Dated: 20 July 2009 MINUTES A Special Meeting of the Board of Studies in Political Science was held on Saturday, July 18, 2009, in the Seminar Library of the Department of Political Science at 10:30 am. The following Hon ble Members were present: 1. Professor C.P.S. Chauhan, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences 2. Professor Achin Vanaik, University of Delhi (Coopted Member) 3. Professor Darvesh Gopal, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi (Coopted Member) 4. Professor A.R. Vijapur 5. Professor Mirza Asmer Beg 6. Dr. M. Abid, Reader 7. Dr. S. Waseem Ahmad, Reader 8. Dr. Iqbalur Rahman, Reader 9. Dr. Iftekhar Ahemmed, Reader 10. Dr. Upendra Chaudhary 11. Dr. (Mrs.) Farhana Kausar, Reader 12. Dr. Arshi Khan, Reader 13. Dr. Qazi M. Jamshed, Reader (WC) 14. Miss Masarrat Fatima, Lecturer (WC) 15. Dr. (Mrs.) Rachna Kaushal, Lecturer 16. Dr. M. Naseem Khan, Lecturer 17. Mr. M. Aftab Alam, Lecturer 18. Professor M. Mahmood (in the chair) The following business was transacted: Considered and approved a syllabus for Paper II of the Common Admission Test for the M.Phil/Ph.D. Programme of the Department of Political Science, for the academic session 2009 2010: (APPENDIX). (M. MAHMOOD) Chairman Department of Political Science, AMU 1
ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE A SYLLABUS FOR M.Phil/Ph.D. COMMON ADMISSION TEST 2009 2010 Part I: POLITICAL SCIENCE/INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1. Political Theory: Concept of State; state sovereignty; authority and legitimacy; liberty, equality and justice; theories of justice; theories of the sphere of state activity: Laissez Faire, liberalism, democratic socialism and communism; theories of political obligation; civil disobedience and rebellion; democracy and dictatorship. 2. Western Political Thought: plato; aristotle; machiavelli; Hobbes; Locke; Rousseau; John Stuart Mill; Marx; Green; Lenin; Carl Pateman; Michel Foucault; Jurgen Habermas; and Mary Woolsten croft. 3. Indian Political Thinkers: Aurobindo Ghoshe; Sir Syed Ahmad Khan; M.K. Gandhi; V.D. Savarkar; M.N. Roy; B.R. Ambedkar; Jawaharlal Nehru; Acharya Narendra Deva; Ram Manohar Lohia; and Jayaparakash Narayan. 4. Comparative Politics: Why compare in Political Science?; the method of comparison; theoretical approaches in comparative politics; political institutions: parties and elections; rule making, rule application and ruleadjudication; the relationship between the state and the civil society. Issues in comparative Politics: political development and modernizations; political culture, political socialization and political communication; power, authority and legitimacy; civil strife, violence and national security; democracy and development in the developing countries. Main features of the British, American, French, German, Swiss, Russian and Chinese political systems. 5. Indian Government and Politics: national movement and constitutional development, 1857 1947; normative foundations of the Indian Constitution; federalism and Union State relations; national integration: 2
caste, class, religion, language and region in the Indian political system; the role of political parties, pressure groups, media and social movements in Indian politics; a critical appraisal of the policy of reservations. 6. International Relations: Major approaches and theories of International Relations; ideology and power in international politics; national power; limitations on national power: Diplomacy, international law, international organization and international morality; balance of power and collective security; major concepts of international law and organization. 7. Foreign Policy in World Politics: Nature, determinants, objectives and instrumentalities of foreign policy: Correlation between foreign and domestic policy; main features of the foreign policies of the USA, the European Union, Russia, Japan, and China. 8. International Relations Since World War II: The could war, détente and the end of the could war; the emergence of a new world order; globalization and the role of the International Monetary Fund, and the world trade organization; major original regional conflicts: Palestine, Kashmir, Bosnia Herzegovina, Kosovo and Darfur. The UNO and the World Peace: The Security Council; the General Assembly; the peacekeeping operations; the Regional Arrangements; the veto; the Uniting for Peace Resolution; the causes of the failure of the UN Security Council in enforcing collective security. 9. Some Contemporary Issues in International Politics: Globalization an the role of multinational corporations; the climate change and the environmental concerns; disarmament and nuclear international terrorism; a protection of human rights and democratization. 10. India in World Affairs: The origins of Indian foreign policy; continuity and change in Indian foreign policy; India s relations with the USA, the European union, Russia, Chain and Japan; India s role in the SAARC and relations with the neighboring countries; India s role in the United Nations and the Non Aligned movement. 3
Part II: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 01. Nature and Scope of Public Administration: Approaches to the studies of Public Administration; theories of organization; Principles of organization: the forms administrative organizations department, public corporations and QUANGO S; the levels of management; the chief exertive the meddle management and the operating level; the nature and characteristics of bureaucracy; the organization, functions and the role of the bureaucracy; the budgetary process; and the accountability of public administration. 02. Comparative Administration: Main features of the administrative system of the UK, USA, France and Germany. 03. Administration and Society in the Developing Countries. 04. The Indian Administration: The national, the state and the district, administration; the Panchayati Raj and urban local bodies. 05. Some Problems of the Indian Administration: The bureaucratic Inefficiency and corruption; lack of accountability of the police and the bureaucracy; the impact of the Right to Information Act, 2005 on the functioning of the bureaucracy. 06. Development Planning and Administration in India: Bureaucracy and the challenge of modernization; the role of public enterprises in Indian s economic development; the role of the planning commission, the finance commission the national development council and the Zonal Council. 07. Redressal of Public Grievances: The public mechanisms in operation. 08. Administrative Reforms in India: Modern innovations and E Governance. 09. Administrative Law and the Administrative Tribunals in India. 10. Policy formulation, policy implementation and policy evaluation in the Indian Administration 4
Part III: HUMAN RIGHTS AND DUTIES 1. The Concept of Human Rights: The evolution, the definition and classification of rights; theories of rights: Natural rights; positive rights; and the customary rights. 2. The International Charter of Rights: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948; the International Covenant on Civil, Political and Cultural Rights, 1966; and the International Covenant on the Economic and Social Rights, 1966; Provisions and Implementation mechanisms. 3. Some Major Human Rights Conventions: The Convention on the Rights of the Child; the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination; the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against the women; and the Convention on the Rights of the Disabled Persons. 4. International Legal and Indian Constitutional Safeguards for Minorities, the Indigenous People, and the Refugees. 5. The International Humanitarian Law: The international safeguards against the War Crimes and the Crimes against the Humanity; the Geneva Conventions; the UN High Commissioner for the Refugees; the International Court of Justice; and the International Criminal Court (ICC). 6. Human Rights in India: Fundamental Rights and Duties; Directive Principle of State Policy; Judicial Activism and Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in India. 7. Emergency Provisions and the Special Power Acts: The National Security Act; the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act; the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. 8. Human Rights Bodies in India: The National Human Rights Commission; the State Human Rights Commissions; the National Commission on Minorities; the National Commission on Women; the National Commission on the Scheduled Castes; and the National Commission on the Scheduled Tribes. 5
9. The Human Right Movements in India: The human rights movements (national and international); the role of the NGO S in the protection of human rights; the Amnesty International; PUCL: PUDR; the Human Rights Watch; Dalit movement; tribal movement; women movement and environmental movement. 10. Contemporary Humanitarian Issues: Genocide and ethnic cleansing; atrocities against the minorities, Dalits, tribals and the non locals in India; the cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of the Human beings. 6