Unit name | Politics of South Asia |
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Unit code | POLI29003 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Wyatt |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit will introduce students to the politics of modern South Asia. The unit will focus on the politics of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The unit will provide a broad overview of politics in this region beginning with a survey of the colonial period of state formation, early nation building and the uneven consolidation of political institutions. The unit will examine a number of conflicts that have complicated the process of national building. These include the 1947 partition of India, the divide between West and East Pakistan, the confilict over Kashmir and the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka.
Aims:
Upon completion of this unit students will: 1. demonstrate familiarity with the political development of the states of South Asia 2. be familiar with the broad sweep of literature on the politics of South Asia 3. be able to integrate empirical evidence into persuasive arguments and articulate these in seminars and oral presentations 4. be able to integrate empirical evidence into comparative arguments sustained in a substantial piece of written work 5. be able to critically assess the place of nationalism in the politics of the region
2 hours of lectures and 1 hour seminar
C. Bates (2007), Subalterns and Raj, Abingdon: Routledge.