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1 SSL 001: INDIA S FOREIGN RELATIONS (EVEN) UNIT-I Determinants of India s Foreign Policy. India and its Neighbours India s Look-East Policy. UNIT-II India s West-Asia Policy India and Central Asia India and the European Union UNIT-III India and major powers: USA, Russia, China and Japan. India and the International Trading and Financial System: WTO, IMF & WB India and the United Nations. SUGGESTED READING 1. Muni, S.D., Pangs of Proximity: Indian and Sri-Lanka s Ethnic Crisis, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 1993. 2. Mitra Subrata and Dietmar Rothermund, Legitimacy and Conflict in South Asia, Manohar, Delhi, 1997. 3. Kapur, Harish, India s Foreign Policy, New Delhi: Sage, 1999. 4. Dutt, V.P., India s Foreign Policy in the Changing World, New Delhi, Vikas, 1998 5. Bandyopadhyaya, J., The Making of India s Foreign Policy, New Delhi: Allied Publishers,1987. 6. Foreign Services Institute, Indian Foreign Policy: Challenges and Opportunities, Academic Foundation, New Delhi. 7. Gansalves, Eric and Jetely, Nancy (Ed.), The Dynamics of South Asia: Regional Cooperation and SAARC, New Delhi: Sage, 1999.] 8. Bindra, S.S. India and Her Neighbors, New Delhi: Deep and Deep, 1984. 9. Mohan C.Raja, India s New Foreign Policy: Crossing the Rubicon, Penguins, New Delhi, 2003. 10. Nancy Jetely, India s Foreign Policy: Challenges and Prospects, Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi, 1998. 11. Dixit J.N., Across the Borders: 50 years of India s Foreign Policy, Piccus Book, New Delhi, 1998. 12. Kumar Rajesh, Indo-US Politico --Strategic Relations, Independent Publishing Co. New Delhi, 2007.

2 SSL 002: CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ECONOMY (ODD) Present nature and Position of Indian Economy Trends and characteristics of Indian population through recent census Problems of Poverty, unemployment and Inequality in India. I Indian Agriculture- Role, Trends and Present Position of Indian Agriculture Indian Industry- Role, Pattern of Industrial Development and present position of Indian Industry with special emphasis on LPG policy India s infrastructure: Growth and prospects of physical and social infrastructure. II India s foreign trade: Value, Composition and Direction, BOP Trends Indian Taxation Structure: Types of taxes in India Indian Financial System: Basics of Indian money and capital market. Suggested Readings: 1. Misra, S.K & V.K. Puri, Indian Economy, Himalaya Publications. 2. Dhar, P.K., Indian Economy-Its Growing Dimensions, Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi. 3. Dutt, Ruddar, Indian Economy, S. Chand and Company, New Delhi. 4. Economic Survey of India, GoI. 5. Various other Publications of GoI.

3 Youth: Definitions and concepts SSL 003: SOCIOLOGY OF YOUTH (EVEN) Youth: Learning, Personality, socialization, identity issues- theoretical and conceptual Viewpoints I Youth and livelihood; youth and mass media; Youth, politics and rights includes policy on manual Scavenging. Youth and changing family structures and gender roles II References: Youth issues and concerns: marginalization s; violence; crime; substance abuse, youth and culture; Youth and identity crisis 1. Furlong. Andy (2013) Youth Studies: An Introduction. New York: Routledge 2. Erikson, E. H. Identity: Youth and Crisis: WW Norton & Company, 1994. Pp. 128 141, 232 260. (e reserve) 3. Giddens, Anthony. (2006). Sociology. UK: Polity Press. 4. Mc Gee, Reece et.al.,(1977) Sociology An Introduction, Rinehart and Winston, Hindale. 5. Ruhela, S.P.2001. Sociology of Youth Culture in India. New Delhi: Vedam Publications. 6. Stuart Hall and Tony Jefferson (eds.) (2000).Resistance through Rituals: Youth Subcultures in Post War Britain, 209 222. London: Routledge, 1975.

4 SSL 004: SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE (ODD) Perspectives of sociology of Science-Thinkers- Robert Merton, Thomas Kuhn,P.Bourdieu; Social Shaping of Science and technology I Evolution of Science in India:- Colonialism and Science, Science in independent India, Science and Technology in liberalization era Science and Society interactions:- Issues: Environmental issues, IT, BT, IPR Concerns: Gender, Academia, Industry II References:- 1. Pattnaik, B. (2005). Impact of Globalization on the Technological Regime in India: Aspects of Change, in Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, Vol. 4, No. 1,pp 63-82, Brill Academic Publisher, Leiden,/ Boston. 2. MacLeod, Roy and Deepak Kumar, eds. (1995) Technology and the Raj: Western Technology and Technical Transfers to India, 1700-1947. New Delhi, London, and Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage 3. Merton, Robert K (1973).The Sociology of Science: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations. Chicago: Chicago University Press. 4. Nandy, Ashis(ed.) (1988). Science, Hegemony and Violence: A Requiem for Modernity, Tok yo: Tokyo University Press. 5. Chambers, David Wade. (1994) Review of Science and Empire: Essays in Indian Context (1700-1947) by 6. Deepak Kumar and Science, Technology, and Colonialization: An Indian Experience, 1757-1857 by Satpal S.Isis, 85, 1: 134-136.

5 SSL 005: GLOBALIZATION: AN OVERVIEW (ODD) UNIT-I Globalization: Meaning and Nature Globalization and Its Economic Dimension: Expansion of Markets; Neo-Liberalism- Challenger to the State and Institutions; UNIT-II Globalization and Its Political Dimension: Emergence of New Politics, Ideologies with regard to politics, power and authority. Globalization and Its Social Dimension: Transnational Organized Crimes and Human Rights issues. UNIT-III Globalization Role of WTO, UNDP, IMF, World Bank, MNCs, and MIGA. Globalization-Critical Appraisal: Borderless World Economy; Global Civil Society, and Erosion of Monetary Society. SUGGESTED READING 1. Joseph E Stieglitz, Globalization and its Discontents, 1 st ed., New York: W.W. Norton. 2002. 2., Making Globalization Work, New York: W.W. Norton, 2007. 3. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Reports 1999-06: Globalization with a Human Face, New York: Oxford University Press, 1999-06. 4. C.Gore, The Rise and Fall of the Washington Consensus as a paradigm for Developing Countries, World Development 28 (5), 2000. 5. World Bank, World Development Report 2000: Poverty, New York: OUP, 2000. 6. Atul Kohli, et.al. (eds.), States, Markets and Just Growth: Development in the 21 st Century, Tokyo: UNU Press, 2003. 7. B.L.Das, The WTO and the Multilateral Trading System, London: Zed Publishers 2001. 8. J.Bhagwati, After Seattle: Free Trade and the WTO, International Affairs, 77(1) 9. Samir Das Gupta, The Changing face of Globalization, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2004. 10. Amin, Samir, 1997, Capitalism in the Age of Globalization: The Management of Contemporary Society, Delhi, Madhyam Books.

6 SSL 006: BASICS OF ECONOMICS (EVEN) Micro Economics: Introduction and Basic Concepts: Definition of Economics, Basic Economic Problems-Choice and Scarcity, Scope of Economics, Nature of Economics-Normative or Positive Economics, Deductive and Inductive methods of Analysis Demand and Supply: Meaning, law of Demand and Supply and Price determination, Utility meaning, concepts and assumptions, Basic concepts of cost and production. Macro Economics: Meaning and concepts of National Income, Introduction to consumption, saving, investment function, Business Cycle and Inflation. I Public Finance: Introduction to Public Revenue and Public Expenditure, Meaning of Tax and Various types of tax imposed in India, Public Debt, public goods and private goods, Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance, Central State Financial Relations, Finance Commission (Latest), Latest Budget II International Economics: International Trade and its importance, Direction and composition of foreign trade, Concept of BOP, Capital Account and Current Account, Exchange Rate: Fixed and Floating Exchange Rate, Depreciation and Devaluation of Currency, Nominal and Real Effective Exchange Rate, Concept of Import Quota and tariff. Recommended Reading 1. Koutsoyiannis.A(1990): Modern Micro Economics, Macmillan Press, London. 2. LIpsey, R.G and K.A Chrystal (1999), Priciples of Economics, Oxford University Press FLBS. 3. Shapiro, E (1996), Macroeconomics Analysis, Galgotia Publications, New Delhi. 4. Levacic, R. (1976), Macroeconomics, Macmillan, London. 5. W.A. Branson, Macroeconomics Theory, Harper and Row, New York, 1989. 6. Edward Shapiro, Macro-Economic Analysis, Tata McGraw Hill Co., New Delhi, 1996. 7. W. Beckerman; An Introduction to National Income Analysis, EIBS, London, 1998. 8. Dominick Salvatore International Economics: Trade and Finance John Wiley and 9. Sodersten, B.O. International Economics, Macmillan Press Ltd. 10. Various other Publications of Gol. 11. Om Parkash: Center-State Financial Relations in India. 12. Misra, B.: Fiscal Policy in the context of Planning.

7 SSL 007: HISTORY OF PUNJAB (MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY) (EVEN) 1. Punjab and uprising of 1857. 2. The Singh Sabha and the Arya Samaj Movement. 3. Punjab s role in freedom struggle: Nationalist and Left Wing politics. I 1. Partition and Rehabilitation. 2. The Punjabi Suba Agitation. 3. The Green Revolution and its impact. II 1. Punjab and the Anti Emergency Agitation. 2. The centre state relations and the Anandpur Sahib Resolution. 3. Emergence of Militancy and its impact. Recommended Readings: 1. Grewal, J.S. The Sikhs of the Punjab, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997. 2. Josh Bhagwan, The Communist Movement in the Punjab Anupam Publications, New Delhi, 1979. 3. Khilnani, N.M, The Punjab Under Lawrences, Simla, 1961. 4. Kirpal Singh, Partition of the Punjab, Punjabi University Patiala, 1974. 5. Lavan Spencer, The Ahmediya Movement, Manohar, New Delhi, 1985. 6. Mohinder Singh The Akali Movement, National Institute of Punjab Studies, New Delhi, 1997. 7. Mittal, S.C., Freedom Movement in Punjab (1905-29), Delhi, 1977. 8. Ali Imran, The Punjab Under Imperialism (1885-1947), Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1988. 9. Banerjee, Himadari, Agrarian Society of the Punjab (1849-1901), Manohar, Delhi, 1970. 10. Domin, Dolres, India in 1857-59: A Study of the Role of the Sikhs in the people s uprisings, Berlin 1977. 11. Fauja Singh, A Brief Account of the Freedom Movemnt in Punjab, Punjabi University Patiala, 1972. 12. Joginder Singh, The Sikh Resurgence, National Book Organisation, New Delhi, 1997. 13. Khushwant Singh, History of the Sikhs, vol. II, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1978 (reprint) 14. Rai, satya, M, Partition of the Sikhs, Allied Publishers, Bombay, 1965. 15. Tuteja, K.L. The Sikh Politics, New Delhi, 1986.

8 16. Brass, Paul R. Language, Religion and Politics in North India, Oxford University press, London, 1974. 17. J.S. Grewal and Indu Banga, Punjab in Prosperity and Voilence, K.K. Publishers, Chandigarh, 1998. 18. Harish K. Puri, Paramjeet Judge and Jagroop Singh Sekhon, Terrorism in Punjab: Understanding Reality at the Grassroot Level, Journal of Sociology, Vol xviii No. I G.N.D.U. Amritsar, 1997, pp 37-99. 19. Pritam Singh, Punjab Economy: The Emerging Patterns, N.K. Publishers, New Delhi, 1995.

9 SSL 008: THE PUNJAB UNDER THE BRITISH (1849-1947) (ODD) 1. Punjab at the time of Annexation. 2. Dynamics of Socio-economic changes after 1849. 3. The Land Alienation Act and the Pagri Sambhal O Jatta Movement. I 1. The Gadhar Movement. 2. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. 3. The Shiromani Akali Dal and SGPC. II 1. The Peasant Movement in Punjab. 2. The Unionist Party and the Punjab Politics. Recommended Reading: 1. Grewal, J.S. The Sikhs of the Punjab, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997. 2. Josh Bhagwan, The Communist Movement in the Punjab Anupam Publications, New Delhi, 1979. 3. Khilnani, N.M, The Punjab Under Lawrences, Simla, 1961. 4. Kirpal Singh, Partition of the Punjab, Punjabi University Patiala, 1974. 5. Grover, Varinder, Master Tara Singh (Political Thinkers of Modern India-Series 28), Deep and deep Publications, New Delhi, 1975. 6. Lavan Spencer, The Ahmediya Movement, Manohar, New Delhi, 1985. 7. Mohinder Singh The Akali Movement, National Institute of Punjab Studies, New Delhi, 1997. 8. Mittal, S.C., Freedom Movement in Punjab (1905-29), Delhi, 1977. 9. Ali Imran, The Punjab Under Imperialism (1885-1947), Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1988. 10. Banerjee, Himadari, Agrarian Society of the Punjab (1849-1901), Manohar, Delhi, 1970. 11. Fauja Singh, A Brief Account of the Freedom Movemnt in Punjab, Punjabi University Patiala, 1972. 12. Jaswant Singh (edit), Master Tara Singh, Jiwan, sangharsh te Udesh (pbi), Hardas Printing Press, Amritsar, 1972 13. Joginder Singh, The Sikh Resurgence, National Book Organisation, New Delhi, 1997. 14. Khushwant Singh, History of the Sikhs, vol. II, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1978 (reprint) 15. Rai, satya, M, Partition of the Sikhs, Allied Publishers, Bombay, 1965.

10 16. Tuteja, K.L. The Sikh Politics, New Delhi, 1986. 17. Kapur Prithipal Singh, Master Tara Singh and His Reminiscences, Singh Brothers, Amritsar, 2015. 18. Puri, H.K., Gadhar Movement: Ideology, Organisation and Strategy, G.N.D.U. Amritsar, 1983. 19. Brass, Paul R. Language, Religion and Politics in North India, Oxford University press, London, 1974. 20. J.S. Grewal and Indu Banga, Punjab in Prosperity and Voilence, K.K. Publishers, Chandigarh, 1998. 21. Harish K. Puri, Paramjeet Judge and Jagroop Singh Sekhon, Terrorism in Punjab: Understanding Reality at the Grassroot Level, Journal of Sociology, Vol xviii No. I G.N.D.U. Amritsar, 1997, pp 37-99. 22. Pet tigers Joyce and Nobbleman Robert, A Study of Political Systems of Sikh Jats, Routledge and Kagan Paul, Boston, 1975. 23. Singh Niranjan (Principal), Jeewan Yatra Master Tara Singh (pbi), Singh Brithers, Amritsar, 1968. 24. Singh Amrik (Edit) Partition in Retrospect, Anamika publishers, 1999. 25. Sarbadhi Ajit Singh, The Punjabi Suba, U. C. Kapoor & Sons, Delhi, 1970.