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Standard Texts & Reference Material

PSIR ONLINE RECOMMENDATION

We strongly recommend students to read the BOOKS AND NOTES PUBLISHED BY PSIR ONLINE for a better understanding of the subject and a targeted approach.

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PAPER 1 / SECTION A

TOPIC TEXT BOOKS REFERENCE BOOKS
POLITICAL THEORY
  • An Introduction to Political Theory – OP Gauba (Mayur Books)
  • Political Theory: An Introduction – Rajeev Bhargava and Ashok Acharya (Pearson)
  • Political Theory: An Introduction – Andrew Heywood (Palgrave)
  • Politics – Andrew Heywood (Palgrave)
  • Key Concepts in Politics – Andrew Heywood (Palgrave)
  • A Grammar of Politics – Harold J Laski
  • The Substance of Politics – A Appadorai
  • Political Theory: Ideas and Concepts – Susheela Ramasamy (PHI Learning)
WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
  • A History of Political Thought (Plato to Marx) – Subrata Mukherjee, Susheela Ramasamy (PHI Learning)
  • History of Political Thought – JP Suda (K. Nath and Co) - Vol 1, 2, 3, and 4
  • Western Political Thought – Brian Nelson (Pearson)
INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
  • Modern Indian Political Thought – Dr. VP Verma (Laxmi Narayan Agarwal)
  • Indian Political Thought – Himanshu Roy and MP Singh (Pearson)
  • Indian Political Thought – OP Gauba (Mayur Books)
  • Foundations of Indian Political Thought – VR Mehta (Taylor and Francis)
POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES
  • Political Ideologies: An Introduction – Andrew Heywood (Red Globe)

PAPER 1 / SECTION B

TOPIC TEXT BOOKS REFERENCE BOOKS
INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT
  • India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipin Chandra
INDIAN POLITY
  • Indian Polity – Laxmikanth
  • Constitution of India – PM Bakshi (Universal Publications)
  • Introduction to Constitution of India – DD Basu
  • Our Constitution – Subash Kashyap (NBT)
  • Our Parliament – Subash Kashyap (NBT)
INDIAN POLITICS
  • Political Processes in Contemporary India – Abhay Prasad Singh, Krishna Murari (Pearson)
  • Indian Politics – MP Singh and Rekha Saxena (Eastern Economy Edition)
  • Contemporary India – Neera Chandoke (Pearson)

PAPER 2 (Comparative & IR)

TOPIC TEXT BOOKS REFERENCE BOOKS
COMPARATIVE POLITICS
  • Comparative Government and Politics – Rod Hague and Martin Harrop (Palgrave)
  • Comparative Politics Today: A World View – Gabriel Almond
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
  • International Relations – Peu Ghosh (Eastern Economy Edition)
  • International Relations – VK Malhotra
  • Theoretical Aspects of International Politics – Mahendra Kumar (Shivlal Agarwala and Company)
  • Globalisation of World Politics – John Baylis (Oxford University Press)
  • Politics Among Nations – Hans J Morgenthau (Kalyani Publishers)
FOREIGN POLICY
  • • India’s Foreign Policy – VN Khanna (Vikas)
  • India’s Foreign Policy – Harsh V Pant (Orient Black Swan)
  • India’s Foreign Policy and its Neighbours – JN Dixit (Gyan Publishing)
  • The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World – S Jaishankar (Harper Collins)

NCERT BOOKS (Essential)

  • Political Theory (Class XI)
  • Indian Constitution at Work (Class XI)
  • Politics in India Since Independence (Class XII)
  • Contemporary World Politics (Class XII)

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