
Western Political Thought: From Socrates to the age of Ideology” by Brian.A History of Political Thought: Plato to Marx” by Subrata Mukherjee and Sushila Ramaswamy.See our free lectures on Political Thought and Theory here:.
Justice series by Michael Sandel on YT. Editorials on important personalities, theoretical concepts and book reviews in news. An Introduction to Political Theory” by O.P Gauba.7TH EDITION, Mayur Publications. MPSE 004- IGNOU Material- Social and Political Thought in Modern India. MPSE 003- Western Political Thought (Plato to Marx). Paper 1 Part A- Western Political Thought, Indian Political Thought and Political Theory Here are basic and additional books and sources to use to cover Paper 1 and Paper 2 of PSIR Optional that are recommended by UPSC Toppers as well. See detailed PSIR strategy discussion here- ) PSIR Paper 2 Part A deals with Comparative Politics and International Relations and paper 2 Part B deals with India’s foreign Policy. Political Science and International Relations has two papers with respective syllabus- Paper 1 Part A deals with Western Political Thought, Indian Political Thought, Political Theory and Paper 1 Part B deals with Indian Government and Politics. However, one thing common to the UPSC strategy of UPSC Toppers is having a consolidated booklist of PSIR Optional which includes basic sources to cover both papers of PSIR. It has produced a number of UPSC top rankers including Tina Dabi, Ria Dabi,Navneet Mann, Chandrima Attri, Trupti Dodhmishe, Ravinderpreet Kaur, Rupesh Kumar, Mirant Parikh and more.
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