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42 M.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE (SEMESTER SYSTEM) SYLLABUSUnit-IIIIdentities and Rights : Mobilisation and Contestation.Gender.Minority Rights.Dalits and Backward Classes.Unit-IVPolitical Institutions and Democratic Consolidation.Indian Federalism in Transition.Democracy and Decentralisation : Panchayati Raj.Representation, Participation and Electoral Politics.Selected Readings :1. Niraja Gopal Jayal and Sudha Pai (eds.), Democratic Governance in India : Challenges of Poverty,Development and Identity (New Delhi : Sage, 2001).2. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Ashutosh Varshney and Nirupam Bajpai (eds.), India in the Era of EconomicReforms (New Delhi : Oxford, 1999).3. Jos Mooij (ed.), The Politics of Economic Reforms in India (New Delhi : Sage, 2005).4. Kuldeep Mathur (ed.), Development Policy and Administration (New Delhi : Sage, 1996).5. Lawrence Saez, Federalism without a Centre : The Impact of Political and Economic Reform onIndia's Federal System (New Delhi: Sage, 2002).6. Terence J. Byres (ed.), The Indian Economy : Major Debates Since Independence, (New Delhi :Oxford, 1998).7. Atul Kohli, The Politics of Economic Growth in India, 1980-2005 : Part I-1980s, Economic andPolitical Weekly XLI (13) April 1, 2006 : 1251-68.8. Atul Kohli, The Politics of Economic Growth in India, 1980-2005 : Part II-The 1990s and Beyond,Economic and Political Weekly XLI (14) April 8, 2006 : 1361-70.9. Gurpreet Mahajan, Identities and Rights : Aspects of Liberal Democracy in India, (New Delhi :Oxford, 2001).10. Rajendra Vohra and Suhas Palishkar, Indian Democracy : Meanings and Practices, (New Delhi :Sage, 2004).11. Peter Ronald deSouza (ed.), Contemporary India : Transitions (New Delhi : Sage, 2000).12. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, The Burden of Democracy (New Delhi : Penguin, 2003).13. Francine R. Frankel, India’s Political Economy : The Gradual Revolution 1947-2004 (New Delhi :Oxford, 2005), 2 nd Edition.14. Sudha Pai, Dalit Assertion and the Unfinished Democratic Revolution : The Bahujan Samaj Party inUttar Pradesh (New Delhi : Sage, 2002).15. Stuart Corbridge and John Harris, Reinventing India : Liberalisation, Hindu Nationalism andPopular Democracy (New Delhi : Oxford, 2003), 2 nd Edition.16. Madhu Purinima Kishwar, Deepening Democracy : Challenges of Governance and Globalisation inIndia (New Delhi : Oxford, 2005).17. Abhay Kumar Dubey, Loktantra Ke Saat Adhyaya (Delhi : Vani, 2002).18. Abhay Kumar Dubey, Bharat Ka Bhumandalikaran (Delhi : Vani, 2003).