POLITICAL SCIENCE- SEMESTER-V

Category l
(B.A. Honours in Political Science in three years)
STRUCTURE OF FIFTH SEMESTER

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE- 13: Western Political Philosophy - I

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION, ELIGIBILITY AND PRE-REQUISITES OF THE
COURSE
Course title Credits Credit distribution of the Eligibility Pre
& Code Course criteria requisite of
Lecture Tutorial Practical/ the course
Practice (if any)
Western 4 3 NA NA
Political
Philosophy
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DSC-13

Learning Objectives
This course goes back to Greek antiquity and familiarizes the students with the manner in
which the political questions were first posed and answered normatively. The aim is
introduce to the students the questions, ideas and values of political philosophy addressed
by political thinkers and juxtapose the same to contemporary political thinking. The course
aims to provide a critical grasp of the philosophical issues at the heart of politics.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course students would be able to:
Understand how to read and decode the classics and use them to engage
contemporary socio-political issues.
Connect with historically written texts and their interpretations.
Clearly present their own arguments and thoughts about contemporary issues
and develop ideas to engage with the latter.

SYLLABUS OF DSC-13

UNIT -I(8 Hours)

Text and Interpretation
UNIT-I| (14 Hours)
Antiquity
Plato
Philosophy and Politics, Virtues, Justice, Philosopher King/Queen,
Communism, Plato on Democracy, Women and Guardianship, Philosophic
Education and Good
Aristotle

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 Man as zoon politikon, State and Household, Citizenship, Justice, Virtue,
Regimes
UNIT- II (8 Hours)
Interlude:
Machiavelli
Vice and Virtue, Power, Political ethics, Religion and morality, Republicanism,
statecraft

UNIT -IV (15 Hours)

Possessive Individualism
Hobbes
Human nature, State of Nature, Social Contract and the role of consent, State
and sovereignty
Locke
Laws of Nature, Natural Rights, Consent, Justification of Property, Right to
Resist, Toleration

Essential/recommended readings
1. Text and Interpretation
T. Ball (2004) 'History and Interpretation' in C. Kukathas and G. Gaus (eds.) Handbook of
Political Theory, London: Sage Publications Ltd. pp. 18-30.
Rawis, J. Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy, Harvard University Press, London,
Introduction: 1-20.
Q. Skinner (2002) "Vision of Politics' Volume I, Meaning and understanding in the history of
Ideas, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp57-89
2. Antiquity
Plato, Republic, Chapters, trans. G.M.A Grube, revised by C.D.C. Reeve. Indianapolis:
Hackett, 1992
Plato, https:l/plato. stanford.edu/entries/plato/, Sanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy
A. Skoble and T. Machan (2007) Political Philosophy: Essential Selections. New Delhi:
Pearson Education, pp. 9-32.
R. Kraut (1996) 'Introduction to the study of Plato', inR. Kraut (ed.) The Cambridge Companion
to Plato. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-50.
C. Reeve (2009) 'Plato', in D. Boucher and P. Kelly (eds) Political Thinkers: From Socrates to
the Present, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 62-80
Aristotle, Politics, Chapters, trans. C.D.C. Reeve (called "Politics") Indianapolis: Hackett,1998
Aristotle, https://plato.stanford.edulentrieslaristotle-politics/, Stanford Encyclopaedia of
Philosophy
A. Skoble and T. Machan (2007) Political Philosophy: Essential Selections. New Delhi:
Pearson Education, pp. 53-64.
T. Burns (2009) 'Aristotle', in D. Boucher, and P. Kelly (eds) Political Thinkers: From Socrates
to the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.81-99.
C. Taylor (1995) Politics', in J. Barnes (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 232-258
3. Interlude

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Machiaveli, Republic, Chapters XII, XVII, XXI, Mansfield, Harvey C. (1985) The University of
Chicago Press: Chicago and London
Machiavelli, htps:/lplato.stanford.edu/entries/machiavellil, Stanford Encyclopaedia of
Philosophy
A. Skoble and T. Machan (2007) Political Philosophy: Essential Selections. New Delhi:
Pearson Education,pp. 124-130
Q. Skinner (2000) The Adviser to Princes', in Machiavelli: AVery Short Introduction, Oxford:
Oxford University Press, pp. 23-53
J. Femia (2009) 'Machiavelli', in D. Boucher, and P. Kelly (eds) Political Thinkers: From
Socrates to the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 163-184
4. Possessive Individualism

Hobbes, T. Leviathan, Chapters 1, 2, 3, Curley, Edwin (1994), Hacket Publishing Company.

Inc: Indiana.

Rawis, J. Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy, Harvard University Press, London
Pp. 23-94
A. Skoble and T. Machan (2007) Political Philosophy: Essential Selections. New Delhi:
Pearson Education pp. 131-157.
D. Baumgold (2009) "Hobbes', in D. Boucher and P. Kelly (eds) Political Thinkers: From
Socrates to the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 189-206.
C. Macpherson (1962) The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism: Hobbes to Locke.
Oxford University Press, Ontario, pp. 17-29.
Locke, J. Two Treatise of Government (Cambridge: CUP, 1988), Book Il, Chapter1-5
Rawls, J. Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy, Introduction: 103-38
A. Skoble and T. Machan (2007) Political Philosophy: Essential Selections. New Delhi:
Pearson Education, pp. 181-209.
J. Waldron (2009) 'John Locke', in D. Boucher and P. Kelly (eds) Political Thinkers: From
Socrates to the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 207-224
C. Macpherson (1962) The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism: Hobbes to Locke.
Oxford University Press, Ontario, pp. 194-214.
Additional Resources:
J. Coleman (2000) 'Introduction', in A History of Political Thought: From Ancient Greece to
Early Christianity, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, pp. 1-20.
Q. Skinner (2010) Preface', in The Foundations of Modern Political Thought Volume I,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press pp. ix-xv.
S. Okin (1992) 'Philosopher Queens and Private Wives', in S. Okin Women in Western Political
Thought, Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 28-50
R. Kraut (1996) The Defence of Justice in Plato's Republic, in R. Kraut (ed.) The Cambridge
Companion to Plato. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 311-337
T. Saunders (1996) Plato's Later Political Thought, in R. Kraut (ed.) The Cambridge
Companion to Plato. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 464-492.
J. Coleman (2000) 'Aristotle', in J. Coleman A History of Political Thought: From Ancient
Greece to Early Christianity, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, pp.120-186
D. Hutchinson (1995) 'Ethics', in J. Barnes (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 195-232.
I. Hampsher-Monk (2001) Thomas Hobbes', in A History of Modern Political Thought: Major
Political Thinkers from Hobbes to Marx, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, pp. 1-67.

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A. Ryan (1996) 'Hobbes's political philosophy', in T. Sorell (ed.) Cambridge Companion to
Hobbes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 208-245.
R. Ashcraft (1999) 'Locke's Political Philosophy', in V. Chappell (ed.) The Cambridge
Companion to Locke, Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, pp. 226-251.
I. Hampsher-Monk (2001) AHistory of Modem Political Thought: Major Political Thinkers from
Hobbes to Manx, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, pp. 69-116.
Readings in Hindi

Note: Examination scheme and mode shall be as prescribed by the

Examination Branch, University of Delhi, from time to time.

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE 14: Modern Indian Political Thought

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION, ELIGIBILITY AND PRE-REQUISITES OF THE
COURSE

Course Credits Credit distribution of the Eligibility Pre

title 8 course criteria requisite
Code Lecture Tutorial Practicall of the
Practice COurse
(if any)
Modern 4 3 1 NA NA
Indian
Political
Thought
DSC-14

Learning Objectives
The objective of this course is to study important themes through individual thinkers. The
Course has been designed to give students a glimpse of the richness and diversity within
Indian political thought. The thinkers have been consciously selected to represent a wide
spectrum of ideologies and vantage points within the modern Indian thought tradition. Selected
extracts from original texts are also included to be discussed in the class. This will help
students to have experience in understanding how these thinkers build up their arguments
and develop their views on the respective themes.
Learning outcomes
After studying this course, the students will be able to:
Develop critical understanding about modern Indian thought.
Thematically explore ideas in order to locate the topical debates on important subjects
on a historical trajectory
Reflect over the diverse possibilities exhibited in the writings of the respective thinkers.
Think about issues and debates in contemporary India from multiple vantage points
including its historical significance in the Indian tradition.

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 Develop toleration and respect for diverse opinion and at the same time, to admire and
appreciate the plurality within the modern Indian intellectual tradition.

SYLLABUS OF DSC- 14

UNIT -I(7 Hours)

Understanding Modern Indian Political Thought
UNIT -I|(8 Hours)
Nation and Nationalism
Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore and Gandhi

UNIT -Il (7 Hours)

State and Democracy
Jawaharlal Nehru, Deendayal Upadhyay, Ram Manohar Lohia, and Bhimrao
Ramji Ambedkar

UNIT -IV (7 Hours)

Rights
Rammohan Roy, Tarabai Shinde

UNIT - V (8 Hours)
Swaraj
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
UNIT - VI (8 Hours)
Hindutva and Hinduism
Savarkar

Essential/recommended readings
1. Understanding Modern Indian Political Thought
V. Mehta and T. Pantham (2006) 'A Thematic Introduction to Political ldeas in Modern India:
Thematic Explorations, History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian civilization' Vol.
10, Part:7 (New Delhi: Sage Publications), pp. Xxvi-ixi.
D. Dalton (1982) Continuity of Innovation', in Indian ldea of Freedom: Political Thought of
Swami Vivekananda, Aurobindo Ghose, Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi
(Gurgaon: Academic Press), pp. 1-28.
R. Guha (2010) "Prologue: Thinking Through India", in Makers of Modern India, Penguin
Books. pp.1-22
2. Nation and Nationalism
Sen, Amiya P. (2011), Vivekanand: Cultural Nationalism', in M. P. Singh and Himanshu Roy
(ed.), Indian Political Thought: Themes and Thinkers (Delhi: Pearson)
Tagore: M. Radhakrishnan and Devasmita (2003), 'Nationalism is a great menace: Tagore
and Nationalism', in P. Hogan, Coln and L. Pandit (ed.) Rabindranath Tagore: Universality
and Tradition (London: Rosemont), pp. 29-39.
Guha, R (2010), "7The Rooted Cosmopolitan" in the Makers of Modern India, Penguin, pp 185
203

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3. State and Democracy

Parekh, B. (1991), Nehru and the National Philosophy of India', Economic and Political
Weekly, vol. 26 (1/2), pp. 35-48.
Yadav, Y. (2010), "What is Living and VWhat is Dead in Ram Manohar Lohia? Economic and
Political Weekly, vol. XLV (40), pp. 107.
Deendayal Upadhyay (1964), Integral Humanism, Bharatiya Jana Sangha, Delhi.
Ambedkar, B.R. (2017) "The Challenges before the Parliamentary Democracy in India and
their Remedies", in B.L.Mungekar, The Essential Ambedkar, Rupa, Chap-09
4. Rights
Mukherjee, S. (2014), The Social Implications of the Political Thought of Raja Rammohun
Roy', Sydney Studies in Society and Culture, pp. 11-40.
O' Hanlon, Rosalind (2002) A comparison between women and men: Tarabai Shinde and the
critique of Gender Relations in Colonial India Oxford University Press: New Delhi - Introduction
5. Swarai
Parel, A. (ed.) (2002), 'Introduction', in Gandhi, freedom and Self Rule, Delhi: Vistaar
Publication.
Inamdar, N.R. (1986), "The Political ldeas of Lokmanya Tilak" in Thomas Pantham and
Kenneth Deutsch (ed.) Political thought in modern India, New Delhi: Sage pp. 110-121
Singh, S. P. (2017), Tilak's Nationalism and Swaraj', in M. P. Singh and Himanshu Roy (ed.),
Indian Political Thought: Themes and Thinkers (Delhi: Pearson), pp. 194-205.
6. Hindutva and Hinduism
Savarkar, Vinayak Damodar. Essentials of Hindutva, 1922-23, available at:
http://savarkar.orglenlencyc/2017/5/23/2 12 12 04 essentials of hindutva.v001.pdf 1.pdf
Sampath, Vikram (2021) Savarkar: A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966, Penguin Random House
India: Gurugram

Additional Readings:
Mahopatra, Silika and Singh, Akash (2012), What is Indian Political Thought', in Self (ed.),
Indian Political Thought (New York: Routledge).
Parekh, Bhikhu (2012), The Poverty of Indian Political Theory', in Akash Singh and Silika
Mahopatra(ed.), Indian Political Thought (New York: Routledge), pp. 220-235.
Vivekananda, The Nature of British Rule in India- Il', in Amiya P. Sen (ed.), The Indispensable
Vivekananda: An Anthology for Our Times (New Delhi: Permanent Black), pp. 63-69.
Tagore, R (2018) Nationalism in India', in Nationalism (New Delhi: Macmillan), pp. 97-130.
Madani, M. (2005), Composite Nationalism and Islam (New Delhi: Manohar), pp. 66-91.
Gokhale, B. G. (1964), 'SwamiVivekananda and Indian Nationalism', Jounal of Bible and
Religion, vol. 32 (1), pp. 35-42.
Bhattacharya, S. (2016), 'Antinomies of Nationalism and Rabindranath Tagore', Economic and
Political Weekly, Vol. 51 (6).
Nandy,A. (1994), 'Rabindranath Tagore &Politics of Self, in llegitimacy of Nationalism(Delhi:
Oxford University Press), pp. 1-50.

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Nehru, J. (1991) 'Selected Works', in S. Hay (ed.), Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 2, Second
Edition (New Delhi: Penguin), pp. 317-319.
Kothari, Rajni (1964), The Meaning of Jawaharlal Nehru, The Economic Weekly, pp. 1203
1207.

Jaffrelot C. and Kumar, N. (2018). Dr. Ambedkarand Democracy: An Anthology (Delhi: Oxford
University Press).
Mukherjee, A. P. (2009), 'B. R. Ambedkar, John Dewey and the meaning of Democracy', New
Literary History, vol. 40(2), pp. 345-370
Kumar, A.(2010), Understanding Lohia's Political Sociology: Intersectionality of Caste, Class,
Gender and Language Issue', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. XLV (40), pp.64-70.
Roy, Rammohun (1902), 'Petitions against the Press Regulation to the Supreme Court, and
to the Ring in Council, in J. C. Ghose (ed.), The English Works of Raja Ram Mohun Roy
(Calcutta: S. K. Lahiri), pp. 278-321.
Lele, Jayant (1998) Gender Consciousness in Mid-Nineteenth- Century Maharashtra in Anne
Feldhaus Images of women in Maharashtrian Society. The University of New York press: New
York

Bayly, C. A. (2010), Ram Mohan and the Advent of Constitutional Liberalism in India; 1800 to
1830 in S. Kapila (ed.) An Intellectual History for India, New Delhi: Cambridge University
Press: pp-18-34
Pantham, T. (1986) The socio-religious thought of Ram Mohan Roy in Thomas Pantham and
Kenneth Deutsch (ed.) Political thought in modern India, New Delhi: Sage, pp-32-52
Chakravarti, U. (2007) Pandita Ramabai -ALife and a Time, New Delhi: Critical Quest, pp.1
40.

Omvedt, G. (2008) Ramabai: Women in the Kingdom of God, in Seeking Begumpura: The
Social Vision of Anti Caste Intellectuals, New Delhi: Navayana. pp. 205-224.
Tilak, B. G. (1922) Karma yoga and Swaraj' and 'Swarajya speech at Godhra', in Bal
Gangadhar Tilak: His Writings and Speeches (Madras: Ganesh &Co.), pp. 245-248; 292-298.
Gandhi, M. K. (2006), Hind Swaraj (Ahmedabad: Navajivan Publishing House).
Mukherjee, R. (2009), Gandh's Swaraj', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 44(50), pp. 34
39.

Kapila, Shruti (2010), 'Self, Spencer and Swaraj. Nationalist Thought And Critiques of
Liberalism, 1890-1920, in self (ed.) An Intellectual History for India (New Delhi: Cambridge
University Press), pp. 109-127
Piney, Christopher (2011), The Tiger's Nature, but Not the Tiger: Bal Gangadhar Tilak as
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's Counter-Guru', Public Culture 23(2), pp. 395-416.

Note: Examination scheme and mode shall be as prescribed by the

Examination Branch, University of Delhi, from time to time.

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 DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE 15: Political Process in India

Credit distribution, Eligibility and Pre-requisites of the Course

Course title & Credits Credit distribution of the Eligibility Pre
Code COurse criteria requisite of
Lecture Tutorial Practicall the course
Practice (if any)
Political 4 3 1 NA NA
Process in
India
DSC 15

Learning Objectives
This course aims at familiarising the students with the processes through which politics makes itself
manifest in India. It involves looking at the different modes through which power is exercised and
dispersed in society along the axes of caste, class, religion, ethnicity and gender. It seeks insights
from political sociology to understand how political process is mediated through and structured by
various forms of social power. It enables students to comprehend the relationship between caste,
religion and politics, the constitutional recognition and institutional arrangements for self
government, autonomy and development in the context of tribal communities as reflected in the
Fifth and Sixth Schedules, and the various constitutional and legal provisions that enable the state
to empower the marginalised and vulnerable in society. It also provides students with the analytical
tools for understanding the different dimensions of the Indian state as it governs through regulation,
welfare and coercion. The course enables the students to understand the party system in ndia, its
changing form in response to democratic churnings and electoral competition, and the role played
by them in the articulation of political power. It draws attention to the constitutional, statutory and
institutional arangements for regulating electoralcompetition through the study of electoral reforms
and the Election Commission of India.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course, the students will demonstrate:
Understanding of political process in India and its interaction with social
cleavages of caste, class, gender, ethnicity and religion
Familiarity with the ways in which the state in India responds to social groups
and vulnerable sections
Knowledge of political parties and the party system in India
Awareness of the manner in which representation and electoral competition
play out in Indian politics

SYLLABUS OF DSC-15
UNIT -I (8 Hours)
Political Parties and the Party System
Political Parties: National and State Parties;
Trends in the Party System: From the Congress System to ascendancy of
Bhartiya Janata Party
UNIT -I| (7 Hours)
Elections and Electoral Processes

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 Electoral Process, Representation and social determinants of voting
behaviour; Election Commission and Electoral Reforms

UNIT - IIl (8 Hours)

Religion and Politics
Debates on Secularism and Communalism

UNIT -IV (8 Hours)

Caste and Politics
Caste in Politics and the Politicization of Caste; Intersectionality of Caste,
Class and Gender, reservation and affirmative action policies

UNIT - V (7 Hours)
Tribes and Politics
Policies and Challenges: Fifth and Sixth Schedules; Forest Rights Act;
Development and Issues of Displacement

UNIT - VI (7 Hours)
Dimensions of the State in India
Welfare, Regulatory and Coercive

Essential/recommended readings
1. Political Parties and the Party System
R. Kothari (2002)The Congress System', in Z. Hasan (ed.) Parties and Party Politics in India,
New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp 39-55.
Pradeep Chibber and Rahul Verma (2019) The Rise of the Second Dominant Party System
in India: BJPs New Social Coalition in 2019' in Studies in Politics, Vol. 7, No.2, Pp.131-148.
Y. Yadav and S. Palshikar (2006) 'Party System and Electoral Politics in the Indian
States,1952-2002: From Hegemony to Convergence', in P.R. DeSouza and E. Sridharan
(eds.) India's Political Parties, New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 73-115.
C. Jaffrelot and G. Verniers (2020), 'A New Party System of a New Political System?,
Contemporary South Asia, Vol.28, No.2, pp. 141-154.
M. Vaishnav and J. Hintson (2019), The Dawn of India's Fourth Party System', Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace Paper, 5 September.
K.C. Suri (2019), 'Social Change and the Changing Indian Voter: Consolidation of the BJP in
India's 2019 Lok Sabha Election', Studies in Indian Politics, Vol.7, Issue 2, pp.234-246.
2. Election and Electoral Process
N. G. Jayal (2006) Representing India: Ethnic Diversity and the Governance of Public
Institutions, Palgrave Macmillan, London.
Yogendra Yadav (2010), "Representation', in Niraja Gopal Jayal and Pratap Bhanu Mehta
(eds), The Oxford Companion to Politics in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 347
360.
E. Sridharan and M. Vaishnav (2017), 'Election Commission of India', in D. Kapur, P.B. Mehta
and M. Vaishnav (eds.) Rethinking Public Institutions in India, New Delhi: Oxford University
Press,pp. 417-463.
U.K. Singh and A. Roy (2018), 'Regulating the Electoral Domain: The Election Commission of
India', Indian Journal of PublicAdministration, 17 August 2018.

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U. Singh and A. Roy (2019), Election Commission of India: Institutionalising Demnocratic
Uncertainties, Oxford University Press, Delhi.
S. Kumar (2022), Elections in India: An Overview, Routledge, London and New York
Y. Yadav (2000) "Understanding the Second Democratic Upsurge', in F. Frankel, Z. Hasan,
and R. Bhargava (eds.) Transforming India: Social and Political Dynamics in Democracy, New
Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 120-145.
3. Religion and Politics
T. Pantham (2004) 'Understanding Indian Secularism: Learning from its Recent Critics', in
R. Vora and S. Palshikar (eds.) Indian Democracy: Meanings and Practices, New Delhi: Sage,
pp. 235-256.
N.Chandhoke (2010) 'Secularism', in P. Mehta and N. Jayal (eds,) The Oxford Companion to
Politics in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 333-346.
R Bhargava (ed.) (2006) Secularism and its Critics, Oxford India Paperbacks.
4. Caste and Politics
R. Kothari (1970) 'Introduction', in Caste in Indian Politics, Delhi: Orient Longman, pp.3
25. M. Weiner (2001) The Struggle for Equality: Caste in Indian Politics', in Atul Kohli (ed.)
The Success of India's Democracy, New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, Pp. 193-225.
G. Omvedt (2002) 'Ambedkar and After: The Dalit Movement in India',in G. Shah
(ed.) Social Movements and the State, New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 293-309
M.Galanter (2002) The Long Half-Life of Reservations', in Z. Hasan, E. Sridharan and R.
Sudarshan (eds.) India's Living Constitution: ldeas, Practices, Controversies, New Delhi:
Permanent Black, pp. 306-318.
C. Jaffrelot (2005) The Politics of the OBCs', in Seminar, Issue 549, pp. 41-45.
M. John (2011) The Politics of Quotas and the Women's Reservation Bill in India', in M.
Tsujimura and J. Steele (eds.) Gender Equality in Asia, Japan: Tohoku University Press, pp.
169-195.
5. Tribes and Politics
B. Sharma (2010), The 1990s: Great Expectations'; The 2000s: Disillusionment
Unfathomable', in Unbroken History of Broken Promises: Indian State and Tribal People,
Delhi: Freedom Press and SahyogPustakKuteer, pp. 64-91.
V. Xaxa (2019) 'lsolation, Inclusion and Exclusion: the case of Adivasis in India', in V.S. Rao,
Adivasi Rights and Exclusion in India, Oxon and New York: Routledge, pp.27-40
A. Kothari, N. Pathak and A. Bose (2011) Forests, Rights and Conservation: FRA Act 2006,
India', in H. Scheyvens (ed.) Critical Review of Selected Forest-Related Regulatory Initiatives:
Applying a Rights Based Perspective, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, pp. 19-50
6. Dimensions of the State in India
A. Chakraborty (2019) 'From Passive Beneficiary to 'Rights Claimants': What Difference Does
it Make', in A. P. D'Costa and A. Chakraborty eds., Changing Contexts and Shifting Roles of
the Indian State: New Perspectives on Development Dynamics, Singapore: Springer, pp. 25
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P. Chatterjee (2010) The State', in N. G. Jayal and P. B. Mehta eds. The Oxford Companion
to Politics in India, Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 3-14.
Khera (2020) 'India's Welfare State: A Halting Shift from Benevolence to Rights', Curent
History, April.
M. Khosla and M. Vaishnav (2021), The Three Faces of the Indian State', Open Democracy,
32(1), pp. 111-25.

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M. Mohanty (1989) 'Duality of the State Process in India: A Hypothesis', Bhartiya Samajik
Chintan, Vol. XIl (1-2)
A. K. Thiruvengadam 'Flag-bearers of a New Era? The Evolution of New Regulatory
Institutions in India (1991-2016)' in S. Rose-Ackerman, P.L. Lindseth and J. Emerson eds.,
Comparative Administrative Law, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp.218-232.
L. Tillin, R. Deshpande and K.K. Kailash eds. (2015) Politics of Welfare: Comparisons across
Indian States, Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-39.
L. Tillin (2021) Does India have Subnational Welfare Regimes? The Role of State
Governments in Shaping Social Policy', Territory, Politics, Governance, 10 (1):86-102.
A. Verma (2007) 'Police Agencies and Coercive Power', in S. Ganguly, L. Diamond and M.
Plattner (eds.) The State of India's Democracy, Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, pp.
130-139.
D. Kapur and M. Khosla (2019), Regulation in India: Design, Capacity, Performance, New
Delhi and London: Bloomsbury [Chapter One: The Reality of Indian Regulation', pp. 3-29].
Y. Yadav (2020) Making Sense of Indian Democracy, Ranikhet: Permanent Black [Chapter 9:
'On Theories of the Indian State', pp. 236-248).
Hindi Readings:

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Oatley, Thomas (2019) International Political Economy, Sixth Edition, New York and London:
Routledge.
Ravenhill, John (ed.)(2017) Global Political Economy, fifth edition, Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
Strange, Susan (1994) State and the Markets, Second Edition, London and New York:
Continuum.
Strange, Susan (1996) The Retreat of the State: The Diffusion of Power in the World Economy,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Note: Examination scheme and mode shall be as prescribed by the

Examination Branch, University of Delhi, from time to time.

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE COURSE 3b: Understanding Ambedkar

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION, ELIGIBILITY AND PRE-REQUISITES OF THE

COURSE

Course title & Credits Credit distribution of the Eligibility Pre

Code COurse criteria requisite
Lecture Tutorial Practicall of the
Practice Course
(if any)
Understanding 4 3 1 NA NA
Ambedkar
DSE-3b

Learning Objectives
This course is broadly intended to introduce Ambedkar's ideas and their relevance in contemporary
India, by looking beyond caste. Ambedkar's philosophical contributions towards Indian economy
and class question, sociological interpretations on religion, gender, caste and cultural issues; ideas
on politics such as concepts of nation, state, democracy, law and constitutionalism are to be
pedagogically interrogated and interpreted. This will help students to critically engage themselves
with the existing social concerns, state and economic structures and other institutional
mechanisms. This also will facilitate them to strengthen their creative thinking with a collective
approach to understand ongoing social, political, cultural and economic issues of the society.
Learning outcomes
The course is designed to provide students the original writings and ideas of Ambedkar on diverse
issues beyond caste and equip them to critically engage with the ideas, interpretations. By
engaging with the original sources as well as secondary writings on Ambedkar's ideas that cover,
caste, class, gender, religion, state, democracy and constitution the students will be able to
understand a thinker in the context and contemporaneity. At the end of the course, students shall
be equipped with the method of understanding the ideas, philosophy and relevance of a particular
thinker. Students shall also be able to reflect on the method of the thinker's engagement with the
then context, issues and concepts. Finally, the students shall be equipped in understanding the
conceptual and philosophical diversity, situatedness and significance of Ambedkar beyond his
contribution in the sphere of social justice and drafting the Indian constitution. The cOurse thus
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provides an opportunity to the students to understand Ambedkar for his several important
contributions in the field of religion, state, democracy, gender, economy and history.

SYLLABUS OF DSE-3b

UNIT -I(3 Hours)

Introducing Ambedkar
Approach to Study Polity, History, Economy, Religion and Society
UNIT -II (10 Hours)
Caste and Religion
Caste, Untouchability and Critique of Hindu Social Order
Islam and Partition of India
Religion and Conversion
UNIT -III (8 Hours)
Women's Question
Ambedkar on Women
Hindu Code Bill
Uniform Civil Code

UNIT -IV (8 Hours)

Political Vision
Nation and Nationalism
Democracy and Citizenship
UNIT V (8 Hours)
Constitutionalism
Rights and Representations
Constitution as an Instrument of Social Transformation

UNIT - VI (8 Hours)
Economy and Class Question
Planning and Development
Land and Labour References

Essentiallrecommended readings
1. Introducing Ambedkar
G. Omvedt (2008) 'Phule-Remembering the Kingdom of Bali', Seeking Begumpura, Navyana,
pp. 159-184.
M. Gore (1993) The Social Context of an ldeology: Ambedkar's Political and Social Thought,
Delhi: Sage Publication, pp. 73-122; 196-225.
B. Ambedkar (1989) 'Annihilation of Caste with a Reply to Mahatma Gandhi', in Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar Writings and Speeches: Vol. 1, Education Dept., Government of Maharashtra,
Mumbai, pp. 23-96.
2. Caste and Religion
The Untouchables Who were they and why they become Untouchables? Available at

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ey%20became%20PART%201.htm
B. Ambedkar (1987) The Hindu Social Order: Its Essential Principles', Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar Writings and Speeches: Vol. 3, Education Deptt., Government of Maharashtra,
1989, pp. 95-129.
B. Ambedkar (2003) "What way Emancipation?, in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and
Speeches, Vol. 17-III, Education Dept., Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai, pp-175-201.
B. Ambedkar (2015 paperback). Thoughts on Pakistan or Partition of India. Gautam
Publication, Delhi.
3. Women's Question
S. Rege (2013) 'Against the Madness of Manu', in B. R. Ambedkar's Writings on Brahmanical
Patriarchy, Navyana Publication, pp. 13-59; 191-232.
B. Ambedkar (2003) "The Rise and Fallof Hindu Woman: Who was Responsible for It?', in Dr.
Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches Vol. 17-II, Education Dept., Government of
Maharashtra, Mumbai, pp. 109-129.
4. Political Vision
B. Ambedkar (1991) What Gandhi and Congress have done to the Untouchables', in Dr.
Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches, Education Deptt, Government of Maharashtra,
Vol.9, pp. 40-102; 181-198; 274-297.
B. Ambedkar (2003) 'Conditions Precedent for the successful working of Democracy', in Dr.
Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches, Vol. 17-l1, Education Deptt, Government of
Maharashtra, Mumbai, pp. 472-486.
5. Constitutionalism
Ambedkar, Evidence before South Borough committee on Franchise, Available at
http:/www.ambedkar.orglambcd/07.%20Evidence%20before%20the?%20Southborough%20
Committee.htm.
Constituent Assembly Debates, Ambedkar's speech on Draft Constitution on 4th November
1948, CAD Vol. VII, Lok Sabha Secretariat, Government of India, 3rd Print, pp. 31-41.
B. Ambedkar (2013), States and Minorities, Delhi: Critical Quest.
Uijwal Singh and Anupama Roy (2017) B. R. Ambedkar and the ldeas of Constitutionalism and
Constitutional Democracy, lAS Simla,
6. Economy and Class Question
S. Thorat (2007) 'Economic System, Development and Economic Planning', in S. Thorat and
Aryama (eds), Ambedkar in Retrospect: Essays on Economics, Politics and Society, Delhi:
Rawat Publishers, pp. 25-48.
B. Ambedkar (1991) 'Labor and Parliamentary Democracy and Welfare', in Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar Writings and Speeches, Vol. 10, Education Deptt., Government of Maharashtra,
Mumbai, pp. 106-112; 139-143; 243-252
Additional Resources:
Classics
Ambedkar, B. R. (1987) The Women and the Counter-Revolution', in Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar Writings and Speeches, Vol. 3, Education Dept., Government of Maharashtra,
Mumbai, pp. 427-437.
Ambedkar, B. R. (2003), 1 have no Homeland', in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and
Speeches Vol- 17, Education Deptt., Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai, pp-51-58.
Ambedkar, B. R. (2003), 'Role of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in Bringing The Untouchables on the
Political Horizon of India and Lying A Foundation of Indian Democracy', in Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar Writings and Speeches, Vol. 17-1, Education Dept., Government of Maharashtra,
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Mumbai, pp-63-178.
Ambedkar, B. R. (2003) 'Buddhism paved way for Democracy and Socialistic Pattern of
Society', in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches, Vol. 17-1II, Education Dept.,
Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai, pp. 406-409.
Ambedkar, B. R. (2003) 'Failure of Parliamentary Democracy will Result in Rebellion, Anarchy
and Communism', in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Nritings and Speeches, Vol. 17-I|I, Education
Deptt., Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai, pp. 423-437.

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