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M A: Kashmir and South Asia Studies

Session 2015

M A Kashmir and South Asia Studies 2

ABSTRACT:

The Masters Programme comprises four semesters.

1st and 3

rd semester would be taught at the UNESCO-

Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies,

University of Kashmir and the 2nd

and 4th semesters

at the Jamia Millia Islamia University New Delhi.

The four semester Master‘s programme will have

four papers per semester, of four credits each,

making a total of 16 credits per semester, and 64

credits for the Master‘s programme.

Three of the four papers in each semester shall be

core papers, and one paper would be an elective

paper.

Students are given a choice of four papers from

which they could choose their elective paper; one per

semester with four credits each.

3 UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies

Semester I


SEMESTER I

Course

Code Course Name

Paper

Category

Hours Credits

Page

No L T P

KS15101CR

Theories of Regionalism and

Integration

Core 4 0 0 4

KS15102CR Political Economy of South Asia Core 4 0 0 4

KS15103CR

Heritage of Jammu and Kashmir:

History, Philosophy and Literature

Core 4 0 0 4

KS15104EA

Internal Displacement and Refugee

Flow in South Asia

Allied

(Elective) 4 0 0 4

KS15105EA

South Asian Association for Regional

Cooperation (SAARC)

Allied

(Elective) 4 0 0 4


Course Title: THEORIES OF REGIONALISM AND INTEGRATION

Course Code: KS15101CR Credits= 4:0:0

UNIT: I

The Concept of Region

1.1.Defining Region

1.2. Geographical Proximity

1.3. Patterns of Interaction

1.4. Regions as Containers of Cultural Difference

UNIT: II

Regional Security Complex

2.1. Regions as Zones of Conflict

2.2. Regions as Zones of Cooperation

2.3. Regional Security Complexes in the Developing World

2.4. Regional Security Arrangements: Motivations and Patterns

UNIT: III

Dimensions of Region

3.1. Internal Dimension of Region

3.2. External Dimension of Region

3.3. Resolution of Internal Conflicts

3.4. Cohesion Regarding External Challenges

UNIT: IV

Theories of Integration

4.1. Federalism

4.2. Functionalism

4.3. Neo-Functionalism

4.4. Transactionalism


Reading List

Anderson, Kim, and Hege Norheim (1993), ‗History Geography and Regional Economic

Integration‘, in Kim Anderson and Richard Blackhurst (eds.), Regional Integration and the

Global Trading System, London: Harvester Wheats heaf, 19-51.

Balassa, Bela (1961), TheTheory of Economic Integration, Westport: Greenwood Press. Baldwin,

R.E. (1995) ‗What Caused the Resurgence of Regionalism?‘Swiss Journal of Economics and

Statistics 131: 45

Bhagwati, Jagdish (1993). ‗Regionalism and Multilateralism: An Overview‘ in Jaime De

Meloand Arvind Panagariya (eds.)Dimensions in Regional Integration, New York: Cambridge

University Press, 122-151.

Buzan, Barry, Ole Wæver and Jaap de Wilde (1998), Security: A New Framework for Analysis,

Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.

Cantori, Louis J. and Steven L. Spiegel (1970): ‗The International Relations of Regions‘, Polity 2

(4): 397-425.

Deutsch, Karl W., Sidney A. Burnett, Robert A. Kann, Maurice Less, Jr., Martin Lichterman,

Raymond E. Lindgren, Francis L. Loewenheim, and Richard W. Van Wagenen (1957), Political

Community in the North Atlantic Area: International Organization in the Light of Historical

Experience, Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Eichengreen, Barryand Jeffrey A. Frankel (1995), ‗Economic Regionalism: Evidence from Two

Twentieth Century Episodes‘, North American Journal of Economics and Finance6 (2):89-106.

Etzioni, Amitai (1965), Political Unification: A Comparative Study of Leaders and Forces, New

York: Holt Rhinehartand Winston.

Fawcett, Louise and Andrew Hurrell (eds) (1994), Regionalism in World Politics: Regional

Organisations and World Order, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Gamble, Andrew and Anthony Payne(eds) (1996), Regionalism and World Order, Houndmills:

Macmillan.

Groom, A. J. R. and Paul Taylor (eds) (1995), Functionalism: Theory and Practice in

International Relations, London: University of London Press.

Grugel, Jean and WilHout (eds) (1998), Regionalism Across the North-South Divide: State

Strategies and Globalisation, London: Routledge.

Hettne, Björn, AndrasInotai and Osvaldo Sunkel (eds) (1999), Globalism and the new

Regionalism, London: Macmillan.

Mansfield, Edward D and Helen V. Milner (eds) (1999), ‗The New Wave of Regionalism‘,

International Organisation53 (3): 589-627.


Course Title: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SOUTH ASIA


UNIT: I

Introduction

1.1.Political Economy as an Academic Discipline

1.2.Approaches to Political Economy:

1.2.1. Classical Liberalism

1.2.2. Marxism

1.2.3. Welfarism

1.2.4. Neo-Liberalism

1.2.5. Gandhian Approach

UNIT: II

South Asia: State and Economy

2.1. Political Economy of the British Raj (1857-1947)

2.2. Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism

2.3. Post-Colonial State and Economic Development in South Asia

2.4. Liberalisation and Globalisation

UNIT: III

Energy Outlook: South Asia

3.1.Energy Outlook for South Asia

3.2.Energy Security and Pipeline Politics

3.3.Trans-Boundary Water Sharing Issues

3.4.Indus Water Treaty: Emerging Challenges

UNIT: IV

Regional Economic Cooperation

4.1.South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC): SAPTA to SAFTA

4.2.Nature of Conflict in South Asia: Implications for Regional Economic Integration

4.3.Imperatives of Reviving Intra-Regional and Inter-Regional Trade Routes

4.4.Cross-Line of Control Trade: Peace Building and Economic Potential


Reading List

Ahmed Sadiq. (ed.), Promoting Economic Cooperation in South Asia, New Delhi, Sage,

2010.

Amartya Sen, Development as Freedom,Oxford University Press, 1999.

_________ Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation, Oxford

University Press, 1981.

Arblaster, A. ‗The Rise and Decline of Western Liberalism‘ in Lal, D. Reviving the

Invisible Hand: The Case for Classical Liberalism in the Twentyfirst Century, Princeton


Anshuman Gupta, SAARC: SAPTA to SAFTA, Shipra Publications, Delhi, 2002.

Bose, Sugata and Ayesha Jalal. Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy.

New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1997.

Chandra Bipan, The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India, Anamika

Publishersand distributors 2004.

David N. Balaam and Michael Veseth. ―What is IPE‖ in Introduction to International

Political Economy, New Jersey, Pretice Hall, 2001.

Desai, A.R. (ed.), Peasant Struggles in India, Bombay: Oxford University Press, 1979.

Garmer B.H. An Introduction to South Asia, London, Routledge, 1993.

Ghosh Partha. Cooperation and Conflict in South Asia, New Delhi, Manohar, 1995.

Ghosh, B.N. Gandhian Political Economy: Principles, Practice and Policy. Ashgate

Publishing Limited, 2007.

Gilpin, R. Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order,

Orient Longman, 2003.

Jalal, Ayesha. Democracy and authoritarianism in South Asia: A comparative and

historical perspective, U.K., Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen, An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions, Allen

Lane, 2013.

John Baylis and Steve Smith. (ed.), The Globalization of World Politics, (4th edition),

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Kersbergen, K.V. and Manow, P. Religion, Class Coalition and Welfare State,

Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Khan, Shaheen Rafi. (ed.), Regional Trade Integration and Conflict Resolution,

Routledge, 2009.

Kodikara Shelton U. (ed.), External Compulsions of South Asian Politics, New Delhi,

Sage, 1993.

Mandel, E. An Introduction to Marxist Economic Theory, Pathfinder Press, New York,

1979.


Regional Report, ‗Regional Energy Security for South Asia‟. Available at: www.sari-

energy.org

Shelton, Kodikara, U. (ed.), South Asian Strategic Issues, New Delhi, Sage, 1990.

Stern Robert W. Democracy and Dictatorship in South Asia, New Delhi, India Research

Press, 2001.

Yunus Mohammed, Parmar Aradhana. South Asia: A Historical Narrative, Karachi,

Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Course Title: HERITAGE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR: HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE


UNIT: I

1.1. A brief History of Jammu and Kashmir

1.2. Confluence of cultures and the making of Syncretic Heritage.

1.3. Heritage sites and pilgrimage tourism

UNIT: II

2.1. Religions with special reference to Religious Synthesis and Popular Cults;

2.1.1. Mahayana Buddhism

2.1.2. Kashmir Saivism

2.1.3. Islam with special reference to Sufism and Reshi Cult

UNIT: III

3.1. Learning: Kashmir‘s contribution to Literature and Philosophy

3.2. Art and Architecture

3.3. Festivals and the Popular forms of Recreation

UNIT: IV

4.1. Education

4.2. Trade

4.3. Agriculture


Reading List

Bamzai, P.N.K. Culture and Political History of Kashmir. New Delhi: M.D.

Publications, 1994.

Bhuler. Dr. G. 1863. Detailed Report of a Tour in Search of Sanskrit Mss ed. Shafi

Shauq. Srinagar: Jay Kay Books. 2012 Print

Deva Indra, Folk Culture and Peasant Society in India, Rawat Publications, Jaipur 1989.

Dhar Somnath, Kashmiri Folktales, Hindu Kitab 1949.

Dundas Allen (ed), A study of Folklore, Englewood Cliffs, Princeton Hall, New Jersey

1965.

Dutt, Jogesh Chunder, 1887. King of Kashmira, three vols. New Delhi: Low Price

Publication, 1990. Print

Fayaz Farooq, Kashmiri Folk Lore, Historical Perspective, Gulshan Books, Srinagar,

2009.

Folk Lore and History, Srinagar.

Hatim‟s Tales, Reprint Srinagar.

Indian Philosophy by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (in two Vols)

Introduction to Indian Philosophy by C. D. Sharma

Islam in Kashmir by Prof. Isaque Khan

Islam Mazharul, Folklore: The Pulse of People, New-Delhi, Concept Publishing House

1985.

Kapila Vatsyan, Bharata Natshastra, P.V. Kane, History of Sanskrit Poetics

Khan, G.M. keeshryanMusalmaananhindyrasmtirivaj. Srinagar: Department of Kashmiri,

1979.

Kumari, Dr. Ved. The Nilamatapurana. Srinagar: The J & K Academy of Art, Culture

and Languages. 1868

Lawrence, Walter. 1895. The Valley of Kashmir. London: Oxford University Press.

Malik, G. R Kashmiri Culture and Literature: Some Glimpses. Srinagar: Department of

Kashmiri, University of Kashmir, 2007

Nilmata Puran edited by VedKumari Ghai (in two Vols)

Rajatarangini edited by Aurel Stein

S.N.Pandit. Kashmir Hindu Sanskars. Jammu: Gemini Computors, 2006.

Saivism in Kashmir by Dr. Baljinath Pandit

Stein, M. A. (Tr.) Kalhana'sRajatarangini: A Chronicle of the Kings of Kashmir 1–3

(Reprint ed.), Srinagar, India: Saujanya Books, 2007.

Sufi, G. M. D. 1948. Kashir. Being a History of Kashmir from the Earliest Time to Our

Own. 2vols. New Delhi: Captil Publishing House, 1996

Sufi, G.M.D. Islamic Culture in Kashmir. Gulshan Books, Srinagar. Print.


Course Title: INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT AND REFUGEE FLOW IN SOUTH ASIA

Course Code: KS15104DCE Credits = 4:0:0

UNIT: I

Introduction: Defining the Problem

1.1. Internal Displacement, Refugees and Migration

1.2. The 1947 Great Migration and Rehabilitation

1.3. Monolithic Nation –State and Ethno- nationalism

1.4. Building a South Asian Legal Framework

UNIT: II

Internal Displacement: Country Specific Cases

2.1. Conflict-Induced Displacement in India and Pakistan

2.2. Conflict-Induced displacement in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

2.3. Development –Induced Displacement(Nepal, Bhutan, India)

2.4. Internal Displacement and Natural Disasters

UNIT: III

Refugees in South Asia

3.1. Afghan Refugees in Pakistan

3.2. Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal

3.3.Tibetan Refugees in South Asia

UNIT: IV

4.1. International Law on Internally Displaced People

4.2. The 1951 Refugee Convention and the Position of South Asian Countries

4.3. State Security vs. Human Security


Reading List

Murshid, Navine. The Politics of Refugees in South Asia: Identity, Resistance,

Manipulation. , 2014. Print.

Basu, Sibaji P. The Fleeing People of South Asia: Selections from Refugee Watch. New

Delhi: Anthem Press, 2009. Internet resource.

Zamindar, Vazira F.-Y. The Long Partition and the Making of Modern South Asia:

Refugees, Boundaries, Histories. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. Internet

resource.

Kosinski, Leszek A, and K M. Elahi. Population Redistribution and Development in

South Asia. Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1985. Print.

Banerjee, Paula, Ray C. S. Basu, Samir K. Das, and Bishnu Adhikari. Internal

Displacement in South Asia: The Relevance of the Un's Guiding Principles. New Delhi:

Sage Publications, 2005. Print.

Datta, Antara. Refugees and Borders in South Asia: The Great Exodus of 1971. New

York: Routledge, 2012. Print.

Chari, P R, Mallika Joseph, and Chandran D. Suba. Missing Boundaries: Refugees,

Migrants, Stateless, and Internally Displaced Persons in South Asia. New Delhi:

Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2003. Print.

Ghosh, Partha S. Unwanted and Uprooted: A Political Study of Migrants, Refugees,

Stateless and Displaced of South Asia. New Delhi: Samskriti, 2004. Print.

Kanitkar, Satish. Refugee Problems in South Asia. Delhi: Rajat Publications, 2000. Print.

Abrar, Chowdhury R, and Shahdeen Malik. Towards National Refugee Laws in South

Asia. Dhaka: Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit, 2000. Print.

Sircar, Oishik. Engendering Persecution: Refugee Law, International Protection and

Violence against Women in South Asia. New Delhi: WISCOMP, Foundation for

Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, 2006. Print.

Chimni, B S. The Law and Politics of Regional Solution of the Refugee Problem: The

Case of South Asia. Colombo: Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, 1998. Print.

Franda, Marcus F. Population Politics in South Asia. Hanover, N.H.: American

Universities Field Staff, 1972. Print.


Khan, Gerrard. Citizenship and Statelessness in South Asia. Geneva: UNHCR, 2001.

Print.

Muni, S D, and Lok R. Baral. Refugees and Regional Security in South Asia. Delhi, India:

Konark Publishers, 1996. Print.

Ahmed, Imtiaz, Abhijit Dasgupta, and Kathinka Sinha-Kerkhoff. State, Society, and

Displaced People in South Asia. Dhaka: University Press, 2004. Print.

Bose, Tapan K, and Rita Manchanda. States, Citizens and Outsiders: The Uprooted

Peoples of South Asia. Kathmandu: South Asia Forum for Human Rights, 1997. Print.

Ghosh, Partha S. Migrants and Refugees in South Asia: Political and Security

Dimensions. Shillong: North-Eastern Hill University Publications, 2001. Print.


Course Title: SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION (SAARC)

Course Title: KS15105EA Credits =4:0:0

UNIT: I

SAARC: An Introduction

1.1. Nature, Scope and Importance of Regional Organizations

1.2. Origin and Evolution of SAARC

1.3. Structure and Dynamics

1.4. Aims and Objectives

UNIT: II

SAARC: Goals and Achievements

2.1. SAARC Development Goals (SDG)

2.2. Social Charter

2.3. Development Fund

2.4. Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Unit: III

Contemporary Issues in South Asia

3.1. Internal Displacement: Issues and Concerns

3.2. Violence in South Asia

3.3. Youth Bulge: Issues and Challenges

3.4. Women Empowerment

Unit: IV

SAARC in a Comparative Perspective

4.1. European Union (EU)

4.2. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

4.3. Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

4.4. African Union (AU)


Reading List

B.S. Chimni, International Refugee Law: A Reader, Sage, New Delhi, 2000.

Imtiaz Alam, SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, South Asian

Policy Analysis Network, 2006.

Maurice W. Schiff and Leonard Alan Winters, Regional Integration and Development,

World Bank Publications, 2003.

Michael G. Plummer and Erik Jones (eds.), International Economic Integration and Asia,

World Scientific, Advance Research in Asian Economic Studies Vol.3, London, 2006.

Mya Than (ed.), ASEAN Beyond the Regional Crisis: Challenges and Initiatives, Institute of

Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2001.

P.R.Chari and Sonalika Gupta (eds.), Human Security in South Asia, Social Science Press,

New Delhi, 2006.

Ponna Wignaraja and Akmal Hussain (eds.), The Challenges in South Asia: Development,

Democracy, and Regional Cooperation, United Nations University Press, Japan, 1989.

S. N. Raghavan, Regional Economic Cooperation Among SAARC Countries, Allied

Publishers, New Delhi, 1995.

Sagarika Dutt, India in a Globalised World, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2006.

Sajal Lahiri (ed.), Regionalism and Globalization: Theory and Practice, Routledge, London,

2001.

T.N. Srinivasan (ed.), Trade, Finance, and Investment in South Asia, Social Science Press,

2002.

V.T.Patil and P.R. Trivedi, Refugees and Human Rights, New Delhi, Authors Press, 2000.

Vernon L. B. Mendis, SAARC: Origins, Organisation and Prospects, Indian Ocean Centre

for Peace Studies, 1991.

Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal, Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy,

Routledge, 3rd

Edition, 2011.

Iftikhar Dadi, Modernism and the Art of Muslim South Asia,The University of North Carolina

Press, 2010.


Semester II


SEMESTER II

Course

Code Course Name

Paper

Category

Hours

Credits Page

No L T P

KS15201CR Research Methodology Core 4 0 0 4

KS15202CR

Democracy, Governance and

Development in South Asia

Core 4 0 0 4

KS15203CR

Foreign Policy of South Asian

Countries

Core 4 0 0 4

KS15204EA

Globalization and Marginalization

Allied

(Elective) 4 0 0 4


Course Title: Research Methodology


1. Social Science Research and its Scope

2. Major Approaches – Traditional (Philosophical, Historical, Legal and Institutional),

Modern (Behavioral Systems and Structural)

3. Scientific Method

4. Problem Formulation, Hypothesis

5. Qualitative and Quantitative Research

6. Descriptive, Exploratory, Explanatory and Experimental Research Designs

7. Methods of Data Collection – Library, Observation, Survey, Questionnaire, Schedule and

Interview

8. Probability and Non Probability Sampling- Random, Stratified

9. Report Writing and Thesis Writing


Course Title: Democracy Governance and Development in South Asia


UNIT I:

South Asia as a Region: An Introduction

a. Historical and Colonial Legacies

b. Post-Colonial Nation States formation

UNIT II:

Political Evolution and Geopolitics in South Asia

a. Types of Governance: Democracy, Monarchy, Authoritarianism, Military

b. Working of Democratic Institutions: Pakistan‘s Tryst with democracy, Constitutional debates in

Nepal and Bhutan, Devolution debate in Sri Lanka

UNIT III:

Issues and Problems of Democratic Transformation in South Asia

a. Nature and Type of Political Systems; Structure and Processes of Politics

b. Political Parties and Pressure Groups,

c. Democracy, Development and the role of civil society

d. Challenges to Nation-building in South Asia

UNIT IV:

Conceptual Issues and Challenges of Governance in South Asia

a. Key Concepts in Governance

b. Corruption, Accountability and Human Rights

c. Poverty and Human Development

d. Marginalization and Inclusive Development

e. Migration, Ethnic and sectarian conflicts, Terrorism


Reading List:

Hewitt, V. (1992) The International Politics of South Asia, (Manchester: Manchester

University Press), pp.1-10.

Hewitt, V. (2010) in Paul Brass (ed.) Rutledge Handbook of South Asian Politics,

(London: Rutledge), pp.399-418.

Muni, S.D. (2003) ―South Asia as a Region‖, South Asian Journal, 1(1), August-

September, pp. 1-6

Baxter, C. (ed.) (1986) The Government and Politics of South Asia, (London: Oxford

University Press), pp. 1-24 and 376-394.

De Silva, K.M. (2001) ‗The Working of Democracy in South Asia‘, in Panandikar, V.A

(ed.) Problems of Governance in South Asia, (New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research

&Konark Publishing House), pp. 46-88.

G. Shabbir Cheema, (2005) Building Democratic Institutions: Governance Reform in

Developing Countries (Westport: Kumarian Press)

Mendis, D. (2008) ‗South Asian Democracies in Transition‘, in Mendis, D. (ed.)

Electoral Processes and Governance in South Asia, (New Delhi: Sage), pp.15-52.

Subramanyam, K. (2001) ‗Military and Governance in South Asia‘, in V.A (ed.)

Problems of Governance in South Asia, (New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research &

Konark Publishing House), pp.201-208

Kukreja, V. (2011) ‗Federalism in Pakistan‘, in Saxena R. (ed.) Varieties of Federal

Governance. New Delhi: Foundation Books, pp. 104-130.

Jha, N.K. (2008) ‗Domestic Turbulence in Nepal: Origin, Dimensions and India‘s Policy

Options‘, in Kukreja, V. and Singh, M.P. (eds.) Democracy, Development and Discontent

in South Asia. New Delhi: Sage, pp. 264-281.

Burki, S.J. (2010) ‗Pakistan‘s Politics and its Economy‘, in Brass, P. (ed.) Routledge

Handbook of South Asian Politics. London: Routledge, pp. 83-97.

Kaul, N. (2008) ‗Bearing Better Witness in Bhutan‘, Economic and Political Weekly, 13

September, pp. 67-69.

Phadnis, U.(1986) ‗Ethnic Conflicts in South Asian States‘, in Muni, S.D. et.al. (eds.)

Domestic Conflicts in South Asia : Political, Economic and Ethnic Dimensions. Vol. 2.

New Delhi: South Asian Publishers, pp.100-119.

Phadnis, U., S.D Muni and KalimBahadur (1986) ‗Ethnic Conflicts in South Asian

States‘, in Muni, S.D. et.al. (eds.) Domestic Conflicts in South Asia : Political,

Dimensions. Vol.1. New Delhi: South Asian Publishers, pp.100-119.

Kukreja, V. (2003) Contemporary Pakistan. New Delhi: Sage, pp. 75-111 and 112-153.

Narayan, S. (2010) ‗SAARC and South Asia Economic Integration‘, in Muni, S.D. (ed.)

Emerging dimensions of SAARC. New Delhi: Foundation Books, pp. 32-50.

Muni, S.D. and Jetley, R. (2010) ‗SAARC prospects: the Changing Dimensions‘, in

Muni, S.D. (ed.) Emerging dimensions of SAARC. New Delhi: Foundation Books, pp. 1-

31.


Baral, L.R. (2006) ‗Responding to Terrorism: Political and Social Consequences in South

Asia‘, in Muni, S.D. (ed.) Responding to terrorism in South Asia. New Delhi: Manohar,

pp.301-332.

Muni, S.D. (2006) ‗Responding to Terrorism: An Overview‘, in Muni, S.D. (ed.)

Responding to terrorism in South Asia. New Delhi: Manohar, pp.453-469.

Hoyt, T.D. (2005) ‗The War on Terrorism: Implications for South Asia‘, in Hagerty, D.T.

(ed.) South Asia in World Politics. Lanham: Roman and Littlefield Publishers, pp.281-

295.

Lama, M. (2003) ‗Poverty, Migration and Conflict: Challenges to Human Security in

South Asia‘, in Chari, P.R. and Gupta, S. (eds.) Human Security in South Asia: Gender,

Energy, Migration and Globalisation. New Delhi: Social Science Press, pp. 124-144

Acharya, J. and Bose, T.K. (2001) ‗The New Search for a Durable Solution for Refugees:

South Asia‘, in Samaddar, S. and Reifeld, H. (eds.) Peace as Process: Reconciliation and

Conflict Resolution in South Asia. New Delhi: Vedams ,pp-137-157

Kohli, Atul, (2001) ―Indian Democracy: the Historical Inheritance,‖ chapter 2 in The

Success of India‟s Democracy, edited by Atul Kohli, Cambridge University Press, p. 23-

46

Jayal, Ayesha. (1995) Various Selections, pages 48-65, 77-85, 100-120 from chapters 2

and 3, Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia. Cambridge University Press.

Inoguchi,, T. and E. Newman, and J. Keane, (1998) The Changing Nature of Democracy

(Tokyo, United Nations University Press) Chapters 1-4

United Nations Development Programme, (2002) Deepening Democracy in the

Fragmented World (Oxford University Press), Chapter one

Dahl, Robert A. (2000) On Democracy, (Yale University Press,) part 1

Huntington, Samuel P. (1991) Democratization in the Late The Twentieth Century,

(Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, Chapters 1-3

Dalpino, Catharin, (2000) Deferring Democracy: Promoting Openness in Authoritarian

Regimes (Brookings Press), chapter 1

Przeworski, Adam et. al., (2000) Democracy and Development: Political Institutions and

Well-being in the World, 1950-1990 (Cambridge University Press)

Amartya Sen, (1999) Development as Freedom, (New York, Knopf) chapters 1, 2 and 6.


Course Title: Foreign Policy of South Asian Countries


UNIT I:

Introduction

a. Foreign Policy – Definition, Objectives, Goals and Determinants

b. The colonial heritage

UNIT II:

Regional Cooperation

a. Emergence of the concept of Regional Cooperation –SAARC—historical evolution, bilateral

engagements.

b. South Asian search for collective self-reliance – Domestic and Economic compulsions, political

imperatives, geographical contiguity, geo-strategic factors, socio-cultural commonalities.

c. Patterns and complimentarity in development and relation with extra-regional development

partners; The look East Policy

UNIT III:

Bilateral relations

a. India and SAARC

b. Continuity and Change - Nehru to Narendra Modi

c. The Kashmir Question

d. SAARC and Super powers, responses to major international issues of concern.

UNIT IV:

Areas of Cooperation and Constraints

a. Areas of Cooperation: Education and Culture, Science and technology, Tourism, Food Security,

Energy and Environment

b. Constraints – historical mindsets, bilateral issues, political dynamics, geo-strategic conflicts,

Indo-centric perceptions, political systems and policy regimes, domestic compulsions, Terrorism,

Drugs and exogenous factors.


Select Readings

Appadorai, A and M.S. Rajan, (1988) ―India‟s Foreign Policy and Relation,‖ New

Delhi, South Asia Pub.,.

Bajpai,U.S.(ed.),(1986) ―India and Its Neighbourhood, ‖ New Delhi, Lancers

International,.

Behera, Navnita Chadha, (2008) International Relations in South Asia, Search for an

alternative Paradigm, Sage Publications India (Pvt.) Ltd.,.

Bhan Pankaj, Srivastava, R.N., (2008) SAARC – Evolutionary Cycle of Growth and

Consolidation, D.K. Fine Art Press Pvt. Ltd., Delhi,.

Bhargava, Kant Kishore, Bongartz Heinz, Sobhan Farooq, (1995) Shaping South Asia‟s

Future, Role of Regional Cooperation, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., Rajkamal

Electric Press, Delhi,.

Bhatta Maqbool Ahmad, (1991-92) The Future of SAARC, Islamabad,.

Chadran Suba, Armed Conflicts and Peace Processes in South Asia, ShivanOffset Press,

New Delhi, 2007.

Chaudhary Anasua Basu Ray, SAARC at Cross Roads, (2006) The Fate of Regional

Cooperation in South Asia, Shivam Offset Press, New Delhi,.

Devin, T. Hagerty, (2005) South Asia in World Politics, Oxford University Press,

Karachi, Pakistan,.

Ganguly Summit, (2012) India‟s Foreign Policy: Retrospect and Prospects, Oxford

University Press, New Delhi,.

Ghosh, Partha S., (1998) Cooperation and Conflict in South Asia, Monohar, New Delhi,.

Gupta, Bhabani Sen, (1988) South Asian Perspectives, Seven nations in Conflict and

Cooperation, B.R. Publishing Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd., Delhi,.

Iftekharuzaman, (1997) Regional Trends and South Asian Security, New Delhi,.

Krishna, Sanskaran, (2001) Post colonial Insecurities India, Srilanka and the Question

of Nationhood, Oxford University Press,.

KukrejaVeena, (1991) Civil Military Relations in South Asia, Pakistan and Bangladesh

and India, Sage Publications, New Delhi,.


Dixit, J.N., January-June 2003 “Prospects of South Asian cooperation in the

transformed post-9/11”,South Asian survey, Vol. 10, No. 1,.

Muni, S.D., (2000) “South Asia : The Challenges of the Millennium‖, World Focus

Monthly Journal, October-November-December,.

Cohen, Stephen. (1988) “The Military and Indian Democracy”, in Atul Kohli, ed

.India‟s Democracy: An Analysis of State-Society Relations (Princeton: Princeton

University Press)

Cohen, Stephen. (2001) India: Emerging Power (Delhi: Oxford University Press)

Chapman, Graham P. (2003) The Geopolitics of South Asia : From Early Empires to the

Nuclear Age. Burlington, VT : Ashgate,

Ganguly, Sumit and Ted Greenwood, (1996) ed. Mending fences: confidence- and

security-building in South Asia. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press,.

Ghosh, Partha S. (2006) "India in South Asia: Cooperation amidst Tensions," in India's

New Dynamics in Foreign Policy. Subrata K. Mitra and Bernd Rill, eds. (Munich: Hanns

Seidel Foundation), pp. 35-50.

Ghosh, Partha S. (May 2013) "An Enigma that is South Asia: India versus the Region,"

Asia Pacific Review (Tokyo), 20 (1), , pp. 100-120.

Pant, Harsh V (ed), (2013) Indian Foreign Policy in a Unipolar World (War and

International Politics in South Asia), New Delhi, Routledge

Wolf, Siegfried O (eds) (2015) Politics in South Asia: Culture, Rationalisty and

Conceptual Flow, Switzerland: Springer,

Sridharan E. (ed) (2011) International Relations Theory and South Asia Volume I and II,

New Delhi, Oxford,


Course Title: Globalization and Marginalization

Course Code: KS15204EA Credits= 4:0:0

UNIT I:

Understanding Globalization

The concept and Historical Background of Globalization - Bretton-wood system – Role of the

world, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Changing Notion of Washington Consensus

The economic benefits of Globalization and their Distribution

The Political Dimension of Globalization -The issue of Governance and Sovereignty

UNIT II:

Globalization and the Indian State

Globalization, Liberalization and the Welfare State

New Economic Policy- India States and Bureaucracy

Globalization and its Impact on the Marginalization Groups, Minorities, Tribes and Women


Semester III


SEMESTER III

Course

Code Course Name

Paper

Category

Hours

Credits Page

No L T P

KS15301CR Gender and Society in South Asia Core 4 0 0 4

KS15302CR

Human Development in South

Asia

Core 4 0 0 4

KS15303CR

Regional Integration in a

Comparative Perspective

Core 4 0 0 4

KS15304EA

Federalism and Devolutionary

Process in South Asia

Allied

(Elective) 4 0 0 4

KS15305EA

Central Asia: Politics and

Economy

Allied

(Elective) 4 0 0 4


Course Title: GENDER AND SOCIETY IN SOUTH ASIA

Course Code: KS15301CR Credits = 4:0:0

UNIT: I

Gender in Sociological Analysis

1.1. Approaches to the Study of Gender

1.2. Feminist Perspective: Liberal and Radical

1.3. Postmodern Perspective

1.4.Gender in International Relations: The Nature of Debate

UNIT: II

Hegemonic Masculinities: Gendered Concepts

2.1.State

2.2.Family

2.3.Marriage

2.4.Religion

UNIT: III

Gender and Conflict

3.1.Gender: Conceptions, Notions and Multiple Identities in Conflict Situations

3.2.Militarization of Women’s lives

3.3.Sex Trafficking and Politics of Security

3.4.Gender: Conflict and Migration

UNIT: IV

Issues of Women in Kashmir and South Asia

4.1. Women and Economy

4.2. Women and Violence

4.3. Women‘s Movements in South Asia

4.4. Women‘s Movements with Special Reference to Jammu and Kashmir


Reading List

Ardener, E. 1975. ―Belief and the Problem of Women‖ and ―The Problem Revisited‖, in

S. Ardener (ed.), Perceiving Women, London: Malaby Press.

Barrett, M. 1980. Women's Oppression Today, London: Verso. (Chapters 1 to 4, and 6).

Bazaz, P. N. 1959. Daughters of the Vitasa: A History of Kashmir Women form Early

Times to the Present Day. New Delhi: Kashmir Book Co

Boserup, E. 1974. Women's Role in Economic Development, New York: St. Martin's

Press. (Part I).

Dabla, B. A. 2007. Multi-dimensional Problems of Women in Kashmir. New Delhi: Gyan

Book Pvt Ltd

De Beauvoir, S.1983. The Second Sex, Harmondsworth: Penguin. (Book Two).

Douglas. M. 1970 Purity and Danger, Harmondsworth: Penguin.

Engels, F.1972. The Origin of the Family,Private Property and, the State, London:

Lawrence and Wishart.

Hershman, P. 1977. ―Virgin and Mother‖ in I.M. Lewis (ed.). Symbols and Sentiments:

Cross-Culture Studies in Symbolism, London: Academic Press.

Hirschon, R. 1984 ―Introduction: Property, Power and Gender Relations‖ in R. Hirschon

(ed.). Women and Property. Women as Property, Beckenham: Croom Helm.

Jaggar, A. 1983. Feminist Politics and Human Nature, Brighton: The Harvester Press.

Leacock, E. 1978. ―Women‘s Status in Egalitarian Societies: Implications for Social

Evolution‖, Current Anthropology, 19(2), pp. 247-75.

MacCormack,C.andM.Strathern (ed.). 1980 Nature, Culture and Gender, Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press. (Chapter I).

Mead, M. 1935. Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies, New York: William

Morrow.

Meillassoux, C. 1981. Maidens, Meals and Money, Cambridge: Cambridge University

Press, (Part I).

Reiter, R. R. (ed.) 1975. Towards an Anthropology of Women, New York: Monthly

Review Press, (Articles by Draper and Rubin; other articles may be used for illustration).

Rogers, S.C. 1975. ―Female Forms of Power and the Myth of Male Dominance: A Model

of Female/Male Interaction in Peasant Societies‖, American Ethnologist, 2(4), pp. 727-

56.

Rosaldo, M. Z. and L. Lamphere (ed.). 1974 Women, Culture and Society, Stanford:

Stanford University Press, (Articles by Rosaldo, Chodorow, Ortner; other articles may be

used for illustration).

Shafi, Aneesa. 2002. Working Women in Kashmir: Problems and Prospects: New Delhi:

APH Publishing

Sharma, U. 1980. Women, Work and Property in North West India, London: Tavistock.


Uberoi, J. P. S. 1961. ―Men, Women and Property in Northern Afghanistan‖ in S.T.

Lokhandawala (ed), India and Contemporary Islam, Simla: Indian Institute of Advanced

Study.pp. 398-415.

Vatuk, S. 1982. ―Purdah Revisited: A Comparison of Hindu and Muslim Interpretations

of the Cultural Meaning of Purdah in South Asia‖, in H. Papanak and G. Minault (eds.).

Separate World: Studies of Purdah in South Asia, Delhi: Chanakya.

Yalman, N.1963 ―On the Purity of Women in the Castes of Ceylon and Malabar‖,

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, pp. 25-58.

Young, K. C.Wolkowitz and R.McCullagh (eds.). 1981 Of Marriage and the Market:

Women's Subordination in International Perspective, London: CSE Books,(Articles by

O. Harris, M. Molyneux).


Course Title: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH ASIA


UNIT: I

Human Development: Concept and Measurement

1.1. Human Development: An Introduction

1.2. Basic pillars of Human Development: Sustainability, Empowerment, Equity and

Productivity

1.3. Measuring Human Development: UNDP Human Development Index, Limitations of

HDI

UNIT: II

Human Development in South Asia I

2.1. Human Development and Economic Growth: Debating the Link

2.2. Millennium Development Goals: Success and Failures

2.3. Human Development Attainments and Failures:

2.3.1. India

2.3.2. Pakistan

2.3.3. Sri Lanka

UNIT: III

Human Development in South Asia II

3.1. Human Development Attainments and Failures in:

3.1.1. Afghanistan

3.1.2. Bangladesh

3.1.3. Bhutan

3.1.4. Maldives

3.1.5. Nepal

3.2. SAARC Development Goals (SDGs): An Engagement with Hope

UNIT: IV

Human Development in India (J&K)

4.1. Inter-State Study of Human Development in India

4.2. Human Development Scenario in J&K

4.3. Women in Kashmir Conflict: Victimhood and Beyond


Reading List

Adil Najam, Environment, Development and Human Security: Perspectives from

South Asia, University Press of America, 2003.

Bob Bradnock and Glynn Williams, South Asia in a Globalising World: A

Reconstructed Regional Geography, Routledge, 2002.

Diane Papalia (ed.) Human Development, McGraw-Hill, 2008.

Doris Bergen, Human Development: Traditional and Contemporary Theories,

Pearson, 2007.

Dr. William Molnar III, Principles of Human Development, CreateSpace Independent

Publishing Platform, 2013.

Hari Mohan Mathur, Displacement and Resettlement in India: The Human Cost of

Development, Routledge, 2013.

Mahbub ul Haq, Human Development in South Asia 2007: A Ten-year Review,

Oxford University Press, 2009.

Martha C. Nussbaum, Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach,

Belknap Press, 2013.

_______ Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach, Cambridge


Moazzem Hossain, Rajat Kathuria and Iyanatul Islam, South Asian Economic

Development, (2nd edition), Rutledge, 2010.

Neil J. Salkind, An Introduction to Theories of Human Development, Sage, 2004.

Pradumna B Rana and John Malcolm Dowling, South Asia: Rising to the Challenge

of Globalization, World Scientific, 2009.

Ramesh Thakur and Oddny Wiggen (eds.), South Asia in the World: Problem Solving

Perspectives on Security, Sustainable Development, and Good Governance, United

Nations University Press, 2004.

Rattan Lal, Mannava V.K. Sivakumar, S.M.A. Faiz, A.H.M. Mustafizur Rahman and

Khandakar R. Islam (eds.), Climate Change and Food Security in South Asia,

Springer, 2011.

Sadiq Ahmad, Explaining South Asia‟s Development Success: The Role of Good

Policies, The World Bank, 2006.

Samiul Hasan, The Muslim World in the 21st Century: Space, Power, and Human

Development, Springer, 2012.

Selim Jahan, Measurements of Human Development: Seven Questions, Oxford : 13

September 2000.

Mahbub ul Haq, Reflections on Human Development, Oxford University Press, 1995.


The Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre, Human Development in South Asia

2006: Poverty in South Asia: Challenges and Responses, Oxford University Press,

2008.

_______ Human Development in South Asia 2009: Trade and Human Development

in South Asia, Oxford University Press, 2010.

_______ Human Development in South Asia 2008: Technology and Human

Development in South Asia, Oxford University Press, 2010.

_______ Human Development in South Asia 2000: The Gender Question, Oxford


United Nations, Human Development Report 2013: The Rise of the Global South -

Human Progress in a Diverse World, United Nations, 2013.

Amartya Sen, Development as Freedom, Oxford University Press, 1999.

V.T. Patil, Human Rights Development in South Asia, Authors Press, 2013.


Course Title: REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

Course Code: KS15303CR Credits: 4:0:0

UNIT: I

Types of Integration

1.1. Defining Integration

1.2. Positive and Negative Integration

1.3. Static Customs Union Theory

1.4. Dynamic Customs Union Theory

UNIT: II

Historical and Comparative Perspectives on Regional Integration

2.1. The European Context

2.1.1. European Union

2.2. The American Contexts

2.2.1. NAFTA

2.2.2. Mercosur

UNIT: III

Regional Cooperation in Developing Countries

3.1.The Asian Contexts with Special Reference to

3.1.1. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

3.1.2. ASEAN

3.2.The African Contexts

3.2.1. OAU and AU

UNIT: IV

Regional Cooperation and Conflict Management

4.1. Defining Conflict and Conflict Management

4.2. Major Internal Conflicts in South Asia

4.3. Conflict Management in South Asia

4.4. Regional Security in South Asia


Reading List

Andic, Fuat, Suphan Andic Douglas Dosser (1971), A Theory of Economic Integration

for Developing Countries, London: Allen and Unwin.

Balassa, Bela (1961), TheTheory of Economic Integration, Westport: Greenwood Press.

Baldwin, R.E. (1995) ‗What Caused the Resurgence of Regionalism? ‘Swiss Journal of

Economics and Statistics 131: 45

Bhagwati, Jagdish (1993). ‗Regionalism and Multilateralism: An Overview‘ in Jaime De

Meloand Arvind Panagariya (eds.)Dimensions in Regional Integration, New York:

Cambridge University Press, 122-151.

Cox, Robert (ed.) (1997), TheNew Realism: Perspectives on Multilateralism and World

Order, London: Macmillan and UNU Press.

DeMelo, J. and A. Panagariya (1992), TheNew Regionalism in Trade Policy, Washington

DC: World Bank Publication.

Duffy, CharlesA. andWarner J. Feld (1980), ‗Whither Regional Integration Theory?‘ in

WarnerJ. Feld and Gavin Boyd (eds), Comparative Regional Systems: West and East

Europe, North America, The Middle East and Developing Countries, New York:

Pergamon Press.

Feld, WarnerJ. and Gavin Boyd (eds) (1980), Comparative Regional Systems: West and

East Europe, North America, The Middle East and Developing Countries, New York:

Pergamon Press.

Gamble, Andrew and Anthony Payne(eds) (1996), Regionalism and World Order,

Houndmills: Macmillan.

Haas, Ernst B. (1970), ‗International Integration: The European and Universal Process‘

International Organization 15: 366-392.

Katzenstein, Peter J. (1996), ‗Regionalism in Comparative Perspective‘,Cooperation and

Conflict 31 (2): 123-159.

Kitamura, Hiroshi (1966), ‗Economic Theory and Economic Integration of

Underdeveloped Regions‘, in Miguel S. Wionczek (ed.), Latin American Integration,

New York: Praeger.

Lawrence, R.Z. (1996), Regionalism, Multilateralism and Deeper Integration,

Washington DC: Brookings Institution.

Linder, S. B. (1966), ‗Customs Unions and Economic Development‘, in Miguel S.

Wionczek (ed), Latin American Integration, New York: Praeger, 32-41.

Mansfield, Edward D. and Helen V. Milner (eds) (1997), The Political Economy of

Regionalism, New York: Columbia University Press.

Mansfield, Edward D and Helen V. Milner (eds) (1999), ‗The New Wave of

Regionalism‘, International Organisation53 (3): 589-627.


Course Title: FEDERALISM AND DEVOLUTIONARY PROCESS IN SOUTH ASIA

Course Code: KS15304EA Credits = 4:0:0

UNIT: I

Introduction:

Federal Idea: Concept, Framework and Major Models

1.1.1. Parliamentary Federations

1.1.2. Presidential Federation Systems

1.1.3. Devolutionary Systems

1.1.4. Supranational Con-federalism/ Federalism?

Unit II

Contextualizing Federal and Devolutionary Theory in South Asia

2.1. Accommodation of Diversity

2.1.1. Multicultural and Multinational

2.1.2. Territorial and Ethnic

2.1.3. Case Study: India and Sri Lanka

UNIT: III

Constitutional Foundations and Institutional Framework

3.1. Structure of Government

3.2. Distribution of Responsibilities

3.3. Role of Constitutional Courts

3.4. Case Study: Pakistan and Bangladesh

UNIT: IV

South Asia in the Age of Globalisation

4.1. Federal Influence on Foreign Policy

4.2. Power of Treaty Making

4.3. Trans-border Regionalism

4.4. Federalism and Globalisation


Reading List

Ahmad, Raza. 2010. ‗The Endemic Crisis of Federalism in Pakistan‘, The Lahore Journal

of Economics, 15, September: 15–31.

Ahmed, Syed Jaffar. 1990. Federalism in Pakistan: A Constitutional Study, Karachi:

Pakistan Study Centre.

Ali, Mehrunnisa. 1996. Politics of Federalism in Pakistan, Karachi: Royal Book

Company.

Baxter, Craig.1974. ‗Constitution Making: the Development of Federalism in Pakistan‘,

Asian Survey, 14(12), December: 1074–1085.

Baral, Lok Raj. 1998. ‗Ethnicity in Constitutional Reforms in Nepal‘, in Iftekharuzzaman

(ed.), Ethnicity and Constitutional Reform in South Asia, New Delhi: Manohar for

Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, 84–107.

Bhattacharyya, Harihar. 2010. Federalism in Asia: India, Pakistan, and Malaysia,

London and New York: Rouledge.

Cohen, Stephen P. 1982. ‗Pakistan‘, in Edward A. Kolodziej and Robert E. Harkavy

(ed.), Security Policies of Developing Countries, Lexington: Lexington Books, 93–118.

Coomaraswamy, Radhika. 1990. „The Crisis of Constitutionalism: Devolution and the Sri

Lanka Constitution‟, Thatched Patio, 3, May–June.

Edrisinha, Rohan. 2011. ‗The Federal Debate in Sri Lanka‘, in Rekha Saxena (ed.),

Varieties of Federal Governance: Major Contemporary Models, New Delhi: Foundation

Books.

Ghai, Yash and Jill Cottrell(ed.) 2007. Federalism and State Restructuring in Nepal: The

Challenges for the Constituent Assembly, Kathmandu: UNDP. ———. 2011.

Ghai, Yash. 2011. Federalism and Political Inclusion: Choices Facing Nepal‘, in Rekha

Saxena (ed.), Varieties of Federal Governance: Major Contemporary Models, New

Delhi: Foundation Books: 282–314.

Ghosh, Partha S. 2003. Ethnicity versus Nationalism: The Devolution Discourse in Sri

Lanka, New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Hachhethu, Krishna, Sanjay Kumar, and Jiwan Subedi. 2008. Nepal in Transition: A

Study of the State of Democracy, Kathmandu: DSA/Nepal Chapter and International

Idea. Hachhethu, Krishna. 2007. ‗Madhesi Nationalism and Restructuring of the Nepali

State‘, (unpublished paper, delivered at International Seminar on ‗Constitutionalism and

Diversity on Nepal‘organized by the Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies, Tribhuvan

University, Kathmandu).

International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Kandy. 1996. Devolution in Sri Lanka: S.W.R.D.

Bandaranaike and the Debate on Power Sharing: Documentary Survey with an

Introduction by K.M. De Silva, multiple documents.

Jayawardene, J.R.1988. ‗The Democratic Option: The Solution of Ethnic Conflict in Sri

Lanka‘, The Parliamentarians, London, 74(1), January.


Kenndy, C. 1993. ‗Managing Ethnic Conflict: The Case of Pakistan‘, Regional Politics

and Policy, 3(1), Spring: 138–39.

Khanal, Krishna P. 2011. ‗Federalizing the Nepali State: Challenges and Opportunities‘,

in Smriti S. Pattanaik (ed.), South Asia: Envisioning a Regional Future, New Delhi:

Pentagon Security International.

Kukreja, Veena and Mahendra Prasad Singh. 2008. ‗Sri Lanka: To Federalize or Not to

Federalize?‘, in Veena Kukreja and Mahendra Prasad Singh (eds), Democracy,

Development, and Discontent in South Asia, New Delhi: Sage Publications. Kukreja,

Veena. 2003. Contemporary Pakistan: Political Processes, Conflicts and Crisis, New

Delhi, Sage Publications.

Kukreja, Veena. .2011. ‗Federalism in Pakistan‘, in Rekha Saxena (ed.), Varieties of

Federal Governance: Major Contemporary Models, New Delhi: Foundation Books, 104–

30.

Lawoti, Mahendra. 2005.Towards a Democratic Nepal: Inclusive Political Institutions

for a Multicultural Society, New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Mahajan, Gurpreet. 2007. ‗Federal Accommodation of Ethno Cultural Identities‘, in

Baogang He, Brian Galligan, and Takashi Inoguchi (eds), Federalism in Asia,

Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 82–101.

Mushtaq, Muhammad. 2009. ‗Managing Ethnic Diversity and Federalism in Pakistan‘,

European Journal of Scientific Research, XXXIII(2/0: 279–94.

Oberst, Robert C, 1988. ‗Federalism and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka‘, Publius: The

Journal of Federalism, 18(3) Summer: 175–93.

Rais, Rasul Bakhsh. 2012. The Balochistan Package: Redefining Federalism in Pakistan,

http://www.Balochistan/package/papers/drbakhshrais/ LLUMSfinaldec09:1–38

Saez, Lawrence. 2002. Federalism Without a Centre: The Impact of Political and

Economic Reforms on India‟s Federal System, New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Sharma, Pitamber. 2006. ‗Towards a Federal structure in Nepal‘, The paper in its original

form is available on the UNDP Constitution-building website in English and at

http:/www.undp.org.np/consitutionbuilding/246 v Federalism in South Asia

constitutiondesign/federalism/filefedeont%20english.pdf.

Singh, M.P. and Rekha Saxena. 2013. Federalizing India in a Globalizing World, Delhi:

Primus Books.

Stepan, Alfred. 2010. ‗Federalism, Multinational Societies, and Negotiating a Democratic

―State Nation‖: A Theoretical Framework, the Indian Model and a Tamil Case Study‘, in

Sanjib Barua (ed.), Ethnonationalism in India: A Reader. New Delhi: Oxford University

Press: 347–78.

Balveer Arora and Douglas V. Verney (eds), Multipal Identities in a Single State: Indian

Federalism in Comparative Perspectives, Delhi: Konark.


Watts, R.L. 1966. New Federations: Experiment in the Commonwealth, Oxford:

Clarendon Press.Watts, 1996. Comparing Federal Systems, Montreal & Kingston:

McGill- Queen‘s University Press., Watts,———. 2008. Comparing Federal Systems,

Manfred: McGill-Queen‘s University Press.

Adeney, Katharine. 2007a . ‗Democracy and Federalism in Pakistan‘ in Baogang He,

Brian Galligan and Takashi Inoguchi (eds), Federalism in Asia, Cheltenham:Edward

Elgar, 101–23; Adeney. 2007b. Federalism and Ethnic Conflict Regulation in India and

Pakistan, New York: Palgrave.

Rekha Saxena (ed.), Varieties of Federal Governance: Major Contemporary Models,

New Delhi: Foundation Book, Cambridge University press,2011

Watts, R.L. 1966. New Federations: Experiment in the Commonwealth, Oxford:

Clarendon Press.Watts. 1996. Comparing Federal Systems, Montreal & Kingston:

McGill- Queen‘s University Press; Watts, 2008. Comparing Federal Systems, Manfred:

McGill-Queen‘s University Press.

Balveer Arora, KK Kailash, Rekkha Saxena, HK Suan,―Indian Federalism ― in Indian

Democracy edited by K.C Suri , ICSSR Survey Research, New Delhi, OUP, 2013.

(Coauthored).


Course Title: CENTRAL ASIA: POLITICS AND ECONOMY

Course Title: KS15305EA Credits =4:0:0

UNIT: I

Background

1.1. Introduction to the Region

1.2. Central Asian Studies

1.3. From the Silk Road to the New Silk Road

1.4. Sociological Perspectives on Development: Change and Transformation of

Nationalism in Central Asia

UNIT: II

Identity, Governance and Globalization

2.1. Central Asia: Identities in the making

2.1.1. Religion

2.1.2. Mobility

2.1.3. Globalization

2.2. Central Asian Politics: Governance between Past and Future

UNIT: III

International Factors

3.1. International Relations in Central Asia: Geopolitical Changes

3.2. Great Powers and Regional Challenges:

3.2.1. USA

3.2.2. Russia

3.2.3. China

3.3. Economic Development of Central Asia

UNIT: IV

Central and South Asia

4.1. India-Central Asia Relations in Historical Perspective

4.2. Trade Relations between Central Asia and Kashmir Himalayas during the Dogra

Period (1846-1947)

4.3. Partition and Disruptions

4.4. Reconnecting India and Central Asia: Emerging Security and Economic Dimensions


Reading List

Adeeb Khalid. The Politics of Muslim Cultural Reform: Jadidism in Central Asia.

University of California Press.1999.

Ahmed Rashid. Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia. Yale University

Press. 2002.

_______, The Resurgence of Central Asia: Islam or Nationalism?. London: Zed

Books. 1994.

Alexei Vassiliev (ed). Central Asia: Political and Economic Challenges in the Post-

Soviet Era. Saqi. 2001.

Boris Z. Rumer (editor). Central Asia: A Gathering Storm? M. E. Sharpe. 2002.

Christian, David. A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia: Inner Eurasia from

Prehistory to the Mongol Empire: Blackwell Publishers, 1999.

Derek John Waller. The Pundits: British Exploration of Tibet and Central Asia.

University Press of Kentucky. 2004.

DeWeese, D. Islamization and Native religion in the Golden Horde. University Park, PA:

Pennsylvania State University, 1994.

Dudoignon, Stephane, and Komatsu Hisao, eds. Islam in Politics in Russia and Central

Asia (Early Eighteenth to Late Twentieth Centuries). London and New York: Kegan

Paul, 2001.

Elizabeth Van Wie Davis; Rouben Azizian (editors). Islam, Oil, and Geopolitics: Central

Asia After September 11. Rowman & Littlefield. 2006.

Hafeez Malik (ed). Central Asia: Its Strategic Importance and Future Prospects.

Macmillan. 1996.

Hooman Peimani. Failed Transition, Bleak Future?: War and Instability in Central Asia

and the Caucasus. Praeger. 2002.

Hopkirk, Peter. Foreign Devils on the Silk Road. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980.

_______, Trespassers on the Roof of the World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982.

Jo-Ann Gross (editor). Muslims in Central Asia: Expressions of Identity and Change.

Duke University Press.1992.

Lutz Kleveman. The New Great Game: Blood and Oil in Central Asia. Atlantic Monthly

Press. 2003.

Kathleen Collins. Clan Politics and Regime Transition in Central Asia. Cambridge

University Press. 2006.

_______, Imperial Nomads: A History of Central Asia, 500-1500. University of

Pennsylvania Press. 1979.

Manz, Beatrice, (ed). Central Asia in Historical Perspective. Boulder, CO: Westview,

1994.

_______, ―Historical Background.” In Central Asia in Historical Perspective, 1994.

http://www.nndb.com/people/601/000343569/


Martin McCauley. Afghanistan and Central Asia: A Modern History. Longman. 2002.

Martha Brill Olcott. Central Asia's New States: Independence, Foreign Policy, and

Regional Security. United States Institute of Peace Press. 1996.

Michael Mandelbaum. Central Asia and the World: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan,

Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan. Council on Foreign Relations. 1994.

M. Holt Ruffin; Daniel Waugh (eds). Civil Society in Central Asia. University of

Washington Press. 1999.

Monica Whitlock. Land Beyond the River: The Untold Story of Central Asia.

Macmillan. 2003.

Olga Oliker; David A. Shlapak. U.S. Interests in Central Asia: Policy Priorities and

Military Roles. Rand Corporation. 2005.

Olivier Roy. The New Central Asia: The Creation of Nations. I. B. Tauris. 2000.

Pauline Jones Luong (editor). The Transformation of Central Asia: States and Societies

from Soviet Rule to Independence. Cornell University Press. 2003.

Rene Grousset. Translated by Naomi Walford. The Empire of the Steppes: A History of

Central Asia. Rutgers University Press. 1988.

Reuel Hanks. Central Asia: A Global Studies Handbook. ABC-CLIO. 2005.

Robert Ebel; Rajan Menon (eds). Energy and Conflict in Central Asia and the Caucasus.

Rowman & Littlefield. 2000.

Sally N. Cummings (editor). Oil, Transition and Security in Central Asia.

Routledge. 2003.

Tom Everett-Heath (ed.), Central Asia: Aspects of Transition. Routledge. 2003.

Vitaly V. Naumkin. Radical Islam in Central Asia: Between Pen and Rifle. Rowman &

Littlefield. 2005.

Wood, Frances. The Silk Road: Two Thousand Years in the Heart of Asia. Berkeley:

University of California Press, 2003.

Dilip Hiro. Inside Central Asia: A Political and Cultural History of Uzbekistan,

Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Iran, Overlook TP, 2011.

S. Frederick Starr. Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab

Conquest to Tamerlane, Princeton University Press, 2013.

Igor P. Lipovsky, Central Asia: In Search of a New Identity, CreateSpace Independent

Publishing Platform, 2012.

Alexander Cooley, Great Games, Local Rules: The New Great Power Contest in Central

Asia, Oxford University Press. 2012.

Sally N. Cummings, Understanding Central Asia: Politics and Contested

Transformations, Routledge, 2012.

Peter Hopkirk, Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Treasures of

Central Asia, John Murray, 2006.


Marlaene Laruelle, Marlene Laruelle and Sebastien Peyrouse, Globalizing Central Asia:

Geopolitics and the Challenges of Economic Development, M.E. Sharpe, 2012.

Marlène Laruelle (ed). China and India in Central Asia: A New "Great Game"? Palgrave

Macmillan, 2010.

Nasir Raza Khan (ed). India, Central Asia and the World Powers: New

Perspectives,Primus Books, 2013.


Semester IV


SEMESTER IV

Course

Code Course Name

Paper

Category

Hours

Credits Page

No L T P

KS15401CR Dissertation Core 4 0 0 4

KS15402CR

Peace-making and Peace-building

Core 4 0 0 4

KS15403CR

Civilisational Traditions in South

Asia

Core 4 0 0 4

KS15404EA

Feminist Approach to Peace

Building

Allied

(Elective) 4 0 0 4


Course Title: Dissertation



Course Title: Peace-Making and Peace-Building


Unit I:

Peacemaking

1. Peacemaking Skill: Negotiation and Mediation

2. Peacemaking: Elements and Essential Conditions

3. Peace Agreements

Unit II:

Peace Building

1. Peace Building: Meaning and Dimensions

2. The UN Peace-Building Commission, Key Issues and Challenges

3. Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Nation-Building vs. State-Building; The Development

Debate

Unit III:

Case Studies from South Asia

1. Challenges to Peace in Kashmir

2. Peace Building Afghanistan

3. Peace process In Nepal


Course Title: Civilizational Traditions in South Asia


Unit I

1. The Idea of Civilization /State

2. Early State formation in South Asia

3. Urbanization & Emergence of Cultures

4. Early South Asia Empires

Unit II

1. Socio Economic background: Emergence of Early Religions/Philosophical ideologies

2. Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism

3. Islam, Christianity, Judaism

4. Religion and Culture in Jammu and Kashmir (Shaivism+ Sufism)

Unit III

1. Cultures of South Asia-Common Bonds

2. Traditional Lifestyle (dress, Food, Social Beliefs, Rituals, Festivals etc.)

3. Visual Art (Art, Architectural, etc.)

4. Performing Arts

5. Major Literature of South Asia (Scriptures, etc.)


Course Title: Feminist Approach to Peace Building

Course Code: KS15404EA Credits= 4:0:0

UNIT I:

Gendering peace and Conflict

Gender war and Security Studies

Change in Gender Stereotypes during War and in Peace

Masculinization of War and Feminization of Peace

Feminism in Opposing Xenophobia

UNIT II:

Women Agency in War and Peace

Gender, Conflict and Differential Impact

UN Policy Instruments: UNSC 1325 and Later Resolutions

Women, Men and Violence: War Crimes

UNIT III:

Women and Peace Building

Women as Perpetrators of Violence

Women in Peace Processes

Disarmament, Demonization and Reintegration (DDR)

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