Module Descriptors
INDIA, PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN: HISTORY AND POLITICS
HIPO50024
Key Facts
Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Sita Bali
Email: S.Bali@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 75%
- PRESENTATION - SEMINAR weighted at 25%
Module Details
Module Resources
Library, (books, ebooks, journals, ejournals,) websites of think tanks, Blackboard.
Module Indicative Content
This course will look at modern relationships in South Asia between India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
It will explore the intertwined history of these countries, with a particular focus on Mughal and British periods, and then examine the Partition in 1947 and consequences of that epoch-marking event, including the issue of Kashmir. Post-independence developments in each country, explaining the divergent paths of India and Pakistan, the creation of Bangladesh and the consequences of the Soviet and American invasions of Afghanistan will be explored
It will explore the intertwined history of these countries, with a particular focus on Mughal and British periods, and then examine the Partition in 1947 and consequences of that epoch-marking event, including the issue of Kashmir. Post-independence developments in each country, explaining the divergent paths of India and Pakistan, the creation of Bangladesh and the consequences of the Soviet and American invasions of Afghanistan will be explored
Module Learning Strategies
The module incorporates three inter-dependent learning strategies. The lecture programme provides the framework, delivering material and setting up setting up key issues for analysis. The seminars provide for follow up discussion and clarification of the key issues. Independent learning will be focused on directed reading and note-taking in preparation for lectures, seminars and the assessment.
Key Information Set:
16% scheduled learning and teaching activities
84% guided independent learning
Key Information Set:
16% scheduled learning and teaching activities
84% guided independent learning
Module Texts
Chadha N. B. (2006): Demystifying Kashmir. Washington, DC, USA: Brookings Institution Press.
Ewans M. (2002): Afghanistan: A Short History of its People and Politics, Harper Perennial
Ganguly, S (2010): Contemporary Asia in the World: India, Pakistan, and the Bomb: Debating Nuclear Stability in South Asia. NY, USA: Columbia University Press
Rashid A. (2009): Descent into Chaos: How the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia, (2nd ed) Allen Lane, London.
Schofield, V (2010): Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War (3rd Edition). London: I.B. Tauris
Tellis, A; et al (2002): Limited Conflicts under the Nuclear Umbrella: Indian and Pakistani Lessons from the Kargil Crisis. Santa Monica, CA, USA: RAND Corporation.
Ewans M. (2002): Afghanistan: A Short History of its People and Politics, Harper Perennial
Ganguly, S (2010): Contemporary Asia in the World: India, Pakistan, and the Bomb: Debating Nuclear Stability in South Asia. NY, USA: Columbia University Press
Rashid A. (2009): Descent into Chaos: How the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia, (2nd ed) Allen Lane, London.
Schofield, V (2010): Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War (3rd Edition). London: I.B. Tauris
Tellis, A; et al (2002): Limited Conflicts under the Nuclear Umbrella: Indian and Pakistani Lessons from the Kargil Crisis. Santa Monica, CA, USA: RAND Corporation.
Module Additional Assessment Details
1 x 700 word seminar presentation (25%)(Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,and 4)
1 x 2500 word essay (75%)(Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,and 4)
Key Information Set Data:
75% coursework
25% practical exams [skills assessment and presentations]
1 x 2500 word essay (75%)(Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,and 4)
Key Information Set Data:
75% coursework
25% practical exams [skills assessment and presentations]