Political Science Syllabus

WEST BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY
CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM

LIST OF PAPERS AND COURSES
B.A (HONOURS) POLITICAL SCIENCE
A) CORE COURSE (14)
PART – I
Semester - I
1.1 Paper I- Understanding Political Theory
1.2 Paper II- Constitutional Government and Democracy in India
Semester - II
2.1 Paper III – Political Theory-Concepts and Debates
2.2 Paper IV- Political Process in India
PART – II
Semester - III
3.1 Paper V- Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics
3.2 Paper VI –Perspectives on Public Administration
3.3 Paper VII- Perspectives on International Relations and World History
Semester - IV
4.1 Paper VIII- Political Processes and Institutions in Comparative Perspective
4.2 Paper IX- Public Policy and Administration in India
4.3 Paper X- Global Politics
PART – III
Semester - V
5.1 Paper XI- Classical Political Philosophy
5.2 Paper XII- Indian Political Thought-I
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Semester - VI
6.1 Paper XIII- Modern Political Philosophy
6.2 Paper XIV- Indian Political Thought-II
B) GENERIC ELECTIVE -4 (INTERDISCIPLINARY): ANY FOUR
1.. Gandhi and the Contemporary World
2. Feminism: Theory and Practice
3. Nationalism in India
4. United Nations and Global Politics
5. Governance: Issues and Challenges
C) DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE-4 (DSE): ANY FOUR(Semester – v and VI)
1. Reading Gandhi
2. Women, Power and Politics
3. Understanding Global Politics
4. Public Policy in India
5. Human Rights in a Comparative Perspective
D) SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE-2 (AE Skill Based): Any Two (Semester – 3

and 4)
1. Democratic Awareness with Legal Literacy
2. Public Opinion and Survey Research
3. Peace and Conflict Resolution
E) ABILITY ENHANCEMENT COURSE (COMPULSORY) :ANY TWO
1. Language-MIL/ENGLISH
2. Environmental Science
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COURSE OBJECTIVES
Paper – 1 Understanding Political Theory
This course introduces the students to the idea of political theory, its history and
approaches, and an assessment of its critical and contemporary trends and is designed to
reconcile political theory and practice through reflections on the ideas and practices related
to democracy.
Paper – 2 Constitutional Government and Democracy in India
This course acquaints students with the constitutional design of state structures and
institutions, and their actual working over time. It further encourages a study of state
institutions in their mutual interaction, and in interaction with the larger extra-
constitutional environment.
Paper – 3 Political Theory-Concepts and Debates
This course helps the student familiarize with the basic normative concepts of political
theory. Each concept is related to a crucial political issue that requires analysis with the aid
of our conceptual understanding. This exercise is designed to encourage critical and
reflective analysis and interpretation of social practices through the relevant conceptual
toolkit. It further introduces the students to the important debates in the subject.
Paper – 4 Political Process in India
This course maps the working of ‘modern’ institutions, premised on the existence of an
individuated society, in a context marked by communitarian solidarities, and their mutual
transformation thereby. It also familiarizes students with the working of the Indian state,
paying attention to the contradictory dynamics of modern state power.
Paper 5 Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics
This is a foundational course in comparative politics. The purpose is to familiarize

students with the basic concepts and approaches to the study of comparative politics. More
specifically the course will focus on examining politics in a historical framework while
engaging with various themes of comparative analysis in developed and developing
countries.
Paper 6 Perspectives on Public Administration
The course provides an introduction to the discipline of public administration. This paper
encompasses public administration in its historical context with an emphasis on the various
classical and contemporary administrative theories. The course also explores some of the
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recent trends, including feminism and ecological conservation and how the call for greater
democratization is restructuring public administration. The course will also attempt to
provide the students a comprehensive understanding on contemporary administrative
developments.
Paper 7 Perspectives on International Relations and World

History
This paper seeks to equip students with the basic intellectual tools for understanding
International Relations. It introduces students to some of the most important theoretical
approaches for studying international relations. The course begins by historically
contextualizing the evolution of the international state system; then the students are
introduced to different theories in International Relations. It provides a fairly
comprehensive overview of the major political developments and events starting from the
twentieth century. Students are expected to learn about the key milestones in world history
and equip them with the tools to understand and analyze the same from different
perspectives. A key objective of the course is to make students aware of the implicit Euro -
centricism of International Relations by highlighting certain specific perspectives from the
Global South.
Paper 8 Political Processes and Institutions in Comparative

Perspective
In this course students will be trained in the application of comparative methods to the
study of politics. The course is comparative in both what we study and how we study. In
the process the course aims to introduce undergraduate students to some of the range of
issues, literature, and methods that cover comparative political arena
Paper-9 Public Policy and Administration in India
The paper seeks to provide an introduction to the interface between public policy and
administration in India. The essence of public policy lies in its effectiveness in translating
the governing philosophy into programs and policies and making it a part of the
community living. It deals with issues of decentralization, financial management, citizens
and administration and social welfare from a non-western perspective.
Paper 10 Global Politics
This course introduces students to the key debates on the meaning and nature of
globalization by addressing its political, economic, social, cultural and technological
dimensions. It imparts an understanding of the working of the world economy, while
analyzing the changing nature of relationship between the state and trans-national actors
and networks. The course also offers insights into key contemporary global issues..
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Paper 11 Indian Political Thought-I
This course introduces the specific elements of Indian Political Thought spanning over
two millennia. The basic focus of study is on individual thinkers whose ideas are however
framed by specific themes. The course as a whole is meant to provide a sense of the broad
streams of Indian thought while encouraging a specific knowledge of individual thinkers
and texts. Selected extracts from some original texts are also given to discuss in class.
Paper 12 Modern Political Philosophy
Philosophy and politics are closely intertwined. We explore this convergence by

identifying four main tendencies here. Students will be exposed to the manner in which the
questions of politics have been posed in terms that have implications for larger questions
of thought and existence.
Paper 13 Modern Political Philosophy
Philosophy and politics are closely intertwined. We explore this convergence by

identifying four main tendencies here. Students will be exposed to the manner in which the
questions of politics have been posed in terms that have implications for larger questions
of thought and existence.
Paper 14 Indian Political Thought-II
Based on the study of individual thinkers, the course introduces a wide span of thinkers
and themes that defines the modernity of Indian political thought. The objective is to study
general themes that have been produced by thinkers from varied social and temporal
contexts. Selected extracts from original texts are also given to discuss in the class. The list
of essential readings are meant for teachers as well as the more interested students.
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PART - I
Semester I
Course Course Lectures Credits Marks
Paper – I
Code Type (Theory+T
Course Title –Understanding Political Theory
utorial) X
15 weeks
Introducing the subject 10
PLSCC1 Core 5+1 75
Course Module 1.What is Political and what is political
1.1 Science
20
Module 2.Approaches to the study:
a)Traditional
b) Marxist
c)Behavioral
d)Post Behavioral
45
Module 3. Models of studying Political Theory
a) Authority Models(Weber)
b) Systems Analysis
c) Structural functional Model
d) Post Modernism(to be studied at the backdrop of
the current debates)
PLSCC2 Core Paper - II 5+1 75

Course Constitutional Government and Democracy in India
1.2
Module 1.Constituion of India(Article-wise)
a)Preamble 30
b)Fundamental Rights
c)Directive Principles of State Policy
Module 2. Federalism 10
Module 3.Constitution of India: Structure, Process,

Behaviour
a)Union Government: Executive(total as it is in the

constitution)Legislature(total, according to the
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Constitution) 35
Judiciary(total, following the articles of the constitution
with two additional dimensions: landmark decisions
and PIL
b)State Government:
Executive, Legislature, Judiciary
(In the same way as the Union government is to be
studied)
Semester II

Code Type Paper – III (Theory
Course Title - Political Theory-Concepts and +Tutorial)
Debates X 15
weeks
Module – 1. Core political concepts: 20 5+1 75
i. Nationalism and nation state

ii. Sovereignty: Monism, Pluralism
Module – 2. Core Concepts and Debates: 20

Core
PLSCC3 Course i. Rights, Liberty, Equality
2.1 ii. Justice: Plato,Rawls
Module – 3. Theories of State 35
a)Idealist Theory
b)Liberal and Neo-liberal Theories
Paper – IV
Course Title - Political Process in India
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Module – 1. Structure and process of election 25
system
PLSCC4 Core
Course a)Party system in India: features and
2.2 trends; coalition Governments
b) Electoral process: Election

Commission— Composition and 20
Functions
Module 2.Issues in contemporary politics 25
a) Regionalism in India
b) Role of religion ,caste, Dalits, Women
Module 3.The concerns
a) Corruption and politics: Measures to

curb corruption in Indian politics
b) Media and politics
PART - II
Semester III
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Paper – V
Code Type (Theo
Course Title - Introduction to Comparative
+Tutorial)X
Government and Politics
15 weeks
Module – 1. Understanding Comparative
Politics 5+1 75
15
a. Nature and scope
b. Going beyond Eurocentrism
Module – 2. Historical context of modern

government
35
a. Capitalism: meaning and development:
Core globalization
PLSCC5 Course b. Socialism: meaning, growth and
3.1 development
c. Colonialism and decolonization:
meaning, context, forms of colonialism;
anti-colonialism struggles and process of
decolonization
25
Module – 3.. Themes for comparative analysis
A comparative study of constitutional
developments and political economy in the
following countries: Britain, Brazil and China.
PART - II
Semester III
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Code Type Paper – VI (Theo
Course Title - Perspectives on Public Administration +Tutorial)X
15 weeks
I. Public Administration as a Discipline
5+1 75
a. Meaning, Dimensions and Significance of the Discipline 15
b. Public and Private Administration
c. Evolution of Public Administration
II. Theoretical Perspectives

a. CLASSICAL THEORIES
 Scientific management (F.W. Taylor) 15
 Administrative Management (Gullick, Urwick and
Fayol)
 Ideal-type bureaucracy (Max Weber)
b. NEO-CLASSICAL THEORIES
 Human relations theory (Elton Mayo) 15
Core  Rational decision-making (Herbert Simon)
PLSCC6 Course
3.2 c. CONTEMPORARY THEORIES
 Ecological approach (Fred Riggs)
 Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Peter Drucker)
III. PUBLIC POLICY : Concept, relevance and approaches

10
 Formulation, implementation and evaluation
IV. MAJOR APPROACHES IN PUBLIC

ADMINISTRATION
 New Public Administration 20
 New Public Management
 New Public Service Approach
 Good Governance
 Feminist Perspectives
PART - II
Semester III
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Paper – VII
Code Type (Theo
Course Title - Perspectives on International
+Tutorial)X
Relations and World History
15 weeks
I. Studying International Relations
5+1 75
a. How do you understand International 15
Relations: Levels of Analysis
b. History and IR: Emergence of the
International State System
c. Pre-Westphalia and Westphalia
d. Post-Westphalia
a. Classical Realism & Neo-Realism 25

b. Liberalism & Neo-liberalism
c. Marxist Approaches
d. Feminist Perspectives
e. Eurocentricism and Perspectives from the
Core Global South
PLSCC7 Course
3.3 III. An Overview of Twentieth Century IR
History
35
a. World War I: Causes and Consequences
b. Significance of the Bolshevik
Revolution
c. Rise of Fascism / Nazism
d. World War II : Causes and
Consequences
e. Cold War: Different Phases
f. Emergence of the Third World
g. Collapse of the USSR and the End of the
Cold War
h. Post Cold War Developments and
Emergence of Other Power Centers of
Power
PART - II
Semester IV
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Paper – VIII
Code Type (Theo
Course Title - Political Processes and
+Tutorial)X
Institutions in Comparative Perspective
15 weeks
I. Approaches to Studying Comparative
Politics 5+1 75
a. Political Culture 10
b. New Institutionalism
II. Electoral System : Definition and

procedures: Types of election system (First 15
Past the Post, Proportional Representation,
Mixed Representation)
III. Party System : Historical contexts of

emergence of the party system and types of 20
parties- Democratic and Authoritarian
political Systems, with speciall Reference
to UK, USA, BRAZIL, CHINA, INDIA
Core
PLSCC8 Course IV. Nation-state: What is nation–state?
4.1 Historical evolution in Western Europe and 05
postcolonial contexts ‘Nation’ and ‘State’:
debates
V. Democratization : Process of
democratization in postcolonial, post- 10
authoritarian and post-communist countries
VI. Federalism: Historical context Federation

and Confederation: debates around 15
territorial division of power: USA,
CANADA, INDIA
PART - II
Semester IV
Course Course Paper – IX Lectures Credits Marks
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Code Type Course Title – Public Policy and Administration in (Theo
India +Tutorial)
X 15
weeks
I. Public Policy 5+1 75

a. Definition, characteristics and models 10
b. Public Policy Process in India
II. Decentralization
a. Meaning, significance and approaches and
types 25
b. Local Self Governance: Rural and Urban –
With Special Reference to West Bengal
III. Budget
a. Concept and Significance of Budget
b. Budget Cycle in India
c. Various Approaches and Types Of 10
Budgeting, Vote on Account, Zero Base
Budgeting, Performance Budgeting
Core
PLSCC9 Course
IV. Citizen and Administration Interface
4.2
a. Public Service Delivery 20
b. Redressal of Public Grievances: RTI,
Lokpal, Citizens’ Charter and E-Governance
V. Social Welfare Administration

a. Concept and Approaches of Social Welfare
b. Social Welfare Policies: 10
Education: Right To Education, National Education

Policy, Kothari Commission
Health: National Health Mission
Food: Right To Food Security
Employment: JNNURM,MNREGA
PART - II
Semester IV
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Code Type Paper X (Theo
+Tutorial)
Global Politics X 15
weeks
5+1 75
I. Globalization: Conceptions and Perspectives
a. Understanding Globalization and its

Alternative Perspectives
b. Political: Debates on Sovereignty and
Territoriality 35
c. Global Economy: Its Significance and
Anchors of Global Political Economy:
IMF, World Bank, WTO, TNCs
d. Cultural and Technological Dimension
e. Global Resistances (Global Social
Core
Movements and NGOs)
PLSCC10 Course
4.3
II. Contemporary Global Issues 30
a. Ecological Issues: Historical Overview of
International Environmental Agreements,
Climate Change, Global Commons Debate
b. Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
c. International Terrorism: Non-State Actors
and State Terrorism; Post 9/11
developments
d. Migration
e. Human Security
III. Global Shifts: Power and Governance 10
PART - III
Semester V
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Code Type Paper XI (Theo
+Tutorial)
Classical Political Philosophy X 15
weeks
5+1 75
I. Text and Interpretation 05
II. Antiquity
Plato: Philosophy and Politics, Theory 15

of Forms, Justice, Philosopher
King/Queen, Communism; Critique of
Democracy; Women and Guardianship,
Censorship
Aristotle
Virtue, Citizenship, Justice, State and
Core Household - Classification of 15
PLSCC11 Course governments; man as zoon politikon
5.1
III. Interlude:
Machiavelli 10
Virtue, Religion, Republicanism, morality
and statecraft; vice and virtue
IV. Possessive Individualism Hobbes

Human nature, State of Nature, Social 10
Contract, State, State of nature; social
contract; Leviathan; atomistic individuals.
Locke 10
Laws of Nature, Natural Rights, Property,
Natural rights; right to dissent;
justification of property
PART - III
Semester V
Course Course Paper XII Lectures Credits Marks
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Code Type (Theo
Indian Political Thought - I +Tutorial)
X 15
weeks
I. Traditions of Pre-colonial Indian
Political Thought 5+1 75
a. Brahmanic and Shramanic 20
b. Islamic and Syncretic.
II. Ved Vyasa (Shantiparva): Rajadharma 10
III. Manu: Social Laws 8

Core IV. Kautilya: Theory of State , 15
PLSCC12 Course Saptanga, Danda, Law
5.2
V. Aggannasutta (Digha Nikaya):
05
Theory of kingship
VI. Barani: Ideal Polity 06
VII. Abul Fazal: Monarchy 06
VIII. Kabir: Syncretism 05
PART - III
Semester VI
Paper XIII
Code Type (Theory
Modern Political Philosophy +Tutorial)X
15 weeks
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25 5+1 75
I Modernity and its discourse(Two essential
readings)
Kant. (1784) ‘What is Enlightenment?,’
S. Hall (1992) ‘Introduction’, in Formations of
Modernity UK: Polity Press pages 1-16
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel(Essential Reading)

Hegel. "Hegel's Philosophy of Right:
Preface". www.marxists.org.
II. Romantics 20
a. Jean Jacques Rousseau
General Will; local or direct democracy; self-

government; origin of inequality. (Essential reading)
‘Jean Jacques Rousseau: The Social Contract’, in M.

Forsyth and M. Keens-Soper, (eds) A Guide to the
Political Classics: Plato to Rousseau. New York: Oxford
University Press, pp. 171-202.
Core c. Mary Wollstonecraft (Essential Reading)
PLSCC13 Course
6.1 ‘Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of Rights of
Women, London, Penguin Books, Introduction and
Chapter one
III. Liberal socialist 15

a. John Stuart Mill
Liberty, suffrage and subjection of women, right of

minorities; utility principle(Essential Reading)
P. Kelly, (2003) ‘J.S. Mill on Liberty’, in D.
Boucher, and P. Kelly, (eds.) Political Thinkers: From
Socrates to the Present. New York: Oxford University
Press, pp. 324-359
IV. Radicals
a. Karl Marx: 15
Alienation; Dialectical materialism, Historical
Materialism, Class and class struggle (Essential
Reading) The Communist Manifesto
b. Antonio Gramsci: Civil Society and

Hegemony
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PART - III
Semester VI
Code Type Paper XIV (Theo
+Tutorial)
Indian Political Thought - II X 15
weeks
I. Introduction to Modern Indian 05
Political Thought 5+1 75
II. Rammohan Roy: Rights 10
III. Pandita Ramabai: Gender 8

IV. Vivekananda: Ideal Society 10
V. Gandhi: Swaraj 10
Core
PLSCC14 Course
VI. Ambedkar: Social Justice
6.2 05
VII. Tagore: Critique of Nationalism
06
VIII. Iqbal: Community 06
IX. Savarkar: Hindutva 05
X. Nehru: Secularism 05
XI. Lohia: Socialism 05
PART - I
GENERAL ELECTIVE - 1
Semester I
Course Course Paper I Lectures Credits Marks
Code Type (Theo
Gandhi and the Contemporary World +Tutorial)
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X 15
weeks
Module 1. Gandhi on Modern Civilization and 15
Modern Industrialisation 5+1 75
Module 2. Gandhian Thought: Theory and Action: 30

a. Theory of Satyagraha
b. Satyagraha in Action : Peasant
Satyagraha: Kheda and the Idea of
Trusteeship
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c.. Gandhi on all-inclusive Development-
Sarvodaya
Module 3. Gandhi on Women’s Development and

on Women’s Movement 10
Module 4. Gandhi on peace and Preservation of

Nature 05
PART - I
GENERAL ELECTIVE – 2
Semester II
Course Course Paper II Lectures Credits Marks
Code Type (Theo
Feminism : Theory and Practice +Tutorial)
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X 15
weeks
Module 1. Approaches to understanding 25
Patriarchy 5+1 75
• The Feminist theorising of the sex/gender

distinction. Biologism versus social constructivism
• Understanding Patriarchy and Feminism
Module 2. Evolution of Feminism Liberal, 30

PLSGE2 GE -2
Socialist, Marxist, Radical feminism
Module 3. The Indian Experience 20
• Social Reforms Movement and position of women

in India. History of Women’s struggle in India
Part - II
Semester III
Course Course Paper III Lectures Credits Marks
Code Type (Theo
Nationalism in India +Tutorial)
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X 15
weeks
Module 1. Approaches to the Study of 25
Nationalism in India 5+1 75
Nationalist, Imperialist, Marxist, and
Subaltern Interpretations
Module 2. Nationalist Politics and Expansion 30

of its Social Base
a. Swadeshi and the Radicals;
b. Gandhi and Mass Mobilisation: Non-Cooperation

Movement, Civil Disobedience
PLSGE3 GE -3 Movement, and Quit India Movement
c. Socialist Alternatives: Congress Socialists,

Communists
Module 3. Partition and Independence 20
a. Communalism in Indian Politics
b. The Two-Nation Theory, Negotiations over

Partition
Part - II
Semester IV
Course Course Paper IV Lectures Credits Marks
Code Type (Theo
United Nations and Global Politics +Tutorial)
X 15
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weeks
Module 1. The United Nations 45
5+1 75
(a) Principles and Objectives
(b) Structures and Functions: General

Assembly; Security Council, and Economic
and Social Council; the International Court
of Justice and the specialised agencies
(International Labour Organisation [ILO],
United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organisation [UNESCO], World
Health Organisation [WHO], and UN
programmes and funds: United Nations
Children’s Fund [UNICEF], United Nations
Development Programme [UNDP], United
PLSGE4 GE -4
Nations Environment Programme [UNEP],
United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees [UNHCR])
Module 2. Major Global Conflicts since the

Second World War
20
(a) Korean War
(b) Vietnam War
(c) Afghanistan Wars
(d) Balkans: Serbia and Bosnia
Module 3. Assessment of the United Nations as

an International Organisation: Imperatives of
Reforms and the Process of Reforms 10
OR
Part - II
Semester IV
Course Course Paper IV Lectures Credits Marks
Code Type (Theo
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Governance: Issues and Challenges +Tutorial)
X 15
weeks
Module 1. GOVERNMENT AND 20
GOVERNANCE: CONCEPTS 5+1 75
Role of State In the era Of Globalisation
State, Market and Civil Society
Module 2. ENVIRONMENTAL 20
GOVERNANCE
Human-Environment Interaction
Green Governance: Sustainable Human
PLSGE4 GE -4 Development
Module -3. GOOD GOVERNANCE 35

INITIATIVES IN INDIA: BEST PRACTICES
 Public Service Guarantee Acts
 Electronic Governance
 Citizens Charter & Right to
Information
 Corporate Social Responsibility
Part – III
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE – 1
Semester V
Code Type Paper I (Theo
+Tutorial)
Reading Gandhi X 15
weeks
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Module 1. Gandhi on Modern Civilization and 5+1 75
Modern Industrialisation based on Large and 25
Heavy Industries and Alternative Modernity ;
critique of development
Module 2. Gandhian Thought: Theory and Action:

a. Theory of Satyagraha 30
Trusteeship
PLSDSE1 DSE -1 c. Gandhi on all-inclusive Development-
Sarvodaya – on Untouchability and Dalit
emancipation
Module 3. 20
a. Gandhi on Women’s Development and on

Women’s Movement
b. Gandhi on peace and Preservation of
Nature
Part – III
Semester V
Code Type Paper II (Theo
+Tutorial)
Women, Power and Politics X 15
weeks
PLSDSE2 DSE -2 Module 1. Approaches to understanding 25
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Patriarchy 5+1 75
• Feminist theorising of the sex/gender distinction.

Biologism versus social constructivism
Module 2. Liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Radical

feminism, New Feminist Schools/Traditions 30
Module 3. The Indian Experience
• Traditional Historiography and Feminist critiques.

Social Reforms Movement and
position of women in India. History of Women’s
struggle in India
• Family in contemporary India - patrilineal and
matrilineal practices. Gender Relations
in the Family, Patterns of Consumption: Intra
Household Divisions, entitlements and
bargaining, Property Rights
• Understanding Woman’s Work and Labour
20
Part – III
Semester VI
Code Type Paper III (Theo
+Tutorial)
Understanding Global Politics X 15
weeks
PLSDSE3 DSE -3
I. Globalization: Conceptions and 5+1 75
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Perspectives 25

Territoriality
II. Identity and Culture 10
III. What Drives the World Apart?

15
a. Global Inequalities
b. Violence: Conflict, War and Terrorism
IV. Why We Need to Bring the World

Together? 25
a. Global Environment : Ecological Issues:

Historical Overview of International
Environmental Agreements, Climate
Change, Global Commons Debate
b. Global Civil Society : Proliferation of Nuclear

Weapons ; International Terrorism: Non-State
Actors and State Terrorism; Post 9/11
developments ; Migration ; Human Security
Part – III
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE
Semester VI
Code Type Paper - IV (Theo
+Tutorial)
Public Policy in India X 15
weeks
PLSDSE4 DSE- 4
5+1 75
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I. Introduction to Policy Analysis 15
II. The Analysis of Policy in the 15

Context of Theories of State
III. Political Economy and Policy: 15

Interest Groups and Social
Movements.
15
IV. Models of Policy Decision-Making
V. Ideology and Policy: Nehruvian Vision, 15

Economic Liberalisation and recent
developments
OR(As alternative to any other DSE)
Semester
Course Course Paper Lectures Credits Marks
Code Type (Theo
+Tutorial)
Human Rights in a Comparative
X 15
Perspective weeks
PLSDSE DSE
5+1 75
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I. Human Rights: Theory and 25
Institutionalization
a. Understanding Human Rights: Three Generations
of Rights
b. Institutionalization: Universal Declaration of
Human Rights
c. Rights in National Constitutions: South Africa and
India
II. Issues 25
a. Torture: USA and India
b. Surveillance and Censorship: China and India
c. Terrorism and Insecurity of Minorities: USA and
India
III. Structural Violence 25

a. Caste and Race: South Africa and India
b. Gender and Violence: India and Pakistan
c. Adivasis/Aboriginals and the Land Question:
Australia and India
(D) Skill Enhancement (Skill Based) Courses(Honours) Any Two
Course Objective: The Proposed course aims to acquaint student with the structure and
manner of functioning of the legal system in India.
Course Content:
Unit I
Outline of the Legal system in India
System of courts/tribunals and their jurisdiction in India - criminal and civil courts,
Writ jurisdiction, specialized courts such as juvenile courts, Mahila courts and
Tribunals.
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Role of the police and executive in criminal law administration.
Alternate dispute mechanisms such as Lok Adalats, non - formal mechanisms.
Unit II
Brief understanding of the laws applicable in India
Constitution - fundamental rights, fundamental duties, other constitutional rights

and their manner of enforcement, with emphasis on public interest litigation and the
expansion of certain rights under Article 21 of the Constitution.
Laws relating to criminal jurisdiction - provision relating to filing an FIR, arrest, bail
search and seizure and some understanding of the questions of evidence and
procedure in Cr. P.C. and related laws, important offences under the Indian
PenalCode, offences against women, juvenile justice, prevention of atrocities on
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Concepts like Burden of Proof, Presumption of Innocence, Principles of Natural

Justice, Fair comment under Contempt laws.
Personal laws in India : Pluralism and Democracy
Laws relating to contract, property and tenancy laws.
Laws relating to dowry, sexual harassment and violence against women
Laws relating to consumer rights
Laws relating to cyber crimes
Anti-terrorist laws: implications for security and human rights
Practical application: Visit to either a (I) court or (ii) a legal aid centre set up by the
Legal Services Authority or an NGO or (iii) a Lok Adalat, and to interview a litigant or
person being counselled. Preparation of a case history.
Unit III
Access to courts and enforcement of rights
Critical Understanding of the Functioning of the Legal System
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Legal Services Authorities Act and right to legal aid, ADR systems
Practical application :
What to do if you are arrested ; if you are a consumer with a grievance; if you are a
victim of sexual harassment; domestic violence, child abuse, caste, ethnic and
religious discrimination; filing a public interest litigation. How can you challenge
administrative orders that violate rights, judicial and administrative remedies
Using a hypothetical case of (for example) child abuse or sexual harassment or any
other violation of a right, preparation of an FIR or writing a complaint addressed to
the appropriate authority.
Suggested exercises for students
1. Discuss the debates around any recent Ordinance, Bill or Act in Parliament.
2. How to file an FIR? In case there has been a theft in the neighbourhood how would
you file the first Hand Information Report?
3. Under what circumstances can detention and arrest become illegal?
4. Discuss any contemporary practice or event that violates the equality and protection
against discrimination laws.
5.. Your friend has shared with you an incident of unwelcome verbal remarks on her by a
person of higher authority in your college, what would you do?
6. You have seen a lady in your neighbourhood being beaten up by her husband. Identify
the concerned Protection Officer in case you want to provide information about this
incident.
7.Read the Vishakha Guidelines as laid down by the Supreme Court and the Act against
sexual harassment at the workplace. Discuss what constitutes sexual harassment and
the mechanisms available for its redressal in your institution. Use and Abuse of the
mechanism.
8. What is the procedure to file an RTI? Use and Abuse of RTI. Exemptions to RTI
10. You bought a product from a nearby shop which was expired, the shop keeper
refused to return it. Use your knowledge of Consumer Protection Act to decide what you
do next?
11. What must you keep in mind as a consumer while making a purchase that may later
help you make use of Consumer Protection Act? (Hint- Should you ask for a Bill?)
12. In your surroundings have you witnessed any incident that would be considered
offensive under the SC and ST Act? Make a class- room presentation on it.
Course Objective: this course will introduce the students to the debates, principles and
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practices of public opinion polling in the context of democracies, with special reference to
India. It will familiarize the students with how to conceptualize and measure public
opinion
using quantitative methods, with particular attention being paid to developing basic skills
pertaining to the collection, analysis and utilization of quantitative data.
I. Introduction to the course

Definition and characteristics of public opinion, conceptions and characteristics, debates
about its role in a democratic political system, uses for opinion poll
II. Measuring Public Opinion with Surveys: Representation and sampling (6 lectures)
a. What is sampling? Why do we need to sample? Sample design.

b. Sampling error and non-response
c. Types of sampling: Non random sampling (quota, purposive and snowball sampling);
random sampling: simple and stratified
III. Survey Research
a. Interviewing: Interview techniques pitfalls, different types of and forms of interview

b. Questionnaire: Question wording; fairness and clarity.
IV. Quantitative Data Analysis
a. Introduction to quantitative data analysis

b. Basic concepts: correlational research, causation and prediction, descriptive and
Inferential Statistics
V. Interpreting polls
Prediction in polling research: possibilities and pitfalls

Politics of interpreting polling
Course Objective: The objective of an undergraduate application course for common

students in Peace and Conflict Studies will cover in-depth knowledge of conflict analysis,
conflict resolution, conflict prevention, as well as the historical and cultural context of
organized violence. Peace and Conflict Resolution addresses the sources of war, social
oppression and violence and the challenges of promoting peace and justice internationally
and domestically. It also introduces more equitable, cooperative and nonviolent methods
that can be used to transform unjust, violent or oppressive world situations.
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Unit-1 International Peace and Conflict Resolution: Sources of War: International and
Domestic Issues and Trends
Unit-2-What is Conflict: Introduction to International Conflict Resolution
Unit-3 International Conflict Resolution Theory: Models developed by Johan Galtung,

Joseph Montville, Morton Deutsch, William Zartman, Levy Jack
Unit-4-Conflict resolution: Back ground of Various Peace Movements and Concepts,

Principles used to resolve conflict
Unit-5-Cross-boarder relationships between the world’s peaceful and war-torn zones

(migration and information flows, economic transactions, international rules and
regulations, normative concepts and political decisions)
Unit-6 -Conflict Transformation: is Peace Possible? Resolve problems through conflict

analyses and instrumentation of peace concepts
Unit-7 -Current perspective of peace and conflict resolution: Grass-roots level perspective
on war and Peace
B.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE(Discipline Specific Core )
LIST OF PAPERS AND COURSES
A) DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE (4)
1. Paper I - Introduction to Political Theory - Semester - 1

2. Paper-II - Indian Government and Politics – Semester -2
3. Paper-III- Comparative Government and Politics – Semester - 3
4. Paper-IV- Introduction to International Relations – Semester – 4
B) CORE/ FOUNDATION (Compulsory) (4)
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ENGLISH (2)
MIL (2)
C) ABILITY ENHANCEMENT (COMPULSORY) (2)
ENGLISH/MIL (Communication)
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
D) SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE-4 (AE Skill Based): Any Four
1. Democratic Awareness with Legal Literacy – Semester - 3
2. Public Opinion and Survey Research – Semester - 4
3. Legislative Practices and Procedures – Semester - 5
4. Peace and Conflict Resolution – Semester - 6
E) DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE – 2 (any two)
1. Reading Gandhi
OR . Women, Power and Politics
2. Understanding Global Politics
OR. Public Policy in India
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE(4)
BA POLITICAL SCIENCE
PART - I
Semester I
Course Code Course Lectures Credits Marks
Paper – I
Type (Theory+T
Introduction to Political Theory
utorial) X
15 weeks
PLSDSCC1 Core Introducing the subject
Course 5+1 75
1.1 1. What is Political and what is political 10
Science
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2. Approaches to the study:
30
a)Traditional
b) Marxist
c)Behavioral
d)Post Behavioral
3. Concepts and Debates:

35
i. Liberty, Equality(all aspects and inter
relation between the two)
V. Justice: Plato, Rawls, Nozick and

Amartya Sen.
VI. Democracy: David Held’s

classification
VII. Liberalism
Semester – 2 5+1 75
Paper - II
Indian Government and Politics
Core
PLSCDSC2 Course Structure, Process, Behaviour.
2.1
1.Evolution:
20
Making of the Constitution by the Constitutional
Advisor, the Drafting Committee and finally the
Constituent assembly
2.Constituion of India(Article-wise)
a)Preamble
b)Fundamental Rights 20
c)Directive Principles of State Policy
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d)Federalism
3.Constitution of India
a)Union Government: Executive(total as it is in

35
the constitution)Legislature(total, according to
the Constitution)
Judiciary(total, following the articles of the
constitution with two additional dimensions:
landmark decisions and PIL
b)State Government:
Executive, Legislature, Judiciary
(In the same way as the Union government is to
be studied)
c)Public Services:
Union Service, State service, All India
Services(total that includes recruitment, training,
service conditions)
c)Public service Commission(UPSC and PSC)
PART - II
Semester III
Code Type Paper – III (Theo
Comparative Government and Politics +Tutorial)X
15 weeks
PLSCDSC3 Core I. Understanding Comparative Politics
Course 5+1 75
3.1 a. Nature and scope 15
b. Going beyond Eurocentrism
II. Historical context of modern

government
a. Capitalism: meaning and development: 35

globalization
b. Socialism: meaning, growth and
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development
c. Colonialism and decolonization:
meaning, context, forms of colonialism;
anti-colonialism struggles and process of
decolonization
III. Themes for comparative analysis 25

A comparative study of constitutional
developments and political economy in the
following countries: Britain, Brazil and
China.
Semester IV
Code Type (Theo
Paper – IV
+Tutorial
Introduction to International Relations
)X 15
weeks
PLSCDSC4 Core I. Studying International Relations
Course 5+1 75
4.1 a. How do you understand International 15
Relations: Levels of Analysis
b. History and IR: Emergence of the
International State System
a. Classical Realism & Neo-Realism

b. Liberalism & Neo-liberalism
c. Marxist Approaches 20
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d. Feminist Perspectives
III. An Overview of Twentieth Century IR History

a. World War I: Causes and
Consequences
b. Significance of the Bolshevik
Revolution
c. Rise of Fascism / Nazism 35
d. World War II : Causes and
Consequences
e. Cold War: Different Phases
f. Emergence of the Third World
g. Collapse of the USSR and the End of
the Cold War
h. Post Cold War Developments and
Emergence of Other Power Centers of
Power
C) a. Indian as an Emerging Power

b. Indian Foreign Policy
(D) Skill Enhancement (Skill Based) Courses - B.A GENERAL(Four)
PART - II
Course Objective: The Proposed course aims to acquaint student with the structure and
manner of functioning of the legal system in India.
Course Content:
Unit I
Outline of the Legal system in India
System of courts/tribunals and their jurisdiction in India - criminal and civil courts,
Writ jurisdiction, specialized courts such as juvenile courts, Mahila courts and
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Tribunals.
Role of the police and executive in criminal law administration.
Alternate dispute mechanisms such as Lok Adalats, non - formal mechanisms.
Unit II
Brief understanding of the laws applicable in India
Constitution - fundamental rights, fundamental duties, other constitutional rights

and their manner of enforcement, with emphasis on public interest litigation and the
expansion of certain rights under Article 21 of the Constitution.
Laws relating to criminal jurisdiction - provision relating to filing an FIR, arrest, bail
search and seizure and some understanding of the questions of evidence and
procedure in Cr. P.C. and related laws, important offences under the Indian
PenalCode, offences against women, juvenile justice, prevention of atrocities on
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Concepts like Burden of Proof, Presumption of Innocence, Principles of Natural

Justice, Fair comment under Contempt laws.
Personal laws in India : Pluralism and Democracy
Laws relating to contract, property and tenancy laws.
Laws relating to dowry, sexual harassment and violence against women
Laws relating to consumer rights
Laws relating to cyber crimes
Anti-terrorist laws: implications for security and human rights
Practical application: Visit to either a (I) court or (ii) a legal aid centre set up by the
Legal Services Authority or an NGO or (iii) a Lok Adalat, and to interview a litigant or
person being counselled. Preparation of a case history.
Unit III
Access to courts and enforcement of rights
Critical Understanding of the Functioning of the Legal System
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Legal Services Authorities Act and right to legal aid, ADR systems
Practical application :
What to do if you are arrested ; if you are a consumer with a grievance; if you are a
victim of sexual harassment; domestic violence, child abuse, caste, ethnic and
religious discrimination; filing a public interest litigation. How can you challenge
administrative orders that violate rights, judicial and administrative remedies
Using a hypothetical case of (for example) child abuse or sexual harassment or any
other violation of a right, preparation of an FIR or writing a complaint addressed to
the appropriate authority.
Suggested exercises for students
1. Discuss the debates around any recent Ordinance, Bill or Act in Parliament.
2. How to file an FIR? In case there has been a theft in the neighbourhood how would
you file the first Hand Information Report?
3. Under what circumstances can detention and arrest become illegal?
4. Discuss any contemporary practice or event that violates the equality and protection
against discrimination laws.
5.. Your friend has shared with you an incident of unwelcome verbal remarks on her by a
person of higher authority in your college, what would you do?
6. You have seen a lady in your neighbourhood being beaten up by her husband. Identify
the concerned Protection Officer in case you want to provide information about this
incident.
7.Read the Vishakha Guidelines as laid down by the Supreme Court and the Act against
sexual harassment at the workplace. Discuss what constitutes sexual harassment and
the mechanisms available for its redressal in your institution. Use and Abuse of the
mechanism.
8. What is the procedure to file an RTI? Use and Abuse of RTI. Exemptions to RTI
10. You bought a product from a nearby shop which was expired, the shop keeper
refused to return it. Use your knowledge of Consumer Protection Act to decide what you
do next?
11. What must you keep in mind as a consumer while making a purchase that may later
help you make use of Consumer Protection Act? (Hint- Should you ask for a Bill?)
12. In your surroundings have you witnessed any incident that would be considered
offensive under the SC and ST Act? Make a class- room presentation on it.
PART - II
Course Objective: this course will introduce the students to the debates, principles and
2018-19
practices of public opinion polling in the context of democracies, with special reference to
India. It will familiarize the students with how to conceptualize and measure public
opinion
using quantitative methods, with particular attention being paid to developing basic skills
pertaining to the collection, analysis and utilization of quantitative data.
I. Introduction to the course

Definition and characteristics of public opinion, conceptions and characteristics, debates
about its role in a democratic political system, uses for opinion poll
II. Measuring Public Opinion with Surveys: Representation and sampling (6 lectures)
a. What is sampling? Why do we need to sample? Sample design.

b. Sampling error and non-response
c. Types of sampling: Non random sampling (quota, purposive and snowball sampling);
random sampling: simple and stratified
III. Survey Research
a. Interviewing: Interview techniques pitfalls, different types of and forms of interview

b. Questionnaire: Question wording; fairness and clarity.
IV. Quantitative Data Analysis
a. Introduction to quantitative data analysis

b. Basic concepts: correlational research, causation and prediction, descriptive and
Inferential Statistics
V. Interpreting polls
Prediction in polling research: possibilities and pitfalls

Politics of interpreting polling
PART - III
3. Legislative Practices and Procedures
Course objective: To acquaint the student broadly with the legislative process in India at
various levels, introduce them to the requirements of peoples’ representatives and provide
elementary skills to be part of a legislative support team and expose them to real life
legislative work. These will be, to understand complex policy issues, draft new legislation,
track and analyse ongoing bills, make speeches and floor statements, write articles and
press releases, attend legislative meetings, conduct meetings with various stakeholders,
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monitor media and public developments, manage constituent relations and handle
interoffice
communications. It will also deepen their understanding and appreciation of the
political process and indicate the possibilities of making it work for democracy.
I. Powers and functions of people’s representative at different tiers of

governance
Members of Parliament, State legislative assemblies, functionaries of rural and urban local
self - government from Zila Parishad, Municipal Corporation to Panchayat/ward.
II. Supporting the legislative process

How a bill becomes law, role of the Standing committee in reviewing a bill, legislative
consultants, the framing of rules and regulations
II. Supporting the Legislative Committees
Types of committees, role of committees in reviewing government finances, policy,

programmes, and legislation.
III. Reading the Budget Document
Overview of Budget Process, Role of Parliament in reviewing the Union Budget, Railway
Budget, Examination of Demands for Grants of Ministries, Working of Ministries.
IV. Support in media monitoring and communication
Types of media and their significance for legislators; Basics of communication in print and
electronic media.
PART - III
Course Objective: The objective of an undergraduate application course for common

students in Peace and Conflict Studies will cover in-depth knowledge of conflict analysis,
conflict resolution, conflict prevention, as well as the historical and cultural context of
organized violence. Peace and Conflict Resolution addresses the sources of war, social
oppression and violence and the challenges of promoting peace and justice internationally
and domestically. It also introduces more equitable, cooperative and nonviolent methods
that can be used to transform unjust, violent or oppressive world situations.
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Unit-1 International Peace and Conflict Resolution: Sources of War: International and
Domestic Issues and Trends
Unit-2-What is Conflict: Introduction to International Conflict Resolution
Unit-3 International Conflict Resolution Theory: Models developed by Johan Galtung,

Joseph Montville, Morton Deutsch, William Zartman, Levy Jack
Unit-4-Conflict resolution: Back ground of Various Peace Movements and Concepts,

Principles used to resolve conflict
Unit-5-Cross-boarder relationships between the world’s peaceful and war-torn zones

(migration and information flows, economic transactions, international rules and
regulations, normative concepts and political decisions)
Unit-6 -Conflict Transformation: is Peace Possible? Resolve problems through conflict

analyses and instrumentation of peace concepts
Unit-7 -Current perspective of peace and conflict resolution: Grass-roots level perspective
on war and Peace
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE – 1(For General Students)
Part – III
Semester V
+Tutorial)
Reading Gandhi X 15
weeks
PLSDSE1 DSE -1
Module 1. Gandhi on Modern Civilization and 5+1 75
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Modern Industrialisation based on Large and 25
Heavy Industries and Alternative Modernity ;
critique of development
Module 2. Gandhian Thought: Theory and Action:

a. Theory of Satyagraha 30
Trusteeship
c. Gandhi on all-inclusive Development-
Sarvodaya – on Untouchability and Dalit
emancipation
Module 3.
20
a. Gandhi on Women’s Development and on
Women’s Movement
b. Gandhi on peace and Preservation of
Nature
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE – 2(For General Students)
OR
Part – III
Semester V
+Tutorial)
Women, Power and Politics X 15
weeks
PLSDSE1 DSE -1 Module 1. Approaches to understanding 25
Patriarchy 5+1 75
• Feminist theorising of the sex/gender distinction.

Biologism versus social constructivism
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Module 2. Liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Radical

feminism, New Feminist Schools/Traditions 30
Module 3. The Indian Experience
• Traditional Historiography and Feminist critiques.

Social Reforms Movement and
position of women in India. History of Women’s
struggle in India
• Family in contemporary India - patrilineal and
matrilineal practices. Gender Relations
in the Family, Patterns of Consumption: Intra
Household Divisions, entitlements and
bargaining, Property Rights
• Understanding Woman’s Work and Labour
20
Part – III
Semester VI
Code Type Paper III (Theo
+Tutorial)
Understanding Global Politics X 15
weeks
PLSDSE3 DSE -3
VIII. Globalization: Conceptions and 5+1 75
Perspectives 25

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Territoriality
10
IX. Identity and Culture
X. What Drives the World Apart?

15
a. Global Inequalities
b. Violence: Conflict, War and Terrorism
XI. Why We Need to Bring the World

Together? 25
c. Global Environment : Ecological Issues:

Historical Overview of International
Environmental Agreements, Climate
Change, Global Commons Debate
b. Global Civil Society : Proliferation of Nuclear

Weapons ; International Terrorism: Non-State
Actors and State Terrorism; Post 9/11
developments ; Migration ; Human Security
OR
Part – III
Semester VI
Code Type Paper - II (Theo
+Tutorial)
Public Policy in India X 15
weeks
PLSDSE2 DSE- 2
5+1 75
IV. Introduction to Policy Analysis 15
V. The Analysis of Policy in the 15
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Context of Theories of State
15
VI. Political Economy and Policy:
Interest Groups and Social
Movements.
15
IV. Models of Policy Decision-Making
15
V. Ideology and Policy: Nehruvian Vision,
Economic Liberalisation and recent
developments
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WEST BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY

CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM

1.1 Paper I- Understanding Political Theory

1.2 Paper II- Constitutional Government and Democracy in India

2.1 Paper III – Political Theory-Concepts and Debates

2.2 Paper IV- Political Process in India

3.1 Paper V- Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics

3.2 Paper VI –Perspectives on Public Administration

3.3 Paper VII- Perspectives on International Relations and World History

4.1 Paper VIII- Political Processes and Institutions in Comparative Perspective

4.2 Paper IX- Public Policy and Administration in India

4.3 Paper X- Global Politics

5.1 Paper XI- Classical Political Philosophy

5.2 Paper XII- Indian Political Thought-I

6.1 Paper XIII- Modern Political Philosophy

6.2 Paper XIV- Indian Political Thought-II

B) GENERIC ELECTIVE -4 (INTERDISCIPLINARY): ANY FOUR

1.. Gandhi and the Contemporary World

2. Feminism: Theory and Practice

4. United Nations and Global Politics

5. Governance: Issues and Challenges

C) DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE-4 (DSE): ANY FOUR(Semester – v and VI)

2. Women, Power and Politics

3. Understanding Global Politics

4. Public Policy in India

5. Human Rights in a Comparative Perspective

D) SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE-2 (AE Skill Based): Any Two (Semester – 3

1. Democratic Awareness with Legal Literacy

2. Public Opinion and Survey Research

3. Peace and Conflict Resolution

E) ABILITY ENHANCEMENT COURSE (COMPULSORY) :ANY TWO

Paper – 1 Understanding Political Theory

Paper – 2 Constitutional Government and Democracy in India

Paper – 3 Political Theory-Concepts and Debates

Paper – 4 Political Process in India

Paper 5 Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics

This is a foundational course in comparative politics. The purpose is to familiarize

Paper 6 Perspectives on Public Administration

Paper 7 Perspectives on International Relations and World

Paper 8 Political Processes and Institutions in Comparative

Paper-9 Public Policy and Administration in India

Paper 10 Global Politics

Paper 12 Modern Political Philosophy

Philosophy and politics are closely intertwined. We explore this convergence by

Paper 13 Modern Political Philosophy

Philosophy and politics are closely intertwined. We explore this convergence by

Paper 14 Indian Political Thought-II

PLSCC2 Core Paper - II 5+1 75

Module 3.Constitution of India: Structure, Process,

a)Union Government: Executive(total as it is in the

Course Course Lectures Credits Marks

Module – 1. Core political concepts: 20 5+1 75

i. Nationalism and nation state

Module – 2. Core Concepts and Debates: 20

Module – 3. Theories of State 35

b) Electoral process: Election

Module 2.Issues in contemporary politics 25

Module 3.The concerns

a) Corruption and politics: Measures to