MASTERS OF ARTS (POLITICAL SCIENCE) (MAPS)

Objectives

 To promote familiarity with the substantive character of, and problems in the
implementation of specific areas of public policy, learners would thus acquire skills in
political analysis as well as sharpen their critical and analytical abilities.
 To create awareness of the crucial questions raised by classical and contemporary political
philosophers, and of some of the solutions proposed by them to answer fundamental
questions about the role of politics in human life.
 To impart knowledge and develop understanding of nation’s political institutions, political
culture, and political ideologies, as well as how public policy is decided upon and
implemented.
 The programme provides option for specialising in Political Theory, Comparative Politics,
International Relations and Indian Government and Politics.
 The aim of the Master’s Degree in Political Science (MPS) is to provide the learners a
sound base in political studies by an in-depth investigation into a broad range of political
phenomena at the national, regional and international levels.

Prospective Target group of learner’s

 Learners with graduate degree in the discipline of Political Science or graduates in any
other discipline who have a keen interest and are ready for exploring career
opportunities in Political Science such as Political theory, Public Policy, National Politics,
International Relations, Comparitive Politics,etc.
 Learners who wish to know political system and willing to have research on it.
Learning Outcomes
 After completing the course learners will be able to comprehend the basic structures
and processes of government systems and/or theoretical understandings.
 After completing the course, learners will assess their knowledge and experience for
accumulating and interpreting data applicable to the discipline of political science.
 Learners develop an ability to formulate and construct logical arguments about political
phenomena and an ability to evaluate these through empirical and theoretical methods
  After completing the course, a learner can opt for enormous opportunities in the federal,
provincial, and local governments whose institutions include the executive, legislative and
judicial branches, civil society organizations, such as non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), and in the private sector as Policy Analyst Legislative, Assistant Public Relations
Specialist, Social Media Manager, Marketing Research Analyst, Political Consultant,
Attorney Intelligence, Analyst Political Campaign Staff, College Student Leadership and
Activities Officer and many more.
 They can also prepare themselves for a career in teaching and research

Curriculum design

The Masters course, spread over four semesters besides providing the skill component
attempts to provide the students a deeper and broader understanding of the subject.
It attempts to enhance their research ability to add new thinking and concept into its
body of knowledge.
This is a 64 credits programme with compulsory and optional courses. The student has
to take compulsory courses worth 32 credits in the first year and optional courses
worth 32 credits in the second year.

Master of Arts in Political Science (MPS)(64 Credits)

Programme Details:

Course Code Title of the Course Credits

Semester 1 (16 Credits)
MPS 1 Political Theory 8
MPS 2 International Relations: Theory and Problems 8
Semester 2 (16 Credits)
MPS 3 India: Democracy and Development 8
MPS 4 Comparative Politics: Issues and Trends 8
Semester 3 (Choose any 16 Credits)
MPSE 1 India and the World 4
MPSE 2 State and Society in Latin America 4
MPSE 3 Western Political Thought 4
MPSE 4 Social and Political Thought in Modern India 4
MPSE 5 State and Society in Africa 4
MPSE 6 Peace and Conflict Studies 4
MED 2 Sustainable Development: Issues and Challenges 4
MED 8 Globalisation and Environment 4
MGP 4 Gandhi’s Political Thought 4
MGPE 7 Non-Violent Movements after Gandhi 4
Semester 4 (Choose any 16 Credits)
MPSE 7 Social Movements and Politics in India 4
MPSE 8 State Politics in India 4
MPSE 9 Canada: Politics and Society 4
MPSE 10 Dissertation 4
MPSE 11 The European Union in World Affairs 4
MPSE 12 State and Society in Australia 4
MPSE 13 Australia’s Foreign Policy 4
MGPE 8 Gandhian Approach to Peace and Conflict Resolution 4
MGPE 10 Conflict Management, Transformation & Peace Building 4
MGPE 11 Human Security 4
MGPE 13 Civil Society, Political Regimes and Conflict 4

First Year (1st and 2nd Semester)

MPS-001 Political Theory

Unit-1 What is political theory and why Study it?

Unit-2 Democracy
Unit-3 Rights
Unit-4 Liberty
Unit-5 Equality
Unit-6 Justice
Unit-7 Idea of Duty
Unit-8 Citizenship
Unit-9 Sovereignty
Unit-10 State and Civil Society:
Unit-11 Power and Authority
Unit-12 Legitimation and Obligation
Unit-13 Civil disobedience and Satyagraha
Unit-14 Political Violence
Unit-15 Classical Liberalism
Unit-16 Welfare State
Unit-17 Libertarianism
Unit-18 Marx,Lenin and Mao
Unit-19 Lukacs, Gramsci and the Frankfurt School
Unit-20 Socialism
Unit-21 Conservatism
Unit-22 Fundamentalism
Unit-23 Nationalism
Unit-24 Multi-Culturalism
 Unit-25 Fascism
Unit-26 Feminism
Unit-27 Gandhism and Pacifism
Unit-28 Communitarianism and Civic Republicanism
Unit-29 Political Theory in a Globalising World

MPS-002 International Relations: Theory and Problems

Unit-1 Realist and Neo-Realist Approaches
Unit-2 Liberal and Neo-Liberal Approaches
Unit-3 Marxist and Other Radical Approaches
Unit-4 Neo-Radical Approaches
Unit-5 Post-Structuralist and Post-Modernist Approaches
Unit-6 Feminist Approaches
Unit-7 Environmental Approaches
Unit-8 Worldviews from Asia, Africa and Latin America
Unit-9 End of Cold War
Unit-10 Post-Cold War Issues
Unit-11 Emerging Powers
Unit-12 Regional Groupings
Unit-13 Globalisation
Unit-14 International Inequities
Unit-15 Elements of International Economic Relations
Unit-16 Management of International Relations
Unit-17 India in the New Global Order
Unit-18 Right to Self-Determination
Unit-19 Intervention/Invasion
Unit-20 Nuclear Proliferation
Unit-21 International Terrorism
Unit-22 Role of Science and Technology in International Relations
Unit-23 Inequality among Nations
Unit-24 Global corporatism and state Sovereignty
Unit-25 Human Rights and International Trade
Unit-26 Changing Nature of American Power
Unit-27 China as an Emerging Power
Unit-28 Emergence of Central Asian Republics
Unit-29 Ethnic Resurgence and ‘Identity’ Wars
Unit-30 Aboriginal/Indigenous Movements
Unit-31 Displacement of population: Intra-state and interstate
Unit-32 Transnational Movements: Cultural and Civilization
Unit-33 Role of NGOS
Unit-34 The Concept of Justice in International Relations
Unit-35 Human Security
MPS 3- India: Democracy and Development

Unit-1 Legacy of National Movement With Reference To Development, Rights and

Participation
Unit-2 Debate on Models of Development
Unit-3 Constitution and Social Transformation
Unit-4 Diversity and Pluralism
Unit-5 Inequality Caste and Class
Unit-6 Political Economy of Development
Unit-7 Structure and Growth of Economy (Poverty, Surplus and Unevenness)
Unit-8 Legislature
Unit-9 Bureaucracy, Police and Army
Unit-10 Legal System and Judiciary
Unit-11 Federalism
Unit-12 Devolution of Powers and Local Self-Government
Unit-13 Political Parties and Political Participation
Unit-14 Workers and Peasant Movements in India
Unit-15 Media and Public Policy
Unit-16 Interest Groups and Policy Making
Unit-17 Identity Politics in India (Caste, Religion, Language and Ethnicity)
Unit-18 Civil Societies Social Movements, Ngo’s and Voluntary Action
Unit-19 Human Development Health, Education and Social Security
Unit-20 Gender and Development
Unit-21 Regional Imbalances
Unit-22 Migration and Development
Unit-23 Environment and Sustainable Development
Unit-24 Economic Reforms and Globalisation
Unit-25 Religious Politics
Unit-26 Ethnicity and Nation – State
Unit-27 Democracy and Development in India An Assessment

MPS 4 Comparative Politics: Issues and Trends

Unit 1 Comparative politics: nature, significance and evolution

Unit 2 Comparative approaches and methods: system, structural, public policy
Unit 3 Comparative approaches: political economy, dependency and world systems
Unit 4 Theories of state
Unit 5 State in developing societies: Asian, African and Latin American experiences
Unit 6 Civil society and the state
Unit 7 Globlisation and the state
Unit 8 Regional integration and state
Unit 9 International Organisations and state
Unit 10 Transnational / multinational corporations and state
Unit 11 Nationalism : approaches
 Unit 12 Forms of nationalism
Unit 13 Colonialism and anti-colonial struggles
Unit 14 Nationality and self-determination
Unit 15 State building and constitutionalism
Unit 16 Ethnicity politics and state
Unit 17 Politics of community identities
Unit 18 Ethnic movements
Unit 19 Political regimes
Unit 20 Bureaucracy
Unit 21 Military in politics
Unit 22 Federalism: patterns and trends
Unit 23 Parties and party systems
Unit 24 Interest groups, pressure groups and lobbying
Unit 25 Poverty and human development
Unit 26 Gender and development
Unit 27 Environment
Unit 28 Science, technology and politics
Unit 29 Decentralisation and participation
Unit 30 Human rights

Second Year (3rd and 4th Semester)

MPSE-001 India and the World

Unit-1 Evolution of India's World-view

Unit-2 Approaches to the Study of India’s Foreign Policy
Unit-3 Objectives and Determinants
Unit-4 Decision marking Institution
Unit-5 Policy Development Process
Unit-6 India’s Foreign Policy: An Overview
Unit-7 U.S.A.European Union
Unit-8 Russia, China and Japan
Unit-9 India and its Neighbours
Unit-10 India and South East Asia
Unit-11 India and Central and West Asia
Unit-12 India, latin America and Caribbean
Unit-13 India-Africa Relations
Unit-14 Politico-Security Issues:
Unit-15 Economics Issues
Unit-16 Social-Cultural Issues
Unit-17 Political and Diplomatic Issues

MPSE-002 State and Society in Latin America

 Unit-1 Colonial Legacy
Unit-2 Resource Endowment and the Impact on Social and Economic Formations
Unit-3 II. Resource Endowment and the Impact on Social and Economic Formations
Unit-4 Political Traditions and Political Culture
Unit-5 Inward-looking Development Strategies
Unit-6 Economic Liberalisation and Global Dependence
Unit-7 Current Discourse on State and Market
Unit-8 Populist Movements and Regimes
Unit-9 Agrarian and land Rights Movements
Unit-10 Church and Social Transformation in Latin America
Unit-11 Revolutionary Movements and Social Change
Unit-12 Democratic transitions:Patterns, mechanisms and Processes
Unit-13 Democratic Constitutions and Institution Building
Unit-14 Civil Society and ‘New’ Social Movements
Unit-15 Military in Politics
Unit-16 Regionalism in Latin America
Unit-17 Latin America and the Developing Countries
Unit-18 Latin America and the Developed Countries/regions

MPSE-003 Western Political Thought (Plato to Marx)

Unit-1 Significance of Western Political Thought

Unit-2 Plato
Unit-3 Aristotle
Unit-4 St. Augustine & St. Thomas Aquinas
Unit-5 Niccolo Machiavelli
Unit-6 Thomas Hobbes
Unit-7 John Locke
Unit-8 Jean Jacques Rousseau
Unit-9 Edmund Burke
Unit-10 Immanuel Kant
Unit-11 Jeremy Bentham
Unit-12 Alexis de Tocqueville
Unit-13 J.S. Mill
Unit-14 George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Unit-15 Karl Marx

MPSE-004 Social and Political Thought in Modern India

Unit-1 Pre-Modern Socio-Religous Political thought in India: The Diverse Strands

Unit-2 Orientalist Discourse and Colonial Modernity
Unit-3 Salient Features of Modern Indian Political Thought
 Unit-4 Early Nationalist Responses: Rammohan Roy, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee,
Dayanand Saraswati and Jyotiba Phule
Unit-5 Moderates and Extremists: Dadabhai Naoroji, MG Ranade and BG Tilak
Unit-6 Hinduism: Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
Unit-7 Hindutva: V.D. Savarkar and M.S. Golwalkar
Unit-8 Muslim Thought: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Mohammed Iqbal, Maulana Maudoodi
and Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Unit-9 Nation and Identity Concerns: E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker, Nazrul Islam, Pandita
Ramabai, Jaipal Singh, Kahn Singh
Unit-10 M.K. Gandhi
Unit-11 Jawaharlal Nehru
Unit-12 B.R. Ambedkar
Unit-13 Rabindranath Tagore
Unit-14 Communist Thought: M.N. Roy and E.M.S. Namboodiripad
Unit-15 Socialist Thought: Rammanohar Lohia and Jayaprakash Narayan

MPSE-005 State and Society in Africa

Unit-1 Introducing Africa

Unit-2 Colonial Legacies
Unit-3 Nationalism and Legacies
Unit-4 Problems of Statehood: Integration and Legitimization
Unit-5 Issues of Development
Unit-6 Types of Regimes
Unit-7 Administration, Military and Political Parties
Unit-8 Africa and World Economy
Unit-9 Cold War, Non-Alignment and Africa
Unit-10 United Nations, Peacekeeping and Africa
Unit-11 Post-Cold War Africa
Unit-12 Human Security
Unit-13 Deterritorialisation and Problems of Social Identities
Unit-14 Violence and its Manifestations
Unit-15 Economic Cooperation: Continental and Regional
Unit-16 India and Africa

MPSE-006 Peace and Conflict Studies

Unit-1 Peace and Conflict Studies: Nature and Scope

Unit-2 Conceptual Analysis of Peace and Conflict
Unit-3 Nature and Forms of Conflict: Intra-state, Inter-state and Global
Unit-4 Theories of War
Unit-5 Types of War: Conventional War, Limited War and Nuclear War
Unit-6 Types of War: Revolutionary War, Civil War, Guerrilla War, Insurgency and
Counter Insurgency, Proxy War and Asymmetrical War and Terrorism
 Unit-7 UN System: Pacific Settlement of Disputes
Unit-8 UN System: Peacekeeping, Peacemaking and Adjudication
Unit-9 Disarmament and Arms Control
Unit-10 Confidence Building Measures
Unit-11 Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution
Unit-12 Functional Approaches and Regionalisrn
Unit-13 The Gandhian Approach
Unit-14 Human Security
Unit-15 Peace Research and Peace Movements

MPSE-007 Social Movements and Politics in India

Unit-1 Social Movements: Meanings, Significance and Importance
Unit-2 Approaches to Study Social Movements: Liberal, Gandhian and Marxian
Unit-3 Classification of Social Movements Including New Social Movements
Unit-4 Democratisation and Changing Nature of Indian Society
Unit-5 Globalisation and Social Movements
Unit-6 State, Market and Social Movements
Unit-7 Dalit Movement
Unit-8 Backward Class Movement
Unit-9 Ethnic Movements with Special Reference to Tribals
Unit-10 Women’s Movements
Unit-11 Regional Movements
Unit-12 Religious and Communal Movements
Unit-13 Agrarian Movements
Unit-14 Working Class Movement
Unit-15 Fisher Folks’ Movement
Unit-16 Environmental and Ecological Movements
Unit-17 Social Movements and Democracy: An Assessment

MPSE-008 Social Movements and Politics in India

Unit-1 Development of State Politics in India

Unit-2 Frameworks for Analysis
Unit-3 Nature of Indian Diversities and Nationalist Responses
Unit-4 States in the Constitutional Scheme
Unit-5 Development of State System
Unit-6 Elections and Electoral Politics
Unit-7 Political Parties and Party Systems
Unit-8 Patterns of dissent and Protest Movements in Indian states
Unit-9 Developmental Issues and Regional Desparities
Unit-10 Agrarian Transformation and Land Reforms
Unit-11 Industry and Labour
Unit-12 Globalisation and Liberalisation: Implications for State Politics
 Unit-13 Inter-state Disputes: Water and Territorial Boundaries
Unit-14 Patterns of Communal Politics
Unit-15 Assertion of Dalits and Backward Castes
Unit-16 Linguistic and Ethnic Minorities in State Politics
Unit-17 State Autonomy Movements in India

MPSE-009 Canada: Politics and Society

Unit-1 A Settlers Society and Staples Economy

Unit-2 Constitutionalism BNA Act of 1867, Constitutional Act of 1982, Charter of Rights
and Freedoms
Unit-3 Parliamentary Federal Institutions in Canada - Executive, Legislature and
Judiciary
Unit-4 Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations and Fiscal Federalism
Unit-5 Public Administration in Canada
Unit-6 Political Parties, Pressure Groups and Policy Communities
Unit-7 Social Movements and NGOs: Environment, Anti Globalisation and Gender
Unit-8 Aboriginals and Aboriginal Self Government
Unit-9 Civil Society: Policy Development and Service Delivery
Unit-10 Language, Culture and Politics: Quebec
Unit-11 Ethnic and Racial Issues and Multiculturalism in Canada
Unit-12 Regionalism and Provincialism
Unit-13 Immigrants, Refugees and Minorities
Unit-14 Liberal Internationalism
Unit-15 Human Security Agenda
Unit-16 Canada in the International Political Economy
Unit-17 India-Canada Partnership

MPSE-010 Dissertation
Dissertation Handbook

MPSE-011 The European Vision in World Affairs

Unit-1 History and Evolution of European Intergration

Unit-2 Theories of Integration
Unit-3 Institutions of the European Union
Unit-4 Decision-making in the European Union
Unit-5 Single European Act and Single Market
Unit-6 Treaties: Maastricht Treaty, Amsterdam Treaty, Nice Treaty and Subsequent
Treaties, European Constitutional Treaty
Unit-7 Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)
Unit-8 Member States of the EU: France, Germany, The United Kingdom and European
Integration
 Unit-9 The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
Unit-10 Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
Unit-11 Enlargement of the European Union
Unit-12 The European Union, United States, Russia, China and Japan
Unit-13 India and the European Union
Unit-14 Globalization, WTO and EU
Unit-15 Comparative Regional Integration

MPSE-012 State and Society in Australia

Unit-1 Australia: Land and People
Unit-2 Aboriginals People and European Settlers' Colonisation
Unit-3 Immigrants
Unit-4 Identity and Citizenship
Unit-5 Constitutional Development- A Historical Perspective
Unit-6 Federalism in Australia
Unit-7 Political Parties and Pressure Groups in Australia
Unit-8 Australian Nationalism
Unit-9 Development Strategies
Unit-10 Socio Economic Impact of Developmental Strategies
Unit-11 Australia in the World Economy
Unit-12 Current Debates on Aborigines
Unit-13 Immigration and Ethnicity
Unit-14 Australian Multiculturalism -
Unit-15 Gender and Women Issues
Unit-16 Indians in Australia

MPSE-013 Australia's Foreign Policy

Unit-1 Importance of Studying Australian's Foreign Policy

Unit-2 Approaches to the Study of Australia's Foreign Policy
Unit-3 Determinants of Australia's Foreign Policy
Unit-4 Policy Making Processes
Unit-5 Economic Profile of Australia: Implications of Globalisation
Unit-6 Trade, Investment and Services
Unit-7 United States
Unit-8 China
Unit-9 India
Unit-10 Indonesia
Unit-11 Pacific Islands Forum and ASEAN
Unit-12 APEC and Indian Ocean
Unit-13 Immigration and Refugees
Unit-14 Environment
 Unit-15 Human Rights
Unit-16 Nuclear Weapons Proliferation

MED-002 Sustainable Development: Issues and Challenges

Block-1 Introduction to Sustainable Development :

Unit-1 What is Sustainable Development
Unit-2 Parameters of Sustainable Development
Unit-3 Approaches to the Study of Sustainable Development
Unit-4 Issues and Challenges

Block-2 Developmental Issues

Unit-5 Natural Resource Exploitation
Unit-6 Patterns of Industrialisation
Unit-7 Inequitable Growth
Unit-8 Global and Regional Dimensions

Block-3 Initiatives towards Sustainable Development

Unit-9 State Initiatives
Unit-10 Regional Initiatives
Unit-11 Global Initiatives
Unit-12 Civil Societies and Community Initiatives

Block-4 Strategy for Sustainable Development

Unit-13 Community Knowledge
Unit-14 Harness Technology
Unit-15 Innovative Practices
Unit-16 Cooperation and Partnership

MED-008 Globalization, Environment and Development

Block-1 Global Concerns

Unit-4 MNCs, TNCs and Developing Countries
Unit-3 Man-made Disasters
Unit-2 Environmental Calamities
Unit-1 Environmental Dimensions of Globalisation

Block-2 Global Responses

Unit-9 South Asian Response to Environmental Concerns
Unit-8 Environment in Multilateral Perspectives
Unit-7 Role of the United Nations Agencies
Unit-6 International Environmental Laws and Agreements
Unit-5 International Summits and Declarations
Block-3 Global Movements and Experiences
Unit-10 Non-Governmental Agencies Initiatives

MGP-004 Gandhi's Political Thought

Block-1 Gandhi on State and Nation

Unit-4 Gandhi’s concept of Nationalism
Unit-3 Gandhi’s views on Democracy (Gramswaraj)
Unit-1 Introduction to Gandhian Political Thought
Unit-2 Gandhi’s views on State and Citizenship (Ramrajya)

Block-2 Individual and the State

Unit-5 Rights and Duties
Unit-6 Means and Ends
Unit-7 Liberty and Equality
Unit-8 Power and Authority

Block-3 Political Ideologies

Unit-9 Gandhi’s views on Colonialism and Imperialism
Unit-10 Gandhi’s views on Liberalism and Constitutionalism
Unit-11 Fascism
Unit-12 Gandhi’s views on Socialism and Marxism

Block-4 Peace by Pacific Means

Unit-13 Gandhi on Structural Violence
Unit-14 Satyagraha as a Means of Conflict Resolution
Unit-15 Gandhi on Pacifism
Unit-16 World Order

MGPE-007 Non-Violence Movements after Gandhi

Block-1 Introduction to Non-Violent Movements

Unit-1 Post-Gandhian Scenario
Unit-2 Leadership and Organisational Patterns
Unit-3 Dynamics, Strategies and Outcomes
Unit-4 Social and Ecological Issues

Block-2 Re-Articulation of Social Movements

Unit-5 Bhoodan Movement
Unit-6 Total Revolution
Unit-7 Prohibition Movements
Unit-8 Farmers’ Movements
Block-3 Environmental Movements
Unit-9 Chipko Movement
Unit-10 Narmada Bachao Andolan/Tehri Dam
Unit-11 Silent Valley
Unit-12 Water Conservation Movement

Block-4 Global Non-Violent Movements

Unit-13 Civil Rights Movements in the United States
Unit-14 Green Peace Movements in Europe
Unit-15 Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa
Unit-16 Solidarity Movement in Poland

MGPE-008 Gandhian Approach to Peace and Conflict Resolution

Block-1 Gandhian Perspectives on Peace

Unit-1 Understanding Peace
Unit-2 Tolerance, Harmony and Forgiveness
Unit-3 Community Peace
Unit-4 Peace among Nations

Block-2 Gandhian Approach to Conflict Resolution

Unit-5 Understanding Sources of Conflict
Unit-6 Approaches to Conflict Resolution
Unit-7 Gandhian Approach to Conflict Resolution
Unit-8 Applications of Gandhian Approach to Peace and Conflict Resolution (Case
Studies)
Block-3 Gandhian Techniques of Conflict Resolution
Unit-9 Fasting
Unit-10 Strike
Unit-11 Dialogue and Negotiation
Unit-12 Mediation and Reconciliation

Block-4 Application of Gandhian Techniques (Case Studies)

Unit-13 Noakhali
Unit-14 North-East/Kashmir
Unit-15 Sri Lanka/Palestine
Unit-16 Tibet/Myanmar/Bhutan

MGPE-010 Conflict Management, Transformation and Peace Building

Block-1 Conflict Analysis :

Unit-1 Nature of Conflicts
Unit-2 Sources of Conflicts
Unit-3 Methods of Conflict Analysis
 Unit-4 Conflict Assessment and Prognosis

Block-2 Conflict Management :

Unit-5 Responses to Conflicts
Unit-6 Objectives of Conflict Management
Unit-7 Methods and Techniques
Unit-8 Case Studies (Punjab and Nagaland)

Block-3 Conflict Transformation :

Unit-9 Approaches and Perspectives
Unit-10 Theories of Conflict Transformation (Johan Galtung, Lederach and Gene Sharp)
Unit-11 Gandhian Vision
Unit-12 Case Studies (Champaran and South Africa)

Block-4 Peacebuilding:
Unit-13 Meaning and Significance of Peace Building
Unit-14 Approaches to Peace Building
Unit-15 Post-Conflict Re-construction and Rehabilitation
Unit-16 Case Studies Afghanistan

MGPE-011 Human Security

Block-1 Understanding Human Security:

Unit-1 Defining Human Security
Unit-2 Human Development, Rights and Security
Unit-3 Human Security and Peace Building
Unit-4 Gandhian Vision of Human Security

Block-2 Threats to Human Security

Unit-5 Structural Violence (Economic, Social, Political)
Unit-6 State Violence (Terrorism, Dictatorship Military etc.)
Unit-7 Non-State Violence (Terrorism)
Unit-8 Disaster and Displacement

Block-3 Safeguards to Human Security:

Unit-9 Food Security
Unit-10 Unorganised Labour (Rural and Urban)
Unit-11 Empowerment of the Marginalised (Women, Children etc.)
Unit-12 International Cooperation and Security

Block-4 State of Human Security :

Unit-13 Measuring Human Security
Unit-14 Global State of Human Security
 Unit-15 Human Security in South Asia
Unit-16 Human Security in India

MGPE-013 Civil Society, Political Regimes and Conflict

Block-1 Civil Society: Concepts and Perspectives:

Unit-1 Understanding Civil Society
Unit-2 Elements of Civil Society
Unit-3 Civil Society: Local and Global
Unit-4 Gandhi and Volunteerism

Block-2 Civil Society and the State:

Unit-5 Civil Society and State: An Interface
Unit-6 Civil Society in Globalised Market
Unit-7 Civil Society and Political Regimes
Unit-8 Civil Society, Resistance and Protest

Block-3 Civil Society and Peace Building:

Unit-9 Global Peace Movements
Unit-10 Role of NGO’s in Peace Process
Unit-11 Human Rights and Culture for Peace
Unit-12 Peace Movements in India

Block-4 Gandhi and People's Power:

Unit-13 Gandhi, Capacity Building and Empowerment
Unit-14 Grassroots/People’s Initiatives
Unit-15 Mobilising Voluntary Action
Unit-16 Gandhian Civil Society for Global Peace

Admissions, curriculum transaction and evaluation

Total Teaching Hours: 64 Contact Classes, Study Hours 1920
Conduct of Classes: On Weekends
Duration of the Course: Minimum 2 Years, Maximum 5 years
Eligibility Criteria: +3 Pass
Course Fees: Rs 6000 (Rs 3000/Year)

This course will be taught with

 Contact Classes
 SLMs
 OER available materials
 Field visits
 Exposure Visits
 Project Report

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