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DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Category I
Political Science Courses for Undergraduate Programme of study
with Political Science as a Single Core Discipline
(B.A. Honours in Political Science in three years)

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE – 10: Public Administration in India

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION, ELIGIBILITY AND PRE-REQUISITES OF THE
COURSE
Course title & Credits Credit distribution of the Eligibility Pre-
Code course criteria requisite
Lecture Tutorial Practical/ of the
Practice course
(if any)
Public 4 3 1 -- Passed NIL
Administration Class XII
in India
DSC-10

Learning Objectives
The paper seeks to provide an introduction to the different dimensions of public
administration in India. It seeks to acquaint the student with an analytical and critical
understanding of the institution of Indian bureaucracy, with issues of decentralization,
financial management, public accountability, e-governance and some specific dimensions
of citizens and social welfare policies.

Learning outcomes
With this course, we expect that students will be able to:
• Have a clear picture of the complex institutional structure of Indian administration at
present
• Understand the building blocks of local governance, in rural and urban areas
• Explain the processes by which different budgeting systems work for this structure
• Analyse the processes of implementation of different social welfare policies by the
administrative institutions.

SYLLABUS OF DSC-10
UNIT – I (8 Hours)
Indian Administration
a. Structure of the Civil Services: Evolution
i. Historical Legacy
ii. Civil Service in the Constitutional Framework; appointment training,
promotion
b. PMO, Cabinet Secretariat
c. Major Initiatives in Administrative Reforms

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UNIT – II (8 Hours)
Decentralization and Local Self Governance
a. Meaning and Types: Rural and Urban
b. PRIs and implementation of public policies

UNIT – III (7 Hours)

Budget
a. Concept of Budget and Budget Cycle in India
b. Types of Budget: Line Budget, Performance Planning Budget, Zero
Based Budget
c. Budget making: role of the Finance Ministry

UNIT – IV (7 Hours)
Technology and Public Administration in India
a. E-Governance: The Journey of E-Governance in India
b. Models of E-Governance: Case-Study of Digital India Mission

UNIT – V (8 Hours)
Social Welfare Policies
a. Education: Right to Education
b. Health: National Health Mission
c. Food: Right to Food Security
d. Employment: MGNREGA

UNIT – VI (7 Hours)
Issues and Debates in Indian Administration
a. Ethics in Administration: Integrity vs. Corruption
b. Accountability: RTI, Lokpal, Citizens’ Charter
c. Relationship between Political Executive and Permanent Executive
d. Generalists and Specialists
e. Gender sensitivity and gender participation

Essential/recommended readings
Unit 1. Indian Administration
Basic Readings
K.S. Chalam, ‘Constitutional Status of Civil Service In India’ in K.S. Chalam [ed.], Governance
in South Asia: State of The Civil Services, Sage Publishers, 2014.
Devesh Kapur and Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Public Institutions in India: Performance and Design,
Oxford University Press, 2007.
Second ARC Report, Report X, Personnel Administration and Scaling New Heights, 2005
[https://darpg.gov.in/sites/default/files/personnel_administration10.pdf]
Swarup, Anil, Ethical Dilemmas of a Civil Servant, Unique Publishers, 2021
Second ARC Report, 2005, Report IV, Ethics in Governance,
[https://darpg.gov.in/sites/default/files/ethics4.pdf]

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Bhure Lal, ‘Civil Service Values and Neutrality’ in K.S. Chalam [ed.], Governance in South
Asia: State of The Civil Services, Sage Publishers, 2014
Additional Readings
Mathur, K. Recasting Public Administration in India: Reform, Rhetoric and Neo- liberalism New
Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2019.
Chakrabarty, Bidyut and Mohit Bhattacharya, The Governance Discourse- A Reader, New
Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2008
Gupta, Deepak, The Steel Frame: A History of the IAS, Roli Books, 2019.
Caiden, Gerald E., 2009, Administrative Reforms, Aldine Transaction, Chicago, 2009.
N. Bhaskar. Rao, Good Governance: Delivering Corruption-Free Public Services, Sage
Publishers, 2013.
R. K. Sapru, Indian Administration: A Foundation of Governance, Sage, 2018.
Unit 2. Decentralization and Local Self Governance
Basic Readings
Bardhan, Pranab and Dilip Mookherjee, ‘The Rise of Local Governments: An Overview’, in
Pranab Bardhan,And Dilip Mookherjee [eds.] Decentralisation and Local Governance in
Developing Countries: A Comparative Perspective, Oxford University Press, 2007
Amitabh Kundu, ‘Urban System in India: Trends, Economic Base, Governance, and a
Perspective of Growth under Globalization’ in Waquar Ahmed, Amitabh Kundu, Richard Peet
[eds.] , India's New Economic Policy: A Critical Analysis, Routledge, 2010.
B.P. Syam Roy, Democratic Decentralization in West Bengal, in E. Venkatesu, Democratic
Decentralisation in India: Experiences, Issues and Challenges, Routledge [South Asia
Edition], 2016
Bhagidari Scheme in Delhi; Partnership Between Local Government and Non-State
Agencies/Actors; https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/25833/1/Unit-10.pdf
Jawed Alam Khan, ‘Issues in Devolution of Functions, Functionaries and Funds to PRIs: A
Comparative Assessment of UP, Rajasthan and Kerala in 2016’, in E. Venkatesu, Democratic
Decentralisation In India: Experiences, Issues And Challenges, Routledge, 2016
Lalita Chandrashekhar, ‘Caste, Party and Democratic Decentralisation in Karnataka’ in B.S.
Baviskar and George Mathew [eds.] Inclusion and Exclusion in Local Governance: Field
Studies from Rural India, Sage Publishers, 2009
Additional Readings
Jayal, N.G., Amit Prakash and P.K.Sharma, Local Governance in India: Decentralization and
Beyond, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006.
Satyajit Singh, The Local in Governance: Politics, Decentralisation and Environment, Oxford
University Press, New Delhi, 2016.
Satyajit Singh and Pradeep K. Sharma [eds.] Decentralisation: Institutions and Politics in Rural
India, Oxford University Press, 2007.
D. A. Rondinelli and S. Cheema, Decentralisation and Development, Beverly Hills: Sage
Publishers, 1983.
Chandni Singh and Andaleeb Rehman, Urbanising the Rural: Reflections on India’s National
Rurban Mission, Asia and Pacific Policy Studies, March 2018
Dreze, Jean and Amartya Sen, India: Development and Participation, Oxford University Press,
New York, 2002
Mehra, Diya, What Has Urban Decentralization Meant: A Case Study of Delhi, Pacific Affairs,
Volume 86, No. 4, December 2013

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Mary John, ‘Women in Power? Gender, Caste and The Politics of Local Urban Governance’,
in T.R. Raghunandan [ed.] Decentralization and Local Government: The Indian experience,
Orient BlackSwan, 2013
Unit 3. Budget
Basic Readings
Karnam, Gayithri (ed.), Public Budgeting in India, Principles and Practices, Springer, 2018.
Nicholas Henry, Public Administration and Public Affairs. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2012.
Rumki Basu, Public Administration: Concepts and Theories, Sterling Publishers, 2013.
Additional Readings
Green Budgeting in Annual Budget 2022; https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/climate-
change/how-green-is-union-budget-2022-23--81354
Green Budgeting; https://www.oecd.org/environment/green-budgeting/OECD-Green-
Budgeting-Framework-Highlights.pdf
Handbook on Gender Budgeting.; https://wcd.nic.in/sites/default/files/GB%20-
%20Handbook%20October%202015.pdf
Caiden, N., ‘Public Budgeting Amidst Uncertainty and Instability’, in Shafritz, J.M. & Hyde,
A.C. (eds.) Classics of Public Administration, Belmont: Wadsworth, 2004
Siuli Sarkar, Public Administration In India, PHI Publishers,2010
Unit 4-6
Basic Readings
Shamshad Ahmad, Right to Information: Issues of Administrative Efficiency, Public
Accountability and Good Governance in India, The Indian Journal of Public Administration,
Vol LV, January- March, No. 3, 2009
Preeti D. Pohekar , A Study of Ombudsman System in India with Special Reference to
Lokayukta in Maharashtra , Gyan Publishing House, 2010
Shivani Singh, Citizen’s Charter, in Governance: Issues and Challenges, Sage Publishers,
2016
Dhal, Sangita, 2022, E-Governance and Citizen Engagement: New Directions in Public
Administration, Sage Publishers
Dhal, Sangita, ‘Situating Digital India Mission in Pursuit of Good Governance: A Study of
Electronic Governance Initiatives’, Indian Journal of Public Administration, Sage Publication,
January-March (66.1), pp 110-126, 2020
Tillin, Louise Rajeshwari Deshpande and K. K. Kailash [eds.], Politics of Welfare:
Comparisons Across Indian States. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015
Khera, Reetika,(ed.), 2011, The Battle For Employment Guarantee, Oxford University Press,
New Delhi, 2011
Additional Readings
N.Vittal, ‘Accountability in Public Service’in K.S. Chalam [ed.], Governance in South Asia:
State of The Civil Services, Sage Publishers, 2014
Second ARC Report, Report 1, Right to Information, 2005,
https://darpg.gov.in/sites/default/files/rti_masterkey1.pdf
Samuel Paul, India's Citizen's Charters: In Search of a Champion, Economic and Political
Weekly, Vol. 43, No. 7, Feb. 16 - 22, 2008, pp. 67-73
Pippa Norris, Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information, Poverty and The Internet World
Wide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001

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Chaudhuri, Bidisha, E-Governance In India-Interlocking, Politics, Technology and Culture,
Routledge, New York, 2014
Dhal, Sangita, Enabling Social Rights through Proactive Public Policy: Auditing Education and
Health Sectors in India, Indian Journal of Public Administration, Volume 52, No.1, New Delhi,
2016
Renu Srivastava, Impact of Central Sponsored Schemes on Women Empowerment with
Special Reference to Health and Education, Kamlesh Gupta, State and Public Policy,
Pentagon Press, 2018
Rukmini Banerji, ‘Learning for All: Lessons from ASER and Pratham in India on the Role of
Citizens and Communities in Improving Children’s Learning’ in Sungsup Ra, Shanti
Jagannathan and Rupert Maclean, Powering a Learning Society During an Age of Disruption,
Springer Publishers, 2021 [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-16-0983-1_13]
K. Lee and Mills, The Economic of Health in Developing Countries, Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 1983
Vinod Kumar, Socio-Economic Impact of MGNREGA on Rural People: A Study in Mandi
District of Himachal Pradesh, Indian Journal of Public Administration, Sage Publication,
January-March (59.2), 2013 [https://doi.org/10.1177/0019556120130213]
Anjoo Sharan Upadhyaya, Ashild Kolas and Ruchita Beri, Food Governance in India: Rights,
Security and Challenges in The Global Sphere, Routledge, 2022.

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

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

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE – 11: Concepts in Comparative Political

Analysis

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION, ELIGIBILITY AND PRE-REQUISITES OF THE

COURSE

Course title Credits Credit distribution of the Eligibility Pre-

& Code course criteria requisite
Lecture Tutorial Practical/ of the
Practice course
(if any)
Concepts in 4 3 1 - Passed NIL
Comparative Class XII
Political
Analysis
DSC-11

Learning Objectives
This paper offers critical perspectives into salient concepts in comparative politics. These
concepts provide the tools for understanding political processes and institutions through
comparisons across political systems and political regimes. The course aims to make students
familiar with electoral systems and party system to make sense of the different ways in the
representation is achieved. The experiences with constitutionalism and constitutional designs
which facilitate federal sharing of power, the ideas of nationalism in anti-colonial movements,
and development models that have driven nation and state building processes across the
world comprise the core themes of this course. The course attempts to cover these themes

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by deploying concepts which provide the lens for understanding different political systems and
processes reinforced with examples and case studies.

Learning outcomes
After studying this course, the students would
• acquire an understanding of a range of concepts such as nationalism and
constitutionalism
• learn how to distinguish between different kinds of political systems based on their
electoral design and party systems
• demonstrate knowledge of federal designs and ideas of political community based on
different notions of nationalism
• understand development models historically and empirically

SYLLABUS OF DSC- 11

UNIT – I (6 Hours)
Socio-Economic Structures
Capitalism, Socialism, Colonialism and Neo-liberalism

UNIT – II (7 Hours)
Discourses on Nationalism
Civic and Ethnic nationalisms, Ideological basis of anti-colonial nationalism
(Gandhi, Mao, Frantz Fanon and Amilcar Cabral)

UNIT – III (6 Hours)

Constitutionalism
Evolution of the idea of constitutionalism, post-colonial constitutionalism

UNIT – IV (7 Hours)
Federalism
Historical context
Federation and Confederation: debates around territorial division of power.

UNIT – V (7 Hours)
State and Regime types
Capitalist, Welfare, Populist and Security state

UNIT – VI (6 Hours)
Electoral System
Definition and procedures: Types of electoral systems (First Past the Post,
Proportional Representation, Mixed Representation

UNIT – VII (6 Hours)

Party System
Historical contexts of emergence of political parties, types of parties and party
systems.

Essential/recommended readings
1. Socio-Economic Structures
a. Capitalism

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R. Suresh (2010) Economy & Society -Evolution of Capitalism, New Delhi, Sage Publications,
pp.151-188; 235-268.
G. Ritzer (2002) ‘Globalization and Related Process I: Imperialism, Colonialism, Development,
Westernization, Easternization’, in Globalization: A Basic Text. London: Wiley- Blackwell, pp.
63-84.
M. Dobb (1950) ‘Capitalism’, in Studies in the Development of Capitalism. London: Routledge
and Kegan Paul Ltd, pp. 1-32.
E. Wood (2002) ‘The Agrarian origin of Capitalism’, in Origin of Capitalism: A Long View.
London: Verso, pp. 91-95; 166-181.
A. Hoogvelt (2002) ‘History of Capitalism Expansion’, in Globalization and Third World Politics
London: Palgrave, pp. 14-28.
b. Socialism
A. Brown (2009) ‘The Idea of Communism’, in Rise and Fall of Communism, Harpercollins,
pp. 1-25; 587-601.
J. McCormick (2007) ‘Communist and Post-Communist States’, in Comparative Politics in
Transition, United Kingdom: Wadsworth, pp. 195-209
R. Meek (1957) ‘The Definition of Socialism: A Comment’, The Economic Journal. 67 (265),
pp.135-139.
2. Discourses on Nationalism
B. Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism,
Verso, 2006 (1983).
U. Ozkirimli (2010), Theories of Nationalism: A Critical Introduction, Palgrave Macmillan.
H.B. Davis, Towards a Marxist Theory of Nationalism, Monthly Review Press, New York, 1978
(Chapter 8: Social Classes and the Formation of Nation: Fanon, Cabral, and the African
Liberation Struggle, pp. 202- 239)
3. Constitutionalism
C. Mcllwain (1940 [2007]), Constitutionalism: Ancient and Modern, Cornell University Press.
U. Baxi (2000) ‘Postcolonial Legality’, in Henry and Sangeeta Ray eds., A Companion to
Postcolonial Studies, Blackwell, pp.540-555.
4. Federalism
M. Burgess (2006) Comparative Federalism: Theory and Practice. London: Routledge, pp.
135-161.
R. Watts (2008) ’Introduction’, in Comparing Federal Systems. Montreal and Kingston: McGill
Queen’s University Press, pp. 1-27
R. Saxena (2011) ‘Introduction’, in Saxena, R (eds.) Varieties of Federal Governance: Major
Contemporary Models. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, pp. xii-x1.
5. State and Regime Types
Lindstaedt N. (2020) Authoritarian Regimes, in D. Caramani (ed.), Comparative Politics,
Oxford University Press, Ch 6. Pp.103-115
Busch, Andreas (2015), The Changing Architecture of the National Security State’, in Stephan
Leibfried, Evelyn Huber, Mattew Large, Jonah D. Levy and John D. Stephens (eds.), The
Oxford Handbook of Transformations of State, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Webb, E. (2011) ‘Totalitarianism and Authoritarianism’, in Ishiyama, J. T. and Breuning,
M.(eds.) 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Book. Los Angeles: Sage, pp. 249-257.

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Mudde Cas and Kaltwasser Cristóbal Rovira (2017), What is Populism (Ch 1), Populism
around the world (Ch 2) in Populism: A Very Short Introduction, OUP
Garland, David (2016) Ch 1, Ch 6, Ch 7, in The Welfare State: A Very Short Introduction,
OUP.
Hague, R. and Harrop, M. (2004) ‘The state in a global context’, in Comparative Government
and Politics: An Introduction. London: Palgrave McMillan, pp. 17-34.
Kesselman, M. (2007) The Politics of Globalization. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, pp.
330- 339.
Rosenzweig, Paul (2016) Lecture 1- Security, Liberty, or Neither, and Lecture 4- Surveillance
in America, in: The Surveillance State, Big Data, Freedom, and You, Course Guidebook,
Teaching Company.
Mabee, B. (2009) The ‘Security State’ and the Evolution of Security Provision. in: The
Globalization of Security. New Security Challenges Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London.
Kersbergen K V and Philip Manow (2020) The Welfare State in D Caramani (ed.), Comparative
Politics, Oxford University Press, Ch.21, pp. 376-394
Mabee, B. (2009). The ‘Security State’ and the Evolution of Security Provision.in: The
Globalization of Security. New Security Challenges Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London.
Miliband, Ralph (1973), The State in Capitalist Society, Quartet Books
Newton, K. and Deth, Jan W. V. (2010) Welfare (Ch 17), Foundations of Comparative Politics:
Democracies of the Modern World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
6. Electoral System
A. Heywood (2002) ‘Representation, Electoral and Voting’, in Politics. New York: Palgrave, pp
223-245.
Downs, W. M. (2011) ‘Electoral Systems in Comparative Perspectives’, in Ishiyama, J. T. and
Breuning, M. (eds.) 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Book. Los Angeles: Sage, pp.
159-167.
A. Evans (2009) ‘Elections Systems’, in J. Bara and M. Pennington (eds.) Comparative
politics, New Delhi: Sage, pp. 93-119.
R. Moser, and S. Ethan (2004) ‘Mixed Electoral Systems and Electoral System Effects:
Controlled Comparison and Cross-national Analysis’, in Electoral Studies. 23, pp. 575-599.
7. Party System
Caramani, D. (2020) ‘Party Systems’, in Caramani, D. (ed.) Comparative Politics. Oxford:
Oxford University Press, Ch.13, pp. 231-251.
Choudhary, Sunil K. (2018), Theorizing Parties and Party Systems, in The Changing Face of
Parties and Party Systems, A Study of Israel and India, Palgrave Macmillan.
A. Cole (2011) ‘Comparative Political Parties: Systems and Organizations’, in J. Ishiyama, and
M. Breuning (eds) 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Book. Los Angeles: Sage
Publications, pp. 150-158.
A. Heywood (2002) ‘Parties and Party System’, in Politics. New York: Palgrave, pp. 247-268.
B. Criddle (2003) ‘Parties and Party System’, in R. Axtmann (ed.) Understanding Democratic
Politics: An Introduction. London: Sage Publications, pp. 134-142.
Additional Readings:
Bara, J & Pennington, M. (eds.). (2009) Comparative Politics. New Delhi: Sage.
Caramani, D. (ed.). (2020) Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Fifth Ed.

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Hague, R. and Harrop, M. McCormick J. (2016) Comparative Government and Politics: An
Introduction (Tenth Edition). London: Palgrave McMillan.
Ishiyama, J.T. and Breuning, M. (eds.). (2011) 21st Century Political Science: A Reference
Book. Los Angeles: Sage.
Newton, K. and Deth, Jan W. V. (2010) Foundations of Comparative Politics: Democracies of
the Modern World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
O’Neil, P. (2009) Essentials of Comparative Politics (3rd Edition). New York: WW. Norton &
Company, Inc.
Roy Macridis (1966) The Study of Comparative Government, Random House.
Note: Examination scheme and mode shall be as prescribed by the
Examination Branch, University of Delhi, from time to time.

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE – 12: Global Politics

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)
Global 4 3 1 - Passed NIL
Politics Class XII
DSC 12

Learning Objectives
This course aims to familiarize the students with key concepts and issues of global politics by
providing an overall frame that de-centres the Eurocentric notion of the origins and development of
global politics and introduces students to the alternative locations of global politics through history
as well as in the contemporary contexts. Through the conceptual frames of geo-politics, geo-
economics and geo-strategy, students will learn about various dimensions of the contemporary
dynamics of global politics. Students will debate questions of dominance, control, and identity by
examining the cultural frames of global politics. The course also offers insights into key and
pressing contemporary global issues ranging from climate change, nuclear proliferation and
migration to the rise and impact of global terrorism and, human security. It also discusses politics
at the grassroots level through the lens of global social movements in an interconnected world.
Throughout, the course attempts to foreground the perspectives from the Global South in order to
pluralize and truly globalize the domain of global politics.

Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students would acquire
• a basic clarity on the meaning, nature and significance of global politics.
• ability to analyse global politics beyond its conventional Eurocentric accounts.
• conceptual tools to understand its dynamics in the contemporary context.
• an understanding of the debates on the changing nature of global politics in terms of
de-globalization and post-globalization along with territorialization and
deterritorialization.
• the ability to understand the operational aspects of geo-politics, geo-economics, and
geo-strategy in the context of global politics.
• the skills to analyze discourses on cultural frames of global politics

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 • an enhanced understanding of contemporary global issues like- ecology, environment,
proliferation of nuclear weapons, global terrorism, human security, and migration.

SYLLABUS OF DSC-12
UNIT – I (10 Hours)
Locating Global Politics

UNIT – II (12 Hours)

Changing Nature of Global Politics
a. Globalization to de-globalization, and post-globalization
b. Geo-politics, Geo-economics, and Geo-strategy
c. Territorialisation and De-territorialisation
d. Cultural Frames of Global Politics

UNIT – III (12 Hours)

Contemporary Global Issues
a. Ecological Issues: Climate Change, and International Environmental
Agreements
b. Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in Post- Cold War Era
c. Global Terrorism and Its Impact
d. Migration
e. Human Security

UNIT – IV (11 Hours)

Global Social Movements
a. Environment Movements
b. Women Movements
c. Peace Movements

Essential/recommended readings

Unit 1 Locating Global Politics

Essential readings:
Hobson, J.M. (2004). The Eastern origins of Western civilization (pp. 1-26). Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Acharya, Amitav (2014), “Who Are the Norm Makers? The Asian-African Conference in Bandung
and the Evolution of Norms” in Special Section on “Principles from the Periphery: The Neglected
Southern Sources of Global Norms”, Global Governance, 20 (3): 405- 417.
Additional readings:
Hobson, J.M. (2020), “Globalization” in A. B. Tickner, & K. Smith (eds.), International Relations
from the Global South: Worlds of difference (pp. 221-239). Routledge.
Pieterse, Jan Nederveen (2017), “Oriental Globalization: Past and Present”, in Delanty,
Gerard (eds.), Europe and Asia Beyond East and West, New York: Routledge, pp. 61-73.
Getachew, A. (2019), Worldmaking after Empire: The rise and fall of self-determination (pp.
1-13). Princeton: Princeton University Press.

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Unit 2 Changing Nature of Global Politics
a. Globalization to de-globalization, and post-globalization
Essential readings:
Ritzer, G. (2010), Globalization: A Basic Text, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 33-62.
Stager, M. (2009). Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, London: Oxford University Press,
pp. 1-16.
Kornprobst, M. & Paul, T.V. (2021), “Globalization, deglobalization and the liberal international
order”, International Affairs, 97 (5): 1305-1316.
Flew, T. (2020). “Globalization, neo-globalization and post-globalization: The challenge of
populism and the return of the national”, Global Media and Communication, 16 (1): 19-39.
Additional Readings:
Held, D., & McGrew A. (2003), “The Great Globalization Debate: An introduction” in D. Held,
& A. McGrew. (eds.), Global Transformations Reader: Politics, Economics and Culture.
Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 1-50.
Paul, T.V. (2021). “Globalization, deglobalization and reglobalization: Adapting liberal
international order”. International Affairs, 97 (5): 1599-1620.
James, Harold (2017), “Deglobalization as a Global Challenge”, Centre for International
Governance Innovation (CIGI) Papers No. 135, URL:
https://www.cigionline.org/sites/default/files/documents/Paper%20no.135WEB_1.pdf
b. Geo-politics, Geo-economics, and Geo-strategy
Essential Readings:
Chaturvedi, S. (2012), “Geopolitics” in B.S. Chimni, & S. Mallavarapu (eds.), International
Relations: Perspectives for the Global South, New Delhi: Pearson, pp: 149-166.
Wigell, Mikael et al. (2019) (eds.), Geo-economics and Power Politics in the 21st Century: The
Revival of Economic Statecraft, London: Routledge, pp: 1-24.
Hobson, John M. (2021), Multicultural Origins of the Global Economy: Beyond the Western-
Centric Frontier, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 433-455.
Blouet, Brian W. (2005) (eds.), Global Geostrategy: Mackinder and the defence of the West,
New York: Frank Cass, pp. 1-16; 137-141; 165-171.
Additional Readings:
Flint, C. (2022). Introduction to Geopolitics (4th Edition), London: Routledge, pp: 1-44.
Dodds, K. (2019), Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction (3rd Edition), Oxford: Oxford
University Press, pp. 1-14.
Luttwak, Edward N. (1998), “From Geopolitics to Geo-Economics: Logic of Conflict, Grammar
of Commerce” in Tuathail, Gearoid O et al. (eds.), The Geopolitics Reader, London:
Routledge, pp. 125-130.
Dorsman, Andre B et al. (2018) (eds.), Energy economy, Finance and Geostrategy, Cham
(Switzerland): Springer, pp. 1-10.
c. Territorialisation and De-territorialisation
Essential Readings:
Sassen, Saskia (1996), “The State and the new geography of power”, in Losing Control?
Sovereignty in an Age of Globalisation, New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 1-32.

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Elden, S. (2005), “Missing the Point: Globalization, Deterritorialization and the Space of the
World”, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 30(1), 8–19.
Additional Readings:
Scholte, J. A. (2003), “What is ‘Global’ about Globalization?” In D. Held & A. McGrew. (eds.),
Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture, Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 84-91.
Appadurai, A. (1990), “Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy”, Theory
Culture and Society, 7 (2-3): 295-310.
d. Cultural Frames of Global Politics (3 Lectures)
Essential Readings:
Harshe, R. (2006), “Culture, Identity and International Relations”, Economic and Political
Weekly, 41(37), 3945–3951.
Lapid, Yosef (1996), “Culture’s Ship: Returns and Departures in International Relations
Theory”, in Lapid, Yosef and Friedrich Kratochwil (eds.), The Return of Culture and Identity in
IR Theory, London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., pp. 3-20.
Additional Readings:
Holton, Robert (2000), “Globalization’s Cultural Consequences”, The Annals of the American
Academy of Political and Social Science (ANNALS, AAPSS), 570: 140-152.
Gusterson, Hugh (2005), “The Seven Deadly Sins of Samuel Huntington”, in Besteman,
Catherine and Hugh Gusterson (eds.), Why America’s Top Pundits are Wrong, Berkeley:
University of California Press, pp. 24-42.
Chirico, JoAnn (2014), “Globalizing Culture: Change and Continuity”, in Globalization:
Prospects and Problems, Washington D.C.: Sage Publications, pp. 254-284.
Unit 3 Contemporary Global Issues
a. Ecological Issues: Climate Change, and International Environmental Agreements
Essential Readings:
Heywood, A. (2011), “Global Environmental Issues” in Global Politics, New York: Palgrave,
pp. 383-411.
Volger, J. (2011), ‘Environmental Issues’, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.),
Globalization of World Politics, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 348-362.
Additional Readings:
Kreienkamp, J. (2019), “The Long Road to Paris: The History of the Global Climate Change
Regime”, Global Governance Institute Policy Brief Series (pp. 1-24), London: University
College. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/global-governance/sites/global-
governance/files/the_long_road_to_paris_the_history_of_the_global_climate_change_regim
e.pdf
Death, Carl (2019), ‘Can We Save the Planet?’, in Edkins, Jenny & Maja Zehfuss (eds.),
Global Politics: A New Introduction (3rd edition), New York: Routledge, pp. 61-84.
Falkner, Robert (2012), “Global environmentalism and the greening of international society”,
International Affairs, 88 (3): 503-522.
b. Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in Post- Cold War Era
Essential Readings:
D. Howlett (2011), “Nuclear Proliferation” in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.), The
Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, New York: Oxford
University Press, pp. 384-397.

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Narang, Vipin (2017), “Strategies of Nuclear Proliferation: How States Pursue the Bomb”,
International Security, 41(3): 110-150.
Additional Readings:
Heywood, A. (2011), Nuclear Proliferation and Disarmament. In Global Politics, New York:
Palgrave, pp. 263-281.
Chacko, Priya & Alexander E Davis (2018), “Resignifying ‘responsibility’: India, exceptionalism
and nuclear non-proliferation”, Asian Journal of Political Science, pp. 1-19. URL:
https://doi.org/10.1080/02185377.2018.1486218
c. Global Terrorism and Its Impact
Essential Readings:
Bajpai, K.P. (2012), “Terrorism” in B.S. Chimni and Siddharth Mallavarapu (eds.), Handbook
on International Relations: Essays from the Global South. New Delhi: Pearson Education, pp.
312-327.
Gerges, F.A. (2005), The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 119-150.
Additional Readings:
Heywood, A. (2011), “Terrorism” in Global Politics, New York: Palgrave, pp. 282-302.
Vanaik, A. (2007), Masks of Empire, New Delhi: Tulika, pp. 103-128.
Hoffman, Bruce (2002), “Rethinking Terrorism and Counterterrorism Since 9/11”, Studies in
Conflict and Terrorism, 25 (5): 303-316.
Barber, Benjamin (2010), “On Terrorism and New Democratic Realism”, in Ritzer, George &
Zenep Atalay (eds.), Readings in Globalization: Key Concepts and Major Debates, West
Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 305-306.
d. Migration
Essential Readings:
Castells, S. (2012), “Global Migration” In B.S. Chimni, & S. Mallavarapu (eds.), International
Relations: Perspectives for the Global South, New Delhi: Pearson India Education, pp. 272-
285.
Chirico, JoAnn (2014), “Transborder Threats to Human Well-Being: Inequality and Migration”,
in Globalization: Prospects and Problems, Washington D.C.: Sage Publications, pp. 368-382.
Additional Readings:
Aneesh, A. (2006), Virtual Migration: The Programming of Globalization, London: Duke
University Press, pp. 67-99.
Ritzer, G. (2010), “Global Flows of People: Vagabonds and Tourists”, in Globalization: A Basic
Text, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 297-321.
Moses, J. (2006), International Migration: Globalization’s Last Frontier, London: Zed Books,
pp. 1-17.
e. Human Security
Essential Readings:
Acharya, Amitav (2014), “Human Security” in Baylis, J. et al. (eds.), The Globalization of World
Politics: An Introduction to International Relations (6th edition), Oxford: Oxford University
Press, pp. 448-462.

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Tadjbakhsh, S. & Chenoy, Anuradha (2007), Human Security, London: Routledge, pp. 13-19;
123-127; 236-243.
Additional Readings:
Acharya, Amitav (2001), “Human Security: East versus West”, International Journal, 56 (3):
442-460.
Cook, Alistair D.B. (2017), “Non-traditional Security and World Politics”, in Beeson, Mark &
Nick Bisley (eds.), Issues in 21st Century World Politics (3rd edition), New York: Palgrave-
Macmillan, pp. 38-51.
UNDP (1994), “Human Development Report: New Dimensions of Human Security”,
https://www.hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-report-1994.
Unit 4 Global Social Movements
Essential Readings:
Fominaya, C. (2014), Social Movements and Globalization- How Protests, Occupation and
Uprisings are Changing the World (Chapter 3), pp: 27-49, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Guidry, John A. et al. (2000) (eds.), Globalizations and Social Movements: Culture, Power,
and the Transnational Public Sphere, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, pp. 1-32.
Eschle, Catherine & Neil Stammers (2004), “Taking Part: Social Movements, INGOs, and
Global Change”, Alternatives, 29 (3): 333-372.
Additional Readings:
Moola, Sarifa (2004), “Contemporary Activism: Shifting Movements, Changing Actors”,
Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, 60: 39-46.
Maiba, Hermann (2005), “Grassroots Transnational Social Movement Activism: The Case of
Peoples’ Global Action”, Sociological Focus: 38 (1): 41-63.
Laxer, Gordon & Sandra Halperin (2003) (eds.), Global Civil Society and Its Limits, New York:
Palgrave Macmillan, pp: 1-21.
Additional References:
Tickner, Arlene B. & Karen Smith (2020) (eds.), International Relations from the Global South:
Worlds of Difference, New York: Routledge.
Acharya, A. (2018), Constructing Global Order: Agency and Change in World Politics,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lechner, Frank J. & John Boli (2015) (eds.), The Globalization Reader (5th edition), Oxford:
Wiley Blackwell.
Schaeffer, Robert K. (2021), After Globalization: Crisis and Disintegration, New York:
Routledge.
Stiglitz, Joseph E. (2018), Globalization and Its Discontents Revisited: Anti- Globalization in
the Era of Trump, New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
Stuenkel, Oliver (2016), Post Western World: How Emerging Powers are Remaking Global
Order, Cambridge: Polity.
Chari, Chandra (2008) (eds.), War, Peace and Hegemony in a Globalized World: The
Changing Balance of Power in the Twenty-first Century, New York: Routledge.
Note: Examination scheme and mode shall be as prescribed by the
Examination Branch, University of Delhi, from time to time.

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