JNU CPS Syllabus

Can you provide me the program details of the M. Phil programme offered by CPS JNU or Centre for Political Studies - Jawaharlal Nehru University?

The M. Phil programme offered by CPS JNU or Centre for Political Studies - Jawaharlal Nehru University is spread over four semesters and one is expected to complete the course in the first two semesters.

One must obtain a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 5.00. One who obtains a CGPA of less than 5.00 in the course work is not eligible to submit dissertation and is disqualified from earning the M. Phil degree.

One admitted to the M. Phil programme must offer four courses, two of which are compulsory. The compulsory courses are:

1. Philosophy and Methods in Social Sciences
2. Approaches, Concepts and Methods of Political Analysis

The two compulsory courses are designed to equip and train one in the methods and techniques of political research, along with an introduction to methodological debates and issues in social sciences, and to the basic approaches and concepts of political analysis.

The third and fourth courses, which every one must take, are optional courses, which one may select in consonance with the research interests. The choice of the optional is decided by the research needs and specialization stream chosen by one.


Research Themes
Social Justice
State, Development and Public Policy
Civil Society and State
Political Ideas in Modern India
Political Institutions
Theories of Change and Transformation
Legitimacy, Protest and Change
Federalism and Decentralization
Diversity and Difference
Religion and Politics
Equality and Non-discrimination
Justice, Community and Culture
Secularism, the nation-state and minority politics
Social and Political Movements
Politics of Caste, Class, Communalism and Regionalism
Multiculturalism and Identity Politics
Dalit Movements and Politics
Gender and Politics.
Environmental Politics
Electoral politics
Political participation: political parties and pressure groups
Comparative study of regional and state politics in India
Neo-Liberalism and Globalization
Issues of National Security Foreign Policy of India

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