Dilemmas in Politics

Paper Code: 
DPOL 611(A)
Credits: 
06
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Rationale: This course is designed to explore, analyze and evaluate some of the central issues, values and debates in the/ contemporary world that has a bearing on normative political inquiry.

 

 

Course

Learning outcomes (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

DPOL 611(A)

Dilemmas in Politics

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

CO81:   Understand the nature of politics of exclusion, Feminism and the Politics of Interpretation.

CO82:  Develop understanding of the various debates on Human Rights.

CO83:  Understanding the political responsibility and ecology on global political grounds

CO84:  Develop an in-depth interrogation of the principles of global justice and cosmopolitanism. on which the Indian national movement was fought.

CO85: Assess the challenges and opportunities presented by these concepts in addressing global issues such as

poverty, inequality and climate change

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Power Point Presentation

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks.

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 
18.00
Unit I: 
Issues

 The Moral Economy of Violence

The Politics of Exclusion

18.00
Unit II: 
Human Rights

 Debates on Human Rights 

18.00
Unit III: 
Politics of Empowerment:

 Ecology and Political Responsibility

Capabilities and the Politics of Empowerment

18.00
Unit IV: 
Global Issues:

 Global Justice and Cosmopolitanism

Feminism and the Politics of Interpretation

18.00
Unit V: 
Humanitarian Intervention

 Legitimacy of Humanitarian Intervention

Essential Readings: 

Ø  Heywood, A.,( 2019), Political Ideologies , United Kingdom :Macmillan Publications

Ø  Gauba, O.P.,( 2019), An Introduction to Political Theory, New Delhi: Macmillan Publications

Ø  Agarwal, R.C.,(2018). Political Theory:Principles of Political Science, New Delhi: S. Chand & Co. Ghai,U R, Ghai,K K,(2017),International Politics: Theory and Practice, Jalandhar, New Academic Publishing Company

Ø  Kumar,M. (2017). Theoretical Aspects of International Politics. Agra: Shiva Lal Agrawala and Co.

Ø  Agarwal ,H.O,International Law & Human Rights,(2021),Central Law Publications ,U.P ,India

Ø  Encyclopedia of Human Rights : 5 volumes; (2009)Oxford University Press

Ø  ABC Teaching of Human Rights: Centre for Human Rights,(1989), New York: UN Publication,

References: 

Ø  Appadorai, A., (2015), Substance of Politics,Madrass, Oxford University Press

Ø  Hoffman, J. & Graham, P.,(2015),Introduction to Political Theory,London, Dorling Kindersely Publishers

Ø  Basu,R.,(2017),International Politcs; concept, theories and issues, New Delhi,Sage

Ø  Griffiths,M,(2013),Key Concepts in International Relations, London,Routledge

Ø  Ahuja, V.K.,Human Rights: Contemporary Issues ,(2019), Eastern Book Company,India

Ø  Coicaud, J. M.; Doyle, M.W. and Marie, A. (eds.) (2003) The Globalization of Human Rights. New York: United Nations University Press,

Ø  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2005) Human Rights: The New Consensus. London: The Regency Press

 

E-Resources

Ø  A basic human right: meaningful access to legal representation, June 2015 http://www.law.unc.edu/documents/academics/humanrights/malr.pdf

Ø  Freeman Michael, Human Rights, 4th Edition (2022)

      https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=human-rights-4th-edition--9781509546039&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpImTBhCmARIsAKr58cxyy3MNXr1XWdKql19lXVr5Q1lPFG3PUP8gjFz6tcm105xlUfilq30aAlFoEALw_wcB

Ø  Michael, C.R.,(1981), The Structure of International Conflict, London: Macmillan. Can be retrieved from https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=FC177BF2B4A0EF591034743905C357ED

 

 

 

 

 

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