This Subject Includes

• Course No: HS 136
• Course:
• Semester: IV
• Title: Introduction to Indian Constitution and Political Processes
• Stream: Political Science

• The purpose of this course is to introduce the students to the basic features of Indian constitution and political processes. The course also intends to make the students aware of the constitutional design and the functioning of democracy in India. It also aims to introduce the students to the major themes of Indian politics and the functioning of state in post-independent India.

  Texts/References:

  1.S.Choudhary,M.KhosalaandP.B.Mehta(Eds.),TheOxfordHandbookoftheIndianConstitution, OxfordUniversityPressUK,2016. 2.N.G.Jayal,andP.B.Mehta(Eds).,TheOxfordCompaniontoIndianPolitics,NewDelhi:OxfordUni versityPress,2010. 3.A.Granville,IndianConstitutionCornerstoneofaNation,NewDelhi:OxfordUniversityPress,196 6/1999.

  4.R.Bhargava,(Ed.),PoliticsandEthicsofIndianConstitution,NewDelhi:OxfordUniversityPress,2 008. 5.P.R.Brass,ThePoliticsofIndiaSinceIndependence,NewDelhi:CambridgeUniversityPressand FoundationBooks,2ndEdn.,1999