Jharkhand NEP, FYUGP 2022-23 onwards

Major in Political Science

Revised Curriculum and Credit Framework for the Four-Year Undergraduate

Programmes(FYUGP)
As per Provisions of NEP-2020, implemented from the Academic Year 2022-23 onwards (KU
Ref.No.KU/R397/23,dated-14/03/23)

Kolhan University,Chaibasa,Jharkhand

Revised Courses of Study for Four Year Undergraduate Programme 2022-23, Major in
Political Science

w.e.f. 2022-23 Academic Year

Revised Draft Syllabus

Kolhan University,Chaibasa,Jharkhand
Semester wise Course Code, Paper name and Credit Points
Jharkhand, NEP, FYUGP 2022-23
onwards
Table 6: Semester wise Course Code and Credit
Points for Single Major:
Common, Introductory,
Major, Minor, Vocational
Semester & Internship Courses
F.M. P.M. Internal University
Code Papers Credits
Exam.F.M. Exam.F.M.
Language and 50 20 No 50
Communication Internal
Skills (MIL- Exam
AEC-
1)(Modern Indian 2
1
Language
including TRL)
Hindi(50 Marks)
Value added 50 20 No 50
Course-1 50 20 Internal 50
Section-A- Exam
VAC- Understanding
2+2 =4
1 India
Section-B-
Environmental
Science
Skill 75 30 No 75
Enhancement Internal
I SEC-1 3
Course-1 Exam
Digital Education
Multi-disciplinary 75 30 No 75
MDC- Course-1 Internal
3
1 Citizenship and Exam.
Governance
Minor from 100 40 25 75
MN- Discipline-1
4
1A Globalization and
Politics
Major paper 1 100 40 25 75
(Disciplinary/
Interdisciplinary
MJ-1 Major) 4
Understanding
Political Theory
and Politics
Semester-1
MJ-1
Major Paper-1(Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Major)
Paper Name-Understanding Political Theory and Politics

Credit-4 Full Marks-100 Pass Marks-40

Internal Exam-25 Marks End Sem. University Exam-75 Marks
Course Objective:
This course is specially designed for students of understanding of Political Science with the
different meaning of Political Theory and politics. The course has been designed to introduce key
concepts in politics to the students to sharpen their understanding of political discourses and the
ability to make the scientific enquiry into the political phenomenon and political questions. This
will help students for critical engagements with ideologies to develop their own understanding of
politics. Since the state occupies a central position in the discourses on politics, the understanding
of different theories on the state will allow the students to understand the role of the state in the
society. The key concepts and contemporary debates like power, democracy, equality, freedom,
democracy, citizenship, and justice allow the students to understand the expanding horizons of
discourses in the discipline. Students will understand the media and civil society as these the
drivers of the politics as they perform a communication role, important for information and
ideology transmission.
Learning Outcomes:
1. The students will understand different approaches to Political Theory and Politics
2. They will discourses on Political Theory, Politics and functions of Political Theory
3. The students will understand the liberal and Marxist views of Politics
4. They will understand the theories of Power, democracy, justice, freedom and equality
5. Students will be able to understand and make a distinction between nation and state.
6. They will come to know about different theories on nationalism.
7. The students would be able to answer what are social movements and make a distinction
between the old and new social movements.

Unit-1
Introduction to Political Theory and Politics
a. What is Political Theory?
b. What is Politics?
c. Different Approaches to Understand Politics
d. Nature of Political Theory: Explanatory, Normative and Empirical
e. Liberal Traditions. Marxist Traditions
f. Feminist and Post-modernist

Unit-II: Centrality of State, State and Nation

a. What is State? Why State Occupies Central Position in Discussion of Politics?

b. Theories of State
c. Ideologies and Understanding of State
d. Changing Role of State in the Era of Globalization?

e. How State is different from Nation?

f. Debates on Nation and Nationalism

Unit III: Power, Justice, Freedom and Equality

a. Theories of Power (Max Weber, Robert Dahl, Michel Foucault)

b. Notion of Justice
c. Distributive Justice: John Rawls and Robert Nozick
d. Notion of Freedom and Contemporary Debates
e. Notion of Equality, Equality, Liberty and Justice Correlation

Unit-IV: Theories of Citizenship, Democracy and Social Movements

a. Theories of Citizenship

b. Theories of Democracy and Contemporary Debates

c. Social Movements and New Social Movements

Readings:

O.P.Gauba, “Rajanitik Siddhant Ki Roop Rekha”, Mayur Paperbacks Publication, New Delhi.
O.P.Gauba, “Samkalin Rajanitik Siddhant”, Mayur Paperbacks Publication, New Delhi.
Balwan Gautam(Ed.), “Rajanitik Siddhant”, Delhi University Press, Delhi.
Johari, J.C., “Adhunik Rajniti Vigyan Ke Siddhant”, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 1992
Varma,S.P., “Modern Political Theory”, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. Reprint 2001
Ray,Amal, Mohit Bhattacharya, Political Theory – Ideas and Institutions, World Press, Calcutta,
2004
Agarwal,R.C., “Political theory (Principles of Political Science)”, S. Chand & Company Ltd. 2001.
Mahajan,V.D., “Political Theory”, S.Chand & Company Limited, 2001
Johari,J.C., “Adhunik Rajniti Vigyan Ke Siddhant”, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 1992
Appadorai,A., ‘‘Substance of Politics’’, OUP, New Delhi, 2000.
Ashirvatham,Eddy, ‘‘Political Theory’’ S. Chand & Co. Ltd., Delhi, 2009
Elliot,W.Y., “Pragmatic Revolt in Politics”, New York, The Macmillan, 1928
Charles E. Merriam, “Theories of Sovereignty Since Rousseau”, Union/Jersey : Law Book
Exchange Ltd., 1999
Misra,K.K., “Modern Political Theory: With focus on Political Ideas of Laski”, New Delhi:
Pragati, 1978
Acharya, A. & Bhargava, R. (Ed.). (2008). Political Theory: An Introduction. Pearson: New Delhi.
Bhargava, R. (2010). What is Political Theory and Why Do We Need It? Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
Barry, N. (1981). An Introduction to Modern Political theory. London: Macmillan.
Bertens, H. (1995). The Idea of Postmodern. London: Routledge.

Carlisle, R. P. (2005). The Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right. London: Sage.
Farrely, C. (2004). An Introduction to Contemporary Political Theory: A Reader. London: Sage.
Gray, J. (1993). Post- liberalism: Studies in Political thought. London: Routledge.
Kymlicka, W. (1995). Multicultural Citizenship: A liberal Theory of Minority Rights. Oxford:
Clarendon Press.
Kymlicka, W. (2010). Testing the Liberal Multiculturalist Hypothesis: Normative Theory and
Social Science Evidence. Canadian Journal of Political Science, 43(2), pp. 257-271.
Mackinnon, C. (2008). Issues in Political Theory. New York: Oxford University Press.
Moon, D. J. (2015). Foundations of Political Thought. In Gibbons, M. (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of
Political Thought. Chichester: Willey Blackwell, pp. 1341-1351.

Natoli, J. (Ed.). (1993). A Postmodern Reader. Albeny: State University of New York Press.
Shorten, A. (2015). Contemporary Political Theory. London: Palgrave.
Young, I. M. (2000). Inclusion and Democracy. London: Oxford University Press

Dahl, R. A. (1957). The concept of power. New York: Bobbs-Merrill.

Parsons, T. (1963). On the Concept of Political Power. Proceedings of the American
Philosophical Society, 107(3), pp. 232-262.
Miller, S. (1990). Foucault on Discourse and Power. Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political
Theory, (76), pp. 115-125.
Deacon, R. (1998). Strategies of Governance Michel Foucault on Power. Theoria: A Journal of
Social and Political Theory, (92), pp. 113-148.

Nozick, R. (1974). Anarchy, State and Utopia. New York: Basic Books.
Rawls, J. (1971). A Theory of Justice. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Young, I. M. (1990). Justice and the Politics of Difference. Princeton: Princeton University press.
MacRae, D. (1973). Justice, Normative Discourse, and Sociology. Contemporary Sociology, 2(2),
pp. 129-132.

Putterman, T. (2006). Berlin's Two Concepts of Liberty: A Reassessment and Revision. Polity,
38(3), pp. 416-446.
Byrne, S. (1986). Defenders of Inequality: Milton Friedman and Robert Nozick. Studies: An Irish
Quarterly Review, 75(298), pp. 186-195.
Tilman, R. (1976). Ideology & Utopia in the Political Economy of Milton Friedman. Polity, 8(3),
pp. 422-442.
Swift, A. (2001) Political Philosophy: A Beginners Guide for Student’s and Politicians.
Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 91-132.
Casal, P. & William, A. (2008) Equality. In McKinnon, C. (Ed.), Issues in Political Theory. New
York: Oxford University Press, pp. 149- 165.
Acharya, A. (2008). Affirmative Action. In Bhargava, R & Acharya, A. (Eds.), Political Theory:
An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 298-307.
Heywood, A. (2004). Political Ideologies: An Introduction (3rd ed.), London: Palgrave.
Heywood, A. (2013). Politics (4th ed.), London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Smits, K. (2016). Applying Political Theory (2nd ed.), London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Vincent, A. (2004). The Nature of Political Theory. New York: Oxford University

Arblaster, A. (1994). Democracy: Concepts in the Social Sciences. New York: Open University
Press.
Held, D. (1991). Models of Democracy. Polity Press, Cambridge.
Habermas, J. (1996). Between Facts and Norms: Contribution to a Discourse Theory of Law and
Democracy. Cambridge, MA: MIST Press.
Pateman, C. (1960). Participation and Democratic Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
Roy, A. (2008). Citizenship. In Bhargava, R. & Acharya, A. (Eds.), Political Theory: An
Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 130-146.

Heywood, A. (2004). Political Theory - An Introduction, (3rd ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Bellamy, R. (1993). Introduction: The Demise and Rise of Political Theory. In Bellamy, R. (Ed.),
Theories and Concepts of Politics. New York: Manchester University Press, pp. 1-14.
Neumann, F. (1950). Approaches to the Study of Political Power. Political Science Quarterly,
65(2), pp. 161-180.
Barry, N. (1981). An Introduction to Modern Political Theory. London: Macmillan.
Ball, T. (1995). Ideals and Ideologies: A Reader. Boston: Addison Wesley.

Harding, A. (1994). The Origins of the Concept of the State. History of Political Thought, 15(1),
pp. 57-72.
Held, D. (1989). Political Theory and the Modem State. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Heywood, A. (2002). The State. In Politics. New York: Palgrave, pp. 85-102.
Leftwich, A. (Ed.). (1984). What is Politics: The Activity and its Study. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
Laski, H. J. (1935). The State in Theory and Practice. London: George Allen & Unwin.

O’Conner, W. (1994). A Nation is a Nation, is a State, is a Ethnic Group. In Hutchinson, J., &
Smith, A. (Eds.), Nationalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Newton, K., & Deth, J. (2010). The Development of the Modern State. In Foundations of
Comparative Politics: Democracies of the Modern World. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, pp. 13-33.
Dawisha, A. (2002). Nation and Nationalism: Historical Antecedents to Contemporary Debates.
International Studies Review, 4(1), pp. 3-22.
Barrington, L. (1997). Nation and Nationalism: The Misuse of Key Concepts in Political Science.
PS: Political Science and Politics, 30(4), pp. 712-716.
Motyl, A. (1992). The Modernity of Nationalism: Nations, States and Nation-States in the
Contemporary World. Journal of International Affairs, 45(2), pp. 307-323.
Sathyamurthy, T. (1997). Indian Nationalism: State of the Debate. Economic and Political
Weekly, 32(14), pp. 715-721.

Dahl, R. A. (1991). Democracy and its Critics. New Delhi: Orient Longman.
Macpherson, C. B. (1973). Democratic Theory: Essays in Retrieval. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Arblaster, A. (1994). Democracy. (2nd edition). Buckingham: Open University Press
Kohli, A. (Ed.). (2001). The Success of India’s Democracy. Cambridge University Press.
Shah, G. (Ed.). (2002). Social Movements and the State. New Delhi: Sage Publication.
Lee, S. H. (2010). Debating New Social Movements: Culture, Identity, and Social Fragmentation.
New Delhi: Rawat Publishers.

Gurevitch, M., Coleman, S., & Blumler, J. (2009). Political Communication—Old and New Media
Relationships. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 625, pp. 164-
181.
Calhoun, C. (1988). Populist Politics, Communications Media and Large Scale Societal
Integration. Sociological Theory, 6(2), pp. 219-241.
Page, B. (1996). The Mass Media as Political Actors. PS: Political Science and Politics, 29(1),
pp. 20-24.

Macpherson, C. B. (1973). Democratic Theory: Essays in Retrieval. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Gordon, G. (1986). Politics in its Place- A Study of Six Ideologies. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Macridis, R. C. (1985). Contemporary Political Ideologies. Boston: Little Brown and Co.
Omagu, D. (2012). State, Politics, and Globalisation. Journal of the Historical Society of
Nigeria, 21, pp. 70-98.
Haque, M. (1998). Impacts of Globalization on the Role of the State and Bureaucracy in Asia.
Administrative Theory & Praxis, 20(4), pp. 439-451.
Sem-1
MN-1A, Minor from Discipline-1
Globalization and Politics

Credit-4 Full Marks-100 Pass Marks-40

Internal Exam-25 Marks End Sem. University Exam-75 Marks

Course Objective:
The purpose of this course is to enable students to understand and critically analyze the
phenomenon of globalization which entails interconnectivity and transportation of local with the
global and vice versa. Students will come to know about the factors and forces of globalization,
and how this has impacted the nation-states wherein it has triggered debates on national
sovereignty, culture, and market and given rise to social movements of different shades and themes
in focus.

Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to explain

1. Meaning of globalization and how different schools have understood this.
2. About the global institutional drivers of the globalization.
3. How the globalization has impacted the traditional notion of sovereignty of the state?
4. How globalization has impacted the domestic market and culture of societies.

Unit I: Introduction to Globalization

a. Meaning of Globalization
b. Debates on Globalization in India: Liberals, School of Swadeshi and Marxists

Unit II: Economic and Technological Drivers of Globalization

a. International Financial Institutions (World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade
Organization)
b. Information and Communication Technology
Unit-III: Globalization and Social Movements
a. Peasant Movements
b. Environmental Movement
c. Human Displacement
Unit- IV: Globalization, Democracy, Culture and Market
a. Globalization and Democracy
b. Globalization and the Issue of National Sovereignty
c. Globalization and Domestic Market
d. Globalization and its Impact on Culture
e. Globalization, Labour migration & Covid-19

Readings:
Kaur,H & G.Kaur, “Politics of Globalization”Galgotia Publishing Company
Smith,Steve& John Baylis, “Globalization & World Politics”, Oxford
Bhambri,C.P.,Globalization India,Nation,State and Democracy”,Shipra Publications
Held, D., & McGrew, A. (Eds.). The Global Transformations Reader: An Introduction to the
Globalization Debate. (2nd edition), Cambridge: Polity Press. (Part I: Understanding
Globalization, pp. 51-119).
Giddens, A. (1990). The Consequences of Modernity. Cambridge: Polity Press. (Part II, pp. 55-
78).
Robertson, R., & White, K. E. (2007). What Is Globalization? In Ritzer, G. (Ed.), The Blackwell
Companion to Globalization. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 54-66.

Robinson, W. I. (2007). Theories of Globalization. In Ritzer, G. (Ed.), The Blackwell

Companion to Globalization. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 125-143.
Mitra, D., & Ranjan, P. (2012). The Globalization Debate and India. In Ghate, C. (Ed.), The
Oxford Handbook of the Indian Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 785-809.

Williams, M. (1994). The IMF and the Third World. International Economic Organisations and
the Third World. New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf, pp. 51-111.
Aglietta, M. (2004). The International Monetary Fund: Past and Future. In Desai M., & Said, Y.
(Eds.) Global Governance and Financial Crises. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 43-69.
Rodrik, D. (2011). Bretton Woods, GATT, and the WTO: Trade in a Politicized World. The
Globalization Paradox. New York: Norton, pp. 67-88.
Pogge, T. W. (2010). Politics as Usual: What Lies Behind the Pro-Poor Rhetoric. Cambridge:
Polity Press. Chapter 2, pp. 26-56.
Farrands, C. (2008). Globalization in the World Trade Organization: Power, Knowledge and the
Reproduction of Inequality in Intellectual Property Governance. In Kofman, E., & Youngs, G.
(Eds.), Globalization: Theory and Practice. (3rd edition), New York: Continuum International
Publishing Group, pp. 239-249.
O’Brien, R., & Williams, M. (2016). Global Political Economy: Evolution and Dynamics. (5th
edition), London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 148-178.
Sparks, C. (2007). Development, Globalization and the Mass Media. New Delhi: Sage. pp. 126-
148.
Rantanen, T. (2005). The media and globalization London: SAGE Publications Ltd.
Dahlgren, P. (2015). The Global Public Sphere: Public Communication in the Age of Reflective
Interdependence. Information, Communication & Society, 18(12), pp. 1423-1425.

Dicken, P. (2015). Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy, (7th
edition). London: The Guilford Press, pp. 74-113.
Perry, B., & Olsson, P. (2009). Cyberhate: The Globalization of Hate, Information and
Communications Technology Law, 18(2), pp. 185-199.

Lynch, C. (1998). Social Movements and the Problem of Globalization. Alternatives: Global,
Local, Political, 23(2), pp. 149-173.
Araghi, F. (2008), The invisible hand and the visible foot: peasants, dispossession and
globalization. In Lodhi, A., Haroon, A., & Kay, C. (Eds.), Peasants and Globalization: Political
Economy, Rural Transformation and the Agrarian Question. London: Routledge, pp. 111-147.
McMichael, P. (2007). Globalization and the Agrarian World. In Ritzer, G. (Ed.), The Blackwell
Companion to Globalization. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 216-238. Ranalli, B., & Thernstrom, S.
(2013). Climate Change and the Environment: Can International Regimes be Effective Means to
Restrain Carbon Emissions? In Peter, M. H., & Hird, J. A. (Eds.), Controversies in
Globalization: Contending Approaches to International Relations. New Delhi: Sage, pp. 278-
317.
Margaret, P. K., & Karen, A. M. (2010). Protecting the Environment. In International
Organizations: The Politics and Process of Global Governance. (2nd edition), London: Lynne
Rienner Publishers, pp. 497-534.
Moghadam, V. M. (2013). Introduction and Overview: Social Movements and Contemporary
Politics. In Globalization and Social Movements. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, pp. 1-30.
Moghadam, V. M. (2013). The Global Justice Movement. In Globalization and Social
Movements. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, pp. 171-202.
Aleshkovski, I. A. (2016). International Migration, Globalization, and Development. In
Alexander, N. Chumakov, & William C. Gay (Eds.), Between Past Orthodoxies &

the Future of Globalization: Contemporary Philosophical Problems. Leiden and Boston: Brill
Rodopi, pp. 85-100.
Richmond, A. H. (2002). Globalization: implications for immigrants and refugees. Ethnic and
Racial Studies, 25(5), pp. 707-727.
Chimni, B. S. (2000). Globalization, Humanitarianism and the Erosion of Refugee Protection.
Journal of Refugee Studies, 13(3), pp. 243–263.

Nayyar, D. (2015). Globalization and Democracy. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 35

(3), pp. 388-402.
Held, D. (1997). Democracy and Globalization. Global Governance, 3, pp. 251-267.
Held, D. (2000). The Hanging Contours of Political Community: Rethinking Democracy in the
Context of Globalization. In Barry Holden (Ed.), Global Democracy: Key Debates, London and
New York: Routledge, pp. 17-31.
Agnew, J. (2009). Globalization and Sovereignty. Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
Inc., pp. 1-46.
Cohen, J. L. (2008). Rethinking Human Rights, Democracy, and Sovereignty in the Age of
Globalization. Political Theory, 36(4), pp. 578-606.
Pogge, T. W. (1992). Cosmopolitanism and Sovereignty. Ethics, 103(1), pp. 48-75.
Buzan, B. (2017). Universal Sovereignty. In Tim Dunne and Christian Reus-Smit. (Eds.), The
Globalization of International Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 304-322.
Cabrera, L. (2010). The Practice of Global Citizenship. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, pp. 1-10; 13-33, pp. 258-262.
Salter, M. B. (2009). Borders, Passports, and the Global Mobility. In Turner, B. S. (Ed.), The
Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies. London and New York: Routledge,
pp. 514-530

Spence, M. (2011). The Impact of Globalization on Income and Employment: The Downside of
Integrating Markets. Foreign Affairs, 90(4), pp. 28-41.
O’Brien, R., & Williams, M. (2016), Global Political Economy: Evolution and Dynamics, (5th
ed.). London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. (Ch. 9: Global Division of Labour), pp. 179-
197.
Dollar, D., & Wade, R. H. (2013). Trade Liberalization and Economic Growth: Does Trade
Liberalization Contribute to Economic Prosperity? In Haas, P. M., &. Hird, J. A. (Eds.),
Controversies in Globalization: Contending Approaches to International Relations. New Delhi:
Sage, pp. 1-39.
Tomlinson, J. (2007). Cultural Globalization. In Ritzer, G. (Ed.), The Blackwell Companion to
Globalization. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 352-366.
Appadorai, A. (2005). Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization. Minneapolis
and London: University of Minnesota Press, pp. 1-23, 27-47.
Huntington, S. P. (1993). The Clash of Civilizations? Foreign Affairs, 72(3), pp. 22- 49.
O’Hagan, J. (2002). Conflict, Convergence or Co-existence? The Relevance of Culture in
Reframing World Order. In Falk, R. (Ed.), Reframing the International: Law, Culture and
Politics. New York: Routledge, pp. 187-217.
Semester-1 total Credits=20 For all Semesters=160 Credits
1 Credit -1-hour Class in a Week
4 Credit - 4 hours Class in a Week
15 weeks 60 hrs Class (60 Lectures)
In a week 3 classes+1 Tutorial=4 Classes
25 Marks Internal Examination may include 20 marks questions from written Examination (1
Hr Exam)/Assignment/Project/Tutorial wherever applicable whereas 5 marks will be awarded
on the attendance/overall class performance in the semester
For End Sem.Examination-75 Marks,3Hrs Exam
There will be two group of questions. Group A is Compulsory which will contain three questions.
Question No.1 will be very short answer type consisting of five questions of 1 mark each. Question
No.2 & 3 will be short answer type of 5 marks. Group B will contain descriptive type six questions
of fifteen marks each, out of which any four are to answer.

Objective type=1*5=5
Short Answer=5*2=10
Long Answer=15*4=60
Total 75

Note: Follow the Revised NEP Guidelines 2023, for details Ref.No.KU/R/397/23,dated-
14/03/23(Enclosed)