WEEK | TOPICS |
Week-1 | UNDERSTANDING CIVIL SOCIETY The Evolution of Civil Society Aristotle and the Classical Notion of Civil Society Post-Aristotle Evolution |
Early Modern Notion of Civil Society: Ferguson and Scottish Enlightenment Civil Society and State in Opposition: Paine |
Civil Society as Life of State: Tocqueville State As Universal and Civil Society as Particular: Hegel
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Week-2 | ELEMENTS OF CIVIL SOCIETY |
Origins of the Concept of Civil Society Gramsci’s Seminal Contribution Origins of the Concept of Civil Society |
Gramsci’s Seminal Contribution Croce’s Influence On Civil Society Theory of State |
Relative Autonomy of Politics Hegemony and Role of Intellectuals Analysis of Fascism Post-Second World War Debate |
Week-3 | CIVIL SOCIETY: LOCAL AND GLOBAL |
Origins and Notion of Civil Society: Local and Global Meaning of Global Civil Society
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NGO’s: Role and Relevance Accountability of Civil Society Organizations
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Week-4 | GANDHIAN CIVIL SOCIETY FOR GLOBAL PEACE |
Problem of Defining Civil Society, Gandhi’s Notion of Civil Society, Gandhian Civil Society, Gandhian Civil Society of His time, Gandhian Civil Society after Gandhi,
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Gandhian Civil Society and Globalisation, Challenges to Global Peace, Gandhian Civil Society: An Answer for Global Peace |
VOLUNTARISM IN GANDHI Civil Society: Nature and Scope The Hegelian State
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The Pluralist State Debate on Advanced Capitalist State |
Week-5 | STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY INTERFACE |
Civil Society: Nature and Scope The Hegelian State |
The Pluralist State Debate on Advanced Capitalist State |
Week-6 |
CIVIL SOCIETY IN GLOBALISED MARKET Globalisation as a Multifaceted Process Changing Relations among Market, State and Civil Society Conventions theory Globalisation, Cold War and Political Regimes
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Neo-liberalism’s Advances after the Cold War The ‘War on Terrorism’, Political Regimes and Neo-liberal Globalisation Civil Society, Global Governance and Internet The Digital Divide and International Governance Digital Divide to Digital Opportunity?
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Week-7 |
CIVIL SOCIETY AND POLITICAL REGIMES
Debate over Civil Society Civil Society and State, Political Regimes
Democracy, Aristocracy Monarchy, Dictatorship Republic, Civil Society’s Relevance in Asia,
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The Asian Crisis and Regime Convergence, War on Terrorism and Political Regimes, Trends in Regime Types, 1990-2005 ,
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The Decline in Closed Authoritarian Regimes and the Rise of Hegemonic Authoritarian Regimes |
Week-8 | CIVIL SOCIETY, RESISTANCE AND PROTEST |
The Concept of Civil Society, Pre-modern History, Modern History, Post-modern History, Resistance and Protest,
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Non-Violence: An Attribute of Protest and Resistance, Non-violent Action, Some of the Recent Protest Movements,
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Anti-nuclear Protest Movements, Some of the Early Resistance Movements and Contextual Relevance |
Week-9 | ROLE OF NGOs IN PEACE PROCESS |
Who is an NGO? Types of NGOs and The Importance of NGOs Methods and Strategies used by NGOs
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Some Prominent NGOs, Taking up a Cause |
GLOBAL PEACE MOVEMENTS
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The Underlying Causes of Violence and War Lasting World Peace Organisations Related to Global Peace United Nations, International Committee of the Red Cross Grameen Bank, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation University of Peace , Realizing the Dream Peace Pilgrim, Soka Gakkai International, The International Committee of Artists for Peace The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research |
Week-10
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HUMAN RIGHTS AND CULTURE FOR PEACE |
Defining Human Rights The Origins and Historical Development of Human Rights Culture of Peace, Evolution of the Concept Eight Action Areas for Creating a Culture of Peace
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PEACE MOVEMENTS IN INDIA Understanding Peace Movements, Types of Peace Movements, Genesis and Evolution of Peace Movements, Development of Peace Movements, Peace Education, Issues in Peace Movements |
Week-11 | GANDHI, CAPACITY BUILDING AND EMPOWERMENT |
Empowerment, Meaning of Power, Dimensions of Power, What is Empowerment?, Diverse meaning of Empowerment’ Dimensions of Empowerment, The Process of Empowerment, Why is Women’s Empowerment Important?, The Key Elements of Women’s Empowerment,
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Empowerment Paradigm, Marginalisation and Empowerment, Economics and Empowerment, Personal Development and Empowerment, Capacity Building, Specifications of Capacity Building, Gandhi on Empowerment, Gandhi on Empowerment of Women, Women as Equal to Men, Constructive Programme
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Week-12 | GRASSROOTS/PEOPLE’S INITIATIVES |
Decentralisation, Different views about Decentralisation, The Pre-Independence Period, Approaches to Study the Concept of Panchayati Raj, PRIs for Decentralisation at the Grassroots level,
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Characteristics of decentralised co-operation in human development programmes, Characteristics of Decentralisation according to WHO, Strategies, Control from above, Encouragement and Information, Control from Below, Strength to People’s Initiatives, Limits and Constraints, Dependence on the Public Funding |
MOBILISING VOLUNTARY ACTION |
Development of the Society, Social Exclusion, Exclusion from the Society for the purpose of Development, Main Mechanisms of Exclusion, What makes Local Institutions Accountable?, The ‘Role’ of Civil Society, ‘Enabling Regimes’ and Local Autonomy, Elections, Parties and Competitive Politics, Voluntary Action, |
Mobilising Voluntary Action through Social Movements, Types of Social Movements, Dynamics of Social Movements, Some Important Social Movements, NGOs and Voluntary Action, Types of NGOs, Mixed Response of NGOs, Importance of NGOs |
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