PSIR Book List

Paper 1 - SECTION A

1

Political Theory

 
O.P Gauba

2

Theories of State

Liberal
Neoliberal
Marxist
Pluralist
Post colonial
Feminist
O.P Gauba – Chapters 6 to 10

   

3

Justice

Rawlstheory

Communitarian Critique

Other conceptions of justice

– O.P Gauba – Chapters 19 and 20

4

Equality

Social, political and economic
Relationship between equality and freedom
Affirmative Action
O.P Gauba – Chapter 16, 17 and 18
Rajeev Bhargava – Political Theory – An Introduction – Chapter 19 and 20

5

Rights

Meaning and Theories
Different kinds of rights
Concept of Human Rights
O.P Gauba – Chapter 15
Rajeev Bhargava – Political Theory – An Introduction – Chapter – 6
Andrew Heywood – Political Ideologies – Chapter 10 on Multiculturalism

6

Democracy

Classical and contemporary theories
Different models of democracy – representative, participatory and deliberative
O.P Gauba – Chapter 22 and 23

7

Power

 
O.P Gauba – Chapter 11 and13
Rajeev Bhargava – Political Theory – An Introduction – Chapter 9

8

Hegemony

 
 
 

9

Ideology

 
 
 

10

Legitimacy

 
 
 

11

Political Ideologies

Liberalism
Socialism
Marxism
Fascism
Gandhism
Feminism
Andrew Heywood – Political Ideologies

12

Indian Political Thought

Dharamshastra
Arthashashtra
Buddhist traditions
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Sri Aurobindo
M.K Gandhi
B.R. Ambedkar
M.N Roy
IGNOU books

13

Western Political Thought

Plato
Aristotle
Machiavelli
Hobbes
Locke
J S Mill
Marx
Gramsci
Hannah Arendt
Brian Nelson – Western Political Thought
IGNOU books

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/81647/1/Block-2.pdf

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/24567/1/Unit-2.pdf

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/24563/1/Unit-3.pdf

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/81652/1/Block-3.pdf

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/24557/1/Unit-5.pdf

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/81656/1/Block-4.pdf

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/24552/1/Unit-6.pdf

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/81666/1/Block-5.pdf

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/24549/1/Unit-7.pdf

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/81670/1/Block-6.pdf

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/89323/1/Block-4.pdf

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/89328/1/Block-5.pdf

https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/epgpdata/uploads/epgp_content/S000033SO/P000288/M007742/ET/1493796011etnew.pdf

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/23749/1/Unit-19.pdf

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/arendt/

 

Paper 1- SECTION B

14

Nationalism

A) Political Strategies of Indias Freedom Struggle
Constitutionalism to Mass Satyagraha
Non-Cooperation
Civil Disobedience
Militant and revolutionary Movements
Peasantsand workers movements
IGNOU books
Shekhar Bandopadhyay – Plassey to Partition

 

 

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

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

 

 

– CAG

 

 

 

 

– Finance Commission

 

 

 

 

– UPSC

 

 

 

 

– NCSC and NCST

 

 

 

 

– NCW

 

 

 

 

– NHRC

 

 

 

 

– NCM

 

 

 

 

– NCBC

 

 

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

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
Womens movements
Environmentalist movements
Oxford Companion to Indian Politics
Current Affairs

Paper 2 - Section A & B

 

Topics

Book List

IGNOU

Comparative Politics

IGNOU material

 

Andrew Heywood – Politics

(Selective reading)

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/43909/1/Unit-1.pdf

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/43910/1/Unit-2.pdf

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/43911

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/43921/1/Unit-4.pdf

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/43922/1/Unit-5.pdf

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/43925/1/Unit-7.pdf

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/62846/1/Block-6.pdf

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/20959/1/Unit-21.pdf

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/20954/1/Unit-22.pdf

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/18910/1/Unit-35.pdf

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/27278/1/Unit-32.pdf

State in Comparative Politics

Politics of Representation and Participation

Globalisation

Approaches to study of IR

Baylis and Smith – The Globalisation of World Politics

 

Andrew Heywood – Global Politics

 

www.e-ir.info

https://www.egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/20750/1/Unit-1.pdf

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/71217/1/Block-2.pdf

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/71845/3/Block-3.pdf

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/20789/1/Unit-15.pdf

 

https://www.egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/76726/1/Block-1.pdf

 

https://www.egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/76729/1/Unit-3.pdf

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/20807/1/Unit-16.pdf

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/24693/1/Unit-12.pdf

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/71242/1/Unit-14.pdf

Key Concepts in IR

Changing International Political Order

Evolution of the International Economic System

United Nations

Regionalisation of World Politics

Contemporary Global Concerns

 

 

 

Indian Foreign Policy

IGNOU – determinants of IFP and all those topics.

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/83106/1/Unit-1.pdf

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/83107/1/Unit-2.pdf

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/83109/1/Unit-4.pdf

 

India’s contribution to NAM

Harsh V Pant – Indian Foreign : An overview.

 

– The India Way

 

Try these websites

https://chellaney.net/

https://www.project-syndicate.org/

https://bharatkarnad.com/

https://idsa.in/

https://thediplomat.com/tag/indian-foreign-policy/

http://www.ipcs.org

https://www.gatewayhouse.in

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/20770/1/Unit-8.pdf

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/83128/1/Unit-9.pdf

 

https://egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/83127

https://egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/24412

https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/21091/1/Unit-3.pdf

India and South Asia

Impediments to regional co-operation

India and the Global South

India and the Global Centres of Power

India and the UN System

India and the Nuclear Question

Recent Developments in IFP

Current Affairs

 

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