Scheme of Examination and Courses

of Reading for B.A. (Hons.) Political Science

SEMESTER-VI

SCHOOL OF OPEN LEARNING

University of Delhi

Syllabus Applicable for the students seeking admission to

B.A.(Hons.) Political Science Course from 2019-2020 onwards
 B.A. (HONS.) POLITICAL SCIENCE SEMESTER-VI

CORE COURSE

Paper 13 – Modern Political Philosophy

Paper 14 – Indian Political Thought-II

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE (DSE)

DSE 3 : Public Policy in India

DSE 4 : India's Foreign Policy in a Globalizing World
 Core Course

Paper 13 - Modern Political Philosophy

Course Objective
This course aims to expose the students to the manner in which the questions of politics have
been posed in terms that have implications for larger questions of thought and existence in
society and is being solved. By introducing the philosophers from different traditions students
will be able to answer few fundamental political questions: Why do we live in political
communities? What is the ‘best’ form of government? How human nature influences political
decision making? How and in what circumstances we need to resist bad rulers?

Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students would be able to:
• Understand the idea of modernity and establish a connection between societal changes
posed through modernity and its prescribed political suggestions.
• Identify various tendencies in political philosophical discourse and manage to answer
various fundamental questions through problem-solving aptitude.
Unit 1
Modernity and its discourses
Kant on Modernity, Faith on Reason, Understanding Nature’s nature.
Unit 2
Romantics
a. Jean Jacques Rousseau
Critique of Modernity; State of Nature (evolution of Nobel savage, what corrupts the
society?), Origin of inequality, General Will; direct democracy; self-government;
b. Mary Wollstonecraft
Women and paternalism; critique of Rousseau’s idea of education and proposed
educational reforms; legal rights and representation
Unit 3
Liberal socialist
John Stuart Mill
Mill’s hedonistic principle of utility; difference with other utilitarian, Liberty, suffrage
and change in democracy; rights of minorities; subjection of women
Unit 4
Radicals
a. Hegel
Ethical life: family, civil society and state
b. Karl Marx
Difference with other kinds of materialism; Concepts of values; critique of Capitalism;
inevitability of class struggle; establishment of utopian society

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References
I. Modernity and its discourses
Kant. (1784) ‘What is Enlightenment?’ available at http://theliterarylink.com/kant.html,
Accessed: 19.04.2013
S. Hall (1992) ‘Introduction’, in Formations of Modernity UK: Polity Press pages 1-16
B. Nelson, (2008) Western Political Thought. New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 221-255.
Rawls, J. Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy, Lectures on Rousseau, Harvard
University Press, London pp: 191-229.
II. Romantics
M. Keens-Soper, (2003) ‘Jean Jacques Rousseau: The Social Contract’, in M. Forsyth and M.
Keens-Soper (eds) A Guide to the Political Classics: Plato to Rousseau. New York: Oxford
University Press, pp. 171-202.
C. Jones, (2002) ‘Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindications and their Political Tradition’ in C. Johnson
(ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Mary Wollstonecraft, Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, pp. 42-58.
III. Liberal socialist
Ramaswamy, Shushila (2018), Women in Political Thought: the Quest for Gender Equality and
Beyond, New Delhi: Orient Black Swan, pp.128-178.
Mill, J.S. ‘On Liberty’ and other writings, Chapters 1, 3, and 4
Mill, J.S. Utilitarianism, Indiamapolis: Hickett Publishing, 2001, Chapters 1, 2, and 4
Rawls, J. Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy, Lectures on Mill, Harvard University
Press, London, pp. 251-314
Action, H.B (1972), John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism, Liberty and Representative Government,
David Campbell Publishers Ltd.
H. Magid (1987) ‘John Stuart Mill’, in L. Strauss and J. Cropsey, (eds), History of Political
Philosophy, 2nd edition. Chicago: Chicago University Press, pp. 784-801.
P. Kelly (2003) ‘J.S. Mill on Liberty’, in D. Boucher, and P. Kelly, (eds.) Political Thinkers:
From Socrates to the Present. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 324-359.
IV. Radicals
Hegel’s Philosophy of Right,
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hegel/works/pr/philosophy-of-right.pdf

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J. Cropsey, (1987) ‘Karl Marx’, in L. Strauss and J. Cropsey (eds) History of Political
Philosophy, 2nd Edition. Chicago: Chicago University Press, pp. 802-828.
L. Wilde, (2003) ‘Early Marx’, in D. Boucher and P. Kelly, P. (eds) Political Thinkers: From
Socrates to the Present. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 404-435.

Additional Resources:
A. Bloom (1987) ‘Jean-Jacques Rousseau’, in Strauss, L. and Cropsey, J. (eds.) History
of Political Philosophy, 2nd edition. Chicago: Chicago University Press, pp. 559-580.
A. Skoble and T. Machan (2007) Political Philosophy: Essential Selections, New Delhi: Pearson
Education, pp. 328-354.
B. Ollman (1991) Marxism: An Uncommon Introduction, New Delhi: Sterling Publishers.
G. Blakely and V. Bryson (2005) Marx and Other Four Letter Words, London: Pluto
A. Skoble, and T. Machan (2007) Political Philosophy: Essential Selections, New Delhi: Pearson
Education, pp. 286-327.
H. Arendt (1958), The Origins of Totalitarianism, New York: The World Publishing Company.
Readings in Hindi
सी. एल. वेपर (1954), राज दर्शन का स्वाध्ययन, इलाहबाद: ककताब महल.

जे. पी. सद
ू (1969), पाश्चात्य राजनीततक चचिंतन , जय प्रकार् नाथ और किंपनी.

Keywords
modernity, reason, state of nature, representation,

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 Paper 14 : Indian Political Thought - II

Course Objective
The objective of this course is to study important themes through individual thinkers. The course
has been designed to give students a glimpse about the richness and diversity within Indian
political thought. The thinkers have been consciously selected to represent a wide spectrum of
ideologies and vantage points within the modern Indian thought tradition. Selected extracts from
original texts are also given to discuss in the class. This shall help students to have some
experience in understanding how these thinkers build up their arguments and developed their
views on the respective themes.

Course Learning Outcomes

The course is aimed to equip students with critical understanding about modern Indian thought.
The thematic exploration of ideas is meant to locate the topical debates on important subjects on
a historical trajectory and reflect over the diverse possibilities exhibited in the writings of the
respective thinkers. It is expected that at the end of the course the students will be able to think
about issues and debates in contemporary India from multiple vantage points including its
historical significance in the Indian tradition. It would also help them develop toleration and
respect for diverse opinion and at the same time, to admire and appreciate the plurality within the
modern Indian intellectual tradition.

Unit 1:
Introduction to Modern Indian Political Thought

Unit 2:
Rammohan Roy: Rights

Unit 3:
Pandita Ramabai: Gender

Unit 4:
Vivekananda: Ideal Society

Unit 5:
Gandhi: Swaraj

Unit 6:
Ambedkar: Social Justice

Unit 7:
Tagore: Critique of Nationalism

Unit 8:
Iqbal: Community

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Unit 9:
Savarkar: Hindutva
Unit 10:
Nehru: Secularism
Unit 11:
Lohia: Socialism
References
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I. Introduction to Modern Indian Political Thought

V. Mehta and T. Pantham (eds.), (2006) ‘A Thematic Introduction to Political Ideas in Modern
India: Thematic Explorations, History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian civilization’
Vol. 10, Part: 7, New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. xxvii-ixi.
D. Dalton, (1982) ‘Continuity of Innovation’, in Indian Idea of Freedom: Political Thought of
Swami Vivekananda, Aurobindo Ghose, Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi, Academic
Press: Gurgaon, pp. 1-28.

II. Rammohan Roy: Rights

R. Roy, (1991) ‘The Precepts of Jesus, the Guide to Peace and Happiness’, S. Hay, (ed.) Sources
of Indian Traditio, Vol. 2. Second Edition. New Delhi: Penguin, pp. 24-29.
C. Bayly, (2010) ‘Rammohan and the Advent of Constitutional Liberalism in India 1800- 1830’,
in Sh. Kapila (ed.), An intellectual History for India, New Delhi: Cambridge University Press,
pp. 18- 34.
T. Pantham, (1986) ‘The Socio-Religious Thought of Rammohan Roy’, in Th. Panthom and K.
Deutsch, (eds.) Political Thought in Modern India, New Delhi: Sage, pp.32-52.

III. Pandita Ramabai: Gender

P. Ramabai, (2000) ‘Woman’s Place in Religion and Society’, in M. Kosambi (ed.), Pandita
Ramabai Through her Own Words: Selected Works, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp.
150-155.
M. Kosambi, (1988) ‘Women’s Emancipation and Equality: Pandita Ramabai’s Contribution to
Women’s Cause’, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 23(44), pp. 38-49.

IV. Vivekananda: Ideal Society

S. Vivekananda, (2007) ‘The Real and the Apparent Man’, S. Bodhasarananda (ed.), Selections
from the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama, pp. 126-129.
A. Sen, (2003) ‘Swami Vivekananda on History and Society’, in Swami Vivekananda, Delhi:
Oxford University Press, pp. 62- 79.
H. Rustav, (1998) ‘Swami Vivekananda and the Ideal Society’, in W. Radice (ed.), Swami
Vivekananda and the Modernisation of Hinduism, Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 264- 280.

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V. Gandhi: Swaraj
M. Gandhi, (1991) ‘Satyagraha: Transforming Unjust Relationships through the Power of the
Soul’, in S. Hay (ed.), Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 2.Second Edition, New Delhi: Penguin,
pp. 265-270.
A. Parel, (ed.), (2002) ‘Introduction’, in Gandhi, freedom and Self Rule, Delhi: Vistaar
Publication.
D. Dalton, (1982) Indian Idea of Freedom: Political Thought of Swami Vivekananda,
AurobindoGhose, Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, Gurgaon: The Academic Press,
pp. 154- 190.

VI. Ambedkar: Social Justice

B. Ambedkar, (1991) ‘Constituent Assembly Debates’, S. Hay (ed.), Sources of Indian Tradition,
Vol. 2, Second Edition, New Delhi: Penguin, pp. 342-347.
V. Rodrigues, (2007) ‘Good society, Rights, Democracy Socialism’, in S. Thorat and Aryama
(eds.), Ambedkar in Retrospect - Essays on Economics, Politics and Society, Jaipur: IIDS and
Rawat Publications.
B. Mungekar, (2007) ‘Quest for Democratic Socialism’, in S. Thorat, and Aryana (eds.),
Ambedkar in Retrospect - Essays on Economics, Politics and Society, Jaipur: IIDS and Rawat
Publications, pp. 121-142.

VII. Tagore: Critique of Nationalism

R. Tagore, (1994) ‘The Nation’, S. Das (ed.), The English Writings of Rabindranath Tagore, Vol.
3, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, pp. 548-551.
R. Chakravarty, (1986) ‘Tagore, Politics and Beyond’, in Th. Panthams and K. Deutsch (eds.),
Political Thought in Modern India, New Delhi: Sage, pp. 177-191.
M. Radhakrishnan, and Debasmita, (2003) ‘Nationalism is a Great Menace: Tagore and
Nationalism’ in P. Hogan, Colm and L. Pandit, (eds.) Rabindranath Tagore: Universality and
Tradition, London: Rosemont Publishing and Printing Corporation, pp. 29-39.

VIII. Iqbal: Community

M. Iqbal, (1991) ‘Speeches and Statements’, in S. Hay (ed.), Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 2,
Second Edition, New Delhi: Penguin, pp. 218-222.
A. Engineer, (1980) ‘Iqbal’s Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam’, in Social Scientist,
Vol.8 (8), pp. 52-63.
Madani, (2005) Composite Nationalism and Islam, New Delhi: Manohar, pp. 66-91.

IX. Savarkar: Hindutva

V.Savarkar, ‘Hindutva is Different from Hinduism’, available at
http://www.savarkar.org/en/hindutva-/essentials-hindutva/hindutva-different-hinduism
J. Sharma, (2003) Hindutva: Exploring the Idea of Hindu Nationalism, Delhi: Penguin, pp. 124-
172.

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X. Nehru: Secularism
J. Nehru, (1991) ‘Selected Works’, in S. Hay (ed.), Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 2, Second
Edition, New Delhi: Penguin, pp. 317-319.
R. Pillai, (1986) ‘Political thought of Jawaharlal Nehru’, in Th. Pantham, and K. Deutsch (eds.),
Political Thought in Modem India, New Delhi: Sage, pp. 260- 274.
B. Zachariah, (2004) Nehru, London: Routledge Historical Biographies, pp. 169-213.
XI. Lohia: Socialism
M. Anees and V. Dixit (eds.), (1984) Lohia: Many Faceted Personality, Rammanohar Lohia
Smarak Smriti.
S. Sinha, (2010) ‘Lohia’s Socialism: An underdog’s perspective’, in Economic and Political
Weekly, Vol. XLV (40) pp. 51-55.
A. Kumar, (2010) ‘Understanding Lohia’s Political Sociology: Intersectionality of Caste, Class,
Gender and Language Issue’, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XLV (40), pp. 64-70.
Additional Resources:
II. Rammohan Roy: Rights
S. Sarkar, (1985) ‘Rammohan Roy and the break With the Past’, in A Critique on colonial
India, Calcutta: Papyrus, pp. 1-17.
III. Pandita Ramabai: Gender
U. Chakravarti, (2007) Pandita Ramabai - A Life and a Time, New Delhi: Critical Quest, pp. 1-
40.
G. Omvedt, (2008) ‘Ramabai: Women in the Kingdom of God’, in Seeking Begumpura: The
Social Vision of Anti Caste Intellectuals, New Delhi: Navayana. pp. 205-224.
IV. Vivekananda: Ideal Society
Raghuramaraju, (2007) ‘Swami and Mahatma, Paradigms: State and Civil Society’, in Debates in
Indian Philosophy: Classical, Colonial, and Contemporary, Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp.
29-65.
V. Gandhi: Swaraj
R. Terchek, (2002) ‘Gandhian Autonomy in Late Modern World’, in A. Parel (ed.), Gandhi,
Freedom and Self Rule. Delhi: Sage.
VI. Ambedkar: Social Justice
P. Chatterjee, (2005) ‘Ambedkar and the Troubled times of Citizenship’, in V. Mehta and Th.
Pantham (eds.), Political ideas in modern India: Thematic Explorations, New Delhi: Sage, pp.
73-92.
VII. Tagore: Critique of Nationalism
A. Nandy, (1994) ‘Rabindranath Tagore & Politics of Self’, in Illegitimacy of
Nationalism, Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-50.

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VIII. Iqbal: Community
L. Gordon-Polonskya, (1971) ‘Ideology of Muslim Nationalism’, in H. Malik (ed.), Iqbal: Poet-
Philosopher of Pakistan, New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 108-134.
IX. Savarkar: Hindutva
Dh. Keer, (1966) Veer Savarkar, Bombay: Popular Prakashan, pp. 223-250.
X. Nehru: Secularism
P. Chatterjee, (1986) ‘The Moment of Arrival: Nehru and the Passive Revolution’, in Nationalist
Thought and the Colonial World: A Derivative Discourse? London: Zed Books, pp. 131-166.

Keywords
Nationalism, Justice, Democracy, Rights, Swaraj

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 Discipline Specific Elective (DSE)
DSE-3 : Public Policy in India

Course Objective
This course provides a theoretical and practical understanding of the concepts and methods that
can be employed in the analysis of public policy. It uses the methods of political economy to
understand policy as well as understand politics as it is shaped by economic changes. The course
will be useful for students who seek an integrative link to their understanding of political science,
economic theory and the practical world of development and social change.

Course Learning Outcomes

• The student is introduced to the range of ideologies that influence the policy-making
process.
• The student learns how to relate public policies to politics.
• The student learns how to relate public policies to the political economy.
• The student is able to have a grasp of the role of social movements and interest groups in
the making of public policy.

Unit 1
Introduction to Policy Analysis

Unit 2
The Analysis of Policy in the Context of Theories of State

Unit 3
Political Economy and Policy: Interest Groups and Social Movements.

Unit 4
Models of Policy Decision-Making

Unit 5
Ideology and Policy: Nehruvian Vision, Economic Liberalisation and recent developments

References

I. Introduction to Policy Analysis

Jenkins, B. (1997) 'Policy Analysis: Models and Approaches' in Hill, M. (1997) The Policy
Process: A Reader (2nd Edition). London: Prentice Hall, pp. 30-40.

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Dye, T.R. (2002) Understanding Public Policy. Tenth Edition. Delhi: Pearson, pp.1-9, 32-56 and
312-329.
Sapru, R.K.(1996) Public Policy : Formulation, Implementation and Evaluation. New Delhi:
Sterling Publishers, pp. 26-46.
चक्रबती, बबदयुत, प्रकार् चिंद (2018), वैश्वीकृत दतु नया में लोक प्रर्ासन, सेज भाषा, नई ददल्ली

ससन्हा, मनोज (2010) प्रर्ासन एविं लोकनीतत, ओररयिंट ब्लैकस्वान, नई ददल्ली

IGNOU. Public Policy Analysis. MPA-015. New Delhi: IGNOU, pp. 15-26 and 55-64.
Wildavsky, A.(2004), ‘ Rescuing Policy Analysis from PPBS’ in Shafritz, J.M. & Hyde, A.C.
(eds.) Classics of Public Administration. 5th Edition. Belmont: Wadsworth, pp.271-284.

II. The Analysis of Policy in the Context of Theories of State

Dunleavy, P. and O'Leary, B. (1987) Theories of the State. London: Routledge.
McClennan, G. (1997) 'The Evolution of Pluralist Theory' in Hill, M. (ed.) The Policy Process: A
Reader. 2nd Edition. London: Prentice Hall, pp. 53-61.
Simmie, J. & King, R. (eds.) (1990) The State in Action: Public Policy and Politics. London:
Printer Publication, pp.3-21 and 171-184.
Skocpol, T. et al (eds.) (1985) Bringing the State Back In. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, pp. 3-43 and 343-366.
Dye, T.R. (2002) Understanding Public Policy. 10th Edition. Delhi: Pearson, pp.11-31.

III. Political Economy and Policy: Interest Groups and Social Movements.
Lukes, S. (1986) Power. Basil: Oxford , pp. 28-36.
Lukes, S. (1997) 'Three Distinctive Views of Power Compared', in Hill, M. (ed.), The Policy
Process: A Reader. 2nd Edition. London: Prentice Hall, pp. 45-52.
Giddens, A. (1998) The Third Way: The Renewal of Social Democracy. Cambridge: Polity
Press, pp. 27-64 and 99-118.

IV. Models of Policy Decision-Making

Hogwood, B. & Gunn, L. (1984) Policy Analysis for the Real World. U.K: Oxford University
Press, pp. 42-62.
Sabatier, P.L. & Mazmanian, D. (1979) 'The Conditions of Effective Policy Implementation', in
Policy Analysis, vol. 5, pp. 481-504.
Smith, G. & May, D. (1997) 'The Artificial Debate between Rationalist and Incrementalist
Models of Decision-making', in Hill, M. The Policy Process: A Reader. 2nd Edition. London:
Prentice Hall, pp. 163-174.
IGNOU. Public Policy Analysis. MPA-015, New Delhi: IGNOU, pp. 38-54.
Henry, N. (1999) Public Administration and Public Affairs. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, pp. 346-
368.

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V. Ideology and Policy: Nehruvian Vision, Economic Liberalisation and recent developments
Self, P. (1993) Government by the Market? The Politics of Public Choice. Basingstoke:
MacMillan, pp. 1-20,70-105,113-146,198-231 and 262-277.
Girden, E.J. (1987) ‘Economic Liberalisation in India: The New Electronics Policy’ in Asian
Survey. California University Press. Volume 27, No.11. Available at:
www.jstor.org/stable/2644722.

Keywords
Policy Analysis, Interest Groups, Policy Decision-Making, Nehruvian Vision, Economic
Liberalisation

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 DSE-4 : India’s Foreign Policy in a Globalizing World

Course Objective
This course’s objective is to teach students the domestic sources and the structural constraints on
the genesis, evolution and practice of India’s foreign policy. The endeavour is to highlight
integral linkages between the ‘domestic’ and the ‘international’ aspects of India’s foreign policy
by stressing on the shifts in its domestic identity and the corresponding changes at the
international level. Students will be instructed on India’s shifting identity as a postcolonial state
to the contemporary dynamics of India attempting to carve its identity as an ‘aspiring power’.
India’s evolving relations with the superpowers during the Cold War and after, bargaining
strategy and positioning in international climate change negotiations, international economic
governance, international terrorism and the United Nations facilitate an understanding of the
changing positions and development of India’s role as a global player since independence.
Course Learning Outcomes
• Students will learn about India’s diplomatic maneuvers in an essentially interest and
power seeking global hierarchical relationship.
• Students will also learn about the challenges India faces in securing its interests as a
postcolonial state.
• The study of India’s ability to engage with powerful nations of the world like US, Russia
and China will help students understand India’s perspective on international relations.
• The course will enhance students’ understanding of India’s strategies in South Asia.
• Students will also learn about India’s negotiation strategy in dealing with global trade,
environment and security regime.
Unit 1:
India’s Foreign Policy: From a Postcolonial State to an Aspiring Global Power

Unit 2:
India’s Relations with the USA and Russia
Unit 3:
India’s Engagements with China
Unit 4:
India in South Asia: Debating Regional Strategies
Unit 5:
India’s Negotiating Style and Strategies: Trade, Environment and Security Regimes

Unit 6:
India in the Contemporary Multipolar World
a) EU
b) BRICS
c) SCO

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References
Ragi, Sangit K. et.al. (2018), Imagining India as a Global Power: Prospects and Challenges,
Oxon and New York, Routledge.
Ian Hall (ed) (2014), The Engagement of India: Strategies and Responses, Washington, DC,
Georgetown University Press.
Muchkund Dubey, (2016), India’s Foreign Policy: Coping with the Changing World, New Delhi,
Orient Blackswan Pvt. Ltd.
Harsh V.Pant (ed), (2009), India’s foreign Policy in a Unipolar World, New Delhi, Routledge.
Harsh V. Pant (2016), India’s Foreign Policy-An Overview”, New Delhi: Orient Blackswan.
Harsh V. Pant (ed) (2019), New Directions in India’s foreign Policy: Theory and Praxis, New
Delhi: Cambridge University Press.
David M. Malone, (2011), Does the Elephant Dance? Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy, New
Delhi, Oxford University Press.
Sumit Ganguly (ed),(2016), Engaging the World-Indian Foreign Policy since 1947, New Delhi,
Oxford University Press.
S. Ganguly and M.S. Pardesi, “Explaining Sixty Years of India’s Foreign Policy”, India Review,
Vol.8 (1) pp.4-19.
B.R. Nayar & T.V.Paul (2004) “Major-power Status in the Modern World-India in Comparative
Perspective” in B.R Nayar and T.V Paul (eds), India in the World Order: Searching for major
Power Status, New Delhi, Foundation Books & Cambridge University Press, pp.27-64
D.M. Malone & C. Raja Mohan & S. Raghavan (eds) (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Indian
Foreign Policy, United Kingdom, Oxford University Press
Sumit Ganguly (ed) (2010), India’s Foreign Policy: Retrospect and Prospect, New Delhi, Oxford
University Press.
R.S. Yadav and S. Dhanda (eds) (2009) “India’s Foreign Policy: Contemporary Trends”, New
Delhi: Shipra Publications.
R. Dahiya and Ashok K Behuriya (eds) (2012), “India’s Neighbourhood: Challenges in the next
two Decades”, New Delhi, Pentagon Security International and IDSA.
Amitabh Mattoo and Happymon Jacob, (eds), (2014), “India and the Contemporary International
System” , New Delhi, Manohar Publications in collaboration with RCSS Colombo.
Anjali Ghosh, et. al. (eds), (2009), India’s Foreign Policy” New Delhi, Pearson.
Air Vice Marshal Kapil Kak (ed.), (2010), Comprehensive Security for an Emerging India, New
Delhi, KW Publishers Pvt. Ltd in association with Centre for Air Power Studies
R. Sikri (2009), Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy, New Delhi, Sage.
U. Shankar, “India’s Afghan Policy: An Evaluation”, Contemporary Central Asia, vol. VI, No1-2
pp. 55-73.
U. Shankar, (2008), State Building in Afghanistan: Linkages with International Politics, New
Delhi: Academic Excellence.

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S. Ganguly and M. Pardesi, (2009) ‘Explaining Sixty Years of India’s Foreign Policy’, in
India Review, Vol. 8 (1), pp. 4–19.
C. Ogden, (2011) ‘International ‘Aspirations’ of a Rising Power’, in David Scott (ed.),
Handbook of India’s International Relations, London: Routeledge, pp.3-31.
W. Anderson, (2011) ‘Domestic Roots of Indian Foreign Policy’, in W. Anderson, Trysts with
Democracy: Political Practice in South Asia, Anthem Press: University Publishing Online.
S. Mehrotra, (1990) ‘Indo-Soviet Economic Relations: Geopolitical and Ideological Factors’, in
India and the Soviet Union: Trade and Technology Transfer, Cambridge University Press:
Cambridge, pp. 8-28.
R. Hathaway, (2003) ‘The US-India Courtship: From Clinton to Bush’, in S. Ganguly (ed.), India
as an Emerging Power, Frank Cass: Portland.
A. Singh, (1995) ‘India's Relations with Russia and Central Asia’, in International Affairs, Vol.
71 (1): 69-81.
M. Zafar, (1984) India and the Superpowers: India's Political Relations with the Superpowers in
the 1970s, Dhaka, University Press, Chapter 1.
R. Rajgopalan and V. Sahni (2008), ‘India and the Great Powers: Strategic Imperatives,
Normative Necessities’, in South Asian Survey, Vol. 15 (1), pp. 5–32.
C. Mohan, (2013) ‘Changing Global Order: India’s Perspective’, in A. Tellis and S. Mirski
(eds.), Crux of Asia: China, India, and the Emerging Global Order, Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace: Washington.
A. Narlikar, (2006) ‘Peculiar Chauvinism or Strategic Calculation? Explaining the Negotiating
Strategy of a Rising India’, in International Affairs, Vol. 82 (1), pp. 59-76.
Additional Resources:
Classic Readings
A. Appadorai, (1984), Domestic Roots of Foreign Policy, New Delhi: Oxford University Press
J. Bandhopadhyaya (1970) The Making of India’s Foreign Policy, New Delhi: Allied Publishers
M.S. Rajan (1999) India and International Affairs : A Collection of Essays, New Delhi: Lancer
Books.
J. N. Dixit (1998), Across Borders: Fifty Years of India’s Foreign Policy, Delhi: Sangam Books.
Hindi Readings
ससु मत र्ािंर्ल
ु ी (2018), भारत की पवदे र् नीतत: पुनरावलोकन एविं सिंभावनाएिं, अनव
ु ादक: असभषेक चौधरी,
ददल्ली: ऑक्सफोडश यूतनवससशटी प्रेस।
आर. एस . यादव (2013), भारत की पवदेर् नीतत, ददल्ली: पपयसशन एजुकेर्न।
पष्ट्ु पेर् पन्त (2010), भारत की पवदे र् नीतत, ददल्ली: मक्रादहल एजक
ु े र्न।
जे . एन . दीक्षित (2018), भारतीय पवदे र् नीतत, ददल्ली: प्रभात प्रकार्न।

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Additional Readings:
H. Pant, (2008) ‘The U.S.-India Entente: From Estrangement to Engagement’, in Contemporary
Debates in Indian Foreign and Security Policy: India Negotiates Its Rise in the International
System, Palgrave Macmillan: London.

D. Mistry, (2006) ‘Diplomacy, Domestic Politics, and the U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement’, in
Asian Survey, Vol. 46 (5), pp. 675-698.
H. Pant, (2011) ‘India’s Relations with China’, in D. Scott (ed.), Handbook of India’s
International Relations, London: Routeledge, pp. 233-242.
A. Tellis and S. Mirski, (2013) ‘Introduction’, in A. Tellis and S. Mirski (eds.), Crux of Asia:
China, India, and the Emerging Global Order, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:
Washington.
S. Muni, (2003) ‘Problem Areas in India’s Neighbourhood Policy’, South Asian Survey, Vol. 10
(2), pp. 185-196.
S. Cohen, (2002) India: Emerging Power, Brookings Institution Press.
V. Sood, (2009) ‘India and regional security interests’, in A. Ayres and C. Raja Mohan (eds),
Power realignments in Asia: China, India, and the United States, New Delhi: Sage.
Online Resources:
Government of India’s Ministry of External Relations website at http://www.mea.gov.in/
and specially its library which provides online resources at http://mealib.nic.in/
The Council of Foreign Relations has a regularly updated blog on India’s foreign policy:
http://www.cfr.org/region/india/ri282
Centre for Policy Research’s blog on IR and strategic affairs though it is not exclusively on
India’s foreign policy. http://www.cprindia.org/blog/international-relations-and-security-blog
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses: http://www.idsa.in/
Research and Information System: www.ris.org.in/
Indian Council of World Affairs: www.icwa.in/
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies: www.ipcs.org/
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations: www.icrier.org/

Keywords
India’s Foreign Policy, India-China, India-US, India-Russia, India and South Asia

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