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State Politics in India
The objectives of this course are to:
1. To explain Indian democracy the course will highlight various institutional mechanisms, elite bargaining, and the deployment of force, accommodation of regional leaders and their political aspirations, economic development and the constant reconfiguration of caste, party and religious alliances.
2. The paper also focuses on the political processes and the actual functioning of the political system in India in the framework for a modern, secular and democratic society and simultaneously discussing the working of state executive institutions and Panchayati Raj System.
Course Outcomes (CO)
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POL 424-B |
State Politics in India |
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: CO93: Describe and explain how institutions are set up to govern deeply diverse societies. CO94: Explore the interaction between democratic institutions at the state level and will be able to analyse the how decentralization at local level has impacted the country. CO95: Develop a critical perspective on Indian politics; conceptually grasp the institutional dynamics and political processes in contemporary India; have a competence to make informed choices and active participation in Indian politics |
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 |
Framework of the study of State Politics, Determinants of the State Politics; Salient features of State Politics; Nature of Indian states
Evolution of State in British India, Demand for redistribution of State, State reorganization in 1956
Case of Linguistic states, Case of smaller states, Regionalism and demand for separate statehood
State Executive- The Governor, Chief Minister, State Legislature
Emerging trends in state politics, Panchayati Raj System and its impact on state politics
Ø Fadia,B.L.,(2021), Indian Government and Politics, New Delhi, Sahitya Bhawan
Ø ,Verma,V.,(2019),The States in India: Idea, Norms and Politics, Hyderabad, Orient Black Swan
Ø Chouhan,A.P.S., Roy,H.,& Singh , M.P., (2017), State Politics in India, Delhi, Primus Books
Ø Gupta,C.D., (2016), State and Capitals in India: Institutions and Accumulation, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
Ø Pratap,S.,(2013),State Politics in India, Delhi, Straight Forward Publishers
Ø Kumar, A.,(2017), Rethinking State Politics in India, India,Routledge
Ø Manor,J.,(2016), Politics And State-Society Relations In India: Politics of State-Society Relations in India, Hyderabad, Orient Black Swan
Ø Hasan,Z, (2015), Politics and State in India, New Delhi, Sage
Ø Sarangi,A.,& Pai,S.,(2011),Interrogating Reorganisation of States: Culture, Identity and Politics in India, USA, Taylor and Francis
E-Resources:
Ø Routray,S.,(2017), Everyday State and Politics in India, NewYork, Routledge, Can be retrieved from
Journals :
Ø Economic and Political Weekly
Ø India Quarterly
Ø Indian Journal of Political Science
Ø International Journal of Conflict and Development
