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©aDepartmentaofaDistancea&aContinuingaEducation,aCampusaofaOpenaLearning,a
SchoolaofaOpenaLearning,aUniversityaofaDelhi
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• Corrections/Modifications/SuggestionsaproposedabyaStatutoryaBody,aDU/Stakeholder/sainatheaSelfaLearn
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Table of Contents
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Sl.aNo. Title Writer Pg.
No.
Unit-I WhataisaIRaand,aitsaContestedaOrigins Dr.aShaktiaPradayaniaRout 01
:
(a) WhataisaIR
(b) ReadingatheaBigaBangs
(c) BringingainaDecolonialaAccounts
(d) UnderstandingatheaGenealogyaofa
IRaDisciplineainaIndia
Unit-II TheoriesaofaIR
(a) IntroductionatoaIRaTheories Dr.aSantoshaKumar 19
(b)aRealpolitik/Realism/Neo-Realism Dr.aPramodaKumar 33
(c)a Liberalism/Neo-Liberalism Dr.aHijamaLizaaDalloaRihmo 46
(d)aMarxism/Neo-Marxism Ms.aLookeaKumari 58
(e)a Feminism Dr.aHijamaLizaaDalloaRihmo 72
(f)a Constructivism Dr.aAbhishekaChoudhary 86
Unit-III Concepts: Dr.aDeepakaYadav 103
(a)aPower,a(b)aSovereignty,a(c)aEmpire
,a(d)aInternationalaOrder
Unit-IV ExploringaTheaFutureaTrajectories: HemaaKumari 117
(a)aGlobalaIR,a(b)aAaRelationalaTurn
©aDepartmentaofaDistancea&aContinuingaEducation,aCampusaofaOpenaLearning,a
SchoolaofaOpenaLearning,aUniversityaofaDelhi
a a a a a
University of Delhi a a
n˛jLsk yo˙ lrr˛ f'kχkk foHkky
a a a a
fnyy לfo'ofopky; a
B.A. (Hons.) Political Science
a a a
Semester-
II Course Credits
a a
-4
Discipline Specific Core Course (DSC-6)
a a a a
INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:
a a a a
THEORIES, CONCEPTS AND DEBATES
a a a
AsaperatheaUGCFa-a2022aandaNationalaEducationaPolicya2020
,IntroductionatoaInternationalaRelations:aTheories,aConceptsaandaDebates
Editorial Board a
Dr. Shakti Pradayani Rout Dr
a a a a
. Shambhu Nath Dubey Dr. M
a a a a a
angal Deo a
Content Writers a
Dr. Shakti Pradayani Rout, Dr. Santosh Kumar, Dr
a a a a a a a
. Pramod Kumar, Dr. Hijam Liza Dallo Rihmo, Ms.
a a a a a a a a a
Looke Kumari, Dr. Abhishek Choudhary,
a a a a
Dr. Deepak Yadav, Hema Kumari
a a a a
Academic Coordinator a
Deekshant Awasthi a
© Department of Distance and Continuing Education ISBN:
a a a a a a a
978-81-19169-23-8
a
Ist edition: 2023
a a
E-
mail:
a a
Published by: a
Department of Distance and Continuing Education under
a a a a a a
the aegis of Campus of Open Learning/School of Open Learning, University
a a a a a a a a a a
of Delhi, Delhi-110007 a a a
Printed by: a
School of Open Learning, University of Delhi
a a a a a a
©aDepartmentaofaDistancea&aContinuingaEducation,aCampusaofaOpenaLearning,a
SchoolaofaOpenaLearning,aUniversityaofaDelhi
, B.A.a(Hons.)aPoliticalaScience
• Allaunitsahaveabeenawrittenaafreshaexceptaunit-II.
• Corrections/Modifications/SuggestionsaproposedabyaStatutoryaBody,aDU/Stakeholder/sainatheaSelfaLearn
ingaMateriala(SLM)awillabeaincorporatedainatheanextaedition.aHowever,atheseacorrections/modifications/s
uggestionsawillabeauploadedaonatheawebsiteahttps://sol.du.ac.in.aAnyafeedbackaorasuggestionsacanabeasenta
©aDepartmentaofaDistancea&aContinuingaEducation,aCampusaofaOpenaLearning,a
SchoolaofaOpenaLearning,aUniversityaofaDelhi
, IntroductionatoaInternationalaRelations:aTheories,aConceptsaandaDebates
Table of Contents
a a
Sl.aNo. Title Writer Pg.
No.
Unit-I WhataisaIRaand,aitsaContestedaOrigins Dr.aShaktiaPradayaniaRout 01
:
(a) WhataisaIR
(b) ReadingatheaBigaBangs
(c) BringingainaDecolonialaAccounts
(d) UnderstandingatheaGenealogyaofa
IRaDisciplineainaIndia
Unit-II TheoriesaofaIR
(a) IntroductionatoaIRaTheories Dr.aSantoshaKumar 19
(b)aRealpolitik/Realism/Neo-Realism Dr.aPramodaKumar 33
(c)a Liberalism/Neo-Liberalism Dr.aHijamaLizaaDalloaRihmo 46
(d)aMarxism/Neo-Marxism Ms.aLookeaKumari 58
(e)a Feminism Dr.aHijamaLizaaDalloaRihmo 72
(f)a Constructivism Dr.aAbhishekaChoudhary 86
Unit-III Concepts: Dr.aDeepakaYadav 103
(a)aPower,a(b)aSovereignty,a(c)aEmpire
,a(d)aInternationalaOrder
Unit-IV ExploringaTheaFutureaTrajectories: HemaaKumari 117
(a)aGlobalaIR,a(b)aAaRelationalaTurn
©aDepartmentaofaDistancea&aContinuingaEducation,aCampusaofaOpenaLearning,a
SchoolaofaOpenaLearning,aUniversityaofaDelhi