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Centre

Syllabus for Entrance Examination

1

School of

International

Studies

Politics (with

specialization in

International

Studies) – PISM

(201)

Five disciplines are covered in the test – Sociology, Political Science, International Relations, History and Economics. There is sufficient choice in questions for applicants from each discipline to be able to attempt the required number of questions. The BA syllabi of these disciplines generally found in most Indian universities are kept in mind while setting questions.

2

International

Relations and Area

Studies – IRAM

(234)

Five disciplines are covered in the test – Sociology, Political Science, International
Relations, History and Economics. There is sufficient choice in questions for
applicants from each discipline to be able to attempt the required number of
questions. The BA syllabi of these disciplines generally found in most Indian
universities are kept in mind while setting questions. The emphasis will be on Area
Studies in International Relations.

3

Economics (with

specialization in

World Economy) – EILM (202)

The entrance examination will contain multiple choice questions and the syllabus will

include Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Mathematics, Statistics, International

Trade and Development Economics taught at the Bachelor’s level.

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No.

Centre

Code Number

Centre for

Canadian, US

and Latin

American

Studies

(CCUS&LAS)

Section I

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

1. Social science research vs. natural science research

2. Inter-disciplinary research

3. Variables in research

4. Types of research: descriptive; empirical; analytical; historical and doctrinal

5. Questionnaires and interviews; participant and non-participant observation

6. Survey research

7. Content analysis

8. Case study research

9. Managing and reviewing literature for research

10. Research proposal, research questions and hypothesis formulation

11. Primary and secondary sources; use of libraries and archives

Research ethics/ ethical practices in research

Section II

US Studies

1. Bill of Rights – American Constitution

2. Federalism

3. Media, political parties and elections

4. Congress, judiciary and judicial review

Latin American

Studies – LAMP

(103) & LAMH (828)

United States

Studies – USSP

(102) & USSH (827)

5. Power and role of the US President and domestic factors in Foreign Policy.

6. US Policy towards South Asian Countries

7. US Foreign policy during Cold War (Containment Policy, Marshall Plan,

Alliance Politics, Truman Doctrine)

8. Foreign Policy trends and patterns in Post-Cold War America (UN, Middle

East, Europe, Asia, international institutions).

9. American ideals: liberty, equality, republicanism, individualism, democracy,

faith-neutrality

10. Waves of immigration to America: old, new and newest

11. Ethnicity, race, religion and gender in America

12. Social problems: Gun violence, racism, abortion, teenage pregnancy,

homelessness, drugs and alcoholism

13. Terrorism

Latin American Studies

Government and politics in Latin America: executive, legislature, judiciary

Political parties and political movements

Role of Labour, peasantry and middle class

Domestic and foreign capital

Church

Military

Environmental issues

Indigenous communities

Independence movements and ideas

Social movements

Latin America in world affairs

Relations with US; Asia, Africa and Europe

India and Latin America

Latin American and Caribbean regionalism

Contemporary political, social and economic issues in major Latin American

and Caribbean countries

Canadian Studies

Multiculturalism and ethnicity in Canada

Immigration policies and integration

Environmental issues

Canada and India relations

Regional Economic Integration

Inter-American relations

Federalism and Provincial Government

Quebec and issues of regionalism

Political party system and electoral politics

Foreign Policy approaches and trends

Canada and United Nations; Peace-keeping, peace-building and peace- enforcement

Contemporary political, social and economic issues in Canada

Centre for

European

Studies (CES)

European Studies – EUPP (104) & EUPH (829)

The test is divided into two sections, research methodology and area studies.

Section I – Meaning and importance of Research – Types of Research Concepts in

Social Research: Data, Research Methods, Techniques, Concepts and Indicators,

Variables, Sample, Research Designs, Selection and formulation of Research

Problem, Hypothesis, Research Questions; Issues in social research: Subjectivity

and Objectivity, Reliability and Validity,

Section II – The syllabus will be on contemporary issues, discourses, debates and

developments in politics, society, foreign policy, security and economy of

European states/ European Union.

International

Legal Studies

(CILS)

Int. Legal Studies –

ILGP (105) & ILGH

(830)

The entrance examination will contain multiple choice questions covering subject-

specific knowledge. The syllabus will include the following themes:

1) The history, nature and subjects of International Law; Statehood and

International Legal Personality; Individuals, indigenous communities, corporations; national liberation movements, etc.

2) The sources of International Law: custom, treaties; ‘Hard Law’ and ‘Soft

Law’ debate, etc.

3) Functions and processes of International Law; public order, global justice;

human rights; trade and sustainable development; global public goods and

common heritage of mankind; Antarctica, Outer Space; Atmosphere and

areas beyond national jurisdiction.

4) Institutions of International Law: the United Nations system; World Trade

Organization; functional/sectoral international organizations; regional

organizations.

5) Responsibility and Enforcement in International Law; peaceful settlement of

disputes; world court and other international tribunals.

6) War and Peace in International Law: the UN Charter, International

Humanitarian Law; International Criminal Law; international military

tribunals; International Criminal Court.

Centre for

International

Trade &

Development

(CITD)

Int. Trade &

Development – ITDP

(106) & ITDH (831)

The entrance examination will contain multiple choice questions covering research

methodology and subject-specific knowledge. The syllabus will include Mathematical

Economics, Statistics, Econometrics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics,

International Trade, Development Economics, Public Economics and Environmental

Economics taught at the Master’s level.

Asian Studies

(CEAS)

CHIP (107) & CHIH

(832)

The syllabus for the examination include subjects related to broader East

Asian/Global developments; China’s Foreign, Economic, Political & Social Issues;

Japan’s Foreign, Economic, Political & Social Issues; Korea’s Foreign, Economic,

Political & Social Issues. Major developments in East Asia are highlighted to test the

candidates capabilities in conducting research in these areas.

Japanese – JPIP

(108) & JPIH (833)

Korean – KOIP

(109) & KOIH (834)

Centre for

International

Politics,

Organisation

and

Disarmament

(CIPOD)

International Politics

– INPP (110) &

INPH (835)

(A) International Politics (INP)

1. Classical Realism

2. Non-Western Realism: Thucydides, Sun Tzu, Kautilya

3. Neorealism and the difference between Classical Realism and Neorealism

4. Variants of Neorealism: Defensive, Offensive, Neoclassical Realisms

5. Liberal International Theory including Complex Interdependence, Neoliberal

Institutionalism, Democratic Peace Theory, Trade and Commercial

Liberalism

6. Constructivist International Theory

7. Marxist and Gramscian International Political Theory

8. Theories of International Society, Especially the British School

9. Feminist International Theory

10. Modern Non-Western International Theory

11. Great Debates in International Theory

12. Theories of Nonalignment

(B ) Political Geography (POG)

1. Nature and scope of political geography

2. Political Geography Approaches: Functional, Unified Field theory, Laws of

Spatial Growth of States

3. Political Geography Concepts: Space, Place, Scale, Region, Core Areas

and Capital Cities, State, Sovereignty, Nation

4. Environment, Development and Geography

5. Geographical and Geopolitical Imaginations

6. Theories of geopolitics: traditional, critical, postmodern, feminist

7. Geo-strategy

8. Geopolitics Concepts: Territory, Border, Frontier, Boundaries, Empire

9. Issues and Concerns: Geopolitics of Resources; Geopolitics of Wars; Laws

of the Sea;

Cold War Geopolitics and multi-polar Geopolitics; Geopolitical hotspots;

10. Contemporary issues and concerns in Political Geography and Geopolitics

11. Research Methodology: GIS and its Applications

12. Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in International Relations

13. Research Design

(C) International Organization (ORG)

1. Concept, definition and classification of international organization(s)

2. Roles, functions and powers of international organizations

3. Theoretical approaches to international organization

4. International organizations in world politics

5. Historical development of international organization during 19th and early

20th centuries

6. League of Nations

7. The second generation international organizations: The United Nations and

its system – establishment, activities, problems

8. Global problems (like war and peace, development, human rights,

environment) with reference to the role of the United Nations

9. Reform and restructuring of the United Nations including the Security Council

10. Economic and financial organizations – the IMF, the IBRD and the WTO

11. Regional organizations of Europe, Africa, Asia, Americas

12. India’s role in various international organizations

13. Globalization, global governance and international organizations

(D) Diplomacy and Disarmament (DAD)

1. Diplomacy: history, theory and practice

2. Diplomacy: bilateral, multilateral, regional and global

3. Economic and trade diplomacy

4. Negotiations: theory and practice

5. Climate change and environmental negotiations

6. Nuclear politics including arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament

7. Theories of deterrence

8. Chemical and biological weapons

9. War: concept, theory and evolution

10. Peace: concept and theory in mainstream and critical-theoretical

perspectives

11. Revolution in military affairs

12. Conflict management and resolution

13. Security: concept, theory and evolution

14. National security

15. Terrorism including nuclear terrorism and counter-terrorism

16. Non-traditional security including human security

17. Environmental security

18. Technology and global politics

19. Critical theory and Critical Security Studies including the Copenhagen,

Paris and aberystwyth schools of thought

20. Critical Terrorism Studies

21. Critical Military Studies

(E) Research Methodology ( Common )

1. Inductive and deductive reasoning

2. Preliminary ideas about philosophy of science including the contribution of

Karl Popper

3. Positivism and post-positivism: basic ideas

4. Qualitative method: characteristics and application

5. Case study research: single case study and multiple case studies

6. Comparative study

7. Content analysis

8. Sources in research: primary and secondary

9. Archival research: major archives for international research in India

10. Quantitative method: characteristics and application

11. Statistics: descriptive and inferential statistics

12. Sampling: concept, logic and types

13. Correlation and causation

14. Measures of central tendency

15. Measures of variation or dispersion

16. Observation including participant and non-participant observation

17. Ethnography

18. Interview

19. Basic ideas about mixed methods

20. Research ethics including plagiarism

Organisation –

ORGP (111) &

ORGH (837)

Disarmament –

DADP (112) &

DADH (838)

– POGP (113) &

POGH (836)

Russian and

Central Asian

Studies

(CR&CAS)

Asian Studies –

RCAP (114) &

RCAH (839)

The syllabus will broadly cover an overview of the History, Politics,

Economic and Sociology of the fifteen courtiers comprising the former

Soviet Union, namely the. Russian Federation, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova,

Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan,

Azerbaijan, Armenia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The following thematic

areas comprise the central focus of the syllabus:

1. Comparative Politics and Theories of International Relations

2. Research Methods in Social Sciences

3. Bolshevik Revolution, Soviet Politics, industrialization debates,

collectivization, Five-year planning, Soviet Economy, Social System and

Foreign Policy

4. Glasnost, Perestroika, Nationalist Movements in the late 1980s’,

disintegration of USSR, end of Cold War

5. The post-Soviet Transition: Socio-political, Economic Developments, Nation

and State-building Processes in the former Soviet Space

6. Globalisation, liberalization and impact on former Soviet States

7. India’s Relations with the post-Soviet States

8. Geopolitics, Energy Security, Foreign Policy, and Strategic Culture of the

post-Soviet Space

9. Gender, Environment, Water, Migration, Human Security, Civil Society and

Media in the post-Soviet Space/States

10. New Regionalism in

the post-Soviet Space.

South Asian

Studies (CSAS)

– SASP (115) &

SASH (840)

Questions for the Entrance Examination will be drawn from the following

areas:

1. Society and social issues in South Asia

2. Modern history of South Asia

3. Contemporary international politics

4. Politics and political system in South Asian countries.

5. Foreign, security and economic policies of the South Asian States.

6. Economic growth and development of South Asian countries.

7. Environmental issues in South Asia

8. Regional cooperation and economic integration issues in South Asia.

9. Research methods in Social Sciences.

Pacific Studies (CIPS)

– IPSP (116) & IPSH

(841)

The Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies broadly covers the areas of Southeast

Asia and Southwest Pacific.

The entrance will be based on a syllabus covering the following areas:

1) Regional History of Southeast Asia and Southwest Pacific.

2) Government and Politics in the region.

3) Economic issues in the region.

4) Security issues in the region.

5) India’s relations with the region of Southeast Asia and Southwest Pacific.

6) Regionalism multilateralism and institutional mechanisms.

Asian Studies

(CIAS)

Inner Asian Studies

– IASP (117) & IASH

(842)

The test will comprise both research methodology and area studies.

The following components include the syllabus:

Research Methodology

1. Types of Research: descriptive; empirical; analytical; historical and doctrinal

2. Survey research

3. Case study research

4. Comparative study research

5. Review of literature for research

6. Primary and secondary sources; use of libraries and archives

7. Inductive and deductive methods of reasoning

8. Qualitative and Quantitative methods: characteristics and application

9. Sampling: concept, logic and types

10. Observation including participant and non-participant

11. Research proposal and designing, research questions and hypothesis formulation

12. Research ethics

Area Studies

1. Strategic Dimensions and Geopolitics of Central Asia, Mongolia and JNU e-Prospectus 2020-21 Afghanistan

2. International relations of Central Asia, Afghanistan and Mongolia,

3. Ethnicity and Religion in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Tibet.

4. Religious Extremism and Terrorism in Afghanistan, Central Asia and Xinjiang.

5. Society, Culture and Politics in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Tibet.

6. Human Security and Gender Issues.

7. China’s Nationalities Policy in Xinjiang, Tibet and Inner Mongolia.

8. Nation-building process in Central Asia, Mongolia and Afghanistan.

9. Social, Political and Economic Issues in Central Asia, Mongolia and

Afghanistan

10. Energy Resources in Central Asia and Mongolia

11. Transportation Networks and trade linkages

African Studies

(CAS)

African Studies –

AFSP (118) & AFSH

(843)

Geo-cultural Aspects:

Land, People, Ecology, Environment, Languages and Culture

Historical Aspects:

Ancient African Empires

Indigenous political systems

Atlantic slave trade-its impact and implications

Industrial Revolution and the elimination of slave trade

Colonialism in Africa:

European partition of Africa

Asian (Indian) migration into Africa

Patterns of Colonial rule in Africa

Legacy of Colonialism

Growth of nationalism and Liberation Movements in Africa

Political Aspects:

Political independence and Constitutional changes in Africa

Growth of political parties and party-systems

The role of military

Democratisation process in Africa

Rise and fall of Apartheid in South Africa

Concepts of Pan-Africanism and African socialism

Economic Aspects:

Nature of African Economy

Underdevelopment and Dependency patterns in Africa

Neo-colonial penetration and problems of economic independence

Development strategies in post-independence period

Structural adjustment programmes in Africa-an evaluation

Problem of poverty in Africa

Africa’s debt crisis

Globalisation and its impact of Africa

Regional economic cooperation and development (ECOWAS, SADC,

COMESA, EAC and AEC)

Social Aspects:

Problems of nation-building in Africa

Role of education

State of Human Rights in Africa

Role of civil society and women

Problem of AIDS in Africa

Ethnic conflicts in Africa

Social change and structural transformation

Africa and the World:

Africa and the emerging International System

Africa and European dominance

Africa and the Cold War

Post-Cold War scenario in Africa

Africa and the New World Order

Africa and the United Nations

Inter-regional Cooperation

Role of the Organization of African Unity (OAU)

Africa and the Non-aligned Movement (NAM)

The Role and Relevance of the African Union (AU) 2001

India-Africa Relations

Asian Studies

(CWAS)

– WASP (119) &

WASH (844)

Syllabus for Entrance Examination covers research methodology and domain

knowledge of West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region including its geographical

area ; Political and Social Systems; Military and Politics; Arab Nationalism, Turkish

Nationalism; Zionism; Islamism & Islamist Movement; Political Economy of GCC

States, Rentier Economy, Inter and Intra-State Conflicts; Regional Conflicts;

Intellectual Traditions in Arab World and Iran; Foreign Policy analysis of major

regional powers of the area, notably Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Saudi Arabia and

Iran will be covered. In addition, the syllabus will also focus on the role of global

powers in the region along with India’s West Asia Policy, its interests and objectives.

Comparative

Politics and

Political Theory

(CCPPT)

and Political Theory

– CPTP (120) &

CPTH (845)

Questions are set keeping in mind the MA syllabi of disciplines in the Social Sciences

and Humanities from which candidates may apply to the Centre. Questions are broad

enough for candidates to apply their knowledge of the discipline in which they have

their MA degree. It is expected that candidates are widely read in their respective disciplines.

1) Energy Security: A Conceptual Study

2) Energy Security and International Relations

3) Political Economy of Energy Security

4) Energy and Geopolitics

5) India’s Energy Security: Policies and Politics

6) Energy in Foreign policy

7) Energy Security and Energy Governance

8) Global energy trends and scenarios

9) Debating Energy Security Transition: Role of Renewable Energy

10) Energy Security and Global South

11) Energy and Environment

12) Energy Security and Cooperation: South Asia, Gulf, Central Asia and

European Energy

13) Methodology of Energy Security Studies: Comparative, Historical and

Mixed Method Research, quantitative and qualitative variable analysis in Energy Security.