Public Administration MA Syllabus IGNOU

Second Year
Course Code Course Name Credits

MSO-002 Research Methodologies and Methods 8

MPS-003 India: Democracy and Development 8

Unit 01 Legacy of National Movement with reference to Development, Rights
and Participation
Unit 02 Debates on Models of Development
Unit 03 Constitution and Social Transformation
Unit 04 Diversity and Pluralism
Unit 05 Inequality: Caste and Class
Unit 06 Political Economy of Development

Unit 07 Structure and Growth of Economy (Poverty, Surplus and Unevenness)
Unit 08 Legislature
Unit 09 Bureaucracy, Police and Army
Unit 10 Legal System and Judiciary
Unit 11 Federalism
Unit 12 Devolution of Powers and Local Self-Government
Unit 13 Political Parties and Participation
Unit 14 Workers and Peasants Movements
Unit 15 Media and Public Policy
Unit 16 Interest Groups and Policy Making
Unit 17 Identity Politics (caste, religion, language and ethnicity)
Unit 18 Civil Society: Social Movements, NGOs and Voluntary Action
Book-II
Unit 19 Human Development: Health, Education and Social Security
Unit 20 Gender and Development
Unit 21 Regional Imbalance
Unit 22 Migration and Development
Unit 23 Environment and Sustainable Development
Unit 24 Economic Reforms and Globalisation
Unit 25 Religious Politics
Unit 26 Ethnicity and Nation – State
Unit 27 Democracy and Development in India: An Assessment