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Gauhati University TDC 6th Semester Political Science Notes
GU 6th Semester Political Science Suggestion
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POL HC 6016 Modern Political Philosophy
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READING LIST
Sehgal, B.P.Singh,(ed): Human Rights in India, Deep & Deep Publications, New Delhi, 1999 aksena, K.P., (ed): Human Rights: Fifty Years of India’s Independence, Gyan Publishing House, New Delhi, 1999
Buzarbaruah, Bhupesh Malla and Ripima Buzarbaruah,: Manav Adhikar,Bani Prakash, Guwahati, 2006
Yasin, Adil-ul, and Archana Upadhyay, : Human Rights, Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi, 2004
Medhi, Kunja (ed), Status of Women & Social Change, WSRC, Gauhati Univ. 1999
Hingorani, R.C, Human Rights in India, Oxford and IBH Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1985
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POL HE 6026 Understanding South Asia
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READING LIST
I. South Asia- Understanding South Asia as a Region
Hewitt, V. (1992) ‘Introduction’, in The International Politics of South Asia. Manchester:
Manchester University Press, pp.1-10.
Hewitt, V. (2010) ‘International Politics of South Asia’ in Brass, P. (ed.) Routledge
Handbook of South Asian Politics. London: Routledge, pp.399-418.
Muni, S.D. (2003) ‘South Asia as a Region’, South Asian Journal, 1(1), August-September,
pp. 1-6
Baxter, C. (ed.) (1986) The Government and Politics of South Asia. London: Oxford
University Press, pp.376-394.
Baxter, C. (2010) ‘Introduction’, Brass, P. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics.
London: Routledge, pp.1-24
I. Politics and Governance
De Silva, K.M. (2001)‘The Working of Democracy in South Asia’, in Panandikar, V.A (ed.)
Problems of Governance in South Asia. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research & Konark Publishing House, pp. 46-88.
Wilson, J. (2003) ‘Sri Lanka: Ethnic Strife and the Politics of Space’, in Coakley, J. (ed.) The
Territorial Management of Ethnic Conflict. Oregon: Frank Cass, pp. 173-193.
Mendis, D. (2008) ‘South Asian Democracies in Transition’, in Mendis, D. (ed.) Electoral
Processes and Governance in South Asia. New Delhi: Sage, pp.15-52.
Subramanyam, K. (2001) ‘Military and Governance in South Asia’, in V.A (ed.) Problems of
Governance in South Asia. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research & Konark Publishing
House, pp.201-208.
Hachethi, K. and Gellner, D.N.(2010) ‘Nepal : Trajectories of Democracy and Restructuring
of the State’, in Brass, P. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics. London:
Routledge, pp. 131-146.
Kukreja, V. 2011. ‘Federalism in Pakistan’, in Saxena R. (ed.) Varieties of Federal
Governance. New Delhi: Foundation Books, pp. 104-130.
Jha, N.K. (2008) ‘Domestic Turbulence in Nepal: Origin, Dimensions and India’s Policy
Options’, in Kukreja, V. and Singh, M.P. (eds.) Democracy, Development and Discontent in
South Asia. New Delhi: Sage, pp. 264-281.
Burki, S.J. (2010) ‘Pakistan’s Politics and its Economy’, in Brass, P. (ed.) Routledge
Handbook of South Asian Politics. London: Routledge, pp. 83-97.
Kaul, N. (2008)‘Bearing Better Witness in Bhutan’, Economic and Political Weekly, 13
September, pp. 67-69.
II. Socio-Economic Issues
Phadnis, U.(1986) ‘Ethnic Conflicts in South Asian States’, in Muni, S.D. et.al. (eds.)
Domestic Conflicts in South Asia : Political, Economic and Ethnic Dimensions. Vol. 2. New
Delhi: South Asian Publishers, pp.100-119.
Kukreja, V. (2003) Contemporary Pakistan. New Delhi: Sage, pp. 75-111 and 112-153.
III. Regional Issues and Challenges
Narayan, S. (2010) ‘SAARC and South Asia Economic Integration’, in Muni, S.D. (ed.)
Emerging dimensions of SAARC. New Delhi: Foundation Books, pp. 32-50.
Muni, S.D. and Jetley, R. (2010) ‘SAARC prospects: the Changing Dimensions’, in Muni,
S.D. (ed.) Emerging dimensions of SAARC. New Delhi: Foundation Books, pp. 1-31.
Baral, L.R. (2006) ‘Responding to Terrorism: Political and Social Consequences in South
Asia’, in Muni, S.D. (ed.) Responding to terrorism in South Asia. New Delhi: Manohar,
pp.301-332.
Muni, S.D. (2006) ‘Responding to Terrorism: An Overview’, in Muni, S.D. (ed.) Responding
to terrorism in South Asia. New Delhi: Manohar, pp.453-469.
Hoyt, T.D. (2005) ‘The War on Terrorism: Implications for South Asia’, in Hagerty, D.T.
(ed.) South Asia in World Politics. Lanham: Roman and Littlefield Publishers, pp.281-295.
Lama, M. (2003) ‘Poverty, Migration and Conflict: Challenges to Human Security in South
Asia’, in Chari, P.R. and Gupta, S. (eds.) Human Security in South Asia: Gender, Energy,
Migration and Globalisation. New Delhi: Social Science Press, pp. 124-144
Acharya, J. and Bose, T.K. (2001) ‘The New Search for a Durable Solution for Refugees:
South Asia’, in Samaddar, S. and Reifeld, H. (eds.) Peace as Process: Reconciliation and
Conflict Resolution in South Asia. New Delhi: Vedams ,pp-137-157
Additional Readings
Baxter, C. (ed.) (1986) The Government and Politics of South Asia. London: Oxford
University Press.
Rizvi, G. (1993) South Asia in a Changing International Order. New Delhi: Sage._
Thakur, R. and Wiggin, O.(ed.) (2005) South Asia and the world. New Delhi: Bookwell.
Hagerty, D.T. (ed.) (2005) South Asia in World Politics, Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield.
Samaddar, R.(2002) ‘Protecting the Victims of Forced Migration: Mixed Flows and Massive
Flows’, in Makenkemp, M. Tongern, P.V. and Van De Veen, H. (eds.) Searching for Peace in
Central and South Asia. London: Lynne Reinner.
Kukreja, V. and Singh, M.P. (eds) (2008) Democracy, Development and Discontent in
SouthAsia. New Delhi: Sage.
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POL HE 6036 Women, Power and Politics
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READING LIST
I. Groundings
Patriarchy
Essential Readings:
T. Shinde, (1993) ‘Stree Purusha Tulna’, in K. Lalitha and Susie Tharu (eds), Women Writing
in India, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, pp. 221-234
U. Chakravarti, (2001) ‘Pitrasatta Par ek Note’, in S. Arya, N. Menon & J. Lokneeta (eds.) aarivaadi Rajneeti: Sangharsh evam Muddey, University of Delhi: Hindi Medium Implementation Board, pp.1-7
a. Sex Gender Debates
Essential Reading:
V Geetha, (2002) Gender, Kolkata, Stree, pp. 1-20
b. Public and Private
Essential Reading:
M. Kosambi, (2007) Crossing the Threshold, New Delhi, Permanent Black, pp. 3-10; 40-46
c. Power
Essential Reading:
N. Menon, (2008) ‘Power’, in R. Bhargava and A. Acharya (eds), Political Theory: An
Introduction, Delhi: Pearson, pp.148-157
Domains of Patriarchy
a.Family
Essential Readings:
R. Palriwala, (2008) ‘Economics and Patriliny: Consumption and Authority within the Household’ in M. John. (ed) Women's Studies in India, New Delhi: Penguin, pp. 414-423
b. Community
Essential Reading:
U. Chakravarti, (2003) Gendering Caste through a Feminist Len, Kolkata, Stree, pp. 139- 159.
c. State
Essential Reading:
C. MacKinnon, ‘The Liberal State’ from Towards a Feminist Theory of State, Available at http://fair-use.org/catharine-mackinnon/toward-a-feminist-theory-of-the-state/chapter-8, Accessed: 19.04.2013.
Additional Readings:
K. Millet, (1968) Sexual Politics, Available at
http://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/millett-kate/sexual-politics.htm, Accessed:
19.04.2013.
N. Menon (2008) ‘Gender’, in R. Bhargava and A. Acharya (eds), Political Theory: An Introduction, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 224-233
R. Hussain, (1988) ‘Sultana’s Dream’, in Sultana’s Dream and Selections from the Secluded Ones – translated by Roushan Jahan, New York: The Feminist Press
S. Ray ‘Understanding Patriarchy’, Available at
http://www.du.ac.in/fileadmin/DU/Academics/course_material/hrge_06.pdf, Accessed: 19.04.2013.
S. de Beauvoir (1997) Second Sex, London: Vintage. Saheli Women’s Centre, (2007) Talking Marriage, Caste and Community: Women’s Voices from Within, New Delhi: monograph
II. Feminism
Essential Readings:
B. Hooks, (2010) ‘Feminism: A Movement to End Sexism’, in C. Mc Cann and S. Kim (eds), The Feminist Reader: Local and Global Perspectives, New York: Routledge, pp. 51-57
R. Delmar, (2005) ‘What is Feminism?’, in W. Kolmar & F. Bartkowski (eds) Feminist Theory: A Reader, pp. 27-37
III. Movements and Issues
History of Women’s Movement in India
Essential Readings:
I. Agnihotri and V. Mazumdar, (1997) ‘Changing the Terms of Political Discourse: Women’s
Movement in India, 1970s-1990s’, Economic and Political Weekly, 30 (29), pp. 1869-1878.
R. Kapur, (2012) ‘Hecklers to Power? The Waning of Liberal Rights and Challenges to
Feminism in India’, in A. Loomba South Asian Feminisms, Durham and London: Duke University Press, pp. 333-355
Violence against Women
Essential Reading:
N. Menon, (2004) ‘Sexual Violence: Escaping the Body’, in Recovering Subversion, New
Delhi: Permanent Black, pp. 106-165
IV. Work and Labour
a. Visible and Invisible work
Essential Reading:
P. Swaminathan, (2012) ‘Introduction’, in Women and Work, Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan, pp.1-17
b. Reproductive and care work
Essential Reading:
J. Tronto, (1996) ‘Care as a Political Concept’, in N. Hirschmann and C. Stephano, Revisioningthe Political, Boulder: Westview Press, pp. 139-156
c. Sex work
Essential Readings:
Darbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, Kolkata (2011) ‘Why the so-called Immoral Traffic (Preventive) Act of India Should be Repealed’, in P. Kotiswaran, Sex Work, New Delhi, omen Unlimited, pp. 259-262
N. Jameela, (2011) ‘Autobiography of a Sex Worker’, in P. Kotiswaran, Sex Work, New Delhi: Women Unlimited, pp. 225-241
Additional Readings:
C. Zetkin, ‘Proletarian Woman’, Available at
http://www.marxists.org/archive/zetkin/1896/10/women.htm, Accessed: 19.04.2013. F. Engles, Family, Private Property and State, Available at
http://ureadingfromtheleft.com/PDF/EngelsOrigin.pdf, Accessed: 19.04.2013.
J. Ghosh, (2009) Never Done and Poorly Paid: Women’s Work in Globalising India, Delhi:
Women Unlimited Justice Verma Committee Report, Available at http://nlrd.org/womens-rightsinitiative/ justice-verma-committee-report-download-full-report, Accessed: 19.04.2013. N. Gandhi and N. Shah, (1992) Issues at Stake – Theory and Practice in the Women’s Movement, New Delhi: Kali for Women.
V.Bryson, (1992) Feminist Political Theory, London: Palgrave-MacMillan, pp. 175-180; 196- 200
M. Mies, (1986) ‘Colonisation and Housewifisation’, in Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale London: Zed, pp. 74-111, Available at
http://caringlabor.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/maria-mies-colonization-andhousewifization/, Accessed: 19.04.2013.
R. Ghadially, (2007) Urban Women in Contemporary India, Delhi: Sage Publications.
S. Brownmiller, (1975) Against our Wills, New York: Ballantine.
Saheli Women’s Centre (2001) ‘Reproductive Health and Women’s Rights, Sex Selection
and feminist response’ in S Arya, N. Menon, J. Lokneeta (eds), Nariwadi Rajneeti, Delhi, pp. 284- 306
V.Bryson (2007) Gender and the Politics of Time, Bristol: Polity Press
Readings in Hindi:
D. Mehrotra, (2001) Bhartiya Mahila Andolan: Kal, Aaj aur Kal, Delhi: Books for Change G. Joshi, (2004) Bharat Mein Stree Asmaanta: Ek Vimarsh, University of Delhi: Hindi Medium Implementation Board
N. Menon (2008) ‘Power’, in R. Bhargava and A. Acharya (eds) Political Theory: An Introduction, New Delhi: Pearson
N. Menon (2008) ‘Gender’, in R. Bhargava and A. Acharya (eds) Political Theory: An Introduction, New Delhi, Pearson
R. Upadhyay and S. Upadhyay (eds.) (2004) Aaj ka Stree Andolan, Delhi: Shabd Sandhan.
S. Arya, N. Menon and J. Lokneeta (eds.) (2001) Naarivaadi Rajneeti: Sangharsh evam Muddey, University of Delhi: Hindi Medium Implementation Board.
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POL HE 6046 Select Constitutions – II
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READING LIST
Almond and Powell, Comparative Politics: A Development Approach, Prentice Hall,1979
Finer, H, Theory and Practice of Modern Government, Mituban, 1965
Dahl, Robert, Theory and Practice of Modern Government, Prentice Hall, 1978
Ray, S. N., Comparative Political Systems, Prentice Hall, 1997
Longford, W. John & Brownsey, K. Lorne, The Changing Shape of Government in the Asia
Pacific Region, IRPP, 1988
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