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Gauhati University TDC 4th Semester Political Science Answer
ৰাজনীতি বিজ্ঞান চতুৰ্থ ষাণ্মাসিক প্ৰশ্ন আৰু উত্তৰ
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POL HC 4016 Political Processes and Institutions in Comparative Perspective
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READING LIST
I: Approaches to Studying Comparative Politics
Essential Readings:
M. Pennington, (2009) ‘Theory, Institutional and Comparative Politics’, in J. Bara and Pennington. (eds.) Comparative Politics: Explaining Democratic System. Sage Publications, New Delhi, pp. 13-40.
M. Howard, (2009) ‘Culture in Comparative Political Analysis’, in M. Lichback and A. Zuckerman, pp. 134- S. (eds.) Comparative Political: Rationality, Culture, and Structure. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
B. Rosamond, (2005) ‘Political Culture’, in B. Axford, et al. Politics, London: Routledge, pp. 57-81.
Additional Readings:
P. Hall, Taylor and C. Rosemary, (1996) ‘Political Science and the Three New Institutionalism’, Political Studies. XLIV, pp. 936-957.
L. Rakner, and R. Vicky, (2011) ‘Institutional Perspectives’, in P. Burnell, et .al. (eds.)
Political in the Developing World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 53-70.
II: Electoral System
Essential Readings:
A. Heywood, (2002) ‘Representation, Electoral and Voting’, in Politics. New York: Palgrave, pp. 223-245.
A. Evans, (2009) ‘Elections Systems’, in J. Bara and M. Pennington, (eds.) Comparative politics. New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 93-119.
Additional Reading:
R. Moser, and S. Ethan, (2004) ‘Mixed Electoral Systems and Electoral System Effects: Controlled Comparison and Cross-national Analysis’, in Electoral Studies.23, pp. 575-599.
III: Party System
Essential Readings:
A. Cole, (2011) ‘Comparative Political Parties: Systems and Organizations’, in J. Ishiyama, and M. Breuning, (eds) 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Book. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, pp. 150-158.
A.Heywood, (2002) ‘Parties and Party System’, in Politics. New York : Palgrave, pp. 247- 268.
Additional Readings:
B. Criddle, (2003) ‘Parties and Party System’, in R. Axtmann, (ed.) Understanding Democratic Politics: An Introduction. London: Sage Publications, pp. 134-142.
IV: Nation-state
Essential Readings:
W. O’Conner, (1994) ‘A Nation is a Nation, is a Sate, isa Ethnic Group, is a ...’, in J. Hutchinson and A. Smith, (eds.) Nationalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 36-46.
K. Newton, and J. Deth, (2010) ‘The Development of the Modern State ‘, in Foundations of Comparative Politics: Democracies of the Modern World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 13-33.
Additional Reading:
A.Heywood, (2002), ‘The State’, in Politics. New York: Palgrave, pp. 85-102
V. Democratization
Essential Readings:
T. Landman, (2003) ‘Transition to Democracy’, in Issues and Methods of Comparative Methods: An Introduction. London: Routledge, pp. 185-215.
K. Newton, and J. Deth, (2010) ‘Democratic Change and Persistence’, in Foundations of Comparative Politics: Democracies of the Modern World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 53-67.
J. Haynes, (1999) ‘State and Society’, in The Democratization. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 20-38; 39-63.
Additional Reading:
B. Smith, (2003) ‘Democratization in the Third World’, in Understanding Third World Politics:Theories of Political Change and Development. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.250-274.
VI: Federalism
Essential Readings:
M. Burgess, (2006) Comparative Federalism: Theory and Practice. London: Routledge, pp. 135-161.
R. Watts, (2008) ’Introduction’, in Comparing Federal Systems.Montreal and Kingston: McGill Queen’s University Press, pp. 1-27
Additional Reading:
R. Saxena, (2011) ‘Introduction’, in Saxena, R (eds.) Varieties of Federal Governance: Major Contemporary Models.New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, pp. xii-x1.
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POL HC 4026 Public Policy and Administration in India
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READING LIST
Public Policy
T. Dye, (1984) Understanding Public Policy, 5th Edition. U.S.A: Prentice Hall
R.B. Denhardt and J.V. Denhardt, (2009) Public Administration, New Delhi: Brooks/Cole J. Anderson, (1975) Public Policy Making. New York: Thomas Nelson and sons Ltd.
M. Howlett, M. Ramesh, and A. Perl, (2009), Studying Public Policy: Policy Cycles and Policy subsystems, 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press
T. Dye, (2002) Understanding Public Policy, New Delhi: Pearson
Y. Dror, (1989) Public Policy Making Reexamined. Oxford: Transaction Publication
Decentralization
Satyajit Singh and Pradeep K. Sharma [eds.] Decentralisation: Institutions And Politics in Rural India, OUP,2007
D. A. Rondinelli and S.Cheema, Decentralisation and Development, Beverly Hills: Sage Publishers, 1983
N.G.Jayal, Democracy and The State: Welfare, Secular and Development in Contemporary India, Oxford : Oxford University Press,1999
Bidyut Chakrabarty, Reinventing Public Administration: The Indian Experience, Orient Longman,2007
Noorjahan Bava, Development Policies and Administration in India, Delhi: Uppal Publishers, 2001
Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba, The Civic Culture, Boston: Little Brown, 1965
M.P.Lester, Political Participation- How and Why do People Get Involved in Politics Chicago: McNally, 1965
III. Budget
Erik-Lane, J. (2005) Public Administration and Public Management: The Principal Agent Perspective.New York: Routledge
Henry, N.(1999) Public Administration and Public Affairs. New Jersey:Prentice Hall
Caiden, N.(2004) ‘ Public Budgeting Amidst Uncertainity and Instability’, in Shafritz, J.M. & Hyde, A.C. (eds.) Classics of Public Administration. Belmont: Wadsworth
IV Citizen And Administration Interface
R. Putnam, Making Democracy Work , Princeton University Press, 1993
Jenkins, R. and Goetz, A.M. (1999) ‘Accounts and Accountability: Theoretical Implications of the Right to Information Movement in India’, in Third World Quarterly. June
Sharma, P.K. & Devasher, M. (2007) ‘Right to Information in India’ in Singh, S. and 0Sharma, P. (eds.) Decentralization: Institutions and Politics in Rural India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press
Vasu Deva, E-Governance In India: A Reality, Commonwealth Publishers, 2005
World Development Report, World Bank, Oxford University Press, 1992.
M.J.Moon, The Evolution of Electronic Government Among Municipalities: Rheoteric or Reality, American Society For Public Administration, Public Administration Review, Vol 62, Issue 4, July –August 2002
Pankaj Sharma, E-Governance: The New Age Governance, APH Publishers, 2004
Pippa Norris, Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty and the Internet in Democratic Societies, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Stephan Goldsmith and William D. Eggers, Governing By Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector, Brookings Institution [Washington], 2004
United Nation Development Programme, Reconceptualising Governance, New York, 1997 Mukhopadyay, A. (2005) ‘Social Audit’, in Seminar. No.551.
V. Social Welfare Administration
Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen, India, Economic Development and Social Opportunity, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995
J.Dreze and Amartya Sen, Indian Development: Selected Regional Perspectives, Oxford: Clareland Press, 1997
Reetika Khera- Rural Poverty And Public Distribution System, EPW, Vol-XLVIII, No.45-46, Nov 2013
Pradeep Chaturvedi [ed.], Women And Food Security: Role Of Panchayats, Concept Publishers, 1997
National Food Security Mission: nfsm.gov.in/Guidelines/XIIPlan/NFSMXII.pdf
Jugal Kishore, National Health Programs of India: National Policies and Legislations, Century Publications, 2005
K. Lee and Mills, The Economic Of Health In Developing Countries, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983
K. Vijaya Kumar, Right to Education Act 2009: Its Implementation as to Social Development in India, Delhi: Akansha Publishers, 2012.
Marma Mukhopadhyay and Madhu Parhar(ed.) Education in India: Dynamics of Development, Delhi: Shipra Publications, 2007
Nalini Juneja, Primary Education for All in the City of Mumbai: The Challenge Set By Local Actors', International Institute For Educational Planning, UNESCO: Paris, 2001
Surendra Munshi and Biju Paul Abraham [eds.] Good Governance, Democratic Societies and Globalisation, Sage Publishers, 2004
Basu Rumki (2015) Public Administration in India Mandates, Performance and Future Perspectives, New Delhi, Sterling Publishers
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POL HC 4036 Global Politics
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READING LIST
I. Globalization – Conceptions and Perspectives
Understanding Globalization and its Alternative Perspectives
Essential Readings:
G. Ritzer, (2010) Globalization: A Basic Text, Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 33-62.
M. Strager, (2009) Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, London: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-16.
R. Keohane and J. Nye Jr, (2000) ‘Globalization: What’s New? What’s Not? (And So What?)’, inForeign Policy, No 118, pp. 104-119.
Jindal, N. & Kumar, K. (2018), Global Politics: Issues and Perspectives, New Delhi, Sage Publications
Additional Reading:
A. McGrew, (2011) ‘Globalization and Global Politics’, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.) Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 14-31.
A.Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave-McMillan, pp. 1-24.
W. Ellwood, (2005) The No-nonsense Guide to Globalization, Jaipur: NI-Rawat Publications, pp. 12-23.
Political: Debates on Sovereignty and Territoriality
Essential Readings:
A.Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave-McMillan, pp. 112-134.
R. Keohane, (2000) ‘Sovereignty in International Society’, in D. Held and A. McGrew (eds.)
The Global Trans-Formations Reader, Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 109-123.
Additional Reading:
K. Shimko, (2005) International Relations: Perspectives and Controversies, New York: Houghton Mifflin, pp. 195-219.
Global Economy: Its Significance and Anchors of Global Political Economy: IMF,
World Bank, WTO, TNCs
Essential Readings:
A.Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave-McMillan, pp. 454-479.
T. Cohn, (2009) Global Political Economy: Theory and Practice, pp. 130-140 (IMF), 208- 218 (WTO).
R. Picciotto, (2003) ‘A New World Bank for a New Century’, in C. Roe Goddard et al., International Political: State-Market Relations in a Changing Global Order, Boulder: Lynne Reinner, pp. 341-351.
A. Narlikar, (2005) The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 22-98.
J. Goldstein, (2006) International Relations, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 392-405 (MNC).
P. Hirst, G. Thompson and S. Bromley, (2009) Globalization in Question, Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 68-100 (MNC).
Additional Readings:
G. Ritzer, (2010) Globalization: A Basic Text, Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 180-190.
F. Lechner and J. Boli (ed.), (2004) The Globalization Reader, London: Blackwell, pp. 236- 239 (WTO).
D. Held et al, (1999) Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture, California: Stanford University Press, pp. 242-282 (MNC).
T. Cohn, (2009) Global Political Economy, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 250-323 (MNC).
Cultural and Technological Dimension
Essential Readings:
D. Held and A. McGrew (eds.), (2002) Global Transformations Reader: Politics, Economics and Culture, Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 1-50; 84-91.
M. Steger, (2009) ‘Globalization: A Contested Concept’, in Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, London: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-16.
A. Appadurai, (2000) ‘Grassroots Globalization and the Research Imagination’, in Public Culture, Vol. 12(1), pp. 1-19.
Additional Reading:
J. Beynon and D. Dunkerley, (eds.), (2012) Globalisation: The Reader, New Delhi: Rawat Publications, pp. 1-19.
A. Vanaik, (ed.), (2004) Globalization and South Asia: Multidimensional Perspectives, New Delhi: Manohar Publications, pp. 171-191, 192-213, 301-317, 335-357.
Global Resistances (Global Social Movements and NGOs)
Essential Readings:
G. Ritzer, (2010) Globalization: A Basic Text, Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 487-504.
R. O’Brien et al., (2000) Contesting Global Governance: Multilateral Economic Institutions and Global Social Movements, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-23.
J. Fisher, (1998) Non-Governments: NGOs and Political Development in the Third World, Connecticut: Kumarian Press, pp. 1- 37 (NGO).
Additional Readings:
G. Laxter and S. Halperin (eds.), (2003) Global Civil Society and Its Limits, New York: Palgrave, pp. 1-21.
A.Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave-McMillan, pp. 150-156 (NGO).
P. Willets, (2011) ‘Trans-National Actors and International Organizations in Global Politics’, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.) Globalization of World Politics, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 334-342. (NGO)
II. Contemporary Global Issues
Ecological Issues: Historical Overview of International Environmental Agreements, Climate Change, Global Commons Debate
Essential Readings:
J. Volger, (2011) ‘Environmental Issues’, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.) Globalization of World Politics, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 348-362.
A.Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave, pp. 383-411.
N. Carter, (2007) The Politics of Environment: Ideas, Activism, Policy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 13-81.
Jindal, N. & Kumar, K. (2018), Global Politics: Issues and Perspectives, New Delhi, Sage Publications
Additional Readings:
P. Bidwai, (2011) ‘Durban: Road to Nowhere’, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.46, No. 53, December, pp. 10-12.
K.Shimko, (2005) International Relations Perspectives and Controversies, New York: Hughton-Mifflin, pp. 317-339.
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Essential Readings:
D. Howlett, (2011) ‘Nuclear Proliferation’, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.)
Globalization of World Politics, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 384-397.
P. Viotti and M. Kauppi, (2007) International Relations and World Politics: Security, Economy and Identity, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 238-272.
Additional Reading:
A.Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave, pp. 264-281.
International Terrorism: Non-State Actors and State Terrorism; Post 9/11 developments
Essential Readings:
P. Viotti and M. Kauppi, (2007) International Relations, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 276-307.
A.Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave, pp. 282-301.
Additional Readings:
J. Kiras, (2011) ‘Terrorism and Globalization’, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.)
Globalization of World Politics, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 366-380.
A. Vanaik, (2007) Masks of Empire, New Delhi: Tulika, pp. 103-128.
Migration
Essential Readings:
G. Ritzer, (2010) Globalization: A Basic Text, Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 298-322.
S. Castles, (2012) ‘Global Migration’, in B. Chimni and S. Mallavarapu (eds.) International Relations: Perspectives For the Global South, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 272-285.
Human Security
Essential Readings:
A. Acharya, (2011) ‘Human Security’, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.)
Globalization of World Politics, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 480-493.
S. Tadjbakhsh and A. Chenoy, (2007) Human Security, London: Routledge, pp. 13-19; 123-127; 236-243.
Additional Reading:
A. Acharya, (2001) ‘Human Security: East versus West’, in International Journal, Vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 442-460.
III. Global Shifts: Power and Governance
Essential Readings:
J. Rosenau, (1992) ‘Governance, Order, and Change in World Politics’, in J. Rosenau, and E.
Czempiel (eds.) Governance without Government: Order and Change in World Politics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-29.
A. Kumar and D. Messner (eds), (2010) Power Shifts and Global Governance: Challenges from South and North, London: Anthem Press.
P. Dicken, (2007) Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy,
New York: The Guilford Press.
J. Close, (2001) ‘The Global Shift: A quantum leap in human evolution’, Available at
http://www.stir-global-shift.com/page22.php, Accessed: 19.04.2013.
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