BA Political Science

Objectives:
1. The course provides an introduction to discipline of Public Administration and its difference with private administration.
2. The students will understand the different theories, ranging from the classical, neo-classical and contemporary theories.
3. The course will explore some of the recent trends- feminism and ecological conservation and the call for greater democratization in public administration.
4. To discuss what New Public Administration, New Public Management and Good Governance is in administration.
Outcomes:
1. The students will gain knowledge about the basic idea about Public Administration as a discipline including its evolution.
2. The students will learn about major contemporary approaches in public administration
3. The students will understand the importance of ecology in its importance in the study of Public Administration.
4. The students will be equipped to analyse processes of leadership and conflict-management that have become increasingly significant in contemporary administration.
5. The students will have a comprehensive understanding on contemporary administrative developments.

Objectives:
1. To understand the vast repositories of wisdom on politics, kingship, and statecraft.
2. To deals with the writings and thoughts articulated by Indian thinkers of the ancient period.
3. To appreciate the classical as well as medieval ideas to the issues of existence in the Indian society.
Outcomes:
1. The students will be able to understand the contribution of ancient classical Indian thoughts to the discipline.
2. The students will get familiar with the broad streams of Indian thought.
3. Students will be able to explain the ideas on key political questions and institutions of ancient India.

Objectives:
1. to understand the concepts of globalisation and its alternative perspectives and to address its different dimensions
2. to engage the students with important political debates within globalisation discourse on sovereignty and territoriality and its significance of political economy
3. To impart an understanding of the working of the global economy, its anchors and resistance offered by the global social movements
4. to analyse the changing nature of relationship between the state and the transnational state and actors and networks
5. The course also offers insights into key contemporary global issues such as the proliferation of nuclear weapons, ecological issues, international terrorism, and human security.
Outcomes:
1. The students will understand the key concepts and major debates of global politics, this includes understanding the alternatives perspectives on globalisation and economic, cultural and technological dimension of globalisation.
2. The students will be able to identify and analyse the major agents and institutions of globalisation like World Bank, IMF, TNC as well as anti globalisation movements like Global social Movement and NGO’s
The students will gain a deeper understanding on the global environmental issues such as climate change, global warming and Global commons.
3. The students will be acquainted with the contemporary global issues like proliferation of nuclear weapons, Arms race, arms control and disarmament, Anti Proliferation treaties.
4. The students will be familiarised with other contemporary global issues such as resource scarcity, poverty and development also the problems and challenges of migration, human security and international terrorism.
5. The paper will develop analytical skills of the students to reflect on the phenomenon of global governance.