Political Science as Generic Elective (Interdisciplinary)
GE1-
Nationalism in India
GE2-
Contemporary Political Economy
GE3-
Women, Power, and Politics
GE4-
Gandhi and the Contemporary World
GE5-
Understanding Ambedkar
GE6-
Governance: Issues and Challenges
GE7-
Politics of Globalization
GE8-
United Nations and Global Conflicts
GE1-
Nationalism in India
Generic Elective - (GE)
Credit:6
Course Objective
The
course aims to help students understand nationalism in India in the specific
historical context of the struggles against colonial rule in India. It looks at
nationalism as from different theoretical perspectives to emphasize its
different dimensions both as a movement and ideology. The course begins by
looking at the responses to colonial dominance in the nineteenth century, and
traces the development of the anti-colonial struggle up to the mid-20th century
paying attention to its social composition and different modalities through
which nationalist resistance was mobilized and consolidated. It focuses
subsequently on the events leading to the Partition and independence in 1947.
In the process, the course also tries to focus on the various tensions and
contradictions within the discourse on nationalism and its engagement with the
questions of caste, class, gender and gender.
Course Learning
Outcomes
On
successful completion of the course, students would be able to:
- Gain an understanding of the different theoretical perspectives on the emergence and development of nationalism in India
- Demonstrate knowledge of the historical trajectory of the development of the nationalist movement in India, with specific focus on its different phases
- Understand the contribution of various social movements in the anti-colonial struggle
- Demonstrate awareness of the history of partition and the moment of independence that followed
Unit I
Approaches
to the Study of Nationalism in India (8 lectures)
Nationalist,
Imperialist, Marxist, and Subaltern Interpretations
Unit 2
Reformism
and Anti-Reformism in the Nineteenth Century (8 lectures)
Major
Social and Religious Movements in 19th century
Unit 3
Nationalist
Politics and Expansion of its Social Base (18 lectures)
a. Phases of Nationalist Movement:
Liberal Constitutionalists, Swadeshi and the Radicals; Beginning of
Constitutionalism in India
b. Gandhi and Mass Mobilisation:
Non-Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience Movement, and Quit India Movement.
c. Socialist Alternatives: Congress
Socialists, Communists
Unit 4
Social
Movements (8 lectures)
a. The Women's Question:
Participation in the National Movement and its Impact
b. The Caste Question:
Anti-Brahmanical Politics
c. Peasant, Tribals and Workers
Movements
Unit 5
Partition
and Independence (6 lectures)
a. Communalism in Indian Politics
b. The Two-Nation Theory,
Negotiations over Partition
GE2-
Contemporary Political Economy
Generic
Elective - (GE) Credit:6
Course
Objective
Given
the growing recognition worldwide of the importance of the political economy
approach to the study of global order, this course has the following
objectives:
- To familiarize the students with the different theoretical approaches
- To give a brief overview of the history of the evolution of the modern capitalist world;
- To highlight the important contemporary problems, issues and debates on how these should be addressed.
Course
Learning Outcomes
- The students will learn about diverse approaches to international political economy.
- The study of role of international organization in transforming the world economy will equip the students to understand the process of evolution of capitalism.
- Insights into issues and contentions of development and perspectives on globalization. will augment students' ability to assess its impact on culture, environment, military security dimensions and traditional knowledge systems.
- The paper will enable students to comprehend contemporary dilemmas in the socio political, gender and ethnic domains.
Unit 1
Approaches
to Political Economy (15 Lectures)
a) Classical Liberalism
b) Marxism
c) Welfarism
d) Neo-liberalism
e) Gandhian approach
Unit 2
Capitalist
Transformation (14 Lectures)
a) European Feudalism and
Transition to Capitalism
b) Globalization: Transnational
Corporations, World Trade Organization, International Non governmental
Organizations (their role in development)
Unit 3
Issues
in Development (15 Lectures)
a) Culture
b) Environment
c) Knowledge Economy
Unit 4
Globalization
and Development Dilemmas (16 Lectures)
a) Artificial Intelligence
b) Gender
c) Racial and Ethnic Problems
d) Migration
GE3-
Women, Power and Politics
Generic Elective - (GE) Credit:6
Course
Objective
This
course opens up the question of women's agency, taking it beyond 'women's
empowerment and focusing on women as radical social agents. It attempts to
question the complicity of social structures and relations in gender
inequality. This is extended to cover new forms of precarious work and labour
under the new economy.
Course
Learning Outcomes
After
completing this course, the students will be able to:
- Understand the concept of patriarchy, feminism, family, community and state.
- Understand the history of women's movement and why these movements emerged, and hence would be able to connect theory and practice.
Unit 1
Groundings
(6 weeks)
1.
Patriarchy (2weeks)
a. Sex-Gender Debates
b. Public and Private
c. Power
2.
Feminism (2 weeks)
3.
Family, Community, State (2weeks)
a. Family
b. Community
c. State
Unit 2
Movements
and Issues (6 weeks)
1.
History of the Women's Movement in India (2 weeks)
2.
Violence against women (2 weeks)
3.
Work and Labour (2 weeks)
a. Visible and Invisible work
b. Reproductive and care work
c. Sex work
GE4-
Gandhi and the Contemporary World
Generic
Elective - (GE) Credit:6
Course
Objective
Locating
Gandhi in a global frame, the course seeks to elaborate Gandhian thought and
examine its practical implications. It will introduce students to key instances
of Gandhi's continuing influence right up to the contemporary period and enable
them to critically evaluate his legacy.
Course
Learning Outcomes
This
course will help students to understand Gandhian philosophy in a critical and
analytical manner. It will also help in describing the impact of Gandhian
thought on Indian and global politics. It will help in identifying and
explaining selected approaches and methods that historians have used to study
the history of anti-colonial Indian politics.
Unit 1
Gandhi
on Modern Civilization and Ethics of Development (2 weeks)
a. Conception of Modern
Civilisation and Alternative Modernity
b. Critique of Development: Narmada
Bachao Andolan
Unit 2
Gandhian
Thought: Theory and Action (4 weeks)
a. Theory of Satyagraha
b. Satyagraha in Action
i. Peasant Satyagraha: Kheda and
the Idea of Trusteeship
ii. Temple Entry and Critique of
Caste
iii. Social Harmony: 1947and Communal
Unity
Unit 3
Gandhi's
Legacy (4 weeks)
a) Tolerance: Anti-Racism Movements
(Anti - Apartheid and Martin Luther King)
b) The Pacifist Movement
c) Women's Movements
d) Gandhigiri: Perceptions in
Popular Culture
Unit 4
Gandhi
and the Idea of Political (2 weeks)
a) Swaraj
b) Swadeshi
GE5-
Understanding Ambedkar
Generic
Elective - (GE) Credit:6
Course
Objective
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.
Course 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 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.
Unit
1
Introducing
Ambedkar (1 week)
Approach
to Study Polity, History, Economy, Religion and Society
Unit
2
Caste
and Religion (3 weeks)
a. Caste, Untouchability and
Critique of Hindu Social Order
b. Religion and Conversion
Unit
3
Women's
Question (2 weeks)
a. Rise and Fall of Hindu Women
b. Hindu Code Bill
Unit
4
Political
Vision (2 weeks)
a. Nation and Nationalism
b. Democracy and Citizenship
Unit
5
Constitutionalism
(2 weeks)
a. Rights and Representations
b. Constitution as an Instrument of
Social Transformation
Unit
6
Economy
and Class Question (2 weeks)
a. Planning and Development
b. Land and Labour
GE6-
Governance: Issues and Challenges
Generic Elective - (GE)
Credit:6
Course Objective
This
paper deals with concepts and different dimensions of governance highlighting
the major debates in the contemporary times. There is a need to understand the
importance of the concept of governance in the context of a globalising world,
environment, administration, development. The essence of governance is explored
through the various good governance initiatives introduced in India.
Course Learning
Outcomes
- The students are acquainted with the changing nature of governance in the era of globalization.
- The students are introduced to the most contemporary ideas of sustainable development and green governance.
- The students become familiar with a rigorous introduction to the best practices in India on good governance.
Unit
1
Government
and Governance: Concepts [12 lectures]
a) Role of State in The Era of
Globalisation
b) State, Market and Civil Society
Unit
2
Governance
and Development [12 lectures]
Changing
Dimensions of Development Strengthening Democracy through Good Governance
Unit
3
Environmental
Governance [12 lectures]
a) Human-Environment Interaction
b) Green Governance: Sustainable
Human Development
Unit
4
Local
Governance [12 lectures]
a) Democratic Decentralisation
b) People's Participation in
Governance
Unit
5
Good
Governance Initiatives in India: Best Practices [20 lectures]
a) Public Service Delivery
b) Electronic Governance
c) Citizens Charter & Right to
Information
d) Corporate Social Responsibility
GE7-
Politics of Globalization
Generic
Elective - (GE) Credit:6
Course
Objective
The
objective of this generic elective paper is to make students from diverse
background understand the process of globalization from a political
perspective. This paper will create a broad understanding of the issues and
processes globalization based on critical analysis of the various anchors and
dimensions of globalization.
Course
Learning Outcomes
- The students will learn about the nature, significance and contemporary debates around globalization.
- The study of various approaches and concepts of globalization and the role of international economic organizations will augment students' knowledge on international political economy.
- The course will provide an insight into the alternative understanding of globalization and various critical aspects related to it.
- The paper will equip students with a comprehensive knowledge of the impact of globalization on developing countries in the context of contemporary international issues like civil society, social movements and human migration.
Unit
1
Concept
of Globalization: Globalization debate; for and against.
Unit
2
Approaches
to understanding globalization:
a) Liberal approach
b) Radical approach
Unit
3
International
Institutions/Regimes
a) World Bank
b) International Monetary Fund.
c) The World Trade Organization
Unit
4
Issues
in Globalization:
Alternative
Perspectives on its nature and character, critical dimensions: economic,
political and cultural
Unit
5
Globalization
and democracy: State, sovereignty and the civil society.
Unit
6
Globalization
and Politics in developing countries
a) Globalization and social
movements
b) Globalization and the demise of
Nation State
c) Globalization and human
migration.
Unit
7
The
inevitability of globalization: Domestic and Global responses
GE8-
United Nations and Global Conflicts
Generic
Elective - (GE) Credit:6
Course
Objective
This
course provides a comprehensive introduction to the most important multilateral
political organization in international relations. It provides a detailed
account of the organizational structure and the political processes of the UN,
and how it has evolved since 1945, especially in terms of dealing with the
major global conflicts. The course imparts a critical understanding of the UN's
performance until now and the imperatives as well as processes of reforming the
organization in the context of the contemporary global system.
Course
Learning Outcomes
- The students will learn about the evolution of United Nations as an international organization, its principles and institutional structure.
- The course will develop an in depth understanding of United Nations role in peace keeping and peace building since the Second World War.
- Students will learn about major global conflicts and United Nations role in conflict management.
- The paper will evolve analytical skills of the students on United Nations role in creating an equitable social economic world order.
- The course will assess United Nations contributions and shortcomings in maintaining international peace and security.
- The paper will enhance knowledge on the imperatives of reforming the organization in contemporary global system.
Unit
1
The
United Nations (29 Lectures)
(a) An Historical Overview of the
United Nations
(b) Principles and Objectives
(c) Structures and Functions:
General Assembly; Security Council, and Economic and Social Council; the
International Court of Justice, and the specialised agencies (International
Labour Organisation [ILO], United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organisation [UNESCO], World Health Organisation [WHO],
and UN programmes and funds: United Nations Children's Fund *UNICEF+,
United Nations Development Programme [UNDP], United Nations Environment
Programme [UNEP], UN Women, United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees [UNHCR]), Critical Asssessment of Secretary General
(d) Peace Keeping, Peace Making and
Enforcement, Peace Building and Responsibility to Protect
(e) Millennium Development Goals
Unit
2
Major
Global Conflicts since the Second World War (20 Lectures)
(a) Korean War
(b) Vietnam War
(c) Afghanistan Wars
(d) Balkans: Serbia and Bosnia
Unit
3
Assessment
of the United Nations as an International Organisation: Imperatives of Reforms
and the Process of Reforms (11 Lectures)
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