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20 M.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE (SEMESTER SYSTEM) SYLLABUSSpecific Readings :1.1 Chandra, Bipan, Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India, Orient, New Delhi (New Edition).1.2 Desai, A.R., Social Background of Indian Nationalism, Popular, Bombay, 1966.1.3 Kaviraj, Sudipta, “The Culture of Representative Democracy” in Partha Chatterjee (ed.), Wages offreedom, Fifty Years of the Indian Nation-State, OUP, Delhi, 1988.1.4 Kothari, Rajni, “The Democratic Experiment” in Partha Chatterjee (ed.), Wages of Freedom, FiftyYears of the Indian Nation-State, OUP, Delhi, 1998.2.1 Aloysius, G., Nationalism Without a Nation, OUP, Delhi, 1997, (Ch. III, “Nation” Homogenizationof Power Within Culture, PP. 52-92).2.2 Chatterjee, Partha, The Nation and Its Fragments, OUP, Delhi, 1994 (Ch. Nine, “The Nation and itsOutcastes,” PP. 173-199).2.3 Gupta, Dipankar (ed.), Social Stratification, OUP, Delhi, 1993.2.4 Ilaiah, Kancha, “Towards the Dalitization of the Nation” in Partha Chatterjee (ed.), Wages ofFreedom, Fifty Years of the Indian Nation-State, OUP, Delhi, 1998.2.5 Kothari, Rajni (ed.), Caste in Indian Politics, Orient Longman, Delhi, 1970.2.6 Omvedt, Gail (ed.), Land, Caste and Politics in Indian States, Authors Guild, Delhi, 1982.2.7 Omvedt, Gail, Dalits and the Democratic Revolution, Sage, New Delhi, 1994.2.8 Omvedt, Gail, Dalit Visions, Orient Longman, Delhi, 1996.2.9 Rudolph, L. and Rudolph, S., The Modernity of Tradition, University of Chicago Press, Chicago,1967.2.10 Report of the Backward Classes Commission, Government of India, New Delhi, 1980 (Ch. V).2.11 Srinivas , M.N. (ed.), Caste : Its Twentieth Century Avatar, Viking, Delhi, 1996.2.12 Srinivas, M.N., Social Change in Modern India, Orient Longman, Delhi (Latest Edition).2.13 Yadav, K.C. (in association with Rajbir Singh), India’s Unequal Citizens, Manohar, Delhi, 1994.3.1 Basu, Tapan, et. al., Khaki Shorts and Saffron Flags, Orient Longman, Delhi, 1993.3.2 Chandra, Bipan, Communalism in Modern India, Vikas, Delhi, 1987 (revised edition).3.3 Chatterjee, Partha, “Secularism and Toleration,” Economic and Political Weekly, 9 July, 1994.3.4 Das, Veena (ed.), Mirrors of Violence, OUP, Delhi, 1991.3.5 Engineer, Asghar, Ali (ed.), Communalism and Communal Violence in India, Ajanta, Delhi, 1985.3.6 Jafferlot, C., Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics, C. Hurst, London, 1996.3.7 Kaviraj, Sudipta, Politics in India, OUP, Delhi, 1997 (Section IV on Sociology of Religion, pp. 293-364).3.8 Ludden, David (ed.), Making India Hindu, Religion, Community and the Politics of Democracy,OUP, Delhi, 1997.3.9 Pandey, Gyanendra (ed.), Hindus and Others, Viking, Delhi, 1993.3.10 Singh, Randhir, “Theorising Communalism in India” in Randhir Singh (ed.), Of Marxism andIndian Politics, Anjanta, Delhi, 1990.3.11 Van der Veer, Peter, Religious Nationalism : Hindu and Muslims in India, University of CaliforniaPress, Berkeley, 1994.3.12 Vanaik, Achin, Communalism Contested : Religion, Modernity and Secularisation, VistaarPublications, New Delhi, 1997.4.1 Basu, Sajal, Regional Movements, IIAS, Shimla and Manohar, Delhi, 1992.