• Concepts of governance, Evolution of policy studies, State, Market, Civil Society

• Policy cycle, Stakeholders, Agenda setting

• Constitutional bodies, Electoral institutions, Federalism, CAG, EC, Lokpal

• Evolution, Classical, Behavioural, Contemporary, Bureaucracy, NPM, NPG

• Decision-making, Citizen-centric administration, Reforms in India, Transparency & Ethics

Readings: B. Guy Peters, Mohit Bhattacharya, Nicholas Henry, Rajni Kothari, Laxmikanth, Max Weber

• Unit 1: Introduction - Theories of governance, Evolution, State-Market-Civil Society (10 Hrs)
• Unit 2: Formulation & Actors - Policy cycle, Stakeholders, Agenda setting (12 Hrs)
• Unit 3: Analysis & Evaluation - Methods, Evidence-based policy, M&E (14 Hrs)
• Unit 4: Contemporary Challenges - Digital, Inclusive, Sustainable Development (14 Hrs)
• Unit 5: Comparative & Global - Global governance, International institutions (10 Hrs)

• Scarcity, Trade-offs, Demand-Supply, Efficiency vs Equity, Role of Government

• Public goods, Externalities, Information asymmetry, Competition & Regulation, Environmental Policy - Carbon tax, Cap-and-trade

• Taxation, Behaviour, Public Expenditure, Transfers, Health, Education, Labour, Cost-Benefit Analysis

• Bounded rationality, Nudge, Choice architecture, Interest groups, State capacity, Principal-agent

• National income, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Open Economy, Applied Policy Integration - Policy Brief Writing

Readings: Gruber, Mankiw, Barr, Stiglitz, Banerjee & Duflo, Kahneman, Thaler & Sunstein

• Module I: Feminism, Gender & Knowledge - Liberal, Radical, Marxist, Postcolonial, Intersectional Feminisms, Social Construction
• Module II: Feminist Research & Intersectionality - Reflexivity, Positionality, Gender-Caste-Class-Religion, Standpoint
• Module III: Gender, Body & Representation - Body Politics, Reproductive Rights, Sexuality, Media & Digital Spaces
• Module IV: Gender & Work - Gendered Labour, Care Work, Workplace Inequalities, Gender Justice & Policy

• Constitutional & Administrative Institutions, Organizational structures, Weberian bureaucracy, Bureaucratic culture, Accountability
• Policy Implementation - Top-down & Bottom-up, Administrative capacity, Challenges, NPM, E-governance, Citizen-centric, Comparative bureaucracy

• Unit 1: Spatiality & Public Sphere - Habermas, Postcolonial Urban Space, Space as Social Construct
• Unit 2: City in Fragments - Gated Communities, Shrinking Commons, Belonging/Alienation, Surveillance (15 Hrs)
• Unit 3: Subaltern Counter-Publics - Slums, Viral Publics, Institutional Violence, Digital & Physical (15 Hrs)
• Unit 4: Gendered City & Nightscape - Sensory Map, Politics of Loitering, Queering of Spaces (15 Hrs)
• Unit 5: Graphic Novel as Urban Cartography - State Control, Public-Private, Institutionalisation of Street (10 Hrs)

• Dissertation: Interdisciplinary policy brief, discourse analysis, field work, strategic advocacy communication
• Passing Criteria: 50% in each course, Separate passing in Internal (50 Marks) + External (50 Marks) End Sem Exam. Evaluation via Continuous Assessment, Assignments, Presentations, Practical exercises, Policy analysis tasks, Dissertation evaluation.