Syllabus for
MA (Applied Sociology)
Academic Year  (2024)

ASSESSMENT PATTERN FOR INTERNSHIP:

 1.     Reflective weekly Journal                    040 marks

2.     Report on Internship                              030 marks

3.     Presentation                                           010 marks

4.     Viva                                                       020 marks        

Total                                                            100 marks

ASSESSMENT PATTERN FOR DISSERTATION:

III SEMESTER

1.                  Proposal                                                       20 marks

2.                  Proposal Presentation                                   10 marks

3.                  Colloquium I                                                20 marks

                     Total                                                             50 marks

IV SEMESTER

1.                  Colloquium II                                               10 marks

2.                  Dissertation                                                  30 marks

3.                  Viva                                                              10 marks          

                    Total                                                             50 marks

The Department of Sociology and Social Work at CHRIST (Deemed to be University) was founded in the year 2017 through a merger of the two separate Departments of Sociology and Social Work. Sociology Department was started in the year 1971 and Social Work Department in the year 2004. The department offers Undergraduate programmes under the triple major system with the departments of Psychology, Economics, International Studies and History, and English Studies. It offers three Postgraduate programmes, namely Master of Arts in Applied Sociology, Master of Social Work (with two distinct streams - Clinical and Community Practice, and Human Resource Development and Management) and a Master of Science in Sustainable Development. The Department also offers two Postgraduate Diplomas in Life Skills for Leadership and Community Development, and Disaster Management. The Department has research programmes including PhD and Post-doctoral fellowships.

The Department of Sociology and Social Work focuses on academic excellence and skill acquisition of students. Thereby they outperform in all sectors like the corporate sector, government, and non-government. Students engage in the pursuit of learning in an atmosphere of critical thinking, the spirit of inquiry and scientific temper. Values such as selflessness, devotion and service are blended with leadership skills, social sensitivity and business acumen that transform them into leaders of tomorrow. Inspired by the power of conquering adversities they learn to respond to the ever-changing lives and needs of people.

The department initiates programmes that cater to the emerging needs of the various stakeholders in society. It undertakes research projects, consultancies, intervention programmes and extension activities, and organises seminars, workshops, rural exposure camps and fieldwork as part of its curriculum. The value of learning through service is significantly incorporated in academic programmes. The curriculum offered by the Department provides opportunities for the holistic development of the students and blends learning from the classroom with experiential learning.

VISION

Service, Research, Innovation and Leadership

MISSION

Nurturing students as responsible citizens with a global perspective and local action through critical academic and field engagements that contribute to sustainable development

The Masters Programme in Applied Sociology is conceived as one providing a sound theoretical base for the understanding of contemporary social phenomena in conjunction with the skills necessary to apply this knowledge in various fields such as in the Government sector, Human Resources, NGO sector, Research and Project Management. 

The programme provides equal importance to classical and contemporary theories on one hand and a number of special fields of empirical Sociological studies on the other. It balances courses which offer a strong grounding in theory and methods with others which impart skills.

The programme also incorporates an Internship in either an NGO or in the corporate sector and a Dissertation, completion of which are deemed necessary for successful completion.

Programme Outcome/Programme Learning Goals/Programme Learning Outcome:

PO2: Apply sociological theories and perspectives to social reality.

PO3: Analyze and engage with the social surroundings, problematise and raise questions and apply their knowledge for welfare initiatives.

PO4: Demonstrate awareness of local, regional, national and global socio-cultural environmental needs and concerns.

PO5: Engage in lifelong learning.

PO6: Conduct social research by mastering technical skills.

PO7: Exhibit academic writing skills.

Course Description:This course aims at making students capable of appreciating theory from a historical perspective and trace continuities in the accumulation of knowledge. It helps them to understand theory as systematically organized, law-like propositions about society that can be supported by evidence. This course covers an important phase in the development of sociological theories when the three fundamental traditions i.e. Structural Functionalism, Conflict Theory and Interactionist Theory took shape. It also introduces the students to the major proponents of these traditions.

Course Objectives :

• To orient the students to the broad spectrum of the theoretical discourses in Sociology.

• To provide foundational understanding of the sociological paradigms

• To help students comprehend the contemporary world through the lense of theories

1.      Sociological perspectives: Introduction

2.      Concepts, theories and paradigms

3.      Theory and Social Reality

1.      Structural Functionalism: Emergence

a.       Comte, Spencer, Durkheim

2.      The Analytical Functionalism of Talcott Parsons

3.      The structure of Social Action

4.      The Empirical Functionalism of R. K Merton

a.       Merton’s Paradigm for Functional analysis

5.      Applications of functional analysis

1.      Conflict as a perspective: the contribution of Karl Marx

2.      The Dialectical conflict theory of Dahrendorf

3.      The conflict Functionalism of Lewis Coser

4.      Conflict Sociology – Randal Collins

1.      Introduction

2.      Weber, Social Action, Ideal Type

3.      Cooley- Looking Glass Self

4.      Mead – Development of Self

5.      Blumer – Sociological Analysis of the Variable

1.      Structural Exchange theory of Peter M. Blau

2.      Exchange Network Theory of Richard Emerson

Abraham M, F.(2008).Modern Sociological Theory. New York: Oxford University Press.

Birks, M. (2011). Grounded Theory: A Practical Guide. Los Angeles: Sage.

Collins, R. (1997). Theoretical Sociology. Jaipur: Rawat Publications.

Joas, H. (2009). Social Theory: Twenty Introductory Lectures. New York: CUP

Jonathan, H T. (1987). Structure of Sociological Theory. Jaipur: Rawat Publications.

Parsons, T. (1964). Social Structure and Personality. Free Press.

Ritzer, G. (1988). Contemporary Sociological Theory. New Jersey: MGH. 

Smelser, N.J. (1959). Social Chnage in the Industrial Revolution. London: Routledge

1.      Allan, K. (2011). A Social Lens an Invitation to Social and Sociological Theory. Los Angeles: Sage.

2.      Baldwin, J.D (1986). George Herbert Mead: A Unifying Theory for Sociology. New Delhi:Sage.

3.      Becker, H. (1971). Sociological Work: Method and Substance. Allen Lane.

4.      Furedi, F. (2013). Authority: A Sociological History. New York: CUP

5.      Jones, P. (2005). Introducing Social Theory.  Cambridge: Polity Press.

6.      Visvanathan, S. (2009). Structure and Transformation: Theory and Society in India. New Delhi: OUP.

• CIA 1 - 20

  CIA 2 Mid Sem-50

  CIA 3 - 20

  Attendance - 5

  Endsem exam - 100

Course Description: This is a programme focused on understanding the impact of gender on the world around us and on power hierarchies that structure it. It is important therefore to build awareness about these issues into the academic curriculum. This will enable students to critically engage with their lived reality and also empower them with the necessary tools for building a more gender just and egalitarian society.

Course Objectives: 

• to familiarize students with the dynamics of gender and its related key issues

• to orient students towards major theoretical perspectives connected with gender

• to  help them understand the politics of gender in the real world

• to critically analyse the deeper implications of gender inequality in society

1. Defining Gender
2. Feminist Methodology

1.      Liberal Feminism and Marxist Feminism

1. Radical Feminism and Socialist Feminism
2. Postcolonial/Multicultural Feminism
3. Existentialist Feminism 
4. Third Wave Feminism

1. Social Constructions of Gender : Natural and Social Inequalities
2. Femininity and Masculinity
3. Gender and Social Institutions

1. Gender and Power
2. Gender and the Economy
3. The Intersection of Gender and Class
4.  Gender and Development - Constraints in Development Polices
5. Gender on the International agenda

1. Gender and Religion
2. Gender and Law
3. Gender and health
4. Women, environment and ecology

 Pal.M, P. b. (2011). Gender and Discrimination. New Delhi : Oxford University Press.

Ray, R. (2012). Handbook of Gender. New Delhi : Oxford University .

Tapan, B. (2007). Human Rights and Environment. New Delhi : Viva Books Private Limited.

John, Mary E. (2008). Women’s Studies in India: A Reader. New Delhi:Penguin Books.

      Jackson, Stevi & Jackie Jones (ed). (1998). Contemporary Feminist Theories, Edinburgh: University Press

      Kamla Bhasin. (1994). Patriarchy. New Delhi: Kali for Women.

      Butler, Judith. 1990. Gender Trouble. New York: Routledge. Chapter 1, Section 1 '"Women" as the subject of feminism'

      Mehta, Deepak. 2006. Collective violence, Public spaces and the Unmaking of men. Contributions to Indian Sociology, Volume 9, Issue 2. 

Kimmel, M S. (2010). The Gendered Society, (4^thed.), Oxford University Press.

Kristof, N., & Wu Dunn, S. (2009) Half the Sky, Vintage Press. Chapter 7

Leonhardt, D. (2006), Gender Pay Gap, Once Narrowing, Is Stuck in Place. The New York Times.

Parrot, A. and Cummings, N. (2006) Forsaken females: The global brutalization of women, Rowman and Littlefield. Chapter 1.

Roscoe, W. (1992) Zuni Man/Woman. University of New Mexico Press. Chapter 1

Towle, E. B, & Morgan, L. M (2002) Romancing the Transgender Native: Rethinking the Use of the "Third Gender" Concept GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, 8, (4) 469-497.

Radha Kumar. (1998). History of Doing, Kali for Women.

Butler, Judith (1990). Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. New York: Routledge.

CIA 2 Mid Sem Exam25 

CIA 3 - 10

Attendance - 5

Endsem exam - 50                                                                        20 X 5=100

Course Description:

This course seeks to develop the necessary competence with the students to undertake quantitative research. It introduces students to the various stages of research, equipping them with the necessary skills, tools, and methods to identify, collect and analyze quantitative data and present them in a report format.

Course Objectives

•To introduce students to quantitative research

•To inculcate a capacity to conduct quantitative research 

•To acquire the technical expertise to execute a research project

Connected to CO1

Related to CO2

connected to CO3

Related to CO4

Argyrous, G. (2011). Statistics for Research with a Guide to SPSS. London: Sage.

Babbie, E. (2002). The Basics of Social Research. London: Wadsworth Publications.

Bryman, A. (2012). Social Research Methods (4 th ed.). New York: OUP.

Creswell, J. (2009). Research Designs. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Goode, W. &; Paul K. H. (1981). Methods in Social Research. New York: McGraw Hill.

Gupta, S. C. (1996). Fundamentals of Statistics. Delhi: Himalaya Publishing House.

Durkheim, E. (2013) The Rules of Sociological Method – And Selected Texts on Sociology and its Method, (Steven Lukes Ed.) Palgrave Macmillan

Weber, M. (1949) Methodology of the Social Sciences, Illinois : The Free Press.

Wheeldon, J. (2012). Visualizing Social Science Research: Maps, Methods and Meaning. Los Angeles: Sage.

Young, P. (1996). Scientific Social Survey and Research. New York: Prentice Hall.

Components                CIA I       CIA II      CIA III      ESE     Attendance

Marks/Percentage        10%        25%        10%          50%     5%

Course Description:

This course focuses on the development of sociology in India, its relationship to colonial anthropology, Orientalism and Indology and the approaches that emerged in Indian sociology over the years. It introduces the learner to the counter influences of power and knowledge especially during the time of colonialism. The paper begins with an introduction to the theoretical foundations of empirical, structural, Marxist and subaltern approaches to the study of Indian society. It then introduces a number of seminal works in various areas of study such as the study of caste, family, village and tribe in India which have utilized these different perspectives. The readings for most of these units will be shared in class. 

Course Objectives

●To introduce students to the dynamics of Indian Society

●To help them have thorough knowledge about the different approaches to study Indian Society

●To familiarize them with the structural and non-structural issues connected with Indian society 

●To apply this understanding in studying about the contemporary social scenario.

Connected to CO1

Connected to CO2

Connected to CO3

Connected to CO3

Connected to CO4

Cohn, B. S. and Singer, M. (2017) Structure and change in Indian society (pp. 3-28) 

‘For a Sociology of India’ by Dumont and Pocock, Contributons to Indian Sociology, No 01 

Srinivas, M. N. (1969) The Caste System in India, in Andre Beteille (Ed) Social Inequality – Selected Readings, Penguin Books

Gough, K. (1962) ‘Caste in a Tanjore Village’, in E. R. Leach (Ed) Aspects of Caste in South India, Ceylon and North-West Pakistan, Cambridge University Press. 

Dumont, L. (1980) Homo Hierarchicus – The Caste System and its Implications, New Delhi: Oxford University Press (Pages 33-61 and 239-246)

B R Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste 

and

Rege, R. (1998) Dalit Women Talk Differently, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 33, No 44, pp WS 39-WS46

Village: 

Desai, A. R. (1994). Rural sociology in India. Popular Prakashan (Selected Sections)

M. N. Srinivas (1987) The Dominant Caste and Other Essays, Delhi: Oxford University Press (Chapter 1 and 2)

Gough, K. (1955) ‘The Social Structure of a Tanjore Village’, in McKim Marriot (Ed.) Village India – Studies in the Little Community

Beteille A. (1965) Caste, Class and Power – Changing Patterns of Stratification in  a Tanjore Village, Berkeley and Loss Angeles: University of California Press (Conclusion)

Thorner, D. (1991) Agrarian Structure, in Dipankar Gupta (Ed) Social Stratification, Delhi: Oxford University Press

Dumont, L. (1980) Homo Hierarchicus – The Caste System and its Implications, New Delhi: Oxford University Press. (Pages: 152-166)

Gupta, D. (2005) Whither the Indian Village - Culture and Agriculture in Rural India, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 40, No 08, pp 751-758

Jodhka, S. (2002) Nation and Village, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 37, No 32, pp 3343-3353

Religion:

Weber, M (1958) The Religion of India – Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism, Illinois: The Free Press (Selected Sections)

Srinivas, M. N. (1952) Religion and Society among the Coorgs of south India, Calcutta Press. (Selected Sections)

Das, V. (1977) Structure and Cognition – Aspects of Hindu Caste and Ritual, Delhi: Oxford University Press (Selected Sections)

Uberoi, J. P. S. (1994) The Elementary Structure of Medievalism – Religion, Civil Society and the State, Contributions to Indian Sociology, Vol 28, No 01

Ilaiah, K. (2020) Beef Brahmins and Broken Men, New York: Columbia University Press (Selected Section )

Family and Kinship

Karwe, I. (1994) The Kinship Map of India, in Uberoi, Patricia (Ed) Family, Kinship and Marriage in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press

Uberoi, P. (2003) The Family in India – Beyond the Nuclear vs Joint Debate, in Veena Das (Ed) The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Dube, l. (1995) Matriliny and Islam on Lakshadweep, The India International Quarterly, Vol 22, No 2/3, pp 168-180

Tribe:

Beteille, A. (1986) The concept of Tribe with special reference to India, European Journal of Sociology, Vol 27, No 02, pp 297-318

Ambagudia, J. and Xaxa, V. (Ed) The Handbook of Tribal Politics in India, New Delhi: Sage (Selected Sections)

Guha, R. (1996) Savaging the Civilized – Verrier Elwin and the Tribal Question in Late Colonial India, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 31, No 35/37

Xaxa, V. (1999) The Transformation of Tribes in India – Terms of Discourse, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 34, No 24, pp 1519-1524

Das, V. and Uberoi, J. P. S. (2006) ‘The Elementary Structure of Caste’, in  R. S. Khare (Ed.) Caste, Hierarchy and Individualism – Indian Critiques of Louis Dumont’s Contributions, New Delhi: Oxford University Press

Dirks, N. (2001) Castes of Mind – Colonialism and the Making of Modern India, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press. 

Fuller, C. J. (2003) Caste, in Veena Das (Ed) The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.  

Ghurye, G. S. (1991) Features of the Caste System, in Dipankar Gupta (Ed) Social Stratification, Delhi: Oxford University Press

Inden, R. (1986) Orientalist Constructions of India, Modern Asian Studies, Vol 20, No 03, pp 401-426

Levi-Strauss, C. (1963) The Bear and the Barber, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 93, No 01, pp 01-11

Ludden, D. (2001) Reading Subaltern Studies, Delhi: Permanent Black (Introduction + Chapter 1.2)

Madan, T. N. (1971) On Understanding Caste, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 06, no 34, pp 1805-1808

Nagaraj, D. R. (2010) The Flaming Feet and Other Essays – The Dalit Movement in India, Permanent Black (Chapter 1 and 3)

Oomen, T. K. (2011)  Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the Nation – Situating G S Ghurye, Vol 60, No 02, pp 228-244

Quigley, D. (1993) The Interpretation of Caste, Oxford: Clarendon Press. (Chapter 1 and 2) 

Srinivas, M. N. (1966) Social Change in Modern India, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 

Srinivas, M. N. (1959) The Dominant Caste in Rampura, American Anthropologist, Vol 61, No 01, pp 01-16 

Components            CIA I   CIA II   CIA III    ESE       Attendance

Marks/Percentage    10%    25%    10%        50%      5%

CIA I

Assessment Description: 

A critical and comparative essay - mapping the strengths and weaknesses of various perspectives on caste 

Individual Assignment, Word limit: 1000-1500

Due Date: 17th July 2024

This assignment is connected to CO1: Explain the approaches to the study of caste in India.

Evaluation Rubric/s:

1.Application of different perspectives of caste 

2.Comprehension and analysis of different perspectives of Caste

3.Coherence, structure of the essay

CIA II 

Mid Semester Examination

50 marks, 2-hour examination (tentative date between 26th to 31st August 2024)

Course Outcomes to be assessed will be

CO 1: Explain the approaches to the study of caste in India.

CO 2: Discuss the approaches to the study of villages in India.

CO 3: Analyse the approaches to the study of family, kinship and religion in India.

CIA III

Assessment Description: 

Creative presentation on the approaches to study Tribe 

Group presentations between October 1st to 11th 2024 (Tentative). Each group should have 5 members.

This assignment will be connected to CO4: Analyse the approaches to the study of tribes in India.

Evaluation criteria

1.Understanding on the approaches to study tribes

2.Application of these approaches in the contexts of various tribal groups in India

3.Clarity of concepts

4.Creativity

Course Description: Social Demography attempts to study the population, its size, structure, characteristics and the processes operating within it, using a sociological perspective. This course attempts to introduce the students to this discipline and enable them to understand the impact that society and its various institutions have on the population and its demographic processes. The course will cover the characteristics of the population and tools used to measure and study the same, such as the Census of India, theories of population, the various population processes and an examination of the changes in the policies relating to population over the past 50 years in India. It also enables the student to comprehend the significance of demography in diverse areas such as public planning and policy, market research, healthcare and politics.

Course Objectives: 

• To gain an understanding of the demographic processes that impact the growth and development of
• society
• To analyse the theoretical orientation of scholars regarding population studies
• To enable students to understand the dynamics of population processes
• To develop frameworks suitable for areas like policy framing and development related to population

1. A brief introduction to the discipline
2. Characteristics of the Population: Size, Structure and Composition
3. Demographic processes
4. Sources of Data

1. Pre Malthusian Theories
2. Malthusian Theory
3. Marxian Perspective
4. Demographic Transition

1. Fertility and Fecundity                                                                   
1. Measuring Fertility
2. Theories of Fertility
3. Differentials with special emphasis on India: Rural-urban, age, gender, class, caste, region and religion
2. Migration                                                                              
1. Measuring Migration
2. Theories of Migration
3. Migration Patterns – streams of migration
4. Impact of Migration, both at the place of origin and the place of  destination
5. Diaspora
3. Mortality and Morbidity                                                        
1. Measuring mortality
2. Differentials with special emphasis on India: Rural-urban, age, gender, class, caste, region and religion.

1. Population Policies
2. Population and Poverty
3. Healthcare and Planning

• Bhende, A, and T Kanitkar.(1978/97).Principles of Population Studies. India: Himalaya Publishing House.
• Srinivasan, K. (2006). Population Policies and Family Planning Programmes in India: A Review and Recommendations. IIPS Newsletter.
• Weeks, J. (2011). Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues. Wadsworth Publishing Company, California.

• Census of India Reports- (2011) at www.censusindia.net
• http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/census/
• https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
• Pathak, L.P. (1998).Population Studies (Chapters 1 and 2). India: Rawat.
• Sahoo A.K, ed., (2007), Sociology of Diaspora, Jaipur Rawat Publications.
• Sahoo, A K, Kadekar, L N., ed. (2012), Global Indian Diaspora: History, culture, and identity, Jaipur Rawat Publications. 
• Tumbe, C. (2016). Missing men, migration and labour markets: Evidence from India. Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 58(2), 245-267.

CIA 2 Mid Sem-25 

CIA 3 - 10

Attendance - 5

Endsem exam - 50

Course Description: This paper intends to give a broad based overview of the conceptual framework of ‘Development’. It seeks to combine theoretical approaches with the reality at the grassroots. This paper familiarizes the learner with the debates associated with development in India, its different models and the emerging focus on Sustainability. The service learning component of the paper enables the students to engage with the issues that they are dealing with in their classrooms and to experience the work being done on the field.

Learning Objectives:

This paper will provide 

1. An understanding of the different concepts related to social change
2. A critical understanding of development and sustainable development
3. The ability to critically examine the role of social capital and community engagement in human development
4. The ability to use Service Learning to understand and interrogate development programs being implemented through the work undertaken by them in an area of their choosing

1. Concept of social change
2. Concept of development, progress, growth
3. Concept of sustainable development 
4. Component for Self-Study: Reading of Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful, Selected essays

1. Theories of social change
2. Modernization theory
3. Dependency theory
4. Neo-liberalism 

1. The Concept of social capital
2. Social capital in the creation of Human capital in India-Case studies (Self Learning Unit)

1. Rural and Urban Development strategies adopted by India              
2. Factors contributing to effectiveness in sustainable development in India
3. Beneficiary participation in development projects

1. Case studies of failure in rural and urban development in India      
2. NREGA, Urban Renewal Missions
3. NGO’S, Voluntary Organizations
4. Self learning as well

Drèze, J & A Sen. (1998). Economic Developments and Social Opportunities.  New Delhi, Clarendon Press.

E. F. Schumacher, (1975/2009), Small is Beautiful: a study of economics as if people mattered. Ruth Pearson.

Mc Michael.P. (1996). Development and Social change: A global perspective. California Thousand Oaks. 

Roy, B. (2011) Learning from a Barefoot Movement. TED Talk

TED talks

Webster, A. (1997) Introduction to the Sociology of Development. New Jersey, Palgrave Macmillan.

Hozelitz.  (1995). Aspects of Economic development, Chicago Press.

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. (2013). Ministry of Rural Development, GOI 

Zygmunt, B. (2002). Liquid Modernity. New Delhi, Polity Press.

CIA pattern

CIA constitutes a total of 50 marks for a four-credit paper. The distribution is as follows 

CIA I - CIA I carries 10 marks and involves the adoption of any one or two of the following methods: written Assignment, Book/Article review, group presentations, symposium, group task, Individual seminars, Quiz, or class test.   

CIA II - Mid semester Examination conducted for a total weightage of 25 marks

CIA III - CIA III also carries 10 marks and involves the adoption of any one or two of the above said methods. 

Attendance - Attendance carries 5 marks 

ESE pattern

ESE is conducted as a three hour paper which carries 50 per cent weightage. Examination is conducted out of 100 marks and is later reduced to 50 marks. 

Section A will have two compulsory questions and three questions with internal choice. Students are expected to answer all questions.

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: Students are expected to have an understanding of the underlying principles of Neo Marxism, Phenomenology, Ethnomethodology, Structuralism and post structural theories through the contributions of respective theorists. The applicability of these theories in understanding contemporary social reality is also emphasized.

Course Objectives:

●        To help students gain an advanced knowledge about sociological concepts and theories

●        To apply this knowledge in understanding the contemporary forms of human existence

●        To visualize the possibilities of sociological projects in the light of knowledge thus gained

1.        Gramsci – Role of Ideology, Hegemony

2.        Lucaks – Reification and class consciousness

3.        Habermas – Public sphere.

4.     Bourdieu – Field, Habitus and Social Capital.

1.      Alfred Schutz – Typification, Common sense world and inter subjectivity

a.       Phenomenology as a theory as well as a methodological approach

2.      Peter Berger &Thomas Luckman - Social Construction of Reality

3.      “Social Construction of What”? Ian Hacking

4.      Ethnomethodology

a.       Harrold Garfinkel

                                                              i.      Conversation analysis

                                                            ii.      Breaching Experiment

b.       Stanley Milgram’s experiment

1.      Levi Strauss: Structural Analysis

a.       Study of myth

2.       Althusser –  Structural Marxism

a.       Ideological and Repressive state apparatus

1.      Foucault –

a.       Power and Knowledge -  The Panopticon

b.      Biopower

2.      Baudrillard

a.       Simulacra, Simulacrum and the age of Hyper reality

Best, S & Kellner, D. (1999). Post Modern Theory: Critical Interrogation. London: Mac Millan Publications.

Foucault, M. (2008). “Panopticism” from “Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison.”  Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts, 2(1), 1–12. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25594995

Giddens, Anthony. (1987). Social Theory and Modern Sociology. Stanford: Sanford University Press.

Ritzer, G. (2011). Sociological Theory (8^th ed.). New York: Mc Grow Hill.

Seidman S. (1994). The Postmodern Turn. London: Cambridge Publications.

Turner, J., Contemporary Sociological Theory (2012) SAGE Publications, Inc.

Ritzer, George. (2000). Blackwell companion to Major contemporary social scientists. USA: Blackwell

Mills, Sara (2007). Michel Foucault. London: Routledge.

Sutton, P. (2015). Endangered Species? In R. G. Smith & D. B. Clarke (Eds.), Jean Baudrillard: From Hyperreality to Disappearance: Uncollected Interviews (pp. 122–131). Edinburgh University Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1g09zct.18

Morris, L. (2006), Rights : Sociological Perspectives,(1^st ed.), Routledge Publications.

Vannini P., Waskul D., Gottschalk S. (2011), The Senses in Self, Society and Culture : A Sociology of the Senses, Routledge Publications.

Wilcox, M. M., (2012), Religion in Today’s World, Routledge Publications.

Baudrillard, Jean. (1994). Simulacra and Simulation, California: The University of Michigan Press

CIA 2 Mid Sem-25 

CIA 3 - 10

Attendance - 5

End sem exam - 50 

Course Description: This course offers a general introduction to the qualitative methods in social research. It looks at the philosophical traditions of qualitative research, its strategies, data collection, data analysis and reporting. The students will also be exposed to the methodology to conduct Action research.

Course Objectives:

●        To introduce students to the larger array of methodological paradigms in social research

●        To help them connect between methods and theories while consolidating research projects

●        To expose them to the multiple genres in social research including conceptual, empirical and action research.

1.      Defining qualitative research, nature and goals.

2.      The Basic principles & methodological stances associated with Qualitative Research.

3.      Historical development of qualitative research. 

4.      Traditions of qualitative research- Grounded theory approach/Phenomenology/narrative/ethnography/discourse

1.        Theory and concepts

2.        Literature Review

3.        Framing Research problem

4.        Operationalisation and conceptualisation

5.        Setting and population appropriateness

6.        Sampling strategies

7.        Data collection & organisation

8.        Data analysis, report and dissemination

      9.    Reliability, Validity and Ethical Issues 

1.      Qualitative interviewing

2.      Focus Group Interviewing

3.      Historiography & Oral Tradition

4.      Case Studies 

5.      Content Analysis

1.        Meaning, characteristics

2.        Identifying the research question(s)

3.        Gathering information based on action research requirements and its distinctiveness

4.        Analyzing and interpreting the information

5.        Sharing the results with the participants

6.        The Action Researcher’s role and the reflexive role

7.        Types of Action Research

1.   Berg, L.B. (2001).Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences (4^th edition). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Charmaz, K. (2014). Constructing Grounded Theory. New Delhi: Sage.

Creswell, J.W. (2007).Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing among Five Approaches (2^nded.). Thousand Oaks CA: Sage.

Geertz, C.  (1973). The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic Books.

Given, L.M. (2008).The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods.Los Angeles: Sage.

Hammersley, M. (2013).What is Qualitative Research?. London: Bloomsbury.

Tracy, J.S. (2013).Qualitative Research Methods. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell.

Uwe, F. (2007).Designing Qualitative Research.London: Sage.

Willis, J. W. (2007). Fundamentals of Qualitative Research: Interpretive and Critical Approaches. New Delhi: Sage. 

1.      David, S. (2006). Qualitative Research: Theory, Method and Practice. London: Sage

Denzin, N and Y Lincoln. (2005). The Handbook of Qualitative Research. CA: Sage

Glassner, Barry and Rosanna Hertz. (2003). Our studies, ourselves: sociologists' lives and work. New York: Oxford University Press

Maxwell, J. A. (2005). Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

CIA 2 Mid Sem-25 

CIA 3 - 10

Attendance - 5

Endsem exam - 50

This course provides a comprehensive analysis of individual and group behaviour in organizations and the basic tenets of Human Resource Management. Its purpose is to provide knowledge and

understanding of how organizations can be managed more ef ectively and at the same time enhance the quality of employees' work life.

1. Introduction to organizations and OB

2. Dynamics of Human Relations: Organisational Culture

3. Human resource management: An introduction

4. Formal and Informal Relations/ Networks

1. Content Theory: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

2. Process Theory: Vroom’s Expectancy

3. Equity Theory of employee motivation

1. Leadership: Meaning, Theories and Styles of leadership

2. Employee counselling: Types and Steps; Designing Motivational Strategies

3. Cohesiveness and Decision making techniques

4. Teamwork and team performance

1. Recruitment and Selection Procedures

2. Conflict management and negotiations in organizations

3. Training and Performance enhancement techniques

4. Performance Management System

a. Appraisal : Rewards and Recognition

a. Stress Management Techniques

(Editor), Edward Granter (Editor) - The SAGE Handbook of the Sociology of Work and Employment. Pg.

262-282

Armstrong, M., & Taylor, S. (2014). Armstrong's handbook of human resource management practice.

Kogan Page Publishers.

Buchanan, David and Andrzej A. Huczynski. 2019. Organisational Behaviour. (10th edition). UK: Pearson

Kondalkar, V. G. (2007). Organisational behaviour. New Age International Pvt. Ltd., Publishers.

Kuipers, Kathy J. (2009). Formal and Informal Network Coupling and Its Relationship to Workplace in

Sociological Perspectives , Vol. 52, No. 4 (Winter 2009), pp. 455-479

Naomi Ellemers, Dick De Gilder and S. Alexander Haslam. 2004. Motivating Individuals and Groups at

Work: A Social Identity Perspective on Leadership and Group Performance in The Academy of

Management Review, Jul., 2004, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 459-478

Riordan, Christine M. and Rodger W. Griffeth. 1995. The Opportunity for Friendship in the Workplace:

An Underexplored Construct in Journal of Business and Psychology , Dec., 1995, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Dec.,

1995), pp. 141-154

Stredwick, J. (2013). An introduction to human resource management. Routledge.

Alvesson, M. (2012). Understanding organizational culture. Sage.

Haslam, S. Alexander, Stephen D. Reicher & Michael J. Platow. (2020). The New Psychology of

Leadership: Identity, Influence and Power. London, NY: Routledge

Wren, Daniel A. (2017). The Evolution of Management Thought. John Wiley & Sons Inc.

CIA 2 -50Marks Mid Sem Exam

CIA 3 -20 Marks

Attendance - 5 Marks

Course Description: This paper will enable the students to undertake public relations research, planning and implementation. The students will also be familiarized with concerns surrounding ethics in public relations plans and be equipped to assess and evaluate different plans. Students will also engage with various styles strategies and tools of communication and assessment of its impact through the case studies and visits that the students are exposed to.

Course Objectives:

• To introduce students to the larger array of practice of Public Relations

• To help them connect between various social theories and the practice of Public Relation

• To expose them to the multiple steps involved in Public Relation practice and research.

• To introduce them to the role of Public Relations in various sectors

• To internalize the Public Relations skills for daily transactions

1. What is Public Relations? Meaning and Definitions

2. Basic elements of Public Relations, Nature, role and scope

3. Practicing Public Relations: - Public Relations as a tool of modern management, Writing Skills, Research Techniques, Communication Savvy

4. PR as distinct from other forms of Communication- PR and Publicity, Lobbying, Propaganda, Sales Promotion. Public Relations vs. Marketing and Advertising in the New Media World

5. Types of Public Relations – Strategic Counseling, Consumer Relations, Employee Relations, Community Relations, Relations with Special Publics, Investor/Donor Relations, Public Affairs and Government Relations, Special Events and Promotion, Media Relations, Crisis Communication

6. Historical Perspective-Industrial revolution-the beginnings of PR – Pioneers-Ivy Lee in America – Technological and media revolution in the Society- PR during First and Second World Wars – The Development of Indian PR, Early Phase, Professionalism, Genesis and Growth of PRSI – Present status and Future of PR in India

7. Ethics and Public Relations-  Social Responsibility Code of Professional Standards for the practice of PR – IRSI – Code of Ethics

1.  Social Theory and Public Relations:

2. Weber –Legitimacy and legitimation in PR

3. Giddens –Structuration and Late Modernity Theory

4. Goffman – Dramaturgy –Impression management, framing, Footing and Face

5. Habermas – Communicative Action, COPR

6. Berger – A Social Constructionist Perspective on Public Relations and Crisis Communication

7. Bourdieu- Public Relations in Filed Struggles: Habitus, Field and Capital

8. Foucauldian Perspectives of Public Relations – Transforming Discourse and Mapping Social Change, Managing the Power/Knowledge and Truth Aspects of Relationships

9. Feminist Theory of PR

1. The PR Planning:

1. Phase 1: Research –Analyzing the Situation, Analyzing the Organization, Analyzing the Publics  

2. Phase 2: Strategy- Establishing Goals and Objectives, Formulating Action and Response Strategies, Developing the Message Strategy

3. Phase 3: Tactics- Selecting Communication Strategies, Implementing the Strategic Plan

4. Phase 4: Evaluation –Evaluating the Strategic Plan

1. Communication skills and styles – Media Relations, Organizing Press Conferences/Meets, Press Releases/ Briefs, Rejoinders etc.

2. Media Relations management (Selection of Media and Reaching out to its various Publics )

1. Traditional Media as a PR tool – Types – Advantages - Role of traditional Media in rural India.

2. Outdoor media as a PR tool – Hoardings – Posters – Transit media – Bus panels – Neon sings – Direct Mail – advantages

3. Social Media and Public Relations

4.  PR and Writing: Printed Literature, Newsletters, Position Papers/Opinion Papers and White Papers and Blogs

1. PR Agencies

2. Public Relations Practices: Case Studies

1. Employee Relations

2. Community Relations

3. Investors Relations

4. Consumer Relations

5. Media Relations

6. Government Relations

7. Crisis Management

1.     Daymon C.; (2002). Qualitative Research Methods in Public Relations and Marketing Communications, Immy Holloway.Routledge.

Cutlip, S.M, Allen H. Center, and Glen M. B. (2005). Effective Public Relations.Pearson Education.

Johnston J.; Zawawi C. (2009) Public Relations: Theory and Practice, Allen & Unwin, (3rded.)

Krishnamurthy S.; (2003) The Global Public Relations Handbook: Theory, Research, and Practice, DejanVerČiČ. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Holtz, Shel. 1999. Public Relations on the Net. AMACOM- American Management Association, New York.

Seitel, Fraser P. & John Doorley. 2012. Rethinking Reputation: How PR Trumps Marketing and Advertising in the New Media World. Palgrave Macmillan USA.

Smith, Ron. 2014. Public Relations: The Basics. Routledge: London and New York (Special Indian Edition)

Ihlen, Oyvind, Betteke van Ruler and Magnus Fredriksson. 2009. Public Relations and Social Theory: Key Figures and Concepts. Routledge: London and New York.

1.      Lamb F. L; K. Brittain McKee (2005) Applied Public Relations: Cases in Stakeholder Management, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Lattimore, D., Otis B., S.T. Heiman, and E. Toth. (2012). Public Relations: The Profession and the Practice.4e. McGraw-Hill.

Dilenschneider R. L. (2010). The AMA Handbook of Public Relations, American Management Association.

Bruning, S., D.; Ledingham, A.J. (2000). Public Relations as Relationship Management: A Relational Approach to the Study and Practice of Public Relations. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Mickey, J. T. (2003) Deconstructing Public Relations: Public Relations Criticism. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

The Students will be evaluated through Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) and End Semester Examinations (ESE)

  CIA pattern

CIA constitutes a total of 50 marks for a four-credit paper. The distribution is as follows 

CIA I - CIA I carries 10 marks and involves the adoption of any one or two of the following methods: written Assignment, Book/Article review, group presentations, symposium, group task, Individual seminars, Quiz, or class test.   

CIA II - Mid semester Examination conducted for a total weightage of 25 marks

CIA III - CIA III also carries 10 marks and involves the adoption of any one or two of the above said methods. 

Attendance - Attendance carries 5 marks 

ESE pattern

ESE is conducted as a three hour paper which carries 50 per cent weightage. Examination is conducted out of 100 marks and is later reduced to 50 marks. 

Section A will have two compulsory questions and three questions with internal choice. Students are expected to answer all questions.

Masters dissertation is a first-hand opportunity for students to familiarise with the different facets of social research. Starting from proposal until the final dissertation the dissertation supervisor walks the student through the various stages of research including conceptualizing the research, stating the research problem and/or giving a hypothesis, literature review, methodology, collection and analysis of data. During the third semester, students are required to conceive a research topic, conceptualise it and work towards a research proposal. The proposal should reveal a clear plan of research and a neat lay out under all necessary headings. Research of different variety are encouraged by the department including theoretical and applied, qualitative and quantitative, empirical and non-empirical, ethnographic and so on. Students should, depending upon the nature and character of research, chose their tools for collecting and interpreting data. The process culminates in the fourth semester with students preparing the final report in the form of a dissertation and giving an oral defence before the dissertation committee in an open platform. Students can opt to work on dissertations individually or in groups forming joint dissertations. Students who wish to work towards a joint dissertation should form groups with other students with similar interests, generate a common topic and approach the respective faculties. Faculty members intending to supervise such joint dissertations need to take prior approval of the Head of the Department (HOD). The HoD can take a decision depending upon factors involved such as the capacity of students, feasibility of the proposed topic, faculty expertise etc. Joint dissertations must possess higher standards and are expected to be published in good journals. Alternatively the department can also come up with a publication plan of its own if there are more good papers available in the same academic year. Such publications will have the student as the first authors and the faculty supervisor as the co-author. This course does not have an examination but evaluation will take place through the assessment of the dissertation and the presentations made by the student through the Dissertation Colloquia.

 Masters dissertation is a first-hand opportunity for students to familiarise with the different facets of social research. Starting from proposal until the final dissertation the dissertation supervisor walks the student through the various stages of research including conceptualizing the research, stating the research problem and/or giving a hypothesis, literature review, methodology, collection and analysis of data. During the third semester, students are required to conceive a research topic, conceptualise it and work towards a research proposal. The proposal should reveal a clear plan of research and a neat lay out under all necessary headings. Researches of different variety are encouraged by the department including theoretical and applied, qualitative and quantitative, empirical and non-empirical, ethnographic and so on. Students should, depending upon the nature and character of research, chose their tools for collecting and interpreting data. The process culminates in the fourth semester with students preparing the final report in the form of a dissertation and giving an oral defence before the dissertation committee in an open platform.

 Students can opt to work on dissertations individually or in groups forming joint dissertations. Students who wish to work towards a joint dissertation should form groups with other students with similar interests, generate a common topic and approach the respective faculties. Faculty members intending to supervise such joint dissertations need to take prior approval of the Head of the Department (HOD). The HoD can take a decision depending upon factors involved such as the capacity of students, feasibility of the proposed topic, faculty expertise etc. Joint dissertations must possess higher standards and are expected to be published in good journals. Alternatively the department can also come up with a publication plan of its own if there are more good papers available in the same academic year. Such publications will have the student as the first authors and the faculty supervisor as the co-author.

Guidelines for Masters Dissertation:

Students will have to set up weekly meetings with their supervisors to discuss their dissertations and progress

made.

Guides will have their wards co-sign the drafts to ensure timely submission and compliance with the timeline

given.

The students will have to bring their previous drafts (signed and corrected by the guides) whenever they meet their

supervisors for feedback.

All the dates given are fixed and non-adherence will result in loss of marks.

The Dissertation will be run through Turnitin to ensure academic honesty.

Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will be dealt with strictly

OVERVIEW OF ASSESSMENT PATTERN:

III SEMESTER

1.                  Proposal                                                  20 marks

2.                  Proposal Presentation                              10 marks

3.                  Colloquium I                                          20 marks

                        Total                                            50 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

Course Description: The paper emphasizes sociological work in the field; in particular, the ef ect of larger social-structural conditions on individuals and groups, and introduces theories/perspectives from both microsociology and macrosociology on topics ranging from identification of one’s self and with regard to collective behaviour.

Course Objectives:

● To introduce students to the different perspectives of social psychology

● To help them understand the interconnections between psychology and sociology

● To gain knowledge about the idea of self, identity and subjectivity

● To introduce students to the dynamics of human behaviour in society

1.  Social Psychology: Nature – Scope - Features

2.   Perspectives in Sociological Social Psychology: Social Interactionism - The Sociological Imagination

   Interrelationship between Sociology and Social Psychology

1.       Developing the Self: Stages of Development - The Role of the Other

2.       The Life Course: The Sociology of Childhood - Adult Socialization

3.       Agents of Socialization - Group Processes and Socialization

4.       Finding Socialization in Group Processes - Social Structure and Deviant Behavior

5.       Assessing the Effects of Socialization

1.       Attitudes, Values and Behaviour: Nature – Characteristics

2.       Construction of Attitudes - Dimensions

3.       Linking Attitudes and Behaviour: Prejudice – Discrimination

4.       Changing Prejudicial Attitudes

1.       Collective Behavior: Meaning – Characteristics

2.       Theories of Collective Behavior: Mass Hysteria Theory - Emergent Norm Theory – Contagion Theory

3.       Types & Varieties of Collective Behavior: Crowd and Public – Public Opinion – Propaganda - Mass Hysteria – Rumors - Social Movements

4.       Behavior during collective events

Adorno, T. W., Frenkel-Brunswick, E., Levinson, D. J., & Sanford, R. N. (1950). The authoritarian personality. Harpers.

Allport,G.W.(1937). Personality, a Psychological Interpretation. New York: Henry Holt and Co.

Armistead, Nigel (Ed.). (1974). Reconstructing Social Psychology. Penguin Books.

Bhatia, H. (1970). Elements of Social Psychology. Bombay: Somaiyya Publications Pvt. Ltd.

Branscombe & Robert Baron (2010), Social Psychology, Pearson: New Delhi .

David,Rohall. Melissa Milkie&Jeffrey Lucas.(2010). Social Psychology-Sociological Perspectives.Delhi: Pearson.

Fox, Dennis, Prilleltensky, Isaac, & Austin, Stephanie (2009).Critical Psychology: An Introduction (2nd ed.). London: Sage Publications.

Freud, Sigmund, (1950). Mass Psychology and Other Essays. London: Penguin Books.

Fromm, Erich (1991). The Sane Society. London: Routledge.

Kakar, Sudir (2012), Inner World: A Psychoanalytic Study of Childhood and Society in India, 4th Ed. Oxford University Press: New Delhi.

Kakar, Sudhir & Kakar, Katharina (2007). The Indians: Portrait of a People. New Delhi: Penguin Books.

Krech, D. and Richard. S. C.(1948). Theory and problems of Social Psychology. New York: McGrawHill Book Company Inc.

Mill, C.W. (2000). The Sociological Imagination.USA :OUP.

Nandy, Ashis (2009), The Intimate Enemy, Oxford University Press: New Delhi.

Sanderson.(2010). Social Psychology. New York:

John Wiley. Smith, J. (2012). Social Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies. Los Angeles: Sage.

Young, K.(2001). Handbook of Social Psychology. London: Routledge and Kegal Paul Ltd. 

Gergen, K.J (2009) An Invitation to Social Construction. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Ginsberg, M.(1969).Psychology of Society. London: University paperbacks.

Kinch, J.(1973). Social Psychology. New York: McGrawHill Book Company Inc.

CIA 2 -25 Marks Mid Sem Exam

CIA 3 -10 Marks

Attendance - 5 Marks

End Semester Exam 50 Marks

Course Description: This paper intends to give a broad based overview of the conceptual framework of ‘Development’. It seeks to combine theoretical approaches with the reality at the grassroots. This paper familiarizes the learner with the debates associated with development in India, its different models and the emerging focus on Sustainability. The service learning component of the paper enables the students to engage with the issues that they are dealing with in their classrooms and to experience the work being done on the field.

Learning Objectives:

This paper will provide 

1. An understanding of the different concepts related to social change
2. A critical understanding of development and sustainable development
3. The ability to critically examine the role of social capital and community engagement in human development
4. The ability to use Service Learning to understand and interrogate development programs being implemented through the work undertaken by them in an area of their choosing

1. Concept of social change
2. Concept of development, progress, growth
3. Concept of sustainable development 
4. Component for Self-Study: Reading of Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful, Selected essays

1. Theories of social change
2. Modernization theory
3. Dependency theory
4. Neo-liberalism 

1. The Concept of social capital
2. Social capital in the creation of Human capital in India-Case studies (Self Learning Unit)

1. Rural and Urban Development strategies adopted by India              
2. Factors contributing to effectiveness in sustainable development in India
3. Beneficiary participation in development projects

1. Case studies of failure in rural and urban development in India      
2. NREGA, Urban Renewal Missions
3. NGO’S, Voluntary Organizations
4. Self learning as well

Drèze, J & A Sen. (1998). Economic Developments and Social Opportunities.  New Delhi, Clarendon Press.

E. F. Schumacher, (1975/2009), Small is Beautiful: a study of economics as if people mattered. Ruth Pearson.

Mc Michael.P. (1996). Development and Social change: A global perspective. California Thousand Oaks. 

Roy, B. (2011) Learning from a Barefoot Movement. TED Talk

TED talks

Webster, A. (1997) Introduction to the Sociology of Development. New Jersey, Palgrave Macmillan.

Hozelitz.  (1995). Aspects of Economic development, Chicago Press.

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. (2013). Ministry of Rural Development, GOI 

Zygmunt, B. (2002). Liquid Modernity. New Delhi, Polity Press.

CIA pattern

CIA constitutes a total of 50 marks for a four-credit paper. The distribution is as follows 

CIA I - CIA I carries 10 marks and involves the adoption of any one or two of the following methods: written Assignment, Book/Article review, group presentations, symposium, group task, Individual seminars, Quiz, or class test.   

CIA II - Mid semester Examination conducted for a total weightage of 25 marks

CIA III - CIA III also carries 10 marks and involves the adoption of any one or two of the above said methods. 

Attendance - Attendance carries 5 marks 

ESE pattern

ESE is conducted as a three hour paper which carries 50 per cent weightage. Examination is conducted out of 100 marks and is later reduced to 50 marks. 

Section A will have two compulsory questions and three questions with internal choice. Students are expected to answer all questions.

Course Description: This Paper examines the social construction of health and illness that varies across societies. It endeavours to enable the student to understand how health and illness are defined, various methods of treatment and healthcare facilities. It provides an overview of global health systems, frameworks and the organization of healthcare systems in India. It also looks at the inequalities associated with health care and the implications of caste, class, gender on the same. The section on epidemics and pandemics provides a public health approach to Covid- 19.

Course Objectives:

●      To introduce the students to the sociological approaches of health

●      To help students conceptualize ‘health’ as a sociological phenomenon going beyond the biological notions

●      To understand the networks of public health institutions and the interventions of  state and non-state agencies

1. Health: Definition, indicators of health, Alma Ata declaration, health for all, Health and SDG
2. Medical and Social Models of health
3. Social Determinants of Health
4. Major health issues: communicable/non communicable/accidents/lifestyle related
5. Sociology of medicine and Sociology for medicine

1.     Sociological Approaches to Health & Illness: Functionalist (Parsonian); Marxist & Feminist approaches.

2.     Foucault’s Sociology of Health & Healthcare

3.      Medicine and the Body

a.      Zygmunt Bauman: consuming bodies – on difference between fitness & health

b.     Merleau-Ponty

4.     Jurgen Habermas: Politics & morality in Health & Medicine

            5. Bourdieu: Impact of health & illness in the lifeworld

1. Evolution of Modern health system in India
2. Health administration in India
3. Medical pluralism
4. Issues : Access and utilization, pharmaceuticalization, ethical aspects

1. Epidemics and Pandemics: Concepts, types

2. Zoonotic diseases

3. One Health; Manhattan principles

4. Public health approach to pandemics: Case study of Covid-19

Scambler, G.(2012).Contemporary Theorists for Medical Sociology. NewYork:Routledge.

Wainwright.(2008). Sociology of Health. London; Sage Publications.

Brown, A.V, (2004). Sustainability and Heath: Supporting Global Ecological Integrity in Public Health. London: Earthscan.

            Coe, Rodney. (1970). Sociology of Medicine. New York: McGraw Hill,

Dalal.A.K &Subha Ray. (eds). (2005). Social Dimensions of Health. Delhi: Rawat.

Ernst, W. (2012).Mad Tales From the Raj.Delhi:Anthem Press.

Ghosh, B. (2000). Health Implications of Public Policy: Case Studies, Modules and Methodologies. Bangalore: India Capital Bureau.

Hanefeld, Johanna. (2015/2017). Globalization and Health.2^nd edition. New Delhi: Rawat

Harold J C. et.al.(2009). History of the Social Determinants of Health. Hyderabad: Orient Black Swan.

             Illich, Ivan.(1977). The Limits to Medicine. New Delhi : Rupa

Klinoubol.K. (1999) Public Health development and Administration. New Delhi :Deep & Deep Publications.

Lee, L. M. (2010). Principles and Practice of Public Health Surveillance. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.

            Madan, T.N.(1980).Doctors and Society – Three Asian Case Studies. Delhi: Vikas

Palit, C. (2005). History of Medicine in India. New Delhi: Kalpaz Publications.

            Parsons, Talcott. (1951). ‘The Sick Role’, in The Social System.  Glencoe: The Free Press.

Pramukh. K. E. R. (2009). Health, illness and healing: Themes and issues in Medical Anthropology. New Delhi: Serials Publications.

Preker, S.A. (2004).  Innovations in Health Services Delivery: The Corporatization of Public Hospitals. Washington D C: The World Bank.

Rao, Sujatha. (2017). Do we Care? India’s Health System.Delhi: OUP

Scambler.G. (2002).Health and social change; A critical theory. Buckingham: Open University Press.

             Sodani P R. (2010). Managing Quality in Health Care. Jaipur: Rawat Publications

There will be no centralised ESE and the evaluation will be handled by the facilitator  of the course and validated at the Department.

This course intends to provide students with a preliminary understanding of the deeper interconnections between culture and politics. It invites the student to engage with these two terms, culture and politics, and see how their interplay has larger implications for our perceptions of reality. Culture, a term often loaded with a sense of aesthetics and performance, is looked upon here as constituted within circuits of ideologies which are, time and again, heavily contested and given way to various claims. The course engages briefly with certain familiar paradigms as nationalism, modernity, state and so on to equip the student with a critical insight about their existence.

Course Objective:

●        To help student gain a basic understanding about the dynamic connections between culture and politics.

●        To introduce students to the larger discourses that permit

●        To introduce them to the networks of power and ideology in societies

 Scheper-Hughes, Nancy. 1984. The Margaret Mead Controversy, Culture Biology and Anthropological Inquiry. Human Organization, 43 (1), 85-93. 

Greenfield, Liah. 2013. Mind, Modernity, Madness: the impact of culture on human experience. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Chatterjee, P. (1989). Colonialism, Nationalism, and Colonialized Women: The Contest in India. American Ethnologist, 16(4), 622-633. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/645113

Chaterjee, Partha. (2012). “After Subaltern Studies”. EPW 47 (35). 44-49

Mani, L. (1987). Contentious Traditions: The Debate on Sati in Colonial India. Cultural Critique, (7), 119-156. doi:10.2307/1354153

Phillipson, R. (2009). Linguistic imperialism continued. New York, NY: Routledge.

Khubchandani L M. (1975). “Language Planning in Modern India”, in Language Planning Newsletter, Honolulu, Hawaii: East-West Centre.

Loomba, A. (2005). Colonialism/postcolonialism (2nd ed.). London ; New York: Routledge.

Nayar, P. K. (2010). Postcolonialism: A guide for the perplexed. London ; New York: Continuum.

Chatterjee Partha 1993, ‘Nation and its fragments’ Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

Skutnabb-Kangas, T. (2000). Linguistic Genocide in Education: Or World Wide Diversity and Human Rights? New Delhi: Orient Longman Publications.

Foucault. Michel. 2008. Panopticism: From Discipline and Punish: The Birth of a prison, Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts, Vol 1, No.1 Pg 1-12.

Singh. Yogendra. 1995. THe significance of culture in the understanding of Social Change in Contemporary India. Sociological Bulletin. VOl. 44. NO. 1, Pg 1-9.

Geertz, Clifford. 2005. Deep PLay- NOtes on the Balinese Cockfight. Deadalus, 134 (4). 

Eagleton, Terry. (2016). Culture. London: Yale University Press.

Eagleton, T. (2000). The Idea of Culture. Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Goldstein, L. (1957). On Defining Culture. American Anthropologist, 59(6), new series, 1075-1081. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/666466

Said, Edward. (1977). Orientalism.

Khumchandani L M. (1972). “Language Policy for a Plural Society”, In S. Saberwal (ed), Towards a Cultural Policy for India, Delhi: Vikas Publishing House.

Mallon, F. (2005). “Subalterns and the Nation”. Dispositio, 25(52), 159-178. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41491794

Spivak, Gayatri (1988). ‘Can the Subaltern Speak?’ in Cary Nelson and Lawrence Grossberg (eds) Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture, London: Macmillan, 1988. Retrieved rom http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~sj6/Spivak%20CanTheSubalternSpeak.pdf on Dec 8, 2018

Kaviraj, Sudipto (1998). ‘On the structure of developing a Nationalist Discourse’ in Satya Murthy (ed) State and Nation in the context of Social Change’ Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

Chakrabarty, Dipesh. (1989). Rethinking Working class History: Bengal 1890-1940 (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1989)

CIA 2 -25 Marks Mid Sem Exam

CIA 3 -10 Marks

Attendance - 5 Marks

End Semester Exam 50 Marks

Course Description: This paper will enable the students to undertake public relations research, planning and implementation. The students will also be familiarized with concerns surrounding ethics in public relations plans and be equipped to assess and evaluate different plans. Students will also engage with various styles strategies and tools of communication and assessment of its impact through the case studies and visits that the students are exposed to.

Course Objectives:

• To introduce students to the larger array of practice of Public Relations

• To help them connect between various social theories and the practice of Public Relation

• To expose them to the multiple steps involved in Public Relation practice and research.

• To introduce them to the role of Public Relations in various sectors

• To internalize the Public Relations skills for daily transactions

1. What is Public Relations? Meaning and Definitions

2. Basic elements of Public Relations, Nature, role and scope

3. Practicing Public Relations: - Public Relations as a tool of modern management, Writing Skills, Research Techniques, Communication Savvy

4. PR as distinct from other forms of Communication- PR and Publicity, Lobbying, Propaganda, Sales Promotion. Public Relations vs. Marketing and Advertising in the New Media World

5. Types of Public Relations – Strategic Counseling, Consumer Relations, Employee Relations, Community Relations, Relations with Special Publics, Investor/Donor Relations, Public Affairs and Government Relations, Special Events and Promotion, Media Relations, Crisis Communication

6. Historical Perspective-Industrial revolution-the beginnings of PR – Pioneers-Ivy Lee in America – Technological and media revolution in the Society- PR during First and Second World Wars – The Development of Indian PR, Early Phase, Professionalism, Genesis and Growth of PRSI – Present status and Future of PR in India

7. Ethics and Public Relations-  Social Responsibility Code of Professional Standards for the practice of PR – IRSI – Code of Ethics

1.  Social Theory and Public Relations:

2. Weber –Legitimacy and legitimation in PR

3. Giddens –Structuration and Late Modernity Theory

4. Goffman – Dramaturgy –Impression management, framing, Footing and Face

5. Habermas – Communicative Action, COPR

6. Berger – A Social Constructionist Perspective on Public Relations and Crisis Communication

7. Bourdieu- Public Relations in Filed Struggles: Habitus, Field and Capital

8. Foucauldian Perspectives of Public Relations – Transforming Discourse and Mapping Social Change, Managing the Power/Knowledge and Truth Aspects of Relationships

9. Feminist Theory of PR

1. The PR Planning:

1. Phase 1: Research –Analyzing the Situation, Analyzing the Organization, Analyzing the Publics  

2. Phase 2: Strategy- Establishing Goals and Objectives, Formulating Action and Response Strategies, Developing the Message Strategy

3. Phase 3: Tactics- Selecting Communication Strategies, Implementing the Strategic Plan

4. Phase 4: Evaluation –Evaluating the Strategic Plan

1. Communication skills and styles – Media Relations, Organizing Press Conferences/Meets, Press Releases/ Briefs, Rejoinders etc.

2. Media Relations management (Selection of Media and Reaching out to its various Publics )

1. Traditional Media as a PR tool – Types – Advantages - Role of traditional Media in rural India.

2. Outdoor media as a PR tool – Hoardings – Posters – Transit media – Bus panels – Neon sings – Direct Mail – advantages

3. Social Media and Public Relations

4.  PR and Writing: Printed Literature, Newsletters, Position Papers/Opinion Papers and White Papers and Blogs

1. PR Agencies

2. Public Relations Practices: Case Studies

1. Employee Relations

2. Community Relations

3. Investors Relations

4. Consumer Relations

5. Media Relations

6. Government Relations

7. Crisis Management

1.     Daymon C.; (2002). Qualitative Research Methods in Public Relations and Marketing Communications, Immy Holloway.Routledge.

Cutlip, S.M, Allen H. Center, and Glen M. B. (2005). Effective Public Relations.Pearson Education.

Johnston J.; Zawawi C. (2009) Public Relations: Theory and Practice, Allen & Unwin, (3rded.)

Krishnamurthy S.; (2003) The Global Public Relations Handbook: Theory, Research, and Practice, DejanVerČiČ. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Holtz, Shel. 1999. Public Relations on the Net. AMACOM- American Management Association, New York.

Seitel, Fraser P. & John Doorley. 2012. Rethinking Reputation: How PR Trumps Marketing and Advertising in the New Media World. Palgrave Macmillan USA.

Smith, Ron. 2014. Public Relations: The Basics. Routledge: London and New York (Special Indian Edition)

Ihlen, Oyvind, Betteke van Ruler and Magnus Fredriksson. 2009. Public Relations and Social Theory: Key Figures and Concepts. Routledge: London and New York.

1.      Lamb F. L; K. Brittain McKee (2005) Applied Public Relations: Cases in Stakeholder Management, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Lattimore, D., Otis B., S.T. Heiman, and E. Toth. (2012). Public Relations: The Profession and the Practice.4e. McGraw-Hill.

Dilenschneider R. L. (2010). The AMA Handbook of Public Relations, American Management Association.

Bruning, S., D.; Ledingham, A.J. (2000). Public Relations as Relationship Management: A Relational Approach to the Study and Practice of Public Relations. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Mickey, J. T. (2003) Deconstructing Public Relations: Public Relations Criticism. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.