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M.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE (SEMESTER SYSTEM) SYLLABUS 332. Alan C. Lamborn and Joseph Lepgold, World Politics into the Twenty First Century : UniqueContexts, Enduring Patterns (New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 2003).3. A. LeRoy Bennett, International Organization : Principles and Issues (New Jersey, Prentice Hall,1991).4. B.N. Mehrish, International Organisations : Structures and Processes (Jallandhar, VishalPublications, 1996).5. Shambhavi Vendantam, United Nations : Putting Words to Work (New Delhi, Vikash, 1996).6. K. P. Saksena, Reforming the United Nations : The Challenge of Relevance (New Delhi, Sage,1993).7. C. Archer, International Organisations (London, Routledge, 1992).8. P. R. Baehr and L. Gordenker, The United Nations in 1990s (Hamshire, Macmillan, 1994).9. Boutros-Boutros Ghali, An Agenda for Peace (New York, United Nations, 1992).10. Abi-Saab Georgeas (ed.), The Concept of International Organisation (Paris, UNESCO, 1981).11. Thomas G. Wein, David P. Forsyth, Roger A. Coate, The United Nations and Changing WorldPolitics (Boulder, Westview Press, 1994).12. William Burch, The Evolution of the United Nations Peace Keeping : Case Studies and ComparativeAnalysis (St. Martin Press, 1993).13. Paul Taylor and A.R.J. Groom (eds.), International Organisation : A Conceptual Approach(London, Frances Printer, 1978).14. J.W. Burton, World Society (London, Cambridge University Press, 1972).15. Freidrich Kratochwil and Edward Mansfield (eds.), International Organisation : A Reader (NewYork, Harper Collins, 1994).Option (b) : TRANSNATIONAL ACTORS IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICSINSTRUCTIONS 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 course is designed to introduce the students to the changing dynamics of the emergingworld order in which various transnational actors have come to play an increasingly important role inshaping the responses of the state actors to some of the most crucial issues in contemporary history.