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FOR SEMESTER VI THE STUDENTS HAVE TO STUDY FIVE PAPERS NAMELY, DC 13, DC 14 , DSE 3 (A) OR (B), DSE 4(A) OR (B) AND SEC 2 PAPER.
DISCIPLINE CORE 13 : PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
I. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AS A DISCIPLINE (15 LECTURES)
a. Meaning, Dimensions and significance of the discipline
b.Public and Private Administration
c.Evolution of Public Administration
II.THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES (25 LECTURES)
CLASSICAL THEORIES
a. Scientific management (F.W.Taylor)
b.Administration management (Gullick, Urwickand Fayol)
c.Ideal-type bureaucracy (Max Weber)
NEO -CLASSICAL THEORIES
a. Human relations theory (Elton Mayo)
b. Relational decision- making( Herbert Simon)
CONTEMPORARY THEORIES
a. Ecological approach (Fred Riggs)
b.Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Peter Drucker)
III.PUBLIC POLICY (10 lectures)
a. Concept , relevance and approaches
b. Formulation , implementation and evaluation
IV. MAJOR APPROACHES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION(20 LECTURES)
a. New Public Administration
b. New Public Management
c. New Public Service Approach
d.Good Governance
e.Feminist Perspectives
DISCIPLINE CORE 14: PUBLIC POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
I. PUBLIC POLICY(10 LECTURES)
a. Definition, characteristics and models
b. Public policy process in India.
II. DECENTRALISATION (10 LECTURES)
a. Meaning, significance and approaches and types
b. Local Self Governance : rural and Urban
III. BUDGET (12 LECTURES)
a. Concept and Significance of Budget
b.Budget Cycle in India
c. Various Approaches and Types of Budgeting
IV. CITIZEN AND ADMINISTRATION INTERFACE (15 LECTURES)
a. Public Service Delivery
b.Administrative Corruption, Redressal of public Grievances: RTI, Lokpal, Citizens'Charter and E- Governance and Good Governance
V. SOCIAL WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (20 LECTURES)
a. Concept and Approaches of Social Welfare
b. Social Welfare policies in India:
Education: Right to Education
Health: National Health Mission
Food:Right to Food Security
Employment: MGNREGA
DSE-3 (A) INDIA'S FOREIGN POLICY IN A GLOBALISING WORLD
I. India's Foreign Policy: from a Postcolonial State to an Aspiring Global power (7 Lectures)
II. India's Relations with the USA and USSR/Russia (9 Lectures)
III. India's engagements with China (6 Lectures)
IV. India in South Asia: Debating Regional Strategies (9 Lectures)
V. India's Negotiating Style and Strategies: Trade, Environment and Security Regimes( 11 Lectures)
VI.India in the Contemporary Multi -polar World (6 Lectures) OR
DSE-3 (B) WOMEN, POWER AND POLITICS
I. Groundings(6 weeks)
Patriarchy (2 weeks)
a. Sex- Gender Debates. b. Public and Private c. Power
Feminism (2 weeks)
Family, Community , State (2 weeks)
a. Family, b. Community c. State
II. Movements and Issues (6 weeks)
History of the Women's movement in India (2 weeks)
Violence against women (2 weeks)
Work and Labour (2 weeks)
a.Visible and Invisible Work b. Reproductive and care work c. Sex work
DSE -4 (A) DILEMMA IN POLITICS
I. The Moral Economy of Violence(8 Lectures)
II. The Politics of Exclusion (7 Lectures)
III. Debates on Human Rights(8 Lectures)
IV. Ecology and Political Responsibility (8 Lectures)
V.Capabilities and the Politics of Empowerment (8 Lectures)
VI.Global Justice and Cosmopolitanism (7 Lectures)
VII. Feminism and the Politics of interpretation(7 Lectures)
VIII. Legitimacy of Humanitarian Intervention (7 Lectures) OR
DSE-4 (B) UNDERSTANDING SOUTH ASIA
I. South Asia- understanding South Asia as a Region(9 Lectures)
a. Historical and Colonial Legacies b. Geopolitics of South Asia.
II. Politics and Governance(21 Lectures)
a.Regime types: democracy, authoritarianism,monarchy
b. Emerging constitutional practices: federal experiments in Pakistan: constitutional debate in Nepal and Bhutan; devolution debate in Sri Lanka.
III. Socio- Economic Issues (15 Lectures)
IV.Regional Issues and Challenges(15 Lectures)
a. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation(SAARC): problems and prospects b. Terrorism and c. Migration
SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE SEC 2
PUBLIC OPINION AND SURVEY RESEARCH
I. Introduction to the course (6 lectures)
Definition and characteristics of public opinion, concepts and characteristics, debates about its role in a democratic political system, uses for opinion poll
II. Measuring Public Opinion with Surveys: Representation and Sampling(6 lectures)
a. What is sampling? Why do we need a sample? Sample design
b. Sampling Error ad non- response
c. Type of sampling: Non random sampling(quota, purposive and snowball sampling); random sampling : simple and stratified
III. Survey Research (2 Lectures)
a. Interviewing: Interviews techniques pitfalls, different types of and forms of interview b. Questionnaire : Question wording; fairness and clarity
IV.Quantitative Data Analysis (4 Lectures)
a. Introduction to quantitative data analysis
b.Basic concepts : correlational research, causation and prediction, descriptive and inferential statistics.
V. Interpreting polls (6 Lectures)
Prediction in polling research: possibilities and pitfalls Politics of interpreting polling
Political participation (5 Lectures)
Voting Behaviour (0 Lectures)
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