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M.A. (Political Science) I Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory PLM 7001/HRM 7006: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS UNIT 1: STATE SYSTEM AND THEORIES

a) International Relations : A Historical Perspective; IR and the State System b) Realism and Neo-realism, Liberalism and Neo-Liberalism c) Approaches: Marxism, Feminism, Constructivism

UNIT II: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL PROCESSES

a) International Society: Order and Justice; Statecraft and Responsibility b) Diplomacy and World Politics; Diplomacy and Foreign Policy c) National and Global Security : Cooperation and Tensions

UNIT III: ARMS AND WARS

a) Nature, Causes and Types of Wars/Conflicts b) Conventional, Nuclear, Bio-Chemical Wars c) Arms Race, Arms Control and Disarmament

Suggested Readings: 1. John Baylis and Steve Smith, The Globalisation of World Politics: An Introduction to International

Relations (latest edition) 2. Robert Jackson and George Sorensen, Introduction to International Relations 3. Karl W. Deutsch, The Analysis of International Relations 4. Hans J. Morgenthau, Politics Among Nations 5. John Spanier, Games Nations Play 6. Joshua S. Goldstein, International Relations 7. Paul R. Viotti and Mark V. Kauppi, International Relations and World Politics: Security, Economy,

Identity 8. Keith L. Shimko, International Relation: Perspectives and Controversies

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M.A. (Political Science) I Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory PLM 7002: COMPARATIVE POLITICS UNIT I: INTRODUCTION

a) Comparative Politics: The Movement; Nature and Objective b) Methods of Comparative Politics: Empirical, Analytical, Behavioural and Comparative. c) Approaches in Comparative Politics: System; function; culture; Conflict.

UNIT II: POLITICAL SYSTEM

a) Political System : Meaning, Characteristics, Functional Aspect, Input-Output Analysis b) Primitive and Medieval Political Systems : Structure and Functions c) Modern Political Systems : Meaning, Nature and Characteristics

UNIT III: POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

a) Political Ideology : Meaning, Nature, General Characteristics; Political Ideology and Political Power

b) Democratic and Authoritarian Political Systems : Meaning, Nature and Characteristics c) Political Participation, Meaning, Relevance Nature and Implications

Suggested Readings: 1. Almond and Powell, Comparative Politics 2. Roth and Wilson, The Comparative Study of Politics 3. J.C. Johari, Comparative Politics 4. S.P. Verma, Modern Political Theory 5. Robert A. Dahl, Modern Political Theory 6. David Apter, Introduction to Political Analysis 7. Almond and Coleman, The Politics of Developing Area 8. Seymour Martin Lipset, Political Man

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) I Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory PLM 7003: PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: THEORY UNIT I: INTRODUCTION

a) Meaning, Nature and Scope of Public Administration b) Importance of Public Administration, Public and Private Administation c) Study of Public Administration : Methods

UNIT II: ADMINISTRATIVE THEORY

a) The Theory of Scientific Management : F.W. Taylor b) The Theory of Bureacracy : Max Weber c) The Theory of Human Relations : George Elton Mayo

UNIT III: ORGANISATION

a) Organisation : Meaning, importance; Bases; Formal and Informal Organisation b) Organisation : Hierachy, Span of Control and Unity of Command c) Principles of Organisation : Communication, Co-ordination

Suggested Readings: 1. Marx Fritz Morstein (ed.), Elements of Public Administration 2. Dimock Marshall E. and

Glazda Dimock, Public Administration 3. Appleby, Paul H.L., Policy and Administration 4. Stahl, O. Glem, Public Personnel Administration 5. Piffner, John L. and

Frank P. Sherwood, Administrative Organisation 6. Walso, O., The Study of Public Administration 7. Gaus and Others, The Frontiers of Public Administration 8. Taylor, F.W., The Principles of Scientific Management 9. White, L.D., An Introduction to the Study of Public Administration 10. Willoughby F.W., Principles of Public Administration 11. M.P. Sharma, Public Administration in Theory and Practice 12. Avasthi and Maheshwari, Public Administration 13. R.K. Sapru, Administrative Thinkers

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) I Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory PLM 7004: POLITICAL THOUGHT (ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL) UNIT I: INTRODUCING POLITICAL THOUGHT

a) Political Thought : Meaning & Importance b) Features of Greek Political Thought c) Plato and his times : Theory of Justice, Ideal State, Communism of Wives and Property,

Education: A Comparison of the Republic and the Laws UNIT II: EARLY POLITICAL THOUGHT

a) Aristotle (I) : Origin of State, Nature of State, The Best Practicable State b) Aristotle (II) : Classification of Governments : Revolutions; Causes and Remedies c) Cicero – Origin and Basis of State, Theory of Natural Law & Natural Equality

UNIT III: ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL POLITICAL THOUGHT

a) Seneca: Theory of Wiseman’s Social Service, Theory of Primitive Innocence and State Formation

b) Salient Features of Medieval Political Thought c) St. Thomas Aquinas : Law and its Classification; State and Church

Suggested Readings: 1. Arnold Brecht, Political Theory 2. G. Sabine, History of Political Theory 3. Ebenstein, Great Political Thinkers 4. Ebenstein, Political Thought in Perspective 5. Ebenstein, Modern Political Thought 6. C.L. Wayper, Political Thought 7. Chester C. Maxey, Political Philosophies 8. Lare C. Lancaster, Masters of Political Thought (Vols. I,II,III) 9. S. Mukherjee and

S. Ramaswamy, A History of Political Thought – Pluto to Marx 10. J.A. Dunning, History and Political Theories 11. W. Durant, Story of Philosophy 12. N.P. Barry, Introduction to Modern Political Theory

Department of Political Science, AMU M.A. (Political Science) I Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory PLM 7005: INTERNATIONAL LAW (PEACE) UNIT I: NATURE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

a) Definition and Nature of International Law, Problem of Sanctions b) Sources of International Law : Positivism and Naturalism, Material Source of International

Law c) Relation between International Law and Municipal Law : Theories and Practices (particularly

of the USA, the UK and India) UNIT II: EXTRADITION AND RECOGNITION

a) Definition of Extradition, Conditions of Extradition, Extradition of Nationals b) Definition of Recognition, Recognition of States, Recognition of Governments. Defacto & De

Jure Recognition c) Diplomatic Envoys : Categories, Functions, Privileges and Immunities, Right to Innocent

Passage

UNIT III: INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS

a) Intervention : Definition and Grounds of Intervention, Monroe Doctrine, Drago Doctrine b) Treaty Making Process : Definition, Stages of the Treaty Making Process, Termination of

Treaties, the Principle of Pacta Sunt Servanda and Rebus Siestatibus c) Air Law (Including Air Craft-Hijacking)

Suggested Readings: 1. L. Oppenheim, International Law, Vol. I &II 2. Sir Robert Jennings O.C., Oppenheim’s International Law 3. Sir Arthur Watts K.C.M.C., Introduction and Part I Vol. I (Peace), Parts 2 to 4 4. J.G. Strake, Introduction to International Law 5. Max Sorensen, Manual of Public International Law 6. Charles G. Fenwink, International Law 7. G.V. Glahn, Law Among Nations 8. Urban G. Whitaker (JR), Politics and Power : A Text in International Law 9. S.W. Grieg, International Law 10. A.D. Michael, A Modern Introduction to International Law 11. R.W. Bridge, The Law of Nations : Cases, Documents and Notes 12. D.P.O. Connell, International Law, Vols. I and II 13. I. Brownlie, Principles of Public International Law 14. L.C. Green, International Law Through the Cases 15. William W. Bishop, International Law : Cases and Materials 16. Waner Levi, Contemporary International Law 17. Richard N. Swift, International Law 18. Rebecca M. Wallace, International Law, Second Ed. 1995

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Public Administration) I Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory PAM 7003: PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION UNIT I: PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION

a) Public Services in Modern States : Significance, Meaning and Functions b) Salient Features of Public Personnel Administration in India c) Salient Features of Public Personnel Administration in USA

UNIT II:

a) Public Service Commission b) Recruitment : Importance, Methods and Problems c) Position Classification

UNIT III:

a) Training : Objectives and Types of Training; training of civil servants in India and U.K. b) Promotion : Significance and Principles; Merits and Demerits of Seniority and Merit basis of

Promotion c) Civil Service Associations : Legal Rights of Employees

Suggested Readings: 1. O. Glenn Stahl, Public Personnel Administration 2. Felix Pannaudikar, Public Personnel Administration 3. Pai Panaudikar, Personnel System for Development 4. B.B. Misra, Bureaucracy in India 5. Paul Pigers and Chalres A., Personnel Administration : Point of View and a Method 6. Dwarakadas R., Role of Higher Civil Services in India 7. Ghosh P., Personnel Administration India 8. Administrative Reforms Commission, Report on Personnel Administration 9. Avasthi and Maheshwari, Public Administration 10. M.P. Sharma, Public Administration in Theory and Practice

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M.A. (Public Administration) I Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory PAM 7004: ADMINISTRATIVE THINKERS UNIT I:

a) Kautilya : Principles of Public Administration Machinery of Administration b) Woodrow Wilson : Politics - Administration Dichotomy, Comparative Method c) Henry Fayol : Principles of Administration, A Critical Appraisal

UNIT II:

a) F.W. Taylor : Principles of Scientific Management, Mental Revolution b) Luther Gulick : Functions of Administration - POSDCORB, Principles of Organisation c) Lyndall Urwick : Administrative Management, Structure of Organisation

UNIT III:

a) Mary Parker Follett : Constructive Conflict, Conflict Resolving and Bases of Integration b) George Elton Mayo : The Hawthorne Studies and the Behaviour of Workers c) Chris Argyris : The Formal Organisation, Individual and Group Adaptation

Suggested Readings: 1. M.E. Dimock, A Philosophy of Administration 2. Prasad and Prasad (eds.), Administrative Thinkers 3. Ali Shamsunnisa, Eminent Administrative Thinkers 4. F. Marini, Towards New Public Administration 5. R.N. Singh, Management Thought and Thinkers 6. D.A. Wren, The Evaluation of Management Thought

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Public Administration) I Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory PAM 7005: DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INDIA UNIT I: DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION – CONCEPT

a) Nature Scope and Significance of Development Administration b) Dimensions and Characteristics of Development c) Concept of Development and Underdevelopment Meaning, Factors and Reasons for

Underdevelopment UNIT II: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - AN INSTRUMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

a) Public Administration in Social and Economic Development b) Role of Public Administration in National Development c) Bureaucracy and Development : Role in Modern Context

UNIT III: ADMINISTRATION OF DEVELOPMENT

a) Development and Human Environment : Concept and Issues of Environment and Sustainable Development

b) Voluntary Associations and Development c) Participatory Development

Suggested Readings: 1. Mohit Bhattacharya, Development Administration : 2. R.K. Sapru, Development Administration 3. S.K. Chatterjee, Development Administration 4. R.K. Sapru, Indian Administration 5. R.D. Sharma, Development Administration : Theory and Practice 6. V.A. Pai Panandikar, Development Administration : Theory and Practice 7. P.R. Dubashi , Essays in Development Administration 8. F.W. Riggs, Administration in Developing Countries

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M.A. (Human Rights) I Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory HRM 7001/HR 701: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS UNIT I: UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF RIGHTS AND DUTIES

a) Meaning, Nature and Significance of the Concept of Human Rights; Classification of Human Rights

b) Evolution of the Concept of Rights - From Magna Carta to the International Bill of Rights c) The Concept of Duties; Classification of Duties; Relationship between Rights and Duties;

Duties in the Afro-Asian and Latin American Traditions UNIT II: THEORIES OF RIGHTS

a) Theory of Natural Rights b) The Socialist and Marxist Theory of Rights c) Legal/Positive Theory of Rights

UNIT III: NON-WESTERN PERSPECTIVES OF HUMAN RIGHTS

a) Cultural Relativism and Human Rights b) Islamic and Hindu-Buddhist Traditions of Human Rights c) Chinese and African Perspectives of Human Rights

Suggested Readings: 1. Buergenthal, Thomas, International Human Rights in Nutshell, 2nd ed., West Publishing Co., 1995 2. Cranston, Maurice, What are Human Rights? (London, 1973) 3. Davidson, Scott, Human Rights (Buckingham, 1993) 4. Donnelly, Jack, The Concept of Human Rights (London, 1985) 5. Donnelly, Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice, 3rd ed., (Ithaca, 2003) 6. Lawson, Edward, Encyclopaedia of Human Rights (Washington, 1996) 7. Mahmood, Tahir (ed.), Human Rights in Islamic Law (New Delhi, 1993) 8. Mayer, A.E., Islam and Human Rights : Tradition and Politics (Boulder, 1995) 9. Rai, Lal Deosa, Human Rights in the Hindu-Buddhist Tradition (New Delhi, 1996) 10. Robertson, A.H., J.G. Merrills, Human Rights in the World : An Introduction to the Study of the

International Protection of Human Rights, 4th ed., Manchester, 1996) 11. UNESCO, Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights (Paris; UNESCO, 1986) 12. Vijapur, Abdulrahim P., UN at Fifty--Studies in Human Rights (New Delhi, 1996) 13. Waldron, Jeremy, Theories of Rights (Oxford, 1990)

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M.A. (Human Rights) I Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory HRM 7002: HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA UNIT I: EVOLUTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

a) Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights in India b) Human Rights and Social Movements of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries : Reformist and

Revivalist c) Struggle for Human Rights during the British Rule; Opposition to Colonialism, Racialism;

Human Rights in Free India UNIT II: HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE INDIAN STATE

a) Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties in the Constitution of India; Nature and Implementation

b) Directive Principles of State Policy and the Protection of Human Rights : The Indian Experience

c) The Supreme Court and the Fundamental Rights – An Analysis of Major Cases on Article 21 and 25

UNIT III: NATIONAL COMMISSIONS TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS

a) NHRC : Composition, Powers, Functions and Role b) National Commission on the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes : Composition,

Powers/Functions and Role c) National Commission on Minorities : Composition, Powers, Functions and Role.

Suggested Readings: 1. Sankar Sen, Human Rights in a Developing Society 2. Vijay K. Gupta, Perspectives on Human Rights 3. Air Commdr R.V. Kumar, Human Rights and the Indian Armed Forces 4. S. Subrahmanyam, Human Rights, 5. D.D. Basu, Human Rights in Constitutional Law 6. Lal Deosa Rai, Human Rights in the Hindu-Buddhist Tradition 7. Romila Thapar, The Problem of Human Rights in the Hindu and Buddhist Tradition 8. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyar, Human Rights – A Judge’s Miscellany 9. Iqbal A. Ansari, Readings on Minorities 10. Rajendra Pandey, Minorities in India 11. K.C. Yadav, India’s Unequal Citizens

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M.A. (Human Rights) I Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory HRM 7003: INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW UNIT I: GENERAL INTRODUCTION

a) Inter-State Resort to Force and International Law – Prohibition of Use of Force and its Exceptions; Use of Force and International Humanitarian Law – Relationship Between Jus ad bellum and Jus in bello.

b) International Humanitarian Law (IHL) – Origin, Historical Development and Sources. c) Relationship Between IHL & Human Rights Law – Similarities, Differences and Mutual

Influence; The Problem of Applicability of Human Rights Law in Situations of Armed Conflict.

UNIT II: PROTECTED PERSONS

a) Protection of the Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked; Protection of Medical Personnel Establishment and Transport; Protection of Religious Personnel.

b) Protection of Prisoners of War (POWs) – Combatant and POW Status; Treatment of POWs, Release and Repatriation of POWs.

c) Protection of Civilians – Definition of Protected Civilians; General Protection of Civilians in Times of Armed Conflict; Protection of Civilians in Occupied Territory.

UNIT III: CONDUCT OF HOSTILITIES

a) Means and Methods of Warfare – Prohibited Weapons – Conventional Weapons, Biological & Chemical Weapons; Status of Nuclear Weapons; Prohibited Methods – Perfidy and other Prohibited Methods of Warfare.

b) Implementation of IHL – State Obligation in Times of Peace and Armed Conflict; Scrutiny by Protecting Power and the ICRC.

c) Repression of Violations – The Concept of Grave Breaches and the Concept of War Crimes; War Crimes Trial from Nuremberg to Rome.

Suggested Readings: 1. Dieter Fleck, The Handbook of Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflicts (Oxford: OUP, 1995) 2. Marco Sassoli and Antoine A. Bouvier, How Does Law Protect in War? (Geneva : ICRC, 1995) 3. L.C. Green, The Contemporary Law of Armed Conflict (Manchester : Manchester University Press,

2000) 4. Yoram Dinstein, The Conduct of Hostilities Under the Law of International Armed Conflict

(Cambridge : CUP, 2004) 5. A.P.V. Rogers, Law on the Battlefield (Manchester : MUP, 2004) 6. Ingrid Detter, The Law of War (Cambridge : CUP, 2000) 7. Jean-Marie Henckaerts and Louise Doswald-Beck, Customary International Humanitarian Law

(Cambridge : CUP, 2005) 8. Geoffrey Best, Humanity in Warfare (London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980) 9. Geoffrey Best, War and Law Since 1945 (Oxford : OUP, 1994) 10. Hilaire McCoubrey, International Humanitarian Law (Aldershot : Dartmouth, 1990) 11. Edward K. Kwaka, The International Law of Armed Conflict (Dordrecht : Kluwur, 1992) 12. UK Ministry of Defence, Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict (Oxford : OUP, 2004) 13. Kalshoven and Zegveld, Constraints on the Waging of War (Geneva : ICRC, 2001) 14. Roberts & Guelff, Documents on the Laws of War (Oxford : OUP, 2000)

Department of Political Science, AMU M.A. (Human Rights) I Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory HRM 7004: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS UNIT I: MODERN AGENDA OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE STATE

a) Sociological and Cultural Theories of Rights b) Establishment of Human Rights Standards and Protection Measures at The International Level c) Human Rights and the Issue of Domestic Jurisdiction in Contemporary International Law

UNIT II: UN BODIES CONCERNED WITH HUMAN RIGHTS

a) UN Commission on Human Rights : Functions and Role b) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Functions and Effectiveness c) UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) – Role and Functions

UNIT III: SELF-DETERMINATION OF PEOPLES

a) The Right to Self-determination : Definition, History and Characteristics b) UN Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries & Peoples, 1960:

Provisions & Legal Impact. c) Economic Self-determination : Declaration on Permanent Sovereignty Over Natural

Resources; Declaration of NIEO, 1974 and the Charter & Economic Rights and Duties of States, 1974.

Suggested Readings: 1. Steiner and Alston, International Human Rights in Context, Clarendon Press, 1996 2. S. Subrahmanyam, Human Rights : International Challenges 3. R.P. Anand, Sovereign Equality of States in International Law 4. A. Cassase, The Rome Statue of the International Criminal Court, Oxford, 2000 5. H. Tolley, Jr., The UN Commission of Human Rights 6. Mortimer Sellers ed., New World Order, Sovereignty, Human Rights and the Self- Determination of

Peoples, OUP, 1996 7. John Baylis and Steve Smith, The Globalisation of World Politics : An Introduction 8. Abdulrahim P. Vijapur, Human Rights in International Relations, 2002 9. D.P. Kumar, Kashmir : Pakistan’s Proxy War, New Delhi, 1993 10. Pradeep Sahni and Uma Medury ed., Governance for Development: Issues and Strategies, Prentice Hall, New Delhi 2003 11. Thomas Homer Dixon, On the Threshold: Environmental Charges or Causes of Acute Conflict,

International Security, Fall, 1991 12. Vijoy Chitnis and C.M. Modan ed., Human Rights and the Law 13. R.S. Verma, Human Rights : Burning Issues of the World 14. Jagan Nath Mohanti, Human Rights Education, Sage, 1998 15. R.M. Pal ed., Human Rights Education, PUDR, 1995 16. David P. Forsythe, Human Rights and Development : International Views 17. Vijapur and Kumar Suresh, Perspectives on Human Rights, 2003

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) II Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory PLM 8001: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS UNIT I: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY

a) International Political Economy in the Study of IR. Approaches : Traditional and Modern b) WTO, Neo-colonialism and Dependency c) Globalisation of World Politics; Aspects of Globalisation; The North South Divide

UNIT II: POLITICS OF INTERDEPENDENCE

a) Global Rise of Regionalism: European Integration and European Union b) Transnational Actors in World Politics. New Issues of Environment and Gender c) Humanitarian Intervention and World Politics

UNIT III: POLITICS AFTER THE COLD WAR

a) End of Cold War; The Collapse of Communism b) UN and International Order : Issues of Peace and Development c) Culture in World Affairs : Multiculturalism and Clash of Civilisation Debate

Suggested Readings: 1. John Baylis and Steve Smith, The Globalisation of World Politics: An Introduction to International

Relations 2. Robert Jackson and George Sorensen, Introduction to International Relations 3. Karl W. Deutsch, The Analysis of International Relations 4. Hans J. Morgenthan, Politics Among Nations 5. Mahendra Kumar, Theoretical Aspects of International Politics 6. John Spanier, Games Nations Play 7. Joshua S. Goldstein, International Relations 8. Paul R. Viotti and Mark V. Kauppi, International Relations and World Politics: Security, Economy,

Identity 9. Keith L. Shimko, International Relation: Perspectives and Controversies

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) II Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory PLM 8002: POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY UNIT I: POLITICAL STABILITY AND POLITICAL SOCIALISATION

a) Political Stability : Meaning Component and Sources of Political Stability b) Determinants of Political Behaviour c) Political Socialisation : Nature and Essential Implications, Determinants and Role

UNIT II: POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND CULTURE

a) Political Leadership : Characteristics, Styles and Skills b) Political Culture, Meaning and Components, Relationship between Political System and

Political Culture c) Political Communication : Meaning, Nature and Structure

UNIT III: POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT AND POLITICAL MODERNISATION

a) Political Development : Meaning, Constituents and Characteristics b) Development and Stability : Western and Non-Western Model c) Political Modernisation : Features; Basic Characteristics, Agents and Significance

Suggested Readings: 1. Almond and Powell, Comparative Politics 2. Roth and Wilson, The Comparative Study of Politics 3. J.C. Johari, Comparative Politics 4. S.P. Verma, Modern Political Theory 5. Robert A. Dahl, Modern Political Theory 6. David Apter, Introduction to Political Analysis 7. Almond and Coleman, The Politics of Developing Area 8. Simour Martin Lipset, Political Man

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science/Public Administration) II Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory PLM 8003: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INDIA UNIT I: ORGANISATION STRUCTURE

a) Line, Staff and Auxiliary Agencies : Definition and Distinction b) The Chief Executive : Parliamentary and Presidential types; Functions and role c) Field Agencies : Headquarter – Field Relationship; Centralisation and Decentralisaton

UNIT II: LINE UNITS

a) Departments : Fundamental Unit of Administration; Integrated Vs. Disintegrated Organisation b) Public Corporations : Features and Importance, Problem of Autonomy and Accountability c) Independent Regulatory Commissions: Meaning and Features.

UNIT III: ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING

a) Meaning and Kinds of Planning b) Policy Formation: Meaning, Bases; Organs of Policy Formulation in India. c) Delegated Legislation: Meaning; Advantages and Disadvantages.

Suggested Readings: 1. Marx Fritz Morstein (ed.), Elements of Public Administration 2. Dimock Marshall E. and Glazda Dimock, Public Administration 3. Appleby, Paul H.L., Policy and Administration 4. Stahl, O. Glem, Public Personnel Administration 5. Piffner, John L. and Frank P. Sherwood, Administrative Organisation 6. Walso, O., The Study of Public Administration 7. Gaus and Others, The Frontiers of Public Administration 8. Taylor, F.W., The Principles of Scientific Management 9. White, L.D., An Introduction to the Study of Public Administration 10. Willoughby F.W., Principles of Public Administration 11. M.P. Sharma , Public Administration in Theory and Practice 12. Avasthi and Maheshwari, Public Administration 13. Basu, Rumki , Public Administration; Concepts and Theories 14. R.K. Sapru, Administrative Thinkers

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M.A. (Political Science/Public Administration) II Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory PLM 8004: POLITICAL THOUGHT (MODERN)

UNIT I: POLITICAL THOUGHT

a) Niccolo Machiavelli and his time, Sovereignty of the State, Statecraft and Aggrandisement b) A Comparative Study of J. Hobbes, John Locke and J.J. Rousseau on Origin of State,

Sovereignty and Rights c) Bodin : Origin and Maintenance of State, Theory of Sovereignty

UNIT II: MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT

a) Jeremy Bentham : Utilitarianism, Social Political and Legal Reforms b) J.S. Mill : On Utilitarianism, Liberty, Representative Government, Political Reform c) T.H. Green – Theory of State, Views on Political Obligation

UNIT III: MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT

a) Immanuel Kant : Theory of Moral Freedom, The Civil State b) George Wilhelm Fredrick Hegel and his time : Dialectics, Theory of State, Rights c) Karl Marx : Dialectical Materialism, Class-Struggle, Socialism and Withering Away of State

Suggested Readings: 1. Arnold Brecht, Political Theory 2. G. Sabine, History of Political Theory 3. Ebenstein, Great Political Thinkers 4. Ebenstein, Political Thought in Perspective 5. Ebenstein, Modern Political Thought 6. C.L. Wayper, Political Thought 7. Chester C. Maxey, Political Philosophies 8. Lare C. Lancaster, Masters of Political Thought (Vols. I, II, III)

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Human Rights) II Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory PLM 8005: INTERNATIONAL LAW (WAR) UNIT I: WAR

a) War: Definition, Legal Character, War and Armed Conflict b) Civil War, Guerilla War and Total War c) Effects of War

UNIT II: WAR CRIMES AND NEUTRALITY

a) War Crimes and Nuremberg Trials b) Neutrality and Neutralisation : Rights and Duties of Neutral States, Present Position of

Neutrality c) Belligerent Occupation (Rights and Duties of Occupying Power)

UNIT III: WAR CRIMES

a) War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity b) Blockade and Prize Court and International Criminal Court (ICC) c) International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Suggested Readings: 1. L. Oppenheim, International Law, Vol. I and II 2. Sir Robert Jennings O.C., Oppenheim’s International Law 3. Sir Arthur Watts K.C.M.C., Introduction and Part I Vol. I (Peace), Parts 2 to 4 4. J.G. Strake, Introduction to International Law 5. Max Sorensen, Manual of Public International Law 6. Charles G. Fenwink, International Law 7. G.V. Glahn, Law Among Nations 8. Urban G. Whitaker (JR), Politics and Power : A Text in International Law 9. S.W. Grieg, International Law 10. A.D. Michael, A Modern Introduction to International Law 11. R.W. Bridge, The Law of Nations : Cases, Documents and Notes 12. D.P.O. Connell, International Law, Vols. I and II 13. I. Brownlie, Principles of Public International Law 14. L.C. Green, International Law Through the Cases 15. William W. Bishop, International Law : Cases and Materials 16. Waner Levi, Contemporary International Law 17. Richard N. Swift, International Law 18. Rebecca M. Wallace, International Law, Second Ed. 1995

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Public Administration) II Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory PAM 8003: ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNANCE UNIT I:

a) Bureaucracy : Types, Maladies and Merits b) Role of Bureaucracy in Administration c) Generalist Vs. Specialist Controversy

UNIT II:

a) Civil Services : Neutrality and Anonymity, Right to Strike in India and USA b) Code of Conduct of Civil Servants in India and USA c) Political Rights and Status of Civil Servant in India and France

UNIT III:

a) Employer - Employee Relations: Whitleyism in U.K. b) Political Executive - Civil Servants Relationship c) Integrity in Administration : Lok Pal and Lok Ayukta

Suggested Readings: 1. O. Glenn Stahl, Public Personnel Administration 2. Felix Pannaudikar, Public Personnel Administration 3. Pai Panaudikar, Personnel System for Development 4. B.B. Misra, Bureaucracy in India 5. Paul Pigers and Chalres A., Personnel Administration : Point of View and a Method 6. Dwarakadas R., Role of Higher Civil Services in India 7. Ghosh P., Personnel Administration India 8. Administrative Reforms Commission, Report on Personnel Administration 9. Avasthi and Maheshwari, Public Administration 10. M.P. Sharma, Public Administration in Theory and Practice

Department of Political Science, AMU M.A. (Public Administration) II Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory PAM 8004: ADMINISTRATIVE THINKERS UNIT I:

a) Fredrick Herzberg : Two-Factor Theory, Job Enrichment b) Rensis Likert : Principles of Effective Supervision, Management System c) Chester I Barnard : The Concept of Organisation as a Cooperative System, The Theory of

Authority UNIT II:

a) Herbert A. Simon : Decision Making; Rationality in Decision Making b) Douglas McGregor : The Coercive Compulsions; The Alternate Assumptions of Integration

and Self Control c) Abraham Maslow : Need Hierarchy; Basic Needs and their Characteristics

UNIT III:

a) Max Weber : Model of Bureaucracy, Authority, Organisation and Legitimacy b) Fred W. Riggs : Structural Functional Approach, Ideal Models, Sala Model, Bazar-Canteen

Model c) Karl Marx : Bureaucracy; Critique of Western Approach

Suggested Readings: 1. M.E. Dimock, A Philosophy of Administration 2. Prasad and Prasad (eds.), Administrative Thinkers 3. Ali Shamsunnisa, Eminent Administrative Thinkers 4. F. Marini, Towards New Public Administration 5. R.N. Singh, Management Thought and Thinkers 6. D.A. Wren, The Evaluation of Management Thought

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M.A. (Public Administration) II Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory PAM 8005: DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INDIA UNIT I: DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING

a) Development Planning : Centralisation and Decentralisation b) Policy Making and Planning : Nature and Elements in the Policy-Making Process c) Planning Commission and NDC : Process and Objectives

UNIT II: DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

a) Public Sector and Economic Development : Role and Contributions b) Privatisation and Development : Rationale and Objectives c) Public Sector : Problems and Reforms

UNIT III: REGULATORY ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT

a) Regulatory Administration : Meaning and Objectives b) Disinvestments and Development : Trends and Problems c) New Public Management (NPM) and Policy Process

Suggested Readings: 1. Mohit Bhattacharya, Development Administration 2. R.K. Sapru, Development Administration 3. S.K. Chatterjee, Development Administration 4. R.K. Sapru, Indian Administration 5. R.D. Sharma, Development Administration : Theory and Practice 6. V.A. Pai Panandikar, Development Administration : Theory and Practice 7. P.R. Dubashi, Essays in Development Administration 8. F.W. Riggs, Administration in Developing Countries

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Human Rights) II Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory HRM 8001: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS (B) UNIT I: HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN VALUES

a) Liberty : Meaning and Dimensions of Liberty; Rights, Liberty and Duties b) Equality : Perspectives on Equality; Relationship between Equality and Liberty c) Justice : Meaning and Dimensions; Justice as a Pre-requisite for Rights

UNIT II: INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND NORMS

a) The UN Charter and Human Rights; The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) b) The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights : Provisions and

Implementation Mechanisms c) The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights : Provisions and Implementation

Mechanisms UNIT III: REGIONAL MACHANISMS

a) The European Convention on Human Rights : The Role of European Commission and the European Court of Human Rights

b) The American Convention on Human Rights; The Inter-American Commission and the Court c) The African Charter on Human and People’s Rights : Main Provisions, Implementation

Mechanisms and Recent Developments Suggested Readings: 1. Buergenthal, Thomas, International Human Rights in Nutshell, 2nd ed., West Publishing Co., 1995 2. Cranston, Maurice, What are Human Rights? (London, 1973) 3. Davidson, Scott, Human Rights (Buckingham, 1993) 4. Donnelly, Jack, The Concept of Human Rights (London, 1985) 5. Donnelly, Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice, 3rd ed., (Ithaca, 2003) 6. Lawson, Edward, Encyclopaedia of Human Rights (Washington, 1996) 7. Mahmood, Tahir (ed.), Human Rights in Islamic Law (New Delhi, 1993) 8. Mayer, A.E., Islam and Human Rights, Tradition and Politics (Boulder, 1995) 9. Rai, Lal Deosa, Human Rights in the Hindu-Buddhist Tradition (New Delhi, 1996) 10. Robertson, A.H., J.G. Merrills, Human Rights in the World : An Introduction to the Study of the International Protection of Human Rights, 4th ed., Manchester, 1996) 11. UNESCO, Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights (Paris; UNESCO, 1986) 12. Waldron, Jeremy, Theories of Rights (Oxford, 1990)

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Human Rights) II Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory HRM 8002: HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA (B) UNIT I: SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS

a) Caste and Communal Conflicts in India and Violation of Human Rights b) The Problem of Gender Discrimination and Violence Against Women c) Exploitation of Children; Child Labour; Child Abuse; and the Issue of Girl Child

UNIT II: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

a) Human Rights and the Role of Police; Custodial Violence, and Fake encounters b) Terrorism and Violations of Human Rights: Forms & Manifestations of Terrorism and

Remedial Measures. c) Right to Development in India : Poverty, Illiteracy, Food Security, and the Issue of

Substainable Development

UNIT III: HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOVERNANCE

a) The Issue of Governance and Human Security b) Violation of Civil Rights and Restrictive Acts : PDA, MISA, NSA, and POTA c) Indian State, Human Rights, and the Role of Judiciary

Suggested Readings: 1. Sankar Sen, Human Rights in a Developing Society 2. Vijay K. Gupta, Perspectives on Human Rights 3. Air Commdr R.V. Kumar, Human Rights and the Indian Armed Forces 4. S. Subrahmanyam, Human Rights, Two Vols. 5. D.D. Basu, Human Rights in Constitutional Law 6. Lal Deosa Rai, Human Rights in the Hindu-Buddhist Tradition 7. Romila Thapar, The Problem of Human Rights in the Hindu and Buddhist Tradition 8. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyar, Human Rights – A Judge’s Miscellany 9. Iqbal A. Ansari, Readings on Minorities 10. Rajendra Pandey, Minorities in India 11. A.R. Vijapur and others, Pluralism and Minorities and National Integration 12. K.C. Yadav, India’s Unequal Citizens

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Human Rights) II Semester, 2009-2010 Compulsory HRM 8003: INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE LAW UNIT I: DEFINITION AND DETERMINATION OF REFUGEE STATUS

a) Definition – Refugees Defined in International and Regional Instruments; Determination of Refugee Status

b) Loss and Denial of Refugee Status – Cessation of Refugee Protection; Exclusion from Refugee Status

c) Refugee Women – Problem of Determination of Refugee Status; Problems in Protection UNIT II: THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

a) Non-Refoulement – Meaning and Evolution of the Principle of Non-Refoulement; Scope and Content of the Principle of Non-Refoulement

b) Rights and Duties – Criteria of Entitlement; General Contents of Refugee Rights and Standard of Treatment; Duties of Refugees

c) Durable Solutions – Resettlement, Local Integration and Voluntary Repatriation

UNIT III: UNHCR, IDPs AND REFUGEES IN INDIA

a) The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) – Structure, Mandate and Role

b) Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) – Definition, Refugees and IDPs Distinguished; Need for a Separate Instrument; The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacements

c) Refugee Protection in India : Law and Practice Suggested Readings: 1. Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, The Refugee in International Law (Oxford : Claredon Press, 1996) 2. James C. Hathaway, The Rights of Refugees under International Law (Cambridge : CUP, 2005) 3. B.S. Chinni, International Refugee Law (New Delhi : Sage, 2000) 4. Erika Feller et.al., Refugee Protection in International Law (Cambridge : CUP, 2003) 5. Edward Newman and Joanne van Selm, Refugees and Forced Displacement (New Delhi : UN

University Press, 2004) 6. Manik Chakraborty, Human Rights and Refugees (New Delhi : Deep & Deep, 1998) 7. Ranbir Samaddar, Refugees and the State – Practices of Asylum & Care in India (New Delhi: Sage, 2003) 8. M. Barutciski, “A Critical View on UNHCR’s Mandate Dilemmas”, (2002), 14(2/3), International Journal of Refugee Law 365 9. UNHCR, Handbook on Procedurer and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status (Geneva : UNHCR) 10. Edward Arboleda, “Refugee Definition in Africa and Latin America”, (1991), Vol.3, No.2, International Journal of Refugee Law 11. David Kennedy, “International Refugee Protection” (1986), Vol.8, No.1, Human Rights Quarterly 12. UNHCR, Guidelines on the Protection of Refugee Women (Geneva : UNHCR) 13. Anders B. Johnsson, “The Duties of Refugees”, (1991), Vol.3, No.3, International Journal of Refugee Law.

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) III Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLM 9001: MODERN INDIAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT 4 Credits

UNIT I: THE RESURGING INDIA

a) The Indian Renaissance b) The Impact of British Rule on India c) Raja Rammohan Roy the Pioneer of Modern India

UNIT II: SOCIO-RELIGIOUS REFORM

a) Social and Religious Reforms in the Early Nineteenth Century b) The Influence of Swamy Dayananda Saraswati and his Mission to Reform Indian Society c) Swami Vivekanand - Concept of Freedom, Nationalism and Politics

UNIT III: POLITICO-SOCIAL REFORM

a) Dadabhai Nouroji - Economic and Political Views b) Gopalakrishna Ghokle - Social and Political Views c) Bala Gangadhara Tilak - Views on Social Reform, Militant Nationalism

Suggested Readings: 1. V.P. Verma, Modern Indian Political Thought 2. K.P. Karunakaran, Modern Indian Political Tradition 3. K.P. Karunakaran, Continuity and Change in Indian Politics 4. Appadorai, Indian Political Thinking in Twentieth Century from Nouroji to Nehru 5. J.L. Nehru, Discovery of India 6. D. Mackenzie, Indian Political Thought 7. D. Mackenzie, White Umbrella 8. M.K. Gandhi, Hind Swaraj 9. Thomas Pantham and Kenneth L. Deutsch, Political Thought in Modern India 10. R.P. Masani, Dadabhai Nouroji: The Grand Old Man of India 11. H.K. Sherwani, Studies in Muslim Political Thought 12. V.N. Dutt, Maulana Azad

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M.A. (Political Science) III Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLM 9002: CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS OF INDIAN DEMOCRACY 4 Credits UNIT I: SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL STRUCTURE

a) Socio-Economic Justice and the Constitution of India b) The Party System and Democracy in India c) Politics of Defections and the Anti-Defection Act.

UNIT II: GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURES

a) The Presidency : Nature of the Office, Power, Role and Emerging Trends b) The Prime Minister : Nature of the Office, Power and Prime Minister as National Leader, Prime

Minister – President Relationship c) Supreme Court : Jurisdiction and Judicial Activism

UNIT III: THE FEDERAL SYSTEM

a) Nature of Federalism b) Federalism in Action, Extra-Constitutional Factors Influencing Federalism c) Role of Governor

Suggested Readings:

1. C.P. Bhambri, Politics in India 2. N.S. Gehlot, Trends in Indian Politics 3. A.S. Narang, Indian Government 4. Virender Grover, Essays on Indian Govt. and Politics 5. Pylee, Crisis Conscience and the Constitution 6. D.D. Basu, Introduction to the Constitution of India 7. Mohd. Ghouse, Law Politics and Secularism 8. T.C. Doso Ed., Indian Federalism, 1987 9. K. Seshadri, Indian Politics 10. K. Seshadri, Studies in Indian Politics 11. J.R. Siwach, Indian Govt. and Politics 12. Rajni Kothari, Caste in Indian Politics

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M.A. (Political Science) III Semester, 2009-2010 Optional Paper PLM 9003/HRM 9006: INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION 4 Credits UNIT I: ORIGIN AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

a) Historical Development : From Greek Times to Present b) International Organisations : Meaning, Characteristics and Classification c) International Organisations in Global Politics

UNIT II: INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS : THEIR FUNCTIONS AND ROLE

a) International Organisations: Labour and Scientific-ILO and UNESCO b) International Organisations: Economic-IMF and WTO c) International Organisations: Legal-ICJ and ICC

UNIT III: REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS: THEIR FUNCTIONS AND ROLE

a) Regional Organisations: Political-OAU and OAS b) Regional Organisations : Economic-EU and SAARC c) Regional Organisations : Security-NATO and OSCE

Suggested Readings: 1. Claude, Inis, L. Jr, Swords into Plowshares; The Problems and Progress of International Organisation 2. Singh Nagendra, Recent Trends in the Development of International LawOrganisation Promotion Inter-

State Cooperation and World Peace 3. UN Publication, Every Ones United Nations, 9th ed. 4. UN Publication, Every Man’s United Nations, 8th ed. 5. Bowett, D.W., The Law of International Institutions 6. Bonnet, A.L., International Organisation – Principles and Issues 7. Prof. B.S. Murthy, International Relations and Organisations 8. L.N. Srivastava, International Organisation 9. John Baylis, The Globalisation of World Politics 10. Mary Hawkeshworth, Encyclopaedia of Government and Politics 11. Internet Surfing

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU

M.A. (Political Science) III Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLM 9004: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS IN WEST ASIA (A) 4 Credits UNIT I: THE REGION AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE

a) The Region: Its Geo-Strategic Importance b) World War II and its Impact on the Region c) Oil and its Significance

UNIT II: IDEOLOGIES IN WEST ASIA

a) Arab Nationalism: Nasserism and Baathist Idealogy b) Islamic Revivalism: Wahabism, Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic Revolution in Iran c) Zionism: Development and its Impact

UNIT II: ARAB-ISRAEL CONFLICTS

a) Arab- Israeli Conflicts: 1948, 1956 and 1967 Wars and their Implications b) 1973 War and its Regional Impact c) Israeli-Lebanon Conflict and its Consequences

Suggested Readings: 1. N.A. Faris (ed.), The Arab Heritage 2. G.E. Kirk, The Short History of the Middle East 3. J.S. Badian, The American Approach to the Arab World 4. H. Kere, The Arab Cold War 5. J. Lenczowski, The Middle East in World Politics 6. S.A. Qayyum, The Arab-Israel Conflict 7. Michael Curtis (ed.), Religion and Politics in the Middle East 8. Sheel K. Asopa, Oil, Arms & Islam in the Gulf 9. M.S. Agwani (ed.), The Gulf in Transition 10. M.S. Agwani, Politics in the Gulf 11. M.S. Agwani, West Asian Crisis 1967

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M.A. (Political Science) III Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLM 9005: FOREIGN POLICY OF INDIA 4 Credits UNIT I: FOREIGN POLICY OF INDIA

a) Basic Determinants and Principles of India’s Foreign Policy b) Non-Alignment : Goals and Relevance of Non-Alignment c) Indian Foreign Policy and the Membership of Commonwealth

UNIT II: SECURITY THREAT PERCEPTION AND INDIA’S RESPONSE

a) Cold War and Military Alliances and Non-alignment b) India’s Policy Towards US/Russia c) Chinese Threat, Aggression 1962 and its Impact on National Security, Sino-Pak Strategic

Collaboration and Sino-India Peace Process UNIT III: INDIAN OCEAN, N.P.T. AND POST COLD WAR DEVELOPMENT

a) India’s Policy Regarding the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace b) India’s Attitude Towards N.P.T. and C.T.B.T. c) India and Post Cold War Developments : A Brief Outline

Suggested Readings: 1. A. Appadorai, Domestic Roots of India Foreign Policy 1947-1972 2. V.P. Dutta, India’s Foreign Policy 3. Yuri Nasenko, Jawaharlal Nehru and India’s Foreign Policy 4. A .P. Rana, The Imperative of Non-Alignment 5. V.D. Chopra, Studies in Indo-Pak Relations 6. J. Bandopadhyaya, The Making of India’s Foreign Policy Institution Processes and Personalities 7. K.P. Misra, Studies in Indian Foreign Policy 8. Bimal Prasad, Indian Foreign Policy 9. Bimal Prasad , Origins of Indian Foreign Policy 10. D.N. Malik, The Development of Non-Alignments in India’s Foreign Policy 11. Bisheswar Prasad, Foundations of India’s Foreign Policy 12. A. Appadorai and M.S. Rajan, India’s Foreign Policy and Relations 13. M.S. Rajan, Non-Alignment and the Non-Alignment Movement Retrospect and Prospects 14. M.S. Rajan, India’s Foreign Policy during Nehru Era 15. Patharyan, India : The Critical Decade after Nehru 16. Jagdish Vibhakar, Afro-Asian Security and the Indian Ocean

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) III Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLM 9006: FEDERALISM AND UNION-STATE RELATIONS IN INDIA 4 Credits UNIT I: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF INDIAN FEDERALISM

a) The Government of India Act 1858; The Indian Councils Acts 1861 and 1892; and the Government of India Act, 1919

b) The Nehru Committee and Simon Commission Reports c) The Government of India Act, 1935

UNIT II: THE LEGAL STRUCTURE OF INDIAN FEDERALSIM

a) The Nature of the Indian Union and the Position of States b) The Scheme of Division of Powers c) The Amending Procedure and Judicial Review

UNIT III: UNION-STATE RELATIONS IN INDIA

a) Legislative and Administrative Relations b) Union-State Financial Relations with Reference to the Report of the Twelfth Finance

Commission c) Union-State Relations in the Field of Planning and Development

Suggested Readings: 1. Carl J. Friedrich, Constitutional Government and Democracy (Chapter I) 2. Asok Chanda, Federalism in India 3. K. Santhanam, Centre-state Relations in India 4. D.T. Lakdawala, Union-state Financial Relations

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) III Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLM 9007: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 4 Credits UNIT I: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS

a) Meaning and Objective of Research and its Motivation b) Types of Research and Research Approaches c) Methods of Social Research: Empirical Method; Sample Survey, Interview Method,

Questionnaire Method, Scheduled Method, Analytical Method UNIT II: RESEARCH PROBLEM AND PROCESS

a) Research Problem: Meaning, Selection of Problem b) Techniques and Necessity of Defining Research Problem c) Research Process; Criteria of Good Research and Problems faced by Researchers

UNIT III: RESEARCH DESIGN

a) Hypothesis: Formulation and Types b) Concept: Meaning, Concept and Phenomena, Features of Good Concept c) Research Design; Need and Features

Suggested Readings: 1. Krishna Swami, O.R., Methodology of Research in Social Sciences 2. Kothari C.R., Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques 3. Hans Raj, Theory and Practice in Social Research 4. Thakur D., Research Methodology in Social Sciences 5. Kerlinger F.N., Foundations of Behavioral Research 6. Singh A.K., Test Measurements and Research Methods in Behavioral Sciences 7. Tyagi A.R., Scientific Methods in Public Administration 8. Young P.V., Scientific Social Surveys and Researches 9. Gupta S.P., Statistical Methods 10. Arora S.P., Elementary Statistics 11. Bajaj C.P. and Gupta P.N., Elements of Statistics 12. R.P. Misra, Research Methodology

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) III Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLM 9008: MUSLIM POLITICAL THINKERS 4 Credits UNIT I: POLITICAL THOUGHT IN EARLY MUSLIM PERIOD

a) Sources and Development of Muslim Political Thought b) Theoretical Foundations of Islamic State : Its Characteristics c) The Early Islamic State : The Period of the Prophet

UNIT II: POLITICAL THOUGHT OF THE SCHOLASTICS

a) Al Mawardi : Concept of Good Government, Theory of Justice b) Al Ghazali : Theory of State, Composition & Functions of the Executive c) Ibn Timiya : Responsibilities of the Rulers, Right to Property

UNIT III: POLITICO – PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT

a) Al Farabi (Alfarabius) : Theory of Mutual Renunciation of Rights and Formation of the State, Concept of Ideal State

b) Ibn-Sina (Avicenna) : Theory of State, Theory of the Leadership c) Ibn Tiqtaqa : Utilitarian-Moralist View of the State, Theory of Government

Suggested Readings: 1. H.K. Sherwani, Studies in Muslim Political Thought and Administration 2. E.I.J. Rosenthal, Political Thought in Medieval Islam 3. W.M. Watt, Islamic Political Thought 4. W.M. Watt, The Formative Period of Islamic Thought 5. Hamid Enayat, Modern Islamic Political Thought 6. G. Allana, Muslim Political Thought Through the Ages (1562-1947) 7. M.M. Sharif (Ed.), A History of Muslim Philosophy Vol. I 8. M.M. Shareef (Ed.), A History of Muslim Philosophy Vol. II 9. Tareq Y. Ismael and Jacqueline S. Ismael, Government and Politics in Islam 10. Anthony Black, The History of Islamic Political Thought from the Prophet to the Present 11. John, L. Esposito (Ed.), Voices of Resurgent Islam

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) III Semester, 2009-2010 Optional Paper PLM 9009: GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN SOUTH ASIA 4 Credits UNIT I: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

a) The History of Democratic Experience in South Asia b) Constitutional Framework; Nature and Structure c) Working of Political Systems; Authoritarian and Democratic Trends

UNIT II: PROBLEMS OF STABILITY I

a) Post-Colonial Nation-Building Process b) Role of Political Parties c) Role of Pressure Groups

UNIT III: PROBLEMS OF STABILITY II

a) Role of Major Powers, USA and China b) Role of Army c) Role of Ethnic Groups

Suggested Readings: 1. Maya Chadda, Building Democracy in South Asia, Vistar Publications, New Delhi, 2000. 2. Urmila Phadnis and Rajat Ganguly, Ethnicity and Nation-Building in South Asia, Sage Publications,

New Delhi, 2001. 3. S.P. Cohen, The Idea of Pakistan, Brookings Institution, Washing D.C., 2004. 4. S.P. Cohen, The Pakistan Army, OUP, Karachi, 1984. 5. Joannapfaff-Czarnecka et. al. (ed)., Ethnic Futures : The State and Identity Politics in Asia, Sage, New Delhi, 1999.

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M.A. (Political Science) III Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLM 9010: GLOBAL SECURITY ENVIRONMENT 4 Credits UNIT I: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

a) Global Order or Empire Building : Discussion on Pax-Americana b) Unipolarity, Bipolarity and Multipolarity : Their Impact on Global Politics c) Terrorism as Threat to International Security : Historical Background, Definitional

Characteristics and War Against Terrorism

UNIT II: MODELS OF SECURITY

a) Self Defence and use of Force : Analysing Preventive and Pre-emptive Use of Force b) Collective Defence : NATO and its Changing Role c) Nuclear Deterrence : Theory, Practice and Relevance

UNIT III: GLOBALISATION AND SECURITY

a) Globalisation : Nature and Impact on Security Discourse b) Regional Cooperation and Global Security : Issues and Challenges c) Neo-Colonialism : Meaning, Nature and Features

Suggested Readings: 1. N. Chomsky, World Order 2. John Newhouse, Imperial America : The Bush Assault on the World Order 3. Jermy Black, World in the Twentieth Century 4. William K. R., World of Nation : The International Order Since 1945 5. Robert Rayon, Of Paradise and Power : America and Europe in the New World Order 6. Bruce Yardulli, Global War on Terrorism : An Early Look at Implications for the Army 7. Arnold Howitt and Robyn Pengi L (ed.), Countering Terrorism, Dimensions of Preparedness 8. Richard A. Falk, Declining World Order : America’s Geopolitics 9. Peter Hough, Understanding Global Security 10. Rahul Mahajan, New Crusade : America’s War on Terrorism 11. Anne Marie Slaughter, New World Order 12. V.K. Sharma, War Against Terrorism 13. Buzan Barry & Richard Little, International System in World History : Remaking the Study of

International Relations 14. David J. Whittaker, Terrorist and Terrorism in the Contemporary World 15. Fahmida Ashraf and Najam Rafique (ed.), Unilateralism Vs. Multilateralism, Global and Regional

Security Trends After the Iraq War 16. Michael Huson, Super Imperialism, The Origin and Fundamentals of US World Dominance 17. P.R. Chari et. al. (ed.), Terrorism and its Repercussions on International Politics 18. Morgan Patrick M., Deterrence Now 19. Bottame, Edgar, Balance of Terror 20. Zoltan Barany, Future of NATO Expansion : Four Case Studies 21. Ian Clark, Globalization and Fragmentation 22. John Baylis, Globalization of World Politics 23. Booth K., New Thinking About Strategy and International Security 24. Fawcett L, Regionalism in World Politics : Regional Organization and International Order 25. Gamble A. and Rayne A., Regionalism and World Order

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) III Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLM 9011: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT 4 Credits UNIT I: HISTORY AND FRAMEWORK

a) Background to the Constitution; The Federalist Papers b) The Framers; Ratification and Bill of Rights c) Major Constitutional Principles; Amendment Process

UNIT II: THE PRESIDENCY

a) Presidential Campaign and Elections : Nomination Process, National Conventions b) The General Election : Campaign, Finance and Reforms c) Powers and Role of the President

UNIT III: THE CONGRESS

a) Makeup of Congress and its Operation b) Congressional Elections c) The Legislative Process, Committee System

Suggested Readings: 1. Steffen W. Schmidt, Mach C. Shelley and Barbara A Bardes, American Government and Politics Today

1999-2000 edition (West/Wardsworth, 1999). 2. Steffen W. Schmidt and Mack C. Shelley, Readings in American Government, (West/Wardsword 1997). 3. John S. Jackson III and William Crotty, The Politics of Presidential Selection. (Harper Collins, 1996). 4. Lance T. Lehoup, Politics in America, (West Publishing Company, 1986). 5. Robert D. Holsworth and J. Harry Wray, American Politics and Everyday Life (Second Edition) (Macmillan, New York, 1987). 6. Garry Wasserman with Edmund Beard and Marsha Hurst, American Politics. (Little Brown and

Company, Boston 1976).

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) III Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLM 9013/PAM 9001: ADMINISTRATIVE SET UP OF INDIA 4 Credits UNIT I:

a) Main Features of Indian Administration : Parliamentary System, Federal Structure, Commitment of Bureaucracy, Neutrality and Anonymity

b) Organisation of the Government of India : The Central Secretariat, Ministries/Departments, Attached and Subordinate Offices

c) The Prime Minister and his Cabinet as the Real Executive ; the Cabinet Secretariat UNIT II:

a) Centre – State Relations : Legislative and Administrative b) Relationship between Political and Permanent Executive, Recent Trends; Causes of Conflicts and

their Remedies c) Financial Administration in India : The Budget : Its Preparation and Enactment

UNIT III:

a) State Administration : Role of Governor; Chief Minister as the Real Executive b) State Secretariat : Structure, Organisation and Functions; Role of the Chief Secretary c) District Administration : Functions and Role of the District Collector

Suggested Readings:

1. Ashok Chanda, Indian Administration 2. Vidya Bhushan,V.Bhagwan, Indian Administration 3. S.R. Mahashwari, Indian Administration 4. IIPA, Organisation of the Govt. of India 5. S.K. Chatterjee, Indian Administration 6. K.N. Baisya, Financial Administration in India 7. Sapru, Development Administration 8. S.K. Chatterjee, Development Administration 9. ARC Report on Centre State Relations/District Administration & Machinery of the Government of India;

Its Procedure of Work

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Public Administration) III Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PAM 9002: PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT 4 Credits UNIT I: BASICS OF MANAGEMENT

a) Meaning and Elements of Management b) Management and Administration c) The Management Process, The Impact of Socio-Economic Factors on Management

UNIT II: MANAGEMENT THEORIES

a) Social Management Theory b) System Management Theory c) Behavioural Theory, Contingency Management Theory, Relative Importance of Various Theories

UNIT III: PLANNING, STRATEGY AND DESIGN-MAKING

a) The Concept of Strategy, Kinds of Strategy and Requirements for Effective Strategy b) Planning; Nature and Types, Advantages and Disadvantages c) Decision-Making; Meaning, Nature, Importance and Limitations

Suggested Readings: 1. Robert M. Fulmer, The New Management 2. George Terry and Stephen Franklin, Principles of Management, AITBS, New Delhi, 1988 3. Harold Koontz, Cyril O’Donnell and Heinz Weihrich, Essentials of Management, McGrew-Hill Book,

New Delhi, 1986 4. Shyamal Banerjee, Principles and Practice of Management, Oxford Univ. Press,1986 5. S. Chatterjee, Introduction to Management

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Public Administration) III Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PAM 9003: FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA 4 Credits

UNIT I: INTRODUCTION:

a) Meaning and Scope of Financial Administration b) Evolution of Financial Administration c) Agencies of Financial Administration

UNIT II: BUDGETING AND BUDGETARY SYSTEM I

a) Budget : Meaning, Principles and Implications b) Budget and Kinds : Zero based, Performance, PPBS c) Budget Cycle : Formulation; Enactment and Execution

UNIT III: BUDGETING AND BUDGETORY SYSTEM II

a) Fiscal Policy, Equity and Social Justice b) Direct and Indirect Taxes : Reforms and Rationalisation c) Public Expenditure : Theories and Growth

Suggested Readings: 1. M.J.K. Thavaraj, Financial Administration 2. S.L. Goel, Financial Administration and Management 3. Hoshiar Sing & Mohinder Singh, Public Administration in India 4. P.K. Arora, Indian Public Administration (Institution and Issues) 5. K.N. Baisya, Financial Administration in India 6. Sudha Bhatnagar, Union-State and Finance Commissions 7. G.S. Lal, Financial Administration in India 8. S.S. Mokharjee, Indian Public Finance and Financial Administration 9. Alternative Economic Survey (1991-98,1998-2000)

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Public Administration) III Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PAM 9004: COMPARATIVE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION: INDIA AND FRANCE 4 Credits This course will comprise the study of Local Government in India and France. UNIT I: LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN INDIA

a) Historical Background of Local Government in India b) Concept, Meaning and Importance of Local Government c) Municipal Corporation : Composition, Powers and Functions

UNIT II: LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN INDIA

a) Zilla Panchayat : Composition, Powers and Functions b) Village Panchayat : Composition, Powers and Functions c) Central Control Over Local Bodies

UNIT III: LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN FRANCE

a) The Department : Composition, Powers and Function b) The Prefect : Composition, Powers and Functions c) Central Control Over Local Bodies

Suggested Readings: 1. Manoj Sharma, Local Government 2. Raimann Pattanayaic, Local Government Administration Reform 3. Brain Chaman, French Local Government 4. Russel W. Waduoy etc., Issue in State and Local Government 5. Benjamin Bake, Urban Government 6. Magguerite J. Fisher, Municipal and other Local Government 7. Herrington J. Bryce (ed.), Urban Government and Minorities 8. M.A. Mutalib and Mohd. Akhtar Ali Khan, The Theory of Local Government 9. S.N. Mishra, Politics and Society in Rural India 10. Bhupinder Singh and Neeti Mahanti, Role of Democratic Decentralisation (Panchayati Raj) 11. Vishnoo Bhagwan and Vidya Bhushan,: Public Administration

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Public Administration) III Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PAM 9008: PUBLIC POLICY 4 Credits UNIT I: INTRODUCTION OF PUBLIC POLICY

a) Public Policy : Meaning and Nature b) Discipline of Policy Sciences : Emergence and Importance c) Policy Cycle : Constraints in Policy Making

UNIT II: POLICY-MAKING

a) Policy Making Process in India b) Policy Making and Inter-Governmental Relations c) Policy Making and Interaction Amongst Various Organisations

UNIT III: PUBLIC POLICY

a) Public Policy and Role of Political Executive b) Public Policy and Role of Bureaucracy c) Public Policy and Role of Judiciary

Suggested Reading: 1. Dye, Thomas , Understanding Public Policy 2. Koenig, Louis, An Introduction to Public Policy 3. Dayal Ishwar (et. al), Dynamics of Formulating Policy in Government of India 4. Saigal Krishan, Policy Making in India : An Approach to Optimisation 5. Rourke, Francis, Bureaucracy, Politics and Public Policy 6. Lindblom Charles, The Policy Making Process 7. Sondhi Krishan, Communication Growth and Public Policy 8. Hasan Zoya (et. al), The State Political Process and Identity 9. Sahin Pardeep, Public Policy, Conceptual Dimensions 10. Chand Phul, Indian Parliament (The Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies)

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Public Administration) III Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PAM 9009/HRM 9001: HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE LAW 4 Credits UNIT I: ENFORCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE LAW

a) State and Human Rights: Nature and Functions of State Liberal and Marxist Perspectives; Implications for Human Rights

b) Role of Police in Enforcement of Human Rights; UN Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials; Police and Human Rights in India.

c) Prison Justice and Human Rights: Rights of Prisoners and their Plight in India

UNIT II: ARREST, DETENTION AND EMERGENCY LAWS

a) Rights of Accused in Indian Legal System: Right Against Arbitrary Arrest; Reasonable Grounds for Preventive Detention.

b) Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances and its Methods of Work.

c) Human Rights During Emergency; Position in India

UNIT III: HUMAN RIGHTS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION

a) Criminal Justice System in India and its Instruments b) Remedial Fundamental Rights (Article 32); Breach of Fundamental Rights; The Writs c) Legal Aid : The Concept, its Origin and Importance; Existing Provisions of Legal Aid in India

Suggested Readings: 1. P.N. Bhagwati, Legal Aid as Human Rights, 1985 2. Paras Diwan, Human Rights and the Law : Universal and Indian Deep and Deep, 1995 3. V.R. Krishna Iyer , Human Rights and the Law, 1984 4. K.P. Saxena, Human Rights : Perspectives and, Challenges, Lancer 1994 5. R.N. Sharma , Personal Liberty Under the Indian Constitution, Deep and Deep, 1991 6. Omprakash Aggarwal, Fundamental Rights and Constitutional Remedies 7. S.K. Agarwala, Public Interest Litigation : A Critique, 1985 8. Amnesty International , Human Rights in India, Sage, 1994 9. V.K. Bansal, Right to Life and Personal Liberty, Deep & Deep,1986 10. M.P. Dube and Neeta Bora, Ed, Perspectives on Human Rights Anamika Publishers, N. Delhi, 2000 11. S.K. Ghosh, Torture and Rape in Police Custody, Ashish, 1993 12. Uma Gupta, Supreme Court and Civil Liberties, Mittal,N.Delhi,1998 13. B.L. Hansaria, Right to Life and Liberty Under the Constitution : A Critical Analysis of Art-21 ,NM

Tripathi,Bombay,1993 14. Naresh Kumar, Constitutional Rights of the Prisoners, Mittal Pub, Delhi, 1986 15. K.M. Mathur , Crime, Human Rights and National Security,Gyan,1999 16. P.L. Mehta and Neena Verma, Human Rights Under the Indian Constitution, Deep & Deep, 1995 17. Shailendra Misra, Policy Brutality : An Analysis of Police Behaviour,Vikas, 1986 18. Nagendra Singh, Enforcement of Human Rights, EL House, Cal, 1986 19. C.J. Nirmal, Human Rights in India, Oxford, New Delhi, 1999

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M.A. (Human Rights) III Semester, 2009-2010 Optional HRM 9003: HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN 4 Credits UNIT I: INTRODUCTION

a) Gender Discrimination as a Universal Phenomenon : Position of Women in Different Cultures b) Status of Women in India : Vedic Period to Contemporary Times c) Gender Equality in Islam: Precepts & Practices

UNIT II: INTERNATIONAL NORMS ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN

a) Gender Equality in the International Human Rights Instruments; Case Law on Women’s Rights under ICCPR

b) CEDAW: Provisions, Implementation Mechanisms & Impact on Domestic Law c) ILO Conventions for Protection of Female Labour

UNIT III: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S MOVEMENT

a) Four World Conferences on Women: Mexico, 1975, Copenhagen, 1980, Nairobi, 1985, Beijing, 1995

b) Violence against Women – Domestic Violence c) Violence against Women in War Time

Suggested Readings: 1. Duncan M. Derrett J., Religion, Law and the State in India (London, 1968) 2. _____________, A Critique of Modern Hindu Law (Bombay: NM Tripathi,1970) 3. Government of India Ministry of Education, Towards Equality – Report of the Committee on the Status of

and Social Welfare, Women in India (New Delhi, 1974) 4. Tahir Mahmood, A Study of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, (Allahabad: Law Book Co., 1980) 5. B.R.Nanda (ed.), Indian Women: From Purdah to Modernity (New Delhi: Vikas, 1976) 6. M.N.Srinivas , Changing Position of Indian Women (New Delhi: OUP, 1978) 7. Flavia Agnes , Law and Gender Inequality the Polities and Women’s Rights in India (OUP, 2004) 8. Geraldine Forbes, Women in Modern India (CUP, 1996)

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M.A. (Human Rights) III Semester, 2009-2010 Optional HRM 9012: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON MINORITY RIGHTS 4 Credits UNIT I: THE CONCEPT AND HISTORY OF MINORITY RIGHTS

a) Problem of Defining the Term “ Minority” in International Law; Meaning of “Ethnicity”, “Religion”, and “Language” in the Context of Minority Rights

b) The Problem of Individual Vs. Collective Rights; Justifications for Minority Rights c) Protection of Minorities under the League of Nations : Characteristics, Weaknesses and

Achievements

UNIT II: PROTECTION UNDER THE UN

a) Minorities and the Right to Physical Existence in International Law – Main Features of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crime Genocide, 1948

b) The UN Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities : An Evaluation of its Working

c) Minority Rights under UN – Evolution of Minority Rights under UN; Protection under the ICCPR – Nature and Scope of Article 27

UNIT III: MAJOR INSTRUMENTS

a) The UN Declaration on Rights of Persons Belonging to Minorities – 1992 : Background, Analysis and Observations

b) Protection of Minorities in Europe – The Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, 1994 : Provisions and Implementation Mechanism; OSCE’s High Commissioner on National Minorities

c) The UN and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples : The 1994 Draft Declaration : History, Provisions, and Prospects

Suggested Readings: 1. Kevin Boyle and Juliet Sheen, Eds., Freedom of Religion or Belief : A World Report, London/N. York :

Routledge, 1997 2. Iqbal A. Ansari, Ed., Readings on Minorities : Documents and Perspectives, 3 Vols., IOS,New, Delhi,1999 3. Javaid Rehman, The Weaknesses in the International Protection of Minority Rights, The Hague : Kluwer

Law International, 2000 4. Patrick Thornberry, International Law and the Rights of Minorities, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1991 5. Patrick Thornberry, “Is There a Phoenix in the Ashes? – International Law and Minority Rights”, Texas

International Law Journal, Vol. 15, 1980 6. Phillips, A. & A. Roses (eds.), The UN Minority Rights Declaration, London, 1993 7. United Nations, Study on the Rights of Persons Belonging to Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities,

New York, 1991 8. UN Centre for Human Rights, Minority Rights, 1998 9. UN Centre for Human Rights, The Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Geneva, 1997 10. Abdulrahim P. Vijapur, “Approaching Minority Rights”, Alpjan, Vol. 1, No.1, 2000 11. Abdulrahim P. Vijapur (ed.), Essays on International Human Rights, New Delhi, 1991 12. Marc Weller, The Rights of Minorities, Oxford University Press, April 2005

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLMX001: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THINKERS OF MODERN INDIA 4 Credits

UNIT I: POLITICAL COHESIVE AND SEPARATIST THOUGHT

a) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan - Muslim Upliftment and Political Views b) Genesis of Muslim League and Separatism c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah - Political Views and Role in Indian National Movement

UNIT II: SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL THOUGHT

a) Mahatma Gandhi - Social, Economic and Political Thought b) Jawahar Lal Nehru - Economic and Political Ideas c) B.R. Ambedkar - Social and Political Ideas

UNIT III: SOCIAL REFORM AND THOUGHT

a) Aurobindo Ghosh – Social And Political Ideas b) Ranade – Political Ideas, Theory of Social Reforms c) Jay Prakash Narayan – The Concept of Sarvodaya, Total Revolution and Social Thought

Suggested Readings: 1. V.P. Verma, Modern Indian Political Thought 2. K.P. Karunakaran, Modern Indian Political Tradition 3. K.P. Karunakaran, Continuity and Change in Indian Politics 4. Appadorai, Indian Political Thinking in Twentieth Century from Nouroji to Nehru 5. J.L. Nehru, Discovery of India 6. D. Mackenzie, Indian Political Thought 7. D. Mackenzie, White Umbrella 8. M.K. Gandhi , Hind Swaraj 9. Thomas Pantham and Kenneth L. Deutsch, Political Thought in Modern India 10. R.P. Masani Dadabhai Nouroji, The Grand Old Man of India 11. H.K. Sherwani, Studies in Muslim Political Thought 12. V.N. Dutt, Maulana Azad

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLMX002: ISSUES IN INDIAN POLITICS 4 Credits UNIT I: THE SOCIAL PROCESS I

a) Planning Commission, National Development Council b) Politics and Society in India, Role of Caste c) The Problem of Regionalism

UNIT II: THE SOCIAL PROCESS II

a) Communalism in India : Causes and Manifestations b) Secularism in India c) Electoral Malpractices and Electoral Reforms

UNIT III: THE POLITICAL PROCESS

a) The Bureaucracy : Role, Problems and Emerging Trends b) Panchayati Raj : An Over View c) The Problem of Corruption : Causes and Remedies

Suggested Readings:

1. C.P. Bhambri, Politics in India 2. N.S. Gehlot, Trends in Indian Politics 3. A.S. Narang, Indian Government 4. Virender Grover, Essays on Indian Govt. and Politics 5. Pylee, Crisis Conscience and the Constitution 6. D.D. Basu, Introduction to the Constitution of India 7. Mohd. Ghouse, Law Politics and Secularism 8. T.C. Doso, Ed., Indian Federalism, 1987 9. K. Seshadri, Indian Politics 10. K. Seshadri, Studies in Indian Politics 11. J.R. Siwach, Indian Govt. and Politics 12. Rajni Kothari, Caste in Indian Politics

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLMX003: THE UNITED NATIONS AND WORLD PEACE 4 Credits

UNIT I: UN AND ITS EVOLUTION

a) Founding of the UN: Purposes and Principles b) UN & the Use of Force: Self-Defence & Collective Security c) UN & International Politics: The Issue of Terrorism

UNIT II: UN AND INTERNATIONAL PEACE

a) UNSC: Peace Keeping Functions, New Concerns and Changing Character b) UNGA: Peace Keeping Functions, Uniting for Peace Resolution and its Utility c) UNSG: Peace Keeping Role

UNIT III: UN AND ITS ASSESSMENTS

a) UN and Human Welfare: Social & Humanitarian Activities b) UN and Neo-Colonialism: Role of TNCs and Multilateral Agencies. c) Reforming the UN: Experience and Challenges Ahead

Suggested Readings: 1. Godrich Lelard N., The United Nations in the Changing World 2. United Nations, The Basic Facts of the United Nations 3. UN Publication, Every Ones United Nations, 9th ed. 4. UN Publication, Every Man’s United Nations, 8th ed. 5. UN Publication, The Blue Helmet 6. Luard Even, The United Nations : How it Works and What is Woes 7. David M. Malone, The UN Security Council 8. Peter R. Baehr, The United Nations: Reality and Ideal 9. Jean E. Krasno, The United Nations 10. Jon Mandle, Global Justice 11. Internet Surfing

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLMX004: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS IN WEST ASIA (B) 4 Credits UNIT I: WEST ASIA AND MAJOR POWERS

a) US Policy towards West Asia b) Soviet/Russian Policy towards West Asia c) India and West Asia

UNIT II: CRISES AND ISSUES IN WEST ASIA

a) Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988 b) Gulf War 1990-91and Aftermath c) The Recent Iraq Crisis 2003

UNIT III: PEACE PROCESS IN WEST ASIA

a) Camp David Accord b) Oslo Accord c) Israel-Palestine Peace Negotiation after Oslo

Suggested Readings: 1. C.H. Dodd, Israel and the Arab World 2. Alan S. Harry, Israel in the Middle East & U.S. Interests 3. Mohammad Ayoob (ed.), Regional Security in the Third World 4. R.D. Mac Laurin, The Middle East in Soviet Policy 5. Hossein Amersadeghi, The Security of the Persian Gulf 6. Paul Marants, Bulma and Steinberg, Superpowers Involvement in the Middle East (eds.) 7. Aurel Broun (ed.), Middle East in Global Strategy 8. Thomas L. Menaghaer, Arms and Oil: US Military Strategy in the Persian Gulf 9. R.M. Burrel, The Persian Gulf 10. Edger ‘O’ Balance, The Gulf War 11. Sreedhar, Iran-Iraq War 12. R.C. Sharma, Perspective on Iran- Iraq Conflict 13. Mark Heller, The Iran-Iraq War : Implication for Third Parties 14. Gazi Ibdevi Abdul Ghafour, United Nations’ Role in the Gulf Crisis 15. S. Fisher, Securing Peace in the Middle East

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M.A. (Political Science) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLMX005/PAMX008: RESEARCH AND DESIGN IN SOCIAL SCIENCES 4 Credits UNIT I: MEASUREMENTS AND SCALES

a) Measurement and Measurement Scales b) Test of Sound Measurement: Validity, Reliability and Practicality c) Techniques of Developing Measurement Tests

UNIT II: DATA COLLECTION

a) Meaning, Importance and Types of Data. Sources of Data Collection b) Primary Data; Method of Primary Data Collection, Choice and Evaluation c) Secondary Data; Use, Advantages and Evaluation

UNIT III: THESIS WRITING

a) Interpretation of Data, Process and Precautions b) Writing Research Report c) Format of Scientific Reporting

Suggested Readings: 1. Krishna Swami, O.R., Methodology of Research in Social Sciences 2. Kothari C.R. , Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques 3. Hans Raj, Theory and Practice in Social Research 4. Thakur D., Research Methodology in Social Sciences 5. Kerlinger F.N., Foundations of Behavioral Research 6. Singh A.K., Test Measurements and Research Methods in Behavioral Sciences 7. Tyagi A.R., Scientific Methods in Public Administration 8. Young P.V., Scientific Social Surveys and Researches 9. Gupta S.P., Statistical Methods 10. Arora S.P., Elementary Statistics 11. Bajaj C.P. and Gupta P.N., Elements of Statistics 12. R.P. Misra, Research Methodology

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLMX006: MUSLIM POLITICAL THOUGHT OF THE ORIENT 4 Credits UNIT I: POLITICAL THEORISTS

a) Nizamul Mulk Tusi : Theory of Sovereignty, Concept of Administration b) Ibn Rushd (Averros) : His Influences on Europe, Concept of the State c) Ibn Khaldun : Scientific Approach, Concept of Power-State, Theory of Group Mind

UNIT II: MUSLIM THINKERS OF INDIA

a) Shah Waliullah : Theory of Social Development, Theory of a Just State b) Allama Iqbal : Concept of Nationalism and Pan-Islamism. His Reformist Thinking c) Molana Abul Ala Maududi : Concept of State, Theory of Government

UNIT III: MODERN THINKERS

a) Mohd. Ali Jauhar : Pan-Islamism and Khilafat Movement, Views on Minority Representations b) Hussain Ahmad Madani : Role in the National Movement, Opposition to the Creation of Pakistan c) Maulana Azad : Nationalism, View on Partition

Suggested Readings: 1. H.K. Sherwani, Studies in Muslim Political Thought and Administration 2. E.I.J. Rosenthal, Political Thought in Medieval Islam 3. W.M. Watt, Islamic Political Thought 4. W.M. Watt, The Formative Period of Islamic Thought 5. A.A. Maududi, Islamic Law and Constitution 6. Hamid Enayat, Modern Islamic Political Thought 7. G. Allana, Muslim Political Thought Through the Ages (1562-1947) 8. M.M. Sharif (Ed.), A History of Muslim Philosophy Vol. I 9. M.M. Shareef (Ed.), A History of Muslim Philosophy Vol. II 10. Tareq Y. Ismael and Jacqueline S. Ismael, Government and Politics in Islam

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLMX007: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS IN SOUTH ASIA 4 Credits UNIT I: THE SOUTH ASIA AS A REGION

a) Geo-strategic Significance of South Asia in International Politics b) India’s Policy Towards South Asia : China, US and USSR/Russia Factors. c) Indo-Pak Rivalry, Kashmir Issue, US Military Aid, UN Factor and Peace Process

UNIT II: NEPAL, BHUTAN AND MALDIVES

a) Nepal: Foreign Policy Main Features, Chinese Threat Perception, Indo-Nepalese Relations b) Bhutan: Foreign Policy, Relations with India c) Maldives: Background Link with India, Problem & Prospects

UNIT III: THE PERIPHERIES AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVICE

a) Bangladesh Foreign Policy; Main Features, Relations with India : Bilateral Issues, Chakma Refugee, Ganga Water

b) Sri Lanka Foreign Policy: Main Features, Relations with India. Ethnic Conflict and the Problem of Migration of Sri Lanka Tamil to India

c) SAARC: Organisation and Working Suggested Readings: 1. J.N. Dixit, Assignment Colombo 2. Ramakant (ed.), China and South Asia 3. Hamid H. Kizil Bash, Pakistan’s Security and Foreign Policy 4. V.S. Bajpai, India and its Neighbourhood 5. Shelton U. Kodikara, Foreign Policy of Sri Lanka : A Third World Perspective 6. Partha S. Ghosh, Ethnicity Versus Nationalism : The Devolution Discourse in Sri Lanka 7. P.K. Mishra, India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh 8. L.R. Reddy, Sri Lanka : Past and Present 9. Lalit Mansing (ed.), Indian Foreign Policy : An Agenda for 21st Century Vol. 1,2 10. Nagendra Singh, Bhutan : A Kingdom in the Himalayas (Pages 125-172) 11. G.N. Mehra, Bhutan : Land of the Peaceful Dragon (Page 121-142) 12. Avtar Singh Bharim, India-Sri Lanka : Relations Sri Lanka’s Ethnic Conflict Documents – 1947-2000,

Vol.1

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLMX008: THE BRITISH SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT 4 Credits UNIT I: Nature of the Constitution

a) An Unwritten and Evolutionary Constitution; the Law and the Conventions of the Constitution; Unbroken Continuity; Flexibility; Unreality; Rule of Law and Parliamentary Sovereignty

b) Fusion of Powers; Responsible Government and its Implications c) Unitary State; Regional Devolution; and Local Self-government

UNIT II: Political Institutions

a) The Crown as an Institution; the Sovereign and the Crown; the Powers of the Crown; Royal Prerogative and Royal Influence. The Constitutional Functions and Utility of the British Monarchy

b) The Cabinet: Composition; Working Principles and Functions. The Role of the Prime Minister; and Sources of Prime Ministerial Power

c) The House of Commons and the House of Lords: Composition, Functions and Role; Relationship between two Houses.

UNIT III: Political Parties and Pressure Groups

a) Characteristics of the British Party System b) Structure and Ideology of Conservative, Labour and Liberal - Democratic Parties c) Pressure Groups in British Politics

Suggested Readings: 1. A.H. Birch, British System of Government (latest edition) 2. R.M. Punnett, British Government And Politics (latest edition) 3. Ivor Jennings, Cabinet Government 4. Karl Lowenstein, The British Cabinet 5. B. Jones; D. Kavanagh M. Moran and P. Norton, Politics UK, 6th edition, 2006 (Harlow:

Pearson/Longman)

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLMX009: POLITICS IN THE USA 4 Credits UNIT I: THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM

a) The Federal Court System; U.S. Supreme Court b) Federal Courts and State Courts c) Policy Making Functions of Courts; Checks on Courts

UNIT II: PEOPLE AND THE GOVERNMENT

a) Political Parties : Organisation and Functions b) Interest Groups : Roles, Benefits and Strategies c) Bureaucracy in the U.S.

UNIT III: PEOPLE AND POLITICS

a) Public Opinion and Political Participation b) Civil Liberties and Civil Rights c) Media, Society and Political Culture

Suggested Readings: 1. Lance T. LeLoup, Politics in America, West Publishing Co., 1986. 2. Welch, Gruhl, Steinman, Comer, American Government, (2nd edition), West Publishing Co., 1988 3. Steffen W. Schmidt, Mach C. Shelley and Barbara A Bardes, American Government and Politics Today

(1999-2000 edition) West/Wardsworth, 1999 4. Steffen W. Schmidt and Mack C. Shelley, Readings in American Government, West/Wardsword 1997 5. John S. Jackson III and William Crotty, The Politics of Presidential Selection. Harper Collins, 1996 6. Robert D. Holsworth and J. Harry Wray, American Politics and Everyday Life (Second Edition)

Macmillan, New York, 1987 7. Garry Wasserman with Edmund Beard and Marsha Hurst, American Politics. Little Brown and Company,

Boston 1976

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M.A. (Political Science) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLMX010: INDIA’S DEFENCE AND SECURITY 4 Credits UNIT I: NATIONAL SECURITY

a) Defining National Security : Nature and Characteristics b) Indian Security and the Role of National Security Council c) Indian Defence Potential : Assessing India As An Emerging Power

UNIT II: INTERNAL SECURITY PROBLEMS

a) Assessing Internal Security Threats : Communalism, Terrorism and Maoism b) Internal Threats and External Linkages : Role of Bangladesh, Pakistan & China c) Internal Security Management : A Critical Assessment of Indian Approach and Responses

UNIT III: INDIAN SECURITY AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS

a) Indian Nuclear Programme & Doctrine : A Critical Evolution b) Nuclear Neighbours : Assessing Nuclear Threats to Indian Security c) Nuclear Deterrence in South Asia : Applicability of Cold War Experience in the Region

Suggested Readings: 1. S. Bajpai (ed.), India’s Security 2. Ravi Kant, Indian Strategic Spectrum 3. S.S. Khera, India’s Defence Problems 4. V. Longer, The Defence of India 5. K.N. Panikar, The Problems of Indian Defence 6. Bisheshwar Prasad, Defence of India : Policy and Plan 7. K. Subrahmanyam, India’s Security Perspective 8. Raju G.C. Thomas, India’s Security Policy; The Defence of India 9. Stephen D. Cohen, India : Emerging Power 10. Sidhu K.S., Studies in Indian Defence 11. Chibber Aditya, National Security Doctrine 12. Sumit Ganguly, India as an Emerging Power 13. P.C. Dogra (ed.), Changing Perspectives on National Security 14. Satish Kumar, India’s National Security 15. Jasbir R.K. Singh (ed.), Indian Defence Year Book 2004 16. Dipankar Sengupta and Sushir Kumar Singh, Insurgency in North East India : The Role of Bangladesh

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M.A. (Public Administration) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PAMX008/PLMX005: RESEARCH AND DESIGN IN SOCIAL SCIENCES 4 Credits UNIT I: MEASUREMENTS AND SCALES a) Measurement and Measurement Scales b) Test of Sound Measurement: Validity, Reliability and Practicality c) Techniques of Developing Measurement Tests UNIT II: DATA COLLECTION a) Meaning, Importance and Types of Data. Sources of Data Collection b) Primary Data; Method of Primary Data Collection, Choice and Evaluation c) Secondary Data; Use, Advantages and Evaluation UNIT III: THESIS WRITING a) Interpretation of Data, Process and Precautions b) Writing Research Report c) Format of Scientific Reporting Suggested Readings:

1. Krishna Swami, O.R., Methodology of Research in Social Sciences 2. Kothari C.R. , Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques 3. Hans Raj, Theory and Practice in Social Research 4. Thakur D., Research Methodology in Social Sciences 5. Kerlinger F.N., Foundations of Behavioral Research 6. Singh A.K., Test Measurements and Research Methods in Behavioral Sciences 7. Tyagi A.R., Scientific Methods in Public Administration 8. Young P.V., Scientific Social Surveys and Researches 9. Gupta S.P., Statistical Methods 10. Arora S.P., Elementary Statistics 11. Bajaj C.P. and Gupta P.N., Elements of Statistics 12. R.P. Misra, Research Methodology

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M.A. (Public Administration) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PAMX010/PLMX012: PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICES AND PROCEDURE IN INDIA 4 Credits UNIT I:

a) Significance of Parliament in a Democratic Political System; Importance of Parliamentary Procedures and Practices

b) Distinctive Features of Parliamentary Procedure in India c) Address of the President to Joint Session of two Houses – Issues for Deliberations by the

Parliament; Debate on Address; Motion of Thanks – its Meaning and Importance UNIT II:

a) Privileges of Members – Nature, Importance and Implications, Codification of Privileges, Jurisdiction of Courts in Matters of Privileges

b) Method and Order in the Transaction of Business in the Parliament : Questions, Supplementary Questions – Procedure and Importance

c) Motions : Various Types, Importance and Implications; Procedure for Moving Motions

UNIT III:

a) Bills : Procedure, Readings and Rules of Debates; Division b) Budget Session – Vote on Accounts a) Parliament and Judiciary : Parliament and Executive

Suggested Readings: 1. May, Sir T. Erskine, A Treatise on the Law, Privilege, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament 2. Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok (Latest Edition) 3. Shakdhar, S.L. , Glimpses of the Working of Parliament 4. Roy Prititosh, Parliamentary Privilege in India 5. Kashyap S. , Practice and Procedure of Parliament

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PLMX013/PAMX001 : ISSUES AND AREAS OF INDIAN ADMINISTRATION 4 Credits UNIT I:

a) Central Political Executive – The President : Position and Role : Relationship with the Prime Minister

b) Administration of Law and Order : The Role of the Central Agencies c) Administration for Welfare : Central Social Welfare Board

UNIT II:

a) Ministry of Home Affairs : Organization and Functions : Attached Offices of the Ministry b) Administration of Defence of the Country : Ministry of Defence; Organization and Structure of

the Army c) Administration of Justice in India : Hierarchy of Courts : Structure and Jurisdiction of Lower

Courts UNIT III:

a) Corruption in Public Services : Central Vigilance Commission; The Role of Central Vigilance Commissioner

b) Administrative Reforms in India : Important Committees and Commissions : Major Concerns c) Emerging Challenges to Indian Administration : Administrative Inefficiency and Demotivation :

Judicial Activism and Human Rights Suggested Readings: 1. S.R. Maheshwari, Indian Administration 2. S.K. Chatterjee, Indian Administration 3. IIPA, Organization of the Government of India 4. A. Avasthi and S.R. Maheshwari, Indian Administration 5. Ramesh K. Arora and Rajni Goyal, Indian Public Administration; Institutions and Issues 6. Vidya Bhushan and Vishnoo Bhagwan, Indian Administration

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Political Science) IV Semester 2009-2010 Optional PLMX014: GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN SOUTH ASIA 4 Credits UNIT I: INDIA

(a) Good Governance : Meaning, Characteristics and Problem of Good Governance (b) Economic Liberalisation : Meaning and Impact on India’s Democracy (c) Terrorism : Meaning, Recent Trends and Implications for Governance and Development

UNIT II: PAKISTAN

(a) Political Culture : Meaning, Features and Recent Trends (b) Subversion of Democratic Institutions : History and Current Scenario (c) Pakistan : The Gap between Idea and Reality

UNIT III: BANGLADESH AND SRI LANKA

(a) Political Culture of Bangladesh : Meaning, Features and Recent Trends (b) Political Violence in Bangladesh & Sri Lanka : A Comparison (c) Future of Democracy in Bangladesh & Sri Lanka

Suggested Readings: 1. Craig Baxter et. Al, Government and Politics in South Asia, Vanguard Books, Lahore, 1988 2. Pradeep Sahani ed., Governance for Development : Issues and Strategies, Prentice Hall, New Delhi, 2003 3. S.P. Cohen, The Idea of Pakistan, Brookings Institution, Washington D.C., 2004 4. Maya Chadda, Building Democracy in South Asia, Vistar Publications, New Delhi, 2000 5. Rounaq Johan, Bangladesh Politics : Problems and Issues, University Press, Dhaka, 1980

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M.A. (Public Administration) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PAMX002: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 4 Credits UNIT I:

a) Meaning Importance and Growth of Administrative Law, Administrative Law and Rule of Law b) Natural Justice-Principles c) Doctrine of Separation of Powers

UNIT II:

a) Delegated Legislation : Need, Types and Limitations b) Judicial Review – Conditions, Grounds and Limitations c) Public Interest Litigation

UNIT III:

a) Writs: Habeas Corpus; Mandamus; Prohibition; Certiorari and Quo Warranto. b) Administrative Tribunals: Origin and Significance. c) Public Corporations: Features, Disabilities and Rights; Parliamentary Control Over Public

Corporations.

Suggested Readings: 1. Roson, W.A., Justice and Administrative Law 2. Nado and Jain, Administrative Law 3. Jain and Jain , Administrative Law 4. Kagnazi, M.D., Indian Administrative Law 5. Griffith and Street, Principles of Administrative Law 6. Devis, K.C., Administrative Law 7. Sathe, S.P., Administrative Law in India 8. Basu, D.D., Comparative Administrative Law 9. Vishnu Prasad, Principles of Administrative Law

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Public Administration) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PAMX003: ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT 4 Credits UNIT I: THE PROBLEM OF ORGANISATION

a) Nature, Importance and Types of Organisation b) Principles of Organisations c) Line and Staff Relationships

UNIT II: MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES

a) Motivation : Meaning and Characteristics. Its Relationship with Efficiency b) Communication : Meaning, Types and Importance c) Leadership, Meaning and Characteristics, Trait Approaches to Leadership

UNIT III: PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

a) Meaning, Characteristics and Scope of Personnel Management b) Reasons for Growth and Development of Personnel Management in India c) Management Ethics and Social Responsibility : Recent Trends

Suggested Readings: 1. Robert M. Fulmer, The New Management 2. George Terry and Stephen Franklin, Principles of Management, AITBS, New Delhi, 1988 3. Harold Koontz, Cyril O’Donnell and Heinz Weihrich, Essentials of Management, McGrew-Hill Book, New Delhi, 1986 4. Shyamal Banerjee, Principles and Practice of Management, Oxford Univ. Press, 1986 5. S. Chatterjee, Introduction to Management

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU

M.A. (Public Administration) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional

PAMX004: FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT 4 Credits UNIT I: RESOURCE MOBILISATION

a) Sources of Revenue : Tax and Non Tax b) Deficit Financing c) Public Debt Management and Role of RBI

UNIT II: ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT

a) Accounting System in India b) Auditing System in India c) Role of the Controller and Auditor General (CAG)

UNIT III: PARLIAMENTARY FINANCIAL CONTROL

a) Estimates Committee; Public Accounts Committee; Committee on Public Undertakings b) Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, Economic Affairs and Revenue c) Legislative Control Over Taxation and Public Expenditure

Suggested Readings: 1. M.J.K. Thavaraj, Financial Administration 2. S.L. Goel, Financial Administration and Management 3. Hoshiar Sing & Mohinder Singh, Public Administration in India 4. P.K. Arora, Indian Public Administration (Institution and Issues) 5. K.N. Baisya, Financial Administration in India 6. Sudha Bhatnagar, Union-State and Finance Commissions 7. G.S. Lal, Financial Administration in India 8. S.S. Mokharjee, Indian Public Finance and Financial Administration 9. Alternative Economic Survey (1991-98,1998-2000)

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Public Administration) IV Semester, 2000-2010 Optional PAMX005: COMPARATIVE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION: USA AND UK 4 Credits UNIT I: LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN U.S.A.

a) Composition, Powers and Functions of Urban Local Bodies b) Composition, Powers and Functions of Rural Local Bodies c) Central Control Over Local Bodies

UNIT II: LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN U.S.A.

a) The Mayor Council Plan : Organisation, Powers and Functions b) The Commission Plan : Organisation, Powers and Functions c) The City Manager Plan : Organisation, Powers and Functions

UNIT III: LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN U.K.

a) The Administrative County : Organisation, Powers and Functions b) The Borough : Organisation, Powers and Functions c) The District : Organisation, Powers and Functions

Suggested Readings: 1. W.E. Jackson, The Structure of Local Govt. in England and Wales 2. J.H. Wane, English Local Government 3. Herman Finer, English Local Government 4. Russel W. Waduoy etc., States and Local Government 5. Russel W. Waduoy etc., Issue in State and Local Government 6. Benjamin Bake, Urban Government 7. Jewell Case Philips, Municipal Government and Administration of America 8. Magguerite J. Fisher, Municipal and other Local Government 9. Herrington J. Bryce (ed), Urban Government and Minorities

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Public Administration) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PAMX007: ISSUES IN PUBLIC POLICY IMPLEMENTATION 4 Credits UNIT I: PUBLIC POLICY MAKING: MAJOR DETERMINANTS

a) Political Parties and Policy Making b) Interest Groups and Policy Making c) International Agencies and Policy Making

UNIT II: POLICY IMPLEMENTATION

a) Role of Governmental Agencies in Policy Implementation b) Role of Non-Governmental Agencies in Policy Implementation c) Policy Implementation Problems

UNIT III: POLICY INTERVENTIONS: CASE STUDIES

a) Land Reforms b) Industrial Policy c) Panchayati Raj (Rural Development)

Suggested Reading: 1. Dye, Thomas, Understanding Public Policy 2. Koenig, Louis, An Introduction to Public Policy 3. Dayal Ishwar (et. al), Dynamics of Formulating Policy in Government of India 4. Saigal Krishan, Policy Making in India : An Approach to Optimisation 5. Rourke, Francis, Bureaucracy, Politics and Public Policy 6. Lindblom Charles, The Policy Making Process 7. Sondhi Krishan, Communication Growth and Public Policy 8. Hasan Zoya (et. al), The State Political Process and Identity 9. Sahin Pardeep, Public Policy : Conceptual Dimensions 10. Phul Chand, Indian Parliament: (The Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies).

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Human Rights/Public Administration) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional PAMX009: ISSUES IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUDICIAL ACTIVISM 4 Credits UNIT I: JUDICIAL ACTIVISM, CONSUMERS, AND ENVIRONMENT

a) Judicial Activism and Protection of Human Rights; The Concept of PIL and its positive Impact in India

b) Consumer Rights : Nature and Importance; Provisions and Objectives of COPRA – 1986 and the Redressal Mechanism

c) Environmental Degradation and Human Rights: National and International Laws: Recent Trends UNIT II: MAJOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS AND ISSUES

a) The Right to Information Act-2005, Provisions and Significance b) White Collar Crimes: Definition; Corruption; The Role of CBI and CVC c) Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) and Prevention of Terrorist

Activities Act (POTA) – An Assessment UNIT III: MAJOR ISSUES

a) The Politics of Human Rights; The Boomerang Theory; Role of NGOs b) Role of Media in Promotion of Human Rights c) Transnational Corporation and Human Rights

Suggested Readings: 1. P.N. Bhagwati, Legal Aid as Human Rights, 1985 2. Paras Diwan, Human Rights and the Law : Universal and Indian Deep and Deep, 1995 3. V.R. Krishna Iyer , Human Rights and the Law, 1984 4. K.P. Saxena, Human Rights: Perspectives and, Challenges, Lancer 1994 5. R.N. Sharma , Personal Liberty Under the Indian Constitution, Deep and Deep, 1991 6. Omprakash Aggarwal, Fundamental Rights and Constitutional Remedies 7. S.K. Agarwala, Public Interest Litigation : A Critique, 1985 8. Amnesty International , Human Rights in India, Sage, 1994 9. V.K. Bansal, Right to Life and Personal Liberty, Deep and Deep,1986 10. M.P. Dube and Neeta Bora, Ed, Perspectives on Human Rights Anamika Publishers, N. Delhi, 2000 11. S.K. Ghosh, Torture and Rape in Police Custody, Ashish, 1993 12. Uma Gupta, Supreme Court and Civil Liberties, Mittal, N.Delhi,1998 13. B.L. Hansaria, Right to Life and Liberty Under the Constitution : A Critical Analysis of Art-21, NM

Tripathi, Bombay, 1993 14. Naresh Kumar, Constitutional Rights of the Prisoners, Mittal Pub, Delhi, 1986

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Human Rights) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional HRM X001: ISSUES IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUDICIAL ACTIVISM 4 Credits UNIT I: JUDICIAL ACTIVISM, CONSUMERS, AND ENVIRONMENT

a) Judicial Activism and Protection of Human Rights; The Concept of PIL and its positive Impact in India

b) Consumer Rights : Nature and Importance; Provisions and Objectives of COPRA – 1986 and the Redressal Mechanism

c) Environmental Degradation and Human Rights: National and International Laws: Recent Trends

UNIT II: MAJOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS AND ISSUES

a) The Right to Information Act-2005, Provisions and Significance b) White Collar Crimes: Definition; Corruption; The Role of CBI and CVC c) Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) and Prevention of Terrorist

Activities Act (POTA) – An Assessment UNIT III: MAJOR ISSUES

a) The Politics of Human Rights; The Boomerang Theory; Role of NGOs b) Role of Media in Promotion of Human Rights c) Transnational Corporation and Human Rights

Suggested Readings: 1. P.N. Bhagwati, Legal Aid as Human Rights, 1985 2. Paras Diwan, Human Rights and the Law : Universal and Indian Deep and Deep, 1995 3. V.R. Krishna Iyer, Human Rights and the Law, 1984 4. K.P. Saxena, Human Rights: Perspectives and, Challenges, Lancer 1994 5. R.N. Sharma, Personal Liberty Under the Indian Constitution, Deep and Deep, 1991 6. Omprakash Aggarwal, Fundamental Rights and Constitutional Remedies 7. S.K. Agarwala, Public Interest Litigation : A Critique, 1985 8. Amnesty International, Human Rights in India, Sage, 1994 9. V.K. Bansal, Right to Life and Personal Liberty, Deep and Deep,1986 10. M.P. Dube and Neeta Bora, Ed, Perspectives on Human Rights Anamika Publishers, N. Delhi, 2000 11. S.K. Ghosh, Torture and Rape in Police Custody, Ashish, 1993 12. Uma Gupta, Supreme Court and Civil Liberties, Mittal, N.Delhi,1998 13. B.L. Hansaria, Right to Life and Liberty Under the Constitution : A Critical Analysis of Art-21, NM

Tripathi, Bombay, 1993 14. Naresh Kumar, Constitutional Rights of the Prisoners, Mittal Pub, Delhi, 1986

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Human Rights) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional HRM X002: ISSUES IN INDIAN POLITICS 4 Credits UNIT I: THE SOCIAL PROCESS I

a) Planning Commission, National Development Council b) Politics and Society in India, Role of Caste c) The Problem of Regionalism

UNIT II: THE SOCIAL PROCESS II

a) Communalism in India : Causes and Manifestations b) Secularism in India c) Electoral Malpractices and Electoral Reforms

UNIT III: THE POLITICAL PROCESS

a) The Bureaucracy : Role, Problems and Emerging Trends b) Panchayati Raj : An Over View c) The Problem of Corruption : Causes and Remedies

Suggested Readings:

1. C.P. Bhambri, Politics in India 2. N.S. Gehlot, Trends in Indian Politics 3. A.S. Narang, Indian Government 4. Virender Grover, Essays on Indian Govt. and Politics 5. Pylee, Crisis Conscience and the Constitution 6. D.D. Basu, Introduction to the Constitution of India 7. Mohd. Ghouse, Law Politics and Secularism 8. T.C. Doso, Ed., Indian Federalism, 1987 9. K. Seshadri, Indian Politics 10. K. Seshadri, Studies in Indian Politics 11. J.R. Siwach, Indian Govt. and Politics 12. Rajni Kothari, Caste in Indian Politics

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Human Rights) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional HRMX003: GENDER JUSTICE IN INDIA AND SOCIAL CHANGE 4 Credits UNIT I: CRIMES AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA

a) Crimes Against Women b) Devdasi System – Origin & Practice in India; Govt. Initiatives to Eradicate the Practice c) Domestic Violence against Women in India

UNIT II: PERSONAL LAWS AND GENDER JUSTICE IN INDIA

a) Gender Justice in Hindu Society : Hindu Code Bill and its Implications b) Muslim Personal Law and the Rights of Muslim Women; The Issue of Uniform Civil Code c) Rights of Christian Women in the Indian Society

UNIT III: INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC PROVISIONS

a) Impact of CEDAW on India – India’s Two Reports to CEDAW (1999 & 2006) b) Role and Functioning of NCW c) The Empowerment Debate in India : Issue and Reality

Suggested Readings: 1. Duncan M. Derrett J., Religion, Law and the State in India (London, 1968) 2. _______________, A Critique of Modern Hindu Law (Bombay: NM Tripathi,1970) 3. Government of India, Ministry of Education and Social Welfare, Towards Equality – Report of the

Committee on the Status of Women in India (New Delhi, 1974) 4. Tahir Mahmood, A Study of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, (Allahabad: Law Book Co., 1980) 5. B.R.Nanda (ed.), Indian Women: From Purdah to Modernity (New Delhi: Vikas, 1976) 6. M.N.Srinivas , Changing Position of Indian Women (New Delhi: OUP, 1978) 7. Flavia Agnes, Law and Gender Inequality the Polities and Women’s Rights in India (OUP, 2004) 8. Geraldine Forbes, Women in Modern India (CUP, 1996) 9. Devaki Jain (ed.), Indian Women (New Delhi, 1975) 10. Mira Seth, Women and Development – The Indian Experience (Sage,2001) 11. Archana Parashar, Women and Family Law Reform in India (Sage, 1992) 12. Knop Karen (ed.), Gender and Human Rights (OUP, 2003)

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Human Rights) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional HRM X006: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 4 Credits UNIT I:

a) Meaning Importance and Growth of Administrative Law, Administrative Law and Rule of Law b) Natural Justice-Principles c) Doctrine of Separation of Powers

UNIT II:

a) Delegated Legislation : Need, Types and Limitations b) Judicial Review – Conditions, Grounds and Limitations c) Public Interest Litigation

UNIT III:

a) Writs: Habeas Corpus; Mandamus; Prohibition; Certiorari and Quo Warranto. b) Administrative Tribunals: Origin and Significance.

c) Public Corporations: Features, Disabilities and Rights; Parliamentary Control Over Public Corporations.

Suggested Readings:

1. Roson, W.A., Justice and Administrative Law 2. Nado and Jain, Administrative Law 3. Jain and Jain , Administrative Law 4. Kagnazi, M.D., Indian Administrative Law 5. Griffith and Street, Principles of Administrative Law 6. Devis, K.C., Administrative Law 7. Sathe, S.P., Administrative Law in India 8. Basu, D.D., Comparative Administrative Law 9. Vishnu Prasad, Principles of Administrative Law

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, AMU M.A. (Human Rights) IV Semester, 2009-2010 Optional

HRMX012: RIGHTS OF MINORITIES IN INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA 4 Credits UNIT I: MINORITY RIGHTS IN INDIA

a) The Constituent Assembly of India and the Rights of Minorities : Debates on Drafting Minority Rights in the Constitution

b) Freedom of Religion and Cultural Rights of Minorities : Constitutional Precepts, Legal Provisions and the Realities

c) Linguistic Minorities : Place of Minority Languages in Education; Language and Politics : Status of Urdu in India

UNIT II: MAJOR ISSUES CONCERNING MINORITIES AND THE NCM

a) The Educational Rights of Minorities; The Plight of Education Among Indian Muslims : Problems and Prospects

b) Communal Violence in India: The Role of Police and Paramilitary Forces; Ways to Combat Communalism: Implementing Recommendations of Inquiry Commissions on Major Communal Riots.

c) National Commission on Minorities : Powers, Functions and Role; Working of NCM

UNIT III: MINORITY RIGHTS IN SOUTH ASIA

a) Minority Rights in Pakistan: Constitutional Precepts and Practices; Genocide in the Former East Pakistan; Ahmadiyas and other Linguistic Minorities.

b) Minorities in Bangladesh: Constitutional Provisions and Practices. c) Minorities in Sri Lanka : Ethnic Conflict – Violence of Minority Rights

Suggested Readings: 1. Neena Chandhoke, Beyond Secularism – The Rights of Religious Minorities, OUP,1999 2. Kevin Boyle and Juliet Sheen, eds., Freedom of Religion or Belief: A World Report, London/N. York:

Routledge, 1997 3. Asghar Ali Engineer, Lifting the Veil – Communal Violence and Communal Harmony in India (Hyderabad

: Sangam Books, 1995) 4. Ashutosh Varshney, Ethnic Conflict and Civil Life – Hindus and Muslim in India, OUP, 2000 5. Abdulrahim P. Vijapur, Human Rights in International Relations, New Delhi, 2002 6. Sumanta Banerjee, ed., Shrinking Space : Minorities in South Asia, Kathmandu : South Asia Forum for

Human Rights, 1999 7. James Massey, Minorities in a Democracy : The Indian Experience, Manohar, New Delhi, 1991 8. James Massey, Minorities and Religious Freedom in a Democracy (New Delhi : Manohar, 2003) 9. Iqbal A. Ansari, ed., Readings on Minorities : Documents and Perspectives, 2 Vols., IOS, New, Delhi,

1999, Vol. III, 2003 10. D.L. Sheth and Gurpreet Mahajan, eds., Minority Identities and the Nations State, OUP, 1999 11. R.A. Schermerhorn, Ethnic Pluralities in India, Tucson, 1978 12. K.L. Wadhwa, Minority Safeguards in India, New Delhi, 1975 13. Tahir Mahmood, Minorities Commission of India – Minor Role on Major Affairs, New Delhi, 2001 14. Ross Mallick , Development, Ethnicity and Human Rights in South Asia, Sage, 1998 15. Gurpreet Mahajan, The Multicultural Path (New Delhi : Sage, 2002) 16. Omar Khalidi, Khaki and the Ethnic Violence in India – Army, Police and Paramilitary Forces During

Communal Riots (New Delhi : Three Essay Collective, 2003) 17. M.J. Akbar, Riot After Riot (New Delhi : Penguin, 1988)