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1 Semester - 2018 - Batch | Course Code |
Course |
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Hours Per Week |
Credits |
Marks |
RIS131 | RESEARCH METHODS | - | 4 | 3 | 100 |
2 Semester - 2018 - Batch | Course Code |
Course |
Type |
Hours Per Week |
Credits |
Marks |
RIS231 | ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY AND GLOBALIZATION | - | 3 | 3 | 100 |
RIS241A | INDIAN FORIEGN POLICY | - | 3 | 3 | 50 |
RIS241B | CENTRAL ASIAN STUDIES | - | 4 | 3 | 100 |
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Introduction to Program: | |
The MPhil in International Studies is attributed to our multi-disciplinary faculty that draws members from the humanities, social sciences law and management. 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. It offers diverse fields of study: International Relations, International Law, International Political Economy, International Economics, World History, Strategic Studies, Areas Studies ? Europe, South East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, West Asia and Africa; besides research methodology.
The program aims to add knowledge through research to the contemporary developments that impact the governance of societies across the globe, from terrorism to public sector reform. It covers a spectrum of areas that include the study of globalization, development, democracies, and processes of state formation, International Organizations, Theories of International Relations, International Political Economy, International Security, Global Environmental Politics, and area studies specifically South Ais, South East Asia, Central Asia, US, China, Europe and Indian Foreign Policy. | |
Assesment Pattern | |
Continues internal assessments for theory course 50%, end semester examination 50% | |
Examination And Assesments | |
Continues internal assessments for theory course 50%, end semester examination 50% |
RIS131 - RESEARCH METHODS (2018 Batch) | |
Total Teaching Hours for Semester:20 |
No of Lecture Hours/Week:4 |
Max Marks:100 |
Credits:3 |
Course Objectives/Course Description |
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Course Outcome |
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At the end of the course, the students will be able to: |
Unit-1 |
Teaching Hours:2 |
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Foundations of Research
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· Paradigms, Theory, and Social Research · The Ethics and Politics of Social Research
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Unit-2 |
Teaching Hours:4 |
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Problem Identification & Formulation
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· Explanation and Causation · Research Question · Literature Review · Hypothesis: Importance, logic, and testing | |||||||||||||||||||
Unit-3 |
Teaching Hours:4 |
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Research Techniques
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· 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
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Unit-4 |
Teaching Hours:5 |
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Research Design and Report
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· 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
Unit-5 |
Teaching Hours:5 |
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Approaches and Theories
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· 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
Text Books And Reference Books:
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 | |||||||||||||||||||
Essential Reading / Recommended Reading
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 | |||||||||||||||||||
Evaluation Pattern
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RIS231 - ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY AND GLOBALIZATION (2018 Batch) | |||||||||||||||||||
Total Teaching Hours for Semester:45 |
No of Lecture Hours/Week:3 |
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Max Marks:100 |
Credits:3 |
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Course Objectives/Course Description |
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The major purposes of this course are to provide the students with theopportunity to explore international relations in a variety of ways, and tofamiliarize them with the major theoretical traditions, which explain theworld politics. It would enable the students to grasp the main themes ofthe theories that have been most influential over the past two centuries.It would also explain the recent theoretical work in world politics by providing an up-to-date survey of the foundational and anti-foundationaltheoretical literature. Thus the learners will be able to understand themain themes of the various theories and be able to assess theircomparative strengths and weaknesses. |
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Course Outcome |
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Enhances Comprehensive theoretical understonding of the subject before writing the dissertation. |
Unit-1 |
Teaching Hours:3 |
1. Introduction to Theories, (3 hours)
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Paradigms, Concepts in International Relations | |
Unit-2 |
Teaching Hours:13 |
2. Foundational Theories (13 hours)
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Realism a. Timeless wisdom of Realism b. Essentials of Realism: State, survival and self help c. Kinds of Realism: Structural Realism, Historical and Practical Realism, Liberal Realism d. Neo-Realism • Liberalism a. Liberal Debate b. Varieties of Liberalism: Idealism, Liberal Institutionalism and Liberal Internationalism
c. Crisis of Liberalism | |
Unit-3 |
Teaching Hours:9 |
New theories
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• Marxist Theories a. Essential Elements of Marxist Theories b. World System Theory c. Dependensia d. Gramscianism e. Critical theory
f. Neo-Marxism | |
Unit-4 |
Teaching Hours:5 |
Feminist Theory
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a. Liberal feminism b. Marxist / Socialist feminism c. Post-modern feminism
d. Stand-point feminism | |
Unit-4 |
Teaching Hours:5 |
Anti-Foundational Theories (5hrs)
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• Normative Theory a. Cosmopolitanism
b. Communitarianism | |
Unit-5 |
Teaching Hours:15 |
Post-Modernism
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a. Double-reading b. Deconstructionism • Historical Sociology (2 hours)
• Social Constructivism (2 hours) | |
Text Books And Reference Books: 1. Griffiths, Martin Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations, London: Routledge 1999 2. Robert Owen Keohance, Neoliberalism and its Critics, NY: Columbia University Press, 1986 3. Scott Burchill, Theories of International Relations, NY: Palgrave, 2005 4. Dougherty Jones and and Robert Pfaltzgraff L Jr., Contending Theories of Intentional Relations, NY: Harper & Row,1981 5. Barry Buzan, Ule Waever and Jappe de Wilde, Security: A newFramework for Analysis, Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc 1988 6. Emma Rothschild, What is Security? Daedalus, Vol. 124, NO. 3 (Summer 1995) 7. Art, Robert. nd Kenneth Waltz (eds), The Use of Power: Military Power and International Politics, Lanham: Rowman Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 1999/2004 8. Jervis, Robert “Theories of War in an Era of Leading Power Peace, American Political Science Review 96, 1 March 2002): 1-14 9. John Mewsheimer, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, NY: W.W. Norforvi and Company 2002 (Chs 9 and 10) 10. Baylis, J., Smith, S., & Owens, P. (Eds.). (2013). The globalization of world politics: An introduction to international relations. Oxford University Press. 11.Wallerstein, I. (1976). Semi-peripheral countries and the contemporary world crisis. Theory and Society, 3(4), 461- | |
Essential Reading / Recommended Reading Baylis, J., Smith, S., & Owens, P. (Eds.). (2013). The globalization of world politics: An introduction to international relations. Oxford University Press. Heywood, Andrew, Global Politics | |
Evaluation Pattern SCHEME OF VALUATION · 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% | |
RIS241A - INDIAN FORIEGN POLICY (2018 Batch) | |
Total Teaching Hours for Semester:45 |
No of Lecture Hours/Week:3 |
Max Marks:50 |
Credits:3 |
Course Objectives/Course Description |
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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 powers and superpowers. This is evidenced from the continuity and change in Indian national security and foreign policy from the Cold War period to the post-Cold War phase that manifests in various ways from encouraging FDI to joint military exercises with Western powers.
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 |
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Unit-1 |
Teaching Hours:5 |
: Introduction to Central Asia
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Land, People and History, Resources and Economy (Mineral resources, oil and gas and their distribution, economic situation, trade, investment and agriculture) | |
Unit-2 |
Teaching Hours:5 |
Central Asian Society
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Ethnicity and Nationalism, the core issues in all Central Asian countries, Ethnic Groups (Kazakhs, Kyrgyzs, Uzbeks, Tajiks, Turkmens, Russians, Uyghurs, and Mongols etc.), Religion (Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, and Shamanism). | |
Unit-3 |
Teaching Hours:5 |
Central Asia and the World
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Terrorism, Human Rights and National Security Issues in Central Asia, Foreign Policy of Central Asian Countries, India and Central Asia relations and Regional Cooperation.(Intra – regional trade, transport linkages and regional cooperation and security) | |
Unit-4 |
Teaching Hours:5 |
: Central Asia and the World
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Terrorism, Human Rights and National Security Issues in Central Asia, Foreign Policy of Central Asian Countries, India and Central Asia relations and Regional Cooperation.(Intra – regional trade, transport linkages and regional cooperation and security) | |
Text Books And Reference Books:
Olivier Roy, The New Central Asia: the Creation of Nations, New York: New York University Press, 2000, pp.1-24, (ch. 1 ‘History and Identity’)
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 | |
Essential Reading / Recommended Reading
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.
Rashid, Ahmed. “The Two Revolutions – 1917 and 1991,” in the Resurgence of Central Asia: Islam or Nationalism (London: Zed Books 1994), pp. 25-48.
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.
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Evaluation Pattern CIA 1-10 CIA 2-25 CIA 3 -10 End Sem-50 |