UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME COURSE STRUCTURE MAJOR (MAIN) POLITICAL SCIENCE UNDER CBCS Bachelor of Arts Semester I Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 BAPOL-0101 (Major Core Course I) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL SCIENCE UNIT I Meaning, Nature and Scope of Political Science Political Science: Science or an Art 8
(iv) UNIT II UNIT III UNIT IV Relationship of Political Science with History, Economics and Sociology Relationship with Political Theory and Political Philosophy STATE Elements of State Difference between State and Government, State and Society, State and Association Sovereignty: Features, Kinds, Monistic and Pluralistic Theory THEORIES OF ORIGIN OF STATE Social Contract Theory Historical Theory Marxist Theory FUNCTIONS OF STATE Liberal Theory of Functions of State Welfare Theory of Functions of State Marxist Theory of Functions of State Essential/Selected Readings: Sushila Ramaswamy, Political Theory: Ideas and Concepts. New Delhi: Macmillan India, 2004. Adi H. Doctor, Issues in Political Theory. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1985. R.M. MacIver. The Modern State. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1926. A.P.D. Entreves, the Notion of the State Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967. M.P. Jain, Political Theory: Liberal and Marxian Delhi: Authors Guild Publications, 1979. A.C. Kapur, Principles of Political Science. New Delhi: S. Chand and Company, 1981. 9
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester I BAPOL--0102 (Major Core Course II) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) UNIT I COLONIALISM IN INDIA AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY (iv) Foundations of Colonial Rule in India Nature of Colonial Rule in India Impact of Colonial Rule in India Causes of nationalism in India 10
(v) UNIT II (iv) UNIT III UNIT IV (iv) Phases of Indian National Movement Legacies of Indian Political System: Legacy of Ancient India, Muslim Rule, British Rule and National Movement Formation and Socio-economic composition of the Constituent Assembly The Philosophy of the Indian Constitution Features of the Indian Constitution Fundamental Rights and Duties Directive Principles of State Policy Amendment procedure of Indian Constitution Federal and Unitary Features of the Indian Constitution Centre-State Relations Question of State Autonomy Three tier system of Government : Panchayati Raj, Urban Local Bodies Essential/Selected Readings: S. Bandopadhyay, from Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern India, New Delhi, Orient Longman, 2004. Metcalf and Metcalf, A Concise History of India, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. S. Sarkar, Modern India 1885-1947, New Delhi: Macmillan 1983. B. Chandra, Essays on Colonialism Hyderabad Orient Longman Ltd. 1999. P.R. Desouza ed., Contemporary India: Transitions, New Delhi: Sage 2000. A.D. Smith, Nationalism, Cambridge: Polity Press 2001. A.S. Narang, Government and Politics in India. C.P. Bhambari, Politics in India : 1947-1977 D.C. Gupta, Indian Government and Politics M.P. Jain, Indian Government and Politics G. Austin, The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation, New Delhi, Oxford University Press 1979. K.R. Bomball, Indian Constitution and Administration, Ambala: Modern Publications 1970. 11
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester II BAPOL--0203 (Major Core Course III) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS UNIT I Meaning, Nature and Scope of Comparative Politics Importance, Objectives and Utility Comparative Methods, Its Nature and Problems UNIT II System Approach (David Easton) 12
UNIT III Structural-Functional Approach Institutional Approach Parliamentary Forms of Government Presidential Forms of Government Unitary and Federal Forms of Government UNIT IV (iv) TYPOLOGY OF POLITICAL SYSTEM Liberal Democratic Authoritarian Totalitarian Essential/Selected Readings: A.H. Birch, The British System of Government, London: George Allen, 1970. C. Wright Mills, Power Elites New York, Oxford University Press,1957. G.A. Almond and B. Powell, Comparative Politics: A Developmental Approach, Boston: Little Brown 1966. Eckstein and D. Apter, Comparative Politics, A Reader, New York: Free Press 1963. Jean Blondel, Comparative Politics, New York Free Press, 1963. Lester W. Milbrachard, M.L. Goel, Political Participation, Chicago: Rand Menally College Pub. Co.,1971. Mehran Kamrava, Understanding Comparative Politics: A Framework for Analysis London: 1996. R.C. Macridis, The Study of Comparative Government, Garden City Doubleday, 1955. Robert A. Dhal, Who Governs? New Haven: Yale University Press 1961. Samansen and Ashish Bhandari, Advance Readings in Comparative Government and Politics, New Delhi, Sandarbh, 1998. T.B. Bottomore, Elities and Societies, Penguin, 1971. Vidya Bhushan, Comparative Politics, New Delhi, Atlantic Pub., 1997. 13
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester II BAPOL--0204 (Major Core Course IV) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) GOVERNMENT IN INDIA AND ITS FUNCTIONING UNIT I LEGISLATURE Composition, Powers and Position of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Speaker of Lok Sabha Legislative Processes in Parliament Working of Parliament 14
UNIT II UNION EXECUTIVE President of India: Election, Powers and Position Cabinet form of Government Prime Minister: Appointment, Powers and Position UNIT III JUDICIARY Features of Judicial System in India Composition, Powers and Position of Supreme Court Judicial Review, Judicial Activism and Lok Adalat UNIT IV Finance Commission Planning Commission National Development Council Essential/Selected Readings: D. Kapur and P.B. Mehta (ed.), Public Institution in India, Performance and Design, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2005. B.L. Shankar and V. Rodriguez, The Indian Parliament: A Democracy at Work, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2011. A. Austin, Working a Democratic Constitution, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2000. A.K. Mehra and G.W. Kueck (eds.), The Indian Parliament: A Comparative Perspective, New Delhi: Konark Publishers, 2003. L.I. Rudolph and S.H. Rudolph, Explaining Indian Democracy: A Fifty Year Perspective 1956-2006, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2008. B. Arora and D. Verney (eds.), Multiple Identities in a Single State: Indian Federalism in Comparative Perspective, Delhi: Konark 1995. K. Le Roy, C. Saunders and J. Kincaid (eds.), A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Montreal: Queen s University Press, 2006. W.H. Morris. Jones, Government and Politics in India, London: Unwin 1971. Norman D. Palmer, Indian Political Systems London, George Allan and Unwin, 1963. 15
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester III BAPOL-0305 (Major Core Course V) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICS Meaning, Nature and Scope of International Politics Relevance and Importance of International Politics Imperialism and Colonialism: Modern Trends UNIT II 16
Realist Approach to the Study of International Politics Idealist Approach to the Study of International Politics Game Theory UNIT III National Power: Elements and Limitations National Interest Balance of Power (Meaning, Devices and Contemporary Relevance) UNIT IV Collective Security: Meaning and Safeguards Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, Devices under U.N. Charter Disarmament and Arms Control, Obstacles to Nuclear Disarmament Essential/Selected Readings: Banerjee, A. Marxist Theory and Third World. New Delhi: Sage, 1984. Beitz, C.A. Political Theory and International Relations. New York: Columbia University Press, 1977. Bull H., The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in International Politics. New York: Columbia University Press, 1977. Burton, J.W. International Relations: A General Theory. Bombay: Allen and Unwin, 1971. Dougherty, J.E. and Pfaltzgraff, Jr., R.L. Contending Theories of International Relations. New York: Philadelphia, 1971. Deutsch, K. The Analysis of International Relations. Eaglewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1968. Holsti, K. International Politics: Framework for Analysis. Eaglewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1983. Kaplan, Mortan. System and Processes in International Politics. New Yhork: Wiley and Sons, 1962. Kegly and Wittkopf. World Politics: Trends and Transformation, New York: St. Martin Press, 1985. Lieber, R.J. Theory and World Politics. London, Allen and Unwin, 1972. Mishra, K.P. and Blum, R., eds. Approaches to International Politics, New Delhi: J.N.U., 1981. Morganthau, H. Politics Among Nations. Calcutta, Scientific New Agency, 1969. Morganthau, H. and Thompson, K. Politics Among Nations. Struggle for Power and Peace. New Delhi: Kalyani Press, 1985. 17
Rosenau, James N. (ed. International Politics and Foreign Policy: A Reader in Research and Theory. New York: The Free Press of Glencoe, 1961. Tomashevley, D. Lenin s Ideas and Modern International Relations. Moscow: Progress Publication, 1974. Wright, Q. The Study of International Relation. New York: Appleton-Century Crofts, 1955. Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 UNIT I Bachelor of Arts Semester III BAPOL--0306 (Major Core Course VI) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) POLITICAL THEORY: BASIC CONCEPTS 18
Rights: Meaning, Features and Kinds Theories of Rights Laski s Theory and Marxist Theory Concept of Property and its Characteristics Laski s Theory of Property Marxist Theory of Property UNIT II Liberty: Meaning and Characteristics Aspects of Liberty: Negative and Positive Dimensions of Liberty: Social, Political and Economic Equality: Meaning and Characteristics Aspects of Equality : Negative and Positive Dimensions of Equality: Social, Political and Economic Relationship between Liberty and Equality UNIT III Justice: Meaning and Basic Postulates of Justice Dimensions of Justice Meaning, Kinds and Source of Law Justice: Relationship with Liberty and Equality UNIT IV Power Authority Legitimacy Essential/Selected Readings: Adi H. Doctor. Issues in Political Theory. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1985. Sushila Ramaswamy. Political Theory: Ideas and Concepts. New Delhi: Macmillan India, 2004. M.P. Jain, Political Theory: Liberal and Marxian. Delhi: Authors Guild Publications, 1993. S.I. Benn & R.S. Peters. Social Principles and the Democratic State. London: George and Allen, 1959. Issaiah Berlin, Four Essays on Liberty. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1969. D.D. Raphael, Problems of Political Philosophy. London: Macmillan, 1990. H.J. Laski, A Grammar of Politics. Delhi: S Chand, 1979. 19
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester IV BAPOL-0407 (Major Core Course VII) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES UNIT I LIBERALISM Meaning and Characteristics of Liberalism Development of Liberalism : Negative and Positive UNIT II THEORIES OF DEMOCRACY 20
Classical Liberal Theory of Democracy Elite Theory of Democracy Pluralist Theory of Democracy Marxist Theory of Democracy UNIT III MARXISM Marxian Interpretation of History Marxian Theory of Social and Political Change Theory of Revolution UNIT IV SOCIALISM AND FASCISM Socialism: Meaning, Features and Development Fascism: Meaning, Features and Development Suggested Readings: M.P. Jain, Political Theory: Liberal and Marxian (Delhi: Authors Guild Publications, 1993). F.W. Coker, Recent Political Thought (Calcutta: The Words Press, 1966). W. Ebenstein, Great Political Thinkers (New Delhi: Oxford and IBH, 1974). J.A. Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1976). C.B. Macpherson, The Life and Times of Liberal Democracy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977. G. Sartori, Democratic Theory (New Delhi: Oxford and IBH, 1965). Shibdas Ghosh, On Fascism (Calcutta: SUCI, 1975). Ruggiero, Liberalism in E.R.A. Seligman ed., Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, Vol. IV (NV., 1937). M. Freeden, The New Liberalism: An Ideology of Social Reform (London: OUP, 1978). D. Held, Models of Democracy (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1987). 21
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester IV BAPOL-0408 (Major Core Course VIII) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) UNIT I GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF U.K. AND SWITZERLAND (iv) British Political Traditions Nature and Source of British Constitution Conventions of British Constitution Socio-Economic Features of British Society 22
UNIT II UNIT III (iv) Monarchy, Cabinet and Parliament: Role and Functions Political Parties and Interest Groups in U.K. Rule of Law and Judicial System in U.K. CONSTITUTION OF SWITZERLAND Features of Constitution Socio-Economic Features of Swiss Society Federal System Direct Democracy UNIT IV GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES AND POLITICS OF SWITZERLAND (iv) Executive Legislature Judiciary Political Parties and Pressure Groups Essential/Selected Readings: A.H. Birch, The British System of Government, London: George Allen, 1970. Richard Rose, Politics in English, Boston: Little Brown,1965. R.M. Punnett, Government and Politics in Britain, London, 1975. James Harvey and Katherine Hood, the British State, London: Penguin,1979. Rey C. Mecndis and B.E. Browin, Comparative Politics: Notes and Readings, Home Wood III, Dorsey Press,1970. K.R. Bomball, Major Contemporary Constitutional System, Ambala Modern Publications. 23
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester IV BAPOL-0409 (Major Core Course IX) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) SOCIETY, ECONOMY AND POLITICS IN HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIT I Politics of Statehood Movement for attaining status of separate State Geography, Climate and Population 24
UNIT II Economy of Himachal Pradesh: Horticulture, Agriculture, Business, Trade and Industry Tourism and Hydro-electric Projects UNIT III Development of Political Parties Major political Parties, their support base and performance in the election Politics of Pressure Groups UNIT IV Caste Politics in Himachal Pradesh Politics of Sub-regionalism in Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj in Himachal Pradesh before and after 73 rd Amendments Essential/Selected Readings: M.S. Ahluwalia, History of Himachal Pradesh, New Delhi, Intellectual Publishing House, 1988. Mian Goverdhan Singh, History, Culture and Economy of Himachal, Shimla: Minerva Publishers, 1994. Ranbir Sharma, Party Politics in a Himalayan State, Delhi: National Publishing House, 1977. Ramesh K. Verma, Regionalism and Sub-Regionalism in State Politics, New Delhi, Deep and Deep Publications, 1994. Shakuntala, Panchayati Raj in Himachal, Delhi, Deep and Deep Publication, 1994. Documents: Statistical Outline of Himachal Pradesh, Economic Survey of Himachal Pradesh, State Gazetters Census Report all documents are Government of Himachal Pradesh Publications. 25
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 UNIT I Bachelor of Arts Semester V BAPOL-0510 (Major Core Course X) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) MODERN INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT Rammohan Roy : Rights Vivekananda : Humanism Tagore : Critique of Nationalism UNIT II M.N. Roy : Radical Humanism Gandhi : Ends and Means 26
UNIT III Aurobindo : Nationalism J.L. Nehru : Secularism Savarkar : Hindutva M. Jinnah: Two Nation Theory UNIT IV Ambedkar : Social Justice J.P. Narayan : Total Revolution R.M. Lohia : Socialism Essential/Selected Readings: Adi H. Doctor, JP s Total Revolution: An Exercise in Utopia. Delhi: Seema Publications, 1987. A.V. Rathna Reddy, The Political Philosophy of Swami Vivekananda. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1984. Thomas Pantham & Kenneth L. Deutsch. Political Thought in Modern India. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1996. V.P. Verma. Modern Indian Political Thought Agra: Lakshmi Narain Agarwal, 1980. W.N. Kuber. Ambedkar: A Critical Study. New Delhi: People s Publishing House, 1973. Jaffrelot Christophe. Dr. Ambedkar and Untouchability Analysing and Fighting Caste. Delhi: Permanent Black, 2004. Karan Singh. Prophet of Indian nationalism: A Study of Political Thought of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh (1893-1910). Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, 1970. Raghavan Iyer. The Moral and Political Thought of Mahatma Gandhi: Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1973. M.N. Roy. New Humanism: A Manifesto. Delhi: Ajanta Publications, 1981. J. Bondurant. Conquest of Violence: the Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967. M.N. Das, The Political Philosophy of Jawaharlal Nehru London: George Allen 7 Unwin, 1961. A.V. Rathna Reddy, The Political Philosophy of Swami Vivekananda. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1984. 27
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester V BAPOL-0511 (Major Core Course XI) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) CONSTITUTION, GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF USA AND CHINA UNIT I (iv) The American Political Traditions Socio-Economic Features of American Society Federal System Separation of Power and Checks & Balance System in USA 28
UNIT II (iv) The President of USA The Congress The Supreme Court Political Parties and Interest Groups UNIT III (iv) Chinese Revolutionary Legacy Socio-Economic Features of Chinese Society Features of the Constitution of China Fundamental Rights and Duties of Chinese Citizens UNIT IV (iv) (v) National People s Council Standing Committee State Council Judicial System in China Organization and Role of Communist Party of China Essential/Selected Readings: Baskin, Darryl. American Pluralist Democracy. New York: Von Nostrand, 1971. Caraley, D., ed. American Political Institutions. New York, Columbia, 1976. Dahi, R.A. Pluralist Democracy in the United States. Calcutta, Scientific Books, 1969. Epstern, L.D. Political Parties in Western Democracies. New York, Praeger, 1967. Finer, S.E. Comparative Government. London: Penguin, 1970. Macridis, R.C. and Ward, R.E. Major Political Systems, vol. I N.O. Prentice Hall, 1963. Rossiter, C., The American Presidency. New York, Harcourt Brace, 1960. D.J. Waller, Government and Politics of Communist China Jan Prybyla, Political Economy of Communist China John William Bewis, Leadership in Communist China 29
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester V BAPOL-0512 (Major Core Course XII) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT - I UNIT I UNIT II PLATO Theory of Justice Philosopher King ARISTOTLE 30
UNIT III UNIT IV State and Its Classification Theory of Revolution MACHIAVELLI On Politics and State Craft Views on ends and means BODIN Views on State Views on Sovereignty Essential/Selected Readings: A. Hacker, Political Theory: Philosophy, Ideology, Science New York, Macmillan, 1961. G.H. Sabine. A History of Political Theory. New Delhi: Oxford and IBH, 1937. C.L. Wayper. Political Thought. Bombay: B.I. Publications, 1977. Ernest Barker, Greek Political Theory: Plato and his Predecessors. London: Metheun & Co., 1970. M. Butterfield, The State Craft of Machiavelli, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1956. O.P. Bakshi; Politics and Prejudice: Notes on Aristotle s Political Theory. Delhi: The Delhi University Press, 1975. M.A. Shepard, Sovereignty at the Crossroads: A Study of Bodin, Political Science Quarterly XLV, pp.580-603. 31
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester VI BAPOL--0613 (Major Course XIII) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT - II UNIT I UNIT II HOBBES AND LOCKE Hobbes: Theory of Sovereignty Locke: Social Contract and Theory of Government ROUSSEAU Social Contract 32
UNIT III UNIT IV General Will BENTHAM AND J.S. NILL Bentham: Theory of Utilitarianism J.S. Mill: Views on Liberty KARL MARX Dialectical Materialism Theory of Surplus Value Classless and Stateless Society Essential/Selected Readings: L. Colleti. From Rousseau to Lenin. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1969. G.H. Sabine. A History of Political Theory. New Delhi: J.L. Thorson, Oxford and IBH, 1937. C.E. Vanghan. The Political Writings of Jean Jacques Rousseau, 2 Vols. New York, Jojn Wiley, 1962. C.L. Wayper, Political Thought. Bombay: B.I. Publication, 1977. H. Warrender. The Political Philosophy of Hobbes: His Theory of Obligation, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957. A. Hacker, Political Theory: Philosophy, Ideology Science. New York: Macmillan, 1961. J. Dunn. The Political Thought of John Locke An Historical Account of the Argument of the Two Treatises of Government. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968. S. Avineri Karl Marx: Social and Political Thought, New Delhi: S. Chand. 1976. L. Althusser. For Marx. London: Allen Lane, 1969. E. Barker. Social Contract: Locke, Hume Rousseau London: Oxford University Press, 1960. J.S. Mill. Utilitarianism, On Liberty and Considerations on Representative Government. London: Fontana, 1902. J.P. Plamentaz. The English Utilitarians. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1966. 33
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester VI BAPOL-0614 (Major Course XIV) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) UNIT I INDIAN FOREIGN POLICY Meaning and Nature of Foreign Policy Objectives of Indian Foreign Policy Determinants of Indian Foreign Policy Domestic Sources of Indian Foreign Policy UNIT II NON-ALIGNMENT MOVEMENT 34
NAM: Objectives and Role of NAM The Crises of Non-Alignment Policy Relevance of NAM in Contemporary World UNIT III INDIA S RELATION WITH USA AND CHINA Indo-US Relations: Pre-Cold War Era, Post-Cold war Era India-China Relations: Pre-Cold War Era, Post-Cold-War Era UNIT IV Indo-USSR Relation during Cold War Era Indo-Russia Relation in Post-Cold War Era India s Look East Policy Essential/Selected Readings: A. Appadorai, Domestic roots of Indian Foreign Policy, Oxford University Press, 1971. A. Appadorai, National Interest and India s Foreign Policy, Delhi: Kalinga Publications,1992. C.P. Bhambhri, Foreign Policy of India, New Delhi: Sterling, 1987. J. Bandyopadhyaya, The Making of India s Foreign Policy; Bombay Allied Publishers,1979. K.P. Mishra, ed., Studies in India s Foreign Policy; New Delhi: Vikas Publishing, 1989. P. Srivastava, ed., Non-Alignment Movement: Extending Frontiers; New Delhi: Kanishka Publishers, 2001. B.R. Nayar and T.V. Paul, India in the World Order, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. K.P. Karunakaran, India in World Affairs, Vol. I, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1958. M. Dubey, Indian Foreign Policy. Sumit Ganguly, ed., India as an Emerging Power. G.K. Bertsch and S. Gahlaut, ed., Engaging India-US Strategic Relations with the World s Largest Democracy, New York, Routledge, 1999. S.N. Verma, Foreign Policy Dynamics, Miscour and India, New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications, 1999. S. Singh, China-South Asia : Issues, Equations and Policies, New Delhi: Lancers Books, 2003. V.P. Dutt, India s Foreign Policy in a Changing World, New Delhi: Vikas Publications, 2002. J.N.Dixit, India s Foreign Policy, Picus Books. 35
CORE ELECTIVE (ADDITIONAL COURSE) BA POL-SCIENCE SEMESTER IV CODE: BAPOL-0415 Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 UNIT I Bachelor of Arts Semester IV BAPOL-0415 (Additional/Elective Course I) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) PARTY SYSTEM IN INDIA 36
Meaning of Political Parties and Kinds of Political Parties Features and Characteristics of Indian Party System Emerging Trends in Indian Party System UNIT II NATIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES INC: Organization, Ideology, Policies and nature of Mass Support BJP: Organization, ideology, Policies and Nature of Mass Support Electoral Performance of INC and BJP UNIT III UNIT IV CPI(M): Organization, Ideology, Policies and Nature of Mass support BSP: Organization, Ideology, Policies and Nature of Mass Support Electoral Performance of CPI(M) and BSP REGIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES Emergence of Regional Political Parties and Regionalization of Regional Forces Impact of Regional Political Parties on National Politics Essential/Selected Readings: Hasan F. Frankel, R.Z. Bhargava and B. Arora Transforming India: Social and Political Dynamics of Democracy. T.B. Hansen and C. Jaffrelot (eds.), The BJP and the Compulsions of Politics in India. Rajni Kothari, Parties and Party Politics in India. B. Arora and D.v. Demey (eds.), Multiple Identities in a Single State: Indian Federalism in Comparative Perspective. P.R. Desouza and E. Sridharan (eds.), India s Political Parties. P.R. Brass, The Politics of India since Independence. S. Baruah (eds.), Parties and Party Politics in India. Z. Hasan (ed.), Parties and Party Politics in India. B. Arora (eds.), Transforming India: Social and Political Dynamics of Democracy. 37
P.R. Brass, Language, Religion and Politics in North India. P. Chatterjee (ed.), State and Politics in India. Z. Hasan, (ed)., Pulitics and State in India. C. Jaffrelot, India s Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India. R. Roy and P. Wallace (ed.), Indian Politics and the 1998 Elections: Regionalism, Hindutva and State Politics. S. Pai Dalit Assertion and the Unfinished Democratic Revolution: The Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh. P.R. Brass, the Politics of India since Independence. P.R. Brass, Language, Religion and Politics in North India. Z. Hasan (ed.), Parties and Party Politics in India. Z. Hasan, Politics and the State in India. B. Arora ed., Transforming India: Social and Political Dynamics of Democracy. P. Chatterjee ed., State and Politics in India. C. Jaffrelot, India s Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in India. N.G. Jayal and P.B. Mehta, The Oxford Companion to Politics in India. S. Kaviraj, ed., Politics in India. A. Kohli, ed., The Success of India s Democracy. R. Kothari, Politics in India. 38
CORE ELECTIVE (ADDITIONAL COURSE) BA POL-SCIENCE SEMESTER V CODE: BAPOL-0516 Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester V BAPOL--0516 (Core Additional/Elective Course II) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) ELECTORAL PROCESS IN INDIA AND WORKING OF PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY UNIT I ELECTION SYSTEM IN INDIA Features, Merits and Demerits of Election System in India Election Commission: Compositions and Functions 39
(iv) Electoral Process in India Proposals for Reforms in Indian Electoral System UNIT II Voting Behaviours: Meaning, Features and Determinants Political Participation in India: Meaning, Features and Determinants Lok Sabha Elections since 1952 and Politics of Government Formation UNIT III Politics of Political Defection Politics of Reservation Parliamentary Democracy in India: Main Features Dynamics of Features of Politics in India UNIT IV WORKING OF PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY IN INDIA 1950-1967, 1967-1977, 1977-1979, 1980-89, 1989-2012 Parliamentary v. Presidential: The Debate Reasons for Demand for Scrapping of Parliamentary System and Its replacement A Case for Adoption for the Presidential System A Case for the Retention of the Parliamentary System Suggestion for Reforms in the Parliamentary System Conditions essential for success of Indian Parliamentary Democracy Essential/Selected Readings: P.R. Brass, The Politics of India since Independence, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974. Hasan, ed., Politics and Party System in India. Norman D. Palmer, Indian Political System, London: George Allen and Unwin, 1963. J.R. Sewach, Dynamic of Indian Government and Politics, New Delhi: Sterling, 1990. C.H. Philips, Politics and Society in India, London: George Allen and Unwin, 1963. M.V. Pylee, Constitutional Government, Bombay: Asia Publishing,1968. K.R. Bombwall, Indian Constitution and Administration, Ambala Cantt: Modern Publishers, 1970. A.S. Narang, Indian Government and Politics, Delhi: Gitanjali Press, 1994. C.P. Bhambhari, Politics in India since Independence, Delhi: Shipra 1990. K.C. Marbandan, Aspects of Indian Polity (Vol. I and II), Jullunder: ABS, 1990. V.R. Mehta, Democracy, Modernization and Politics in India, New Delhi: Manohar, 1988. 40
CORE ELECTIVE (ADDITIONAL COURSE) BA POL-SCIENCE SEMESTER VI CODE: BAPOL-0617 Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester VI BAPOL-0617 (Core Additional/Elective Course III) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) UNIT I What are Human Rights HUMAN RIGHTS 41
A Brief History of Human Rights Theory Difference between Civil Liberties, Democratic Rights and Human Rights (iv) Are Human Rights Universal? (v) Are Human Right Incontrovertible or Subjective? (vi) Ethics and Social Practice UNIT II (iv) Human Rights and Theoretical Traditions Human Rights: Modernity and Democratization The State and Human Rights Theory Human Rights and World Politics UNIT III (iv) Areas and Issues in Human Rights Areas and Nature of Human Rights Violation Human Rights and United Nations State: Protection and Regulation UNIT IV (iv) (v) Women and Human Rights Children and Woman Rights Poverty and Human Rights The Environment and Human Rights Human Rights in Globalized World Suggested Readings: Darren JO Byrne, Human Rights : An Introduction, New Delhi: Pearson Education in South Asia, 2008. K.G. Kannabiran, The Wage of Impunity, Orient Longman, 2004. C.J. Nirmal ed., Human Rights in India: Historical, Social and Political Perspectives, OIP, Delhi, 2004. M. Cranston. What are Human Rights? London: The Bodley Head, 1973. 42
CORE ELECTIVE (ADDITIONAL COURSE) BA POL-SCIENCE SEMESTER VI CODE: BAPOL-0618 Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 UNIT I Bachelor of Arts Semester VI BAPOL- 0618 (Core Elective/Additional Course IV) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) GOVERNANCE AND CRISES OF GOVERNABILILTY IN INDIA Governance: Meaning, Nature and Elements of Governance Role of E-Governance in Good Governance 43
(iv) (v) Transparency in Governance: Need and Significance Role of Accountability in Governance Role of Efficiency in Governance UNIT II (iv) Issues and Problem Areas in Good Governance and Governability in India Impact of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization on Governing Institutions of India Role of Media in India in Good Governance Bureaucratic Procedures and Mind set UNIT III Role of NGO s, Civil Society and Market Forces in Good Governance Role of Citizen Charter Role of Consumer Forum and Consumer Awareness (iv) R.T.I. Act of 2005 UNIT IV (iv) Role of Judicial Activism Lok Pal Lok Ayukta Administrative Reforms Suggested Readings: Shanti Kothari and Ramashray Roy, Relation Between Politicians and Administrator at the District Level, IIPA and the Centre for Applied Politics, Delhi, 1969. Pradeep Sahni and Medury Uma ed., Governance for Development, Issues and Strategies, New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India, 2003. Rajesh Tandon and Mohanty Ranjita, ed., Civil Society and Governance Issues and Problems, New Delhi: Sage, 2003. Bernard Rosen, Holding Government Bureaucracies Accountable, New York: Praeger, 1998. Joseph G. Jabbra and O.P. Dwivedi, Public Service Accountability, USA Bloonfield CT, Kumarian Press Ltd., 1998. M. Turner and D. Hulma, Governance, Administration and Development: Making the State Work, West Hardford, Kumarian Press Ltd., 1997. Atul Kohli, Democracy and Discontent: India s Growing Crisis of Governability, Cambridge University Press, 1991. 44
CORE ELECTIVE (ADDITIONAL COURSE) BA POL-SCIENCE SEMESTER VI CODE: BAPOL-0619 Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester VI BAPOL-0619 (Core Elective Additional Course V) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) UNIT I REGIONAL POLITICS IN INDIA Approaches to Study of Regional Politics in India: Myron Weiner, Iqbal Narain Regionalism: Meaning, Features and Determinants 45
UNIT II UNIT III UNIT IV Politics of Regionalism in Indian States BASIS OF SECCESSIONISM Kashmir Assam Demand of Gorkhaland as a Separate State Caste as factor in the politics of States with reference to North- South Variations Dravid Movement in Tamil Nadu Communal Politics in Indian State with special reference to Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat Variations of Socio-economic Development in different regions of India Regional Political Parties in Indian Politics: Akali Dal, TDP, NC, DMK, AIADMK Grassroot Politics in Indian States with special reference to Rajasthan, Karnataka and West Bengal Suggested Readings M.J. Akbar, India: the Siege Within: Challenge to a Nation s Unity, Middlesex: Penguine Books, 1985. Atul Kohli, Democracy and Discontent: India s Growing Crisis of Governability, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Paul R. Brass, politics of India since Independence, New Delhi: Shipra, 1996. Javeed Alam, India: Living with Modernity, New Delhi: Oxford University Press,1999. Myron Weiner, Indian Paradox: Essay in Indian Politics, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1989. Myron Weiner, Sons of the Soil: Migration and Ethenic Conflict in India, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1988. Balraj Puri, Kashmir Towards Insurgency, New Delhi: Orient Longman, 1993. P.S. Verma, Jammu and Kashmir at Political Cross roads, New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1994. Ramesh K. Chauhan, Punjab and Nationality Question in India, Delhi: Deep and Deep, 1995. Rajinder Kaur, Sikh Identity and National Integration, New Delhi: Intellectual Publishers, 1992. Magazines & Journals: Economic and Political Weekly, Mainstream, Social Scientist, Politics India, Frontline. 46
CORE ELECTIVE (ADDITIONAL COURSE) BA POL-SCIENCE SEMESTER VI CODE: BAPOL-0620 Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester VI BAPOL-0620 (Core Elective/Additional VI) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) UNIT I SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN INDIA 47
Nature of Social Movements in India Movements for Linguistic Reorganization of States UNIT II Peasants Movements in India: Nature, Leadership, Issues, Participation, Appraisal and Impact on Indian Politics Workers Movement: Nature, Leadership, Issues, Participation, Appraisal and Impact on Indian Politics UNIT III Tribal Movements: Nature, Leadership, Issues, Participation, Appraisal and Impact on Indian Politics Dalit Movement: Nature, Leadership Issues, Participation, Appraisal and Impact on Indian Politics UNIT IV Suggested Readings: O.B.C. Movement: Nature, Leadership Issues, Participation, Appraisal and Impact on Indian Politics Women s Movement: Nature, Leadership Issues, Participation, Appraisal and Impact on Indian Politics S.P. Aiyar, (ed.), The Politics of Mass Violence in India, (Bombay: Manaktalas, 1966). Javeed Alam, Peasantry, Politics and Hitoriography: Critique of New Trend in Relation to Marxism Social Scientist 11(2) February, 1983. Ralf Dahrendrof, Class and Class Conflict in Industrial Soceity, Stanford: Stamford University Press, 1959. D. Dhanagare, Peasant Movements in India 1920-50, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1983. Kathleen Gough, Indian Peasant Uprising, Economic and Political Weekly, 9(32-34), Special Number, August 1974. Ranjit Guha, Elementary Aspects of Peasants insurgency in Colonial India, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1983. T.R. Gurr, Why Men Rebel, Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press, 1970. Joseph Gusfield, Peasant, Reform and Revolt: A reader in Social Movements, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1970. 48
G.S. Bhalla, Peasant Movements and Agrarian Change in India, Social Scientist, 11(8) August, 1983. Sukhbir Chaudhary, Peasant and Workers Movements in India 1905-1929, New Delhi, People s Publishing House, 1971. A.R. Desai, ed., Peasant Struggles in India, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1979. A.P.R.V. ed., Nationality Question in India, Hydrabad: Andhra Pradesh Student Union: 1982. S.C. Chanbe, Hill Politics in North-East India, Longman,1973. New Delhi: Orient K.S. Singh, ed., Tribal Situation in India, Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1972. K.S. Singh, ed., Tribal Movements in India, Delhi: Manohar, 1983. L.P. Mathur, Resistance Movements of Tribals of India, Udaipur: Himanshu Publications,1988. L.B. Aggarwal, Harizans in Rebellion, Bombay: Taraporewala & Sons,1934. D.B. Forrester, The Depressed Classes and Conversion to Christianity, Delhi: Manohar, 1977. Trilok Nath, Politics of the Depressed Classes, Delhi: Deputy Publication: 1987. R.C. Aggarwal, Women s Liberation in India, Delhi Vikas, 1974. K. Chattopadhyay, Awakening of Indian Women, Madras: Everyman s Press, 1939. Kumari Jayawardena, Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World: In the 19 th & Early 20 th Century, the Hague: Institute of Social Studies. 49
CORE ELECTIVE (ADDITIONAL COURSE) BA POL-SCIENCE SEMESTER VI CODE: BAPOL-0621 Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester VI BAPOL-0621 (Core Elective/Additional VII) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) INDIA AND HER NEIGHBOURS UNIT I Colonial Legacies INDIA AND PAKISTAN 50
Geographical and Strategic Importance Demographic, Socio-Cultural Composition (iv) Natural Resources (v) Development, Democracy and Dictatorship (vi) Nuclear Policy of India and Pakistan (vii) Kashmir Question (viii) Areas of Cooperation and Conflict UNIT II INDIA AND BANGLADESH Colonial Legacies Geographical and Strategic Importance Demographic, Socio-Cultural Composition (iv) Natural Resources (v) Development, Democracy and Dictatorship (vi) Refugee Problem (vii) Ganga Water Issue (viii) Areas of Cooperation and Conflict UNIT III (iv) (v) (vi) UNIT IV (iv) (v) INDIA AND SRILANKA Geographical and Strategic Importance Demographic, Socio-Cultural Composition Natural Resources Development and Democracy Tamil Question Areas of Cooperation and Conflicts INDIA AND NEPAL Historical Relations with Nepal Geographical and Strategic Importance Demography and Socio-Cultural Composition Development and Democracy Areas of Cooperation and Conflict Suggested Readings: Manzoorudin Ahmed, Contemporary Pakistan Politics, Economy and Society, Karachi, Royal Book, 1988. Tariq Ali, Can Pakistan Survive: Death of States, Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1983. Keith Callard, Political Forces in Pakistan, New York: the Macmillan Company, 1989. 51
Mohatamed Ali Choudhary, the Emergence of Pakistan, New York: Culumbia University Press, 1967. Rafiuddein Ahmed (ed.), Islam in Bangladesh Society, Culture and Politics, Dacca: University Press, 1983. Robin Blackburn (ed.), Explosion in Subcontinent India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Ceylon, Harmountsworth: Penguin, 1975. Robert Jackson, South Asian Crises, India, Pakistan Bangladesh, New Delhi: Vikas Publishers, 1978. K.M.D. Desilva, Srilanka : A Survey, London: C. Hurst Company, 1978. E.F.C. Ludowyke, The Story of Ceylon, New Delhi: Navrang, 1985. Urmila Phadins, Ethnicity and Nation Building in South Asia, New Delhi: Sage Publication, 1989. Urmila Phadins, Religion and Politics in Sri Lanka, Delhi: Manohar Book, 1976. Rajiva Vijesinha, The Current Crises in Sri Lanka, new Delhi: Navrang, 1986. W.C. Herward, Wringing, Ceylon: Dilemmas of a New nation, New Delhi: Young Asian Publication, 1980. L.S. Baral, Opposition Politics in Nepal, New Delhi: Abhinav Publishers, 1977. R.S. Chauhan, Opposition Politics in Nepal, New Delhi: Associated Publishing House, 1971. S.D. Muni (ed.), Assertive Monarchy, New Delhi: Chetna Publication, 1977. Kusum, Rishikesh, Shah, Nepali Politics: Retrospect and Prospect, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1985. Shreshta, Monarchy in Nepal, New Delhi, 1988. R. Jahan ed. Bangladesh, Promise and Performance Dhaka, The University Press, Dhaka Avatar Singh Bhasin, India in Sri Lanka between Lion and Tiger, New Delhi, Manas Publication 2004. M.R.Narayan Swami, The Tiger Vanquished LTTE s Stay, New Delhi, Sales Publications, 2010. 52
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 BAPOL-0101 Minor/Elective Core Course I(a) (Semester I) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL SCIENCE UNIT I (v) Meaning, Nature and Scope of Political Science (vi) Political Science: Science or an Art (vii) Relationship of Political Science with History, Economics and Sociology (viii) Relationship with Political Theory and Political Philosophy UNIT II (iv) (v) STATE Elements of State Difference between State and Government, State and Society, State and Association 53
(vi) UNIT III (iv) (v) (vi) UNIT IV (iv) (v) (vi) Sovereignty: Features, Kinds, Monistic and Pluralistic Theory THEORIES OF ORIGIN OF STATE Social Contract Theory Historical Theory Marxist Theory FUNCTIONS OF STATE Liberal Theory of Functions of State Welfare Theory of Functions of State Marxist Theory of Functions of State Essential/Selected Readings: Sushila Ramaswamy, Political Theory: Ideas and Concepts. New Delhi: Macmillan India, 2004. Adi H. Doctor, Issues in Political Theory. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1985. R.M. MacIver. The Modern State. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1926. A.P.D. Entreves, the Notion of the State Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967. M.P. Jain, Political Theory: Liberal and Marxian Delhi: Authors Guild Publications, 1979. A.C. Kapur, Principles of Political Science. New Delhi: S. Chand and Company, 1981. 54
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester II BAPOL--0204 Minor /Elective Core Course II(a) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) GOVERNMENT IN INDIA AND ITS FUNCTIONING UNIT I LEGISLATURE Composition, Powers and Position of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Speaker of Lok Sabha Legislative Processes in Parliament Working of Parliament UNIT II UNION EXECUTIVE 55
President of India: Election, Powers and Position Cabinet form of Government Prime Minister: Appointment, Powers and Position UNIT III JUDICIARY Features of Judicial System in India Composition, Powers and Position of Supreme Court Judicial Review, Judicial Activism and Lok Adalat UNIT IV Finance Commission Planning Commission National Development Council Essential/Selected Readings: D. Kapur and P.B. Mehta (ed.), Public Institution in India, Performance and Design, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2005. B.L. Shankar and V. Rodriguez, The Indian Parliament: A Democracy at Work, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2011. A. Austin, Working a Democratic Constitution, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2000. A.K. Mehra and G.W. Kueck (eds.), The Indian Parliament: A Comparative Perspective, New Delhi: Konark Publishers, 2003. L.I. Rudolph and S.H. Rudolph, Explaining Indian Democracy: A Fifty Year Perspective 1956-2006, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2008. B. Arora and D. Verney (eds.), Multiple Identities in a Single State: Indian Federalism in Comparative Perspective, Delhi: Konark 1995. K. Le Roy, C. Saunders and J. Kincaid (eds.), A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Montreal: Queen s University Press, 2006. W.H. Morri S. Jones, Government and Politics in India, London: Unwin 1971. Norman D. Palmer, Indian Political Systems London, George Allan and Unwin, 1963. 56
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester II BAPOL-0222 (Minor/Elective Core Course II a) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) EMERGING TRENDS IN INDIAN POLITICS UNIT I Casteism: Meaning, Features, Impact of Caste on Indian Politics, Communalism and Secularism: Meaning, Features, Causes and Impact on Indian Politics. Regionalism: Meaning, Causes and Features, Regional Imbalances: Indicators and Impact on Indian Politics 57
UNIT II Emergence of Regional Political Parties Regional Political Parties with Special Reference to National Conference, Akali Dal, DMK, Telgu Desham Impact of Regional Political Parties on National Politics UNIT III Coalition Politics in India Coalition Politics in States UNIT IV Globalization: Meaning, Features and its Effect on Indian Economy Issues of Environment in India Essential/Selected Readings: P.R. Brass, The Politics of India since Independence, New Delhi: Cambridge University Press and Foundation Books 1999. S. Kaviraj (ed.), Politics in India: New Delhi, Oxford University Press,1999. A.S. Narang, Ethnic Identities and Federalism, Shimla: IIAS 1995. Arvind N. Ada, India Invented: A Nation in the Making, New Delhi: Manohar 1992. Atul Kohli, Democracy and Discontent: India s Growing Crisis of Governability, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,1991. V.R. Mehta, Ideology, Modernization and Politics in India, New Delhi: Manohar, 1988. Myron Weiner, The Indian Paradox, Essays in Indian Politics, New Delhi: Sage 1989. Iqual Narain ed., State Politics in India, Meerut: Meenakshi Pub.,1976. Randhir Singh, Of Marxism and Indian politics, Delhi: Ajanta Publications, 1990. Randhir Singh, Five Essays in Marxist Mode Delhi: Ajanta Publications, 1993. Mohanan (ed.), Globalization of Economy, Vision for the Future, New Delhi, Gyan Publications, 1995. 58
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester III BAPOL-0305 Minor/Elective Core Course III(a) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICS UNIT I (iv) (v) (vi) UNIT II (iv) (v) (vi) Meaning, Nature and Scope of International Politics Relevance and Importance of International Politics Imperialism and Colonialism: Modern Trends Realist Approach to the Study of International Politics Idealist Approach to the Study of International Politics Game Theory UNIT III 59
(iv) (v) (vi) UNIT IV (iv) (v) (vi) National Power: Elements and Limitations National Interest Balance of Power (Meaning, Devices and Contemporary Relevance) Collective Security: Meaning and Safeguards Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, Devices under U.N. Charter Disarmament and Arms Control, Obstacles to Nuclear Disarmament Essential/Selected Readings: Banerjee, A. Marxist Theory and Third World. New Delhi: Sage, 1984. Beitz, C.A. Political Theory and International Relations. New York: Columbia University Press, 1977. Bull H., The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in International Politics. New York: Columbia University Press, 1977. Burton, J.W. International Relations: A General Theory. Bombay: Allen and Unwin, 1971. Dougherty, J.E. and Pfaltzgraff, Jr., R.L. Contending Theories of International Relations. New York: Philadelphia, 1971. Deutsch, K. The Analysis of International Relations. Eaglewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1968. Holsti, K. International Politics: Framework for Analysis. Eaglewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1983. Kaplan, Mortan. System and Processes in International Politics. New Yhork: Wiley and Sons, 1962. Kegly and Wittkopf. World Politics: Trends and Transformation, New York: St. Martin Press, 1985. Lieber, R.J. Theory and World Politics. London, Allen and Unwin, 1972. Mishra, K.P. and Blum, R., eds. Approaches to International Politics, New Delhi: J.N.U., 1981. Morganthau, H. Politics Among Nations. Calcutta, Scientific New Agency, 1969. Morganthau, H. and Thompson, K. Politics Among Nations. Struggle for Power and Peace. New Delhi: Kalyani Press, 1985. Rosenau, James N. (ed. International Politics and Foreign Policy: A Reader in Research and Theory. New York: The Free Press of Glencoe, 1961. Tomashevley, D. Lenin s Ideas and Modern International Relations. Moscow: Progress Publication, 1974. Wright, Q. The Study of International Relation. New York: Appleton-Century Crofts, 1955. 60
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester III BAPOL-0323 Minor/Elective Core Course III(a) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) UNIT I NATIONALISM IN INDIA Nature of British Colonialism Impact of British Colonialism on Indian Society 61
UNIT II Causes of Rise of Nationalism Emergence of Indian National Congress and its Objectives UNIT III Moderate Era: Ideology, Methods and Achievements Extreme Nationalist Era: Causes of Rise of Extreme Nationalism, Ideology, Methods and Achievements UNIT IV Gandhian Era upto 1935 Gandhian Era 1935 to 1947 Main Events of Indian national Movement and Their Impact on Movement Essential/Selected Readings: S. Bandopadhyay, From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern India, New Delhi: Orient Longman, 2004. P.R. Desouza (ed.), Contemporary India Transitions, New Delhi: Sage 2000. A.D. Smith, Nationalism, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2001. A. Jalal and S.Bose, Modern South Asia: History, Culture and Political Economy, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. Bettleheim, Charles, India Independence. Delhi, Khosla, 1977. Curien, Mathew. Society and Politics in India. Desai, A.R. social Background of Indian Nationalism. Bombay: Popular, 1966. Gautam, Om. P. The Indian National Congress: An Analytical Biography. Delhi. B.R. Pub., 1985. Philips, C.H. Politics and Society in India. London, George Allen and Unwin, 1963. Rudolph, Susanne, H. Consensus and Conflict in Indian Society, World Politics, Vol. 12 (April, 1961), pp.385-99. Weiner, Mayron. India s two Political Cultures in Lucien Pye and Sidney Verba, eds., Political Culture and Political Development Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1965. 62
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester IV BAPOL-0409 Minor/Elective Core Course IV(a) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) SOCIETY, ECONOMY AND POLITICS IN HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIT I Politics of Statehood Movement for attaining status of separate State Geography, Climate and Population 63
UNIT II Economy of Himachal Pradesh: Horticulture, Agriculture, Business, Trade and Industry Tourism and Hydro-electric Projects UNIT III Development of Political Parties Major political Parties, their support base and performance in the election Politics of Pressure Groups UNIT IV Caste Politics in Himachal Pradesh Politics of Sub-regionalism in Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj in Himachal Pradesh before and after 73 rd Amendments Essential/Selected Readings: M.S. Ahluwalia, History of Himachal Pradesh, New Delhi, Intellectual Publishing House, 1988. Mian Goverdhan Singh, History, Culture and Economy of Himachal, Shimla: Minerva Publishers, 1994. Ranbir Sharma, Party Politics in a Himalayan State, Delhi: National Publishing House, 1977. Ramesh K. Verma, Regionalism and Sub-Regionalism in State Politics, New Delhi, Deep and Deep Publications, 1994. Shakuntala, Panchayati Raj in Himachal, Delhi, Deep and Deep Publication, 1994. Documents: Statistical Outline of Himachal Pradesh, Economic Survey of Himachal Pradesh, State Gazetters Census Report all documents are Government of Himachal Pradesh Publications. 64
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 UNIT I Bachelor of Arts Semester IV BAPOL-0424 Minor/Elective Course IV (a) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) GRASSROOT DEMOCRACY IN INDIA Historical Background of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in India after Independence Constitutional Recognition of PRIs in India after Independence UNIT II GRAM PANCHAYAT Gram Sabha 65
Composition and Functions of Gram Panchayat UNIT III PANCHAYAT SAMITI Composition and Functions Zila Parishad Composition and Functions UNIT IV Features of 74 th Amendment Composition and Functions of Municipal Corporation Essential/Selected Readings: Z. Haran, E. Sridharan and R. Sudharshan (ed.), India s Living Constitution: Ideas, Practices and Controversies. R. Samaddar, The Politics of Autonomy, Indian Experiences N.G. Jayal, A Prakash and P. Sharma (eds.), Local Governance in India: Decentralization and Beyond. 66
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester V BAPOL-0511 Minot/Elective Core Course V(a) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial: 1 hour each) CONSTITUTION, GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF USA AND CHINA UNIT I (v) The American Political Traditions (vi) Socio-Economic Features of American Society (vii) Federal System (viii) Separation of Power and Checks & Balance System in USA 67
UNIT II (v) The President of USA (vi) The Congress (vii) The Supreme Court (viii) Political Parties and Interest Groups UNIT III (v) Chinese Revolutionary Legacy (vi) Socio-Economic Features of Chinese Society (vii) Features of the Constitution of China (viii) Fundamental Rights and Duties of Chinese Citizens UNIT IV (vi) National People s Council (vii) Standing Committee (viii) State Council (ix) Judicial System in China (x) Organization and Role of Communist Party of China Essential/Selected Readings: Baskin, Darryl. American Pluralist Democracy. New York: Von Nostrand, 1971. Caraley, D., ed. American Political Institutions. New York, Columbia, 1976. Dahi, R.A. Pluralist Democracy in the United States. Calcutta, Scientific Books, 1969. Epstern, L.D. Political Parties in Western Democracies. New York, Praeger, 1967. Finer, S.E. Comparative Government. London: Penguin, 1970. Macridis, R.C. and Ward, R.E. Major Political Systems, vol. I N.O. Prentice Hall, 1963. Rossiter, C., The American Presidency. New York, Harcourt Brace, 1960. D.J. Waller, Government and Politics of Communist China Jan Prybyla, Political Economy of Communist China John William Bewis, Leadership in Communist China 68
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 Lecture 1 Hr. Tutorial 1Hr. Practical 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester V BAPOL-0525 Minor/Elective Core Course V (a) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) UNIT I INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (iv) Emergence of UNO An Evaluation of UN Charter UNO and Its Organs: ECOSOC, UNESCO, WHO General Assembly 69
(v) United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) UNIT II Security Council of UNO Composition and Functions Role of Security Council in maintaining World Peace India s Contribution in maintaining World Peace UNIT III International Court of Justice Composition and Functions IMF : Composition and Functions European Union UNIT IV SAARC: Composition and Functions ASEAN : Composition and Function WTO: Composition and Functions Essential/Selected Readings: J.A. Moore and Pubantz, The New United Nations J. Goldstein and J.C. Pevehouse, International Relations P. Taylor and A.J.R. Groom, The United Nations at the Millennium S.B. Garcis and J. Varwick, The United Nations : An Introduction R. Thakur, Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain, The UN at Fifty 70
Semester End Examination System: Maximum Marks Allotted Minimum Pass Marks Time Allowed 50 23 03:00Hrs. Paper Setting Scheme: Section No. of Questions Syllabus Coverage Nature of Questions and Answers Questions to be attempted A 10 (1 mark each) Complete Objective Type 10 10 B 5(2 marks each) Complete Short answer type 05 10 (25 words) C 10(3 marks each) Complete Medium answer 05 15 type (50 words) D 3 (15 marks each) Complete Long answer type 01 15 (1000 words) Maximum Marks Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) Pattern: Minor Test Marks Class Test/ Tutorials Quiz/Seminars/ Attendance Total /Assignments presentation marks Total 15 Marks Test I 15 10 Subject Matter 05 05 50 Test II 15 Total 30 Course: Credits 4 L T P 48 12 0 Course Type Core / Elective Lecture to be Delivered 60 Bachelor of Arts Semester I/II/III BA**22 Compulsory Paper (Other than Political Science Students) Total Teaching: 60 days (Lectures: 48 Tutorial: 12) (Lecture and Tutorial : 1 hour each) CONSTITUTION OF INDIA Credit: 03 Unit-I Constituent Assembly: Socio-Economic composition of Constituent Assembly. Working of the constituent Assembly and making of the Indian Constitution. Preamble of the Indian Constitution. Features of Indian Constitution. 71
(iv) (v) Fundamental Rights and Duties. Directive Principles of State Policy Unit-II Executive: President, Election, Powers, Emergency Powers and Position. Prime Minister: Appointment, Functions and Position. Cabinet: Features of Cabinet system, Formation of Cabinet, Functions and working Unit-III Legislature: Parliament (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) Composition powers and Position Role of Parliament. Speaker: Appointment, Functions Powers and Position. (iv) Committee System of Parliament. (v) Amendment Procedure in Parliament. Unit IV Judiciary: Supreme Court: Composition Functions and Position. Judicial Review. Co-relation Between Executive, Legislature and Judiciary (iv) Federal Structure: Centre-State Relations. (v) Grass Root democracy: Panchayati Raj institutions, 73 rd Amendment. Suggested Readings Grenville Austin, The Indian Constitution: The Cornerstone of a Nation, New York: OVP K.R. Bobwall, Indian Constitution and administration, Ambala Cantt: Modern, 1970 Mathew Curien, Society and Politics in India. Norman D. palmer: Indian Political System London: George Allen and Union,1971 M.V. Pylee, Constitutional Government, Bombay, Asia, 1968. Rajni Kothari Politics in India, Delhi Oriented Long Man, 1972 W.H. Morris Jones, Government and Politics in India, London: Hutchiuson, 1967. R.L. Hardgrave Jr. India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation, New York: Harconrt Brace, 1975. 72