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22 M.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE (SEMESTER SYSTEM) SYLLABUS7.6 Chandra, Bipan, Revisiting Nationalism, Penguin Books, New Delhi, 2005.7.7 Samadar, Ranabir, The Politics of Autonomy : Indian Experience, Sage, New Delhi, 2005.7.8 Jayal, Niraja Gopal (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Politics in India, OUP, New Delhi, 2006.7.9 Mehta, Pratap Bhanu, Burden of Democracy, Penguin, New Delhi, 2004.7.10 Jenkins, Rob (ed.), Regional Reflections : Company Politics Across India’s States, OUP, NewDelhi, 2004.7.11 Zoya Hasan, E. Sridharan and R. Sudarshan (eds.), India’s Living Constitution : Ideas, Practices,Controversies, Permanent Black, Delhi, 2002.7.12 Alam, Javeed, Who Wants Democracy, Orient Longman, New Delhi, 2004.7.13 Frankel, Francine R., India’s Political Economy, 1947-2004, Oxford University Press, 2005.7.14 Dubey, Abhay Kumar (ed.), Loktantra Ke Saat Adhaya, Vaani Prakashan, Delhi, 2002.7.15 Madhu Kishwar, Deepening Democracy : Challenges of Governance and Globalization in India,Vaani Prakashan, Delhi, 2002.Course VIII : APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSINSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTERS AND CANDIDATES :(i)(ii)The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal assessment.For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks securedby them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu ofinternal assessment.The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.The syllabus has been divided into four units.There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short answer typecontaining 15 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be answered in about 25 to 30 words each.The candidates are required to attempt any 10 short answer type questions carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marksfor each. Rest of the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two questions, and the candidatesshall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit – 4 in all. Each question will carry15 marks.Objectives : The purpose of this paper is to familiarise students with alternative and diverse frameworkswhich seek to explain international relations.Unit-I"Idealist"(Legal-Institutional) Approach : Major Assumptions and Tenets; Roles assigned to InternationalLaw, International Organisations, World Public Opinion and International Morality. Proposals of WorldGovernment and Collective Security; World Order Models: Critical appraisal.Unit-II"Realist" (Power Politics) Approach : Major Assumptions and Tenets. Centrality of State, National Interestand National Power. Balance of Power and Deterrence. Neo-Realist Variants of Realism. GeopoliticalDiscourses. Critical Appraisals.Unit-III"Scientific" Approach : Theories of System, Decision-making, Bargaining and Communication. Criticalappraisal.Unit-IVRadical Approaches : Marxism, Dependency Theory and World-System Analysis. Critical appraisal.