Course Objective: This paper seeks to equip students with the basic intellectual tools for understanding International Relations. It introduces students to some of the most important theoretical approaches for studying international relations. The course begins by historically contextualizing the evolution of the international state system before discussing the agency structure problem through the levels-of-analysis approach. After having set the parameters of the debate, students are introduced to different theories in International Relations. It provides a fairly comprehensive overview of the major political developments and events starting from the twentieth century. Students are expected to learn about the key milestones in world history and equip them with the tools to understand and analyze the same from different perspectives. A key objective of  the course is to make students aware of the implicit Euro-centricism of International Relations by highlighting certain specific perspectives from the Global South.


Essential Readings:

·         M. Nicholson, (2002) International Relations: A Concise Introduction, New  York: Palgrave,pp. 1-4.

·         R. Jackson and G. Sorensen, (2007) Introduction to International Relations: Theories andApproches, 3rd Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 2-7

·         S. Joshua. Goldstein and J. Pevehouse, (2007) International Relations, New York: PearsonLongman, 2007, pp. 29-35

·         C.   Brown   and   K.   Ainley,   (2009)   Understanding   International  Relations,

Basingstoke: Palgrave,pp. 1-16.

·         K. Mingst and  J.  Snyder,  (2011)  Essential  Readings in International Relations,

New York:W.W. Nortan and Company, pp. 1-15.

·         M. Smith and R. Little, (eds) (2000) Introduction, in Perspectives on World Politics, NewYork: Routledge, 2000, 1991, pp. 1-17.

·         J. Baylis and S. Smith (eds), (2008) The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction toInternational Relations, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-6.

·         R. Mansbach and K. Taylor, (2008) Introduction to Global Politics, New York: Routledge, pp.2-32.

·         RumkiBasu, (ed)(2012) International Politics: Concepts, Theories and Issues New Delhi,Sage.

·         R. Mansbach and K. Taylor, (2012) Introduction to Global Politics, New York: Routledge, pp.33-68.

·         K. Mingst, (2011) Essentials of International Relations, New York: W.W. Nortan andCompany, pp. 16-63.

·         P. Viotti and M. Kauppi, (2007) International Relations and World Politics: Security,Economy, Identity, Pearson Education, pp. 40-85.

·         J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens, (2008) The Globalization of World Politics: An Introductionto International Relations, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 36-89.

·         R. Mansbach and K. Taylor, (2008) Introduction to Global Politics, New York: Routledge, pp.70-135.


 

 

·         J Goldstein and J. Pevehouse, (2007) International Relations, New York: Pearson Longman,pp. 50-69.

·         E. Hobsbawm, (1995) Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991, Vikings.

·         S. Lawson, (2003) International Relations, Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 21-60.

·         J. Singer, (1961) The International System: Theoretical Essays, World    Politics,

Vol. 14(1), pp.77-92.

·         B. Buzan, (1995) The Level of Analysis Problem in International Relations Reconsidered,inK. Booth and S. Smith, (eds), International Relations Theory Today, Pennsylvania: ThePennsylvania State University Press, pp. 198-216.

·         K. Mingst, (2011) Essentials of International Relations, New York: W.W. Nortan andCompany, pp. 93-178.

·         J. Goldstein and J. Pevehouse, (2007) International Relations, New York: Pearson Longman,pp. 35-49.

·         K. Waltz, (1959) Man, The State and War, Columbia: Columbia University Press.

·         E. Carr, (1981) The Twenty Years Crisis, 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study ofInternational Relations, London: Macmillan, pp. 63-94.

·         H. Morgenthau, (2007) Six Principles of Political Realism, in R. Art and R. Jervis,

International Politics, 8th Edition, New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 7-14.

·         T. Dunne and B. Scmidt, (2008) Realism, in J. Baylis and S. Smith (eds), The Globalization ofWorld Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 90-107.

·         K. Waltz, (2007) The Anarchic Structure of World Politics, in R. Art and R. Jervis,International Politics, 8th Edition, New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 29- 49.

·         M. Nicholson, (2002) International Relations: A Concise Introduction, New  York: Palgrave,pp. 6-7.

·         H. Bull, (2000) The Balance of Power and International Order, in M. Smith   and

R. Little(eds), Perspectives on World Politics, New York: Routledge, pp. 115- 124.

·         T. Dunne, (2008) Liberalism, in J. Baylis and S. Smith (eds.), The Globalization of WorldPolitics: An Introduction to International Relations, New York: Oxford University Press, pp.108-123.

·         R. Keohane and J. Nye, (2000) Transgovernmental Relations and the InternationalOrganization, in M. Smith and R. Little (eds.), Perspectives on World Politics, New York:Routledge, pp. 229-241.

·         J. Goldstein and J. Pevehouse, (2007) International Relations, New York: Pearson Longman,pp. 127-137.

·         R. Jackson and G. Sorensen, (2007) Introduction to International Relations: Theories andApproaches, 3rd Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 97- 128.

·         I. Wallerstein, (2000) The Rise and Future Demise of World Capitalist System: Concepts forComparative Analysis, in Michael Smith and Richard Little (eds), Perspectives on WorldPolitics, New York: Routledge, pp. 305-317.

·         S. Hobden and R. Jones, (2008) Marxist Theories of International Relationsin J. Baylis andS. Smith (eds), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to


 

 

International Relations,New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 142-149; 155- 158.

·         J. Galtung, (2000) A Structural Theory of Imperialism, in M. Smith and R.  Little, (eds),Perspectives on World Politics, New York: Routledge, pp. 292-304.

·         A. Frank, (1966) The Development of UnderdevelopmentMonthly Review, pp. 17-30.

·         P. Viotti and M. Kauppi (2007), International Relations and WorldPolitics: Security, Economy, Identity, Pearson Education, pp. 40-85.

·         Modern History Sourcebook: Summary of Wallerstein on World System Theory, Available athttp://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/Wallerstein.asp, Accessed: 19.04.2013

·         J. Tickner, (2007) A Critique of Morgenthaus Principles of Political Realism, in

R.  Art and R.Jervis, International Politics, 8th Edition, New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 15-28.

·         F. Halliday, (1994) Rethinking International Relations, London: Macmillan, pp. 147-166.

·         M. Nicholson, International Relations: A Concise Introduction, New York: Palgrave, 2002, pp.120-122.

·         J. Goldstein and J. Pevehouse, (2007) International Relations, New York: Pearson Longman,pp. 138-148.

·         S. Smith and P. Owens, (2008) Alternative Approaches to International Theory’  in J. Baylisand S. Smith (eds), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to InternationalRelations, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 181-184.

·         A. Acharya and B. Buzan, (2007) Why Is There No Non- Western IR Theory: Reflections onand From Asia, International Relations Of The Asia- Pacific, Vol 7(3), pp. 285-286.

·         T. Kayaoglu, (2010) 'Westphalian Eurocentrism in I R Theory', in International StudiesReview, Vol. 12(2), pp. 193-217.

·         O. Weaver and A. Tickner, (2009) Introduction: Geocultural Epistemologies,   in

A. Ticknerand O. Waever (eds), International Relations: Scholarship Around The World, London:Routledge, pp. 1-31.

·         R. Kanth (ed), (2009) The Challenge of Eurocentris: Global Perspectives,Policy& Prospects,New York: Palgrave-McMillan.

·         S. Amin, (2010) Eurocentrism: Modernity, Religion & Democracy, New York: Monthly ReviewPress.

·         Hobsbawm, E. (1995) Age of Extreme: The Short Twentieth Century, 19141991. London:Abacus, pp. 22-35.

·         Carr, E.H. (2004) International Relations between the Two World Wars: 1919- 1939. NewYork: Palgrave, pp. 197-231 and 258-278.

·         Taylor, A.J.P. (1961) The Origins of the Second World War. Harmondsworth: Penguin, pp.29-65.

·         Carrtuthers, S.L. (2005) International History, 1900-1945in Baylis, J. and  Smith, S. (eds.)(2008)The Globalization of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations. 4th edn.Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 76-84.

·         Calvocoressi, P. (2001) World Politics: 19452000. Essex: Pearson, pp. 3-91.


 

 

·         Baylis, J. and Smith, S. (eds.) (2008) The Globalization of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations. 4th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 93-101.

·         Brezeznski, Z. (2005) Choice: Global Dominance or Global Leadership. New York: BasicBooks, pp. 85-127.34

·         Gill, S. (2005) Contradictions of US Supremacyin Panitch, L. and Leys, C.  (eds.) SocialistRegister: The Empire Reloaded. London: Merlin Press. 2004, London, Merlin Press and NewYork, Monthly Review Press. Socialist Register, pp.24-47.

·         Therborn, G. (2006) Poles and Triangles: US Power and Triangles of Americas, Asia andEuropein Hadiz, V.R. (ed.) Empire and Neo Liberalism in Asia. London: Routledge, pp.23-37.


Objective: The course provides an introduction to the discipline of public administration. This paper encompasses public administration in its historical context with an emphasis on the various classical and contemporary administrative theories. The course also explores some of the recent trends, including feminism and ecological conservation and how the call for greater democratization is restructuring public administration. The course will also attempt to provide the students a comprehensive understanding on contemporary administrative developments.

READINGS

 

·         Nicholas Henry, Public Administration and Public Affairs, Prentice Hall, 1999

·         D. Rosenbloom, R. Kravchuk. and R. Clerkin, (2009) Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics and Law in Public Sector, 7th edition, New Delhi: McGraw Hill, pp. 1-40

·         W. Wilson, (2004) ‘The Study of Administration’, in B. Chakrabarty and M. Bhattacharya (eds), Administrative Change and Innovation: a Reader, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 85-101

·         M. Bhattacharya, (2008) New Horizons of Public Administration, 5th Revised Edition. New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers, pp. 37-44.

·         G. Alhson, (1997) ‘Public and Private Management’, in Shafritz, J. and Hyde, A. (eds.) Classics of Public Administration, 4th Edition. Forth Worth: Hartcourt Brace, TX, pp. 510-529.

·         N. Henry,Public Administration and Public Affairs, 12th edition. New Jersey: Pearson,2013

·         M.Bhattacharya,Restructuring Public Administration: A New Look, New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers, 2012

·         P.Dunleavy and C.Hood, “From Old Public Administration to New Public Management”, Public Money and Management, Vol. XIV No-3, 1994

·         M. Bhattacharya, New Horizons of Public Administration, New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers, 2011

·         Basu, Rumki, Public Administration : Concepts and Theories Sterling Publishers, New Delhi 2014

·         D. Gvishiani, Organisation and Management, Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1972

·         F. Taylor, ‘Scientific Management’, in J. Shafritz, and A. Hyde, (eds.) Classics of Public Administration, 5th Edition. Belmont: Wadsworth, 2004

·         P. Mouzelis, ‘The Ideal Type of Bureaucracy’ in B. Chakrabarty, And M. Bhattacharya, (eds), Public Administration: A Reader, New Delhi: Oxford University Press,2003

·         D. Ravindra Prasad, Y. Pardhasaradhi, V. S. Prasad and P. Satyrnarayana, [eds.], Administrative Thinkers, Sterling Publishers, 2010

·         E. J. Ferreira, A. W. Erasmus and D. Groenewald , Administrative Management, Juta Academics, 2010

·         M. Weber,‘Bureaucracy’, in C. Mills, and H. Gerth, From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1946

·         Warren. G.Bennis, Beyond Bureaucracy, Mc Graw Hill, 1973

·         D. Gvishiani, Organisation and Management, Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1972

·         B. Miner, ‘Elton Mayo and Hawthrone’, in Organisational Behaviour 3: Historical Origins and the Future. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2006

·         S. Maheshwari, Administrative Thinkers, New Delhi: Macmillan, 2009

·         Fredrickson and Smith, ‘Decision Theory’, in The Public Administration Theory Primer. Cambridge: Westview Press, 2003

·         R. Arora, ‘Riggs’ Administrative Ecology’ in B. Chakrabarty and M.  Bhattacharya (eds), Public Administration: A reader, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2003


 

 

·         A. Singh, Public Administration: Roots and Wings. New Delhi: Galgotia Publishing Company, 2002

·         F. Riggs, Administration in Developing Countries: The Theory of Prismatic Society. Boston: Houghton Miffin,1964

·         Peter Drucker, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Harper Collins,1999

·         Peter F. Drucker , The Practice of Management, Harper Collins, 2006

·         T. Dye, (1984) Understanding Public Policy, 5th Edition. U.S.A: Prentice Hall, pp. 1-44

·         The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy ,OUP,2006

·         Xun Wu, M.Ramesh, Michael Howlett and Scott Fritzen ,The Public Policy Primer: Managing The Policy Process, Rutledge, 2010

·         Mary Jo Hatch and Ann .L. Cunliffe Organisation Theory : Modern, Symbolic and Postmodern Perspectives, Oxford University Press,2006

·         Michael Howlett, Designing Public Policies : Principles And Instruments, Rutledge, 2011 The Oxford Handbook Of Public Policy, Oxford University Press, 2006

·         Prabir Kumar De, Public Policy and Systems, Pearson Education, 2012

·         R.V. Vaidyanatha Ayyar, Public Policy Making In India, Pearson,2009

·         Surendra Munshi and Biju Paul Abraham [Eds.] Good Governance, Democratic Societies And Globalisation, Sage Publishers, 2004

·         M. Bhattacharya, ‘Chapter 2 and 4’, in Social Theory, Development Administration and Development Ethics, New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers, 2006

·         F. Riggs,The Ecology of Public Administration, Part 3, New Delhi: Asia Publishing House, 1961

·         M. Bhattacharya, Public Administration: Issues and Perspectives, New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers, 2012

·         H. Frederickson, ‘Toward a New Public Administration’, in J. Shafritz, & A. Hyde, (eds.) Classics of Public Administration, 5th Edition, Belmont: Wadsworth, 2004

·         U. Medury, Public administration in the Globalization Era, New Delhi: Orient Black Swan, 2010

·         A. Gray, and B. Jenkins, ‘From Public Administration to Public Management’   in

E. Otenyo and N. Lind, (eds.) Comparative Public Administration: The Essential Readings: Oxford University Press, 1997

·         C. Hood, ‘A Public Management for All Seasons’, in J. Shafritz, & A. Hyde,

(eds.) Classics of Public Administration, 5th Edition, Belmont: Wadsworth, 2004

·         R.B.Denhart & J.V.Denhart [Arizona State University] “ The New Public Service: Serving Rather Than Steering”, in Public Administration Review ,Volume 60, No-6,November- December 2000

·         A.  Leftwich,  ‘Governance  in  the  State  and  the  Politics  of  Development’,  in

Development and Change. Vol. 25,1994

·         M. Bhattacharya, ‘Contextualizing Governance and Development’ in B. Chakrabarty and M. Bhattacharya, (eds.) The Governance Discourse. New Delhi: Oxford University Press,1998

·         B. Chakrabarty, Reinventing Public Administration: The India Experience. New Delhi: Orient Longman, 2007

·         U. Medury, Public administration in the Globalisation Era, New Delhi: Orient Black Swan, 2010


 

 

·         Camila Stivers, Gender Images In Public Administration, California : Sage Publishers,2002

·         Radha Kumar, The History of Doing, New Delhi: Kali For Women, 1998

·         Sylvia Walby, Theorising Patriarchy, Oxford, Basil Blackwell.1997

·         Amy. S. Wharton, The Sociology Of Gender, West Sussex : Blackwell-Wiley Publishers,2012

·         Nivedita Menon [ed.], Gender and Politics, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999

·         Simone De Beauvoir, The Second Sex, London: Picador, 1988

·         Alison Jaggar, Feminist Politics And Human Nature, Brighton: Harvester Press,1983

·         Maxine Molyneux and Shahra Razavi , Gender, Justice, Development and  Rights

,Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002



Course objective: This is a foundational course in comparative politics. The purpose is  to familiarize students with the basic concepts and approaches to the study of  comparative politics. More specifically the course will focus on examining politics in a historical framework while engaging with various themes of comparative analysis in developed and developing countries.

Readings:

·         J. Kopstein, and M. Lichbach, (eds), (2005) Comparative Politics: Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.1-5; 16- 36; 253-290.

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

·         A. Roy, (2001) ‘Comparative Method and Strategies of Comparison’, in Punjab Journal of Politics. Vol. xxv (2), pp. 1-15.

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

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

·         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.

·         A. Brown, (2009) ‘The Idea of Communism’,  in  Rise and Fall of    Communism,

Harpercollins (ebook), 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.

·         P. Duara, (2004) ‘Introduction: The Decolonization of Asia and Africa in the Twentieth Century’, in P. Duara, (ed), Decolonization: Perspective From Now  and Then. London: Routledge, pp. 1-18.

·         J. Chiryankandath, (2008) ‘Colonialism and Post-Colonial Development’, in P. Burnell, et. al,Politics in the Developing World. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 31-52.

·         M. Mohanty, (1999) ‘Colonialism and Discourse in India and China’, Available at

http://www.ignca.nic.in/ks_40033.html http, Accessed: 24.03.2011.

·         L. Barrington et. al (2010) Comparative Politics - Structures & Choices, Boston, Wadsworth, pp. 212-13; 71-76; 84-89.

·         M. Grant, (2009) ‘United Kingdom Parliamentary System’ in The UK Parliament.

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 24-43

·         J. McCormick, (2007) Comparative Politics in Transition, UK: Wadsworth, pp. 260-270 (China)

·         M. Kesselman, J. Krieger and William (2010), Introduction to Comparative Politics: Political Challenges and Changing Agendas, UK: Wadsworth. pp. 47-70 (Britain); 364- 388 (Nigeria); 625-648 (China); 415-440 (Brazil).

·         Charles Herman Prichett (1977), The American Constitution. McGraw-Hill Book Company. Ellen Frankel Paul and Howard Dickman (ed.) Liberty, Property,   and


 

 

the Foundations of the American Constitution. New York: State University of New York Press.

·         Mark Tushnet et al. (2015), The Oxford Handbook of the US Constitution, New York: OUP.

·         P. Rutland, (2007) ‘Britain’, in J. Kopstein and M. Lichbach. (eds.) Comparative Politics: Interest, Identities and Institutions in a Changing Global Order. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 39-79.