GROUP C – International Relations

Paper XIII-Contemporary Issues in International Law – I
1) Nature of International Law
2) Sources
3) International Legal Personality and Recognition
4) International Human Rights Law
5) Territional Sovereignty.

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Paper XIII -International Organization – I
The course examines the role of the International Organization in contemporary global political system.
1) Approaches to that study of International Organization.
2) Overview of the evolution of International Organizations: The Historical Context.
3) The United Nations Organization: Structure and function. (Institutions / Political Processes).
4) The U.N. and the Decolonization process.

Paper- XIV Indian Foreign Policy – I
1) Genesis and foundation of Indian foreign policy: principles and objectives
2) Emerging patterns of post-war world politics: India’s perspectives
3) Political process and foreign policy
4) India and the major powers: USA, China, Britain, France, and Russian Republic
5) India’s perspectives
(i) Disarmament and arms control: NPT, CTBT etc
(ii) Globalisation and WTO, Kyoto Protocol and environmental protection

Paper – XV Conflict Resolution & Peace: Pedagogy & Approaches
1) Anatomy & Sources of Conflict
2) Positive Peace: Structural & Cultural Violence
3) Conflict Handling Mechanisms: Conflict Suppression, Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Reconciliation
4) Gandhian Approach & its offshoots: Satyagrah, Jai Jagat
5) Confidence Building Measures: India –Pakistan as a Showcase

Group – D Comparative Governments

Paper XIII: Government and Politics in Japan
1) Constitutional Framework – New Constitution
2) Role of the Emperor
3) Structure and Process of the Government – Prime Minister, Cabinet, Legislature & Judiciary
4) Bureaucracy & Local Government
5) Political Parties and Pressure Groups

Paper XIV: Government and Politics in Russia
1) The Constitutional Development
2) Institutional Structure in the Political System: The Presidency; Federal Assembly; Judiciary.
3) Party System
4) The Electoral Process
5) Nationalism, Regionalism and Federal System in Russia
6) Economic Transition and the Role of the Market

Paper-XV Government and Politics in Pakistan
1) Genesis of Pakistan
2) Constitutional Development
3) Structure of Government: Executive, Legislative, Judiciary.
4) Political Parties
5) Nation Building
6) Problems and Democracy

Group E – South Asian Studies

Paper-XIII Government and politics of South Asia – I
(India, Pakistan and Bangladesh)
1) Geopolitical realities and historical background of South Asia
2) Socio-economic structure of South Asian countries
3) Constitutional and political development since the Second World War
4) Basic nature of political system of South Asian countries
(i) Army in the politics of Pakistan and Bangladesh
(ii) Democratic and monarchical systems

Paper-XIV Foreign policies of South Asian states- I
(India, Pakistan and Bangladesh)
1) Key determinants and objectives of foreign policies of South Asian states
2) Foreign policies of South Asian states in the post Second World War
3) Inter-regional conflict and intra-regional interactions
(i) Kashmir
(ii) Rann of Kutch
(iii) Farakka
(iv) Ethnic conflicts

Paper-XV Nation Building In South Asia-I
(India, Pakistan and Bangladesh)
1. The narrative and dynamics of nation-building in South Asia
(i) Contextualising the two-nation theory and partition
(ii) Nation-building and the project of national integration
2. Democracy and its discontent: Challenges of strange multiplicity
(i) Pluralism vs the multicultural debate
(ii) Secularism, communalism and regionalism (the problem of language, caste and religion)
3. Challenges to the nation-state
(i) Politics of recognition and the question of autonomy, self-determination and subnationalism.