SYLLABUS FOR SECOND SEMESTER

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

DAKSHIN DINAJPUR UNIVERSITY

Structure of 2nd Semester of M.A in Political Science

There are five papers for 2nd semester students
1. Core paper (201)- MODERN INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
2. Core paper (202)- PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
3. Core paper (203)- CONTEMPORARY FOREIGN POLICY OF INDIA
4. Discipline Specific Elective DSE (3&4)- INTRODUCTION TO DOING
RESEARCH
5. Skill Enhancement Course (SEC) Basic Computer Skill

Total Marks:400
Total Credit:16

COURSE TYPE-CORE CODE 201 CREDIT-4

COURSE TITLE: MODERN INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT

Course Objectives: The course is another foundational course that would enrich the student
with the major ideas and political thinkers of India. The course would offer an understanding
of the ideological context of modern politics in India.

Skills Acquired: The students would develop the faculty of critical thinking and the skill to
understand political issues with a sharper focus.

1. Thought of 19th century renaissance: Its nature –Rammohan and the liberal tradition;
rise of economic nationalism: Ranade’s analysis of the role of the State. Nationalist
awakening in the 19th century- Bankim’s Nationalist thinking.
2. Gandhi: roots of Gandhi’s political philosophy- concepts of satyagraha- critique of
state---critique of modernity.
3. Tagore’s ideas of ‘swadeshi samaj’& His vision of Politics
4.Reflection of Hindu- Muslim relation in India- MdIqbal ,AbulKalam Azad and Jinnah
: Pan Islamism, nationalism and secularism in India--Savarkar and the idea of ‘
Hindutva’
4. Ideas of State and Nation building- Aurobindo, Nehru, S. C Bose.
5. J.P Narayan: Partyless democracy and total revolution; MN Roy’s of ideas of Radical
Humanism.
6. Phule and Ambedkar: Caste untouchability and the question of social justice in India-
--Gandhi –Ambedkar debate.

SELECT READINGS:
1. Bhikhu Parekh, Gandhi’s Political Philosophy: A Critical Examination.
2. Douglas Allen (ed.), The Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi.
 3. Buddhadeva Bhattacharyya, Evolution of the Political Philosophy of Gandhi.
4. Sachin Sen, The Political Thought of Rabindranath.
5. Rabindranath Tagore, Towards Universal Man.
6. K. N. Mukherjee, The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore.
7. Subhas Chandra Bose, The Indian Struggle (2 vols).
8. Jawaharlal Nehru, Discovery of India.
9. B. A. Dar, A Study of Iqbal’s Philosophy.
10. G. P. Deshpande (ed.), Selected Writings of JyotibaPhule.
11. W. N. Kuber, Ambedkar: A Critical Study.
12. Pantham and Deutsch (ed.), Political Thought in Modern India.
13. S. Gopal (ed.), Jawaharlal Nehru.
14. S. R. Bakshi, AbulKalam Azad: The Secular Leader

Course Type: CORE COURSE CODE 202 CREDIT : 4

COURSE TITLE: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & PUBLIC MANAGEMENT

Course Objectives: The course is another foundational course that would familiarize the
students with the major bases and principles of administration. It would also focus on the new
forms of administration and public management. The students would be able to identify the
different forms of administration.
Skill Acquired: The skill acquired from this course would be analytical and critical
understanding about administration and management and the diverse issues.

1. New Public Administration: Minnowbrook 1, II and III , Blacksburg manifesto –

Impact of
Globalisation on the discipline---Development Administration; (a) bureaucracy and
development
Administration (b) participatory and sustainable development (c) rights based approach.
2. Emerging issues: Public choice, New Public Management, Feminism and Public
Administration, Post
Modernism and Public Administration, Comparative Public Administration.
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3. Concepts of governance: Good governance, Corporate governance, E governance
4. Public Management: Concept, Nature, Scope and Characteristics, New Technologies
and Public Systems
Management , Strategic Management ,Key Management Tools ,Management
Information System
5.Financial Management and Accountability: Budget, accounting and auditing.
6. Some Issue Areas : (i) generalist-specialists: complimentarity and compatibility (ii)
corruption of citizens’ grievances and the institutions (iii) Administrative Reforms (iv)
Environmental Administration (v)Emerging issues in Indian Administration

SELECT READINGS:
1. Nicholas Henry, Public Administration and Public Affairs
2. Fadin and Fadin, Public Administration: Administrative Theories and Concepts
3. Hughes and Owen, Public Management and Administration: An Introduction
4. Mohit Bhattacharya, Public Administration: Structure, Processes and Behaviour
5. Mohit Bhattacharya, Development Administration
6. Mohit Bhattacharya, Restructuring of Public Administration: Essays in Rehabilitation
7. Dhameja, Contemporary Debates in Public Administration
8. S. R. Maheswari, Issues and Concepts in Public Administration
9. Munshi and Abraham (eds.), Good Governance, Democratic Societies and Globalization
10. G. Grant, Development Administration- Concepts, Goals, Method
11. Haroon A Khan,Globalization and the Challenges of Public Administration (Palgrave
Macmillan)
12 .BidyutChakrabarty& Prakash Chand, Public Administration in a Globalized World (Sage)
13. Mohit Bhattacharya, New Horizons of Public Administration(Jawahar Publications)
Peter Harris, Foundations of Public Administration: A Comparative Approach(Hong Kong
University Press)
14. S A Palekar, Development Administration (PHI Learning)
15. V Bhaskar Rao & Arvind K Sharma, Public Administration: Quest for Identity (Vikas)
Administration(CRC Press)
16. Susan J Buck, Understanding Environmental Administration and Law (Island Press)
17. Mangal Chandra Jain Kagzi, MadhusudanSaharay, The Indian AdministrativeLaw
(Universal Law 31 | P a g e Publishing Company
18. Peter Bogason Postmodern Public Administration in The Oxford Handbook of Public
Management

Course Type: CORE CODE 203 CREDIT : 4

COURSE TITLE: CONTEMPORARY FOREIGN POLICY OF INDIA

Course Objectives: This is one of the foundational course that would focus on the foreign
policy and its making in India. The course would also focus on the new foreign policy concerns,
strategies and partnerships.
Skills Acquired:The students would acquire a critical understanding about international
affairs as well as the skill to understand critically the foreign policy issues and challenges.

SYLLABUS:
1.Introducing Contemporary Foreign Policy of India -- National Interest; National
Power; Diplomacy; Foreign Policy Decision-Making Structure in India; Role of Major
Agencies and Actors--End of the Cold War and Reorientation of India's Foreign and
Security Policies
2.Foreign Policy Strategy Towards Major States----India and the USA;India and
Russia;India and China;India and Pakistan
3.New Partnerships and Multilateralism ---India's New Strategic Partners: Israel and
Japan; India and the South East Asia; ASEAN;India’s Multilateral Policy with Reference
to BRICS, SCO and SAARC
4.India's Foreign Policy towards the European Union
5.Salient Features of India’s Foreign Economic Policy ---India’s Defence Cooperation:
Objectives and Strategies; India’s Major External Security Challenges and Responses

SELECT READINGS:
1. Stephen Cohen, India: Emerging Power(Brookings Institution Press)
2. J N Dixit, India’s Foreign Policy 1947-2003(Picus)
3. SumitGanguly,India as an Emerging Power(Routledge)
4. SumitGanguly (ed.), India’s Foreign Policy: Retrospect and Prospect(Oxford
University Press)
 5. Anjali Ghosh, et al, India’s Foreign Policy(Pearson)
6. RajenHarshe& K M Seethi,Emerging with the World: Critical Reflections on India’s
Foreign Policy(Orient Longman)
7. B M Jain, Global Power: India’s Foreign Policy: 1947-2006(Lexington Book)
LalitMansingh& M Venkatraman, India’s Foreign Policy: Agenda for the
21st Century(Konark)
8. C Raja Mohan, Crossing the Rubicon: Shaping of India’s New Foreign Policy(Palgrave
Macmillan)
9. James Rosenau,Scientific Study of Foreign Policy(Nicholas)
10. AtishSinha&MadhupMohta, India’s Foreign Policy: Challenges and
Opportunities(Academic Foundation)
11. Raju G C Thomas&Amit Gupta (eds.), India’s Nuclear Security (Lynne Rienner)
12. KantiBajpai&Harsh Pant (eds.), India’s Foreign Policy: A Reader (Oxford University
Press)
13. KantiBajpai&Harsh Pant (eds.),India’s National Security: A Reader (Oxford University
Press)
14. ShivshankarMenon,Choices: Inside the Making of India’s Foreign Policy (Penguin)
15. Shashi Tharoor,PaxIndica: India and the World of 21st Century(Penguin)
16. Rajiv Sikri,Challenges and Strategy: Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy (Sage)
17. V N Khanna, Foreign Policy of India (Vikas)
18. Harsh Pant,Contemporary Debates in Indian Foreign and Security Policy: India
Negotiates Its Rise in the International System (Palgrave Macmillan)
19. Jayant Prasad,S Samuel, C.Rajiv, India and Israel: The Making of a Strategic
Partnership(Routledge)

Course Type- DSE- 3 Course Credit-2

Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO DOING RESEARCH

1. The Basics of Doing Research and Structuring a Research Project, Research Ethics.
2. Nature of Data, Sources of Data, Data Collection Methods and Processing
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis.
4. Writing the Proposal and writing a Report.

SELECT READINGS:
1. Jerry. W. Willis, MukthaJost and RemaNilakanta, Foundations of Qualitative Research
(chap.1).
2. Egon G. Guba and Yvonna S. Lincoln, Approach to Qualitative Research: A Reader in
Theory and Practice (chap. 1).
3. Juliet Corbin and Anselm Strauss, Basics in Qualitative Research (Introduction).
4. Norman Blakie, Approaches to Social Enquiry (pp. 104-11).
5. Sharlene Nagy, Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy, Approach to Qualitative Research: a
Readerin Theory and Practice (chap. 1).
6. Alan Bryman, Social Research Methods.
7. Alan Bryman, Quantity and Quality in Social Research.
8. Buttolph Johnson and H. T. Reynolds, Political Science Research Metho
9. Nicholas Walliman,2011,Research Methods, Oxon:Routledge.
Course Type: DSE 4 CREDIT: 2

COURSE TITLE: ICT IN SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH

1. ICT ---Its Components and its Application.

2. ICT and Social Science Research----Rationale &Application
3. ICT in Collection of Data &Data Analysis
4. ICT and Post Data Analysis, Dissertation writing & Article writing.

SELECT READINGS:
1. Biljana Mileva Boshkoska,2015. Applications of ICT in Social Sciences,Peter Lang,AG.
2. Giri,A&D.Biswas,2018, Research Methodology for Social Sciences,New Delhi:Sage.
3. Babbie,Earl 2016, The Practice of Social Research, Thomson &Wadsworth,Australia.

Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC) Code: Credit-2

Course Title: Basic Computer Skill

1. Introduction to Computer: Basic Hardware

2. Introduction to Basic Software
3. Practical Training in Basic software and its Use
4. Introduction to the Use of Web Resources.
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