DU MA Political Science 2022 Syllabus - List of Elective Courses

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Core 1

PS-C 101

Debates in Political Theory

Core 2

PS-C 102

Theories of International Relations

Core 3

PS-C 103

Politics in India

Core 4

PS-C 104

Themes in Indian Political Thought

Core 1

PS-C 201

Comparative Political Analysis

Core 2

PS-C 202

Administrative Theory

OE 1

To be chosen from Open Elective papers offered by the Department of Political Science

(Open Elective Course are mentioned below)

OE 2

Elective-1

To be chosen from 30 to 40 papers from the six subdisciplines: Political Theory, Indian Political Thought, Indian Politics, Public Administration, Comparative Politics and International Relations.

(Elective Courses are mentioned below)

Elective-2

Elective-3

Elective-4

Elective 5

To be chosen from 30 to 40 papers from the six subdisciplines: Political Theory, Indian Political Thought, Indian Politics, Public Administration, Comparative Politics and International Relations.

(Elective Course are mentioned below)

Elective 6

Elective 7

Elective 8

Skill Based Compulsory Course 1

Applied Political Science

PS-E 01

Ethics and Politics

PS-E 02

Global Justice and the South

PS-E 03

Themes in Citizenship

PS-E 04

Theory and Practice of Democracy

PS-E 05

Critical Traditions in Political Theory

PS-E 06

Democracy and Violence: Contestation, Convergence and Discourse

PS-E 07

Key Ideas in Contemporary Critical Theory in India

PS-E 08

Ambedkar in Contemporary India

PS-E 09

Gandhi, Autonomy and Discourse

PS-E 10

Dalit-Bahujan Thought

PS-E 11

Contemporary Explorations in Tagore

PS-E 12

Discourses on Hindu Nationalism

PS-E 13

Culture and Politics in India

PS-E 14

Social Conservatism in India

PS-E 15

Social Exclusion: Theory and Practice

PS-E 16

Indian Strategic Thought

PS-E 17

Gender in International Relations

PS-E 18

State and Society in Pakistan

PS-E 19

Pakistan and the World

PS-E 20

The Politics of Violence in South Asia

PS-E 21

Security Studies

PS-E 22

Comparative Federalism: Theory and Practice

PS-E 23

The Modern State in Comparative Perspective

PS-E 24

Social Movement and Revolution

PS-E 25

Politics of South Asia in Comparative Perspective

PS-E 26

Constitutionalism in Comparative Perspective

PS-E 27

The State in Diverse Political Traditions

PS-E 28

Society, State and Politics: Comparing India and Israel

PS-E 29

Religious Nationalism and Political Violence

PS-E 30

The Politics of Identity in Comparative Perspective

PS-E 31

Nationalism in Comparative Perspective

PS-E 32

Identities and Political Transformation in India

PS-E 33

Development Process and Politics in India

PS-E 34

Democracy and Human Rights in India

PS-E 35

Politics and Ethnic Conflicts in J&K

PS-E 36

Law, Crime and Politics in India

PS-E 37

State Politics in India

PS-E 38

Indian Polity in State Society Interactions

PS-E 39

Elections and Electoral Process in India

PS-E 40

Public Institutions and Governance

PS-E 41

Institutions, Development and Poverty

PS-E 42

Collaborative Governance Transforming Engagements in Public Management

PS-E 43

Corporate Citizenship and Governance: Theories and Practices

PS-E 44

The Political in Local Governance

PS-E 45

Environmental Policies & Politics

PS-E 46

Politics of Knowledge

PS-E 47

Marx’s Politics: Labour, Equivalence, Rights

PS-E 48

Politics and Psychoanalysis

PS-E 49

Political Theology Debates

PS-E 50

Black Radical Tradition

PS-E 51

Comparative Political Theory

PS-E 52

Egalitarianism: Theory and Practice

PS-E 53

Theorizing the Politics of Diversity

PS-E 54

Interpreting Indian Classical Texts

PS-E 55

Modern Indian Political Thinkers

PS-E 56

Regions and Regionalism

PS-E 57

India in World Affairs

PS-E 58

Power Transition and the Dynamics of Foreign Policy in International Relation

PS-E 59

Conflict Analysis

PS-E 60

‘Worlding’ International Relations: Perspectives from the Global South

PS-E 61

Islam and International Relations

PS-E 62

International Relations of South Asia

PS-E 63

United States of America in the Transforming Global Order

PS-E 64

China's Role in Contemporary World

PS-E 65

Citizenship and Borders

PS-E 66

North America in Comparative Perspective

PS-E 67

Contemporary Debates in Indian Federalism

PS-E 68

Political Parties and Party system in India

PS-E 69

International Political Economy

PS-E 70

Key Texts in Political Philosophy

PS-E 71

Public Policy

PS-OE 01

Ethics and Governance

PS-OE 02

Understanding the International

PS-OE 03

Political Institutions and Processes in India

PS-OE 04

Gender Studies

PS-OE 05

Development

PS-OE 06

Security: An Interdisciplinary Discourse

PS-OE 07

Environment

PS-OE 08

Human Rights: Challenges and Concerns

PS-OE 09

Research Methods in Political Science

PS-OE 10

Digital/Social Media and New Public