JNU M Phil Political Geography: Syllabus and How to Prepare

Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament School of International School/JNU M.Phil in Political Geography: The Political Geography Division seeks to provide geopolitical and geo-strategic perspectives on international politics by studying both temporal and spatial aspects of contemporary international relations. Eligibility: Master’s degree in Political Science, History, Economics, Geography, Sociology, Defence/ Strategic Studies, International Relations and Area Studies with at least 50% marks or Master’s degree in Humanities and other Social Sciences with at least 60% marks or Master’s degree in Natural Sciences with at least 65% marks.

Syllabus: Definition of political geography, Approaches, relation with international relation, politics, geography and political geography, Geostrategy and prominent thinkers (Mackinder, Spykeman, Housofer, A.T Mahan etc), boundary and frontiers, definition and differences. State as a politico-Territorial Phenomena, Attributes of state, shape, size and resources. Core-periphery concept, Geopolitics and its proponents. Critical geopolitics, postmodernism, Federalism, Geography of World Politics and International Relations.