KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE COURSE PROPOSAL OR REVISION,
Cover Sheet (10/02/2002)
Course Number/Program Name INCM 9510/International Conflict Management
Department College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Degree Title (if applicable) Ph.D. in International Conflict Management
Proposed Effective Date Fall 2010
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Notes:
If proposed changes to an existing course are substantial (credit hours, title, and description), a new course with a
new number should be proposed.
A new Course Proposal (Sections II, III, IV, V, VII) is required for each new course proposed as part of a new
program. Current catalog information (Section I) is required for each existing course incorporated into the
program.
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KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE COURSE/CONCENTRATION/PROGRAM CHANGE
I.
Current Information (Fill in for changes)
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II.
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Course Prefix and Number INCM 9510_____________________________
Course Title Related Study of a Selected Regional Area
Credit Hours 3-0-3
Prerequisites Admission to the Ph.D. program
Description (or Proposed Degree Requirements)
Each student is expected to have an overseas internship experience and
will be writing on a dissertation topic on events in a certain part(s) of the
world. We therefore require a Regional Course. The knowledge gained
will help in the internship and dissertation writing experiences and will
provide the student with a sense of identity within the program. The
courses may be at the master’s level and would thus be cross-listed for the
Ph.D. program. The regional course may be taught from any number of
disciplines (anthropology, communication, economics, geography, history,
literature, political science, etc.). The type and number of regional courses
would vary, but the following are examples: North America, Middle
America (including Caribbean), South America, Europe, Russian Realm,
North Africa/Southwest Asia (Middle East), Sub-Saharan Africa, East
Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, or Pacific Realm.
III.
Justification
The knowledge gained from studying within a regional level will help in
the internship and dissertation writing experiences and will provide the
student with a sense of identity within the program.
IV.
Additional Information (for New Courses only)
Instructor: Tavishi Bhasin, Ph.D.
Text:
Prerequisites: Admission to Ph.D. program
Objectives:
-To develop regional competency to assist students in their internship and
dissertation writing experiences. Specific learning objectives may vary by
courses
Instructional Method
-Class discussion
Method of Evaluation
-Exams, research paper, participation; it may vary by course
V.
Resources and Funding Required (New Courses only)
Resource
Amount
Faculty
Other Personnel
Equipment
Supplies
Travel
New Books
New Journals
Other (Specify)
TOTAL
Funding Required Beyond
Normal Departmental Growth
The costs are included in the overall cost for
the new Ph.D. program and are not separate.
VI. COURSE MASTER FORM
This form will be completed by the requesting department and will be sent to the Office of the
Registrar once the course has been approved by the Office of the President.
The form is required for all new courses.
DISCIPLINE
COURSE NUMBER
COURSE TITLE FOR LABEL
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Approval, Effective Term
Grades Allowed (Regular or S/U)
If course used to satisfy CPC, what areas?
Learning Support Programs courses which are
required as prerequisites
INCM
9510
Related Study: Regional Area
3-0-3
Fall 2010
Regular
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VII Attach Syllabus
INCM 9510: Related Study of A Selected Regional Area
Ph.D. Program in International Conflict Management
Kennesaw State University
I. Professor Contact Information
Tavishi Bhasin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science and International Affairs
Office: SO 5071
Phone: 678-797-2272
Email: tbhasin@kennesaw.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:00-6:00 pm
II. Course Pre-requisites, Co-requisites, and/or Other Restrictions
Admission to the Ph.D. program
III. Course Description
This course provides an overview of the main issues that overlay politics in South Asia, particularly in the context of
Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. It seeks to provide an understanding of the region’s historical
background and the variation in political institutions across South Asia. Questions that will be discussed include
why democracy has taken hold successfully in India and has been elusive in Pakistan. It highlights the main
cleavages along which politics are organized in these countries and the varying outcomes, such as ethnic and
language based conflict, related to these cleavages.
IV. Student Learning Objectives/Outcomes
1. Students will be able to identify the different regime types that have been present in the region. They will
compare several theoretical explanations by scholars from these countries and the Western academy that
explain these different outcomes.
2. Students will be able to analyze the institutions across these countries, their development and their
interaction with groups based on language, religion and the urban/rural divide.
3. Students will examine broader comparative economic strategies and apply these to the four countries to
understand successes and failures in the realm of economic development.
V. Textbooks and Materials
1. Jalal, Ayesha. 1995. Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective.
Cambridge University Press
2. Kohli, Atul. 2001. The Success of India’s Democracy. Cambridge University Press.
3. Chatterjee, Partha. 1997. State and State Politics in India. Oxford University Press.
VI. Course Outlines
Week 1
Historical Context
Jalal, Ayesha. 1995. Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective.
Chapter 1. Cambridge University Press.
Yogendra K. Malik, Charles H. Kennedy, Robert C. Oberst, Ashok Kapur, Mahendra Lawoti and Syedur
Rahman.2009. Government and Politics in South Asia. Sixth Edition. Westview Press. Boulder, CO. Introductory
Chapters on India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Recommended Viewing:
BBC Documentary. Story of Michael Wood: Story of India
Week 2 Political Institutions: Democracies and Dictatorships
Jalal, Ayesha. 1995. Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective.
Chapters 2 and 3. Cambridge University Press.
Mitra, Subrata Kumar. 1999. “Effects of Institutional Arrangements on Political Stability in South Asia” Annual
Review of Political Science. Vol. 2, June. Pages 405-428.
Recommended Reading:
Kohli, Atul. 2001. The Success of India’s Democracy. Cambridge University Press.
Introduction and Chapter 1. Pages 1-46.
Week 3
Political Institutions: Institutions of Democracy
Kohli, Atul. 2001. The Success of India’s Democracy. Cambridge University Press.
Chapters 1-7. Pages 47-190.
Rizvi, Hasan-Askari. 2000. Military, State and Society in Pakistan. Palgrave Macmillan.
Chapters 1 and 2. Pages 1-33.
The following articles are available for download at www.epw.org.in
Economic and Political Weekly, Special issue on Pakistan, 2-9 November, 2002. Waseem, Mohammad. “Causes of
Democratic Downslide”.
Zaidi, Akbar S. “Politics of Opportunism”.
Week 4 Political Institutions : Elections
Taylor, David. 1992 “Parties, elections and democracy in Pakistan”, Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative
Politics. 30 (1).
Three of the five articles that are a part of the special issue of Journal of Democracy, on Democracy in South Asia.
Read the three covering Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. 2002, Vol. 13. (1)
Kohli, Atul.1998. “Enduring Another Election”, in Journal of Democracy. Volume 9 (3). Pages 7-20.
Varshney, Ashutosh.1998. “Why Democracy Survives” in Journal of Democracy. Volume 9 (3). Pages 36-50.
Week 5 Political Institutions : Federalism and its Discontents
Ganguly Sumit. 1996. “Explaining the Kashmir Insurgency: Political Mobilization and Institutional Decay.”
International Security. Vol 21(2).
Kukreja, Veena. 2003 Contemporary Pakistan: Political Processes, Conflicts and Crises. Sage Publications. Chapter
4: Ethnic Divide: Aspirations and Political Power.
Baruah, Sanjib. 1994. “The State and Separatist Militancy in Assam: Winning a Battle and Losing the War?”
Asian Survey, Vol. 34, No. 10 (Oct., 1994), pp. 863-877
Manor, James. 1998. “Making Federalism Work” in Journal of Democracy. Volume 9 (3). Pages 21-35.
Article: “The Telangana Tantrum”. S. Nagesh Kumar. Frontline Magazine (Hindu group of Publications). Volume
23 - Issue 18 :: Sep. 09-22, 2006
http://www.frontlineonnet.com/stories/20060922003303400.htm
BBC World news report on the killing of a Baloch leader: Pakistan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5290966.stm
Week 6
Cleavages: Caste
Kothari, Rajni. 1997. “Rise of the Dalits and the Renewed Debate on Caste” in State and Politics in India. Editor:
Partha Chatterjee. Oxford University Press.
Kohli, Atul. 2001. The Success of India’s Democracy. Cambridge University Press. Chapter 9. Weiner, Myron.
“The Struggle for Equality: Caste in Indian Politics.”
Chandra, Kanchan. 2000. “The Transformation of Ethnic Politics in India: The Decline of Congress and the Rise of
the Bahujan Samaj Party in Hoshiarpur” in Journal of Asian Studies. Volume 59 (1) Pages 26-61
Varshney, Ashutosh. 2000. “Is India Becoming More Democratic?” in Journal of Asian Studies. Volume 59 (1).
Pages 3-25
Series of articles that form the Cover Story. Titles: “Examining Reservation” “Southern Record” “Political
Consensus” “Legal Backing” “Logical Step”
Venkitesh Ramakrishnan and others. Frontline Magazine (Hindu group of Publications).
Vol. 23 :: No. 08. Apr. 22 - May 05, 2006
http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2308/fl230800.htm
Recommended optional reading:
Hasan, Zoya. 1998. “Community and Caste in Post-Congress Politics in Uttar Pradesh.” in Community Conflicts
and the State in India. Editors: Amrita Basu and Atul Kohli. Oxford University Press.
Week 7 Cleavages II: Language, Urban-Rural Divide
The following articles are available for download at www.epw.org.in
Economic and Political Weekly, Special issue on Pakistan, 2-9 November, 2002.
Rahman, Tariq. “Language, Power and Ideology”.
Ali, Reza. “Underestimating Urbanisation”
Hasan, Arif. “The Roots of Elite Alienation.”
Weiner, Myron.1997. “India’s Minorities: Who Are They? What Do They Want?” in State and Politics in India.
Editor: Partha Chatterjee. Oxford University Press.
Paul Brass, “Language Problems” in The Politics of India Since Independence. Cambridge. University Press, 1990,
Chapter 5, 151-191.
DeVotta, Neil. 2004. Blowback: Linguistic Nationalism, Institutional Decay, and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka.
Stanford University Press. Chapters 6 and 7.
Week 8 Religion and Politics: Hinduism and Islam
Presidential Address: Reflections on Communal Violence in South Asia
Stanley J. Tambiah
Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 49, No. 4 (Nov., 1990), pp. 741-760
Hansen, Thomas Blom. 1999. The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India. Chapter 5:
The Saffron Wave
Kukreja, Veena. 2003 Contemporary Pakistan: Political Processes, Conflicts and Crises. Sage Publications. Chapter
5: The Rising Tide of Islamic Fundamentalism in Pakistan
Kabir, Naila.1991. “The Quest for National Identity: Women, Islam and the State in Bangladesh.” Feminist Review.
Spring. No. 37. Pages 38-58.
Week 9 Party Systems: National and Regional
Hasan, Zoya. (ed) 2002. Parties and Party Politics in India. Oxford University Press. Introduction and Chapter 15.
Chandra, Kanchan. 1999. “Post-Congress Politics in Uttar Pradesh: The Ethnification of the Party System and its
Consequences.” in Indian Politics and the 1998 Election: Regionalism, Hindutva and State Politics. Sage
Publications.
Partha. 1997. State and State Politics in India. Oxford University Press. Chapters 2 – 4. Pages 89 – 207.
Recommended optional reading:
Chibber, Pradeep K. Democracy without Associations: Transformation of the Party System and Social Cleavages in
India.
Week 10
Social Movements
Katzenstein et al. “Social Movement Politics in India: Institutions, Interests and Indentities” in Kohli, Atul. 2001.
The Success of India’s Democracy. Cambridge University Press. Chapter 10. Pages 242-269.
Omvedt, Gail. 1993. Reinventing Revolution: New Social Movements and the Socialist Tradition in India. Chapters
3-6. Pages 47-150.
Week 11
Economic Policy and Development: Models and Trajectories
Nayar, Baldev Raj. 2001. Globalization and Nationalism: The Changing Balance of India's Economic Policy, 19502000. Sage Publications. Chapters 4-8. Pages
Jalal, Ayesha. 1995. Chapter 4: “The State and Political Economy: 1947 to c. 1993” in Democracy and
Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective.
Recommended optional reading:
Khilnani, Sunil. Chapter2: “Temples of the Future” in The Idea of India. Penguin Books.
Week 12
Economic Development II: Lessons Learned
Sobhan, Rehman. 1989. “Bangladesh and the World Economic System: The Crisis of External Dependence” in
South Asia: Sociology of Developing Societies. Editors: John Harriss and Hamza Alavi. Monthly Review Press.
Chatterjee, Partha. “Development Planning and the Indian State”, in State and State Politics in India. Oxford
University Press.
VII. Grading Policy
Grades will be calculated as follows:
30%
30%
30%
10%
Term paper 10-12 pages, 2 point font, double-spaced
Take home mid-term exam
Take home final
Attendance and Class participation: In order to facilitate this class, active participation is expected from
each student.
Grading scale: A: 90-100; B: 80-89; C: 70-79; D: 60-69; F: < 60
VIII. Academic Integrity
Every KSU student is responsible for upholding the provisions of the Student Code of Conduct, as published in the
Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs. Section II of the Student Code of Conduct addresses the University's policy
on academic honesty, including provisions regarding plagiarism and cheating, unauthorized access to University
materials, misrepresentation/falsification of University records or academic work, malicious removal, retention, or
destruction of library materials, malicious/intentional misuse of computer facilities and/or services, and misuse of
student identification cards. Incidents of alleged academic misconduct will be handled through the established
procedures of the University Judiciary Program, which includes either an "informal" resolution by a faculty member,
resulting in a grade adjustment, or a formal hearing procedure, which may subject a student to the Code of Conduct's
minimum one semester suspension requirement.
IX. ADA Statement
Any student who, because of a disabling condition, may require some special arrangements in order to meet the
course requirements should contact the instructor as soon as possible to arrange the necessary accommodations.
Students should present appropriate verification from KSU disAbled Student Support Services. No requirement
exists that accommodations be made prior to completion of this approved University process. Accommodations are
arranged on an individualized, as-needed basis after the needs and circumstances have been evaluated. The
following individuals have been designated by the President of the University to provide assistance and ensure
compliance with the ADA. Should you require assistance or have further questions about the ADA, please contact:
Carol Pope, Asst. Dir. for disAbled Student Support Services
770-423-6443, 770-423-6667F, 770-423-6480TTY
cpope@kennesaw.edu
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