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Human Rights Gender and Environment (Generic Elective)
Course Rationale: This course aims at enabling the students to understand the issues concerning the rights of citizens in general and the marginalized groups in particular, and assess the institutional and policy measures which have been taken in response to the demands of various movements. Conceptual dimensions, international trends and the Indian experience form the contents of the course.
The objectives of this course are to: The objective of the course will equip the students with theoretical and conceptual understanding of socio – economic and political problems of marginalized groups in society such as women, dalits, minorities and adivasis and repercussions of contemporary developments on globalization on them.
Course Outcomes (CO)
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GPOL 301 |
Human Rights Gender and Environment |
CO1: Understand the concept of social inequality and distinct categories of caste, gender, ethnicity and class. CO2: learn about the national and global mechanism to protect the human rights CO3: Understand and learn issues relate to women participation. CO4: Demonstrate parliamentary procedure of the United Nations for environmental and sustainable development. CO5:challenges face by the world and how far global bodies become successful in acquiring desirable goals |
Approach in teaching
Lecture, Power point presentations, Classroom discussions and use of Map and Globes, Case study
Class discussions through presentations, Information of contemporary situations to be presented and discussed
Interactive sessions using various online resources, Simulation (Model United Nations) |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects
“Mock” Model United Nations; Online Quiz |
Understanding Social Inequality
Caste, Gender, Ethnicity and Class as distinct categories and their interconnection.
Globalisation and its impact on workers, peasants, dalits, adivasis and women
Human Rights
Human Rights: Various Meanings
UN Declarations and Covenants
Human Rights and Citizenship Rights
Human Rights and the Indian Constitution
Human Rights, Laws and Institutions in India; the role of the National Human Rights Commission.
Human Rights of Marginalized Groups: Dalits, Adivasis, Women, Minorities and Unorganized Workers.
Consumer Rights: The Consumer Protection Act and grievance redressal mechanisms.
Human Rights Movement in India.
Analysing Structures of Patriarchy
Gender, Culture and History
Economic Development and Women
The issue of Women’s Political Participation and Representation in India
Laws, Institutions and Women’s Rights in India
Women’s Movements in India
Environment
Environmental and Sustainable Development
UN Environment Programme: Rio, Johannesburg and after.
Issues of Industrial Pollution, Global Warming and threats to Bio – diversity
Environment Policy in India
Environmental Movement in India
Ø Agarwal, Anil and Sunita Narain (1991), Global Warming and Unequal World: A Case of Environmental Colonialism, Centre for Science and Environment, Delhi.
Ø Baxi, Upendra (2002), The Future of Human Rights, Oxford University Press, Delhi.
Ø Beteille, Andre (2003), Antinomies of Society: Essays on Ideology and Institutions, Oxford University Press, Delhi.
Ø Geetha, V. (2002) Gender, Stree Publications, Kolkata.
Ghanshyam Shah, (1991) Social Movements in India, Sage Publications, Delhi
Ø Guha, Ramachandra and Madhav Gadgil, (1993) Environmental History of India, University of California Press, Berkeley.
Ø Haragopal, G. (1997) The Political Economy of Human Rights, Himachal Publishing House, Mumbai.
Ø Menon, Nivedita (ed) (2000) Gender and Politics in India, Oxford University Press, Delhi.
Ø Patel, Sujata et al (eds) (2003) Gender and Caste: Issues in Contemporary Indian Feminism, Kali for Women, Delhi.
Ø Shah, Nandita and Nandita Gandhi (1992) Issues at Stake: Theory and Practice in the Contemporary Women’s Movement in India, Kali for Women, Delhi.
Ø Gonsalves, Colin (2011) Kaliyug: The decline of human rights law in the period of globalization Human Rights Law Network, New Delhi.
Ø Sen, Amartya, Development as Freedom (1999) New Delhi, OUP.
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)
Journals-
Ø The International Journal of Human Rights
Ø Journal of Human Rights
Ø Harvard human rights journal
Ø Human Rights Review
