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Syllabus for M.A. programme: 1st Semester

Course M.A First Semester

Subject Political Science

Paper Title Contemporary Debates in India’s Political System

Paper Code PS 7118

Teaching Hours/week 04
60
Teaching Hours/sem
No. of Credits 04

W.e.f June 2018

Course Description: This course has been designed to enable the students understand the
functions of the Indian Government and its various existing systems and institutions. The history
and changing nature of political systems in India will form a greater focus in understanding the
on-going debate on politics and government. The course is framed in such a manner that it
enables the student to engage in critical political debates as they will be acquainted with both
institutional and popular political notions.

1. Party System and Political Parties (15 hrs)

Indian Party System: General Characteristics
Indian’s and Party System: Problem of Party Identification and Psychological
Attachments
Dominant Party System
Changing Nature of Indian Party System
National and State Parties: Nature and Ideologies
Coalition Politics: Features and Trends
Leadership Patterns and Factionalism

2. Election and Electoral Politics (10 hrs)

Adult Franchise: Underlying Principles of Elections
Election Procedure
Election Commission
Psephology, Voting Behaviour and Patronage Politics
Spatial Dimension of Politics: Urban vs. Rural
Political Defections and Anti-defection Law

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Criminalization of Politics
Electoral Reforms

3. Popular Politics ((10 hrs)

Pressure Groups: Types and Changing Role
Social Movements
Dalit Movement
Farmers Movements
Women’s Movement
Environmental Movements
Anti-Corruption Movements
Media and Politics

4. Affirmative State Policies (10 hrs)

Reservation for SC and ST
Minority Rights
Caste, Social Backwardness and OBC reservations
Social Discrimination and Reservation claims of Muslims and Dalit Christians

5. National Integration and Problems of Nation Building (10 hrs)

Politics of Nationalism
Regionalism and Sub-Regional Movements
Statehood Movements
Linguism
Communalism
Question of Uniform Civil Code
Challenges to National Integration (Secessionist Movements, Insurgency and Left-wing
Extremism

Suggested Readings

 _________, ‘Citizens & Denizens: Ethnicity, Homelands & Crisis of

Displacement in northeast,’ journal of refugee studies, 2003
 All leading national newspapers – The Hindu, Indian Express, Deccan Herald,
and Times of India
 B L Shankar and Valerian Rodrigues (2014), the Indian Parliament: A Democracy
at Work OIP, Oxford.
 Baruah, Sanjib, 2009, Beyond Counter-insurgency: Breaking the impasse in
Northeast India, New Delhi: OUP.
 Baruah, Sanjib, ‘protective discrimination and the crisis of citizenship in North-
East.’ Economic & Political Weekly

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 Bhargava Rajeev (2008), Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution, New
Delhi: Oxford.
 Bhaumik, Subir, ‘Troubled Periphery: Crisis of India’s North East’, SAGE
 Brass, Paul, 1999, the politics in India since independence, New Delhi,
Foundation book.
 Chakma, Paritosh, ‘Mizoram: Minority Report’, EPW, June 6, 2009.
 Chakrabarti Dipesh (2000), Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and
Historical
 Chanda Ashok, 1965, Federalism in India: A study of union-state relations,
London, George Allen and Unwin ltd. Chatterjee Partha (Ed), 2004, State and
Politics in India, OUP, New Delhi
 Chandra Bipin (1999), India after Independence (1947- 2000), New Delhi:
Penguin Books.
 Chatterjee, Partha (1986), Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World: A
Derivative Discourse
 Difference, Princeton University Press: Princeton
Dirks, Nicholas (2002), Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern
India, Permanent Black: Delhi, Oxford University Press: Delhi.
 Doungal, Jangkhongam, ‘Autonomous District Councils: A study of the
implications of the sixth schedule in Mizoram’, in Jagadish K. Patnaik (ed)
Mizoram: Dimensions & perspectives, 2008, New Delhi: Concept
 G. Aloysius (1992), Nationalism without a Nation, OUP: Delhi
 Granville Austin, 1999, Working a democratic constitution: A history of
the Indian experience, New Delhi, Oxford
 Hasan Joya (2009), Politics of Inclusion: Caste, Minorities and Affirmative
Action, New Delhi: Oxford.
 Jayal Gopal Niraja (2010), the Oxford companion to Politics in India, New Delhi:
Oxford.
 Johari J.C (1996), Indian Political System, New Delhi: Anmol Publications
 Journals - India Quarterly, Seminar, Mainstream, World Focus, Defense and
Security Analysis, Economic and Political Weekly, Strategic Analysis Magazines
– India Today, The Week, Frontline, Outlook
 Kaviraj, Sudipta, 1997, Politics in India
 Kohli Atul, 1991, India's democracy: An analysis of changing state-society
relations, New Delhi, Orient Longman
 Kohli Atul (Ed), 2001, The success of India's democracy, Cambridge, Cambridge
university press.
 Kothari Rajni, 1970, 1985, Politics in India, Orient Longman, Delhi.
 Kothari Rajni (2010), Caste in Indian Politics Paperback, Orient Blackswan.

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 Kumar, Pramod (Ed), 1992, Towards Understanding Communalism, Centre for
Research in Rural & Industrial Development: Chandigarh.
 Parekh Bhikhu (1998), Colonialism, Tradition and Reform, Sage: Delhi
Permanent black.
 Pratap Bhanu Mehta (2009), India's judiciary: The promise of uncertainty, Oxford
university press, New Delhi.
 Pylee.M.V, 1968, Constitutional Government in India, Bombay, Asia publishing
house.
 Rudolph and Rudolph, 2008, Explaining Indian democracy: A Fifty year
perspective 1950- 2006, Vol IIII, OUP, New Delhi.
 Sahu Geetanjoy, Environmental governance and Role of judiciary in India,
Doctoral research by ISEC, Bangalore.
 Sarkar Sumit (1983), Modern India: 1885 to 1947, Delhi: MacMillan
 Sekhar Bandopadhyaya (2004), From Plassey to Partition - A history of modern
India, Orient Longman: India
 Smith, Donald 1970, India as a secular state, Bombay, Oxford university press.
 W. H. Morris Jones (1964), Government and Politics of India, London
 Zoya Hasan, E. Sridharan, Sudarshan, 2002, India's living constitution, New
Delhi.

Journals: India Quarterly, Seminar, Economic and Political Weekly, Strategic Analysis,
Political Studies and Politics and Society.

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Course M.A First Semester

Subject: Political Science
Paper Title Public Administration: Theories And Processes
Paper Code PS 7218
Teaching Hours/week 04
Teaching Hours/sem 60
No. of Credits 04
W.e.f June 2018
Course Description: This course is designed to provide students with an exhaustive overview of
the various dimensions of the discipline of Public Administration. It will introduce the
approaches, and principles of administrative theory. It will also deliberate upon what is most
essential in public administration today i.e. accountability and control. Finally, it shall explore
the relationship with civil society particularly through case studies.

1. Introduction (10 hrs)

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Public Administration: Changing Nature and Significance
Evolution and Status of the Discipline
Ecology of Public Administration
Approaches: Traditional and Modern
Public and Business Administration

2. Organization: Theories and Approaches (15 hrs)

Classical Theory (Fayol, Luther Gulick, Urwick and others)
Scientific Management (F. W. Taylor)
Human Relations Theory (Elton Mayo and others)
Systems Approach (Chester Bernard)
Bureaucratic Theory (Max Weber)
Behavioural Approach (Herbert Simon)
Social Psychological Approach (Douglas McGregor)
Leadership Theories (Traditional and Modern)

3. Public Organizations (10 hrs)

Public Organizations: Nature and Status
Forms of Public Organizations (Ministries, Departments, Secretariats, and Commissions)
Public Sector: Departmental Undertakings, Public Corporations and Government
Companies
Regulatory Authorities and Commissions

4. Public Personnel Administration (15 hrs)

Types of Personnel System
Position Classification
Recruitment, Training, Promotion, Discipline and Retirement
Pay and Service Conditions
Public Employees Associations
Relations with Political Executive
Administrative Ethics
Central Personnel Agency

5. Major Issues (10 hrs)

Administrative Law and Administrative Adjudication
Accountability and Control: Legislative, Executive, Judicial and Popular
Redressal of Citizens Grievance
Generalist Vs Specialist Debate
Corruption and Administration
Administrative Reforms

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Suggested Readings
 Avasthi and Maheshwari (1988), Public Administration, Laxmi Narain Aggarwal: Agra.
 [Link] & TN Chhahra (2000), Organisational Theory and Behaviour, 3rd edition,
1682, Nai Sarak, Delhi.
 Basu, Rumki (2000) Public Administration – Concepts and Theories, Sterling
Publications, New Delhi 12
 Bhattacharya, Mohit (2000) New Horizons in Public Administration, Jawahar Publishers
and Distributors, New Delhi; Seventh Revised Edition, 2013
 Chakrabarty, Bidyut and Mohit Bhattacharya (2003) (ed) Public Administration – A
Reader, Oxford University Press, New Delhi
 Cox, R. W III, Buck Susan J. and Morgan, B. N. (1994) Public Administration in Theory
and Practise, Pearson Education, Delhi
 Denhardt, R. B and Denhardt, Janet V. (2009) Public Administration, Cenage Learning
India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi
 Henry, Nicholas (2010) Public Administration and Public Affairs, 11th Edition, Pearson
Learning Private Limited, New Delhi
 Hoshiar Singh & Pardeep Sachdeva (2005), Administrative Theory, Kitab Mahal, New
Delhi.
 J.D. Straussman (1985), Public Administration, Holt, Rinehart and Winslow, New York.
 Jit S Chandan (2006), Organisational Behaviour, 3rd edition, 576, Masjid Road,
Jangpura, N.D., New Delhi-1100014, Vikas Publishing House [Link].
 [Link] (2001), Organisational Behaviour, New Delhi, Sultan Chand & Sons
educational Pub.
 Luthans F. (1966), Organisational Behaviour, 7th edition, New York, MC Graw Hill.
 M.P. Sharma and [Link] (1988), Public Administration in Theory and Practice,
Kitab Mahal, Allahabad.
 Maheshwari, S. R. (2009) A Dictionary of Public Administration, Orient Black Swan,
India
 Mohit Bhattacharya (1991), Public Administration, Calcutta: World Press (2nd Ed.).
 [Link] (2007), Management Concept and Organisational Behaviour, 5th edition, New
Delhi, [B-15, Sector – 8, NOIDA] Kalyani Publishers.
 Peters, B. Guy and Jon Pierre (2003) (ed) The Handbook of Public Administration, SAGE
Publications, India
 Sapru, R. K. (1994) Development Administration, Sterling Publishers, New Delhi;
Reprint 2013
 Stephen P. Robinson (2007), Organisational Behaviour, 11th edition, New Delhi –
110001 Prentice – Hill of India [Link].

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 All leading national newspapers – The Hindu, Indian Express, Deccan Herald, and Times
of India
Journals - Seminar, Mainstream, Economic and [Link] Weekly, Strategic
Analysis and Indian Journal of Public

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Course M.A First Semester

Subject Political Science
Paper Title Theoretical Framework to International Relations
Paper Code PS 7318
Teaching Hours/week 04
Teaching Hours/sem 60
No. of Credits 04
W.e.f June 2018
Course Description: International scholars have been attempting to understand and categorise
why and how nations behave with one other. The endeavour has been made to analyse and
identify common trends that have emerged which will enable the prediction of the behaviour of a
state when confronted with a situation. This course has been designed to apprise students with an
understanding of the theoretical aspects of global behaviour and international security.
Understanding the history and changing nature of international relations will provide critical
insight into the current challenges faced by the international community.

1. International Relations: An Introduction (08 hours)

Evolution of Discipline
Meaning and Nature
Purpose and Importance
International Relations and International Politics (First World War; Second World War; Cold
War)

2. Theories of International Relations (18 hours)

The Great Debates: Traditional and Modern
Realist School of Thought vs. Liberal School of Thought
Realism (Classical and Structural, Defensive and Offensive)
Indian Tradition: Kautilya’s Realpolitique
Liberal Institutionalism (Classical and Neoliberalism)
Positivist and Post Positivist
Interdependence and Complex Interdependence Theory (Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye)
English School of International Relations Theory
Islamic Thought and International Relations Theory
Chinese Thought on International Relations Theory

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3. Alternative Approaches (15 hours)
Marxism
Dependency Theory
World System Theory (Immanuel Wallerstein)
Critical Theory (Robert W. Cox)
Social Constructivism (Alexander Wendt)
Post-Modernism
Hegemony (Antonio Gramsci)
Feminism
International Relations and Third World
India’s Contribution to International Relations (Non- Alignment)

4. Core Concepts in International Relations (08 hours)

National Interest, Foreign Policy
Anarchy, Balance of Power
Uni- Polar World, Bi- Polar World, Multipolar World and Non-Polar World
Diplomacy- Track One, Track One and a Half and Track Two
Traditional and Non- Traditional Security Issues
Collective Security
Global Governance
Rise of the Global South
5. Problems of International Relations (11 hours)
Nuclear Proliferation
Weapons of Mass Destruction
International Border Disputes & Secessionist Movements
Energy & Environment
Violent Non- State Actors
Human Rights
Refugee, Migration and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP)
Domination of West
Suggested Readings:
 Alexander Wendt (1992), Anarchy is what States Make of it: The Social Construction of
Power Politics, The MIT Press.
 Andreas Wenger and Doron Zimmermann – “International Relations: From the Cold War
to the Globalised World”, Via Books Pvt Ltd
 Barry H. Steiner – “Diplomacy and International Theory”, Review of International
Studies, Cambridge University Press, URL: [Link]
 Boesche, Roger. The First Great Political Realist: Kautilya and his Arthashastra.
Maryland: Lexington Books, 2002.

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 E. Sreedharan – “International Relations – Theory and South Asia”, Volume 1 & 2
 Emanuel Adler – “Arms Control, Disarmament, and National Security: A Thirty Year
Retrospective and a New Set of Anticipations”, Daedalus, MIT Press, URL:
[Link]
 Francis Fukuyama - “The End of History and the Last Man”, Free Press, New York
 Giulio M Gallarotti – “Cosmopolitan Power in International Relations: A synthesis of
Realism, Neoliberalism and Constructivism”
 Hans J Morgenthau – “Politics among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace”
 Immanuel Kant (1795), Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch: New York.
 Immanuel Wallerstein, The Modern World-System: Capitalist Agriculture and the
Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century. New York: Academic
Press, 1976, pp. 229-233.
 Jackson, Robert H and Georg Sorenson – “Introduction to International Relations:
Theories and Approaches”
 John S. Moolakkattu (2011), Robert W. Cox and Critical Theory of International
Relations, Sage Journals.
 K.P. Misra, “Towards Understanding Non-Alignment”, International Studies 20 (1-2),
January-June 1981, pp. 23-37
 Kanti Bajpai and Siddharth Malvarappu – International Relations in India: Bringing
Theory Back Home (New Delhi: Orient Longman, 2005).
 Kenneth Waltz – “Theory of International Politics”, Waveland Press Inc.
 Leo Tolstoy – “War and Peace”
 Mahendra Kumar – “Theoretical Approaches to International Politics”
 Marx and Engels Selected Works, readings for the beginners,
[Link]
 Morton Kaplan, “The New Great Debate: Traditionalism vs. Science in International
Relations”, World Politics, 19 (1), October 1966, pp. 1-20
 Muthiah Alagappa (1991), The Dynamics of International Security: Change and
Continuity ; Regional Arrangements and International Security in Southeast Asia : Going
Beyond ZOPFAN, International Relations Program East-West Center.
 Paul Kennedy – “The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers”, Random House, New York
 Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye, Power and Interdependence, 2nd edn. (New York:
Longman: 1989), pp. 23-37.
 Robert W. Cox, “Gramsci, Hegemony and International Relations: An Essay in Method”,
Millennium: Journal of International Studies 12, 1983: 162-75.

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 Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, “International Relations Theory and the Islamic Worldview”,
Amitav Acharya and Barry Buzan, eds., Non-Western International Relations Theory:
Perspectives on and Beyond Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2010), pp. 174-196.
 Shivani Raswan (2014) Cross Border Terrorism in India: With Reference to International
Regime, Delhi: Vij Books India
 Trevor C. Salmon and Mark F. Imber 2008 Issues In International Relations, Routledge
 Vendulka Vubálková and Albert Cruickshank, Marxism and International Relations
(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1985), pp. 1-24 & 205-248.
Journals: International Studies Review, World Focus, International Studies Quarterly and
European Journal of International Studies.

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Course M.A. First Semester

Subject Political Science

Paper Title POLITICAL THINKERS OF MODERN

INDIA

Paper Code PS 7418

Teaching hours/ week 04

Teaching hours/ semester 60

Number of credits 04

w.e.f. June 2018

Chapter 1: Hindu Reformists and Hindu nationalist thinkers [18 hours]

 Raja Ram Mohan Roy: Monotheism, Brahmo Samaj and Modernism and Approach of
reform

 Dayanand Saraswati: Arya Samaj and anti-caste dimensions, Back to the Vedas and cow
protection

 Swami Vivekanand: Neo-vedantism; Spiritual regeneration and Nationalism

 V.D. Savarkar: Abhinav Bharat Society, Free India Society and Hindu civilisation

 [Link]: RSS and Hindu Nationalism, Punya Bhu and Pitra Bhu

 M.S. Golwalkar: Radical Hinduism; a precursor of present Hindutva

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Chapter 2: Islam and Muslim Nationalism [10 hours]

 Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Muslim education, Aligarh movement and political pragmatism

 Mohammed Iqbal: Early phase of nationalist thought and Hindu-Muslim unity; Khudi
and idea of Islamic nation.

 Mohammad Ali Jinnah: A pragmatic Congressman, Two-nation theory, Secular Pakistan

 Maulana Azad: Dharasana Satyagraha, Educational reforms in post-independence India.

Chapter 3: Dalit Social Reformers [12 hours]

 B. R. Ambedkar: Annihilation of caste; Conversion for emancipation; modernity and

caste

 Periyar E.V. Ramasamy Naickar: Self-respect movement, Vaikom Satyagraha

 Jyotiba Phule: Eradication of untouchability, Satyasodhak Samaj, Education for OBCs

and girls

Chapter 4: Radical and Liberal Ideas in Modern India [10 hours]

 Gopal Krishna Gokhale: Servants of India society, Moderate congressman

 Bal Gangadhar Tilak: Religion as basis of anti-colonial struggle, Extreme Nationalism

 Mahatma Gandhi: Non-cooperation; Civil Disobedience and Sarvodaya

 M.G. Ranade: Political economy under British; Social reforms and Nationalism

Chapter 5: Indian Communists and Socialists [10 hours]

 M.N. Roy: Thesis on revolution, Radical Humanism

 Ram Manohar Lohia: Indian socialism and its features; Anti-Congress politics

 Jawaharlal Nehru: Impact of Fabian Socialism; Liberal Nationalism; Modernity

 Subhash Chandra Bose: Militant Nationalism; Enlightened leadership

 Jai Prakash Narayan: Partyless democracy, Total Revolution

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Reading List:
 Chakrabarty, Bidyut and Rajendra Kumar Pandey (2009) Modern Indian Political
Thought: Text and Context, Sage Publications.
 Guha, Ramachandra ed. (2010) Makers of Modern India. Penguin Viking.
 Vivekanand, World Focus, 392, Aug 2012
 Bhagwan, Vishnoo (1999) Indian Political Thinkers. Atma Ram and Sons.
 Puri, Balraj (1996) Azad and Iqbal: A Comparative Study. Economic and Political
Weekly, Vol. 31, No. 10: pp. 591-595 URL: [Link]
 Puri, Balraj (2003) Iqbal and Idea of Pakistan. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 38,
No. 5 (Feb. 1-7), pp. 490-492, URL: [Link]
 Engineer, Asgar Ali (1988) Maulana Azad and the Freedom Struggle. Economic and
Political Weekly. Vol. 23, No. 50 (Dec. 10), pp. 2633-2635 URL:
[Link]
 Nanda, B.R. (2004) Three Statesmen: Gokhale, Gandhi and Nehru. New Delhi: OUP.
 Jaffrelot, Christophe (2018) Dr. Ambedkar and Untouchability: Analysing and Fighting
caste, Columbia University Press
 Vinod, M.J. and Meena Deshpande Contemporary Political Theory, PHI Learning Pvt.
Ltd.
 Deshpande, G.P. (ed.) 2012; Selected Writings of Jotirao Phule; New Delhi: Leftword
Books
 Pati, Biswamoy (2007) Nationalist Politics and the 'Making' of BalGangadharTilak,
Social Scientist, Vol. 35, No. 9/10 (Sep. - Oct.), pp. 52-66.
[Link]
 MN Roy: The Veteran Indian International, World Focus, August 2013.
 Kanungo, Pralay RSS’s Tryst with Politics, Manohar Publications New Delhi 2002
 Goyal, O.P. Political Ideas of Justice Ranade, The Indian Journal of Political Science,
Vol. 23, No. 1/4 (January—December, 1962), pp. 258-267
[Link]
 Jagirdar, P.J. ‘Western Elements in the Social Thought of Ranade, The Indian Journal of
Political Science, Vol. 23, No. 1/4 (January—December, 1962),pp. 179-184,
[Link]
 Chandra, Bipin (, Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India, Orient Longman, Delhi,
 Chatterjee, Partha, 1986. Nationalist Thought in The Colonial World: A Derivative
Discourse, London: Zed
 Jaffrelot, Christophe (2000) Hindu Nationalist Movement & Indian Politics, Penguin
Books:
 Harvey, Mark J. ‘The Secular as Sacred?—The Religio-Political Rationalization of B. G.
Tilak’. Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 20, No. 2 (1986), pp. 321-331 URL:
[Link]

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 Aiyar, S.P. (1972) Some Aspects of the Study of Modern Indian Political Thought, The
Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 33, No. 4 (Oct - Dec.), pp. 401-412 URL:
[Link]
 Panthem, Thomas and Kenneth L. Deutsch (1986); Political Thought in Modern India;
New Delhi: Sage Publications.
 Golwalkar, M.S. ; We, Or our Nationhood defined
 Golwalkar, M.S., Bunch of Thoughts
 Hansen, Thomas Blom (1999) The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in
Modern India, Princeton: New Jersey, Princeton University Press.

 Suggested Journals: Economic and Political Weekly; Studies in Indian Politics; Politics
and Society; Alternatives: Global, Local, Political; Commonwealth and Comparative
Politics.
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Course M.A. First Semester

Subject Political Science

Paper Title CORE CONCEPTS OF POLITICAL

THEORY

Paper Code PS 7518

Teaching hours/ week 04

Teaching Hours/ semester 60

Number of credits 04

w.e.f. June 2018

Course description: This paper intends to introduce the students to the political constructs
which are used to understand some of the issues of perennial interest in politics viz. democracy,
liberty, equality and justice. The course aims at exploring some of the major theoretical debates
in the field so that students can theoretically understand a given empirical situation and engage in
informed and healthy discussion.

1. Introduction to Political Theory (12 hours)

Political Theory, Political Ideology, Political Thought and Political Philosophy
Evolution, Nature, Scope and Significance
Types of Political Theory: Empirical and normative
Trends in Political Theory
2. State and Sovereignty (12 hours)
State: Theories of Origin (Divine, Organic and Contractual or Mechanistic)

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Sovereignty: Theories (Absolute, popular and legal)
Challenges to Sovereignty: Secessionism and sectarianism
Power, Authority and Legitimacy
3. Democracy (12 hours)
Key debates in Democratic theory
Procedural and Substantive democracy
Revisionism: Raymond Aron and Joseph Schumpeter
Elite theory: Vilfredo Pareto, Gaetano Mosca, Robert Michels and C.W. Mills
Pluralism: Robert Dahl and Charles Lindblom
Globalisation and Democracy
4. State and individual (12 hours)
Liberty, Equality and Justice (liberal, libertarian and socialist views)
J.S. Mill: Negative and Positive Liberty
Milton Friedman: Positive and negative Freedom
Marxian Conception of Freedom
Republican Idea of Freedom
Citizenship
5. State and society (12 hours)
Communitarianism
Political Participation
Political Alienation
Political Resistance
Political Revolution
Suggested readings:

 Appadorai, A. (2011) The Substance of Politics, 9th Edition, Oxford University Press,
New Delhi.
 Bhargava, R. (2010) What is Political Theory and Why Do We Need it?, Oxford
University Press, New Delhi
 Bhargava, R. and Ashok Acharya (2010) Political Theory: An Introduction, Pearson
Publications, India.
 Goodin, Robert E. (2009) The Oxford Handbook of Political Science, Oxford University
Press, New York.
 Heywood, Andrew (2004) Political Theory – An Introduction, 3rd edition, Palgrave
Macmillan.
 MacKenzie, Ian (2005) (ed) Political Concepts – A Reader and a Guide, Edinburgh
University Press, Edinburgh.
 McKinnon, Catrina (2012) (ed) Issues in Political Theory, Oxford University Press, 2nd
Edition, U.K.

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 Vinod, M.J. and Meena Deshpande (2013) Contemporary Political Theory, PHI Learning
Private Limited, New Delhi.
 Schumpeter, Joseph (2010) Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. New Delhi:
Routledge.
 Mill, C. W. (1999) The Power Elite. USA: Oxford University Press.
 Nozick, Robert (2013)Anarchy, State and Utopia. Basis Books
 Friedman, Milton (2002) Capitalism and Freedom. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press.
 Mill, J.S. (1989) On Liberty and other Writings. Cambridge: CUP.
 Sabine, George H. (2011) A History of Political Theory. New Delhi: Surjeet Publications.
 Rawls, J.W. (1999) A Theory of Justice. Harvard University Press.
 Sen, Amartya (2010) The Idea of Justice. London: Penguin.
 Sen, Amartya (2000) Development as Freedom. Anchor Publishers.
 Lindblom, Charles E. (1980) Politics and Markets: The World’s Political-Economic
Systems. Basic Books.
 Walzer, Michael (1984) Spheres of Justice: A Defense of Pluralism and Equality. Basic
Books.
 Aron, Raymond (2001) The Opium of the Intellectuals. London: Routledge.
 Schumpeter, Joseph (2011) Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. New Delhi: Adarsh
Books.
 Pogge, Thomas (2007) World Poverty and Human Rights. Polity Press
 Dworkin, Ronald (2014) Taking Rights Seriously. New Delhi: Universal Law Publishing.
 All leading national newspapers – The Hindu, Indian Express, Deccan Herald, and Times
of India
 Journals - Seminar, Mainstream, Economic and Political Weekly, Studies in Indian
Politics
 Magazines – Frontline, Outlook , The Caravan

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