Course objective: This course’s objective is to teach students the domestic sources and the structural constraints on the genesis, evolution and practice of India’s foreign policy. The endeavor is to highlight integral linkages between the ‘domestic’ and the ‘international ‘aspects of India’s foreign policy by stressing on the shifts in its domestic identity and the corresponding changes at the international level. Students will be instructed on India’s shifting identity as a postcolonial state to the contemporary dynamics of India attempting to carve its identity as an ‘aspiring power’. India’s evolving relations with the superpowers during the Cold War and after, bargaining strategy and positioning in international climate change negotiations, international economic governance, international terrorism and the United Nations facilitate an understanding of the changing positions and development of India’s role as a global player since independence.
READING LIST
· S. Ganguly and M. Pardesi, (2009) ‘Explaining Sixty Years of India’s Foreign Policy’, in IndiaReview, Vol. 8 (1), pp. 4–19.
· Ch. Ogden, (2011) ‘International ‘Aspirations’ of a Rising Power’, in David Scott (ed.),Handbook of India’s International Relations, London: Routeledge, pp.3-31
· W. Anderson, (2011) ‘Domestic Roots of Indian Foreign Policy’, in W. Anderson, Trysts withDemocracy: Political Practice in South Asia, Anthem Press: University Publishing Online.
· J. Bandhopadhyaya, (1970) The Making Of India's Foreign Policy, New Delhi: AlliedPublishers.
· S. Mehrotra, (1990) ‘Indo-Soviet Economic Relations: Geopolitical and Ideological Factors’,inIndia and the Soviet Union: Trade and Technology Transfer, Cambridge University Press:Cambridge, pp. 8-28.
· R. Hathaway, (2003) ‘The US-India Courtship: From Clinton to Bush’, in S. Ganguly (ed.),India as an Emerging Power, Frank Cass: Portland.
· A. Singh, (1995) ‘India's Relations with Russia and Central Asia’, in International Affairs, Vol.71 (1): 69-81.
· M. Zafar, (1984), ‘Chapter 1’, in India and the Superpowers: India's Political Relations withthe Superpowers in the 1970s, Dhaka, University Press.
· H. Pant, (2008) ‘The U.S.-India Entente: From Estrangement to Engagement’, in
H. Pant,Contemporary Debates in Indian Foreign and Security Policy: India Negotiates Its Rise in theInternational System, Palgrave Macmillan: London.
· D. Mistry, (2006) ‘Diplomacy, Domestic Politics, and the U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement’, inAsian Survey, Vol. 46 (5), pp. 675-698.
· H. Pant, (2011) ‘India’s Relations with China’, in D. Scott (ed.), Handbook of India’sInternational Relations, London: Routledge, pp. 233-242.
· A. Tellis and S. Mirski, (2013) ‘Introduction’, in A. Tellis and S. Mirski (eds.), Crux of Asia:China, India, and the Emerging Global Order, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:Washington.
· S. Raghavan, (2013) ‘Stability in Southern Asia: India’s Perspective’, in A. Tellis and S. Mirski(eds.), Crux of Asia: China, India, and the Emerging Global Order, Carnegie Endowment forInternational Peace: Washington.
· Li Li, (2013) ‘Stability in Southern Asia: China’s Perspective’, in A. Tellis and S. Mirski (eds.),Crux of Asia: China, India, and the Emerging Global Order, Carnegie Endowment forInternational Peace: Washington.
· S. Muni, (2003) ‘Problem Areas in India’s Neighbourhood Policy’, in South Asian Survey, Vol.10 (2), pp. 185-196.
· S. Cohen, (2002) India: Emerging Power, Brookings Institution Press.V. Sood, (2009) ‘Indiaand regional security interests’, in Alyssa Ayres and C. Raja Mohan (eds), Powerrealignments in Asia: China, India, and the United States, New Delhi: Sage.
· M. Pardesi, (2005) ‘Deducing India’s Grand Strategy of Regional Hegemony from Historicaland Conceptual Perspectives’, IDSS Working Paper, 76, Available athttp://www.rsis.edu.sg/publications/WorkingPapers/WP76.pdf, 19.04.2013.
· D. Scott, (2009) ‘India's “Extended Neighbourhood” Concept: Power Projection for a RisingPower’, in India Review, Vol. 8 (2), pp. 107-143
· S. Cohen, (2002) ‘The World View of India’s Strategic Elite’, in S. Cohen, India: EmergingPower, Brookings Institution Press, pp. 36-65.
· A. Narlikar, (2007) ‘All that Glitters is not Gold: India’s Rise to Power’, in Third WorldQuarterly, Vol. 28 (5) pp. 983 – 996.N. Dubash, (2012) ‘The Politics of Climate Change in India: Narratives of Enquiry and Cobenefits’,Working Paper, New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research.
· N. Jayaprakash, (2000) ‘Nuclear Disarmament and India’, in Economic and Political Weekly,Vol. 35 (7), pp. 525-533.
· P. Bidwai, (2005) ‘A Deplorable Nuclear Bargain’, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 40(31), pp. 3362-3364.
· A. Anant, (2011) ‘India and International Terrorism’, in D. Scott (ed.), Handbook of India’sInternational Relations, London: Routledge, pp. 266-277.
· R. Rajgopalan and V. Sahni (2008), ‘India and the Great Powers: Strategic Imperatives,Normative Necessities’, in South Asian Survey, Vol. 15 (1), pp. 5–32.
· C. Mohan, (2013) ‘Changing Global Order: India’s Perspective’, in A. Tellis and
S. Mirski(eds.), Crux of Asia: China, India, and the Emerging Global Order, Carnegie Endowment forInternational Peace: Washington.
· A. Narlikar, (2006) ‘Peculiar Chauvinism or Strategic Calculation? Explaining the NegotiatingStrategy of a Rising India’, International Affairs, Vol. 82 (1), 59-76.
· P. Mehta, (2009) ‘Still Under Nehru’s Shadow? The Absence of Foreign Policy Frameworks inIndia’, in India Review, Vol. 8 (3), pp. 209–233.
Online Resources:
Government of India’s Ministry of External Relations website at http://www.mea.gov.in/and specially its library which provides online resources at http://mealib.nic.in/
The Council of Foreign Relations has a regularly updated blog on India’s foreign policy:http://www.cfr.org/region/india/ri282
Centre for Policy Research’s blog on IR and strategicaffairs though it is not exclusively on India’s foreign policy.http://www.cprindia.org/blog/international- relations-and- security-blogInstitute for Defence Studies and Analyses: http://www.idsa.in/
Research and Information System: www.ris.org.in/ Indian Council of World Affairs: www.icwa.in/ Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies: www.ipcs.org/
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations: www.icrier.org/
Course objective: This course attempts to build an understanding of human rights among students through a study of specific issues in a comparative perspective. It is important for students to see how debates on human rights have taken distinct forms historically and in the contemporary world. The course seeks to anchor all issues in the Indian context, and pulls out another country to form a broader comparative frame. Students will be expected to use a range of resources, including films, biographies, and official documents to study each theme. Thematic discussion of sub-topics in the second and third sections should include state response to issues and structural violence questions.
READING LIST
· J. Hoffman and P. Graham, (2006) ‘Human Rights’, Introduction to Political Theory, Delhi, Pearson, pp. 436-458.
· SAHRDC (2006) ‘Introduction to Human Rights’; ‘Classification of Human Rights: An Overview of the First, Second, and Third Generational Rights’, in Introducing Human Rights, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
· The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Chapter 2: Bill of Rights.
· The Constitution of India, Chapter 3: Fundamental Rights
· M. Lippman, (1979) ‘The Protection of Universal Human Rights: The Problem of Torture’Universal Human Rights, Vol. 1(4), pp. 25-55
· J. Lokaneeta, (2011) ‘Torture in the TV Show 24: Circulation of Meanings’; ‘Jurisprudence on Torture and Interrogations in India’, in Transnational Torture Law, Violence, and State Power in the United States and India, Delhi: Orient Blackswan,
· D. O’Byrne, (2007) Human Rights: An Introduction, Delhi: Pearson
· D. Lyon, (2008) Surveillance Society, Talk for Festival del Diritto, Piacenza, Italia, September 28, pp.1-7.
· u Hualing, (2012) ‘Politicized Challenges, Depoliticized Responses: Political Monitoring in China’s Transitions’, paper presented at a conference on States of Surveillance: Counter-Terrorism and Comparative Constitutionalism, at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, 13-14 December.
· U. Singh, (2012) ‘Surveillance Regimes in India’, paper presented at a conference on States of Surveillance: Counter-Terrorism and Comparative Constitutionalism, at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, 13-14 December.
· E. Scarry, (2010) ‘Resolving to Resist’, in Rule of Law, Misrule of Men,
Cambridge: Boston
Review Books, MIT, pp.1-53.
· M. Ahmad, (2002) ‘Homeland Insecurities: Racial Violence the Day after September 11’,Social Text, 72, Vol. 20(3), pp. 101-116.
· U. Singh, (2007) ‘The Unfolding of Extraordinariness: POTA and the Construction of Suspect Communities’, in The State, Democracy and Anti-terror Laws in India, Delhi: Sage Publications, pp.165-219
· A. Pinto, (2001) ‘UN Conference against Racism: Is Caste Race?’, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 36(30)
· R. Wasserstorm, (2006), ‘Racism, Sexism, and Preferential Treatment: An approach to the Topics’, in R. Goodin and P. Pettit, Contemporary Political Philosophy: an Anthology, Oxford: Blackwell, pp-549-574
· R. Wolfrum, (1998) ‘Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism’ in J. Symonides, Human Rights: New Dimensions and Challenges, Aldershot, Ashgate/UNESCO, pp.181-198.
· A. Khan and R. Hussain, (2008), ‘Violence Against Women in Pakistan: Perceptions and Experiences of Domestic Violence’, Asian Studies Review, Vol. 32, pp. 239 – 253
· K.Kannabiran (2012) ‘Rethinking the Constitutional Category of Sex’, in Tools of Justice: Non-Discrimination and the Indian Constitution, New Delhi, Routledge, pp.425-443
· N. Menon (2012) ‘Desire’, Seeing Like a Feminist, New Delhi: Zubaan/Penguin, pp. 91-146
· H. Goodall, (2011) ‘International Indigenous Community Study: Adivasi Indigenous People in India’, in A. Cadzow and J. Maynard (eds.), Aboriginal Studies, Melbourne: Nelson Cengage Learning, pp.254-259.
· K. Kannabiran, (2012) ‘Adivasi Homelands and the Question of Liberty’, in Tools of Justice: Non-Discrimination and the Indian Constitution, New Delhi: Routledge, pp.242-271.
· N. Watson (2011) ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Identities’ in A. Cadzow and J. Maynard (eds.), Aboriginal Studies, Melbourne: Nelson Cengage Learning, pp.43-52.
· W. Fernandes (2008) ‘India's Forced Displacement Policy and Practice. Is Compensation up to its Functions?’, in M. Cernea and H. Mathus (eds), Can Compensation Prevent Impoverishment? Reforming Resettlement through Investments and Benefit-Sharing, pp. 181-207, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
· A. Laws and V. Iacopino, (2002) ‘Police Torture in Punjab, India: An Extended Survey’, in Health and Human Rights, Vol. 6(1), pp. 195-210
· J. Morsink, (1999) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins, Drafting and Intent, Philadelphia: University of Pensylvania Press, pp. ix-xiv
· J. Nickel, (1987) Making Sense of Human Rights: Philosophical Reflections on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Berkeley: University of California Press.
· J. Goldman, (2005) ‘Of Treaties and Torture: How the Supreme Court Can Restrain the Executive’, in Duke Law Journal, Vol. 55(3), pp. 609-640.
· K. Tsutsui and C. Wotipka, (2004) Global Civil Society and the International Human Rights Movement: Citizen Participation in Human Rights International Nongovernmental Organizations, in Social Forces, Vol. 83(2), pp. 587-620.
· L. Rabben, (2001) Amnesty International: Myth and Reality, in Agni, No. 54, Amnesty International Fortieth Anniversary pp. 8-28
· M. Mohanty, (2010) ‘In Pursuit of People’s Rights: An Introduction’, in M. Mohanty et al., Weapon of the Oppressed: Inventory of People’s Rights in India, New Delhi: Danish Books, pp.1-11
· M. Cranston, (1973) What are Human Rights? New York: Taplinger
· M. Ishay, (2004) The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era, Delhi: Orient Blackswan.
· R. Sharan, (2009) ‘Alienation and Restoration of Tribal Land in Jharkhand in N Sundar (ed.) Legal Grounds, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 82-112
· Text of UDHR available at http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml
· U. Baxi, (1989) ‘From Human Rights to the Right to be Human: Some Heresies’, in S. Kothari and H. Sethi (eds.), Rethinking Human Rights, Delhi: Lokayan, pp.181-166
Course objective: This course introduces the specific elements of Indian Political Thought spanning over two millennia. The basic focus of study is on individual thinkers whose ideas are however framed by specific themes. The course as a whole is meant to provide a sense of the broad streams of Indian thought while encouraging a specific knowledge of individual thinkers and texts. Selected extracts from some original texts are also given to discuss in class with a critical appreciation. The list of additional readings is meant for teachers as well as the more interested students.
Reading List:
· T. Pantham, and K. Deutsch (eds.), Political Thought in Modern India, New Delhi: Sage Publications
· M. Shakir, (1986) ‘Dynamics of Muslim Political Thought’, in T. Pantham, and
K. Deutsch (eds.), Political Thought in Modern India, New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 142- 160
· G. Pandey, (1978) Sraman Tradition: Its History and Contribution to Indian Culture, Ahmedabad: L. D. Institute of Indology, pp. 52-73.
· S. Saberwal, (2008) ‘Medieval Legacy’, in Spirals of Contention, New Delhi: Routledge
· The Mahabharata (2004), Vol. 7 (Book XI and Book XII, Part II), Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press.
· V. Varma, (1974) Studies in Hindu Political Thought and Its Metaphysical Foundations, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, pp. 211- 230.
· B. Chaturvedi, (2006) ‘Dharma-The Foundation of Raja-Dharma, Law and Governance’, in The Mahabharta: An Inquiry in the Human Condition, Delhi: Orient Longman
· Manu, (2006) ‘Rules for Times of Adversity’, in P. Olivelle, (ed. & trans.) Manu’s Code of Law: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Manava- Dharamsastra, New Delhi: OUP
· V. Mehta, (1992) ‘The Cosmic Vision: Manu’, in Foundations of Indian Political Thought, Delhi: Manohar
· R. Sharma, (1991) ‘Varna in Relation to Law and Politics (c 600 BC-AD 500)’, in Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, pp. 233- 251.
· P. Olivelle, (2006) ‘Introduction’, in Manu’s Code of Law: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Manava –Dharmasastra, Delhi: Oxford University Press
· Kautilya, (1997) ‘The Elements of Sovereignty’ in R. Kangle (ed. and trns.),
Arthasastra of Kautilya, New Delhi: Motilal Publishers, pp. 511- 514.
· V. Mehta, (1992) ‘The Pragmatic Vision: Kautilya and His Successor’, in
Foundations of Indian Political Thought, Delhi: Manohar, pp. 88- 109.
· S. Collins, (ed), (2001) Agganna Sutta: An Annotated Translation, New Delhi: Sahitya Academy, pp. 44-49.
· S. Collins, (2001) ‘General Introduction’, in Agganna Sutta: The Discussion on What is Primary (An Annotated Translation from Pali), Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, pp. 1- 26.
· B. Gokhale, (1966) ‘The Early Buddhist View of the State’, in The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. XXVI, (1), pp. 15- 22.
· I. Habib, (1998) ‘Ziya Barni’s Vision of the State’, in The Medieval History Journal, Vol. 2, (1), pp. 19- 36.
· M. Alam, (2004) ‘Sharia Akhlaq’, in The Languages of Political Islam in India 1200- 1800, Delhi: Permanent Black, pp. 26- 43
· A. Fazl, (1873) The Ain-i Akbari (translated by H. Blochmann), Calcutta: G. H. Rouse, pp. 47- 57.
· V. Mehta, (1992) ‘The Imperial Vision: Barni and Fazal’, in Foundations of Indian Political Thought, Delhi: Manohar, pp. 134- 156
· G. Omvedt, (2008) ‘Kabir and Ravidas, Envisioning Begumpura’, in Seeking Begumpura: The Social Vision of Anti Caste Intellectual, Delhi: Navayana, pp. 91- 107.
· L. Hess and S. Singh, (2002) ‘Introduction’, in The Bijak of Kabir, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 3- 35.
Course objective: This course goes back to Greek antiquity and familiarizes students with the manner in which the political questions were first posed. Machiavelli comes as an interlude inaugurating modern politics followed by Hobbes and Locke. This is a basic foundation course for students.
Reading List:
· T. Ball, (2004) ‘History and Interpretation’ in C. Kukathas and G. Gaus, (eds.)
Handbook of Political Theory, London: Sage Publications Ltd. pp. 18-30.
· B. Constant, (1833) ‘The Liberty of the Ancients Compared with that of the Moderns’, in D.Boaz, (ed), (1997) The Libertarian Reader, New York: The Free Press.
· 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.
· A. Skoble and T. Machan, (2007) Political Philosophy: Essential Selections. New Delhi: Pearson Education, pp. 9-32.
· R. Kraut (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Plato. Cambridge: Cambridge University PressC.
· D. Boucher and P. Kelly, (eds) Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present,
Oxford: Oxford University Press
· S. Okin, (1992) ‘Philosopher Queens and Private Wives’, in S. Okin Women in Western
Political Thought, Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 28-50
· J. Barnes (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 232-258
· J. Coleman A History of Political Thought: From Ancient Greece to Early Christianity, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers
· Q. Skinner, (2000) ‘The Adviser to Princes’, in Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 23-53
· C. Macpherson, (1962) The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism: Hobbes to Locke. Oxford University Press, Ontario, pp. 194-214.