Indian Government & Politics

By Arundhati Bhattacharya | University of Burdwan

Learners enrolled: 2040

This course focuses in detail on the political processes and the actual functioning of the political system. It simultaneously studies in detail the political structure-both constitutional and Administrative. In doing this it elaborately deals with the three wings of governance, namely the Legislative, the Executive, and the Judiciary. This course also emphasizes on local influences that derive from social stratification of castes and jatis, from language, religion, ethnic and economic determinants and critically assesses its impact on political processes. The major contradictions of the Indian Political process are to be seriously analyzed along with as assessment of their successes and failures.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	10 Jan 2022
End Date :	17 Apr 2022
Enrollment Ends :	28 Feb 2022
Exam Date :

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Course layout

Week -1

Module-1- Historical Context of Constituent Assembly

Module-2- Composition and Functions of Constituent Assembly

Module-3- Critical Evaluation of Constituent Assembly

Week-2

Module-4- Basic Features of Indian Constitution

Module-5- Preamble to the Constitution of India

Module-6- Introduction to Fundamental Rights

Week-3

Module-7- Right to Equality

Module-8- Right to Freedom

Module-9- Constitutional Status of Some Basic Democratic Rights

Week-4

Module-10- Right against Exploitation

Module-11- Right to Freedom of Religion

Module-12- Right to Constitutional Remedies

Week -5

Module-13- Directive Principles of State Policy & Fundamental Duties

Module-14- President of India

Module-15- Powers and Functions of the President

Module-16- Emergency Powers and the Position of the President

Week -6

Module-17- Union Council of Ministers

Module-18- Prime Minister

Module-19- Rajya Sabha

Module-20- Lok Sabha

Week -7

Module-21- Relation between Lok Sabha & Rayja Sabha

Module-22- Speaker

Module-23- Legislative Procedures of the Parliament

Module-24- Parliamentary Committees

Week -8

Module-25- The Structure and Organization of the Judiciary & the High Court

Module-26- Supreme Court

Module-27- Role of the Supreme Court

Module-28- Judicial Activism in India

Week -9

Module-29- Basic Structure Doctrine & PIL

Module-30- Centre-State Legislative Relations

Module-31- Centre-State Administrative Relations

Module-32- Centre-State Financial Relations

Week -10

Module-33- Evolution of Political Parties

Module-34- National Political Parties

Module-35- Role of Regional Parties

Module-36- Caste in Politics (Part 1)

Week -11

Module-37- Caste in Politics (Part 2)

Module-38- Religion in Politics in India ( Part A)

Module-39-: Religion in Politics in India ( Part B)

Module-40- Politics of Language in India

Week -12

Module-41- Politics of Regionalism in India (Part A)

Module-42- Politics of Regionalism in India (Part B)

Module-43- Introduction to Poverty Alleviation

Module-44- Poverty Alleviation Programmes

Books and references

1. Bipan Chandra, Mridula Mukherjee, and Aditya Mukherjee; ‘India Since Independence’; Revised Edition, Penguin Books India, 2008.

2. Durga Das Basu; ‘Introduction to The Constitution of India’; PHI,Pp.14-19, 1997.

3. Pandey, J.N.; “The Constitution of India, Central Law Agency”; Allahabad, 2010.

4. Pylee, M.V.; ‘Constitutional Amendments in India’; Delhi : Universal Law,2003.

5. Chakrabarty, Bidyut (ed.); ‘Centre-State Relations in India’; New Delhi, Segment, 1990.

6. Quraishi Zaheer Masood; “Struggle for Rastrapati Bhawan: A study of Presidential elections”; Delhi, Vikas 1973.

7. Jain H.M; “The Union Executive”; Allahabad, Chaitanya Publishing House, 1969.

8. Morris Jones & Wyndraeth Humphreys; “Parliament in India”; London, Longmans, Green, 1957.

9. Chakrabarti Bidyut; “Indian government and politics”; New Delhi, Sage, 2008.

10. Madan, T.N., ‘Secularism in its place’, The Journal of ``Asian Studies, Vol. 46, No.4, 1987.

Instructor bio

Arundhati Bhattacharya

University of Burdwan

Arundhati Bhattacharyya is presently the Associate Professor of the Department of Political Science at the University of Burdwan. She has earlier worked as an Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Diamond Harbour Women’s University and she has also worked as an Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science at Bhairab Ganguly College.

Arundhati has done her Masters in International Relations from Jawarlal Nehru University. In 2001. She has completed her Phd on ‘Sexual Harassment In The Workplace: A Comparative Analysis Of State Bureaucracy And The IT’ from the University of Calcutta.

Arundhati has also been part of several research projects and has several publications to her credit. She has written several books such as Political Participation of Women in West Bengal: A Study, Sexual Harassment In the Indian Bureaucracy: Violation of Human Rights, Indian Women at the Crossroads, to name a few. She has also contributed chapters in other books and International Journals. Arundhati has participated in many national and international seminars. She has also been the Resource Person for the development of E-content material for Political Science for NME-ICT projects.