interdisciplinary course in political science

8/10/2019 Interdisciplinary Course in Political Science

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Interdisciplinary Courses Political Science (UG & PG)

Examinations: 2014-15

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Interdisciplinary Courses Political Science

Each Course of 4 creditsOdd Semester

i. PSL-051, Indian Government and Politics ( PG Level course for Post-Graduate Students)

ii. PSL-055, Indian Constitution and Political System (Graduate level course for PG andUG Students )

iii. PSL-057, Human Rights and Duties Education (Graduate level course for PG and UGStudents )

iv. PSL-059, India in Global Politics (Graduate level course for PG and UG Students)

Even Semester

i. PSL-052, Perspectives and Processes of Indian Polity (Graduate level course for PG and UGStudents )

ii. PSL-053, Issues in Contemporary international Politics Graduate level course for PG and UGStudents )

iii. PSL054, Public Administration: Theory and Practice (PG Level Course for Post GraduateStudents)

iv. PSL056, Perspectives of Public Administration (Graduate level Course for PG and UGStudents )


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Odd SemesterPaper I

PSL051- Indian Government and Politics

Credits 4Unit I

1. Nature of the Indian Constitution2. Preamble3. Fundamentals Rights and Directive Principle

Unit II

4. Nature of Parliamentary System: Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha5. Supreme Court and Judicial Activism.6. Civil Society: its role in Contemporary times.

Unit III

7. Regionalism: Issues and Trends8. Communalism: Genesis and Contemporary Situation9. Center-State Relations with focus on Sarkaria Commission Report.

Suggested Readings

1. Rajni Kothari Politics in India (New Delhi: OrientLongmans, 1971)

2. W.H.Morris Jones Government and Politics in India (London: Hutchinson, 1971)

3. Norman D. Palmer The Political System in India ,(Boston: Houghton, 1971)

4. M.V.Pylee Constitutional Government in India (Bombay: Asia, 1965)

5. Robert Hardgrave India : Government and Politics in a Developing Nation (New York: HarcourtBruce and Ward, 1970)

6. Myron Weiner State Politics in India (Princeton:OUP, Princeton, 1968)


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7. ------------- Politics of Scarcity (Chicago, University ofChicago Press, 962)

8. Paul R. Brass Language, Religion and Politics in Northern India (New Delhi, Vikas, 1975).

9. Ramashray Ray The Uncertain Verdict : A Study of the1969 Mid-term Election. In Four IndianStates (New Delhi: Orient Longmans,1972)

10. P. Chandra Constitution of India (New Delhi: UniversalLaw Agency 2011)

11. Centre-State Relations NCRCW and K.M. Punchhi CommissionOn Centre-State Relations and CoalitionSystem.

12. D.D.Basu Introduction to the Constitution of India (New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India,1997)

13. George Mathew ed. Shifts in Indian Politics (NewDelhi: Concept Publishing Co., 1984)

14. R. Bhatnagar and Regional Political Parties in India (New.Pardeep Kumar eds Delhi: Ess Publications, 1988)

15. Dipankar Gupta ed. Social Stratification (New Delhi: OUP,1992)

16. C. T. Kurien, ER Economy, Society and DevelopmentPrabhakar and S. Gopal, eds. (New Delhi: Sage,1991)

17. Paul R. Brass The Politics of India since Independence (Hyderabad: OrientLongmans Ltd., 1990).

18. Arvind N. Das India Invented : A Nation in the Making (New Delhi: Manohar, 1992)

19. A.S.Narang Indian Government and Politics (NewDelhi: Gitanjali, 1994)


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20. H.K.Puri Centre-State Relations in India : A Reviewof Sarkaria Commission Report, Punjab Journalof Politics , Vol.XIII, Nos.1-2, 1989

21. ----------------- Political Parties and Discourse on Union State Relation, Punjab Journal ofPolitics ,Vol.XIV, Nos.1-2, 1990.

22. M.P Singh Federalizing and Stabilizing India: The Party andConstitutional Amendments Hold the Key toSurvival Punjab Journal of Politics , Vol XIV,Nos.1-2,1990

23. M.P Singh Whither Indian Federalism: Sarkaria CommissionReport and Beyond Punjab Journal of Politics ,VolXIII,Nos.1-2,1989

24. Ramashray Roy Perspectives on Indian Politics ,(Delhi: Discovery Publishing House, 1987)

25. Pardeep Kumar The study of State Politics: Some ObservationsPunjab Journal of Politics ,Vol. XIV,Nos. 1-2,1989

26. Myron Weiner The Indian Paradox (New Delhi: Sage,1989)

27. S. Nihal Singh The Rocky Road of the Indian Democracy (New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1993)

28. J.N.Pandey Constitutional Law of India ( Allahabad:Law Agency,1997)

29. A.R.Desai ed. Violation of Democratic Rights in India ,(Bombay: Popular Prakashan Pvt. 1980)

30. Pramod Kumar ed. Towards Understanding Communalism ,(Chandigarh: CRRID, 1992)

31. Nirmal Mukerji and Federalism in India, Origins and Development, BalbirArora ed. (New Delhi: Vikas Research, 1992)

32. Zoya Hasan and S.N.Jha The State, Political Processes and Identity ,and R. Khan (New Delhi: Sage, 1989)


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33. Ghanshyam Shah ed. Capitalist Development: Critical Essays (Bombay: Popular Parkashan, 1990)

34. B.L Fadia Indian Government and Politics( Agra: LaxmiNarain Agarwal, 1997

35. Sarkaria Commission Report

36. Granville Austin The Indian Constitution (New Delhi: OUP,2001)

37. B.L. Fadia Indian Government and Politics (Agra:Sahitya Bhawan Publications, 2008)

38. P.M. Bakshi The Constitution of India ( New Delhi:Universal Law Publishing Company, 2008)

39. Lloyd I. Rudolph Explaining Indian Democracy: A Fifty-and Susanne Rudolph Year Perspective, 1956-2006 , Vols. I, II, III

(New Delhi: OUP, 2008)

40. Indian Journal of Political Vols. From 2000-2010.Science.

41. Punjab Journal of Politics (from 2000-2010).

42. Francine Frankel Indias Political Economy 1947-2004 (New Delhi: OUP, 2006)

43. Zoya Hasan, et. al., Indias Living Constitution (New Delhi,Permanent Black, 2002)

44, Andre Beteille Society and Politics in India- Essays inComparative Politics, OUP,1991

45. Samir, Amin Capitalism in the Age of Globalization ( Jaipur:Rawat,2000.

46. Rajeev Bhargave Multi-Culturalism, Liberalism and DemoAnd Amiya Bagchi cracy ( New Delhi: OUP,1999)

47. Neera Chandoke Beyond Secularim: The Rights of Religion Minorities ( New Delhi: OUP,1999)

48. M.S.A Rao Social Movements in India:Studies in Peasant, Backward Classes, Sectarian Tribal and Womens Movements , Manohar,1979)


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Even SemesterPaper II

PSL052- Perspectives and Processes of Indian PolityCredits - 4

Unit I

1. Theoretical perspectives of Indian Politics(a) Partha Chatterrjee(b) Gunnar Myrdal

Unit II

2. Approaches to Five Years Plans: First Five Years Plan to 12 th Plan.3. Land Reforms: An Evaluation4. Liberalisation and Globalisation : Impact on Indian Politics

Unit III

5. Social Stratificatin :Caste and Class6. Electoral Process in India with Special focus on Punjab since 1952.

Suggested Readings

Rajni Kothari ed., Politics in India (Boston:, 1970)

______________ Democratic Polity and Social Change in India(New Delhi: 1977)

Dalip Hero Inside India Today (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978)

Andre Betaille Caste, Class and Power (Bombay:,OUP, 1968)

Rajni Kothari State Against Democracy (New Delhi: Ajanta Publishers, 1988)

Bipan Chandra Communalism in Modern India (Delhi: VaniEducational Book, 1984)

Daniel Thorner Agrarian Prospects in India (Bombay: Allied, 1976)

P.C.Joshi Land Reforms in India (New Delhi: 1975)

Francine R. Frankel Indias Political Economy 1947-2004 (Delhi: OUP, 2005)


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Zoya Hasan (ed.) Politics and the State in India (New Delhi: Sage, 2000)

Peter Ronald De Souza Contemporary India (New Delhi: Sage, 2000)

Tarlok Singh, Indias Development Experience (Delhi: Macmillan, 1974)

Myron Weiner (ed.) State Politics in India , (Princeton: University Press, 1968)

Paul R. Brass The Politics of India Since Independence (Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 2004)

Dipankar Gupta (ed.) Caste in Question: Identity or Hierarchy (New Delhi: Sage, 2004)

A Report State of Democracy in South Asia (New Delhi: OUP, 2008)

Ranjit Singh Ghuman (et. als.) Globalisation and Change (Jaipur: Rawat, 2010)

S.R. Ahlawat(ed.), Economic Reforms and Social Transformation(Jaipur: Rawat, 2008)

Sandeep Shastri and K.C. Electoral Politics in Indian States (New Delhi: OUP, 2009)Suri

Pranab Bardhan, The Political Economy of Development in India (NewDelhi, OUP 1994)


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Even SemesterPSL053-Issues in Contemporary International Politics

Credit-4

Unit-I

1. Nature of Post- Soviet World Order2. International Terrorism Since 9/11

Unit-II

3. Environment Related issues and Global Response4. Major Issues in Globalization since 1991

Unit-III

5. India in Global politics6. Political uprisings in Middle East

Suggested Readings

Goldstein, Joshua S International Relations, Pearson, New Delhi, 2006

John Baylis. Steve Smith, The Globalization of World Politics, OxfordPatricia Owens University Press, 2011

Mahendra Kumar Theoretical Aspects of International PoliticsShiva Lal Agarwala & Co. 1976

Niraja Gopal Jayal & Partap The Oxford Companion to Politics in India,Bhanu Mehta, ed. Oxford University Press.2010

Kuldip Singh & Preet Inder Indias Policy on the issue of climate changeKahlon and Focus on UPA, World Focus,Vol. XXXIII, No. 11, P

22-29,Nov.2012

Tapan Biswal, Ed. International Relations, Macmillan, New Delhi, 2009

Kuldip Singh and Nayanika Global Warming and Central Asia: PoliticalSingh and Social Dimensions, Man & Development,

Volume XXXIII, No.2, June 2011


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Kuldip Singh Major Explanations of Soviet Collapse and Beyond, PunjabJournal of Politics, Volume.29, pp 21-32,No. 2, 2005

---------------- India, Central Asia and the Changing Contours of War onTerrorismpp.821-825 World Focus, No. 383-84,November- December 2011

----------------- Conceptualizing peace and security in the Era of US Waron Terrorism pp. 186-201, India Quarterly, Vol. 61, No. 4,2005


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Even Semester(PG Level course for Post graduate students)

PSL054: Public Administration: Theory and PracticeCredits:4

Unit-I1. Meaning, Scope and Significance of Public Administration

2. Ecology of Administration

3. Principles of organization (a) Hierarchy (b) Unity of Command (c) Span of Control

Unit-II4. Theories of organization

a. Scientific Management ( Taylor )

b. Bureaucratic Theory ( Weber )

c. Classical ( Henri Iayol )

Unit-III5. Decision Making ( Herbert Siman)

6. Line and Staff

7. Ombudsman Lok Pal Ayukta

8. Delegated legislation

Suggested Readings

1. Orway Tead Administration: Its Purpose and Performance(New York: Harper and Brothers, 1959)

2. F.M.Marx, ed. Elements of Public Administration (New Delhi: PrenticeHall of India, 1964).

3. Marshall E Dimock, Public Administration ( New York: Rinerhart & Co.,O Gladys and W.Louis 1959).Keening


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4. Amreshwar Avasthi Public Administration (Agra: Laxmi Narainand Shriram Maheshwari Aggarwal, 1996)

5. C.P.Bambhri Public Administration : Theory and Practice (Jaipur: 1994).

6. M.P.Sharma Public Administration : Theory and Practice (Allahabad: Kitab Mahal, 1994)

7. S.P.Verma and Managing Public Personnel Systems (New Delhi: II PA,S.K.Sharma 1980)

8. Marshal W. Change in Public Bureaucracies (Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 1979)

9. Felix A. Nigro Modern Public Administration (New York: Harper Row,1970)

10. A.R.Tyagi Rights and Obligations of Civil Servants in India (New Delhi: Atma Ram & Sons, New Delhi.

11. Dwight Waldo The Enterprise of Public Administration (Novato:Chandler & Sharp, 1980).

12. Gunner Hecksher The Budget as an Instrument of Administrative Efficiency (New Delhi: IIPA).

13. A.P.Sexena Training and Development in Government (New Delhi : IIPA).

14. Rumki Basu Public Administration : Theory and Practice (New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1997)

Additional Readings:

1. E.N.Gladden An Introduction to Public Administration (London: Staples Press, 2nd ed.)

2. Henry Parris Staff Relations in the Civil Service; FiftyYears of Whitlyism (London: George Allen & Unwin,1973)

3. Martin Albrow Bureaucracy (London: Macmillan, 1970)


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4. M.A.Mutalib Democracy, Bureaucracy and Technocracy: Assumption of Public Management Theory (New Delhi: Concept, 1980)

5. Henry Nicholas Public Administration and Public Policy (New York: Prentice Hall, 1980).

6. R.L.Chapman The Dynamics of Administrative Reform ,and G.N. Croom Helm, (London: OUP 1980)

7. S.S.Khera Management and Control in Public Enterprises (Bombay: Asia, 1964)

8. Herbert Simon Administrative Behaviour (New York: Free Press 1966)

9. Laxmi Narain Principles and Practice of Public Enterprise Management (New Delhi: S. Chand, 1980)

10. Vishnu Parsad Administrative Tribunals in Action (New Delhi: Oxford& IBH 1974)

11. F.W.Riggs The Ecology of Public Administration (Bombay: Asia,1961)

12. Alvin Gouldner Patterns of Industrial Bureaucracy (New York: Free Press,1954)

13. Ramesh K. Arora Comparative Public AdministrationAn Ecological Perspective (New Delhi: AssociatedPublishing House, 1972)

14. Administrative Reforms Report of Study, Team on Promotion Commission Policies, Conduct Rules, Discipline and

Moral (New Delhi: 1967)

15. IIPA Personnel Administrations Implementing the Reforms (New Delhi: IIPA, 1970).

16. ARC Report of Study Team on Public Enterprises ,(New Delhi: 1967)

17. M.P. Sharma and Public Administration: Theory and Practice B.L.Sadana (Delhi:Kitab Mahal, 2008)


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Odd SemesterPSL055: Indian Constitution and Political System

(UG Level Course for PG and UG Students)Credits: 4

Unit-I1. Features of Constitution

2. Features of Preamble

3. Features of Fundamentals Rights and Directive Principles

Unit-II

4. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha

5. Features of Indian Judiciary

6. Judicial Activism and Public Interest Litigahon

Unit-III7. Regionalism

8. Communalism

9. Center-State Relations with focus on Sarkaria Commission Report

Suggested Readings1. Rajni Kothari Politics in India (New Delhi: Orient Longmans,

1971)

2. W.H.Morris Jones Government and Politics in India (London: Hutchinson,1971)

3. Norman D. Palmer The Political System in India , (Boston: Houghton, 1971)

4. M.V.Pylee Constitutional Government in India (Bombay: Asia, 1965)

5. Robert Hardgrave India : Government and Politics in a Developing Nation (New York: Harcourt Bruce and Ward, 1970)

6. Myron Weiner State Politics in India (Princeton: OUP, Princeton, 1968)

7. ------------- Politics of Scarcity (Chicago, University ofChicago Press, 962)


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8. Paul R. Brass Language, Religion and Politics in Northern India(New Delhi, Vikas, 1975).

9. Ramashray Ray The Uncertain Verdict : A Study of the 1969 Mid-term Election. In Four Indian States (New Delhi: OrientLongmans, 1972)

10. P. Chandra Constitution of India (New Delhi: Universal Law Agency2011)

11. Centre-State Relations NCRCW and K.M. Punchhi Commission On Centre-StateRelations and Coalition System.

12. D.D.Basu Introduction to the Constitution of India (New Delhi:Prentice Hall of India, 1997)

13. George Mathew ed. Shifts in Indian Politics (New Delhi: Concept PublishingCo., 1984)

14. R. Bhatnagar and Regional Political Parties in India (New Pardeep Kumareds. Delhi: Ess Publications, 1988)

15. Dipankar Gupta ed. Social Stratification (New Delhi: OUP, 1992)

16. C. T. Kurien, ER Economy, Society and Development Prabhakar and S.Gopal, eds. (New Delhi: Sage,1991)

17. Paul R. Brass The Politics of India since Independence (Hyderabad:Orient Longmans Ltd., 1990).

18. Arvind N. Das India Invented : A Nation in the Making (New Delhi:Manohar, 1992)

19. A.S.Narang Indian Government and Politics (New Delhi: Gitanjali,1994)

20. H.K.Puri Centre-State Relations in India : A Review of SarkariaCommission Report, Punjab Journal of Politics ,Vol.XIII, Nos.1-2, 1989

21. ----------------- Political Parties and Discourse on UnionState Relation,Punjab Journal of Politics ,Vol.XIV, Nos.1-2, 1990.


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22. Ramashray Roy Perspectives on Indian Politics , (Delhi: DiscoveryPublishing House, 1987)

23. Myron Weiner The Indian Paradox (New Delhi: Sage, 1989).

24. S. Nihal Singh The Rocky Road of the Indian Democracy (New Delhi:Sterling Publishers, 1993)

25. J.N.Pandey Constitutional Law of India ( Allahabad: Law Agency,1997)

26. A.R.Desai ed. Violation of Democratic Rights in India , (Bombay: PopularPrakashan Pvt. 1980)

27. Pramod Kumar ed. Towards Understanding Communalism , (Chandigarh:CRRID, 1992)

28. Nirmal Mukerji and Federalism in India, Origins and Development,Balbir Arora ed. (New Delhi: Vikas Research, 1992)

29. Zoya Hasan and S.N.Jha The State, Political Processes and Identity ,and R. Khan (New Delhi: Sage, 1989)

30. Ghanshyam Shah ed. Capitalist Development: Critical Essays (Bombay: PopularParkashan, 1990)

31. Sarkaria Commission Vols.I & II.Report.

32. Granville Austin The Indian Constitution (New Delhi: OUP, 2001)

33. B.L. Fadia Indian Government and Politics (Agra: Sahitya BhawanPublications, 2008)

35. P.M. Bakshi The Constitution of India (New Delhi: Universal LawPublishing Company, 2008)

36. Lloyd I. Rudolph Explaining Indian Democracy: A Fifty- Year Perspective,and Susanne Rudolph 1956-2006 , Vols. I, II, III (New Delhi: OUP, 2008)

37. Indian Journal of Political Vols. From 2000-2010.Science.

38. Punjab Journal of Politics (from 2000-2010)

39. Francine Frankel Indias Political Economy 1947-2004 (New Delhi: OUP,2006)

40. Zoya Hasan, et. al., Indias Living Constitution (New Delhi, Permanent Black,2002)

41. Sandeep Shastri, Electoral Politics in Indian States: Lok Sabha Elections inK.C. Suri, et. al., 2004 and Beyond (Delhi: OUP, 2009)


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Even SemesterPSL056: Perspectives of Public Administration

UG Level Course for PG and UG StudentsCredits: 4

Unit-I1. Meaning and nature of Public Administration2. Ecology of Public Administration3. Principles of Hierarchy, Unity of Command and Span of Control

Unit-II4. Administrative Thinkers

a. F.M Taylorb. Max Weberc. Henri Fayol

Unit-IIIProcesses and Structures of Public Administration

5. Line and Staff6. Delegated legislation7. Herbert Simon ( Decision Making )8. Ombudsman, Lok Pal and Lok Ayukta

Suggested Readings:

1. Orway Tead Administration: Its Purpose and Performance

(New York: Harper and Brothers, 1959)2. F.M.Marx, ed. Elements of Public Administration (New Delhi: PrenticeHall of India, 1964).

3. Marshall E Dimock, Public Administration ( New York: Rinerhart & Co.,O Gladys and W.Louis 1959).Keening

4. Amreshwar Avasthi Public Administration (Agra: Laxmi Narainand Shriram Maheshwari Aggarwal, 1996)

5. C.P. Bambhri Public Administration : Theory and Practice (Jaipur: 1994).

6. M.P. Sharma Public Administration : Theory and Practice (Allahabad: Kitab Mahal, 1994)

7. S.P. Verma and Managing Public Personnel Systems (New Delhi: II PA,S.K. Sharma 1980)

8. Marshal W. Change in Public Bureaucracies (Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 1979)

9. Felix A. Nigro Modern Public Administration (New York: Harper Row,1970)

10. A.R.Tyagi Rights and Obligations of Civil Servants in India (New Delhi: Atma Ram & Sons, New Delhi.


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11. Dwight Waldo The Enterprise of Public Administration (Novato:Chandler & Sharp, 1980).

12. Gunner Hecksher The Budget as an Instrument of Administrative Efficiency (New Delhi: IIPA).

13. A.P.Sexena Training and Development in Government (New Delhi : IIPA).

14. Rumki Basu Public Administration: Theory and Practice (New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1997)

Additional Readings:1. E.N.Gladden An Introduction to Public Administration

(London: Staples Press, 2nd ed.)

2. Henry Parris Staff Relations in the Civil Service; Fifty Years ofWhitlyism (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1973)

3. Martin Albrow Bureaucracy (London: Macmillan, 1970)

4. M.A.Mutalib Democracy, Bureaucracy and Technocracy: Assumption of Public Management Theory

(New Delhi: Concept, 1980)

5. Henry Nicholas Public Administration and Public Policy (New York:Prentice Hall, 1980).

6. R.L. Chapman The Dynamics of Administrative Reform ,and G.N. Croom Helm, (London: OUP 1980)

7. S.S. Khera Management and Control in Public Enterprises (Bombay: Asia, 1964)

8. Herbert Simon Administrative Behaviour (New York: Free Press 1966)

9. Laxmi Narain Principles and Practice of Public Enterprise Management (New Delhi: S. Chand, 1980)

10. Vishnu Parsad Administrative Tribunals in Action (New Delhi: Oxford& IBH 1974)

11. F.W. Riggs The Ecology of Public Administration (Bombay: Asia, 1961)


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12. Alvin Gouldner Patterns of Industrial Bureaucracy (New York: Free Press, 1954)

13. Ramesh K. Arora Comparative Public AdministrationAn EcologicalPerspective (New Delhi: Associated Publishing House, 1972)

14. Administrative Reforms Report of Study, Team on Promotion Policies,Commission Conduct Rules, Discipline and Moral (New Delhi: 1967)

15. IIPA Personnel Administrations Implementing the Reforms (New Delhi: IIPA, 1970).

16. ARC Report of Study Team on Public Enterprises ,

(New Delhi: 1967)17. M.P. Sharma and Public Administration: Theory and Practice

B.L.Sadana (Delhi:Kitab Mahal, 2008)

18. B.L. Fadia and Public Administration AdministrativeKuldeep Fadia Theories and Concepts ( Agra: Sahitya

Bhawan Publications, 2007)

19. R.K. Sapru Administrative Theories and ManagementThought, New Delhi, Prentice Hall of India,2008.

20. S.R. Maheswari Administrative Theories (2nd Revisededition) (New Delhi: Macmillan, 2006).

21. B.L. Fadia Administrative Theory (Agra: SahityaBhawan Publishers 2008)

22. Rumki Basu Public Administration: Theory andConcepts (New Delhi: Sterling Publishers,1987)


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Odd SemesterPSL: 057, Human Rights & Duties Education

UG Level Course for both UG and PG Students

Credits:4UNIT-I

Introduction to Human RightsMeaning, Nature and CharacteristicsClassification of Human RightsHistorical Development of Human RightsThree Generations of Human RightsTheories of Human Rights

UNIT-IIIntroduction to Human DutiesMeaning, Nature and Classification of Human DutiesRelevance of Human DutiesThe Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities (Valencia Declaration)Fundamental Duties in Indian Constitution

Unit-III

Human Rights in IndiaHistorical Development of Human Rights in IndiaFundamental RightsDirective Principles of State PolicyProtection of Human Rights Act 1993 (Formation & Functioning of NHRC &PSHRC)

Readings List

1. United Nations. The United Nations and Human Rights 1945-1995 . Geneva: United Nations

Blue Books Series, Vol. VII, 1996.

2. Sastry, S. N. Introduction to Human Rights and Duties. Pune: University of Pune Press,

2011.

3. Mertus, Julie. The United Nations and Human Rights- A Guide for a New Era . London:Routledge, 2009.

4. Mujawar, Wasiyoddin R. Social and Political Movements for Human Rights . Delhi:

Manglam Pub., 2009.

5. Ishay, M. R. The History of Human Rights . New Delhi: Orient Longman, 2004.


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6. Mohapatra, Arun Ray. National Human Rights Commission of India: Formation,Functioning and Future Perspectives. New Delhi: Atlantic, 2004.

7. Deol, Satnam Singh. Human Rights in India - Theory and Practice . New Delhi: Serials

Publications, 2011.

8. Deol, Satnam Singh. Custodial Deaths in India: A Study of the Protective Role of National Human Rights Commission . Indian Journal of Social Development (An International Journal)Jan-Jun 2011 Issue, pp. 1-15.

9. Deol , Satnam Singh. Punjab State Human Rights Commission: A Critical Analysis. IndianJournal of Political Science, Vol. LXXI, No. 2, April-June 2010, pp. 591-597.

10. Kaur, Jagroop & Deol, Satnam Singh. Three Generations of Human Rights: Realisation in India . Journal of Government and Political Studies, Vol. 34, March 2010, Issue 1, pp. 20-33.


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Odd SemesterInterdisciplinary Course

PSL: 059 India in Global PoliticsUG (for PG and UG students)

Credits: 4Unit-I

1. India in global politics in Post cold war Era.

2. Indias role in South Asia in the contemporary times.

Unit-II

3. Indo-US Strategic Engagements from 2000 onwards.

4. Indias perspective on 9/11 and US war on terrorism.

Unit-III5. Irritants in Sino-Indian Ties

6. Major contours of Indias Look East Policy

7. India and BRICKS.

Questions1. What kind of changes has been made in Indias foreign policy in post Soviet times?

2. Examine basic postulates of Indias policy towards its neighbors? How it has changed inrecent times

3. Examine changing contours of Indo-US ties in post- Cold War era?

4. Discuss Indias Policy on war on terrorism since 9/11

5. How India perceives Central Asia in its foreign policy priorities?

6. What are the major irritants in India-China ties? How India is likely to place itself ingame plan for containing China?

7. What are the planks of Indias Look East Policy?

8. Discuss BRICS as an arrangement of emerging nations? What is its role in globalpolitics?


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