Syllabus

For
Masters Programme
in
Kashmir and South Asia Studies

UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies

(UMIKS)

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Syllabus for Two Years MA Programme in Kashmir and South Asia studies
(2013-2014)
Introduction
Masters programme in Kashmir and South Asia Studies has been introduced at the
UMIKS from 2013 academic session under a reformulated MoU between South Asia
Foundation (SAF), India and University of Kashmir, Srinagar, which was concluded on
23 August, 2012. The total intake for this course has been determined at 30 (thirty)
students. Out of the 30 students, 16 students would be from SAARC countries and the
rest locals. The admission policy for local students to MA Programme shall be done
through the entrance test conduct by the University of Kashmir.
Programme Rationale
The MA programme is intended to achieve four major objectives:
I.

II.
III.
IV.

The MA programme shall operate within the multi-disciplinary framework.

The teacher has to synergize Kashmir and South Asia in his/her method of
teaching and discussion.
It aims at giving the students thorough grounding in certain foundational
courses related to Kashmir and South Asia.
The students are also introduced to specialized areas by offering them a
number of optional courses.
The students at 4th Semester level are required to write a dissertation by
undertaking purposeful field work.

Course Outline
The Syllabus is to be covered in four Semesters with fourteen papers and a dissertation.
Semester I and II constitute the compulsory and foundational courses. Semester III and
IV will have two compulsory courses in each. The students are free to select other
optional courses as per their choice.
Each course for regular students will have the value of 100 (hundred) marks, out of
these twenty will be meant for internal assessment by the concerned teacher. The
remaining 80 marks will be for Semester examination conducted by the University of
Kashmir.
In Semester IV students are required to take up two compulsory courses and also write
a dissertation. The dissertation shall carry 160 Marks while as 40 Marks are reserved
for Viva-Voce.
The paper setter is required to follow the pattern as is already operational in the
University of Kashmir.
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Course No.
Semester I
KSC 101:
KSC 102:
KSC 103:
KSC 104:

Course Title
Geography of Jammu and Kashmir
Theories of Regionalism and Integration
State and Society in South Asia
Political Economy of South Asia

Semester II
KSC 105:
Regional Integration in a Comparative Perspective
KSC 106:
Human Development in South Asia
KSC 107:
Governance and Development in India
KSC 108:
Economy of Jammu and Kashmir
Semester III
KSC 109:
Gender and Society in South Asia
KSC 110: Peace and Conflict Studies
KSO 111: Kashmir Philosophy and Learning
KSO 112: Cultural History of Kashmir
KSO 113: Folk Lore and Folk Literature
KSO 114: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
KSO 115: Kashmir and Central Asia
Semester IV
KSC 116: Globalization and South Asia
KSC 117: Social Science Research Methods
KSC 118: Dissertation

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M.A Kashmir and South Asia Studies (Semester 1st)

Effective from academic session-2013
Courses Offered in Semester 1st (2013)
Course
code
KSC 101
KSC 102
KSC 103
KSC 104

Title of the Course

Max. Marks
(External)
80

Min. Marks
(External)
32

Max. Marks
(Internal)
20

Min. Marks
(Internal)
8

80

32

20

State and Society in South Asia

80

32

20

Political Economy of South Asia

80

32

20

Geography of Jammu and

Kashmir
Theories of Regionalism and
Integration

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SEMESTER I
Course Title: GEOGRAPHY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR
Course Code: KSC 101

UNIT: I
1.1. Geographical Importance of Jammu and Kashmir.
1.2. Geological Setting of Jammu and Kashmir.
1.3. Physiographic Division of Jammu and Kashmir.
1.4. Mountain Systems and Passes of Jammu & Kashmir.
UNIT: II
2.1. Climate: General Climatic Conditions and Seasonal Variations.
2.2. Drainage Pattern.
2.3. Major Vegetation types of Jammu and Kashmir.
2.4. Natural Disasters: Earthquakes and Floods.
UNIT: III
3.1. Demographic Profile of J & K Population Growth: Trends and Distribution
3.2. Linguistic Groups: Their Geographical Distribution
3.3. Major Tribes and Ethnic Groups: Their Geographical Distribution
3.4. Major Religious Groups: Their Geographical Distribution
UNIT: IV
4.1. Physiographic Divisions:Afghanistan, Sri-Lanka and Nepal
4.2. Climatic Profile; India Afghanistan and Bangladesh
4.3. Demographic Profile of South Asian countries

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Reading List

Charles Bates, Gazetteer of Jammu and Kashmir, 1980.

A. N. Raina, Geography of Jammu & Kashmir, National Book Trust, 1977.
A. R. Khan, Geography of Jammu & Kashmir, Gulshan Books, 2007.
MajidHussain, Geography of Jammu & Kashmir (Some Aspects), ArainePublications,
1985.
MajidHussain, Geography of Jammu & Kashmir, Rajesh Publications, 1987.
P. A. Koul, Geography of Jammu & Kashmir, Light and Life Publications, 1980.
MajidHussain, Systemic Geography of Jammu & Kashmir, APH Publication, 2005.
MonisRaza, Valley of KashmirVol-I.
M. Raja et-al, Valley of Kashmir, Vikas Publications. 1978
Walter Lawrence, Valley of Kashmir, Kejri Publications, 1967.

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Course Title: THEORIES OF REGI ONALISM AND INTEGRATION

Course Code: KSC 102

UNIT: I
The Concept of Region
1.1.
1.2.
1.3.
1.4.

Defining Region
Geographical Proximity
Patterns of Interaction
Regions as Containers of Cultural Difference

UNIT: II
Regional Security Complex
2.1. Regions as Zones of Conflict
2.2. Regions as Zones of Cooperation
UNIT: III
The Internal and External Dimensions of Region
3.1. Resolution of Internal Conflicts
3.2. Cohesion Regarding External Challenges
UNIT: IV
Theories of Integration
4.1.
4.2.
4.3.
4.4.

Federalism
Functionalism
Neo-Functionalism
Transactionalism

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Reading List

Anderson, Kim, and HegeNorheim(1993), HistoryGeographyand Regional Economic

Integration, in Kim Anderson and Richard Blackhurst(eds.), Regional Integration and
the Global Trading System, London: HarvesterWheatsheaf, 19-51.
Andic, Fuat, SuphanAndicDouglas Dosser(1971), A TheoryofEconomicIntegration
forDeveloping Countries,London: Allen and Unwin.
Balassa,Bela (1961), TheTheoryof EconomicIntegration, Westport: Greenwood Press.
Baldwin, R.E. (1995)What Caused theResurgenceofRegionalism?SwissJournal
ofEconomics and Statistics 131: 45
Bhagwati, Jagdish(1993). Regionalism and Multilateralism: An Overviewin JaimeDe
MeloandArvindPanagariya(eds.)Dimensions in Regional Integration, New York:
CambridgeUniversityPress, 122-151.
Burgess, Michael (1989),Federalism and European Union:Political Ideas, Influences
andStrategies in theEuropean Community,London: Routledge.
Buzan,Barry(1991), People, States and Fears:An Agenda for International
nd

SecurityStudies in thePost-ColdWar Era, 2 Edition, Boulder, CO:LynneRienner.

Buzan, Barry, OleWver and Jaap deWilde (1998), Security:A
NewFrameworkforAnalysis, Boulder, CO:LynneRienner.
Cantori,Louis J. and StevenL. Spiegel (1970): TheInternational Relations
ofRegions,Polity2 (4): 397-425.
Cox,Robert (ed.) (1997),TheNewRealism:Perspectives on Multilateralism
andWorldOrder,London: Macmillan and UNU Press.
DeMelo, J. and A. Panagariya(1992),TheNewRegionalism in TradePolicy,
WashingtonDC: World Bank Publication.
Deutsch, Karl W., SidneyA.Burnett, Robert A.Kann, MauriceLess, Jr.,
MartinLichterman, Raymond E.Lindgren, FrancisL.Loewenheim, and Richard W. Van
Wagenen(1957), Political Communityin theNorth AtlanticArea: International
Organization in theLight of Historical Experience, Princeton: Princeton
UniversityPress.
Duffy, CharlesA. andWarnerJ. Feld (1980), WhitherRegionalIntegration Theory?in
WarnerJ. Feld and Gavin Boyd (eds), ComparativeRegional Systems:West and East
Europe, North America,The MiddleEast and Developing Countries, New York:
PergamonPress.
Eichengreen, BarryandJeffreyA.Frankel (1995),EconomicRegionalism:
EvidencefromTwoTwentieth CenturyEpisodes, North American Journal of
Economicsand Finance6 (2):89-106.
Etzioni, Amitai(1965), Political Unification:A ComparativeStudyof Leaders and
Forces, New York: Holt RhinehartandWinston.
Fawcett,Louise and Andrew Hurrell(eds) (1994),Regionalism inWorld
Politics:RegionalOrganisationsandWorld Order, Oxford: Oxford UniversityPress.
Feld, WarnerJ. and Gavin Boyd (eds) (1980), ComparativeRegional Systems:West and
East Europe, North America,The MiddleEast and Developing Countries, New York:
PergamonPress.
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Gamble, Andrew and AnthonyPayne(eds) (1996), Regionalism

andWorldOrder,Houndmills:Macmillan.
Grieco, Joseph M. (1997) SystematicSources ofVariation in
RegionalInstitutionalization in Western Europe, East Asia and theAmericasin Edward
D. Mansfield andHelen V. Milne(eds.), ThePolitical Economyof Regionalism, New
York: ColumbiaUniversityPress, 164-187.
Groom, A. J. R. and PaulTaylor (eds)(1995), Functionalism:Theoryand
PracticeinInternational Relations, London: UniversityofLondon Press.
Grugel, Jean and WilHout(eds) (1998), Regionalism Across theNorth-South
Divide:StateStrategies and Globalisation,London: Routledge.
Haas, ErnstB. (1970), InternationalIntegration: TheEuropean and Universal
ProcessInternational Organization 15: 366-392.
Hettne, Bjrn,AndrasInotaiand Osvaldo Sunkel(eds) (1999), Globalism and the new
Regionalism,London: Macmillan.
Katzenstein, PeterJ. (1996), Regionalism in ComparativePerspective,Cooperation
andConflict 31 (2): 123-159.
Kitamura, Hiroshi (1966), EconomicTheoryandEconomicIntegration
ofUnderdevelopedRegions, in Miguel S. Wionczek(ed.), Latin American Integration,
New York: Praeger.
Lawrence, R.Z. (1996),Regionalism, Multilateralism and Deeper Integration,
WashingtonDC: BrookingsInstitution.
Linder, S. B. (1966), Customs Unions and EconomicDevelopment, in Miguel S.
Wionczek(ed), Latin American Integration, New York: Praeger, 32-41.
Mansfield, Edward D. and Helen V. Milner(eds)(1997), ThePolitical
EconomyofRegionalism, New York:ColumbiaUniversityPress.
Mansfield, Edward D and Helen V. Milner(eds)(1999), TheNew
WaveofRegionalism,International Organisation53 (3): 589-627.
Mitrany, David (1946), AWorking PeaceSystem,London:
RoyalInstituteofInternationalAffairs.
Mitrany, David (1965), TheProspect ofIntegration: Federal orFunctional?Journal
ofCommon Market Studies,December: 119-149.
Nye, Joseph S. (ed) (1971), Peacein Parts: Integration and Conflict in
RegionalOrganisation,Boston:LittleBrown&Co.
Russett, Bruce(1967), International Regions and the International System:A
StudyinPolitical Ecology, Chicago: Rand McNally.
Schmitter, Philippe (1970), A Revised TheoryofRegionalIntegration,
InternationalOrganisation24, Autumn: 840-842.
Schott, JeffreyJ. (1991),TradingBlocs and World TradingSystem, TheWorld
Economy14 (1): 1-18.
Steinhilbert, Jochen(2006), Bound to Cooperate? Securityand Regional
Cooperation,Occasional Papers 25, September,Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
Thompson,William R. (1973), TheRegional Subsystem: A Conceptual Explication
andPropositionalInventory,International Studies Quarterly17 (1), March: 89-117.
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Vayrynen, Raimo(1992), Regional Systems andInternational Relationsin Helena

Lindholm(ed.),Approaches to theStudyof International Political Economy,
Gothenburg:Peaceand Development ResearchInstitute, 119-137.
Viner, Jacob (1950), The Customs Union Issue,London: Steven and Sons.

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Course title: STATE AND SOCIETY IN SOUTH ASIA

Course Code: KSC 103
UNIT: I
Significance of South Asia
1.1. Contours of Diversity: Geography, People and Language
1.2.Partition and Debates on Nationalism
1.3. Emergence of Nation States
UNIT: II
Patterns of Politics and Types of Government
2.1. Democracy
2.2. Military
2.3. Monarchy
UNIT: III
Multiple Identities in Jammu and Kashmir
3.1. Kashmir
3.2. Jammu
3.3. Ladakh
UNIT: IV
Democratic transformation in South Asia
4.1. Nation-Building in South Asia
4.2. Peoples Movements: Human Rights, Environment
4.3. Non-Traditional Forms of Security

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Reading List

Baxter C. et al edited. Government and Politics in South Asia. Boulder, Westview,

1987.
Bestsch Gary K. et al. eds., Engaging India: US Strategic Relations with the Worlds
Largest Democracy. New York, Routledge, 1999.
Bose Sugata and Ayesha Jalal. Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political
Economy. New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1997.
ChiltyNaren. Framing South Asia Transformations. New Delhi, South Asian
Publishers, 1994.
Garmer B.H. An Introduction to South Asia. London, Routledge, 1993.
GhoshPartha S. Cooperation and Conflict in South Asia. New Delhi, Manohar, 1995.
Iftekharuzzaman Edited. Ethnicity and Constitutional Reform in South Asia. New
Delhi, Manohar, 1998.
Jalal, Ayesha. Democracy and authoritarianism in South Asia: A comparative and
historical perspective. U.K., Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Kodikara Shelton U. edited. External Compulsions of South Asian Politics. New Delhi,
Sage, 1993.
Malik, Yogendra, K. edited. Government and Politics in South Asia, (Sixth edition),
USA, Westview Press, 2008.
Nizamani, Haider, K. The Roots of Rhetoric: Politics of Nuclear Weapons in India and
Pakistan. New Delhi, India Research Press, 2001.
Shelton, Kodikara, U. edited. South Asian Strategic Issues. New Delhi, Sage, 1990.
Stern Robert W. Democracy and Dictatorship in South Asia. New Delhi, India
Research Press, 2001.

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Course Title: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SOUTH ASIA

Course Code: KSC 104
UNIT: I
South Asia: Colonial Legacy
1.1. South Asia as an Economic Entity
1.2. Nature and Impact of Colonialism
1.3. Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism
UNIT: II
South Asia: Change and Continuity.
2.1. State and Economic Development in South Asia.
2.2. Impact of Liberalization and Globalization
2.3. Poverty and Regional Economic Imbalances
UNIT: III
Energy security in South Asia
3.1. Energy Outlook for South Asia.
3.2. Trans-Boundary Water Sharing Issues: A Case of South Asia
3.3. Energy Security and Pipeline Politics in South Asia
UNIT: IV
Regional Economic Cooperation
4.1. SAARC: SAPTA and SAFTA
4.2. Nature of Conflict in South Asia: Implications for Regional Economic Integration
4.3. Imperatives of Reviving Intra-Regional and Inter-Regional Trade Routes

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Reading List

Ahmed Sadiq. (ed.), Promoting Economic Cooperation in South Asia, New Delhi, Sage,
2010.
Behera, NavnitaChadha. (ed.), International Relations in South Asia: Search for an
Alternative Perspective, New Delhi, Sage, 2008.
Bose, Sugata and Ayesha Jalal.Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy.
New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1997.
David N. Balaam and Michael Veseth. What is IPE in Introduction to International
Political Economy, New Jersey, Pretice Hall, 2001.
Desai, A.R. (ed.), Peasant Struggles in India, Bombay: Oxford University Press, 1979.
Garmer B.H. An Introduction to South Asia, London, Routledge, 1993.
GhoshPartha.Cooperation and Conflict in South Asia, New Delhi, Manohar, 1995.
Jalal, Ayesha. Democracy and authoritarianism in South Asia: A comparative and
historical perspective, U.K., Cambridge University Press, 1995.
John Baylis and Steve Smith. (ed.), The Globalization of World Politics, (4th edition),
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Khan, Shaheen Rafi.(ed.), Regional Trade Integration and Conflict Resolution,
Routledge, 2009.
Kodikara Shelton U. (ed.), External Compulsions of South Asian Politics, New Delhi,
Sage, 1993.
Nizamani, Haider, K. The Roots of Rhetoric: Politics of Nuclear Weapons in India and
Pakistan, New Delhi, India Research Press, 2001.
Regional Energy Security for South Asia, Regional Report. Available at: www.sarienergy.org
Shelton, Kodikara, U. (ed.), South Asian Strategic Issues, New Delhi, Sage, 1990.
Stern Robert W. Democracy and Dictatorship in South Asia, New Delhi, India Research
Press, 2001.
Cohen Stephen. (2006): The Idea of Pakistan, Brookings Institution Press; 2nd edition.
Yunus Mohammed, ParmarAradhana. South Asia: A Historical Narrative, Karachi,
Oxford University Press, 2006.
Chandra Bipan, The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India, Anamika
Publishersand distributors 2004.

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Courses Offered in Semester 2nd (2013)

Course
code
KSC 105
KSC 106
KSC 107
KSC 108

Title of the Course

Regional Integration in a
comparative prospective
Human Development in South
Asia
Governance and Development in
India
Economy of Jammu and Kashmir

Max. Marks
(External)
80

Min. Marks
(External)
32

Max. Marks
(Internal)
20

Min. Marks
(Internal)
8

80

32

20

80

32

20

80

32

20

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SEMESTER II
Course Title: REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Course Code: KSC 105
UNIT: I
Types of Integration
1.1. Positive and Negative Integration
1.2. Static Customs Union Theory
1.3. Dynamic Customs Union Theory
UNIT: II
Historical and Comparative Perspectives on Regional Integration
2.1. The European Context
2.2. The American Contexts
UNIT: III
Regional Cooperation in Developing Countries
3.1. The Asian Contexts with Special Reference to South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation
3.2. The African Contexts
UNIT: IV
Regional Cooperation and Conflict Management
4.1. Defining Conflict and Conflict Management
4.2. Conflict Management in South Asia

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Reading List

Andic, Fuat, SuphanAndicDouglas Dosser(1971), A TheoryofEconomicIntegration

forDeveloping Countries,London: Allen and Unwin.
Balassa,Bela (1961), TheTheoryof EconomicIntegration, Westport: Greenwood Press.
Baldwin, R.E. (1995)What Caused theResurgenceofRegionalism?Swiss Journal
ofEconomics and Statistics 131: 45
Bhagwati, Jagdish(1993). Regionalism and Multilateralism: An Overviewin JaimeDe
MeloandArvindPanagariya(eds.)Dimensions in Regional Integration, New York:
CambridgeUniversityPress, 122-151.
Burgess, Michael (1989),Federalism and European Union:Political Ideas, Influences
andStrategies in theEuropean Community,London: Routledge.
Buzan,Barry(1991), People, States and Fears:An Agenda for International
nd

SecurityStudies in thePost-ColdWar Era, 2 Edition, Boulder, CO:LynneRienner.

Buzan, Barry, OleWver and Jaap deWilde (1998), Security:A
NewFrameworkforAnalysis, Boulder, CO:LynneRienner.
Cantori,Louis J. and StevenL. Spiegel (1970): TheInternational Relations
ofRegions,Polity2 (4): 397-425.
Cox,Robert (ed.) (1997),TheNewRealism:Perspectives on Multilateralism
andWorldOrder,London: Macmillan and UNU Press.
DeMelo, J. and A. Panagariya(1992),TheNewRegionalism in TradePolicy,
WashingtonDC: World Bank Publication.
Deutsch, Karl W., SidneyA.Burnett, Robert A.Kann, MauriceLess, Jr.,
MartinLichterman, Raymond E.Lindgren, FrancisL.Loewenheim, and Richard W. Van
Wagenen(1957), Political Communityin theNorth AtlanticArea: International
Organization in theLight of Historical Experience, Princeton: Princeton UniversityPress.
Duffy, CharlesA. andWarnerJ. Feld (1980), WhitherRegionalIntegration Theory?in
WarnerJ. Feld and Gavin Boyd (eds), ComparativeRegional Systems:West and East
Europe, North America,The MiddleEast and Developing Countries, New York:
PergamonPress.
Eichengreen, BarryandJeffreyA.Frankel (1995),EconomicRegionalism:
EvidencefromTwoTwentieth CenturyEpisodes, North American Journal of
Economicsand Finance6 (2):89-106.
Etzioni, Amitai(1965), Political Unification:A ComparativeStudyof Leaders and Forces,
New York: Holt RhinehartandWinston.
Fawcett,Louise and Andrew Hurrell(eds) (1994),Regionalism inWorld
Politics:RegionalOrganisationsandWorld Order, Oxford: Oxford UniversityPress.
Feld, WarnerJ. and Gavin Boyd (eds) (1980), ComparativeRegional Systems:West and
East Europe, North America,The MiddleEast and Developing Countries, New York:
PergamonPress.
Gamble, Andrew and AnthonyPayne(eds) (1996), Regionalism
andWorldOrder,Houndmills:Macmillan.
Grieco, Joseph M. (1997) SystematicSources ofVariation in
RegionalInstitutionalization in Western Europe, East Asia and theAmericasin Edward
Page 17 of 46

D. Mansfield andHelen V. Milne(eds.), ThePolitical Economyof Regionalism, New

York: ColumbiaUniversityPress, 164-187.
Groom, A. J. R. and PaulTaylor (eds)(1995), Functionalism:Theoryand
PracticeinInternational Relations, London: UniversityofLondon Press.
Grugel, Jean and WilHout(eds) (1998), Regionalism Across theNorth-South
Divide:StateStrategies and Globalisation,London: Routledge.
Haas, ErnstB. (1970), InternationalIntegration: TheEuropean and Universal
ProcessInternational Organization 15: 366-392.
Hettne, Bjrn,AndrasInotaiand Osvaldo Sunkel(eds) (1999), Globalism and the new
Regionalism,London: Macmillan.
Katzenstein, PeterJ. (1996), Regionalism in ComparativePerspective,Cooperation
andConflict 31 (2): 123-159.
Kitamura, Hiroshi (1966), EconomicTheoryandEconomicIntegration
ofUnderdevelopedRegions, in Miguel S. Wionczek(ed.), Latin American Integration,
New York: Praeger.
Lawrence, R.Z. (1996),Regionalism, Multilateralism and Deeper Integration,
WashingtonDC: BrookingsInstitution.
Linder, S. B. (1966), Customs Unions and EconomicDevelopment, in Miguel S.
Wionczek(ed), Latin American Integration, New York: Praeger, 32-41.
Mansfield, Edward D. and Helen V. Milner(eds)(1997), ThePolitical
EconomyofRegionalism, New York:ColumbiaUniversityPress.
Mansfield, Edward D and Helen V. Milner(eds)(1999), TheNew
WaveofRegionalism,International Organisation53 (3): 589-627.
Mitrany, David (1946), AWorking PeaceSystem,London:
RoyalInstituteofInternationalAffairs.
Mitrany, David (1965), TheProspect ofIntegration: Federal orFunctional?Journal
ofCommon Market Studies,December: 119-149.
Nye, Joseph S. (ed) (1971), Peacein Parts: Integration and Conflict in
RegionalOrganisation,Boston:LittleBrown&Co.
Russett, Bruce(1967), International Regions and the International System:A
StudyinPolitical Ecology, Chicago: Rand McNally.
Schmitter, Philippe (1970), A Revised TheoryofRegionalIntegration,
InternationalOrganisation24, Autumn: 840-842.
Schott, JeffreyJ. (1991),TradingBlocs and World TradingSystem, TheWorld
Economy14 (1): 1-18.
Steinhilbert, Jochen(2006), Bound to Cooperate? Securityand Regional
Cooperation,Occasional Papers 25, September,Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
Thompson,William R. (1973), TheRegional Subsystem: A Conceptual Explication
andPropositionalInventory,International Studies Quarterly17 (1), March: 89-117.
Vayrynen, Raimo(1992), Regional Systems andInternational Relationsin Helena
Lindholm(ed.),Approaches to theStudyof International Political Economy,
Gothenburg:Peaceand Development ResearchInstitute, 119-137.

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Course Title: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH ASIA

Course Code: KSC 106

UNIT: I
Human Development- Concept and Measurement
1.1. Concept of Human Development - Evolution of the Concept. Dimensions of Human
Development.
1.2. Human Development Attributes: sustainability, empowerment, equity, productivity, and
accountability.
1.3. Measuring Human Development: UNDP Human Development Index, Limitations of the
Index, Human Development and related Indices (GDI, GEM, HPI).

UNIT: II
Human Development in South Asia-I
2.1.
2.2.

Human Development and Economic Growth.

Role of Social Policy in strengthening the Linkages between Human Development and
Economic Growth.
2.3. Human Development Attainments and Failures in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
UNIT: III
Human Development in South Asia-II
3.1. Performance in Education, Health, Income, Freedoms and Securities.
3.2. Human Development Attainments and Failures in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan and
Nepal
3.3. Emergence of SAARC and Human Development concerns.

UNIT: IV
Human Development in India
4.1.
4.2.
4.3.

Inter-State Study of Human Development in India with special reference to Jammu and
Kashmir State.
Free education and Human Development in J&K State.
Human Development in J&K- Intra-State variations

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Reading List

Arab Human Development Report 2002

SABINA ALKIRE, Dimensions of Human DevelopmentWorld DevelopmentVol. 30,
No. 2
Mahbub-ulHaq, Human Development in South Asia, Human Development centre
Lahore. 2012
SelimJahan, Measurements of Human Development: Seven Questions, Oxford : 13
September 2000
Maurice Schiff, L. Alan Winters, Regional Integration and DevelopmentSouth Asia
Human Development Report, 1997
South Asia Human Development Report, 1998
State Plan Division, Planning Commission, Government of India Jammu and Kashmir
State Human Development Report.
United Nations Development Programme, 1990. Human Development Report 1996:
Economic Growth and Human Development. New York: UNDP
United Nations Development Programme, 1996. Human Development Report 1996:
Economic Growth and Human Development. New York: UNDP
United Nations Development Programme, 2002. Human Development Report 2002:
Deepening Democracy in Fragmented World. New York: UNDP.
United Nations Development Programme, 2011. Regional Integration and Human
development: a pathway for Africa.

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Course Title: GOVERNANACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA

Course Code: KSC 107

UNIT: I
Governance: A Conceptual Framework
1.1. Evolution of the Concept of Governance.
1.2. Key Concepts in Governance
1.3. Major Theories of Governance:
1.3.1. Rational Choice
1.3.2. New Public Management
UNIT: II
Governance Deficit: Indian Experience
2.1. Administrative Reforms in India: Policy Prescription and Outcomes.
2.1. Major Governance Challenges in India:
2.1.1. Corruption
2.1.2. Poverty
2.1.3. Marginalization and Inclusive Development
Unit: III
Challenges of Governance in South Asia
3.1. Working of Democratic Institutions in South Asia
3.2. Water Governance
3.3. Corruption, Accountability and Human Rights
Unit: IV
Governance in Jammu and Kashmir
4.1. Establishment of Commissions, Committees and Acts: An Evaluation
4.1.1. Prime Ministers Working Group Report on Good Governance
4.1.2. State Human Rights Commission
4.1.3. Right to Information Act, 2009

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Reading List

Baghel C.L. &Yogendra Kumar, Good Governance: Concept and Approaches,

Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi, 2006.
Barathwal C.P.(ed), Good Governance in India, Deep and Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd.,
New Delhi,2003.
BevirMark(ed.), Encyclopedia of Governance, Part I, Sage Publications Inc, California;
2007.
Bevir Mark, Democratic Governance, Princeton University Press, New Jersey; 2010.
Bevir Mark, Key Concepts in Governance, Sage Publications Ltd, London, 2009.
ChakrabartyBidyut and Mohit Bhattacharya, The Governance Discourse-A Reader,
Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2008.
Jain, R.B. (ed), Globalization and Good Governance: Pressures for Constructive
Reforms, Deep and Deep Publications, New Delhi,2005.
JalanBimal, The Future of India: Politics, Economics and Governance, Penguin, New
Delhi, 2005.
Jayal, NirajaGopal, et. al(eds.), Essays on Gender and Governance, UNDP,2003.
KashyapSubhash C.(ed),
Crime and Corruption to Good Governance, Uppal
Publishing House, New Delhi, 1997.
Kjaer Anne Mette, Governance, Polity Press, Cambridge, 2004.
Medury Uma, Public Administration in the Globalization Era, Orient Blackswan Private
Limited, New Delhi, 2010.
MunshiSurendra and Biju Paul Abraham (eds.) Good Governance, Democratic Societies
and Globalization, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2004.
Pierre, John (ed.), Debating Governance: Authority, Steering and Democracy, 2000.
SahaniPradeepandUmaMedury(eds.), Governance For Development: Issues and
Strategies, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi, 2003.

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Course Title: ECONOMY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Course Code: KSC 108
UNIT: I
Introduction
1.1. Main Features of Jammu & Kashmir Economy
1.2. Political Economy of development in Jammu & Kashmir Economy - 1944 New
Kashmir Manifesto; Land Reforms (1950 and 1976).
1.3. Decentralized Economy

UNIT: II
Jammu & Kashmir Macro Economic Scenario
2.1. Behavior of SGDP and Per Capita SGDP since 1950.
District Domestic Product: Methodology, Behavior and Attainments.
2.2. Sectoral Composition of SGDP: Inter Temporal Changes and their Implications.
2.3. Behavior of Savings and Investments in the State of Jammu & Kashmir.
2.4. Unemployment in the State- Magnitude and Dimensions.
Educated Employment: A study of Education - Employment linkages
Unit: III
Agriculture and Industry
3.1 Agriculture and Horticulture Sectors in J&K: Development and Potential
3.2. Forests in J&K Problems, Prospects and Developmental Initiatives.
3.3. Industrial Sector in the State Scope, Issues and Policies. Appraisal of PSUs in Jammu
and Kashmir. Role of Private sector in the Industrial Sector
3.4. Tourism: Tourism in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh regions: In-flow, Revenue, and
Developmental Initiatives
UNIT: IV
Infrastructure
4.1.
4.2.
4.3.
4.4.

Physical Infrastructure: Road Network, Expansion of Railways in Jammu and Kashmir,

Development of Airports in the State.
Power Sector - Generation and Reforms
Social Infrastructure: Health and Educational Infrastructure in J&K: An Overview.
Higher Education and Knowledge Economy: Issues and Concerns.

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Reading List

Singh, J. 2004. The Economy of Jammu and Kashmir.Radha Krishnan Anand& Co.
Jammu
DES, Digest of Economics and Statistics, latest issue, Government of J&K, Srinagar.
DES, Indicators of Regional Development 2007-08, Government of J&K, Srinagar.
Godbholey Committee Report on Economic Reforms for J&K.1998, Government of
J&K, Srinagar
Bhat M.S & M L Misri (1994), Poverty planning and Economic Change in J&K.Vikas
publishing House
Bakshi. S. R, (2002), History of Economic Development in Kashmir,Gulshan Publishers
J&K
Khan J. I. Jammu and Kashmir Economy (2012). The Directorate of Distance Education,
University of Kashmir. ISSN NO: 978-938209-7-655

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Courses Offered in Semester 3rd (2013)

Course
code
KSC 109
KSC 110
KSO 111
KSO 112
KSO 113
KSO 114
KSO 115

Title of the Course

Gender and Society in
Jammu and Kashmir
Peace and Conflict
Studies
Kashmir Philosophy and
Learning
Cultural History of
Kashmir
Folk Lore and Folk
Literature
South Asian Association
for Regional Cooperation
Kashmir and Central Asia

Max. Marks
(External)
80

Min. Marks
(External)
32

Max. Marks
(Internal)
20

Min. Marks
(Internal)
8

80

32

20

80

32

20

80

32

20

80

32

20

80

32

20

80

32

20

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SEMESTER III
Course Title: GENDER AND SOCIETY IN SOUTH ASIA
Course Code: KSC 109

UNIT: I
Gender in Sociological Analysis
1.1. Approaches to the Study of Gender
1.2. Feminist Perspective: Liberal, Radical, Postmodern
1.3. Gender in International Relations: The Nature of Debate

UNIT: II
Hegemonic Masculinities: Gendered Concepts
2.1.State
2.2.Sovereignty
2.3.Nationalism

UNIT: III
Gender and Conflict
3.1. Militarization of Womens lives
3.2. Sex trafficking and Politics of Security
3.3. Gender, Conflict and Migration

UNIT: IV
Issues of Women in Kashmir and South Asia
4.1. Women and Economy
4.2. Women and Violence
4.3. Womens Movements in South Asia

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Reading List

Ardener, E. 1975. Belief and the Problem of Women and The Problem Revisited, in
S. Ardener (ed.), Perceiving Women, London: Malaby Press.
Barrett, M. 1980. Women's Oppression Today, London: Verso. (Chapters 1 to 4, and 6).
Bazaz, P. N. 1959. Daughters of the Vitasa: A History of Kashmir Women form early
times to the present day. New Delhi: Kashmir Book Co
Boserup, E. 1974. Women's Role in Economic Development, New York: St. Martin's
Press. (Part I).
Dabla, B. A. 2007. Multi-dimensional problems of women in Kashmir. New Delhi: Gyan
Book Pvt Ltd
De Beauvoir, S.1983. The Second Sex, Harmondsworth: Penguin. (Book Two).
Douglas. M. 1970 Purity and Danger, Harmondsworth: Penguin.
Engels, F.1972. The Origin of the Family,Private Property and, the State, London:
Lawrence and Wishart.
Hershman, P. 1977. Virgin and Mother in I.M. Lewis (ed.). Symbols and Sentiments:
Cross-Culture Studies in Symbolism, London: Academic Press.
Hirschon, R. 1984 Introduction: Property, Power and Gender Relations in R. Hirschon
(ed.). Women and Property. Women as Property, Beckenham: Croom Helm.
Jaggar, A. 1983. Feminist Politics and Human Nature, Brighton: The Harvester Press.
Leacock, E. 1978. Womens Status in Egalitarian Societies: Implications for Social
Evolution, Current Anthropology, 19(2), pp. 247-75.
MacCormack,C.andM.Strathern (ed.). 1980 Nature, Culture and Gender, Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press. (Chapter I).
Mead, M. 1935. Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies, New York: William
Morrow.
Meillassoux, C. 1981. Maidens, Meals and Money, Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, (Part I).
Reiter, R. R. (ed.) 1975. Towards an Anthropology of Women, New York: Monthly
Review Press, (Articles by Draper and Rubin; other articles may be used for
illustration).
Rogers, S.C. 1975. Female Forms of Power and the Myth of Male Dominance: A
Model of Female/Male Interaction in Peasant Societies, American Ethnologist, 2(4),
pp. 727-56.
Rosaldo, M. Z. and L. Lamphere (ed.). 1974 Women, Culture and Society, Stanford:
Stanford University Press, (Articles by Rosaldo, Chodorow, Ortner; other articles may
be used for illustration).
Shafi, Aneesa. 2002. Working Women in Kashmir: Problems and Prospects: New Delhi:
APH Publishing
Sharma, U. 1980. Women, Work and Property in North West India, London: Tavistock.
Uberoi, J. P. S. 1961. Men, Women and Property in Northern Afghanistan in S.T.
Lokhandawala (ed), India and Contemporary Islam, Simla: Indian Institute of Advanced
Study.pp. 398-415.
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Vatuk, S. 1982. Purdah Revisited: A Comparison of Hindu and Muslim Interpretations

of the Cultural Meaning of Purdah in South Asia, in H. Papanak and G. Minault (eds.).
Separate World: Studies of Purdah in South Asia, Delhi: Chanakya.
Yalman, N.1963 On the Purity of Women in the Castes of Ceylon and Malabar,
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, pp. 25-58.
Young, K. C.Wolkowitz and R.McCullagh (eds.). 1981 Of Marriage and the Market:
Women's Subordination in International Perspective, London: CSE Books,(Articles
byO.Harris, M. Molyneux).

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Course Title: Peace and Conflict Studies

Course Code: KSC 110
Unit: I
Introduction
1.1.
1.2.
1.3.

The Origins and Development of Peace and Conflict Studies

Growth and Development of Peace and Conflict Studies in South Asia
Peace and Conflict: Key Concepts

Unit: II
Theories of Peace
2.1.
2.2.
2.3.

Democratic Peace Theory

Active Peace Theory
Game Theory

Unit: III
Theories of Conflict
3.1. World Systems Theory
3.2. Post-Colonial Theory
3.3. Post - Structural Theory
3.4. Feminist Theory
Unit: IV
Conflict Management and Transformation
4.1.
4.2.
4.3.
4.4.

Mediation
Diplomacy
Negotiation
Case Studies: Northern Ireland and Sri-Lanka

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Reading List

Anderson, Mary, 1999, Do No Harm: How Aid Can Support Peace or War, Boulder
and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers.

Boasson, Charles, 1991, In Search of Peace Research, (edited by Peter van den
Dungen), London: Macmillan.

Boulding, Kenneth, 1982, The War Trap in Richard Falk et al. Toward a Just World
Order, Boulder: Westview.

Camus, Albert, 1957, Banquet Speech, http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1957/

camus-speech.html.

Galtung, Johan, 1980, The True Worlds, New York: Free Press.

Hoffmann, Stanley, 1981, Duties Beyond Borders, Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.

Lawler, Peter, 1995, A Question of Values: Johan Galtungs Peace Research, Boulder:
Lynne Rienner.

Machel,

Graca,

1996,

Impact

of

Armed

Conflict

on

Children,

http://www.unicef.org/graca.

Mack, Andrew, 1985, Peace Research in the 1980s, Canberra: Australian National
University.

Patomaki, Heikki, 2001, The Challenge of Critical Theories: Peace Research at the
Start of the New Century, Journal of Peace Research, vol. 38, no. 6, 723-737.

Rogers, Paul and Ramsbotham, Oliver, 1999, Then and Now: Peace Research-Past and
Future, Political Studies, vol. 47, no. 4, 740-754.

Scherrer, Christian P., 2001, Peace Research for the 21s t Century: A Call for
Reorientation and New Priorities, Institute for Research in Ethnicity and Conflict
Resolution.

Singer, J. David, 1991, The Peace Research Movement: A Conscientious Objection, in

Jaap Nobel, ed., The Coming of Age of Peace Research, Groningen: Styx Publications.

Wallensteen, Peter, 2001, The Growing Peace Research Agenda, Notre Dame: Kroc
Institute Occasional Paper 21. http://www.nd.edu/~krocinst/ocpapers/op_24_4.pdf.

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Course Title: KASHMIR PHILOSOPHY AND LEARNING

Course Code: KSO 111
UNIT-I
Kashmir Shavism
1.1.Introduction to Indian Philosophy.
1.2.Place of Kashmir Shavism in Indian Philosophy
1.3.Fundamentals of Kashmir Shavism
1.4.Comparison between Kashmir Shavism and Advaita Vedanta.
UNIT-II
Sufism in Kashmir
2.1. Rise of Islam in Kashmir
2.2.Sufism in Kashmir: Origin and Development
2.3.Concept of Tasawuf and introduction to its schools
2.4.Mysticism in Kashmiri Sufi Poetry in the light of the poetry of these Sufi poets:
Rahman Dar, MohmoodGami, Shams Fakeer, SvachhKral, Nyam Saab, WazMahmood
UNIT-III
Aesthetics

3.1.Introduction to the Philosophical Theories of Rasa &Dhavani.

3.2.Introduction to Alankar School of Indian Aesthetics and Contribution of Kashmiri
Aesthetics to Alankar School
3.3.Contribution of Anandvardhan, Abhinavgupta&Mammata.
3.4.Significance of Alankars in Poetry.

UNIT-IV
History
4.1. Socio-cultural History of Kashmir as reflected in NilmataPurana.
4.2. History of Kashmir as depicted in Rajatarangini of Kalhan, Jonaraja&Srivara.
4.3. Contribution of Kashmir to History and historiography. (Ancient, Medieval and Modern)

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Readings List

Introduction to Indian Philosophy by C. D. Sharma

Saivism in Kashmir- Dr. BaljinathPandit
Indian Philosophy-Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (in two Vols)
Sufism in Kashmir-Prof. M. Ashraf Wani
Islam in Kashmir- Prof. Isaque Khan
Rajatarangini-Edited By Aurel Stein
NilmataPuran-a Edited by VedKumariGhai (in two Vols)
Sufi, G. M. D. 1948. Kashir. Being a History of Kashmir from the Earliest Time to
Our Own. 2vols. New Delhi: Captil Publishing House, 1996
Bhuler. Dr. G. 1863 Detailed report of a tour in search of Sanskrit Mss ed.
ShafiShauq. Srinagar: Jay Kay Books. 2012 Print
Dutt, JogeshChunder, 1887. King of Kashmira, three vols. New Delhi: Low Price
Publication, 1990. Print
Malik, G. R Kashmiri Culture and Literature; Some Glimpses. Srinagar:
Department of Kashmiri, University of Kashmir, 2007
KapilaVatsyan, BharataNatshastra
P.V. Kane, History of Sanskrit Poetics

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Course title: CULTURAL HISTORY OF KASHMIR

Course Code: KSO 112

UNIT I:
Buddhist Period
1.1. Rise of Buddhism in Kashmir; Some Landmarks of Buddhist Period; Buddhist
Architecture.
UNIT II:
Hindu Period
2.1. Advent of Hinduism; Shaivite traits; Social Customs and Rituals (Customs of Birth,
Adulthood, Marriage, Death)
UNIT III:
Advent of Islam and the conversion
3.1. Changes in Life Pattern; Handicrafts; the Constants and Variables.

UNIT IV:
Kashmiri Culture after the Sultanate
4.1. Fine Arts: Music, Painting, Sculpture, Dance, and Calligraphy; Impact of Other
Cultures during the Afghan, Sikh and the British Rule; Contribution of Europeans
to Cultural Studies and Learning.

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Reading list

Bamzai, P.N.K. Culture and Political History of Kashmir. New Delhi: M.D. Publications,
1994.
Khan, G.M. keeshryanMusalmaananhindyrasmtirivaj. Srinagar: Department of Kashmiri,
1979.
Kumari, Dr. Ved. The Nilamatapurana. Srinagar: The J & K Academy of Art, Culture and
Languages. 1868
Lawrence, Walter. 1895. The Valley of Kashmir. London: Oxford University Press.
S.N.Pandit. Kashmir Hindu Sanskars. Jammu: Gemini Computors, 2006.
Stein, M. A. (Tr.) Kalhana'sRajatarangini: A Chronicle of the Kings of Kashmir 13
(Reprint ed.), Srinagar, India: Saujanya Books, 2007.
Sufi, G.M.D. 1948. Kashir. Being a History of Kashmir from the Earliest Times to Our
Own. 2vols. New Delhi: Capital Publishing House, 1996.
Sufi, G.M.D. Islamic Culture in Kashmir.Gulshan Books, Srinagar. Print.

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Course Title: FOLK LORE AND FOLK LITERATURE

Course Code: KSO 113

UNIT: I
Nature and Scope of Folk-Lore
1.1. Folklore: Definition, Features and Functions
1.2. Folklore: Historical, Social and Cultural Significance
1.3. Folklore and Gender
UNIT: II
Folk-Lore in Practice
2.1. Oral Literature: Scope and Significance
2.2. Folk-Genres: Theatre, Songs and Aphorisms with Special Reference to Kashmir.
2.3. Folk-Lore: Rituals, Beliefs and Practices with Special Reference to Kashmir
UNIT: III
Folk Lore- A Repertoire of Kashmir Heritage
3.1. Folk-Lore: A Historical Continuum vis--vis Kashmir
3.2. Folk-Lore: Philosophico-Religious Dimensions in Kashmir
3.3. Folk-Lore and the Politics of the Governed
UNIT: IV
Folk Performing Arts
4.1. Kashmir:
4.2. Jammu:
4.3. Ladakh:

BhandPather, Dambali
Bhagatan, Kud
Lehshone, Zabru

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Reading List

Bluestein Gene, The voice of the Folk, Masscuetts: The University of Massauchets Press
1972.

Boas FraceLangauge and Culture, New York 1955.

Crooke W, An Introduction to popular religion and folklore of Northern India, Allahabad

1894.

Deva Indra Folk Culture and Peasant Society in India, Rawat Publications, Jaipur 1989.

DharSomnath, Kashmiri Folktales, Hindu Kitab 1949.

Dundas Allen (ed), A study of Folklore, Englewood Cliffs, Princeton Hall, New Jersey
1965.

FayazFarooq, Kashmiri Folk Lore, Historical Perspective, Gulshan Books, Srinagar, 2009.

Folk Lore and History, Srinagar.

Hatims Tales, Reprint Srinagar.

Islam Mazharul, Folklore: The Pulse of People, New-Delhi, Concept Publishing House
1985.

Kemmu M.L, BhandNatyam, Srinagar.

Knowels J. H. A Dictionary of Kashmiri Proverbs, Reprint Srinagar.

Zaban, Adab-t-Tawarikh, Srinagar.

Journals
Anhaar, Folklore Number, P.G. Department of Kashmiri, University of Kashmir.
Sheeraza, Folklore Number, J&K Academy of Art, Culture and languages, Srinagar

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Course Title: SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION

(SAARC)
Course Code: KSO 114
UNIT: I
SAARC: An Introduction
1.1. Origin and Evolution of SAARC
1.2. Structure and Dynamics of SAARC
1.3. Aims and Objectives of SAARC

UNIT: II
SAARC: Goals and Achievements
2.1. SAARC Development Goals (SDG)
2.2. SAARC Social Charter
2.3. SAARC Development Fund
Unit: III
Contemporary Issues in South Asia
3.1. Internal Displacement: Issues and Concerns
3.2.Violence in South Asia
3.3.Youth Bulge: Issues and Challenges
Unit: IV
SAARC in a Comparative Perspective
4.1. SAARC and European Union
4.2. SAARC and ASEAN
4.3. SAARC and African Union

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Reading List

B.S. Chimni, International Refugee Law: A Reader, Sage, New Delhi, 2000.

ImtiazAlam, SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, South Asian
Policy Analysis Network, 2006.

Maurice W. Schiff and Leonard Alan Winters, Regional Integration and Development,
World Bank Publications, 2003.

Michael G. Plummer and Erik Jones (eds.), International Economic Integration and Asia,
World Scientific, Advance Research in Asian Economic Studies Vol.3, London, 2006.

Mya Than (ed.), ASEAN Beyond the Regional Crisis: Challenges and Initiatives, Institute of
Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2001.

P.R.Chari and Sonalika Gupta (eds.), Human Security in South Asia, Social Science Press,
New Delhi, 2006.

PonnaWignaraja and AkmalHussain (eds.), The Challenges in South Asia: Development,

Democracy, and Regional Cooperation, United Nations University Press, Japan, 1989.

S. N. Raghavan, Regional Economic Cooperation Among SAARC Countries, Allied

Publishers, New Delhi, 1995.

SagarikaDutt, India in a Globalised World, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2006.

SajalLahiri (ed.), Regionalism and Globalization: Theory and Practice,Routledge, London,

2001.

T.N. Srinivasan (ed.), Trade, Finance, and Investment in South Asia, Social Science Press,
2002.

V.T.Patil and P.R. Trivedi, Refugees and Human Rights, New Delhi, Authors Press, 2000.

Vernon L. B. Mendis, SAARC: Origins, Organisation and Prospects, Indian Ocean Centre
for Peace Studies, 1991.

Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal, Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy,
Routledge, 3rd Edition, 2011.

IftikharDadi, Modernism and the Art of Muslim South Asia,The University of North
Carolina Press, 2010.

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Course Title: KASHMIR AND CENTRAL ASIA IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Course Code: KSO 115

UNIT: I
Introduction
1.1.Beyond Region Centric Bunkers: The Unitary View of History and Situating the History
of J & K
1.2. Central Asia: A Hub of Ancient and Medieval Civilizations
1.3. J & Ks Access to Central Asia: Geographical Contiguity and Routes
UNIT: II
Contacts with Central Asia and the Global Foundations of Early Kashmir Culture
2.1. Immigrations, Settlements and the Making of Neolithic and Megalithic Cultures of
Kashmir
2.2. Coming of Aryans and Culture Change
2.3. Bactrian Greeks: Sakas, Parthians, Kushans and Huns in J & K and the Introduction of
Global Civilization
UNIT: III
Kashmirs Contribution to the Spread of Buddhism in Central Asia, China and Tibet

3.1. Contacts with Central Asia: From Karkotas to Loharas

3.2. Central Asia and Islam in Kashmir:
3.3. Sufis and Sufism in Kashmir
UNIT: IV
Trade:
4.1. Trade Relations with Central Asia up to the Beginning of Twentieth Century
4.2. Colonial Rivalries and their impact on Kashmirs Relation with Central Asia
4.3. Introduction of Central Asian Science, Technology and Culture During the Medieval
Period

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Reading List

Eric Hobbsbawn, On History, London 1997.

Marc Bloch, The Historians Craft, New York 1953.

FernandBraudel, Identite de la, France: I Espaces et al historie Paris, 1983.

History of Civilizations of Central Asia, UNESCO Publishing, 6 Vols.

S. L. Shali, Kashmir: History and Archaeology Through the Ages, Indus Publishing
Company, Delhi, 1993.

P. C. Bagchi, India and China: A Thousand Years of Cultural Relations, Saraswati Library,
Calcutta, 1981.

AdvaitavadiniKaul, Buddhist Savants of Kashmir: Their Contribution Abroad, PhD Thesis,

University of Kashmir, Srinagar.

Mohibul Hassan, Kashmir Under Sultans, Akbar Books, Delhi, (Reprinted Ed.) 2005.

M Ishaq Khan, History of Srinagar, 1846-1947: A Study in Socio-Cultural Change, Amir

Publications, Srinagar, 1977.

_________ Persian Influences in Kashmir in the Sultanate Period in Islamic Culture,

Hyderabad, January, 1977.

M. Ashraf Wani, Islam in Kashmir, Oriental Publishing House, 2005.

FidaHussain, British Policy Towards Kashmir 1846-1946, Gulshan Books, 2004.

Warikoo K, Ladakhs Trade Relations with Tibet under the Dogras, China Report
Vol. 26, No. 2, P.143.

SatishChanderSaxena, Trade in Ladakh, 1842-1947, Delhi 2006.

Aman Ashraf Wani, Exogenous Influences in Kashmir from Prehistoric Times up to the
Beginning

of

the

Christian

Era,

M.Phil

Dissertation

CCAS,

University of Kashmir.

_______ Kashmir Realtions with neighbouring world during the Ancient Periodin
Kashmir Journal of Social Sciences Vol.3, 2008-09

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Courses Offered in Semester 4th (2013)

Course
code
KSC 116

Title of the Course

KSC 117

Social Science Research

Methods
Dissertation and Viva Voce

KSC 118

Globalization and South Asia

Max. Marks
(External)
80

Min. Marks
(External)
32

Max. Marks
(Internal)
20

Min. Marks
(Internal)
8

80

32

20

200

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SEMESTER IV
Course Title: Globalization and South Asia
Course Code: KSC 116

UNIT: I
Conceptions and Perspectives on Globalisation
1.1.
1.2.

Defining Global, Globalism and Globalisation

Debates on Globalisation: Hyperglobalists, Sceptics, Transformationalists

UNIT: II
Understanding Globalisation
1.3.
1.4.

Dimensions of Globalisations: Cultural, Economic, Geographic, Technological

Contemporary Global Actors: United Nations, World Trade Organisation, Group
of 77, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Transnational Corporations

UNIT: III
Globalisation and Development Dilemmas in South Asia
1.5.
1.6.
1.7.
1.8.
1.9.

Asymmetric Economic Growth, Poverty and Human Security

Development and Displacement
Cultural and Ethnic Issues
Gender
Liberalisation and Privatisation in Education System

UNIT: IV
South Asia in a Globalising World
1.10.
1.11.
1.12.
1.13.
1.14.

Information Technology Revolution and Debates on Sovereignty

South Asia and the Global Actors: UN, WTO, IMF, World Bank, G-77 and
TNCs
Asymmetric Intra - and Inter-Regional Trade Relations
Migration
Ecological Issues

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Reading List
Adams, N.B. (1993), Worlds Apart: The North-South Divide and the International
System, London: Zed.
Archibugi, Daniele and Jonathan Mitchie (eds) (1997), Technology, Globalisation and
Economic Performance, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Barbora, Sanjay et al. (2008), Migration Matters in South Asia: Commonalities and
Critiques, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 43, No. 24, pp. 57-65.
Bhattacharya, Mita et al. (2004), South Asia in the Era of Globalisation: Trade,
Industrialisation and Welfare, New York: Nova Publishers.
Dunning, John A, (ed) (1998), Globalisation, Trade and Foreign Direct Investment,
UK: Elsevier Science.
El-Ojeili, Chamsi and Patrick Hayden (2006), Critical Theories of Globalisation,
London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Enloe, Cynthia (2007), Globalisation and Militarism: Feminists Make the Link,
Lanham, Md.: Rowman& Littlefield.
Ferreira, Karla (1992), World Bank and the Study of Stabilisation and Structural
Adjustment in LDCs, London: London School of Economics.
Gilpin, R. (2001), Global Political Economy, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Glen, J. (2007), Globalisation: North-South Perspectives, London: Routledge.
Goddard, C.R. (2003), The IMF in Goddard, C.R. et al. (eds.), International Political
Economy: State-Market Relations in a Changing Global Order, Boulder: Lynne
Rienner.
Held, David and Anthony McGrew, (2003), Globalisation/Anti-globalisation,
Cambridge: Polity Press.
Held, David and Anthony McGrew,(2003), The Global Transformations Reader,
Cambridge: Polity Press.
Held, David (ed.), A Globalising World: Culture, Economics and Politics, London:
Routledge.
Held, David et al. (1999), Global Transformations, Cambridge: Polity Press.
Hirst, P. and G. Thompson (1999), Globalisation in Question, Cambridge Polity Press.
Hoda, Anwarul and Ashok Gulati (2007), WTO Negotiations on Agriculture and
Developing Countries, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Hugo, Graeme (2006), Improving Statistics on International Migration in Asia,
International Statistical Review, Vol. 74, No. 3, pp. 335-355.
Katrak, Homi and Roger Strange (eds) (2004), WTO and Developing Countries,
Hampshire: Palgrave.
Khor, Martin, (2006), Impasse at the WTO: A Development Perspective, Economic
and Political Weekly, Vol. 41, No. 45, pp. 4659-4667.
Kiely, Ray (2007), The New Political Economy of Development: Globalisation,
Imperialism, Hegemony, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Kumar, Nagesh, et al. (1998), Globalisation, Foreign Direct Investment and Technology
Transfers: Impacts on and Prospects for Developing Countries, London: Routledge.
Lechner, F.J. and J. Boli (eds) (2004), The Globalisation Reader, Oxford: Blackwell.
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Mackay, H. (2004), The Globalisation of Culture in Held, David (ed.), A Globalising

World: Culture, Economics and Politics, London: Routledge, pp. 47-84.
Marchand, M.H. and Runyan, A.S. (eds) (2000), Gender and Global Restructuring:
Sightings, Sites and Resistances, New York: Routledge.
Peterson, V.S. and Runyan, A.S. (1999), Global Gender Issues, Boulder: Westview
Press.
Picciotto, R. (2003), A New World Bank for a New Century in Goddard, C.R. et al.
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Course Title: SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH METHODS

Course Code: KSC 117

UNIT: I
Introduction to Research Methods
1.1 Defining Research
1.2 Types of Research
1.3 Formulating Hypothesis
1.4 Objectives
1.5 Literature Review
UNIT: II
Sources of Data
2.1. Primary Sources
2.2. Secondary Sources
2.3. Field Research
UNIT: III
Methods of Data Collection
3.1. Observation
3.2. Interview Methods
3.3. Questionnaire
3.4. Case Study Method
UNIT: IV
Analyzing Data and Creating Narratives
4.1. Content Analysis
4.2 Computer Application for Research
4.3. Citation Rules and Plagiarism

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Reading List

Neuman, W.L. 2009. Understanding Research. Boston, MA: Pearson.

Galtung Johan, (1974), Theory and Methods of Social Research, George Allan and Unwin
Ltd., New Delhi.
Kothari C.R.,(2008), Research Methodology- Methods and Techniques, Wiley and Eastern
Ltd., New Delhi.
Bryman, Alan. (2004). Social Research Methods, 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
Seale, Clive (ed.). (2004). Social Research Methods: A Reader. London: Routledge.
Alvesson, M. and Skldberg, K. (2000) Reflexive Methodology: New Vistas for Qualitative
Research. London: Sage.

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