PSIR Book List
Paper 1 - SECTION A
Paper 1- SECTION B
14 | Nationalism | A) Political Strategies of India’s Freedom Struggle – Constitutionalism to Mass Satyagraha – Non-Cooperation – Civil Disobedience – Militant and revolutionary Movements – Peasants’ and workers movements | – IGNOU books – Shekhar Bandopadhyay – Plassey to Partition | https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/44295/3/Unit-3.pdf
https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/44350/1/Block-8.pdf
https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/54012/1/Unit-12.pdf
https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/25961/1/Unit-14.pdf
https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/56484/1/Unit-3.pdf |
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| B) Perspectives on Indian National Movement – Liberal – Socialist and Marxist – Radical Humanist – Dalit | – IGNOU books – Shekhar Bandopadhyay – Plassey to Partition | |
15 | Making of the Indian Constitution | – Legacies of the British Rule – Different social and political perspectives | – IGNOU books – Granville Austin – The Indian Constitution | |
16 | Salient Features of the Indian Constitution | – The Preamble – Fundamental Rights and Duties – Directive Principles – Parliamentary System and Amendment Procedures – Judicial Review and Basic Structure doctrine | – B.L Fadia – Current Affairs | https://www.egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/22990/1/Unit-13.pdf
https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/53795/1/Unit-5.pdf
https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/57875/1/Unit5.pdf
https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/43139/1/Unit-7.pdf
https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/54004/1/Unit-4.pdf
https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/25974/1/Unit-10.pdf |
18 | A) Principal organs of the Union Government | – Executive – Legislature – Supreme Court | – B.L Fadia – Oxford Companion to Politics in India – Current Affairs | |
| B) Principal organs of the State Government | – Executive – Legislature – High Courts | – B.L Fadia – Oxford Companion to Politics in India – Current Affairs | |
20 | Grassroots Democracy | – Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government – Significance of 73rd and 74th Amendments – Grass root movements | – B.L Fadia – Current Affairs | |
21 | Statutory Institutions/Commissions | – Election Commission | – B.L Fadia – M Laxmikant – Current Affairs | |
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| – Finance Commission |
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| – UPSC |
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| – NCSC and NCST |
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| – NCW |
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| – NHRC |
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| – NCM |
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| – NCBC |
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22 | Federalism | – Constitutional Provisions – Changing nature of centre – state relations – Integrationist tendencies and regional aspirations – Inter-state disputes | – Oxford Companion to Indian Politics – Current Affairs | |
23 | Planning and Economic Development | – Nehruvian and Gandhian perspectives – Role of planning and public sector – Green Revolution – Land Reforms and agrarian relations – Liberalisation and economic reforms | – Oxford Companion to Indian Politics – Current Affairs | |
24 | Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics |
| – Oxford Companion to Indian Politics – Current Affairs | https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/66641/1/Block-5.pdf
https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/21055/1/Unit-22.pdf
https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/54013/1/Block-5.pdf
https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/27261/1/Unit-21.pdf
https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/77136/3/Block-5.pdf |
25 | Party System | – National and regional political parties, ideological and social bases of parties – Patterns of coalition politics – Pressure groups – Trends in electoral behaviour – Changing socio-economic profile of Legislators | – Oxford Companion to Indian Politics – Current Affairs | |
26 | Social Movements | – Civil liberties and human rights movements – Women’s movements – Environmentalist movements | – Oxford Companion to Indian Politics – Current Affairs | https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/78989/1/Unit-14.pdf
http://egyankosh.ac.in//handle/123456789/43835
https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/67777/1/Unit-10.pdf
https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/24721/1/Unit-10.pdf
https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/24715/1/Unit-16.pdf |
Paper 2 - Section A & B