State Politics in India

Paper Code: 
424-B
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The focus of this paper is 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 select political institutions like the Union Executive, the Parliament and the Judiciary

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Unit I: 
UNIT 1

Framework of the study of State Politics, Determinants of the State Politics; Salient features of State Politics; Nature of Indian states

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Unit II: 
UNIT 2

Evolution of State in British India, Demand for redistribution of State, State reorganization in 1956

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Unit III: 
UNIT 3

Case of Linguistic states, Case of smaller states, Regionalism, Demand for separate statehood

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Unit IV: 
UNIT 4

State Executive- The Governor, Chief Minister, State Legislature

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Unit V: 
UNIT 5

Emerging trends in state politics, Panchayati Raj System and its impact on state politics

Essential Readings: 
  • Narayan,Iqbal (ed.) ,(1967),State Politics in India,Meerut, Meenakshi Meerut
  •  Weiner ,M,(ed.) ,(1976),State Politics in India, New Jersey,Princeton University Press
  • Fadia,B.L.,( 1984),State Politics in India (2 Vol.),Delhi, Radiant
  •  Maheshwari,S.R.,(1979), State Governments in India,Delhi, Macmillan
  • Fadia,B.L., Sarkaria Commission Report and Centre-State Relations, Agra.
  •  Wood,J.R.,(ed.),(1984),State Politics in Contemporary India: Crisis or Continuity? ,Boulder,Westview Press
  • Roy,Ramashray  and  Wallace ,Paul,(eds.),(2000), Indian Politics and the 1998 Elections: Regionalism, Hindutva and State Politics,New Delhi, Sage
  •  Wallace ,Paul,and Roy,Ramashray (eds.) ,(2002),India’s 1999 Elections and Twentieth Century Politics,New Delhi, Sage
References: 
  • Arora,B., and  Verney, D.V.,(1995),Multiple Identities in a Single State : Indian Federalism in a Cooperative Perspective, Delhi, Konark
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  • Chatterjee ,P,(1997),State and Politics in India ,Delhi, Oxford UniversityPress
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  •  Gani ,H.A.,(1990), Center State Relation and Sarkaria Commission : Issues and Challenges, New Delhi,Deep and Deep Publication
  • Hasan,Z, (2000), Politics and State in India, New Delhi, Sage
  •  Khan,R,(1997), Rethinking Indian Federalism,, Shimla ,Indian Institution of Advanced Studies
  • Pai,S ,(2000),State Politics : New Dimensions Party System Liberalization and Politics of Indentity, Delhi
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  •  Smith, G,(1995),Federalism : The Multi Ethnic Challenge, Harnow Longman
  •  Saez,L ,(2002),Federalism without a Centre : The Impact of Political and Economic Reform on India's Federal System ,New Delhi ,Sage
  • Byres,T.J., (ed.), (1998),The Indian Economy : Major Debates Since Independence     New Delhi , Oxford
Academic Year: 
2019-20
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