 (1996).
Petras, James. "Cultural Imperialism in the late 20th Century." Journal of Contemporary Asia, 23(2). 139-
148 (1993).
Salwen, Michael B. "Cultural Imperialism: A Media Effects Approach." Critical Studies in Mass
Communication, 8(1). 29-38 (1991).
Schiller, Herbert. Who Knows: Information in the Age of the Fortune 500. Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1981.
Strong, prophetic critique of the increasing monopolization of information by multinational corporations.
Smith, Anthony D. "Towards a Global Culture?" Theory, Culture and Society, 7. 171-191 (1990).
Tomlinson, John. Cultural Imperialism: A Critical Introduction. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University
Press, 1991.
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE COMPLEMENTARY COURSES FOR MALAYALAM, SOCIOLOGY,PHILOSOPHY,PSYCHOLOGY,GEOGRAPHY.etc 4C10 POL
GENDER AND POLITICS
Unit I A)Gender and politics :meaning,nature ,scope,importance
B)conceptual understanding-
1)The biology debate-gender/sex
2)patriarchy-public/private debate
3)Gender as a contested social terrain
C)Feminist political theory-
Liberal,Socialist,Marxist,Radical,Post-modernist
Unit II Theories of Development-Empowerment
a)WID,b)WAD,c)GAD
Unit III Portrayal of women -Cinema,TV,Print media,Advertisement,Literature,Art and Sculpture,Culture etc.
Unit IV Women in Politics-
Election process,Parliament,State Legislature,Panchayat
Unit V Contemporary issues of women-
a)caste and class,humanrights,property,globalization,violence,workplace,
b)Gender Paradox; case study of Kerala Model of Development.
Readings
1. A.S. Altekar, Position of Women in Hindu Civilization from Prehistoric Past to the Present day, 3rd Edition, Motilal Banarasi Das, Delhi, 1962
2. Mandakranta Bose, Facess of the Feminism in Ancient Medieval and Modern India, OUP, New Delhi, 2000
3. Gayatri C. Spivak, In other Worlds, Methuen, London, 1987
4. Vandana Shiva, Staying Alive: Women Ecology and Development in India, New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1998
5. Nivedita Menon, Gender and Politics in India, New York, OUP, 1999
6. Vandana Shiva (ed) Close to Home: Women Reconnect, Ecology, Health and Development Worldwide, Philadelphia New Society Publishers 1994
7. Barbara J. Nelson and Najma Chawdhury (eds.) Women and Politics Worldwide New Haven: Yale University Press. 1994
8. Shirin Rai (ed.) International Perspectives on Gender and Democratization, New York: St. Martins Press, 2000
9. Marjorie Agosin (ed.) Women Gender and Human Rights: A Global perspective. New Brunswick N.J. Rutgers University Press, 2001
10. S. de, Beauvoi, The Second Sex, Trans, H.M. Parshley, Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1972.
11. D. Coole, Women in Political Theory: From Ancient Misogyny to Contemporary Feminism, Harvester Wheatsheaf, New York, 1993
12. S.M. Okin, and J. Mansbridge (eds.) Feminism, 3 Vols., Routledge, London, 1994
13. M.L. Shanley and C. Pateman, Feminist Interpretation and Political theory, Cambridge, Polity Press, 1991
14. M. Warnock, Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and J.S. Mill’s The Subjection of Women, Dent, London, 1985.
15. M. Wollstonecraft, A Vindiction of the Rightsof Women, Everyman, London, 1929
16. Shirin Rai (ed.) International Perspectives on Gender and Democratization, New York: St. Martins Press, 2000
17. Marjorie Agosin (ed.) Women Gender and Human Rights: A Global perspective. New Brunswrick N.J. Rutgers University Press, 2001
18. Barbara J. Nelson and Najma Chawdhury (eds.) Women and Politics Worldwide New Haven: Yale University Press. 1994
19. Joanna Liddle & Rama Joshi, Daughters of Independence-Gender, Caste and Class in India: Zed Books Ltd, London, 1986
20. Niroj Sinha: Women in Indian Politics: Gyan Publishing House, New Delhi, 2000
21. Mahmohan Kaur: Women in India’s freedom Struggle, Sterling Publishers Private Limited: New Delhi 1985
22. Abdul Majid Khan: The Great Daughter of India, Lahore, 1946
23. Vina Majumdar: In Symbols of Power (Editor’s note) Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 1979
24. Kumkum Sangni & Sudesh Vaid, (ed), Recasting Women, Essays in Colonial History, New Delhi, Kali for Women, 1989
25. Bina Agrawal: A Field of One’s Own Gender and Land Rights in South Asia, University Press, Cambridge, 1994
26. L. Anthony and C. Witt (eds.), A Mind of One’s Own: Feminist Eassays on Reason and Objectivity, Boulder Colorado, Westview Press, 1992
27. J. Grant, Fundamental Feminism: Contesting the Core Concepts of Feminist Theory, New York, Routledge, 1993
28. M. Meis, Ecofeminism, London and Atlantic Highlands NJ, Zed, 1993
29. I.M. Young, Justice and the Politics of Difference, Oxford, Princeton University Press, 1990
OR
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE COMPLEMENTARY COURSES FOR MALAYALAM, SOCIOLOGY,PHILOSOPHY,PSYCHOLOGY,GEOGRAPHY.etc 4C14 POL
KERALA STATE AND SOCIETY
Unit I Social and Democratic basis of Kerala Society :
Caste and class structure in the Pre-independence period. Role of
Missionaries, Social Reform Movements of Sree Narayana Guru,
Ayyankali and others. Temple entry struggles, Democratic Movements and rise of representative institutions.
Unit II Role of Caste / Community Interest Groups, Nationalist Movements,Communist and peasant movements, coalition experiments, factionalpolitics, Trade unionism.
Unit III : Party system and electoral Politics : Emerging Trends;
Role of Legislature in Social change.
Unit IV : Grass root level Democracy – Working of Panchayathiraj institutions –
Peoples Planning Programme, Neighbourhood groups.
Unit V : Kerala Model of Development: features, challenges and prospects.
Books and References
1. John, John P. : Coalition Governments in Kerala, Institute for the Study of
Public Policy and Management, Trivandrum, 1983.
2. Joseph Tharamangalam (ed) Kerala: The Paradoxes of Public action and
development, Orient Longman, New Delhi, 2006.
3. Mathew E.T (ed) : Dynamics of Migration in Kerala : Dimension, Differential and
Consequences, Orient Longman, New Delhi, 2003.
4. Nossiter J.R : Communism in Kerala : A study in Political Adaptation, Oxford
University Press, New Delhi, 1982.
5. Oommen M.A (ed) : Keralas Development Experiences vols. I & II, Institute of Social
Sciences, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1999.
6. Ramakrishnan Nair R: Constitutional Experiments in Kerala, Kerala Academy of
Political Sciences, Trivandrum.
7. Robin Jeffrey : Politics, Women and Well being, How Kerala Became a Model ?
Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1993.
8. Robin Jeffrey : Decline of Nayar Dominance : Society and Politics in
Travancore, 1847-1907, Vikas, New Delhi.
9. Thomas Issac T.M& Richard Frank : Local Democracy and Development: Peoples campaign for Decentralised Planning in Kerala, Defford Books,
New Delhi, 2000.
OPEN COURSES
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE OPENCOURSE 5D01 POL
GENDER AND POLITICS
Unit I A)Gender and politics :meaning,nature ,scope,importance
B)conceptual understanding-
1)The biology debate-gender/sex
2)patriarchy-public/private debate
3)Gender as a contested social terrain
C)Feminist political theory-
Liberal,Socialist,Marxist,Radical,Post-modernist
Unit II Theories of Development-Empowerment
a)WID,b)WAD,c)GAD
Unit III Portrayal of women -Cinema,TV,Print media,Advertisement,Literature,Art and Sculpture,Culture etc.
Unit IV Women in Politics-
Election process,Parliament,State Legislature,Panchayat
Unit V Contemporary issues of women-
a)caste and class,humanrights,property,globalization,violence,workplace,
b)Gender Paradox; case study of Kerala Model of Development.
Readings
1. A.S. Altekar, Position of Women in Hindu Civilization from Prehistoric Past to the Present day, 3rd Edition, Motilal Banarasi Das, Delhi, 1962
2. Mandakranta Bose, Facess of the Feminism in Ancient Medieval and Modern India, OUP, New Delhi, 2000
3. Gayatri C. Spivak, In other Worlds, Methuen, London, 1987
4. Vandana Shiva, Staying Alive: Women Ecology and Development in India, New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1998
5. Nivedita Menon, Gender and Politics in India, New York, OUP, 1999
6. Vandana Shiva (ed) Close to Home: Women Reconnect, Ecology, Health and Development Worldwide, Philadelphia New Society Publishers 1994
7. Barbara J. Nelson and Najma Chawdhury (eds.) Women and Politics Worldwide New Haven: Yale University Press. 1994
8. Shirin Rai (ed.) International Perspectives on Gender and Democratization, New York: St. Martins Press, 2000
9. Marjorie Agosin (ed.) Women Gender and Human Rights: A Global perspective. New Brunswick N.J. Rutgers University Press, 2001
10. S. de, Beauvoi, The Second Sex, Trans, H.M. Parshley, Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1972.
11. D. Coole, Women in Political Theory: From Ancient Misogyny to Contemporary Feminism, Harvester Wheatsheaf, New York, 1993
12. S.M. Okin, and J. Mansbridge (eds.) Feminism, 3 Vols., Routledge, London, 1994
13. M.L. Shanley and C. Pateman, Feminist Interpretation and Political theory, Cambridge, Polity Press, 1991
14. M. Warnock, Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and J.S. Mill’s The Subjection of Women, Dent, London, 1985.
15. M. Wollstonecraft, A Vindiction of the Rightsof Women, Everyman, London, 1929
16. Shirin Rai (ed.) International Perspectives on Gender and Democratization, New York: St. Martins Press, 2000
17. Marjorie Agosin (ed.) Women Gender and Human Rights: A Global perspective. New Brunswrick N.J. Rutgers University Press, 2001
18. Barbara J. Nelson and Najma Chawdhury (eds.) Women and Politics Worldwide New Haven: Yale University Press. 1994
19. Joanna Liddle & Rama Joshi, Daughters of Independence-Gender, Caste and Class in India: Zed Books Ltd, London, 1986
20. Niroj Sinha: Women in Indian Politics: Gyan Publishing House, New Delhi, 2000
21. Mahmohan Kaur: Women in India’s freedom Struggle, Sterling Publishers Private Limited: New Delhi 1985
22. Abdul Majid Khan: The Great Daughter of India, Lahore, 1946
23. Vina Majumdar: In Symbols of Power (Editor’s note) Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 1979
24. Kumkum Sangni & Sudesh Vaid, (ed), Recasting Women, Essays in Colonial History, New Delhi, Kali for Women, 1989
25. Bina Agrawal: A Field of One’s Own Gender and Land Rights in South Asia, University Press, Cambridge, 1994
26. L. Anthony and C. Witt (eds.), A Mind of One’s Own: Feminist Eassays on Reason and Objectivity, Boulder Colorado, Westview Press, 1992
27. J. Grant, Fundamental Feminism: Contesting the Core Concepts of Feminist Theory, New York, Routledge, 1993
28. M. Meis, Ecofeminism, London and Atlantic Highlands NJ, Zed, 1993
29. I.M. Young, Justice and the Politics of Difference, Oxford, Princeton University Press, 1990
OR
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE OPEN COURSE 5D02 POL
CYBER POLITICS
Unit I a)Cyber politics-meaning,importance, evolution and nature
c)techonology ,society and politics
b)cybernetics and communication approach to politics
c)Open source politics,politics @ net
Unit II Tools of cyber politics-
a)Non-Web Tools- Mobile, SMS, Telephone, Electronic media and devices.
b)Web Tools- Internet, intranet, bloggs, chatrooms, and community groupings.
Unit III ICT, state and society
a)Social Movements Online, Cyberprotest,e-activism,e-campaigning,e-voting,e-participation,virtual politics
b)Cyber Citizen-netizen, e-governance and e-government-phases of transformation- Impact on government and state- service state, government on line, interactive citizen
Unit IV Technology and Democracy- e-democracy, e-participation, e-administration. Citizen empowerment
digital Democracy- Concepts and Issues
digital Democracy- Political Parties, and the Political Process,e-lobbying
Unit V Issues in cyber politics- Digital divide, technocentric administration, alienation, Cyber security and cyber crimes, free software Vs proprietary software
Unit IV Cyber politics in India
a)Information revolution in India, Issues and challenges
b)e-governance initiatives in India- Bhoomi project, Akshaya, FRIENDS, GYANDOOTH, Community Information Centers,E-Seva etc.,
Readings
1. Bagga R K, Kenneth Keniston, Mathur RR: The state IT and Development, Sage publications, New Delhi 2005
2. Bansal SK: IT and Globalization: APH Publications New Delhi 2002
3. Bhagawan M R; New generic technologies in Developing Countries, St Martin press New York 1999
4. Danier Amor; The E-Business (R) Evolution, Prentice Hall of India N J, 2000
5. David Held, Anthony McGrew: The global transformation reader, Polity press Cambridge 2002
6. David Osborne, Ted Gaebler: Reinventing Government. Prentice hall of India New Delhi 1992
7. Gill SS; Information revolution in India- a critique; Rupa & Co New Delhi 2004
8. Jonathan Rosenoer; Cyber law; the law of Internet, Springer-verlag New York 1997
9. Lane, Ja-Erick; New public management; Routledge London 2000
10. Murdick, Robert G, Joel E and Clagget James R; Information system for modern management, Prentice hall of India New Delhi1996
11. Roy Sumit; Globalization CIT and developing nations-challenges in the information age, Sage publications New Delhi, 2005.
12. Sivaraj K. Anungo; Making information technology work, Sage Publication New Delhi, 1999
13. Steven G. Jones; Cyber society 2.0; revisiting computer mediated communication and community, Sage Publication New Delhi, 1995.
14. Subash Bhatnagar; Information technology and development-foundations and key issues, Sage publications New Delhi 1991
OR
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE OPEN COURSE 5D03 POL
DEFENCE AND STRATEGIC STUDIES
Unit I a)Contribution of Armed Forces towards Independent India including nation building.
b)Defence logistics and role of society towards the Armed Forces and war fighting.
Unit II a) Indian Defence Forces-Rank and structure and major equipments in the Army, Navy and Air force.
b) Terrain and boundaries with our neighbours including maritime boundaries (IB, LoC, LAC & AGPL).
c) Role and tasks of Armed Forces in war and peace.
d) Defence Support Organisations-DRDO, Ordinance factories and boards, Defence support industries
e) Broad study of land Warfare-Operation in plains,mountain,desert,jungle,riverine and canal terrains and Ditch cum Bunds; Naval warfare and air warfare and integration,NBC( Nuclear, Biological and chemical warfare).
f) Specialized operations and LICO (Low Intensity Conflicts Operations),Terrorism-urban/rural
g)Para Military forces and their role and functions.
h)Higher defence management in India and command and control.
Unit III Security and its dimensions (External, Internal, Energy, Food, Water, Maritime Security Political,Economic).
Unit IV Defence including maritime strategy and India’s foreign policy, with particular reference to our neighbours.
India’s neibours and their armed Forces.
Indian defence forces and UN.
Functional relations and warrant of precedence.
Indian Military campaigns –a broad study of major military campaigns from 1947.
Unit V Issues in Indian defence system
Women in the armed forces,military-society disconnect,defence modernization,social composition of India’s defence system,armed forces and politics
Reference
1. Bajpai Kanti and Mattoo Amitabh, Securing India : Strategic Thought and Practices
  1. Sen Gautam, India’s Security consideration in Nuclear Age.
  2. Paret peter (ed) makers of modern strategy. From Machiavelli to Nuclear Age.
  3. Baylis John Booth Ken, Garnett John and Williams Phil, contemporary strategy- Theories and concept Vol. - I London, Groom Helm 1987.
  4. Bobbit Philip, and others (ed) U. S Nuclear strategy, A reader, New York, New York University press, 1989.
  5. A world Atlas of Military History, London , lee cooper, 1980.
  6. John Garnett(ed) Theories of peace and security Reader in contemporary strategy, Bristol Macmillan, martin 1979.
  7. Paranjape Shrikant, Samrikshastra, (Marathi) Pune, continental, 1994.
  8. Peter Alis & P. G. Etsel, Military Geography.
  9. Das S. T. Defence strategy and military Geography.
11. Pelder & Pearcy, Military Geography.
12. Panikar K. M, Problems of India’s Defence.
13. Moodie A.E., Geography behind Politics.
14. Jofferi William, Global Defence.
15. Venkatesh, Cyber Terrorism
AND
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE OPEN COURSE 6D04 POL
Media and Politics
Unit I Understanding Media. Characteristics of media.
Effects of media on individual, society,politics and culture-basic issues.
Unit II Media & Public Policy . Media in the Constitutional Framework. Freedom of Expression in Indian Constitution ,Interpretation of Media freedom ,Issues of Privacy ,Right to Information,Media Effects-agenda setting effects in India
Unit III Media - Regulatory Framework.
a)Legal Dimensions of Media
Media & Criminal Law (Defamation / Obscenity/Sedition)
Media & Tort Law (Defamation & Negligence)
Media & Legislature – Privileges of the Legislature
Media & Judiciary – Contempt of Court
Media & Executive – Official Secrets Act
b)Self Regulation & Other Issues
Media and Ethics
Self-Regulation Vs Legal regulation
Media & Human Rights
Issues relating to entry of Foreign Print Media
Unit IV a)Overview of Media in India-
b)Modes of Mass Communication :Print Media : Newspapers, news - agencies, books, magazines, leaflets andpamphlets.
c)Electronic Media : Radio, television, video, films computer based
technologies – e-mail, internet and on line Journalism.
d)Outdoor Mass Media : Exhibitions and Fairs, Street Drama, Crowd Behaviour
and Mob Mentality.
e)Advertising
f)Media Politics in India- definition, nature and scope, functions of media.
Unit IV a)The Role of the Media in a Democracy
Norms, Values, Economics, and Other Factors that Shape the News
The Media and Public Opinion
b)Elections in Media Age
Election campaign-media tools
News Coverage of Election Campaigns and Its effects on voters, campaign advertising
Post-election Analysis and Discussion
Unit V The Media and Social Capital: Soft News,Infotainment and their consequences
The Nature of News in the 21st Century, So Far.
Books for Reference
Braian Mcnair, ‘An Introduction to Political Communication’, Routledge, London, 2003.
Andrew Heywood, ‘Politics’, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.pp.199-221
D. Nimmo, ‘ Handbook of Political Communication Research’2007.
Doris A Graber, ‘Media Power in Politics’,Mcmillan ,New Delhi,1990
R. Negrine, ‘The Communication of Politics’, Sage, New Delhi, 1996.
Swanston and Nimmo, ‘ New Directions in Political Communication’, Sage Publications, NewDelhi, 1990.
Peter Ronald Desouza,and E.Sridharan,[ed]‘India’s Political Parties, Sage Publications, New Delhi,2006
Kiran Prasad,‘Political Communication,The Indian Experience’,B.R Publishing Corporation, New Delhi (Vol.1 and Vol. 2), 2003.
Bidyist Chakrabarty,and R K Pandey, ‘Indian Government and Politics’,Sage,New Delhi,2008
Asharani Mathur, [ed.], ‘The Indian Media Illusion, Delusion & Reality’, Rupa & Co, New Delhi, 2006.
Denis McQuail, ‘Mass Communication Theory’, Vistaar Publicatuions, New Delhi, 2005.
John Lloyd, ‘What the Media are doing to our Politics’, Constable London, 2004.
Bipin Chandra et.al, ‘India after Independence 1947-2000’, Penguin Books, 2000.
Rob Armstrong, ‘Covering Politics’, Surjeet Publications, New Delhi, 2005
OR
B A POLITICAL SCIENCE OPEN COURSE 6D05 POL
HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA
Unit I Genesis of Human Rights in India
Ancient India,Islamic Era,British India,The Constituent Assembly,Post-Independent period
Unit II Human Rights Laws and Institutions in India
a)constitution –relevant Articles,critical appraisal
b)Judicial protection of Human Rights
c)Human Rights specific elements of national enactments in India
d)National Human Rights Act-NHRC ,SHRC and Human Rights Courts
e)Right to Information Act
Unit III Civil Society and Human Rights Movements in India
a)Human Rights activism in India
b)Civil society responses
c)NGO’s
d)New social movement
e)Human Rights and Media activism
Unit IV Issue specific themes in Human Rights: children,caste,women,Refugees,displaced,asylum,minorities,disabilities,dalit,police,
bureaucracy,migrants,terrorism,fundamentalism,emergency,culture
Unit V The future of Human Rights in India:
Problems and Prospects
1. Baxi Upendra (ed.) The Right to be Human, Lancer, Delhi, 1987.
2. Beetham, David (ed.) Politics and Human Rights, Oxford, Blackwell, 1955.
3. Desai, A. R. (ed.) Violations of Democratic Rights in India, Popular Prakashan, Bombay,1986.
4. Evans, Tony – The Politics of Human Rights: A Global Perspective, London, Pluto Press, 2001.
6. Iyer, V. R. Krishna, The Dialectics and Dynamics of Human Rights, Lokayan, Delhi,1991.
7. Kothari Smitu and Sethi, Harsh (ed.) Rethinking Human Rights, Lokayan, Delhi, 1991.
9. Saksena, K. P. (ed.) Human Rights: Fifty Years of India’s Independence, Delhi Gyan,1999.
10. Subramaniam, S – Human Rights: International Challenges, Manhor, Delhi – 1997.
11. G. Hargopal, G. (1997). Political Economy of Human Rights : Emerging Dimensions,
Himalaya Publishing House.
12. Mohanty, Manoranjan and Partha Nath Mukherji and Olle Tranguist, (1998).
Social Movements and the State in the Third World, Sage.
13. Baxi, Upendra, (2002) The Future of Human Rights, Oxford University Press
Articles:
1. Ray, Ashwini. Human Rights Movement in India, Economic and Political Weekly,
August 9, 2003.
2. Mohanty, Manoranjan. (2002) The Changing Definition of Right in India in Sujata
Patel, Jasodhara Bagchi, and Krishna Raj (eds.) thinking Social Science in India, Sage,New Delhi.

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