Syllabus for
Master of Arts (International Studies)
Academic Year  (2023)

Master of Arts in International Studies (MAIS) is an inter-disciplinary programme; students integrate and apply knowledge across disciplines in order to analyze global issues and problems. It equips students with analytical and critical skills to understand contemporary international politics and prepare them for a range of professions that require knowledge of international affairs. The Programme is designed to provide graduates the expertise and skills appropriate for a range of public and private sector careers where an advanced knowledge and understanding of contemporary international societies is integral to their work.

Programme Outcome/Programme Learning Goals/Programme Learning Outcome:

PO2: Apply the knowledge in analyzing and bringing creative solutions to complex international issues through cooperation, conflict resolution, diplomacy and creative thinking.

PO3: Demonstrate critical, analytical, research, problem-solving, self-learning and communication skills required for a range of careers in public and private sectors and also for self-employment.

PO4: Demonstrate entrepreneurship, innovativeness, and continuous learning.

PO5: Exhibit dynamism, consultative decision-making, team building and such other leadership qualities.

Continuous Internal Assessment   100 marks

CIA 1   Written assignments                                                 20 marks

CIA 2   Mid Semester  Examinations                                     50 marks

CIA 3    Written assignments and presentations                     20 marks

Attendance                                                                         10 marks.

End Semester Examinations                                                 100 Marks

·       Nature and Significance of political theory

·       Major approaches in political theory

•   Contemporatry debate on State Sovereignty

• Liberty
• Equality
• Justice
• Rights,
• Power

·       Liberalism

·        Conservatism

·        Socialism

·       Fascism

·       Nationalism

•  Gandhism

·       The economy and society

·       Political culture, identity and legitimacy

·       Mass media and political communication

•  Groups, interests and movements

Course Description:

 This is a principles-level course in International Economics for non-majors. International economics is the area of economics concerning transactions and interactions between agents (consumers, firms and governments) of different countries. The main goal is to introduce students to general principles of both international microeconomics and international macroeconomics.

First part of the course deals with basic microeconomics concepts and tools like demand and supply, cost and revenue, market structure and its types (1stand 2nd unit) after learning tools of economics 3rd unit focuses on international trade and gains from trade. Initially, we will see the main theories explaining international trade: who benefits from trade, why certain trade patterns appear, how international trade is related to income distribution, etc. Then in unit 4, we will focus on international trade policy: what are the instruments to encourage or discourage trade, why trade is not as prevalent as the theory would imply, and what are the main arguments for and against free trade. Unit 5 and 6 deals with balance of payment and exchange rate system, it’s important to understand these concepts in order to frame a correct policy for the economic growth and development in the era of globalization and liberalization. The last part of the course will focus on international macroeconomics, or open economy macroeconomics. It will go over exchange rate determination, the interaction between exchange rates, interest rates, inflation, and aggregate output; and discuss international monetary systems.

 Course Objectives

•        Introduce students to principles in international economics.

•        Provide a basic understanding of the workings of international trade, foreign exchange determination etc.

•        Develop economic reasoning and approach towards international relations

Introduction to economics, Production Possibility Frontier, Basics: Supply and Demand, Market Equilibrium,. Opportunity cost, Isoquants, Indifference Curve Analysis., Types of Market structure

Cost and Revenue Analysis, types of cost, types of revenue, Price and output determination under different types of market structure.

Theories of International Trade:  Absolute & Comparative Advantage Theory, Heckscher-Ohlin Theory,  Terms of Trade, Factors affecting ToT, Economic Growth and Development, Factor Endowment growth , Prebisch-Singer Thesis, Immiserising Growth-Jadgish Bhagwati

1. Tariffs and its Effects
2. Non Tariff Trade Barriers-import quotas, voluntary export agreements, subsidies, buy national policies, product and safety standards, and content requirements.
3. Other Instruments of Trade Policy

Free Trade Vs Protection

1. Balance of Trade Vs BOP
2. Accounts in BOP
3. Disequilibrium in BOP and its effects
4. Measures to Correct BOP

1. Foreign Exchange Markets and Systems
2. Theories of Exchange Rate Determination- Mint Theory,
3. Purchasing power parity Theory
4. BOP theory

National Income,

Aggregate demand and supply,

Inflation,

Unemployment,

Fiscal policy and monetary policy,

Exim Policy.

—  International Economics – Cherunilam

—  International Economics – Dominick Salvatore

—  International Economics – H.G Mannur

—  International Economics – Raj Kumar

—  International Economics- Bo Sodersten

—  International Economics- Robert J. Carbaugh

—  International Economics: Theory and Policy - Paul R. Krugman and Maurice Obstfeld

—  Textbook of Economics – William Boyes & Michael Melvin

 Deviga Vengedasalam, Karunagaran Madhavan: Principles of Economics. 3 rd Edition

Krugman, Obstfeld, Melitz. International Economics: Theory and Policy, 10th Edition, 2012. Pearson.

Rajkumar: International economics, latest edition. Excel book

—  International Economics – Dominick Salvatore

—  International Economics – H.G Mannur

—  International Economics – Raj Kumar

—  International Economics- Bo Sodersten

—  International Economics- Robert J. Carbaugh

—  International Economics: Theory and Policy - Paul R. Krugman and Maurice Obstfeld

—  Textbook of Economics – William Boyes & Michael Melvin

• CIA I – Class Test / Assignment / Presentation            – 10%

• CIA II – Mid Semester Examination                                – 25%

• CIA III – Class Test / Assignment / Presentation             – 10%

• Attendance                                                                    – 05%

• End Semester Examination                                              – 50%

                                                                                                    TOTAL 100%

The study of international relations takes a wide range of theoretical approaches. Some emerge from within the discipline itself; others have been imported, in whole or in part, from disciplines such as economics or sociology. This course introduces students to some of the most important theory and practice for studying 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. The aim of the course is to understand International relations and its multidisciplinary nature where the student will be accommodated with contemporary trend of multidisciplinary discourse.

International Relations: Meaning, nature, scope and importance; Meaning, elements, evaluation of national power, Approaches to International Peace: Balance of Power; Collective Security; Disarmament and arms control and War

Emmanuel Kant on perpetual peace, Hugo Grotius on International Relation, Karl Smith, Thucydides, Confucius, Arthashastra, Thomas Hobbes, Aquinas.

Idealism, Realism, Liberalism, Neo-Realism and Neo-Liberalism, System theory  World Systems, Functionalism and Neo-functionalism, New-world order, Dependency theory, Game theory and Marxist approaches

Historical sociology, Normative theory, Social Constructivism, Postmodernism, post- colonialism, critical theory and Neo- Marxist Approaches in IR

Non-traditional Security threats in International Relations, Green Politics in International Relations, Globalization and new orders of non-State actors, and Feminist Theories, Language and Symbols in International Relations

Smith, M. and R. Little. “Introduction.” Perspectives on World Politics. New York: Routledge, 2000. 1-17. Print.  

Baylis, John and Steve Smith. The Globalization of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations. 4thedn. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. 1-6. Print. 

Cox, M. “From the Cold War to the War on Terror.” The Globalization of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations. Eds. John Baylis and Steve Smith. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. 141-155. Print.

Bull, H. “The Balance of Power and International Order”. Perspectives on World Politics. New York: Routledge, 2000. 1-17. Print.

Dunne, T. “Liberalism.”The Globalization of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations. Eds. John Baylis and Steve Smith. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. 185-203. Print.

Keohane, R.O. and Joseph S. Nye. “Trans-governmental Relations and the International Organisation.” Perspectives on World Politics. Eds. M. Smith and R. Little. New York: Routledge, 2000. 229-241. Print.

Moravcsik, Andrew. “Taking Preferences Seriously: A Liberal Theory of International Politics.” International Organisation51.4 (1997): 513-553. Print.

Keohane, Robert O. and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Power and Interdependence. 3rd edn., Addison-Wesley, 2000. 3-52. Print.

Snyder, Jack. Myths of Empire: Domestic Politics and International Ambition. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1991. Print.

Tickner, Ann J. “You Just Don’t Understand: Troubles Engagements Between Feminists and IR Theorists.” International Studies Quarterly 41.4 (1997, December): 611-632. Print.

Peterson, Spike. Gendered States: Feminist (Re)Visions of International Relations Theory. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1992. Print.

Enloe, Cynthia. Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. Print.

Cohn, Carol and Cynthia Weber. “Missions, Men and Masculinities.” International Feminist Journal of Politics 1.4: 435-451. Print. 

 Moravcsik, Andrew. “Taking Preferences Seriously: A Liberal Theory of International Politics.” International Organisation51.4 (1997): 513-553. Print. 

Keohane, Robert O. and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Power and Interdependence. 3rdedn., Addison-Wesley, 2000. 3-52. Print. 

Halliday, F. Rethinking International Relations. London: Macmillan, 1994. 147-166. Print. 

Nicholson, M. International Relations: A Concise Introduction. New York: Palgrave, 2002.120-122. Print. 

Galtung, J. “A Structural Theory of Imperialism.”Perspectives on World Politics. Eds. M. Smith and R. Little. New York: Routledge, 2000. 292-304. Print.

Wallerstein, I. “The Rise and Future Demise of World Capitalist System: Concepts for Comparative Analysis.” Perspectives on World Politics. Eds. M. Smith and R. Little. New York: Routledge, 2000. 292-304. Print. 

CIA II – Mid Semester Examination – 25%

CIA III – Class Test / Assignment / Presentation – 10% 

 Attendance – 05%

 End Semester Examination – 50%

 TOTAL 100%

COURSE OBJECTIVES: : It is essential to understand how the contemporary world, its priorities and articulations are rooted in the modern period. Broadly identified as beginning from 1800’s and lasting till 1950’s, Modernism was a conceptual movement that influenced the progress of History and Culture of the entire world. It was this pre war world that engineered the historical, political, social, economic and cultural sensibilities of Contemporary period and hence it becomes crucial to understanding International Relations. 

Liberalism and Nationalism in the early 19th century b) Social Darwinism c) Nationalism and nation States: Unification of Italy and Germany. d) The Romantic era: Concerns and Features- Romanticism  and Musical Nationalism of Richard Wagner – Romanticism in Art and Literature of Goya and Wolfgang von Gothe -Intellectual background of Romanticism: Kant, Hegel and Marx

Colonialism in Africa b) Pre colonial and colonial Africa : European presence  c)Scramble for Africa d) Consolidation of colonial rule: Raw materials and markets, peasant producers, economic impact, early expressions of nationalism.

 e)The People and Cultures of Africa: Religion and Society in early Africa,

  African literature and literary movements, impact of African culture on the West.           

a)      Ruptures in Ottomanization,and the issue of eastern question

b)       Arab nationalism – Arabia during the world wars.

c)      Western interventions and regional friction in China: Anglo Chinese confrontations, revolution and the republic-   Japan: Period of assertion 1860 to 1920.           

a)      USA: Formation of national identity – Struggle for nationhood: westward expansion and  the civil war – Idea of USA: i)The age of Jazz ii) Literature: Emerson and David Thoreau iii) Architecture: Frank Lyod Wright 

b)      Early colonial empires in Latin America: Portugal, Spain and France, the age of conquistadores,  Portuguese empire in the Atlantic,

c)   Plantation economy, Slave trade and its impact on Europe.

c) Colonial culture and liberation movements.      

2. Kevin Shillington, History of Africa, Palgrave Macmillan 2012

3. Edited, US History, Rice University, 2017

4.Meenaxi Phukan, Rise of the Modern West, Trinity Press 1998

2.  Carr, E.H. International Relations between the Two World Wars: 1919 – 1939. NewYork: Palgrave, 2004.

3. Taylor, A.J.P. The Origins of the Second World War. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1961.

4.      Carrthuthers, S.L. “International History, 1900- 1945.”The Globalisation of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations. Eds. John Baylis and Steve Smith.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005

6      Calvocoressi, P. World Politics: 1945 – 2000. Essex: Pearson, 2005.

7.     Scott, L. “International History, 1945 – 1990.” The Globalisation of World Politics An Introduction to International Relations. Eds. John Baylis and Steve Smith.

CIA I – Class Test / Assignment / Presentation                     10%

CIA II – Mid Semester Examination                                      25%

CIA III – Research Topic                                                      10%

Attendance                                                                              05%

End Semester Examination                                                     50%                                        

TOTAL                                                                        100%

   Scheme of Evaluation: For all Sections     

50% of the marks for Factual writin

 40% of the marks for Interpretation, Analysis                                                             

 10% of the marks for Writing style that include  grammar, vocabulary, spelling ,presentation

Indian foreign policy reflects the perceptions and priorities of our political, economic and military leaderships from time to time in relation to the neighbourhood, middle and big powers. This is evidenced from the continuity and change in Indian national security and foreign policy.

The objective of this course is to introduce students to the mechanics of foreign policy making and the issues that influence the policy in order for them to develop a perspective on the emerging trends in Indian foreign policy

Doctrinal Aspects; Determinants: domestic and international; Evolution of Indian foreign policy, pre-Independence, post-Independence, Non Aligned Movement, Cold War and Security Politics

Institutions, Structure, and Processes:Structure of Indian Government, Political System, Ministry of External Affairs, Prime Minister’s Office, Research & Analysis Wing, Role of Think Tanks, Media,  Role of the Prime ministers

Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan and South-East Asia

US, Russian Federation, PRC, Japan, and European Union

Israel, East and West Asia, African Countries, Australia and South America.

Interaction with Global and Regional Institutionsand Grouping (UN, IMF & WB, WTO, ASEAN-ARF, APEC, EU, IBSA, SAARC

Genesis, Doctrines, Evolutionary Trajectory, Emerging Dimensions.

Non-Alignment,Terrorism, Energy Security, Indian Diaspora

Bajpai, Kanti, Basit, Saira, Krishnappa, V. eds., India’s grand Stategy: History, theory, cases (2014)

Bandyopadhyaya, J,  The Making of India's Foreign Policy: Determinants, Institutions, Processes, And Personalities, Bombay: Allied Publishers, 1970.

C. Raja Mohan, Crossing the Rubicon: The Shaping of India's New Foreign Policy, New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2005.

J. N. Dixit, Indian Foreign Policy and its Neighbours, New Delhi: Gyan Publishing, 2001.

Ganguly, Sumit, ed., India’s foreign Policy (2010)

Ghosh, Anjali, Chakrobroti,Tridib,  Anindyo Jyoti Majumdar and Shibashis Chatterjee, eds.,India’s Foreign Policy, New Delhi: Pearson, 2009.

Jetly, Nancy and Rajendra Prasad, India's Foreign Policy: Challenges And Prospects, New Delhi: Vikas Pub. House, 1999.

Kapoor A and A. J. Wison, The Foreign Policy of India and her Neighbours. 1995.

Malone, David, Rajamohan C, (Eds) Oxford Handbook of Indian Foreign Policy, Oxford university Press 2015

Bajpai, Kanti, Basit, Saira, Krishnappa, V. eds., India’s grand Stategy: History, theory, cases (2014)

Nehru,J awaharlal,  India's Foreign Policy: Selected Speeches, September 1946-April 1961, New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1961.

Nancy Jetly and Rajendra Prasad, India's Foreign Policy: Challenges And Prospects, New Delhi: Vikas Pub. House, 1999.

Muni, S.D., India’s foreign Policy, The Democracy Dimension (2009)

Tharoor, Shashi Reasons of State: Political development and India’s foreign policy under Indira Gandhi (1982)

·         CIA I – Class Test / Assignment / Presentation  – 10%

·         CIA II – Mid Semester Examination                  – 25%

·         CIA III – Class Test / Assignment / Presentation  10%

·         Attendance                                                     – 05%

·         End Semester Examination                               – 50%

                                                                     TOTAL 100%

'Travailler en français en entreprise' is a professional French course at elementary level (A1/A2). It has been designed for students whose French is part of the professional project, or people already integrated into the world of work.

'Travailler en français en entreprise' (French in business) is a pragmatic method, based on an action-based approach: students are regularly put in situations through role plays and case studies. The professional situations and the tasks proposed are varied and realistic and thus give rise to written and oral productions close to the authentic.

'Travailler en français en entreprise' (French in business) includes ten units that address a wide range of topics related to the business world.

Introducing oneself, others / Basic expressions

The unit includes a conversation, document, vocabulary, know-how and case studies

The unit includes a conversation, document, vocabulary, know-how and case studies

The unit includes a conversation, document, vocabulary, know-how and case studies

CIA 2 - Written test

CIA 3 - Quiz on various aspects of France and French / Test of the four skills 

Given the growing influence of China in the changing world order and the fact that Chinese language is one of the 6 official languages of UN, this basic level course offers an opportunity to the International Studies students to discover and learn this much intriguing ancient, east asian language perceived as the most difficult in the world.

This beginner’s level course will:

• introduce students to the basics of Chinese language and culture,
• help them develop basic speaking, listening, reading and writing skills,
• prepare them for HSK (level 1), an international standardized exam conducted by Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban, a public institution) in affiliation with the Government of China
• and also lay a good foundation for studying or working in a chinese speaking environment.

• Part one: initials j, q, x, finals beginning with 'i',  finals beginning with ü
• Part two: initials z, c, s, the final 'i'
• Part three: finar 'er', retroflex ending, the tone sandhi "bù不"
• Part four: summary of spelling rules, omission of syllables, review of phonetics, compound strokes(1), radicals

• Part One: the basic sounds, initials b, p, m, f, d, t, n, l, single finals, tones
• Part two: initials g, k, h, compound finals, nasal finals, third tone sandhi
• Part three: Initials zh, ch, sh, r, final -i, finals that begin with 'u'
• part four: tone sandhi "yi 一", rules of the separation of symbols, origin of Chinese characters, basic strokes, stroke order, fun with Chinese characters

• 1 to 10, days of the week
• 11 to 100 months, date
• Numbers in Chinese culture

• greeting and ice breaking
• experiencing the country its culture and language
• introducing the course and the book
• a brief history of the language

1. Functions:Daily greetings, Asking about one's name, Greeting others 
2. Language points: "mā吗" questions, sentence with adjectival predicate, position of the adverb "yě也" word order in Chinese
3. Chinese characters: components, interrelationship between strokes, compound strokes(2), chinese radicals 亻, 讠, 木, 辶
4. Cultural knowledge: Simplified Chinese characters

1. Functions: Introducing others, asking someone's surname, nationality, likes, dislikes, saying goodbye, identifying items
2. Language points: "shì是" questions, interrogative phrases with "什么shénme" and "哪na", conjunction "和hé", the position of the adverb "都dōu"
3. Chinese characters: left-right structure, top-bottom structure, enclosed structure, radicals 饣, 口
4. Cultural knowledge: Chinese dictionaries

1. Functions: Asking about one's family, age, profession, entertaining guests
2. Language points: “有you” sentences, modifier expressing possession, measure word, interrogative sentences "谁shéi“ and “几ii”, adverb “hái还”
3. Chinese characters: common left-right structure, radicals 艹, 宀 
4. Cultural knowledge: Forms of address for family members and relatives

1. Functions: Talking about sudying(1), making a date, asking about time(1), one's major
2. Language points: a time word as an adverbial, verb/adjective-not-verb/adjective questions, "呢ne"questions
3. Chinese characters: common top-bottom structure, radicals 刀, 日
4. Cultural knowledge: The educational system of China

1. pattern, vocabulary, sentence structures
2. mock tests

The objective of this course is to introduce students to the fundamentals of the Korean language and develop their proficiency in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding Korean. By the end of the course, students will have a solid foundation in basic Korean grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structures, enabling them to engage in simple conversations and comprehend written texts at the beginner level.

• Lesson 1: Learning Hangeul (1) (vowels and consonants
• Lesson 2: Learning Hangeul (2) (Syllable formation and word pronunciation)

·      Lesson 3: Classroom Korean and Greetings

 ·      Lesson 4: I’m a graduate student. (Asking and answering personal questions)

·      Lesson 5: What is this? (Asking names of objects and responding)

·      Lesson 6: Do you have any tissues? (Asking and answering about ownership)

·      Lesson 7: Please give me some orange juice. (Making requests, Expressing quantities)

·      Lesson 8: What are you doing? (Asking and answering about present actions)

·      Lesson 9: Where do you go? (Expressing destination of movement)

·      Lesson 10: What tastes delicious? (Basic adjectives, Expressing negatives)

·      Lesson 11: How much is it? (Buying things)

·      Lesson 12: When is the final test? (Discussing time, days, dates and events)

·      Lesson 13: It’s cold outside. (Asking and answering about the weather)

·      Lesson 14: Where is the bookshop? (Asking and answering about locations)

·      Lesson 15: Korean culture and Etiquette (group presentations)

This course is an introduction to International Political Economy (IPE), an interdisciplinary field that focuses on the interplay between politics and economics .The world economic system is now highly integrated, as reflected in the increased cross- border flows of goods and capital and in the sustained activity of institutions like the World Trade Organization, European Union and SAARC. International Political Economy can act as either the make or break factor in the prosperity of nation-states. Invariably nation-states operate in a global context with an economic dimension which explains the importance of this paper. The dynamics of  interdependence which characterizes the web of economic activities like political decisions to join a monetary union or commit to economic policies that dilute political authority and power has the tendency to impact national economies with unforeseen ramifications. For instance, the flow of long-term capital into a state and access to foreign trade markets can help poorer countries to develop economically and strengthen a state's authority .To that extent, the four key areas that comprise IPE are: trade, monetary and fiscal policies, foreign direct investment and development.

Introduction to IPE, Types of Economic System, Theories of IPE: Economic Liberalism, Economic Nationalism, and Economic
Structuralism, The role of markets and states in the global economy, Developing economies and its features/characteristics, The Mahalanobis Model in India, Political and Economic indicators/variables of an economy.

The post-WWII GATT trade regime; the creation and record of the WTO; The domestic politics of International Trade, Trade theories: absolute and comparative in short, International trade relations.

Gold Standard Era, The Bretton Woods monetary regime; The collapse of Bretton Woods in the 1970s;East Asian crisis 1998, The road to the financial crisis of 2008, IMF, World Bank

What is Regional Integrations? , Different forms of regional integration;The costs and benefits of regional integration; The evolution and record of; G-7, G-77, ASEAN, SAARC, EU, NAFTA etc.

Business/trade cycle theories,Strategies of Development;Sustainable Development, Globalization: concepts of globalization, Waves of Globalization, The future of Globalization; Globalization & Poverty.Prospects of Global Governance, Multi-National Corporations

China’s development strategy since the 1970s; Chinese economic accomplishments and challenges; Implications of China’s economic development for the US

The evolution of international oil politics and oil prices since WWII;The role of OPEC; Asia’s growing thirst for energy; The debate over peak oil.

1. Mankiw,G–Principles of Economics-2ndEdition (2004)- South-Western  Publishers.

2. Beard, Jennifer. The political economy of desire: international law, development and the nation state. New York: Routledge-Cavendish, 2006. Print.

3. Watson, Alison M S. Introduction to International Political Economy.2004. Print.

4. Goddard C Roe. International Political Economy: State Market Relations in a changing global order. New Delhi: Viva Books, 2005, Print.

5. Goddard Roe.C. International Political Economy. New Delhi: Viva Books Private Limited. 2005. Print.

6. Carbaugh, Robert J. International Economics, Thomson, South- Western Publishers

1.     CIA I – Class Test / Assignment / Presentation – 10%

2.     CIA II – Mid Semester Examination – 25%

3.     CIA III – Research Topic – 10%

4.     Attendance – 05%

5.     End Semester Examination – 50% 

Course Description:The United States has been a dominant force of global significance afterthe Second World War and Latin America remains a precursor to theGlobal South in several ways since early 19th century when most ofLatin American states were decolonised. To capture this scenario, thiscourselooksatsomekeyeventsandprocesses from foreign policyperspective.IttracestheevolutionoftheAmericanforeignpolicywitha historical perspective and brings its contemporary nuances. Brazil andArgentina comprise main focus in the Latin American leg of the course.

Course Objectives: 

1.Torelatespecific eventsandprocessestolargeronesontheUS annd Latin America.

2.To Make an informed estimate of future trends in U.S. politics and/or foreign policy based on existing theories and evidence;

3. Tolearntopredictthecourseofactionthecountriesmighttakebased on the past decisions.

Evolution of US Foreign Policy- Munroe Doctrine, Neutrality, Exceptionalism, World War I & II

• US and the Cold War:  Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, Korean War, Vietnam War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Nuclear competition, Arms race and Détente.
• US Foreign Policy during 1980s. End of the cold war and US’ unipolarity
• New Frontiers of American Foreign Policy in the post-cold war era-  Global War on Terror, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden administrations, Climate Change and American Foreign Policy, Nuclear policy of the United States

• Foundations of Brazil’s Foreign Policy, Brazil’s role in Latin American politics, Brazil US relations
• Foundations of Argentina’s Foreign Policy, Argentina’s  role in Latin American politics, Argentina-US relations
• Foundations of Venezuela and Cuba's Foreign Policy

Walter Russell Mead, Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World. London: Routledge, 2002.

Stewart Patrick and Shepherd Foreman, Multilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy: Ambivalent Engagement, Colorado: Lynne Rienner, 2002.

Robert J. Pauly Jr., U.S. Foreign Policy and the Persian Gulf: Safeguarding American Interest through Selective Multilateralism, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing House, 2005.

Joyce P. Kaufman, A Concise History of U.S. Foreign Policy, Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield,2006. Robert J. Art. and Seyom Brown, U.S. Foreign Policy: The Search for a New Role, Michigan:University of Michigan Press, 2008.

Marian Doris Irish and Elke Frank, U.S. Foreign Policy: Context, Conduct, Content, Michigan:University of Michigan Press, 2006.

Fausto Boris, A Concise History of Brazil. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Chacel, Julian M., Pamela S. Falk and David V. Fleisacher, eds., Brazil’s Economic and Political Future. Boulder: Westview Press, 1988.

Child, Jack, Geopolitics and Conflict in South America: Quarrels Among Neighbors. New York:Praeger, 1985.

Child, Jack, Antarctica and South American Geopolitics: Frozen Lebensraum. New York:Praeger, 1988.

Carranza, Mario Esteban, South American Free Trade Area Or Free Trade Area of the Americas? Open Regionalism and the Future of Regional Economic Integration in SouthAmerica. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000.

Leslie Bethall, ed., Brazil: Empire to Republic, 1822-1930. Cambridge: Cambridge UniversityPress, 1989.

Becker, Bertha K. and Claudio A.G. Elgar, Brazil: A New Regional Power in the WorldEconomy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Roett, Riordan, Brazil: Politics of a Patrimonial Society. New York: Praeger Special Studies.

John Ikenberry, American Foreign Policy: Theoretical Essays. 5th Edition.

James McCormick, American Foreign Policy and Process. Peacock Publishers, 1998.

Walter Russell Mead, Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World. London: Routledge, 2002.

Stewart Patrick and Shepherd Foreman, Multilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy: AmbivalentEngagement, Colorado: Lynne Rienner, 2002.

Robert J. Pauly Jr., U.S. Foreign Policy and the Persian Gulf: Safeguarding American Interestthrough Selective Multilateralism, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing House, 2005.

Joyce P. Kaufman, A Concise History of U.S. Foreign Policy, Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield,2006. Robert J. Art. and Seyom Brown, U.S. Foreign Policy: The Search for a New Role, Michigan:University of Michigan Press, 2008.

Marian Doris Irish and Elke Frank, U.S. Foreign Policy: Context, Conduct, Content, Michigan:University of Michigan Press, 2006.

H. Jon Rosenbaum,  ‘Brazil among the Nations’,  International Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Summer, 1969), pp. 529-544

Jose Honorio Rodrigues,  ‘The Foundations of Brazil's Foreign Policy Author(s): Source:  International Affairs ,Vol. 38, No. 3 (Jul. , 1962), pp. 324-33

Jânio Quadros,  ‘Brazil's New Foreign Policy’, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Oct., 1961), pp. 19-27

2.     CIA II – Mid Semester Examination – 25%

3.     CIA III – Research Topic – 10%

4.     Attendance – 05%

5.     End Semester Examination – 50% 

• To familiarize students with the basic concepts and approaches to the study of research methodology.
• To acquaint students with the basics of research methods, techniques, and approaches and to assist in the accomplishment of exploratory as well as result oriented research studies.
• To help students to identify the research problem and start asking the right questions with a goal of improving their ability to make a logical argument. 
• To assist students to learn various research techniques (qualitative and quantitative).
• To train students in the process of writing various academic and popular writings.
• To sensitise students of research ethics.

• familiar with the basic concepts of research methodology. 
• acquainted with the basics of research methods, techniques and approaches of research.
• identify the research problem and formulate reserach questions and hypothesis. 
• the process of writing various academic and popular writings.
• fundamentals of research ethics.

•  Human Inquiry and Science
• Paradigms, Theory, and Social Research
• The Ethics and Politics of Social Research
•  Characteristics of scientific method

• Explanation and Causation
• Research Question 
• Literature Review
• Hypothesis:  Importance, logic, and testing

• Qualitative and quantitative research
• Policy oriented, problem specific research in IR.
• Experimental and Formal Research Methods
• Case studies and comparative research
•  Content analysis and historical analysis
•  Direct observation, field studies and archival research
•  Questionnaire, interviewing and Survey

• Analyzing primary and secondary documents
• Data presentation and preliminary analysis, interpretation of data
• Research Design and writing the report
• Organizing and Mapping Arguments
• Presenting the Material: citation, references, notes

• Institutional and Organizational Theories
• Introduction to  study of Karl Popper, Paul Feyerband and Imre Lakotas
• The English School, Critical Theory:
• Frankfurt School and Marxist Approach
•  Normative and Postmodernist Approaches

Ahuja, Ram. Research Method, Rawat Publication, New Delhi, 2001

Art, Robert J. and Jervis, Robert International Politics: Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues, Longman, 2010

Dhiman, AK and  SC Sinha. Research Methodology, Ess Ess Publication, New Delhi, 2002

Fowler, Flyod J. (Jr). Survey Research Methods, Sage, Beverley Hills, 1984.

Gerring, John 2004. “What is a Case Study and What is it Good for?”American Political Science Review 98, pp. 341-354

Lantis, Jeffrey S, Lynn M. Kuzma and John Boeher, eds. The New International Studies Classroom: Active Teaching, Active Learning, Lynne Rienner,Publishers, Boulder,2000.

Misra, Rabi  N and Sharma, R. P. Research Methodology and Analysis, Discovery Publishing, New Delhi, 2006

Morgan, David L. Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods: A Pragmatic Approach, Sage, New Delhi, 2014

Paul, K. Hatt and William J. Goode. Methods in Social Research, McGrawHill-Koga-Kausha, Tokyo, 1982

Phophalia, AK.  Modern Research Methodology: New Trends and Techniques, Paradise Publishing, 2010

Silverman, David (Ed). Qualitative Research: Theory, Method and Practice, Sage, New Delhi, 2004

Sprinz, Detlef F. and Wolinsky, Yael, Cases, Numbers, Models: International Relations Research Methods

Silverman, David (Ed). Qualitative Research: Theory, Method and Practice, Sage, New Delhi, 2004

CIA II – Mid Semester Examination – 25%

CIA III – Research Topic – 10%

 Attendance – 05%

End Semester Examination – 50%

TOTAL 100%

South Asia is home to the world’s most populous nation states, characterized by religious diversity and one of the fastest-growing regional economies. The vast peninsula is situated at the crossroads of West Asia and East Asia, and dominates the shipping lanes of the Indian Ocean. As international attention shifts to Asia, the states of South Asia are expected to play a more prominent role in shaping the affairs of this huge continent.

This paper provides a foundation to understand the dynamics of this crucial region and offers students the opportunity to concentrate on a part of the world whose importance in international affairs is increasingly recognized by the policy and corporate communities. It includes studying land use systems, political ecology, utilization of and access to natural resources, health issues, food security, ethnic conflicts, wars and migration studies. To achieve a comprehensive understanding of human-environment interactions at the interface between local and global processes, it gives an insight into the central dilemmas of modern politics, economic development and social change present in the region.

Geology, Landforms, Climate,Settlement, Population, Historical Geography

• South Asian civilization
• Evolution of power, authority and institutions,
• Ethnicity and Identity.
• Culture and Identity in Modern South Asia 1800-2000

Governance: State Formation, Political Elite, Insurgency and Terrorism, Civil War, Militarization: Civil-Military Relations, Introduction of Nuclear Weapons, Territorial Disputes: Role of Super Powers:  Political, Economic, Military, Social Dimensions   

a. Kashmir

b. Rann of Kutch

c. Farakka

d. Ethnic conflicts

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, creation and evolution, trade flows and treaties, barriers to intra-regional trade, challenges and opportunities

2)      South Asia:  Political and Economic Region, DrNitasha Malhotra, Kamala Nehru College, University of  Delhi

3)       South Asia in a Globalising World: A Reconstructed Regional Geography, 2002, Prentice- Hall, Bradnock, RW & Williams, G

4)      The Changing Map of Asia: A Political Geography, 2007, East, W Gordon

5)      Countries in Transition :A Brief Review of the Emerging Political Economy of Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, and Nepal, South Asia Occasional Paper Series 3, Asian Development Bank, Manila    

6)      Foreign Assistance and its Impact on Civil-Military Relations: A Case Study of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (Thesis) by Bobby Chand, March 2014 , Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, US

7)      Government and Politics in South Asia, Boulder, Col.: Baxter, C., Kennedy, C., Malik, Y., &Oberst, R. (2002)  Westview Press.

8) Mutual Suspicions, Murthy, Padmaja,   (2000) Knowledge World, NewDelhi

Mutual Suspicions, Murthy, Padmaja,   (2000) Knowledge World, NewDelhi

·         CIA I – Class Test / Assignment / Presentation            – 10%

·         CIA II – Mid Semester Examination                                  – 25%

·         CIA III – Research Topic                                                     – 10%

·         Attendance                                                                            – 05%

·         End Semester Examination                                                – 50%

                                                                                                    TOTAL 100%

'Travailler en français en entreprise' is a professional French course at elementary level (A1/A2). It has been designed for students whose French is part of the professional project, or people already integrated into the world of work.

'Travailler en français en entreprise' (French in business) is a pragmatic method, based on an action-based approach: students are regularly put in situations through role plays and case studies. The professional situations and the tasks proposed are varied and realistic and thus give rise to written and oral productions close to the authentic.

'Travailler en français en entreprise' (French in business) includes ten units that address a wide range of topics related to the business world.

Course objectives include the ability

- to speak and understand simple conversations

- to understand basic grammar 

- to write simple sentences.

The unit includes a conversation, document, vocabulary, know-how and case studies

CIA 2 - Written test

CIA 3 - Quiz on various aspects of French culture / Oral and written comprehension / Oral and written production  

Semester 2 Chinese course will be a continuation of the previous course to help students consolidate the basics and further develop their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and prepare for HSK (level 2), an international standardized exam conducted by Confucius Institute Headquarters(Hanban, a public institution) in affiliation with the Government of China.

1. Functions: Talking about the date, wishing on birthday, inviting someone, expressing an apology, a regret
2. Language points: nominal predicate sentence, two object verbal predicate("sòng送", "jiāo教"，expressing emphasis with "jiù就", sentence with rising tone
3. Chinese characters: Common enclosure structure, radicals: 礻, 忄, 月
4. Cultural knowledge: The Chinese Zodiac

1- Functions: Asking for directions, about words one does not understand, describing locations, consoling someone, expresseng not hearing or clearly understanding

2- Language points: nouns of locality, "zài在" sentences, "you有"or"shì是" to indicate existence, "gēn跟"/"gěi给"+noun/pronoun prepositional construction, "hao ma好吗?","duì ma对吗?"questions

3- Chinese characters: compound character, radicals 竹, 足, 彳

4- Cultural knowledge: The local style dwellings in China

1. Functions: praise and response, asking price, for help on encountering a language problem, bargaining, paying, make a request, give permission, choosing clothes, settling a bill,
2. Language points: bigger numbers, sentences with optative verbs"xiang想" and "keyi可以" , snetences with 2 object-verbal predicate"gei给", "wèn问", "zhao找", questions with interrogative pronoun "zenme怎么"
3. Chinese characters: locating chinese character in a dictionary based on the radical, radicals 手, 衤, 钅
4. Cultural knowledge: The currency of China today

1. Functions: urging someone to do something, apologizing, asking about someone's health, expressing a need, a possibility, registering in a hospital, talking about one's health, treating an illness
2. Language points: sentence with subject-predicate phrase as the predicate, choice type questions, serial verbs for expressing purpose, optative verbs "yīnggāi应该","yào要","néng能", prepositional construction with zài在 + noun/pronoun
3. Chinese characters: locating chinese characters in a dictionary based on pīnyīn, radicals 疒, 月, 目, 广
4. Cultural knowledge: Traditional Chinese Medicine

1. Functions: talking about seasons & weather, one's plans, transportation, suggesting an activity, asking about time (2)
2. Language points: particle "le了" for change of status, serial verbs for expressing means or manner, optative verbs "huì会", "kenéng可能", sentence with question pronoun "zenmeyàng怎么样"
3. Chinese characters: pictophonic characters, radicals 氵, 冫, 纟, 灬, 穴
4. Cultural knowledge: climate of China

1. Functions: talking about something that has happened, someone who has changed, a holiday, about studying (2), asking about one's age(3), holiday greetings, making a phone call (1), passing on someone's regards
2. Language points: particle "le了" to confirm something has happened, a pivotal sentence, "shìbushì是不是" questions
3. Chinese radicals: 女, 夊, 阝(left), 阝(right)
4. Traditional Chinese festivals
5. HSK: in introduction to the pattern, vocabulary, practice tests

This course is a continuation of the previous course(semester 1). The objective of this course is to build upon the foundations established in the Beginner's Korean Language Course and further develop students' proficiency in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding Korean. By the end of the course, students will have a deeper understanding of beginner-intermediate Korean grammar, vocabulary, and cultural aspects, enabling them to engage in more complex conversations and express themselves more fluently in Korean.

·      Lesson 1: This person is my father. (Asking and answering about family)

·      Lesson 2: What did your mother use to do? (Honorific speech)

·      Lesson 3: Try it on. (Suggesting)

·      Lesson 4: Is there a longer skirt? (Describing things)

·      Lesson 5: I’m going to go to Jeju. (Talking about travel plans and experiences)

·      Lesson 6: I liked to go hiking. (Asking and answering about hobbies)

·      Lesson 7: I want to open an account. (Making a polite request)

·      Lesson 8: I came to mail a package. (Indicating purpose and method of action)

·      Lesson 9: You have to take line 3. (Talking about an obligation)

·      Lesson 10: Cross the crosswalk and turn right. (Explaining directions)

·      Lesson 11: Can you come to our gathering tomorrow? (Asking and answering about availability)

·      Lesson 12: I came because I have a sore throat. (Explaining the cause or reason for a subsequent result)

·      Lesson 13: I ride my bike at a park or school. (Talking about choices)

·      Lesson 14: May I use a pencil on the test? (Expressing permission and prohibition)

·      Lesson 15: I’m drinking coffee while doing my homework. (Expressing present continuous actions)

by Seoul National University Language Education Institute

I Love Korean 2 사랑해요한국어2 - Workbook (English and Korean Edition),

by Seoul National University Language Education Institute

by Seoul National University Language Education Institute

I Love Korean 2 사랑해요한국어2 - Workbook (English and Korean Edition),

by Seoul National University Language Education Institute

The goal of this course is to help the students develop a theoretical understanding of international organizations (IOs) and the global problems they attempt to address. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to articulate why IOs exist, its role,  functions and challenges facing IOs. students should bre able to relate to the contemporary issues and debates on international and regional organisations. 

Definition, Characteristics and Classification of international organizations, Theories of International Organizations

Origins of International Institutions; Treaty of Westphalia, Congress of Vienna, League of Nations, Evolution of Bretton wood Institutions.

United Nations, Principle structures of United Nations, Reform of United Nation.

EU, BRICS, SCO, GCC, SAARC ASEAN, BIMSTEC.

Politics of Foreign Aid and Development by International Financial Institutions, WTO: Issues and Reforms.

Issues of Global Governance: Peace and Security, Human Rights, Environment. Role of Non- State Actors. Challenges to global governance- Legitimacy, Accountability, Effectiveness

1. Margaret Karns and Karen Mingst, International Organizations: The Politics and Process of Global Governance. Boulder: Lynne Reinner Publishers. 2009

2. Clive Archer, International Organizations, 3rd edn.London.Routledge.2011

3. Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore, Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics. Ithaca: Cornell UP. 2004

4. Paul Kennedy, The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations. Toronto: Harper Collins. 2006

5. Thomas D. Zweifel, International Organizations and Democracy: Accountability, Politics, and Power, Lynne Rienner Publishers.2006.

6. Inis Claude Jr. From Swords into Ploughshares: The Problems and Progress of International Organization, 4th edn, New York Random House.

7. Thomas G Weiss and Sam Daws (eds) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations, New York, Oxford University Press.2007.

1. Margaret Karns and Karen Mingst, International Organizations: The Politics and Process of Global Governance. Boulder: Lynne Reinner Publishers. 2009

2. Clive Archer, International Organizations, 3rd edn.London.Routledge.2011

3. Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore, Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics. Ithaca: Cornell UP. 2004

4. Paul Kennedy, The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations. Toronto: Harper Collins. 2006

5. Thomas D. Zweifel, International Organizations and Democracy: Accountability, Politics, and Power, Lynne Rienner Publishers.2006.

6. Inis Claude Jr. From Swords into Ploughshares: The Problems and Progress of International Organization, 4th edn, New York Random House.

7. Thomas G Weiss and Sam Daws (eds) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations, New York, Oxford University Press.2007.

1.     CIA I – Class Test / Assignment / Presentation – 10%

2.     CIA II – Mid Semester Examination – 25%

3.     CIA III – Research Topic – 10%

4.     Attendance – 05%

5.     End Semester Examination – 50% 

Rampant exploitation of natural resources, increasing levels of pollution, intensifying human-animal conflicts, climate emergency, etc. have made ecology one of the prime subjects of discussion in recent decades. While engagements with ecology are most often taken up from a life sciences perspective, there is a felt need to approach ecology from a humanities and social sciences perspective. This course addresses that need. After laying the terms and concepts in the field as the foundation, the course progresses to engage with some of the key issues in the domain and ends with some of the media texts on ecology.

1. Glossary: Ecology, Environment, Ecosystem, Biosphere, Biome, Habitat, Niche, Vegetarianism, Anthropocentrism, Speciesism, Conservation, Biocentrism, Gia Theory, Deep Ecology, Bioregionalism, Ecopsychology, Virtual Water

2. The Ecology of Affluence and the Southern Challenge (Excerpts from Environmentalism: A Global History)

This unit is a platform that enables the entrant to pick up key vocabulary, and attain conceptual clarity regarding the discourse of ecology.

1. Four Frames of Relating to Nature: Nature for Itself, Nature despite People, Nature for People, People and Nature 

2. William Cronon's The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature

3. Changing Natures: A Democratic and Dynamic Approach to Biodiversity Conservation by Kartik Shankar, Meera Anna Oommen and Nitin Rai

4. Excerpts from Nature in the City by Harini Nagendra

This unit presents some of the key discourses on nature that circulate both in the popular and in the theoretical domains.

1. The Food Crises: Hunger via Corporate-Controlled Trade chapter from Making Peace with the Earth by Vandana Shiva

2. Pollution: Addressing Pollution in Urban Rivers: Lessons from the Vrishabhavathy River in Bengaluru by Priyanka Jamwal and Sharachchandra Lele (excerpts from Transcending Boundaries: Reflecting on Twenty years of Action and research at ATREE)

3. Excerpts from the Madhav Gadgil and Kasturirangan Reports

This unit presents some of the prime ecological concerns that haunt our lives and a few contexts that are detrimental in deciding the course of our earth’s ecological well-being.

1. The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable - History (Chapter II)

2. How Much should a Person Consume? (excerpts from How much should a person consume?: Thinking through the environment. )

This unit highlights how our finite world is plundered by indiscriminate looting and infinite demands.

1. A one-day trip to a forest (Excerpts from My Husband and Other Animals to be discussed on the occasion)

2. Visit to ATREE/ Bhoomi College/ Environment specific-NGO/ Ecologically-stressed area in Bangalore 

Field visits are to enable the student to gain an experiential sense of biodiversity, forest life, eco initiatives and ecological stress.

1. Conservation Conversations E3: Science and Conservation

2. Human-Animal Conflict: Gaur in My Garden by Rita Banerjee 

3. The Hunt - BBC Series

4. Mongabay Explores Sumatra: Omens and optimism for orangutans - Podcast

This Unit exhibits how the media could play a proactive role in promoting ecological awareness. 

1. ALTERNATIVE FUTURES: India Unshackled. AUTHORSUPFRONT Publishing, 2018.

2. Students should start following news that is environment-centric. One should also follow websites like conservationindia.org, mongabay.org, etc.

• I CIA: Students need to identify a local ecological crisis, document it and identify means of addressing it. (10 marks)

• II CIA- Mid Sem: Centralised exam (25 marks)

• III CIA - Students need to identify a problem in the domain of ecology and make a research proposal. (10 marks)

• End Sem: Centralised exam (50 marks)

Course Description

This course introduces the students to the notions and concepts of borders, bordering, territorialization and its implications on the understanding of nation, identities, geopolitics, and geoeconomics. The course provides a wide range of topics in an interdisciplinary way in order to understand the multiple manifestations of borders at the global, national, and local level. This course combines rigorous theoretical framework to analyze borders with the requirements of empirical research work. Fieldwork is an integral component of the course.

Course Objectives

·       To introduce learners to the theorizations of borders, migration, and identities in various aspects of socio-cultural practices.

·       To acquaint learners to the diverse areas in which theories and methods of borders, migration, and identities can be analytically applied.

·       To enable learners to develop complex framework of analysis of everyday practices of borders, migration, and identities in a multidisciplinary framework.

CourseOutcomes

·       CO 1: Define, describe, summarize, and interpret concepts and theories of borders, migration, and identity.

·       CO 2: Contrast, connect, and correlate various concepts and theories of borders, migration, and identity with textual, audio-visual, and empirical data.

·       CO 3: Reframe the concepts through analytically criticizing textual, audio-visual, and empirical data on the basis of readings prescribed in the syllabus.

Unit Description: This unit will introduce the students to the concepts used in the larger field of Border Studies. The unit is designed to acquaint the students of the various approaches in studying borders.

Unit Description: This unit is designed to make students aware of the phenomena of crossing national and international borders as an everyday practice that redefines the notion and practices of nationhood, subjecthood, and citizenship.

Unit Description: This unit acquaints the students with the complexities that surrounds the issue of identity, care, and welfare when looked through the lens of borders. Identities in this unit is studied as a bordering practice that constitutes caste, race, gender, and biopolitics.

Unit Description: This unit serves as an introduction to the interdisciplinary relation and interface between political economy, international relations, and political theory.

Unit Description: Borders and bordering practices have left an indelible mark on the culture and art of nations and communities. This unit through analysis of films, literature, and popular culture discusses aesthetic representation of borders.

This unit will be a guided introduction to qualitative research methods in the studying of border at various scales-municipal, city, district, state, and nation.

                                                                                                                         10 hrs

Conceptualizing Borders and Global Bordering Practices

Unit Description: This unit will introduce the students to the concepts used in the larger field of Border Studies. The unit is designed to acquaint the students of the various approaches in studying borders.

Vaughan-Williams, N. (2016) ‘Borders’, in Ni Mhurchu, A. and Shindo, R. (eds.), Critical Imaginations in International Relations, London: Routledge, pp 11-27

Rumford, Chris (2012) ‘Towards a Multiperspectival Study of Borders‘ Geopolitics, 17:4 pp 887-902

Mezzadra S, Neilson B (2012). “Between Inclusion and Exclusion: On the Topology of Global Space and Borders.” Theory, Culture & Society. 29(4-5):58-75. doi:10.1177/0263276412443569

Stacey K. Sowards (2019) Bordering Through Place/s, Difference/s, and Language/s: Intersections of Border and Feminist Theories, Women's Studies in Communication, 42:2, 120-124, DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2019.1605131

Walia, Harsha (2021) Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism

Unit 2                                                                                                             10 hrs

Migration as Border Crossing Practice

Unit Description: This unit is designed to make students aware of the phenomena of crossing national and international borders as an everyday practice that redefines the notion and practices of nationhood, subjecthood, and citizenship.

Mountz, A. (2015) ‘In/visibility and the Securitization of Migration: Shaping Publics through Border Enforcement on Islands’, Cultural Politics, Volume 11, Number 2: pp. 184-200.

Samaddar, Ranabir (2020). Borders of an Epidemic: Covid-19 and Migrant Workers.

Samaddar, Ranabir (1999). “Shefali” in The Marginal Nation: Transborder Migration from Bangladesh to West Bengal

Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1987). Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza

Foucault, Michel (2003) Society Must Be Defended: Lectures at the College de France, 1975-76, edited by Mauro Bertani and Alessandro Fontana. New York: Picador

Unit 3                                                                                                             10 hrs

Margins of Identities

Unit Description: This unit acquaints the students with the complexities that surrounds the issue of identity, care, and welfare when looked through the lens of borders. Identities in this unit is studied as a bordering practice that constitutes caste, race, gender, and biopolitics.

Mbembe, Achille (2003) ‘Necropolitics’ Public Culture 15.1 11-40.

Tyler, Imogen (2018) ‘The hieroglyphics of the border: racial stigma in neoliberal Europe,' Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol 41 Issue 10, pp. 1783-1801.

Ritu Menon (2003). “Birth of Social Security Commitments-What Happened in the West.”

Farhana Ibrahim (2005). "Defining a Border: Harijan Migrants and the State in Kachchh." Economic and Political Weekly , Apr. 16-22, 2005, Vol. 40, No. 16 (Apr. 16-22, 2005), pp. 1623-1630

Fernandez, B. 2017. “Queer Border Crossers: Pragmatic Complicities, Indiscretions and Subversions”

Unit 4                                                                                                             10 hrs

Geopolitics and Geoeconomics in a Bordered World

Unit Description: This unit serves as an introduction to the interdisciplinary relation and interface between political economy, international relations, and political theory.

Brian Kahin and Charles Nesson (1999). Borders in Cyberspace: Information Policy and the Global Information Infrastructure

Michael G. Plummer, Peter J. Morgan and Ganeshan Wignaraja (2016). Connecting Asia Infrastructure for Integrating South and Southeast Asia

Hillman, Jonathan E  (2020). The Emperor’s New Road: China and the Project of the Century. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Schmitt, Carl  (2003) The Nomos of the Earth: In the International Law of the Jus Publicum Europaeum  

Unit 5                                                                                                             10 hrs

Cultural Representations of Border

Unit Description: Borders and bordering practices have left an indelible mark on the culture and art of nations and communities. This unit through analysis of films, literature, and popular culture discusses aesthetic representation of borders.

Saadat Hasan Manto- “Toba Tek Singh” and “The Dog of Tetwal.” (Literature)

No Man’s Land (Film)

This Side, That Side (Graphic Narratives)

Partition Museums (Museum)

Unit 6                                                                                                             10 hrs

Fieldwork

This unit will be a guided introduction to qualitative research methods in the studying of border at various scales-municipal, city, district, state, and nation.

CIA I: For CIA 1, written examination based on prescribed readings, (20 marks).

CIA II - Mid Semester Examination: Section A (10X5=50 marks) – Centralized. These will be written examination to test conceptual understanding of the units.

CIA III: Presentation followd by Q&A. (20 marks)

End Semester Examination: Centralized examination of 100 marks.

Course Description: This course introduces the idea of CSR from a conceptual, historical and theoretical perspective and also addresses the ongoing debates. Detailed analysis of the policies and frameworks related to CSR implementation in India is made considering the employability of CSR professionals. While discussing the scope of CSR for sustainable development, references will be made to SDG goals.

1.      CSR: Definition, Concepts, Elements of Social Responsibility, drivers of CSR, CSR Pyramid (AB Carroll)

2.      History and Evolution of CSR (International)

3.      History and Evolution of CSR (India)

4.      CSR in Global Context - Norms and principles, codes of conduct, certification and labelling, reporting, management standards, social investment, lending, governmental actions.

1.       Instrumental theories: Maximizing the shareholder value, strategies for achieving competitive advantage, cause related marketing

2.      Political theories: corporate constitutionalism, integrative social contract theory, corporate citizenship

3.      Integrative theories: Issues management, principle of public responsibility, stakeholder management, corporate social performance

4.       Ethical theories: Normative stakeholder theories, the common good approach, universal good and sustainable development

1. CSR as a tool to achieve SDGs : CSR and social value creation

2.CSR and Inclusive Growth (SDGs 1,2,4,5,9)

3. SR and Environmental  Sustainability (  SDGs 13,14,15)

4.  CSR and Labour Related Issues (SDG 8)

5. CSR and Public health : Responses during Covid-19 (SDGs 3,6)C

5. Ethical and Governance Issues related to CSR : good vs bad industries (case study: tobacco companies and CSR)

1.      Evolution of Indian CSR Framework -Pre Companies Bill 2012

2.      Companies Act 2013

3.      Amendments to Companies Act Section 135

4.      Case studies on CSR implementation – Agencies, Models & Best practices

Crane, A. (ed.). (2008). The Oxford handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility.Oxford Handbooks Online.

Crowther, D., &Guler A. (2008).Corporate Social Responsibility.Ventus Publishing House.

GoI (2011).National Voluntary Guidelines. New Delhi: Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

GoI (2013).Companies Act. New Delhi: Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

Maira, A.(2013). India’s 2% CSR Law.Economic and Political Weekly, 48 (38)

Mele, D., &Garriga, E. (2004).Corporate Responsibility Theories: Mapping the Territory. In Journal of Business Ethics. 51-71. Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Bob &Hartsuikar. (2007). Theory of CSR:  Its Evolutionary Path and Road Ahead.Oxford :Blackwell.

Brammer, S., Jackson &Matton. (2012). Corporate Social Responsibility And Institutional Theory: New Perspectives On Private Governance. Socio-Economic Review.3-28.

Burchell, J. (2008). The Corporate Social Responsibility Reader. New York: Routledge.

ElAlfy, A. (2020). Redefining strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the sustainable development goals (SDGs) world.

Mullerat, R. (2010).  International Corporate Social Responsibility: the role of corporations in the economic order of the 21^st century. Austin: Aspen Publishers

Prasad, K. (2009).  Corporate Governance. New York: Prentice Hall India.

 CIA 1 - 10

CIA 2 Mid Sem-25 

CIA 3 - 10

Attendance - 5

Endsem exam - 50

Hans. J. Morganthau

Kenneth Waltz

Barry Buzan

John J. Mearsheimer

Kautalya

K. Subrahmanyam

Ashok Kapur

Mohammed Ayoob

Bharath Karnad

1.    The End of History; Francis Fukuyama,

2.    Jihad vs. World; Benjamin R. Barber,

3.    The Class of Civilization; Samuel P. Huntington

Food Security

Water Security

Energy Security

Maritime Security

Nuclear Security

International Terrorism

Environment and Climate Change

Global Poverty

Human Rights

Migrations

Human Trafficking, Drug Trafficking, Arms Trafficking

John Baylis and Steve Smith and Patricia Owens,  The Globalisation of World Politics : An Introduction to International Relations, London, OUP, 2015

Buzan, Barry, ‘The Timeless Wisdom of Realism?’ in Smith, Steve, Booth, Ken and Zalewski, Marysia, eds., International Theory: Positivism and Beyond, Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Mearsheimer, John, ‘Structural Realism’ in Tim Dunne et al, eds., International Relations Theories, Oxford, 2007

Mearsheimer, John (2001)The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, New York, W.W. Norton

Mearsheimer, John, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, New York, W.W. Norton,2001

Morgenthau, Hans, ‘A Realist Theory of International Politics’ in Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace , (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 5ed 1973).

K N Waltz, ‘The Origins of War in Neo - Realist Theory’, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, , Vol. 18, No. 4, (Spring, 1988), pp. 615-628

Waltz, Kenneth N., ‘The Continuity of International Politics’, in Ken Booth and Tim Dunne.eds., Worlds in Collision: Terror and the Future of Global Order , (London, Palgrave, 2002)

John M.   Keyens, The Economic Consequences of the Peace

Kenneth Waltz, Theory of International Politics, New York, Waveland Press, 2010 (Revised Ed)

Rangarajan LN (2017) The Arthashastra: Kautilya, Penguin Random House.

K. Subrahmanyam (2005) Shedding Shibboleths: India's Evolving Strategic Outlook, G.B.Books

K. Subrahmanyam (2003) Self-Reliance and National Resilience, Abhinav Publications

Ashok Kapur (2005) India’s Strategic Problems, Lancer’s Publishers

Mohammed Ayoob (1995) The Third World Security Predicament: State Making, Regional Conflict, and the International System, Boulder, Colo: Lynne Rienner Publishers

Bharat Karnad (2005) Nuclear weapons and Indian Security: the Realist Foundations of Strategy

Myriam Dunn Cavelty, Thierry Balzacq (Eds), Routledge Handbook of Security Studies, Routledge,  New York, 2010.

Columba Peoples, Nick Vaughan-Williams (Eds),  Critical Security Studies: An ntroduction, Routledge, New York, 2015.

 D avid C. Gompert, Michael Mandelbaum, Richard L. Garwin, and John H. Barton, Nuclear Weapons and World Politics: Alternatives for The Future

 Paul Bracken, The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics

Ward Wilson,  Five Myths about Nuclear Weapons

Joseph Nye Jr, Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics, Public Affairs, 2006

Rangarajan LN (2017) The Arthashastra: Kautilya, Penguin Random House.

K. Subrahmanyam (2005) Shedding Shibboleths: India's Evolving Strategic Outlook, G.B.Books

K. Subrahmanyam (2003) Self-Reliance and National Resilience, Abhinav Publications

K. Subrahmanyam (2007) India and the Nuclear Challenge, Lancers International

K. Subrahmanyam (1983) Indian Security Perspectives, ABC Publishing House

Ayoob, Mohammed (1997) Defining Security: A Subaltern Realist Perspective. In Critical Security Studies, edited by Keith Krause and Michael C. Williams, 121-146. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.

Mohammed Ayoob (1995) The Third World Security Predicament: State Making, Regional Conflict, and the International System, Boulder, Colo: Lynne Rienner Publishers

Mohammed Ayoob (2008) The Many Faces of Political Islam: Religion and Politics in the Modern World,University of Michigan Press

Bharat Karnad (2005) Nuclear weapons and Indian Security: the Realist Foundations of Strategy

Bharat Karnad (2018) Staggering Forward : Narendra Modi and India’s Global Ambition, Penguin Viking

Bharat Karnad (2008) India's Nuclear Policy, Praeger Security International

Bharat Karnad, (2014) India’s Rise: why it’s Not a Great Power

Ashok Kapur (2001) Pokharan and Beyond, Oxford University press

Ashok Kapur (2005) India’s Strategic Problems, Lancer’s Publishers

Ashok Kapur (2019) Geopolitics and the Indo-Pacific Region, Routledge Publishers

Ashok Kapur (2003) Regional Security Structure in Asia, Psychology Press

John Baylis and Steve Smith and Patricia Owens (2015) The Globalisation of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, London, OUP.

 Buzan, Barry (1996) ‘The Timeless Wisdom of Realism?’ in Smith, Steve, Booth, Ken and Zalewski, Marysia, eds., International Theory: Positivism and Beyond, Cambridge University Press.

 Mearsheimer, John (2007) ‘Structural Realism’ in Tim Dunne et al, eds., International Relations Theories, Oxford.

 Mearsheimer, John, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, New York, W.W. Norton,2001

 Morgenthau, Hans, ‘A Realist Theory of International Politics’ in Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace , (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 5ed 1973).

 K N Waltz, ‘The Origins of War in Neo - Realist Theory’, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, , Vol. 18, No. 4, (Spring, 1988), pp. 615-628

CIA II- 50 marks

CIA III- 20 marks

1.      To understand and appreciate the scope of principles and concepts of Public International Law and the issues concerning legal status and relations of States and

 2.      To appreciate the contribution of International Law in conducting such relations with special regard to functional areas and dispute settlement.

·         Nature, Scope, Basis and Binding Nature of International Law

·         Origin, History and Progressive Development

·         Distinction between Public and Private International Law

·         Relationship between International Law and Municipal Law and State Practices

 Cases for reference

1.      The Paquete Habana (1899) 115 US 677

·         Sources of International Law and States Practices

·         Subjects of International Law

Cases for Study:

1. Case concerning the right of passage over Indian territory Case India v Portugal (1960)ICJ6
2. Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v United States) (Provisional Measures) ICJ Rep 1984, P 169; (Merits) ICJ Rep 1986 P 14

·         Essentials of State and Modern Developments

·         State Recognition

·         State Jurisdiction

·         State Responsibility

·         Succession to Rights and Obligations

·         Diplomatic Immunity

·         Nationality and Statelessness

·         Extradition and Asylum

·         Privileges and Immunities of Internationally Protected Persons

Cases for Study

Essentials of State

·       Island of Palmas Case (Netherlands v US) (1928) 2 RIAA 829

• Western Sahara Case Advisory Opinion ICJ Reports 1975 P 12

State Recognition

·         Jurisdiction of the Courts of Danzig (1928) PCD, Series B No 15

·         Luther Co v James Sagar and Co (1921) 3 KB 532

·         Mavromattis Palestine concessions Case (Jurisdiction) PCIJ Series A, No 2 (1924), (Merits) PCIJ Series A No 5, (1925)

State Jurisdiction

•          Amoco International Finance v Iran 15 Iran-US, CTR 189

•          Barcelona Traction Power and Light Company Case (Preliminary Objections) ICJ Rep 1964 p 44, Final Verdict (1970) ICJ 3

State Responsibility

•          Nuclear Test Cases (Interim Protection) (ICJ Rep 1973 99); (Judgment) (1974) ICJ 253

•          Rainbow Warrior Arbitration (New Zealand v France) 1990 20 R.I.A.A.A 217

Succession to Rights and Obligations

·         International Status of South West Africa (1950) ICJ 79

Diplomatic Immunity

·         The Teheran Hostages Case ICJ Reports (1980), 3

·         DRC v. Uganda ICJ Reports (2005) p168

Nationality and Statelessness in International Law

•         Nottebohm's Case ICJ Reports (1955), 4

Extradition and Asylum

•         Attorney General of Government of Israel v Alfred Eichmann Case (1962) 36 ILR 277

•         Haya De la Torra Case, (Columbia v Peru) (1951) ICJ 71

Privileges and Immunities of Internationally Protected Persons

·       U.S. Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran Case ICJ Rep 1980 pp3.

·       Territorial sea

·       Contiguous zone

·       Exclusive economic zone

·       Continental shelf

• Maritime delimitation 

Cases for Study

1.     Qatar v. Bahrain, ICJ Reports, 2001

2.     North Sea Continental Shelf cases, ICJ Reports, 1969

3.     The Fisheries jurisdiction (UK v. Iceland) case, ICJ Reports, 1974

1.  Malcolm N Shaw, "International Law" Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,- 6th Edition 2008
2. Sir Robert Jennings and Sir Arthur Watts, Oppenheim's International Law, Volumes 1 and 2, 9th Edition, Universal Law Publishing Company Private Limited, New Delhi, First Indian Reprint 2003
3. Antonio Cassese, "International Law," Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1st Edition, 2001
4. J G Starke, "International Law", 11th Edition, Aditya Books/Butterworth's Publications, London, 2003
5. Martin Dixon, "International Law", Universal Law house, New Delhi, 4th Edition, 2nd Indian Reprint, 2001
6. Ian Brownlie, ""International Law", Oxford University Press, Oxford, 6th Indian Edition,2004
7.   Armstrong, Farrell & Lambert, “International Law and International Relations”, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2nd Edition, 2012
8.   Andreas Lowenfeld, “International Economic Law”, Oxford  University Press, 2008, 2nd Edition\
9. World Trade Organization, “Understanding the WTO”, WTO, Geneva, 5th Edition, 2010 available at www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/understanding.e.pdf

CIA II – Mid Semester Examination – 25%

CIA III – Research Topic – 10%

 Attendance – 05%

End Semester Examination – 50%

TOTAL 100%

Course Description:

Central Asia, the home of some of the world's greatest art, epic literature, and empires, is the vast heartland of Asia extending from Central Europe to East Asia and from Siberia to the Himalayas. This course provides students a comprehensive understanding of the region a multidisciplinary approach.   The paper explores transitions that characterized the region and focuses on the former Soviet Central Asia or the "Orient" of the Russian Empire. It examines five distinct experiences: Muslim society and tradition, the epoch of the emirates, the annexation of the region into the Russian empire, Central Asians under Soviet rule, and the new states of Central Asia after independence in 1991. Central Asia has been a crossroads for commerce and conflict for centuries which gave rise to the expression the “Great Game”. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the current “War on Terror” lend contemporary relevance to the region. The course also studies the challenges that face the transition societies of Central Asia Moreover the creation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (Shanghai-5) shapes the strategic environment of and adds the importance to region. Contemporary issues in the region include: ethnicity and nationalism, political development, terrorism, economic reform and post-independence foreign policy formulation. This course will help the students to comprehend the Russia’s relations across the globe with special emphasis upon the foreign policy doctrine and it’s making vis-a- vis global issues and challenges.

Course Objectives:

• The course seeks to foster the interdisciplinary academic pursuit of Central Asia& Russia and promote research on the region’s politics, economics, culture, and its relations with India as well as its interconnections to a larger global milieu.
•  The course will impart specialist knowledge of the region to its students in order to enable them to pursue careers in research and teaching, journalism, business, government and non-governmental organizations, and others. 

1.Introduction to Central Asia

1. What is Central Asia and what is its ‘place’ in the world?

2.      Geopolitical importance of Central Asia (Machinder Heart Land Theory)

2. History of Central Asia

1. History of Central Asia from the prehistory era to Islamic empires

2. History of Islam in the Central Asia Region

3. Russian presence in Central Asia, Great game

4. The Sovietization of Central Asia and the Creation of Nationalities

1.      State Formation and Nation Building process in the Central Asia region

2.      Shanghai Cooperation Organization (Shanghai-5)

3.      Economic Reforms since independence

4.      New-Great Game

1.      General history of the Silk Road

2.      Silk Road and India

3.      Concept of Maritime Silk Road

1.      The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the current “War on Terror” lend contemporary relevance to the region.

2.      Ethnicity and Nationalism, the core issues in all Central Asian countries

3.      Problems of Building Democracy

4.      Xinjiang Problem

5.      Foreign Policy of Central Asian Countries

6.      India and Central Asia relations

1.      The Soviet Legacy.(Changing relationship between Russian State and society)

2.      Contemporary Russian Policy Perceptions and Postures to Global and Regional Issues: Global Terrorism, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Energy Security, NATO Expansion and EU Enlargement, NATO/ Proposed European Security architecture- Consensus, Probability, and Possibilities in the  future Eg: Russian interference in Ukraine

3.      Russian Foreign Policy after the Collapse of the Soviet Union

Elizabeth E. Bacon, Central Asians under Russian Rule: A Study in Culture Change, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1966, pp.xxxv-91 (‘Preface,’ ‘The Land and the People,’ ‘Before the Conquest: The Pastoral Nomads,’ ‘Traditional Oasis Culture’)

Olivier Roy, The New Central Asia: the Creation of Nations, New York: New York University Press, 2000, pp.25-34 (ch.2 ‘The Russian Conquest’)

Adeeb Khalid, The politics of Muslim cultural reform: Jadidism in Central Asia, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998, pp.45-113 (‘The Making of Colonial Society ‘and ‘The Origins of Jadidism’)

Gail Lapidus, “From Democratization to Disintegration: The Impact of Perestroika on the National Question,” in From Union to Commonwealth: nationalism and separatism in the Soviet Republics, Gail Lapidus, eds., New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992, pp.45-70

Gregory Gleason, Central Asian States: Discovering Independence. London: West view 1997. Chapter1.

Martha Brill Olcott, Central Asia’s New States: Independence, Foreign Policy and Regional Security (Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1996): 3-20.

Mark R. Beissinger, "State Building in the Shadow of an Empire-State," in Karen Dawisha and Bruce Parrott (eds.), The End of Empire? : The Transformation of the USSR in Comparative Perspective (Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 1997), pp. 157-185.

Martha Brill Olcott, “Central Asia’s Catapult to Independence,” Foreign Affairs 71 (3) (1992): 108-130.

Bruce Parrott, “Perspectives on post communist democratization,” in Conflict, Cleavage and Change: 1-39.

Martha Brill Olcott, “Emerging Political Elites” in Ali Banuazizi and Myron Weiner (ed.s) The New Geopolitics of Central Asia and its Borderlands (London: I.B. Taurris 1994): 44-67.

Martha Brill Olcott, “Democratization and the Growth of Political Participation," in Conflict , Cleavage, and Change in Central Asia and the Caucasus (Karen Dawisha and Bruce Parrot, eds.) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), pp. 201-241.

Cummings, S., “Understanding Central Asia: Politics and Contested Transformations” (Routledge, 2012)

Cooley, A., Great Games, Local Rules: The New Great Power Contest in Central Asia (OUP, 2012)

Dina Rome Spechler, “Russian Foreign Policy During the Putin Presidency: The Impact of Competing Approaches,” Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 57, No. 5

(September/October 2010), pp. 35-50.

Edwards, M., "The New Great Game and the New Great Gamers: Disciples of Kipling and Mackinder," Central Asian Survey, 22, 1 (2003), pp.83-102.

Levi, S.C.,"Early Modern Central Asia in World History," History Compass, 10, 11 (2012), pp.866-878

International Crisis Group, “Central Asia: Decay and Decline," Asia Report, no. 201 (3 Feb.2011) Available on Internet

Yemelianova, G.M. "The Rise of Islam in Muslim Eurasia: Internal Determinants and Political Consequences," China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, 5,2(2007), pp.73-91. Available on Internet

Peter B. Golden, “Central Asia in World History (The New Oxford World History)”, (Oxford University Press 2011)

Zehra Akbar, “Central Asia: The New Great Game” The Washington Review, October 2012

Canfield, Robert and Gabriele Paleczek. 2011. Ethnicity, authority and power in Central Asia. London: Routledge.

 Morgan, Gerald. 1973. “Myth and Reality in the Great Game.” Asian Affairs 64:55-65.

Warikoo K., “Central Asia and South Asia: Energy Cooperation and Transport Linkages” Published by Pentagon Press, 2011

Dash, P.L, “India and Central Asia: Two Decades of Transition” October 18, 2012

Donaldson, Nogee, and Nadkarni, The Foreign Policy of Russia, 5th ed., ch. 5.

Nikolas K. Gvosdev and Christopher Marsh, Russian Foreign Policy: Interests, Vectors, and Sectors (Los Angeles, CA: CQ Press, 2014), ch.2.

CIA-I: 10%

CIA-II: 25%

CIA-III: 10%

ENd SEM EXAMINATION: 50%

Course Objectives:

·        To familiarize students with the basic concepts and approaches to the study of comparative politics.

·        To critically examine politics in historical and contemporary perspectives while engaging with various themes of comparative analysis in developed and developing countries.

·        To understand governmental systems of US, UK, China and Japan in comparative perspective.

1.  Understand the diversity of key aspects of political systems around the world and how they affect important outcomes.

2.   Analyse differences across countries such as social movements, political culture, political parties, party systems, regimes, states and policy-making processes.

3.  Evaluate fundamental concepts in comparative political analysis, like  the state, nations and society, regimes, markets, development, multi-level governance by comparing four cases: US, UK, China and Japan.

Nature and scope of Comparative Politics

Why compare?

Going beyond Eurocentrism

Comparative methods: An overview of the field of Comparative Political Analysis

b. Approaches to Comparative Political Analysis

i. Formal – Institutional

ii. Political Systems and Structural Functional Approach

iii. Culture-centric

iv. Political Economy v. New Institutionalism

a. Theories of Modernisation

b. Underdevelopment

c. Dependency

d. World System

 e. Post Development 

 f. Theories of Movements

a. a. Constitutionalism

b  b. Executive

c  c. Legislature

d. d. Political parties

J. Blondel, (1996) ‘Then and Now: Comparative Politics’, in Political Studies. Vol. 47 (1), pp. 152-160.

M. Mohanty, (1975) ‘Comparative Political Theory and Third World Sensitivity’, in Teaching Politics, Nos. 1 and 2, pp. 22-38

N. Chandhoke, (1996) ‘Limits of Comparative Political Analysis’, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 31 (4), January 27, pp.PE 2-PE2-PE8

Todd Landman and Neil Robinson, Sage Handbook of Comparative Politics, London, Sage Publications, 2009.

Blondel, J., ‘Then and Now: Comparative Politics’, in Political Studies. Vol. 47 (1), 1996, pp. 152-160.

Rod Hague, Martin Harrop, John McCormick, Comparative Government and Politics: An Introduction, London: Palgrave, 2016

Mohanty, M., ‘Comparative Political Theory and Third World Sensitivity’, in Teaching Politics, Nos. 1 and 2, 1975, pp. 22-38

Chandhoke, N., ‘Limits of Comparative Political Analysis’, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 31 (4), January 27, 1996, pp.PE 2-PE2-PE8

Landman, Todd and Neil Robinson, Sage Handbook of Comparative Politics, London, Sage Publications, 2009.

Stone, Lawrence, ‘Theories of Revolutions,' World Politics, Vol. 18, No. 2, Jan., 1966, pp. 159-176.

Additional Readings:

Adil Khan, Politics of Identity: Ethnic Nationalism and the State in Pakistan. Sage, New

Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison, The Federalist Papers (edited with Introduction and notes by Max Beloff) New York, Basil Blackwell Inc. 1987

Angelo Panebianco, Political Parties, Organisation and Power, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1998.

Arend Lijphart, Thinking About Democracy, Routledge, London, 2008

Barrington Moore Jr., Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World, Penguin 1967

Daniel Caramani, Comparative Politics, OUP, Oxford, 2008

Gerado L. Munck and Richard Snyder, Passion, Craft and Method in Comparative Politics, John Hopkins University Press, 2008.

Giovanni Sartori, Parties and Party System: A Framework for Analysis, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1976.

Hamza Alavi and Teodor Shanin eds. Introduction to the Sociology of ‘Developing Societies’, Macmillan, London and Basingstoke, 1982.

Howard J. Wiarda (ed.), Comparative Politics, Vol. I-V, Routledge.

Timothy Lim, Doing Comparative Politics: An Introduction to Approaches and Issues (Second Edition), Lynne Reiner, Colorado, 2010.

Almond, Gabriel A. ‘Comparative Political Systems,’ Journal of Politics, Vol. 18, 1956, 391–409.