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Course Code: POL4300104MJ

লোক প্ৰশাসনৰ দৃষ্টিভংগীসমূহ
Perspectives on Public Administration

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Course Code: POL4300204MJ

আন্তঃৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় সম্পৰ্ক বুজাবুজি
Understanding International Relations

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Perspectives on Public Administration

Course Code: POL4300204MJ

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Unit: 1 Public Administration as a Discipline (এটি শৈক্ষিক বিষয় হিচাপে লোক প্ৰশাসন)
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Unit: 2 Theoretical Perspectives (তাত্ত্বিক দৃষ্টিভংগীসমূহ)
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Unit: 3 Personnel Administration (কৰ্মচাৰী প্ৰশাসন)
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Unit: 4 Major Approaches in Public Administration (লোক প্ৰশাসনৰ মুখ্য দৃষ্টিভংগীসমূহ)
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Understanding International Relations

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Unit: 1 Theoretical Perspectives (তাত্ত্বিক দৃষ্টিভংগীসমূহ)
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Unit: 2 An Overview of Twentieth Century IR History – World War II onwards (বিংশ শতিকাৰ আন্তঃৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় সম্পৰ্কৰ ইতিহাসৰ এক অৱলোকন – দ্বিতীয় বিশ্বযুদ্ধৰ পৰা)
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Unit: 3 The Global Economy (বিশ্ব অৰ্থনীতি)
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Unit: 4 Contemporary Global Issues (সমসাময়িক বিশ্বজনীন বিষয়সমূহ)
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PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Course Code: POL4300104MJ
Course Content
Unit I: Public Administration as a Discipline
  • Meaning, Dimensions and Significance
  • Public and Private Administration
  • Evolution of Public Administration
Unit II: Theoretical Perspectives
  • Scientific Management (Frederick Winslow Taylor)
  • Administrative Management (Luther Gulick, Lyndall Urwick and Henri Fayol)
  • Ideal-Type Bureaucracy (Max Weber)
  • Human Relations Theory (George Elton Mayo)
  • Ecological Approach (Fred Warren Riggs)
Unit III: Personnel Administration
  • Recruitment - Training - Promotion
  • Public Service Commission: Need, Role and Independence
  • Neutrality in the Public Service
Unit IV: Major Approaches in Public Administration
  • New Public Service Approach
  • New Public Management
  • Good Governance
  • Feminist Perspective
Reading Lists
Unit I
  • Basu, R. (2014). Public Administration: Concepts and Theories. Sterling Publishers, New Delhi.
  • Rosenbloom, D., Kravchuk, R., & Clerkin, R. (2009). Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics and Law in Public Sector (7th Edition). New Delhi: McGraw Hill, pp. 1–40.
  • Alhson, G. (1997). Public and Private Management. In J. Shafritz & A. Hyde (Eds.), Classics of Public Administration (4th Edition). Forth Worth: Harcourt Brace, TX, pp. 510–529.
  • Bhattacharya, M. (2008). New Horizons of Public Administration (5th Revised Edition). New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers, pp. 37–44.
  • Bhattacharya, M. (2012). Restructuring Public Administration: A New Look. New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers.
  • Bhattacharya, M. (2011). New Horizons of Public Administration. New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers.
  • Henry, N. (2013). Public Administration and Public Affairs (12th Edition). New Jersey: Pearson.
  • Henry, N. (1999). Public Administration and Public Affairs. Prentice Hall.
  • Dunleavy, P., & Hood, C. (1994). From Old Public Administration to New Public Management. Public Money and Management, Vol. XIV No. 3.
  • Wilson, W. (2004). The Study of Administration. In B. Chakravarty & M. Bhattacharya (Eds.), Administrative Change and Innovation: A Reader. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 85–101.
Unit II
  • Singh, A. (2002). Public Administration: Roots and Wings. New Delhi: Galgotia Publishing Company.
  • Miner, B. (2006). Elton Mayo and Hawthorne. In Organisational Behaviour 3: Historical Origins and the Future. New York: M.E. Sharpe.
  • Gvishiani, D. (1972). Organisation and Management. Moscow: Progress Publishers.
  • Ravindra Prasad, D., Pardhasaradhi, Y., Prasad, V. S., & Satyanarayana, P. (Eds.). (2010). Administrative Thinkers. Sterling Publishers.
  • Ferreira, E. J., Erasmus, A. W., & Groenewald, D. (2010). Administrative Management. Juta Academics.
  • Riggs, F. (1964). Administration in Developing Countries: The Theory of Prismatic Society. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
  • Taylor, F. (2004). Scientific Management. In J. Shafritz & A. Hyde (Eds.), Classics of Public Administration (5th Edition). Belmont: Wadsworth.
  • Weber, M. (1946). Bureaucracy. In C. Mills & H. Gerth (Eds.), From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Mouzelis, P. (2003). The Ideal Type of Bureaucracy. In B. Chakrabarty & M. Bhattacharya (Eds.), Public Administration: A Reader. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
  • Arora, R. (2003). Riggs’ Administrative Ecology. In B. Chakrabarty & M. Bhattacharya (Eds.), Public Administration: A Reader. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
  • Bennis, W. G. (1973). Beyond Bureaucracy. McGraw-Hill.
Unit III
  • Appleby, H. Paul. (1953). Public Administration in India. Report of a Survey. Manager of Publications, Govt. of India, Delhi, p. 12.
  • Article 319 of the Indian Constitution.
  • Articles 315 to 317 of the Indian Constitution.
  • Chopra, K. Rakesh. (1989). Management of Human Resources. V.K. Publishing House, Bareilly, p. 10, 20.
  • First Report of UPSC, 1951, p. 9.
  • Gladden. The Civil Service: Its Problems and Future, pp. 88, 180.
  • Goel, S. L. (Ed.). (1993). Personnel Administration and Management. Sterling Publishers, New Delhi, p. 7, 40, 105–111.
  • Journal of Public Administration, Vol. XXXI, p. 1153.
  • Jucious, M. J. Personnel Management. Richard D. Irwin, Illinois, p. 2.
  • Pfiffner. Public Administration, p. 251.
  • Pigors, P., & Myres, C. A. (1961). Personnel Administration. McGraw-Hill, Tokyo, p. 1.
  • Rastogi, T. N. (1995). Personnel Management: Perspectives and Techniques. Anand Publication Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, p. 46, 54, 137.
  • Refurbishing of Personnel Administration - Scaling New Heights.
  • Report of the Royal Commission on the Civil Services, 1929–31, pp. 6–69.
  • Tenth Reports of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission (Relevant Portions).
  • The Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules. Nos. 38, 39, 42, and 44.
  • Tickner, E. J. Modern Staff Training, p. 9.
Unit IV
  • Gray, A., & Jenkins, B. (1997). From Public Administration to Public Management. In E. Otenyo & N. Lind (Eds.), Comparative Public Administration: The Essential Readings. Oxford University Press.
  • Leftwich, A. (1994). Governance in the State and the Politics of Development. Development and Change, p. 25.
  • Chakrabarty, B. (2007). Reinventing Public Administration: The India Experience. New Delhi: Orient Longman.
  • Basu, R. (2019). Public Administration in the 21st Century: A Global South Perspective. Taylor & Francis.
  • Hood, C. (2004). A Public Management for All Seasons. In J. Shafritz & A. Hyde (Eds.), Classics of Public Administration (5th Edition). Belmont: Wadsworth.
  • Riggs, F. (1961). The Ecology of Public Administration, Part 3. New Delhi: Asia Publishing House.
  • Frederickson, H. (2004). Toward a New Public Administration. In J. Shafritz & A. Hyde (Eds.), Classics of Public Administration (5th Edition). Belmont: Wadsworth.
  • Bhattacharya, M. (2006). Chapter 2 and 4. In Social Theory, Development Administration and Development Ethics. New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers.
  • Bhattacharya, M. (1998). Contextualizing Governance and Development. In B. Chakrabarty & M. Bhattacharya (Eds.), The Governance Discourse. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
  • Bhattacharya, M. (2012). Public Administration: Issues and Perspectives. New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers.
  • Denhart, R. B., & Denhart, J. V. (2000). The New Public Service: Serving Rather Than Steering. Public Administration Review, 60(6).
  • Singh, S. (2016). Governance: Issues and Challenges. New Delhi: Sage Publications.
  • Stivers, C. (2000). Feminist Theory of Public Administration. In Defining Public Administration.
  • Medury, U. (2010). Public Administration in the Globalization Era. New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan.



UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Course Code: POL4300204MJ
Course Content
Unit I: Theoretical Perspectives
  • Classical realism and Neo-Realism
  • Liberalism and Neo-Liberalis
  • Marxist Approaches
  • Feminist Perspective
Unit II: An Overview of Twentieth Century IR History – World War II onwards
  • World War II: Causes and Consequences
  • Origin, Evolution and End of the Cold War
  • Post-Cold War Era and Emerging Centres of Power
Unit III: The Global Economy
  • Global economic order and the Bretton Woods Institutions (IMF, WB and WTO)
  • Neoliberal Economic Policies – Economic Globalization and TNCs
  • Regionalism and Regional Economic Groupings – ASEAN and European Union
  • Emerging Multilateralism – G20 and BRICS
Unit IV: Contemporary Global Issues
  • Ecological Issues
  • International Terrorism
  • Human Security
  • Migration
Reading List
Unit I
  • Frank, A. (1966). The Development of Underdevelopment. Monthly Review, pp. 17–30.
  • Carr, E. (1981). The Twenty Years Crisis, 1919–1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations. London: Macmillan, pp. 63–94.
  • Halliday, F. (1994). Rethinking International Relations. London: Macmillan, pp. 147–166.
  • Bull, H. (2000). "The Balance of Power and International Order." In M. Smith & R. Little (Eds.), Perspectives on World Politics. New York: Routledge, pp. 115–124.
  • Morgenthau, H. (2007). "Six Principles of Political Realism." In R. Art & R. Jervis (Eds.), International Politics (8th Edition). New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 7–14.
  • Wallerstein, I. (2000). "The Rise and Future Demise of World Capitalist System: Concepts for Comparative Analysis." In M. Smith & R. Little (Eds.), Perspectives on World Politics. New York: Routledge, pp. 305–317.
  • Galtung, J. (2000). "A Structural Theory of Imperialism." In M. Smith & R. Little (Eds.), Perspectives on World Politics. New York: Routledge, pp. 292–304.
  • Goldstein, J., & Pevehouse, J. (2007). International Relations. New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 127–137.
  • Jackson, R., & Sorensen, G. (2007). Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches (3rd Edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 97–128.
  • Tickner, J. (2007). "A Critique of Morgenthau's Principles of Political Realism." In R. Art & R. Jervis (Eds.), International Politics (8th Edition). New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 15–28.
  • Waltz, K. (2007). "The Anarchic Structure of World Politics." In R. Art & R. Jervis (Eds.), International Politics (8th Edition). New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 29–49.
  • Nicholson, M. (2002). International Relations: A Concise Introduction. New York: Palgrave, pp. 6–7.
  • Nicholson, M. (2002). International Relations: A Concise Introduction. New York: Palgrave, pp. 120–122.
  • Modern History Sourcebook: Summary of Wallerstein on World System Theory. [Online]. Available at http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/Wallerstein.asp. Accessed: 19.04.2013.
  • Viotti, P., & Kauppi, M. (2007). International Relations and World Politics: Security, Economy, Identity. Pearson Education, pp. 40–85.
  • Keohane, R., & Nye, J. (2000). "Transgovernmental Relations and the International Organization." In M. Smith & R. Little (Eds.), Perspectives on World Politics. New York: Routledge, pp. 229–241.
  • Basu, R. (Ed.). (2012). International Politics: Concepts, Theories, and Issues. New Delhi: Sage.
  • Hobden, S., & Jones, R. (2008). "Marxist Theories of International Relations." In J. Baylis & S. Smith (Eds.), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations.
  • Smith, S., & Owens, P. (2008). "Alternative Approaches to International Theory." In J. Baylis & S. Smith (Eds.), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 181–184.
  • Dunne, T., & Schmidt, B. (2008). "Realism." In J. Baylis & S. Smith (Eds.), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 90–107.
  • Dunne, T. (2008). "Liberalism." In J. Baylis & S. Smith (Eds.), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 108–123.
Unit II
  • Brzezinski, Z. (2005). Choice: Global Dominance or Global Leadership. New York: Basic Books.
  • Carruthers, S. L. (2008). "International History, 1900–1945." In J. Baylis & S. Smith (Eds.), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 76–84.
  • Calvocoressi, P. (2001). World Politics: 1945–2000. Essex: Pearson.
  • Gill, S. (2004). "Contradictions of US Supremacy." In L. Panitch & C. Leys (Eds.), Socialist Register: The Empire Reloaded. London: Merlin Press and New York: Monthly Review Press, pp. 24–47.
  • Hobsbawm, E. (1995). Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914–1991. London: Abacus.
  • Scott, L. (2008). "International History, 1945–1990." In J. Baylis & S. Smith (Eds.), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 93–101.
  • Taylor, A. J. P. (1961). The Origins of the Second World War. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
  • Therborn, G. (2006). "Poles and Triangles: US Power and Triangles of Americas, Asia, and Europe." In V. R. Hadiz (Ed.), Empire and Neo-Liberalism in Asia. London: Routledge, pp. 23–37.
Unit III
  • Heywood, A. (2011). Global Politics. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 454–479.
  • Narlikar, A. (2005). The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 22–98.
  • Chatterjee, Aneek. International Relations Today: Concepts and Application. Pearson.
  • Crane, Robert (Ed.). Building Bridges among the BRICS.
  • Dattagupta, R. Global Politics. Pearson.
  • Goldstein, J. (2006). International Relations. New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 327–368, 392–405.
  • Heywood, A. (2015). Global Politics. London: Palgrave, pp. 466–486.
  • Kripalini, M. India in the G20: Rule Taker to Rule Maker. Routledge.
  • Larionova, Marina, & Kirton, John (Eds.). BRICS and Global Governance. Routledge.
  • Gilpin, R. (2003). Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order. Hyderabad: Orient Longman, pp. 278–304.
  • Stopford, J. (1998). "Multinational Corporations." Foreign Policy, Fall.
  • Stuenkel, O. (2020). The BRICS and Future of Global Order. London: Lexington Books.
  • Hirst, P., Thompson, G., & Bromley, S. (2009). Globalization in Question. Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 68–100.
  • Pero, Siti Darwinda Mohamed. Leadership in Regional Community Building: Comparing ASEAN and the European Union. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Mansbach, R., & Taylor, K. (2012). Introduction to Global Politics (2nd Edition). New York: Routledge, pp. 470–478.
  • Picciotto, R. (2003). "A New World Bank for a New Century." In C. Roe Goddard et al., International Political Economy: State-Market Relations in a Changing Global Order. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, pp. 341–351.
  • Cohn, T. (2009). Global Political Economy: Theory and Practice, pp. 130–140 (IMF), 208–218 (WTO).
  • Peterson, V. (2009). "How Is the World Organized Economically?" In J. Edkins & M. Zehfuss (Eds.), Global Politics: A New Introduction. New York: Routledge, pp. 271–293.
Unit IV
  • Acharya, A. (2011). "Human Security." In J. Baylis, S. Smith, & P. Owens (Eds.), The Globalization of World Politics. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 480–493.
  • Acharya, A. (2001). "Human Security: East versus West." International Journal, 56(3), pp. 442–460.
  • Heywood, A. (2011). Global Politics. New York: Palgrave, pp. 282–301; 383–411.
  • Vanaik, A. (2007). Masks of Empire. New Delhi: Tulika, pp. 103–128.
  • Jindal, N., & Kumar, K. (2018). Global Politics: Issues and Perspectives. New Delhi: Sage Publications.
  • Kiras, J. (2011). "Terrorism and Globalization." In J. Baylis, S. Smith, & P. Owens (Eds.), The Globalization of World Politics. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 366–380.
  • Volger, J. (2011). "Environmental Issues." In J. Baylis, S. Smith, & P. Owens (Eds.), The Globalization of World Politics. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 348–362.
  • Shimko, K. (2005). International Relations: Perspectives and Controversies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, pp. 317–339.
  • Bidwai, P. (2011). "Durban: Road to Nowhere." Economic and Political Weekly, 46(53), pp. 10–12.
  • Viotti, P., & Kauppi, M. (2007). International Relations. New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 276–307.
  • Carter, N. (2007). The Politics of Environment: Ideas, Activism, Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 13–81.
  • Tadjbakhsh, S., & Chenoy, A. (2007). Human Security. London: Routledge, pp. 13–19, 123–127, 236–243.