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10M.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE (SEMESTER SYSTEM) SYLLABUSSpecific Readings :1.1 Austin, Granville, The Indian Constitution : Cornerstone of a Nation, OUP, Oxford, 1966.1.2 Basu, D.D., Introduction to the Constitution of India, Prentice-Hall, New Delhi, 1980.1.3 Baxi, Upendra, ‘The Indian Constitution at the Crossroads’ in Noel O’ Sullivan (ed.), Aspects ofIndia : Essays on Indian Politics, Ajanta, Delhi, 1977.1.4 Chaube, S.K., Constituent Assembly of India, Springboard of Revolution, People’s PublishingHouse, New Delhi, 1973.1.5 Mohammad, S.A., Constitution for Haves or Have Nots? Lipi Prakashan, Delhi,1975.1.6 Palkivala, N.A., Our Constitution Defaced and Defiled, Macmillan, Delhi, 1974.1.7 Sudarshan, R., ‘The Political Consequences of Constitutional Discourse’ in T.V. Satyamurthy(ed.), State and Nation in the Context of Social Change, Vol. I, OUP, Delhi, 1997.2.1 Diwan, Paras and Peeyushi, Amending Powers and Constitutional Amendments : From First tothe Latest Amendment, Deep and Deep Publishers, New Delhi, 1997.3.1 Bombwall, K.R., National Power and State Autonomy, Meenakshi, Meerut, 1979.3.2 Chandrashekhar, S. (ed.), Indian Federalism and Autonomy, B.R. Publishing, 1988.3.3 Khan, Rasheeduddin (ed.), Rethinking Indian Federalism, Indian Institute of AdvancedStudies, Shimla, 1997.3.4 Vijapur, Abdulrahim P. (ed.), Dimensions of Federal Nation–Building, Centre for Federal Studies,New Delhi in association with Manak Publications, New Delhi, 1998.4.1 Bhambhri, C.P., The Indian Prime Minister : A Framework for Political Analysis, The IndianLaw Institute, New Delhi.4.2 Manor, James, Nehru to the Nineties, Hurst and Company, London, 1994.4.3 Sharma, L.N., The Indian Prime Ministers : Office and Powers, Macmillan, Delhi, 1976.5.1 Baxi, Upendra, The Indian Supreme Court and Politics, Eastern Book Company, Delhi, 1980.5.2 Baxi, Upendra, Courage Craft and Contention : The Indian Supreme Court in theEighties, N.M. Tripathi, Bombay, 1985.5.3 Baxi, Upendra, The Crisis of the Indian Legal System, ICSSR and Vikas, Delhi, 1982.6.1 Bhagat, Anjana K., Elections and Electoral Reforms in India, 1996.6.2 Gadkari, S.S., Electoral Reforms in India, 1996.6.3 Kaushik, Susheela, Elections in India : Its Social Basis, K.P. Bagchi and Company,New Delhi, 1982.6.4 Singh, M.P., Lok Sabha Elections : Indian Politics in 1990s, Kalinga Publications, NewDelhi, 1992.6.5 Zoya Hasan, E. Sridharan and R. Sudarshan (eds.), India’s Living Constitution : Ideas,Practices, Controversies, Permanent Black, Delhi, 2002.6.6 Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar (eds.), Political Parties and Elections in Indian States :1990-2003, Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, 2003.6.7 Rajendra Vora and Suhas Palshikar (eds.), Indian Democracy : Meanings and Practices, Sage,New Delhi, 2003.6.8 A.G. Noorani, Constitutional Questions in India, OUP, New Delhi, 2004.6.9 B.N. Kripal et. al, Supreme but not Infallible, OUP, Delhi, 2004.6.10 S.P. Sathe (ed.), Judicial Activism in India, OUP, Delhi, 2004.7.1 Ramesh Thakur, The Government and Politics of India, London, Macmillan Press, 1986.7.2 Christophe, Jaffrelot, India’s Silent Revolution : The Rise of the Low Castes in Northern IndianStates, Permanent Black, Delhi, 2003.