Syllabus for
MA (International Studies)
Academic Year  (2024)

Continuous Internal Assessment   100 marks

CIA 1   Written assignments                                                 20 marks

CIA 2   Mid Semester  Examinations                                     50 marks

CIA 3    Written assignments and presentations                     20 marks

Attendance                                                                         10 marks.

End Semester Examinations                                                 100 Marks

Department of International Studies, Political Science and History is part of the School of Social Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), uniting the departments of Political Science and History and the programme of Master in International Studies and History. The Department offers PhD Programmes with distinct interdisciplinary qualities in the field of International Relations, Political Science and History. The Department's Masters Programme has today evolved to compose of all International Relations major area studies, theories, their applications, as well as global tongues like French and Mandarin. It has been moulded with the foremost agenda of making well-equipped professionals out of its student pool. Within its short span of existence, the Department has emerged as one of the most prominent ones in India'ss International Relations and Area Studies turf.

Vision:

To become a globally recognized centre for Excellence with a critical understanding of the past and present, towards constructing a comprehensive future.

Mission:

Mission of the department is to groom socially concerned and politically conscious citizens and effective policy experts with a strong grounding in interdisciplinary approaches by providing a platform for critical analysis, experimentation and discovery.

Master of Arts in International Studies (MAIS) is an inter-disciplinary programme; students integrate and apply knowledge across disciplines in order to analyze global issues and problems. It equips students with analytical and critical skills to understand contemporary international politics and prepare them for a range of professions that require knowledge of international affairs. The Programme is designed to provide graduates the expertise and skills appropriate for a range of public and private sector careers where an advanced knowledge and understanding of contemporary international societies is integral to their work.

Programme Outcome/Programme Learning Goals/Programme Learning Outcome:

PO2: Apply the knowledge in analyzing and bringing creative solutions to complex international issues through cooperation, conflict resolution, diplomacy and creative thinking.

PO3: Demonstrate critical, analytical, research, problem-solving, self-learning and communication skills required for a range of careers in public and private sectors and also for self-employment.

PO4: Demonstrate entrepreneurship, innovativeness, and continuous learning.

PO5: Exhibit dynamism, consultative decision-making, team building and such other leadership qualities.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

v  To help students understand the evolution and growth of modern political theory.

v  The encourage critical and reflective analysis and interpretation of political concepts and practices based on such a conceptual understanding.

v  To understand the concepts, meaning and theories of political science, which will help them to analyse the challenges in contemporary states, societies and cultures.

v  To develop an inquisitive attitude towards the current political issues and be able to connect them to the prominent theories of political science.

COURSE OBJECTIVES 

v  To explore the core concepts, theories and debates in political theory so that students imbibe an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the paper. 

v  To encourage critical and reflective analysis and interpretation of political concepts and practices based on such a conceptual understanding.

                                     To engage students critically and constructively with the challenges of an increasingly dynamic political theory and philosophy

Ø  Approaches to Modern Political Theory- 1   Historical, Normative, Ontological

Ø  Approaches to Modern Political Theory –2   Empiricism, Positivism

Ø  State Sovereignty in the age of Globalisation

Unit 4: Perspectives in Political Theory – 1                                    10 hrs

Ø  Dependency Theories

Ø  Post-Modernism

Ø  Feminism

Perspectives in Political Theory – 2                                10 hrs

Ø  Communitarianism

Ø  Multiculturalism

Ø  Cosmopolitanism

Green Political Theory

1. Johari, J.C. (2012). Contemporary Political Theory. New Delhi: Sterling.
2. M.J.Vinod and Meena Deshpande, (2023). Contemporary Political Theory. New Delhi: PHI Learning.
3. Gokhale, B.K. (2006). Political Science: Theory and Governmental Machinery. Mumbai: Himalaya Publishing House.
4. Marsh, D. and Stoker, G. (Eds.). (2002). Theory and Methods in Political Science. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
5. Hay, C. et al. (Eds.). (2006). The State: Theories and Issues. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
6. Menon, K. (2008) ‘Sovereignty’, in Bhargava, R and Acharya, A. (eds.)
7. Political Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 158-169.

7. Cohen, M. and Fermon, N. (Eds.). (1996). Princeton Readings in Political Thought: Essential Texts Since Plato. New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
8. Sabine, G.H. and Thorson, T.L. (1973). A History of Political Theory. New Delhi: OUP and IBH.
9. Vincent, A. (2004), The Nature of Political Theory. New York: Oxford University

Press, 2004, pp. 19-80

10. Laski, H.J. (2007). Grammar of Politics. New Delhi: Surjeet.

11.Gauba, O.P. (2010), An Introduction to Political Theory, Macmillan Publishers, Delhi.

12. Nandy, Ashis. “An anti-secularist manifesto”, Gandhi’s significance for today (1989): 244-264.

Course Description

This is a course on the principles of Economics and International Economics for students who have not majored in Economics.  The second purpose is this course is a preparation to study International Political Economy in the subsequent semester.  It provides a fundamental understanding of economic transactions and interactions between economic agents generically and between countries.  The course is designed to teach foundational economics and is structured as – first on Microeconomics, second on International Economics and policy, and third on Macroeconomics focusing on social accounting as well as policy tools of macroeconomic management.  The course also deals with the political economy trajectories of economic concepts. 

Course Objectives

1)    Introduce students to principles of Microeconomics Macroeconomics.

2)    Provide a foundational understanding of International Trade theories, and policies.

3)    Introduce students to the Political Economic dimensions of economic concepts.

4)    Develop the logic of economic inquiry and reasoning.

Introduction to economics, Production Possibility Frontier and Opportunity cost.  Basics of Supply, Demand and Market Equilibrium.  Indifference Curve Analysis: indifference curves, Budget Line and Consumer Equilibrium.  Types of Market structure: Perfect and Imperfect Markets and Market Failure.  Political Economy of Market: Invisible Hand and Market Imperialism.    

Political Economy of Aggregate Demand and Keynesian Closed Economy: Macro Law of Supply and Demand; Fallacy of Says Law; Fiscal Policy; and Income and Expenditure Multipliers.  Political Economy of Money, Banking and Finance and Monetary and Fiscal Policy interventions.  Inflation: Types, Effects and Inflation Control Policies.  Unemployment: definition and problem of defining unemployment; policy related to unemployment. 

Political Economy of International Trade and Finance: Absolute Cost Advantage; Comparative Cost Advantage – Economic Case for trade; Distributional Effects of International Trade; Open Economy Macroeconomics; Political Economy of IMF Conditionalities.  Source of Comparative Advantage: H – O Theorem and Leontief Paradox.

Tariffs and their effect on an economy.  Non – Tariff Barriers: quotas, voluntary export agreements, subsidies, buy national policies, product and safety standards, and content requirements. Terms of Trade and Factors affecting terms of trade.  Exim Policy.  Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments: Balance of Payments Accounts; Disequilibrium in Balance of Payments, effects and measures to correct disequilibrium.  Foreign Exchange Markets and systems and Purchasing Power Parity Theory.

Oatley, T. (2019). International Political Economy. Routledge.

Rubinfeld, R. S. (2018). Microeconomics. Pearson.

Salvatore, D. (2013). International Economics. Wiley.

Wells, P. K. (2009). Microeconomics. Worth Publishers.

O’Brien, R. G. (2015). Microeconomics. Pearson

CIA – 2: Midsemester Examination – 25%

CIA – 3: Class Test / Assignment / Presentation – 10%

End Semester Examination: 50%

Attendance: 5%

The study of international relations takes a wide range of theoretical approaches. Some emerge from within the discipline itself; others have been imported, in whole or in part, from disciplines such as economics or sociology. This course introduces students to some of the most important theory and practice for studying international relations. It provides a fairly comprehensive overview of the major political developments and events starting from the twentieth century. Students are expected to learn about the key milestones in world history and equip them with the tools to understand and analyze the same from different perspectives. The aim of the course is to understand International relations and its multidisciplinary nature where the student will be accommodated with contemporary trend of multidisciplinary discourse.

International Relations: Meaning, nature, scope and importance; Meaning, elements, evaluation of national power, Approaches to International Peace: Balance of Power; Collective Security; Disarmament and arms control and War

Emmanuel Kant on perpetual peace, Hugo Grotius on International Relations, Karl Smith, Thucydides, Confucius, Arthashastra, Thomas Hobbes, Aquinas.

Idealism, Realism, Liberalism, Neo-Realism and Neo-Liberalism, System theory  World Systems, Functionalism and Neo-functionalism, New-world order, Dependency theory, Game theory and Marxist approaches

Historical sociology, Normative theory, Social Constructivism, Postmodernism, post- colonialism, critical theory and Neo- Marxist Approaches in IR

Non-traditional Security threats in International Relations, Green Politics in International Relations, Globalization and new orders of non-State actors, and Feminist Theories, Language and Symbols in International Relations

Smith, M. and R. Little. “Introduction.” Perspectives on World Politics. New York: Routledge, 2000. 1-17. Print.  

Baylis, John and Steve Smith. The Globalization of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations. 4thedn. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. 1-6. Print. 

Cox, M. “From the Cold War to the War on Terror.” The Globalization of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations. Eds. John Baylis and Steve Smith. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. 141-155. Print.

Bull, H. “The Balance of Power and International Order”. Perspectives on World Politics. New York: Routledge, 2000. 1-17. Print.

Dunne, T. “Liberalism.”The Globalization of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations. Eds. John Baylis and Steve Smith. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. 185-203. Print.

Keohane, R.O. and Joseph S. Nye. “Trans-governmental Relations and the International Organisation.” Perspectives on World Politics. Eds. M. Smith and R. Little. New York: Routledge, 2000. 229-241. Print.

Moravcsik, Andrew. “Taking Preferences Seriously: A Liberal Theory of International Politics.” International Organisation51.4 (1997): 513-553. Print.

Keohane, Robert O. and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Power and Interdependence. 3rd edn., Addison-Wesley, 2000. 3-52. Print.

Snyder, Jack. Myths of Empire: Domestic Politics and International Ambition. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1991. Print.

Tickner, Ann J. “You Just Don’t Understand: Troubles Engagements Between Feminists and IR Theorists.” International Studies Quarterly 41.4 (1997, December): 611-632. Print.

Peterson, Spike. Gendered States: Feminist (Re)Visions of International Relations Theory. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1992. Print.

Enloe, Cynthia. Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. Print.

Cohn, Carol and Cynthia Weber. “Missions, Men and Masculinities.” International Feminist Journal of Politics 1.4: 435-451. Print. 

 Moravcsik, Andrew. “Taking Preferences Seriously: A Liberal Theory of International Politics.” International Organisation51.4 (1997): 513-553. Print. 

Keohane, Robert O. and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Power and Interdependence. 3rdedn., Addison-Wesley, 2000. 3-52. Print. 

Halliday, F. Rethinking International Relations. London: Macmillan, 1994. 147-166. Print. 

Nicholson, M. International Relations: A Concise Introduction. New York: Palgrave, 2002.120-122. Print. 

Galtung, J. “A Structural Theory of Imperialism.”Perspectives on World Politics. Eds. M. Smith and R. Little. New York: Routledge, 2000. 292-304. Print.

Wallerstein, I. “The Rise and Future Demise of World Capitalist System: Concepts for Comparative Analysis.” Perspectives on World Politics. Eds. M. Smith and R. Little. New York: Routledge, 2000. 292-304. Print. 

CIA II – Mid Semester Examination – 25%

CIA III – Class Test / Assignment / Presentation – 10% 

 Attendance – 05%

 End Semester Examination – 50%

 TOTAL 100%

COURSE OBJECTIVES: : It is essential to understand how the contemporary world, its priorities and articulations are rooted in the modern period. Broadly identified as beginning from 1800’s and lasting till 1950’s, Modernism was a conceptual movement that influenced the progress of History and Culture of the entire world. It was this pre war world that engineered the historical, political, social, economic and cultural sensibilities of Contemporary period and hence it becomes crucial to understanding International Relations. 

Liberalism and Nationalism in the early 19th century b) Social Darwinism c) Nationalism and nation States: Unification of Italy and Germany. d) The Romantic era: Concerns and Features- Romanticism  and Musical Nationalism of Richard Wagner – Romanticism in Art and Literature of Goya and Wolfgang von Gothe -Intellectual background of Romanticism: Kant, Hegel and Marx

Colonialism in Africa b) Pre colonial and colonial Africa : European presence  c)Scramble for Africa d) Consolidation of colonial rule: Raw materials and markets, peasant producers, economic impact, early expressions of nationalism.

 e)The People and Cultures of Africa: Religion and Society in early Africa,

  African literature and literary movements, impact of African culture on the West.           

a)      Ruptures in Ottomanization,and the issue of eastern question

b)       Arab nationalism – Arabia during the world wars.

c)      Western interventions and regional friction in China: Anglo Chinese confrontations, revolution and the republic-   Japan: Period of assertion 1860 to 1920.           

a)      USA: Formation of national identity – Struggle for nationhood: westward expansion and  the civil war – Idea of USA: i)The age of Jazz ii) Literature: Emerson and David Thoreau iii) Architecture: Frank Lyod Wright 

b)      Early colonial empires in Latin America: Portugal, Spain and France, the age of conquistadores,  Portuguese empire in the Atlantic,

c)   Plantation economy, Slave trade and its impact on Europe.

c) Colonial culture and liberation movements.      

2. Kevin Shillington, History of Africa, Palgrave Macmillan 2012

3. Edited, US History, Rice University, 2017

4.Meenaxi Phukan, Rise of the Modern West, Trinity Press 1998

2.  Carr, E.H. International Relations between the Two World Wars: 1919 – 1939. NewYork: Palgrave, 2004.

3. Taylor, A.J.P. The Origins of the Second World War. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1961.

4.      Carrthuthers, S.L. “International History, 1900- 1945.”The Globalisation of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations. Eds. John Baylis and Steve Smith.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005

6      Calvocoressi, P. World Politics: 1945 – 2000. Essex: Pearson, 2005.

7.     Scott, L. “International History, 1945 – 1990.” The Globalisation of World Politics An Introduction to International Relations. Eds. John Baylis and Steve Smith.

CIA I – Class Test / Assignment / Presentation                     10%

CIA II – Mid Semester Examination                                      25%

CIA III – Research Topic                                                      10%

Attendance                                                                              05%

End Semester Examination                                                     50%                                        

TOTAL                                                                        100%

   Scheme of Evaluation: For all Sections     

50% of the marks for Factual writin

 40% of the marks for Interpretation, Analysis                                                             

 10% of the marks for Writing style that include  grammar, vocabulary, spelling ,presentation

Indian foreign policy reflects the perceptions and priorities of our political, economic and military leaderships from time to time in relation to the neighbourhood, middle and big powers. This is evidenced from the continuity and change in Indian national security and foreign policy.

The objective of this course is to introduce students to the mechanics of foreign policy making and the issues that influence the policy in order for them to develop a perspective on the emerging trends in Indian foreign policy

Doctrinal Aspects; Determinants: domestic and international; Evolution of Indian foreign policy, pre-Independence, post-Independence, Non Aligned Movement, Cold War and Security Politics

Institutions, Structure, and Processes:Structure of Indian Government, Political System, Ministry of External Affairs, Prime Minister’s Office, Research & Analysis Wing, Role of Think Tanks, Media,  Role of the Prime ministers

Evolution of Indian relations with Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan and South-East Asia since Independance 

US, Russian Federation, PRC, Japan, European Union and UK, East and West Asia, African Countries, Australia and South America

India’s role in Nuclear, economic and Climate change regimes; India and regional groupings

India’s response to Globalization, Terrorism, Energy Security, Global Pandemics.

·       Bajpai, Kanti, Basit, Saira, Krishnappa, V. eds., India’s grand Strategy: History, theory, cases (2014) New Delhi, India: Routledge. 582 pp. ISBN: 978-0-415-73965-8

• J. Bandyopadhyaya, The Making of India's Foreign Policy: Determinants, Institutions, Processes, and Personalities, Bombay: Allied Publishers, 1970.
• C. Raja Mohan, Crossing the Rubicon: The Shaping of India's New Foreign Policy, New Delhi, Penguin Books, 2005.
• J. N. Dixit, Indian Foreign Policy and its Neighbours, New Delhi: Gyan Publishing, 2001.
• Ganguly, Sumit, ed., India’s foreign Policy (2010)
• Anjali Ghosh, Tridib Chakrobroti, Anindyo Jyoti Majumdar and Shibashis Chatterjee, eds.,

India’s Foreign Policy, New Delhi: Pearson, 2009.

• Kapoor and A. J. Wison, The Foreign Policy of India and her Neighbours. 1995.

• Jawaharlal Nehru, India's Foreign Policy: Selected Speeches, September 1946-April 1961, New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1961.
• Nancy Jetly and Rajendra Prasad, India's Foreign Policy: Challenges And Prospects, New Delhi: Vikas Pub. House, 1999.
• Muni, S.D., India’s foreign Policy, The Democracy Dimension (2009)
• Tharoor, Shashi Reasons of State: Political development and India’s foreign policy under Indira Gandhi (1982)

·         CIA I – Class Test / Assignment / Presentation  – 10%

·         CIA II – Mid Semester Examination                  – 25%

·         CIA III – Class Test / Assignment / Presentation  10%

·         Attendance                                                     – 05%

·         End Semester Examination                               – 50%

                                                                     TOTAL 100%

'Travailler en français en entreprise' is a professional French course at elementary level (A1/A2). It has been designed for students whose French is part of the professional project, or people already integrated into the world of work.

'Travailler en français en entreprise' (French in business) is a pragmatic method, based on an action-based approach: students are regularly put in situations through role plays and case studies. The professional situations and the tasks proposed are varied and realistic and thus give rise to written and oral productions close to the authentic.

'Travailler en français en entreprise' (French in business) includes ten units that address a wide range of topics related to the business world.

Introducing oneself, others / Basic expressions

The unit includes a conversation, document, vocabulary, know-how and case studies

The unit includes a conversation, document, vocabulary, know-how and case studies

The unit includes a conversation, document, vocabulary, know-how and case studies

CIA 2 - Written test

CIA 3 - Quiz on various aspects of France and French / Test of the four skills 

Given the growing influence of China in the changing world order and the fact that Chinese language is one of the 6 official languages of UN, this basic level course offers an opportunity to the International Studies students to discover and learn this much intriguing ancient, east asian language perceived as the most difficult in the world.

This beginner’s level course will:

• introduce students to the basics of Chinese language and culture,
• help them develop basic speaking, listening, reading and writing skills,
• prepare them for HSK (level 1), an international standardized exam conducted by Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban, a public institution) in affiliation with the Government of China
• and also lay a good foundation for studying or working in a chinese speaking environment.

• Part one: initials j, q, x, finals beginning with 'i',  finals beginning with ü
• Part two: initials z, c, s, the final 'i'
• Part three: finar 'er', retroflex ending, the tone sandhi "bù不"
• Part four: summary of spelling rules, omission of syllables, review of phonetics, compound strokes(1), radicals

• Part One: the basic sounds, initials b, p, m, f, d, t, n, l, single finals, tones
• Part two: initials g, k, h, compound finals, nasal finals, third tone sandhi
• Part three: Initials zh, ch, sh, r, final -i, finals that begin with 'u'
• part four: tone sandhi "yi 一", rules of the separation of symbols, origin of Chinese characters, basic strokes, stroke order, fun with Chinese characters

• 1 to 10, days of the week
• 11 to 100 months, date
• Numbers in Chinese culture

• greeting and ice breaking
• experiencing the country its culture and language
• introducing the course and the book
• a brief history of the language

1. Functions:Daily greetings, Asking about one's name, Greeting others 
2. Language points: "mā吗" questions, sentence with adjectival predicate, position of the adverb "yě也" word order in Chinese
3. Chinese characters: components, interrelationship between strokes, compound strokes(2), chinese radicals 亻, 讠, 木, 辶
4. Cultural knowledge: Simplified Chinese characters

1. Functions: Introducing others, asking someone's surname, nationality, likes, dislikes, saying goodbye, identifying items
2. Language points: "shì是" questions, interrogative phrases with "什么shénme" and "哪na", conjunction "和hé", the position of the adverb "都dōu"
3. Chinese characters: left-right structure, top-bottom structure, enclosed structure, radicals 饣, 口
4. Cultural knowledge: Chinese dictionaries

1. Functions: Asking about one's family, age, profession, entertaining guests
2. Language points: “有you” sentences, modifier expressing possession, measure word, interrogative sentences "谁shéi“ and “几ii”, adverb “hái还”
3. Chinese characters: common left-right structure, radicals 艹, 宀 
4. Cultural knowledge: Forms of address for family members and relatives

1. Functions: Talking about sudying(1), making a date, asking about time(1), one's major
2. Language points: a time word as an adverbial, verb/adjective-not-verb/adjective questions, "呢ne"questions
3. Chinese characters: common top-bottom structure, radicals 刀, 日
4. Cultural knowledge: The educational system of China

1. pattern, vocabulary, sentence structures
2. mock tests

The objective of this course is to introduce students to the fundamentals of the Korean language and develop their proficiency in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding Korean. By the end of the course, students will have a solid foundation in basic Korean grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structures, enabling them to engage in simple conversations and comprehend written texts at the beginner level.

• Lesson 1: Learning Hangeul (1) (vowels and consonants
• Lesson 2: Learning Hangeul (2) (Syllable formation and word pronunciation)

·      Lesson 3: Classroom Korean and Greetings

 ·      Lesson 4: I’m a graduate student. (Asking and answering personal questions)

·      Lesson 5: What is this? (Asking names of objects and responding)

·      Lesson 6: Do you have any tissues? (Asking and answering about ownership)

·      Lesson 7: Please give me some orange juice. (Making requests, Expressing quantities)

·      Lesson 8: What are you doing? (Asking and answering about present actions)

·      Lesson 9: Where do you go? (Expressing destination of movement)

·      Lesson 10: What tastes delicious? (Basic adjectives, Expressing negatives)

·      Lesson 11: How much is it? (Buying things)

·      Lesson 12: When is the final test? (Discussing time, days, dates and events)

·      Lesson 13: It’s cold outside. (Asking and answering about the weather)

·      Lesson 14: Where is the bookshop? (Asking and answering about locations)

·      Lesson 15: Korean culture and Etiquette (group presentations)

Course Description

All social labour, whether domestic or international, has a significant economic sphere.  However, the economic sphere is not independent of the influence of the political sphere of the activity.  This course is designed to bring about an academic engagement of the interface between the economic and the political spheres of social activity.  It explores the symbiotic playoff of international trade and policy's economic and political aspects. 

Course Objectives 

1)   To provide an introductory analysis of theories of political economy. 

2)    To provide a basic history of international political economy.

3)    To apply theories of political economy in order to explain the dynamic operation of the global economy as an interaction between economics and politics. 

Meaning of International Political Economy.  Theoretical and Methodological Traditions in the study of International Political Economy.  Role of interest and institutions in International Political Economy.  Characteristics of the world economy. 

Evolution of the World Trade system: WTO; Hegemonic Stability Theory; New directions and challenges in the international trade system.  The Political Economy of International Trade  Cooperation: Trade Bargaining and the dynamics of cooperation; the enforcement problem. 

Society Centered Approach: Factor Incomes and Class Conflict Model; Sectoral incomes and industry conflict model; Interests and their organisation: Collective Action Problem in trade policy; Political Institutions providing state policy.  State Centered Approach: Infant industry case; political foundation of industrial policy as a trade tool; High Technology industries: strategic trade theory; strategic rivalry. 

Contemporary international monetary system: conflict and cooperation in the 1980s; Financial Crisis of 2007 – 2009; analysis of exchange rate cooperation.  Society Centered Approach to Monetary and Exchange rate policy: Keynesian Revolution; Models of Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies: Electoral Model; Partisan Model; and Sectoral Model.  State Centered Approach: Monetary Policy – Unemployment relationship; Time – Consistency Problem; Independence of Central Banks. 

Oatley, T. (2019). International Political Economy. Routledge.

Stiglitz, J. (2002). Globalisation and its Discontents. Norton: New York.

Ravenhill, J. (2011). Global Political Economy. Oxford University Press.

CIA – 2: Midsemester Examination – 25%

CIA – 3: Class Test / Assignment / Presentation – 10%

Attendance: 5%

End Semester Examination: 50%

Course Description:The United States has been a dominant force of global significance afterthe Second World War and Latin America remains a precursor to theGlobal South in several ways since early 19th century when most ofLatin American states were decolonised. To capture this scenario, thiscourselooksatsomekeyeventsandprocesses from foreign policyperspective.IttracestheevolutionoftheAmericanforeignpolicywitha historical perspective and brings its contemporary nuances. Brazil andArgentina comprise main focus in the Latin American leg of the course.

Course Objectives: 

1.Torelatespecific eventsandprocessestolargeronesontheUS annd Latin America.

2.To Make an informed estimate of future trends in U.S. politics and/or foreign policy based on existing theories and evidence;

3. Tolearntopredictthecourseofactionthecountriesmighttakebased on the past decisions.

Evolution of US Foreign Policy- Munroe Doctrine, Neutrality, Exceptionalism, World War I & II

• US and the Cold War:  Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, Korean War, Vietnam War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Nuclear competition, Arms race and Détente.
• US Foreign Policy during 1980s. End of the cold war and US’ unipolarity
• New Frontiers of American Foreign Policy in the post-cold war era-  Global War on Terror, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden administrations, Climate Change and American Foreign Policy, Nuclear policy of the United States

• Foundations of Brazil’s Foreign Policy, Brazil’s role in Latin American politics, Brazil US relations
• Foundations of Argentina’s Foreign Policy, Argentina’s  role in Latin American politics, Argentina-US relations
• Foundations of Venezuela and Cuba's Foreign Policy

2.     CIA II – Mid Semester Examination – 25%

3.     CIA III – Research Topic – 10%

4.     Attendance – 05%

5.     End Semester Examination – 50% 

Course Description:

• Research Methodology is a basic core course for post graduate class which will train the students in the basics of research, methods, approaches and give hands-on training in formulating research design. It is also intended to help the masters students to pursue their research paper & dissertation, which is part of the curriculum.

Course Objectives:

The main objectives of the course are:

• To familiarize students with the basic concepts and approaches to the study of research methodology.
• To acquaint students with the basics of research methods, techniques, and approaches and to assist in the accomplishment of exploratory as well as result-oriented research studies.
• To help students to identify the research problem and start asking the right questions with the goal of improving their ability to make a logical argument. 
• To assist students to learn various research techniques (qualitative and quantitative).
• To train students in the process of writing various academic and popular writings.
• To sensitise students of research ethics.

•  Human Inquiry and Science
• Paradigms, Theory, and Social Research
• The Ethics and Politics of Social Research
•  Characteristics of scientific method

• Explanation and Causation
• Research Question 
• Literature Review
• Hypothesis:  Importance, logic, and testing

• Qualitative and quantitative research
• Policy oriented, problem specific research in IR.
• Experimental and Formal Research Methods
• Case studies and comparative research
•  Content analysis and historical analysis
•  Direct observation, field studies and archival research
•  Questionnaire, interviewing and Survey

• Analyzing primary and secondary documents
• Data presentation and preliminary analysis, interpretation of data
• Research Design and writing the report
• Organizing and Mapping Arguments
• Presenting the Material: citation, references, notes

• Institutional and Organizational Theories
• Introduction to  study of Karl Popper, Paul Feyerband and Imre Lakotas
• The English School, Critical Theory:
• Frankfurt School and Marxist Approach
•  Normative and Postmodernist Approaches

Ahuja, Ram. Research Method, Rawat Publication, New Delhi, 2001

Art, Robert J. and Jervis, Robert International Politics: Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues, Longman, 2010

Dhiman, AK and  SC Sinha. Research Methodology, Ess Ess Publication, New Delhi, 2002

Fowler, Flyod J. (Jr). Survey Research Methods, Sage, Beverley Hills, 1984.

Gerring, John 2004. “What is a Case Study and What is it Good for?”American Political Science Review 98, pp. 341-354

Lantis, Jeffrey S, Lynn M. Kuzma and John Boeher, eds. The New International Studies Classroom: Active Teaching, Active Learning, Lynne Rienner,Publishers, Boulder,2000.

Misra, Rabi  N and Sharma, R. P. Research Methodology and Analysis, Discovery Publishing, New Delhi, 2006

Morgan, David L. Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods: A Pragmatic Approach, Sage, New Delhi, 2014

Paul, K. Hatt and William J. Goode. Methods in Social Research, McGrawHill-Koga-Kausha, Tokyo, 1982

Phophalia, AK.  Modern Research Methodology: New Trends and Techniques, Paradise Publishing, 2010

Silverman, David (Ed). Qualitative Research: Theory, Method and Practice, Sage, New Delhi, 2004

Sprinz, Detlef F. and Wolinsky, Yael, Cases, Numbers, Models: International Relations Research Methods

Silverman, David (Ed). Qualitative Research: Theory, Method and Practice, Sage, New Delhi, 2004

CIA II – Mid Semester Examination – 25%

CIA III – Research Topic – 10%

 Attendance – 05%

End Semester Examination – 50%

TOTAL 100%

South Asia is home to the world’s most populous nation states, characterized by religious diversity and one of the fastest-growing regional economies. The vast peninsula is situated at the crossroads of West Asia and East Asia, and dominates the shipping lanes of the Indian Ocean. As international attention shifts to Asia, the states of South Asia are expected to play a more prominent role in shaping the affairs of this huge continent.

This paper provides a foundation to understand the dynamics of this crucial region and offers students the opportunity to concentrate on a part of the world whose importance in international affairs is increasingly recognized by the policy and corporate communities. It includes studying land use systems, political ecology, utilization of and access to natural resources, health issues, food security, ethnic conflicts, wars and migration studies. To achieve a comprehensive understanding of human-environment interactions at the interface between local and global processes, it gives an insight into the central dilemmas of modern politics, economic development and social change present in the region.

Geology, Landforms, Climate,Settlement, Population, Historical Geography

• South Asian civilization
• Evolution of power, authority and institutions,
• Ethnicity and Identity.
• Culture and Identity in Modern South Asia 1800-2000

Governance: State Formation, Political Elite, Insurgency and Terrorism, Civil War, Militarization: Civil-Military Relations, Introduction of Nuclear Weapons, Territorial Disputes: Role of Super Powers:  Political, Economic, Military, Social Dimensions   

a. Kashmir

b. Rann of Kutch

c. Farakka

d. Ethnic conflicts

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, creation and evolution, trade flows and treaties, barriers to intra-regional trade, challenges and opportunities

2)      South Asia:  Political and Economic Region, DrNitasha Malhotra, Kamala Nehru College, University of  Delhi

3)       South Asia in a Globalising World: A Reconstructed Regional Geography, 2002, Prentice- Hall, Bradnock, RW & Williams, G

4)      The Changing Map of Asia: A Political Geography, 2007, East, W Gordon

5)      Countries in Transition :A Brief Review of the Emerging Political Economy of Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, and Nepal, South Asia Occasional Paper Series 3, Asian Development Bank, Manila    

6)      Foreign Assistance and its Impact on Civil-Military Relations: A Case Study of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (Thesis) by Bobby Chand, March 2014 , Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, US

7)      Government and Politics in South Asia, Boulder, Col.: Baxter, C., Kennedy, C., Malik, Y., &Oberst, R. (2002)  Westview Press.

8) Mutual Suspicions, Murthy, Padmaja,   (2000) Knowledge World, NewDelhi

Mutual Suspicions, Murthy, Padmaja,   (2000) Knowledge World, NewDelhi

·         CIA I – Class Test / Assignment / Presentation            – 10%

·         CIA II – Mid Semester Examination                                  – 25%

·         CIA III – Research Topic                                                     – 10%

·         Attendance                                                                            – 05%

·         End Semester Examination                                                – 50%

                                                                                                    TOTAL 100%

'Travailler en français en entreprise' is a professional French course at elementary level (A1/A2). It has been designed for students whose French is part of the professional project, or people already integrated into the world of work.

'Travailler en français en entreprise' (French in business) is a pragmatic method, based on an action-based approach: students are regularly put in situations through role plays and case studies. The professional situations and the tasks proposed are varied and realistic and thus give rise to written and oral productions close to the authentic.

'Travailler en français en entreprise' (French in business) includes ten units that address a wide range of topics related to the business world.

Course objectives include the ability

- to speak and understand simple conversations

- to understand basic grammar 

- to write simple sentences.

The unit includes a conversation, document, vocabulary, know-how and case studies

CIA 2 - Written test

CIA 3 - Quiz on various aspects of French culture / Oral and written comprehension / Oral and written production  

Semester 2 Chinese course will be a continuation of the previous course to help students consolidate the basics and further develop their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and prepare for HSK (level 2), an international standardized exam conducted by Confucius Institute Headquarters(Hanban, a public institution) in affiliation with the Government of China.

1. Functions: Talking about the date, wishing on birthday, inviting someone, expressing an apology, a regret
2. Language points: nominal predicate sentence, two object verbal predicate("sòng送", "jiāo教"，expressing emphasis with "jiù就", sentence with rising tone
3. Chinese characters: Common enclosure structure, radicals: 礻, 忄, 月
4. Cultural knowledge: The Chinese Zodiac

1- Functions: Asking for directions, about words one does not understand, describing locations, consoling someone, expresseng not hearing or clearly understanding

2- Language points: nouns of locality, "zài在" sentences, "you有"or"shì是" to indicate existence, "gēn跟"/"gěi给"+noun/pronoun prepositional construction, "hao ma好吗?","duì ma对吗?"questions

3- Chinese characters: compound character, radicals 竹, 足, 彳

4- Cultural knowledge: The local style dwellings in China

1. Functions: praise and response, asking price, for help on encountering a language problem, bargaining, paying, make a request, give permission, choosing clothes, settling a bill,
2. Language points: bigger numbers, sentences with optative verbs"xiang想" and "keyi可以" , snetences with 2 object-verbal predicate"gei给", "wèn问", "zhao找", questions with interrogative pronoun "zenme怎么"
3. Chinese characters: locating chinese character in a dictionary based on the radical, radicals 手, 衤, 钅
4. Cultural knowledge: The currency of China today

1. Functions: urging someone to do something, apologizing, asking about someone's health, expressing a need, a possibility, registering in a hospital, talking about one's health, treating an illness
2. Language points: sentence with subject-predicate phrase as the predicate, choice type questions, serial verbs for expressing purpose, optative verbs "yīnggāi应该","yào要","néng能", prepositional construction with zài在 + noun/pronoun
3. Chinese characters: locating chinese characters in a dictionary based on pīnyīn, radicals 疒, 月, 目, 广
4. Cultural knowledge: Traditional Chinese Medicine

1. Functions: talking about seasons & weather, one's plans, transportation, suggesting an activity, asking about time (2)
2. Language points: particle "le了" for change of status, serial verbs for expressing means or manner, optative verbs "huì会", "kenéng可能", sentence with question pronoun "zenmeyàng怎么样"
3. Chinese characters: pictophonic characters, radicals 氵, 冫, 纟, 灬, 穴
4. Cultural knowledge: climate of China

1. Functions: talking about something that has happened, someone who has changed, a holiday, about studying (2), asking about one's age(3), holiday greetings, making a phone call (1), passing on someone's regards
2. Language points: particle "le了" to confirm something has happened, a pivotal sentence, "shìbushì是不是" questions
3. Chinese radicals: 女, 夊, 阝(left), 阝(right)
4. Traditional Chinese festivals
5. HSK: in introduction to the pattern, vocabulary, practice tests

This course is a continuation of the previous course(semester 1). The objective of this course is to build upon the foundations established in the Beginner's Korean Language Course and further develop students' proficiency in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding Korean. By the end of the course, students will have a deeper understanding of beginner-intermediate Korean grammar, vocabulary, and cultural aspects, enabling them to engage in more complex conversations and express themselves more fluently in Korean.

·      Lesson 1: This person is my father. (Asking and answering about family)

·      Lesson 2: What did your mother use to do? (Honorific speech)

·      Lesson 3: Try it on. (Suggesting)

·      Lesson 4: Is there a longer skirt? (Describing things)

·      Lesson 5: I’m going to go to Jeju. (Talking about travel plans and experiences)

·      Lesson 6: I liked to go hiking. (Asking and answering about hobbies)

·      Lesson 7: I want to open an account. (Making a polite request)

·      Lesson 8: I came to mail a package. (Indicating purpose and method of action)

·      Lesson 9: You have to take line 3. (Talking about an obligation)

·      Lesson 10: Cross the crosswalk and turn right. (Explaining directions)

·      Lesson 11: Can you come to our gathering tomorrow? (Asking and answering about availability)

·      Lesson 12: I came because I have a sore throat. (Explaining the cause or reason for a subsequent result)

·      Lesson 13: I ride my bike at a park or school. (Talking about choices)

·      Lesson 14: May I use a pencil on the test? (Expressing permission and prohibition)

·      Lesson 15: I’m drinking coffee while doing my homework. (Expressing present continuous actions)

by Seoul National University Language Education Institute

I Love Korean 2 사랑해요한국어2 - Workbook (English and Korean Edition),

by Seoul National University Language Education Institute

by Seoul National University Language Education Institute

I Love Korean 2 사랑해요한국어2 - Workbook (English and Korean Edition),

by Seoul National University Language Education Institute

The course introduces and explores the role, functions, and effectiveness of core International Organizations in the context of conremporary world politics and global governance. The focus will be on the nature and effectiveness of International Organizations both from a theoretical and practical perspective . The course examines the performance of International Organizations on issues of peace and security, economic and social development, democratization, and human rights. Particular emphasis will be placed on the recent trends of cooperation and competition among states in international organizations.

Course objectives:

1.     To understand the historical evolution and growth of modern international organizations.

2.     To provide students a basic understanding of the functioning and the role of international organizations, across a variety of issue areas in international politics. 

3.     To familiarize students with the core academic debates about the role of international organizations.

4.    Demonstrate the theory and practice of international organizations in international politics

Ø  Theories of International Organizations

Ø  Conceptualisation and Characteristics of International Organizations

Ø  Classification of International Organizations

Ø  Theories of International Organizations

Ø  Conceptualisation and Characteristics of International Organizations

Ø  Classification of International Organizations

Ø  Theories of International Organizations

Ø  Conceptualisation and Characteristics of International Organizations

Ø  Classification of International Organizations

Ø  Treaty of Westphalia (1648)

Ø  Concert of Europe (1815-1914)

Ø  Hague Conventions (1899 & 1907)

Ø  Congress of Vienna (1814-1815)

Ø  League of Nations:  Challenges and Dilemmas

Ø  Treaty of Westphalia (1648)

Ø  Concert of Europe (1815-1914)

Ø  Hague Conventions (1899 & 1907)

Ø  Congress of Vienna (1814-1815)

Ø  League of Nations:  Challenges and Dilemmas

Ø  Treaty of Westphalia (1648)

Ø  Concert of Europe (1815-1914)

Ø  Hague Conventions (1899 & 1907)

Ø  Congress of Vienna (1814-1815)

Ø  League of Nations:  Challenges and Dilemmas

Ø  Evolution, Growth and Working of the UN - an Overview

Ø  UN and Sustainable Development Goals: Global Impact

Ø  UN Peacekeeping Forces: Changing Role & Complexities

Ø  UN Reforms: Challenges and Trends

Ø  Evolution, Growth and Working of the UN - an Overview

Ø  UN and Sustainable Development Goals: Global Impact

Ø  UN Peacekeeping Forces: Changing Role & Complexities

Ø  UN Reforms: Challenges and Trends

Ø  Evolution, Growth and Working of the UN - an Overview

Ø  UN and Sustainable Development Goals: Global Impact

Ø  UN Peacekeeping Forces: Changing Role & Complexities

Ø  UN Reforms: Challenges and Trends

Ø  EU, BRICS, GCC, SCO

Ø  SAARC, ASEAN, AFRICAN UNION, BIMSTEC

Ø  EU, BRICS, GCC, SCO

Ø  SAARC, ASEAN, AFRICAN UNION, BIMSTEC

Ø  EU, BRICS, GCC, SCO

Ø  SAARC, ASEAN, AFRICAN UNION, BIMSTEC

Ø  Contemporary Issues and Trends in the Working of the IMF and World Bank

Ø  WTO: Structures, Working and Dispute Settlement Mechanism

Ø  WTO Reforms

Ø  Contemporary Issues and Trends in the Working of the IMF and World Bank

Ø  WTO: Structures, Working and Dispute Settlement Mechanism

Ø  WTO Reforms

Ø  Contemporary Issues and Trends in the Working of the IMF and World Bank

Ø  WTO: Structures, Working and Dispute Settlement Mechanism

Ø  WTO Reforms

1. Margaret Karns and Karen Mingst (2009)  International Organizations: The Politics and Process of Global Governance. Boulder: Lynne Reinner Publishers

2. Clive Archer (2011) International Organizations, 3rd edn.London.Routledge

3. Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore (2004)  Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics. Ithaca: Cornell UP.

4. Paul Kennedy (2010) The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations. Toronto: Harper Collins.

5. Thomas D. Zweifel (2006) International Organizations and Democracy: Accountability, Politics, and Power, Lynne Rienner Publishers.

6. Inis Claude Jr. (1980) From Swords into Ploughshares: The Problems and Progress of International Organization, 4th edn, New York Random House.

7. Thomas G Weiss and Sam Daws (eds) (2007) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations, New York, Oxford University Press.

8. A Handbook on the WTO Dispute Settlement System (2004), Published by the WTO

9. Le Roy Bennett, James K. Oliver (2001) International Organizations: Principles & Issues, Pearson. 10. Lynne Rienner (2015) International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance

Margaret Karns and Karen Mingst (2009)  International Organizations: The Politics and Process of Global Governance. Boulder: Lynne Reinner Publishers. 

Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore (2004) Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics. Ithaca: Cornell UP.

Paul Kennedy (2010) The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations. Toronto: Harper Collins.

5. Thomas D. Zweifel (2006) International Organizations and Democracy: Accountability, Politics, and Power, Lynne Rienner Publishers.

Inis Claude Jr. (1980)From Swords into Ploughshares: The Problems and Progress of International Organization, 4th edn, New York Random House.

Thomas G Weiss and Sam Daws (eds) (2007) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations, New York, Oxford University Press.

David Armstrong., et al. (2005), International Organization in World Politics: The Making of the Twentieth Century, Palgrave Macmillan.

Clive Archer, (2011) International Organizations, London. Routledge

Lynne Rienner (2015) International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance

Le Roy Bennett, James K. Oliver (2001) International Organizations: Principles & Issues, Pearson.

International Organizations: Politics, Law, Practice (Cambridge University Press, 2018)

Jan Clabbers, (2015) An Introduction to International Organizations Law, Cambridge University Press

Martin Daunton, Amritha Narlikar, Robert M. Stern, eds., (2012), The Oxford Handbook on the World Trade Organization, Oxford University Press.

Mitsuo Matsushita, Thomas J. Schoenbaum, Petros C. Mavroidis, Michael Hahn (2015) The World Trade Organization, Oxford University Press

Carol, Lancester (2006) Foreign Aid: Diplomacy Development, Domestic Politics, University of Chicago Press. 

A Handbook on the WTO Dispute Settlement System (2004), Published by the WTO

Ian Hurd,(2018)  International Organizations, Cambridge University Press.

1.     CIA I – Class Test / Assignment / Presentation – 10%

2.     CIA II – Mid Semester Examination – 25%

3.     CIA III – Class Test/ Assignemnt/ Research Topic – 10%

4.     Attendance – 05%

5.     End Semester Examination – 50% 

The United Nations website states that “Climate change is the defining crisis of our time and it is happening even more quickly than we feared.” Assessing the enormous impact of climate change, its intensity and complexity, many theorists call it to be a threat multiplier. Climate change negatively impacts not just the varied facets of our environment; the millions of species on the earth; our social, economic, cultural and political well being; but even our physiological and psychological health. Recent research points out that the climate crisis intrudes adversely into our neurological landscape. 

This course attempts to introduce the student to the domain of climate studies from a humanities and social sciences perspective. Beginning with an introduction to environment, ecology and climate studies, this course feeds on the growing literature on understanding and responding to climate change. This syllabus hopes to empower the learner by introducing some of the key and critical discourses on the climate and explore strategies for promoting climate resilience and equity.

• Terms and Concepts: Biodiversity, Food Chain, Carbon footprint, Climate Change, Climate Refugees, Environmental Racism, Climate Denialism, Anthropocene, Anthropocentrism, Biocentrism, Deep Ecology, Solastalgia, Climate Emotions, Carrying Capacity, Planetary Health, etc.

• Part I: Stories (an excerpt from The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable by Amitav Ghosh)

• Introduction: Intimations of the Planetary (an excerpt from The Climate of History in a Planetary Age by Dipesh Chakrabarty.)

• Terms and Concepts: Biodiversity, Food Chain, Carbon footprint, Climate Change, Climate Refugees, Environmental Racism, Climate Denialism, Anthropocene, Anthropocentrism, Biocentrism, Deep Ecology, Solastalgia, Climate Emotions, Carrying Capacity, Planetary Health, etc.

• Part I: Stories (an excerpt from The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable by Amitav Ghosh)

• Introduction: Intimations of the Planetary (an excerpt from The Climate of History in a Planetary Age by Dipesh Chakrabarty.)

• Terms and Concepts: Biodiversity, Food Chain, Carbon footprint, Climate Change, Climate Refugees, Environmental Racism, Climate Denialism, Anthropocene, Anthropocentrism, Biocentrism, Deep Ecology, Solastalgia, Climate Emotions, Carrying Capacity, Planetary Health, etc.

• Part I: Stories (an excerpt from The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable by Amitav Ghosh)

• Introduction: Intimations of the Planetary (an excerpt from The Climate of History in a Planetary Age by Dipesh Chakrabarty.)

• Understanding Planetary Boundaries (an excerpt from the Stockholm Resilience Centre website)

• IPCC Climate Change Report: What does it mean for India? by Mayank Aggarwal and Sahana Ghosh

• The 2023 Ecological Threat Report by Institute for Economics and Peace: Analysing Ecological Threats, Resilience and Peace

• Our Evolutionary Impact by Beth Shapiro (an excerpt from The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg)

• 30 Graphs about climate change (An excerpt from The New York Times)

• Understanding Planetary Boundaries (an excerpt from the Stockholm Resilience Centre website)

• IPCC Climate Change Report: What does it mean for India? by Mayank Aggarwal and Sahana Ghosh

• The 2023 Ecological Threat Report by Institute for Economics and Peace: Analysing Ecological Threats, Resilience and Peace

• Our Evolutionary Impact by Beth Shapiro (an excerpt from The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg)

• 30 Graphs about climate change (An excerpt from The New York Times)

• Understanding Planetary Boundaries (an excerpt from the Stockholm Resilience Centre website)

• IPCC Climate Change Report: What does it mean for India? by Mayank Aggarwal and Sahana Ghosh

• The 2023 Ecological Threat Report by Institute for Economics and Peace: Analysing Ecological Threats, Resilience and Peace

• Our Evolutionary Impact by Beth Shapiro (an excerpt from The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg)

• 30 Graphs about climate change (An excerpt from The New York Times)

• Introductory Chapter from This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein

• The Overstory by Norman Powers

• Crashing Waves Documentary by John Bennet and Vincy Lopez

• A Life On Our Planet by David Attenborough

• Mike Hulme (2023) Climate Change isn’t Everything: Liberating Climate Politics from Alarmism. Cambridge: Polity

• Climate change and visual imagery – On  how changing climate is depicted in photos, films and graphics. A critical look at documentary photography (Eg Genesis by Sebastiao Salgado, NatGeo climate change imagery, NASA/NOAA graphics),  documentaries (Don’t Look Up) 

• Introductory Chapter from This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein

• The Overstory by Norman Powers

• Crashing Waves Documentary by John Bennet and Vincy Lopez

• A Life On Our Planet by David Attenborough

• Mike Hulme (2023) Climate Change isn’t Everything: Liberating Climate Politics from Alarmism. Cambridge: Polity

• Climate change and visual imagery – On  how changing climate is depicted in photos, films and graphics. A critical look at documentary photography (Eg Genesis by Sebastiao Salgado, NatGeo climate change imagery, NASA/NOAA graphics),  documentaries (Don’t Look Up) 

• Introductory Chapter from This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein

• The Overstory by Norman Powers

• Crashing Waves Documentary by John Bennet and Vincy Lopez

• A Life On Our Planet by David Attenborough

• Mike Hulme (2023) Climate Change isn’t Everything: Liberating Climate Politics from Alarmism. Cambridge: Polity

• Climate change and visual imagery – On  how changing climate is depicted in photos, films and graphics. A critical look at documentary photography (Eg Genesis by Sebastiao Salgado, NatGeo climate change imagery, NASA/NOAA graphics),  documentaries (Don’t Look Up) 

• Distributive Justice: 

• Mercury Pollution in Kodaikanal (youtube videos)

• Kodaikanal Won’t 

• Why Kodaikanal Still Won’t

• Kodaikanal Still Won’t  

• Multi-Generational Justice

• Indigenous case. 

• Excerpts from Susan A. Crate, Mark Nuttall (Eds) (2024) Anthropology and Climate Change: From Transformations to Worldmaking, 3rd Edition, 

•  Excerpts from Amitav Ghosh (2021) The Nutmeg’s Curse Parables for a Planet in Crisis. Chicago: University of Chicago Press

• Multispecies Justice

• Multispecies Justice: Theories, Challenges, and a Research Agenda for Environmental Politics by Danielle Celermajer et al 

• Leviathan,  documentary by Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel

• Distributive Justice: 

• Mercury Pollution in Kodaikanal (youtube videos)

• Kodaikanal Won’t 

• Why Kodaikanal Still Won’t

• Kodaikanal Still Won’t  

• Multi-Generational Justice

• Indigenous case. 

• Excerpts from Susan A. Crate, Mark Nuttall (Eds) (2024) Anthropology and Climate Change: From Transformations to Worldmaking, 3rd Edition, 

•  Excerpts from Amitav Ghosh (2021) The Nutmeg’s Curse Parables for a Planet in Crisis. Chicago: University of Chicago Press

• Multispecies Justice

• Multispecies Justice: Theories, Challenges, and a Research Agenda for Environmental Politics by Danielle Celermajer et al 

• Leviathan,  documentary by Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel

• Distributive Justice: 

• Mercury Pollution in Kodaikanal (youtube videos)

• Kodaikanal Won’t 

• Why Kodaikanal Still Won’t

• Kodaikanal Still Won’t  

• Multi-Generational Justice

• Indigenous case. 

• Excerpts from Susan A. Crate, Mark Nuttall (Eds) (2024) Anthropology and Climate Change: From Transformations to Worldmaking, 3rd Edition, 

•  Excerpts from Amitav Ghosh (2021) The Nutmeg’s Curse Parables for a Planet in Crisis. Chicago: University of Chicago Press

• Multispecies Justice

• Multispecies Justice: Theories, Challenges, and a Research Agenda for Environmental Politics by Danielle Celermajer et al 

• Leviathan,  documentary by Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel

• Climate Climate Change Mitigation

• Climate Change Adaptation

• Chapters 17, 18 and 19 from Shades of Blue by Harini Nagendra and Seema Mundoli

• Field Trip related to Climate Action – Eg. The Sundarbans facing sea level rise and frequent flooding, or Southwestern coast facing more intense storms of late

• Excerpts from Michale Mann (2021) The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet, New York: Public Affairs

• “Despatches”: Excerpts of the best climate change reporting in international media. 

• Climate Climate Change Mitigation

• Climate Change Adaptation

• Chapters 17, 18 and 19 from Shades of Blue by Harini Nagendra and Seema Mundoli

• Field Trip related to Climate Action – Eg. The Sundarbans facing sea level rise and frequent flooding, or Southwestern coast facing more intense storms of late

• Excerpts from Michale Mann (2021) The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet, New York: Public Affairs

• “Despatches”: Excerpts of the best climate change reporting in international media. 

• Climate Climate Change Mitigation

• Climate Change Adaptation

• Chapters 17, 18 and 19 from Shades of Blue by Harini Nagendra and Seema Mundoli

• Field Trip related to Climate Action – Eg. The Sundarbans facing sea level rise and frequent flooding, or Southwestern coast facing more intense storms of late

• Excerpts from Michale Mann (2021) The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet, New York: Public Affairs

• “Despatches”: Excerpts of the best climate change reporting in international media. 

https://idronline.org/article/climate-emergency/ipcc-climate-change-report-what-does-it-mean-for-india/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8J6wBhDXARIsAPo7QA8kjKJ3bEN9ARd3RFDG9lz0JZuRLXqjBZ2r25PAr74d9VNqUjqBZ8saAgw8EALw_wcB

• Register, E. T. (2020). Understanding Ecological Threats, Resilience and Peace. Institute for Economics and Peace. http://visionofhumanity.org/app/uploads/2020/09/ETR_2020_web-1.pdf. 

• Thunberg, G. (2024). The climate book: The facts and the solutions. Penguin.

• 30 Graphs about Climate Change by The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/learning/lesson-plans/teach-about-climate-change-with-30-graphs-from-the-new-york-times.html 

• Bernstein, J. (2024). Mike Hulme. Climate change isn’t everything: liberating climate politics from alarmism: Polity Press, 2023.

• Bernstein, J. (2024). Mike Hulme. Climate change isn’t everything: liberating climate politics from alarmism: Polity Press, 2023.

• Crate, S. A., & Nuttall, M. (Eds.). (2023). Anthropology and Climate Change: From Transformations to Worldmaking. Taylor & Francis.

• Ghosh, A. (2021). The nutmeg's curse: Parables for a planet in crisis. In The Nutmeg's Curse. University of Chicago Press.

• Nagendra, H., & Mundoli, S. (2023). Shades of Blue: Connecting the Drops in India's Cities. Penguin Random House India Private Limited.

• Mann, M. E. (2021). The new climate war: The fight to take back our planet. PublicAffairs.

Assessment Outline

CIA1: Selection and evaluation of a case study from India - 20 Marks

MSE: Centralised Written Examination - 50 Marks (2 Hours)

CIA3: Group Presentation & Exhibition - 20 Marks 

ESE: Centralised Written Examination - 50 Marks (2 Hours)

This course introduces the students to the notions and concepts of borders, bordering,

territorialization and its implications on the understanding of nation, identities, geopolitics,

and geoeconomics. The course provides a wide range of topics in an interdisciplinary way

in order to understand the multiple manifestations of borders at the global, national, and

local level. This course combines rigorous theoretical framework to analyze borders with

the requirements of empirical research work. Fieldwork is an integral component of the

course.

Unit Description: This unit will introduce the students to the concepts used in the larger field

of Border Studies. The unit is designed to acquaint the students of the various approaches in

studying borders.

Vaughan-Williams, N. (2016) ‘Borders’, in Ni Mhurchu, A. and Shindo, R. (eds.), Critical Imaginations in

International Relations, London: Routledge, pp 11-27

Rumford, Chris (2012) ‘Towards a Multiperspectival Study of Borders‘ Geopolitics, 17:4 pp 887-902

Mezzadra S, Neilson B (2012). “Between Inclusion and Exclusion: On the Topology of Global Space

and Borders.” Theory, Culture & Society. 29(4-5):58-75. doi:10.1177/0263276412443569

Stacey K. Sowards (2019) Bordering Through Place/s, Difference/s, and Language/s:

Intersections of Border and Feminist Theories, Women's Studies in Communication,

42:2, 120-124, DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2019.1605131

Walia, Harsha (2021) Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist

Nationalism

Unit Description: This unit will introduce the students to the concepts used in the larger field

of Border Studies. The unit is designed to acquaint the students of the various approaches in

studying borders.

Vaughan-Williams, N. (2016) ‘Borders’, in Ni Mhurchu, A. and Shindo, R. (eds.), Critical Imaginations in

International Relations, London: Routledge, pp 11-27

Rumford, Chris (2012) ‘Towards a Multiperspectival Study of Borders‘ Geopolitics, 17:4 pp 887-902

Mezzadra S, Neilson B (2012). “Between Inclusion and Exclusion: On the Topology of Global Space

and Borders.” Theory, Culture & Society. 29(4-5):58-75. doi:10.1177/0263276412443569

Stacey K. Sowards (2019) Bordering Through Place/s, Difference/s, and Language/s:

Intersections of Border and Feminist Theories, Women's Studies in Communication,

42:2, 120-124, DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2019.1605131

Walia, Harsha (2021) Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist

Nationalism

Unit Description: This unit will introduce the students to the concepts used in the larger field

of Border Studies. The unit is designed to acquaint the students of the various approaches in

studying borders.

Vaughan-Williams, N. (2016) ‘Borders’, in Ni Mhurchu, A. and Shindo, R. (eds.), Critical Imaginations in

International Relations, London: Routledge, pp 11-27

Rumford, Chris (2012) ‘Towards a Multiperspectival Study of Borders‘ Geopolitics, 17:4 pp 887-902

Mezzadra S, Neilson B (2012). “Between Inclusion and Exclusion: On the Topology of Global Space

and Borders.” Theory, Culture & Society. 29(4-5):58-75. doi:10.1177/0263276412443569

Stacey K. Sowards (2019) Bordering Through Place/s, Difference/s, and Language/s:

Intersections of Border and Feminist Theories, Women's Studies in Communication,

42:2, 120-124, DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2019.1605131

Walia, Harsha (2021) Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist

Nationalism

Unit Description: This unit is designed to make students aware of the phenomena of crossing

national and international borders as an everyday practice that redefines the notion and

practices of nationhood, subjecthood, and citizenship.

Mountz, A. (2015) ‘In/visibility and the Securitization of Migration: Shaping Publics through Border

Enforcement on Islands’, Cultural Politics, Volume 11, Number 2: pp. 184-200.

Samaddar, Ranabir (2020). Borders of an Epidemic: Covid-19 and Migrant Workers.

Samaddar, Ranabir (1999). “Shefali” in The Marginal Nation: Transborder Migration from

Bangladesh to West Bengal

Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1987). Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza

Foucault, Michel (2003) Society Must Be Defended: Lectures at the College de France,

1975- 76, edited by Mauro Bertani and Alessandro Fontana. New York: Picador

Unit Description: This unit is designed to make students aware of the phenomena of crossing

national and international borders as an everyday practice that redefines the notion and

practices of nationhood, subjecthood, and citizenship.

Mountz, A. (2015) ‘In/visibility and the Securitization of Migration: Shaping Publics through Border

Enforcement on Islands’, Cultural Politics, Volume 11, Number 2: pp. 184-200.

Samaddar, Ranabir (2020). Borders of an Epidemic: Covid-19 and Migrant Workers.

Samaddar, Ranabir (1999). “Shefali” in The Marginal Nation: Transborder Migration from

Bangladesh to West Bengal

Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1987). Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza

Foucault, Michel (2003) Society Must Be Defended: Lectures at the College de France,

1975- 76, edited by Mauro Bertani and Alessandro Fontana. New York: Picador

Unit Description: This unit is designed to make students aware of the phenomena of crossing

national and international borders as an everyday practice that redefines the notion and

practices of nationhood, subjecthood, and citizenship.

Mountz, A. (2015) ‘In/visibility and the Securitization of Migration: Shaping Publics through Border

Enforcement on Islands’, Cultural Politics, Volume 11, Number 2: pp. 184-200.

Samaddar, Ranabir (2020). Borders of an Epidemic: Covid-19 and Migrant Workers.

Samaddar, Ranabir (1999). “Shefali” in The Marginal Nation: Transborder Migration from

Bangladesh to West Bengal

Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1987). Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza

Foucault, Michel (2003) Society Must Be Defended: Lectures at the College de France,

1975- 76, edited by Mauro Bertani and Alessandro Fontana. New York: Picador

Unit Description: This unit acquaints the students with the complexities that surrounds the

issue of identity, care, and welfare when looked through the lens of borders. Identities in this

unit is studied as a bordering practice that constitutes caste, race, gender, and biopolitics.

Mbembe, Achille (2003) ‘Necropolitics’ Public Culture 15.1 11-40.

Tyler, Imogen (2018) ‘The hieroglyphics of the border: racial stigma in neoliberal Europe,'

Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol 41 Issue 10, pp. 1783-1801.

Ritu Menon (2003). “Birth of Social Security Commitments-What Happened in the West.”

Farhana Ibrahim (2005). "Defining a Border: Harijan Migrants and the State in Kachchh."

Economic and Political Weekly , Apr. 16-22, 2005, Vol. 40, No. 16 (Apr. 16-22, 2005), pp.

1623-1630

Fernandez, B. 2017. “Queer Border Crossers: Pragmatic Complicities, Indiscretions and

Subversions”

Unit Description: This unit acquaints the students with the complexities that surrounds the

issue of identity, care, and welfare when looked through the lens of borders. Identities in this

unit is studied as a bordering practice that constitutes caste, race, gender, and biopolitics.

Mbembe, Achille (2003) ‘Necropolitics’ Public Culture 15.1 11-40.

Tyler, Imogen (2018) ‘The hieroglyphics of the border: racial stigma in neoliberal Europe,'

Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol 41 Issue 10, pp. 1783-1801.

Ritu Menon (2003). “Birth of Social Security Commitments-What Happened in the West.”

Farhana Ibrahim (2005). "Defining a Border: Harijan Migrants and the State in Kachchh."

Economic and Political Weekly , Apr. 16-22, 2005, Vol. 40, No. 16 (Apr. 16-22, 2005), pp.

1623-1630

Fernandez, B. 2017. “Queer Border Crossers: Pragmatic Complicities, Indiscretions and

Subversions”

Unit Description: This unit acquaints the students with the complexities that surrounds the

issue of identity, care, and welfare when looked through the lens of borders. Identities in this

unit is studied as a bordering practice that constitutes caste, race, gender, and biopolitics.

Mbembe, Achille (2003) ‘Necropolitics’ Public Culture 15.1 11-40.

Tyler, Imogen (2018) ‘The hieroglyphics of the border: racial stigma in neoliberal Europe,'

Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol 41 Issue 10, pp. 1783-1801.

Ritu Menon (2003). “Birth of Social Security Commitments-What Happened in the West.”

Farhana Ibrahim (2005). "Defining a Border: Harijan Migrants and the State in Kachchh."

Economic and Political Weekly , Apr. 16-22, 2005, Vol. 40, No. 16 (Apr. 16-22, 2005), pp.

1623-1630

Fernandez, B. 2017. “Queer Border Crossers: Pragmatic Complicities, Indiscretions and

Subversions”

Unit Description: This unit serves as an introduction to the interdisciplinary relation and

interface between political economy, international relations, and political theory.

Brian Kahin and Charles Nesson (1999). Borders in Cyberspace: Information Policy and the

Global Information Infrastructure

Michael G. Plummer, Peter J. Morgan and Ganeshan Wignaraja (2016). Connecting Asia

Infrastructure for Integrating South and Southeast Asia

Hillman, Jonathan E (2020). The Emperor’s New Road: China and the Project of the

Century. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Schmitt, Carl (2003) The Nomos of the Earth: In the International Law of the Jus Publicum

Europaeum

Unit Description: This unit serves as an introduction to the interdisciplinary relation and

interface between political economy, international relations, and political theory.

Brian Kahin and Charles Nesson (1999). Borders in Cyberspace: Information Policy and the

Global Information Infrastructure

Michael G. Plummer, Peter J. Morgan and Ganeshan Wignaraja (2016). Connecting Asia

Infrastructure for Integrating South and Southeast Asia

Hillman, Jonathan E (2020). The Emperor’s New Road: China and the Project of the

Century. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Schmitt, Carl (2003) The Nomos of the Earth: In the International Law of the Jus Publicum

Europaeum

Unit Description: This unit serves as an introduction to the interdisciplinary relation and

interface between political economy, international relations, and political theory.

Brian Kahin and Charles Nesson (1999). Borders in Cyberspace: Information Policy and the

Global Information Infrastructure

Michael G. Plummer, Peter J. Morgan and Ganeshan Wignaraja (2016). Connecting Asia

Infrastructure for Integrating South and Southeast Asia

Hillman, Jonathan E (2020). The Emperor’s New Road: China and the Project of the

Century. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Schmitt, Carl (2003) The Nomos of the Earth: In the International Law of the Jus Publicum

Europaeum

Unit Description: Borders and bordering practices have left an indelible mark on the culture

and art of nations and communities. This unit through analysis of films, literature, and

popular culture discusses aesthetic representation of borders.

Saadat Hasan Manto- “Toba Tek Singh” and “The Dog of Tetwal.” (Literature)

No Man’s Land (Film)

This Side, That Side (Graphic Narratives)

Partition Museums (Museum)

Unit Description: Borders and bordering practices have left an indelible mark on the culture

and art of nations and communities. This unit through analysis of films, literature, and

popular culture discusses aesthetic representation of borders.

Saadat Hasan Manto- “Toba Tek Singh” and “The Dog of Tetwal.” (Literature)

No Man’s Land (Film)

This Side, That Side (Graphic Narratives)

Partition Museums (Museum)

Unit Description: Borders and bordering practices have left an indelible mark on the culture

and art of nations and communities. This unit through analysis of films, literature, and

popular culture discusses aesthetic representation of borders.

Saadat Hasan Manto- “Toba Tek Singh” and “The Dog of Tetwal.” (Literature)

No Man’s Land (Film)

This Side, That Side (Graphic Narratives)

Partition Museums (Museum)

This unit will be a guided introduction to qualitative research methods in the studying of

border at various scales-municipal, city, district, state, and nation.

This unit will be a guided introduction to qualitative research methods in the studying of

border at various scales-municipal, city, district, state, and nation.

This unit will be a guided introduction to qualitative research methods in the studying of

border at various scales-municipal, city, district, state, and nation.

Schmitt, Carl (2003) The Nomos of the Earth: In the International Law of the Jus Publicum

Europaeum

Global Information Infrastructure

Michael G. Plummer, Peter J. Morgan and Ganeshan Wignaraja (2016). Connecting Asia

Infrastructure for Integrating South and Southeast Asia

Hillman, Jonathan E (2020). The Emperor’s New Road:

practice either at the city or the state level. It will be evaluated on the selection of theme,

rationale

of the study, theoretical and methodological framework, (20 marks).

CIA II - Mid Semester Examination: Section A (10X5=50 marks) – Centralized. These will

be written examination to test conceptual understanding of the units.

CIA III: The student is required to use the data collected in the pilot study and develop a

first draft of a research paper which will include literature review, completely worked out

methodological section, preliminary data analysis and findings. (20 marks)

End Semester Examination: Centralized examination of 100 marks.

Course Description: This course introduces the idea of CSR from a conceptual, historical and theoretical perspective and also addresses the ongoing debates. Detailed analysis of the policies and frameworks related to CSR implementation in India is made considering the employability of CSR professionals. While discussing the scope of CSR for sustainable development, references will be made to SDG goals.

1.      CSR: Definition, Concepts, Elements of Social Responsibility, drivers of CSR, CSR Pyramid (AB Carroll)

2.      History and Evolution of CSR (International)

3.      History and Evolution of CSR (India)

4.      CSR in Global Context - Norms and principles, codes of conduct, certification and labelling, reporting, management standards, social investment, lending, governmental actions.

1.      CSR: Definition, Concepts, Elements of Social Responsibility, drivers of CSR, CSR Pyramid (AB Carroll)

2.      History and Evolution of CSR (International)

3.      History and Evolution of CSR (India)

4.      CSR in Global Context - Norms and principles, codes of conduct, certification and labelling, reporting, management standards, social investment, lending, governmental actions.

1.      CSR: Definition, Concepts, Elements of Social Responsibility, drivers of CSR, CSR Pyramid (AB Carroll)

2.      History and Evolution of CSR (International)

3.      History and Evolution of CSR (India)

4.      CSR in Global Context - Norms and principles, codes of conduct, certification and labelling, reporting, management standards, social investment, lending, governmental actions.

1.       Instrumental theories: Maximizing the shareholder value, strategies for achieving competitive advantage, cause related marketing

2.      Political theories: corporate constitutionalism, integrative social contract theory, corporate citizenship

3.      Integrative theories: Issues management, principle of public responsibility, stakeholder management, corporate social performance

4.       Ethical theories: Normative stakeholder theories, the common good approach, universal good and sustainable development

1.       Instrumental theories: Maximizing the shareholder value, strategies for achieving competitive advantage, cause related marketing

2.      Political theories: corporate constitutionalism, integrative social contract theory, corporate citizenship

3.      Integrative theories: Issues management, principle of public responsibility, stakeholder management, corporate social performance

4.       Ethical theories: Normative stakeholder theories, the common good approach, universal good and sustainable development

1.       Instrumental theories: Maximizing the shareholder value, strategies for achieving competitive advantage, cause related marketing

2.      Political theories: corporate constitutionalism, integrative social contract theory, corporate citizenship

3.      Integrative theories: Issues management, principle of public responsibility, stakeholder management, corporate social performance

4.       Ethical theories: Normative stakeholder theories, the common good approach, universal good and sustainable development

1. CSR as a tool to achieve SDGs : CSR and social value creation

2.CSR and Inclusive Growth (SDGs 1,2,4,5,9)

3. SR and Environmental  Sustainability (  SDGs 13,14,15)

4.  CSR and Labour Related Issues (SDG 8)

5. CSR and Public health : Responses during Covid-19 (SDGs 3,6)C

5. Ethical and Governance Issues related to CSR : good vs bad industries (case study: tobacco companies and CSR)

1. CSR as a tool to achieve SDGs : CSR and social value creation

2.CSR and Inclusive Growth (SDGs 1,2,4,5,9)

3. SR and Environmental  Sustainability (  SDGs 13,14,15)

4.  CSR and Labour Related Issues (SDG 8)

5. CSR and Public health : Responses during Covid-19 (SDGs 3,6)C

5. Ethical and Governance Issues related to CSR : good vs bad industries (case study: tobacco companies and CSR)

1. CSR as a tool to achieve SDGs : CSR and social value creation

2.CSR and Inclusive Growth (SDGs 1,2,4,5,9)

3. SR and Environmental  Sustainability (  SDGs 13,14,15)

4.  CSR and Labour Related Issues (SDG 8)

5. CSR and Public health : Responses during Covid-19 (SDGs 3,6)C

5. Ethical and Governance Issues related to CSR : good vs bad industries (case study: tobacco companies and CSR)

1.      Evolution of Indian CSR Framework -Pre Companies Bill 2012

2.      Companies Act 2013

3.      Amendments to Companies Act Section 135

4.      Case studies on CSR implementation – Agencies, Models & Best practices

1.      Evolution of Indian CSR Framework -Pre Companies Bill 2012

2.      Companies Act 2013

3.      Amendments to Companies Act Section 135

4.      Case studies on CSR implementation – Agencies, Models & Best practices

1.      Evolution of Indian CSR Framework -Pre Companies Bill 2012

2.      Companies Act 2013

3.      Amendments to Companies Act Section 135

4.      Case studies on CSR implementation – Agencies, Models & Best practices

Crane, A. (ed.). (2008). The Oxford handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility.Oxford Handbooks Online.

Crowther, D., &Guler A. (2008).Corporate Social Responsibility.Ventus Publishing House.

GoI (2011).National Voluntary Guidelines. New Delhi: Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

GoI (2013).Companies Act. New Delhi: Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

Maira, A.(2013). India’s 2% CSR Law.Economic and Political Weekly, 48 (38)

Mele, D., &Garriga, E. (2004).Corporate Responsibility Theories: Mapping the Territory. In Journal of Business Ethics. 51-71. Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Bob &Hartsuikar. (2007). Theory of CSR: Its Evolutionary Path and Road Ahead.Oxford :Blackwell.

Brammer, S., Jackson &Matton. (2012). Corporate Social Responsibility And Institutional Theory: New Perspectives On Private Governance. Socio-Economic Review.3-28.

Burchell, J. (2008). The Corporate Social Responsibility Reader. New York: Routledge.

ElAlfy, A. (2020). Redefining strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the sustainable development goals (SDGs) world.

Mullerat, R. (2010). International Corporate Social Responsibility: the role of corporations in the economic order of the 21 st century. Austin: Aspen Publishers

Prasad, K. (2009). Corporate Governance. New York: Prentice Hall India.

Rodrigues &Branco. (2007). Positioning Stakeholder Theory within the Debate on Corporate Social Responsibility. Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and OrganisationalStudies.12(1).

Schonherr, N., Findler, F., & Martinuzzi, A. (2017). Exploring the interface of CSR and the sustainable development goals. Transnational Corporations, 24(3), 33 47.

Steiner, J. F & Steiner, G. A. (2009).Business, Government and Society (12 thed.). New York: McGraw Hill.

Sundar, P. (2013). Business and community: The Story of Corporate Responsibility in India. New York: Sage

 CIA 1 - 10

CIA 2 Mid Sem-25 

CIA 3 - 10

Attendance - 5

Endsem exam - 50

Western Strategic Thinkers

Hans Morgenthau

Kenneth Waltz

Barry Buzan

John Mearsheimer

Indian Strategic Thinkers

Kautilya

K.M.Panikkar

K.Subrahmanyam

Mohammed Ayoob 

Bharat Karnad

1.    The End of History - Francis Fukuyama,

2.    Jihad vs. McWorld - Benjamin R. Barber,

3.    The Class of Civilizations - Samuel P. Huntington

Major Issues in Contemporary World Politics – 1

Human Security

Energy Security

Maritime Security

Nuclear Security

Environmental Security

Major Issues in Contemporary World Politics –2

 International Terrorism

 Forced Migrations

 Drug Trafficking

 Arms Trafficking

 Money Laundering

K. Subrahmanyam (2007) India and the Nuclear Challenge, Lancers International

K. Subrahmanyam (1983) Indian Security Perspectives, ABC Publishing House

Panikkar KM (1951) India and the Indian Ocean: an Essay on the Influence of Sea Power on Indian History

Panikkar KM (1956) Principles and Practice of Diplomacy.

Mohammed Ayoob, Third World Security Predicament

Mohammed Ayoob (1990) India and Southeast Asia, RoutledgeBharat Karnad  (2005) Nuclear weapons and Indian Security: the Realist Foundation     s of Strategy

Bharat Karnad (2018) Staggering Forward : Narendra Modi and India’s Global Ambition, Penguin Viking

Mearsheimer, John (2001) The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, New York, W.W. Norton

Morgenthau, Hans (1973) A Realist Theory of International Politics’ in Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace , (New York: Alfred A. Knopf)

Kenneth Waltz (2010) Theory of International Politics, New York, Waveland Press.

Waltz, Kenneth N (2002) ‘The Continuity of International Politics’, in Ken Booth and Tim Dunne.eds.,Worlds in Collision: Terror and the Future of Global Order , (London, Palgrave)

Mearsheimer, John (2001) The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, New York, W.W. Norton

Morgenthau, Hans (1973) A Realist Theory of International Politics’ in Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace , (New York: Alfred A. Knopf)

K. Subrahmanyam (2005) Shedding Shibboleths: India's Evolving Strategic Outlook, G.B.Books

K. Subrahmanyam (2003) Self-Reliance and National Resilience, Abhinav Publications

K. Subrahmanyam (2007) India and the Nuclear Challenge, Lancers International

K. Subrahmanyam (1983) Indian Security Perspectives, ABC Publishing House

Panikar KM (1951) India and the Indian Ocean: an Essay on the Influence of Sea Power on Indian History

Panikar KM (1956) Principles and Practice of Diplomacy

Panikar KM (1954) Asia and Western Dominance

Panikar KM (1997) Malabar and the Portugese

Mohammed Ayoob (1990) India and Southeast Asia, Routledge

Mohammed Ayoob, Third World Security Predicament

Mohammed Ayoob (2011) The many Faces of Political Islam, University of Minnesota Press.

Bharat Karnad  (2005) Nuclear weapons and Indian Security: the Realist Foundation     s of Strategy

Bharat Karnad (2018) Staggering Forward : Narendra Modi and India’s Global Ambition, Penguin Viking

Bharat Karnad (2008) India's Nuclear Policy, Praeger Security International

Bharat Karnad, (2014) India’s Rise: why it’s Not a Great Power

John Baylis and Steve Smith and Patricia Owens (2015) The Globalisation of World Politics : An Introduction to International Relations, London, OUP.

Buzan, Barry, ‘The Timeless Wisdom of Realism?’ in Smith, Steve, Booth, Ken and Zalewski, Marysia, eds., (1996) International Theory: Positivism and Beyond, Cambridge University Press

 Mearsheimer, John, ‘Structural Realism’ in Tim Dunne et al, eds., International RelationsTheories, Oxford, 2007

Mearsheimer, John (2001) The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, New York, W.W. Norton

Morgenthau, Hans (1973) A Realist Theory of International Politics’ in Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace , (New York: Alfred A. Knopf)

Morgenthau, Hans (1970) Truth and Power: Essays of a Decade, 1960-1970,(new York, Praeger).

K N Waltz, ‘The Origins of War in Neo - Realist Theory’, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, , Vol. 18, No. 4, (Spring, 1988), pp. 615-628

CIA II- 50 marks

CIA III- 20 marks

1.      To understand and appreciate the scope of principles and concepts of Public International Law and the issues concerning legal status and relations of States and

 2.      To appreciate the contribution of International Law in conducting such relations with special regard to functional areas and dispute settlement.

·         Nature, Scope, Basis and Binding Nature of International Law

·         Origin, History and Progressive Development

·         Distinction between Public and Private International Law

·         Relationship between International Law and Municipal Law and State Practices

 Cases for reference

1.      The Paquete Habana (1899) 115 US 677

·         Sources of International Law and States Practices

·         Subjects of International Law

Cases for Study:

1. Case concerning the right of passage over Indian territory Case India v Portugal (1960)ICJ6
2. Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v United States) (Provisional Measures) ICJ Rep 1984, P 169; (Merits) ICJ Rep 1986 P 14

·         Essentials of State and Modern Developments

·         State Recognition

·         State Jurisdiction

·         State Responsibility

·         Succession to Rights and Obligations

·         Diplomatic Immunity

·         Nationality and Statelessness

·         Extradition and Asylum

·         Privileges and Immunities of Internationally Protected Persons

Cases for Study

Essentials of State

·       Island of Palmas Case (Netherlands v US) (1928) 2 RIAA 829

• Western Sahara Case Advisory Opinion ICJ Reports 1975 P 12

State Recognition

·         Jurisdiction of the Courts of Danzig (1928) PCD, Series B No 15

·         Luther Co v James Sagar and Co (1921) 3 KB 532

·         Mavromattis Palestine concessions Case (Jurisdiction) PCIJ Series A, No 2 (1924), (Merits) PCIJ Series A No 5, (1925)

State Jurisdiction

•          Amoco International Finance v Iran 15 Iran-US, CTR 189

•          Barcelona Traction Power and Light Company Case (Preliminary Objections) ICJ Rep 1964 p 44, Final Verdict (1970) ICJ 3

State Responsibility

•          Nuclear Test Cases (Interim Protection) (ICJ Rep 1973 99); (Judgment) (1974) ICJ 253

•          Rainbow Warrior Arbitration (New Zealand v France) 1990 20 R.I.A.A.A 217

Succession to Rights and Obligations

·         International Status of South West Africa (1950) ICJ 79

Diplomatic Immunity

·         The Teheran Hostages Case ICJ Reports (1980), 3

·         DRC v. Uganda ICJ Reports (2005) p168

Nationality and Statelessness in International Law

•         Nottebohm's Case ICJ Reports (1955), 4

Extradition and Asylum

•         Attorney General of Government of Israel v Alfred Eichmann Case (1962) 36 ILR 277

•         Haya De la Torra Case, (Columbia v Peru) (1951) ICJ 71

Privileges and Immunities of Internationally Protected Persons

·       U.S. Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran Case ICJ Rep 1980 pp3.

·       Territorial sea

·       Contiguous zone

·       Exclusive economic zone

·       Continental shelf

• Maritime delimitation 

Cases for Study

1.     Qatar v. Bahrain, ICJ Reports, 2001

2.     North Sea Continental Shelf cases, ICJ Reports, 1969

3.     The Fisheries jurisdiction (UK v. Iceland) case, ICJ Reports, 1974

1.  Malcolm N Shaw, "International Law" Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,- 6th Edition 2008
2. Sir Robert Jennings and Sir Arthur Watts, Oppenheim's International Law, Volumes 1 and 2, 9th Edition, Universal Law Publishing Company Private Limited, New Delhi, First Indian Reprint 2003
3. Antonio Cassese, "International Law," Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1st Edition, 2001
4. J G Starke, "International Law", 11th Edition, Aditya Books/Butterworth's Publications, London, 2003
5. Martin Dixon, "International Law", Universal Law house, New Delhi, 4th Edition, 2nd Indian Reprint, 2001
6. Ian Brownlie, ""International Law", Oxford University Press, Oxford, 6th Indian Edition,2004
7.   Armstrong, Farrell & Lambert, “International Law and International Relations”, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2nd Edition, 2012
8.   Andreas Lowenfeld, “International Economic Law”, Oxford  University Press, 2008, 2nd Edition\
9. World Trade Organization, “Understanding the WTO”, WTO, Geneva, 5th Edition, 2010 available at www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/understanding.e.pdf

CIA II – Mid Semester Examination – 25%

CIA III – Research Topic – 10%

 Attendance – 05%

End Semester Examination – 50%

TOTAL 100%

Course Description:

Central Asia, the home of some of the world's greatest art, epic literature, and empires, is the vast heartland of Asia extending from Central Europe to East Asia and from Siberia to the Himalayas. This course provides students a comprehensive understanding of the region a multidisciplinary approach.   The paper explores transitions that characterized the region and focuses on the former Soviet Central Asia or the "Orient" of the Russian Empire. It examines five distinct experiences: Muslim society and tradition, the epoch of the emirates, the annexation of the region into the Russian empire, Central Asians under Soviet rule, and the new states of Central Asia after independence in 1991. Central Asia has been a crossroads for commerce and conflict for centuries which gave rise to the expression the “Great Game”. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the current “War on Terror” lend contemporary relevance to the region. The course also studies the challenges that face the transition societies of Central Asia Moreover the creation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (Shanghai-5) shapes the strategic environment of and adds the importance to region. Contemporary issues in the region include: ethnicity and nationalism, political development, terrorism, economic reform and post-independence foreign policy formulation. This course will help the students to comprehend the Russia’s relations across the globe with special emphasis upon the foreign policy doctrine and it’s making vis-a- vis global issues and challenges.

Course Objectives: