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Option (b) : STATE POLITICS IN INDIAM.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE (SEMESTER SYSTEM) SYLLABUS 63INSTRUCTIONS 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 : Due to regionalization of Indian Politics, the states have increasingly emerged as the units ofanalysis of Indian Politics. The paper aims to explore the study of state politics in a comparative mode.Unit-INature and Evaluation of State Politics as a Discipline.Approaches : Political Sociology and Political Economy.Unit-IIFederalism and Regionalism.Politics of Autonomy : Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir.Politics of Accord : North-East.Unit-IIIDalit and Backward class movements• Tamil Nadu.• Maharashtra.• Uttar Pradesh.Unit-IVState Politics in Contemporary India :Issues and Trends.• Electoral Politics.• Coalition Politics.• Politics of Economic Growth.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 York : OUP, 1999).