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BOOK LIST FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
PAPER-I
Political Theory and Indian Politics
Political Theory
| SERIAL NO. | TOPIC | BOOKS/NOTES |
| 1 | Political Theory: meaning and approaches. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, An Introduction to Political Theory by Rajeev Bhargav and Ashok Acharya, Poltical Theory by O.P. Gauba |
| 2 | Theories of the State: Liberal, Neoliberal, Marxist, Pluralist, Post-colonial and feminist. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, An Introduction to Political Theory by Rajeev Bhargav and Ashok Acharya, some internet searches |
| 3 | Justice: Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawls’ theory of justice and its communitarian critiques. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, An Introduction to Political Theory by Rajeev Bhargav and Ashok Acharya |
| 4 | Equality: Social, political and economic; relationship between equality and freedom; Affirmative action. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, An Introduction to Political Theory by Rajeev Bhargav and Ashok Acharya |
| 5 | Rights: Meaning and theories; different kinds of rights; concept of Human Rights. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, An Introduction to Political Theory by Rajeev Bhargav and Ashok Acharya |
| 6 | Democracy: Classical and contemporary theories; different models of democracy – representative, participatory and deliberative. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, An Introduction to Political Theory by Rajeev Bhargav and Ashok Acharya |
| 7 | Concept of power, hegemony, ideology and legitimacy. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, internet search |
| 8 | Political Ideologies: Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism, Fascism, Gandhism and Feminism. | Political Ideologies by Andrew Heywood |
| 9 | Indian Political Thought: Dharamshastra, Arthashastra and Buddhist traditions; Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Sri Aurobindo, M.K. Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar, M.N. Roy. | Makers of Modern India by Ram Chandra Guha, Indian Political Thought by M.P. Singh and Himanshu Roy, internet search |
| 10 | Western Political Thought: Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, John S. Mill, Marx, Gramsci, and Hannah Arendt. | Western Political Thought-from Plato to Marx by Subrat Mukherjee and Sushila Ramaswamy, internet search for Gramsci and Arendt |
Indian Government and Politics
| SERIAL NO. | TOPIC | BOOKS/NOTES |
1 (a) (b) | Indian Nationalism: Political Strategies of India’s Freedom Struggle: Constitutionalism to mass Satyagraha, Non-cooperation, Civil Disobedience; Militant and revolutionary movements, Peasant and workers’ movements. Perspectives on Indian National Movement: Liberal, Socialist and Marxist; Radical humanist and Dalit. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes |
| 2 | Making of the Indian Constitution: Legacies of the British rule; different social and political perspectives. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes |
| 3 | Salient Features of the Indian Constitution: The Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties, Directive Principles; Parliamentary System and Amendment Procedures; Judicial Review and Basic Structure doctrine. | Indian Polity by Laxmikanth, Shubhra Ma’am’s notes |
4 (a) (b) | Principal Organs of the Union Government: Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and Supreme Court. Principal Organs of the State Government: Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and High Courts. | Indian Polity by Laxmikanth, Shubhra Ma’am’s notes |
| 5 | Grassroots Democracy: Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government; significance of 73rd and 74th Amendments; Grassroot movements. | Indian Polity by Laxmikanth, Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, Our Political System by Subhash Kashyap |
| 6 | Statutory Institutions/Commissions: Election Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General, Finance Commission, Union Public Service Commission, National Commission for Scheduled Castes, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, National Commission for Women; National Human Rights Commission, National Commission for Minorities, National Backward Classes Commission. | Indian Polity by Laxmikanth, Shubhra Ma’am’s notes |
| 7 | Federalism: Constitutional provisions; changing nature of centre-state relations; integrationist tendencies and regional aspirations; inter-state disputes. | Indian Polity by Laxmikanth, Shubhra Ma’am’s notes |
| 8 | Planning and Economic Development : Nehruvian and Gandhian perspectives; role of planning and public sector; Green Revolution, land reforms and agrarian relations; liberalization and economic reforms. | Indian Polity by Laxmikanth, Shubhra Ma’am’s notes |
| 9 | Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics. | Indian Polity by Laxmikanth, Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, Oxford Companion to Politics in India |
| 10 | Party System: National and regional political parties, ideological and social bases of parties; patterns of coalition politics; Pressure groups, trends in electoral behaviour; changing socio- economic profile of Legislators. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes |
| 11 | Social Movements: Civil liberties and human rights movements; women’s movements; environmentalist movements. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes |
PAPER-II
Comparative Politics and International Relations
Comparative Political Analysis and International Politics:
| SERIAL NO. | TOPIC | BOOK/NOTES |
| 1 | Comparative Politics: Nature and major approaches; political economy and political sociology perspectives; limitations of the comparative method. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, Comparative Politics by J.C. Johari |
| 2 | State in comparative perspective: Characteristics and changing nature of the State in capitalist and socialist economies, and, advanced industrial and developing societies. | Same as in Paper I Political Theory, Shubhra Ma’am’s notes |
| 3 | Politics of Representation and Participation: Political parties, pressure groups and social movements in advanced industrial and developing societies. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, Comparative Politics by J.C. Johari |
| 4 | Globalisation: Responses from developed and developing societies. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, internet search |
| 5 | Approaches to the Study of International Relations: Idealist, Realist, Marxist, Functionalist and Systems theory. | International Relations by Peu Ghosh |
| 6 | Key concepts in International Relations: National interest, Security and power; Balance of power and deterrence; Transnational actors and collective security; World capitalist economy and globalisation. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, International Relations by Peu Ghosh |
7 (a) (b) (c) | Changing International Political Order: Rise of super powers; strategic and ideological Bipolarity, arms race and Cold War; nuclear threat; Non-aligned movement: Aims and achievements; Collapse of the Soviet Union; Unipolarity and American hegemony; relevance of non-alignment in the contemporary world. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, International Relations by Peu Ghosh |
| 8 | Evolution of the International Economic System: From Brettonwoods to WTO; Socialist economies and the CMEA (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance); Third World demand for new international economic order; Globalisation of the world economy. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, International Relations by Peu Ghosh |
| 9 | United Nations: Envisaged role and actual record; specialized UN agencies-aims and functioning; need for UN reforms. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, International Relations by Peu Ghosh, mea.gov.in |
| 10 | Regionalisation of World Politics: EU, ASEAN, APEC, SAARC, NAFTA. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, International Relations by Peu Ghosh, mea.gov.in, websites of the mentioned organisations |
| 11 | Contemporary Global Concerns: Democracy, human rights, environment, gender justice, terrorism, nuclear proliferation. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, International Relations by Peu Ghosh, internet search |
India and The World:
| SERIAL NO. | TOPIC | BOOK/NOTES |
| 1 | Indian Foreign Policy: Determinants of foreign policy; institutions of policy-making; continuity and change. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, International Relations by Peu Ghosh, mea.gov.in |
| 2 | India’s Contribution to the Non-Alignment Movement: Different phases; current role. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, International Relations by Peu Ghosh |
3 (a) (b) (c) (d) | India and South Asia: Regional Co-operation: SAARC – past performance and future prospects. South Asia as a Free Trade Area. India’s “Look East” policy. Impediments to regional co-operation: river water disputes; illegal cross-border migration; ethnic conflicts and insurgencies; border disputes. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, mea.gov.in, internet search, EPW |
| 4 | India and the Global South: Relations with Africa and Latin America; leadership role in the demand for NIEO and WTO negotiations. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, mea.gov.in, internet search, EPW |
| 5 | India and the Global Centres of Power: USA, EU, Japan, China and Russia. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, mea.gov.in, internet search, EPW |
| 6 | India and the UN System: Role in UN Peace-keeping; demand for Permanent Seat in the Security Council. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, mea.gov.in, UN website, internet search, EPW |
| 7 | India and the Nuclear Question: Changing perceptions and policy. | Shubhra Ma’am’s notes, mea.gov.in, internet search, article called Toward a ‘force-in-being’: the logic, structure, and utility of India's emerging nuclear posture by Ashley Tellis, EPW |
| 8 | Recent developments in Indian Foreign policy: India’s position on the recent crisis in Afghanistan, Iraq and West Asia, growing relations with US and Israel; vision of a new world order. | Mea.gov.in, internet search, EPW |
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