top of page

B.A. (Hons.) Political Science

DSE-1  Understanding Political Theory

​

UNIT-1 What is Politics: Theorizing the ‘Political’

UNIT-2 Approaches to Political Theory: Normative, Historical and Empirical

UNIT-3 Traditions of Political Theory

UNIT-4 Critical Perspectives in Political Theory

UNIT-5 The Idea of Political Community: Political Obligation

DSE-2  Ideas and Institutions in Indian Political Thought

UNIT-1 Statecraft in Ancient India

UNIT-2 Dharma, Dhamma, Danda

UNIT-3 Nyaya, Niti

UNIT-4 Sabha, Samiti

UNIT-5 Rajya, Rashtra

UNIT-6 Varna, Jati

DSE- 3 Colonialism and Nationalism in India

UNIT-1 Colonialism and Nationalism:

  • Main perspectives on colonialism: Liberalism, Marxism, Postcolonialism

UNIT-2  Colonial Rule in India and its impact:

  • Constitutional developments and the colonial state.

  • Colonial ideology of civilizing mission: Utilitarian's and Missionaries.

  •  Impact on agriculture, land relations, industry and ecology.

UNIT-3  Reform and Resistance:

  •  The 1857 war of Independence.

  • Major social and religious movements.

  • Education and the rise of the new middle class

UNIT-4 Nationalist Politics and Expansion of its Social Base:

  • Phases of the Nationalist Movement: Liberal constitutionalist, Swadeshi and the Radicals, Formation of the Muslim League.

  • Gandhi and mass mobilization: Non-cooperation, Civil Disobedience, and Quit India Movements.

  • Revolutionaries, Socialists and Communists.

  • Communalism in Indian Politics.

  • The two-nation theory, negotiations over partition

UNIT-5 Social Movements:

  • Peasants, Tribal, Workers, Women and anti-caste movements

DSE-4  Perspectives on Public Administration

​

UNIT-1 Public Administration as a Discipline
a. Ancient Roots of Public Administration: Perspectives from India (Kautilya’s Arthashastra)
b. Modern PA: An overview of the theoretical journey
c. Principles of Public Administration
d. Theorising Public Administration

UNIT-2 Mainstream/ Traditional Theoretical Perspectives
a. Scientific management (F.W.Taylor)
b. Ideal-type bureaucracy (Max Weber)
c. Human relations theory (Elton Mayo)
d. Rational decision-making (Herbert Simon)
e. Ecological approach (Fred Riggs)

UNIT-3 Contemporary Theoretical Perspectives
a. New Public Management, New Public Service
b. Multiple Perspectives on Governance: Good Governance, Collaborative Governance, Network Governance, Digital Governance

UNIT-4 Gender Perspectives on Public Administration
a. Gender and Governance
b. Gender sensitivity and participation in administration

DSE-5 Methods and Approaches in Comparative Political Analysis

UNIT-1 Understanding Comparative Politics
a. Nature and scope
b. Why Compare  
c. Understanding Comparative Method: How to compare countries: large n, small n, single countries studies
d. Going beyond Eurocentrism

Unit-2 Approaches to Studying Comparative Politics: Political System, Structural functional analysis

Unit-3 Approaches to Studying Comparative Politics: Traditional and Neo-Institutionalisms
a. Historical Institutionalism
b. Rational Choice Theory
c. Sociological Institutionalism

UNIT-4 UNIT Approaches to Studying Comparative Politics: Political Culture
a. Civic Culture (Sydney Verba)
b. Subculture (Dennis Kavanagh)
c. Hegemony (Antonio Gramsci)
d. Post materialism (Ronald Inglehart)
e. Social capital (R. Putnam)

UNIT-5 Approaches to Studying Comparative Politics: Political Economy
a. Underdevelopment
b. Dependency
c. Modernisation
d. World Systems Theory

UNIT-6 Gendering Comparative Politics
a. The Gender Lacuna in Comparative Politics
b. Political Representation: Women in Government and Politics

DSE- 6 Introduction to International Relations: Theories, Concepts and Debates

UNIT-1 What is IR and, its Contested Origins
​a. What is IR
b. Reading the Big Bangs
c. Bringing in De-colonial Accounts
d. Understanding the genealogy of IR discipline in India

UNIT-2  Theories of IR
​a. Introduction to IR Theories
b. Realpolitik (Kautilya)/ Realism/ Neo-Realism
c. Liberalism/ Neo-liberalism
d. Marxism/ Neo-Marxism
e. Feminism f. Constructivism

UNIT-3 Concepts
a. Power
b. Sovereignty
c. Empire
d. International Order

UNIT-4 Exploring the Future Trajectories

a. Global IR

b. A Relational Turn?

Message on WhatsApp ( +916393665726 ) to get more information or register for crash course.

CRASH COURSE

Blue and White Simple Online Course Poster Portrait.png
bottom of page