IAS Mains Political Scince Optional Paper : A Comprehensive Reading List

Political Theory

Andrew Heywood – Politics
Andrew Heywood – Political Theory
Bhargava/Acharya – Political Theory
Amal Ray/Mohit Bhattacharya – Political Theory
Asirvatham/Misra - Political Theory
O.P.Gauba - An Introduction to Political Theory


Political Thought

Amal Mukhopadhyay – Western Political Thought
Mukherjee/Ramaswamy – A History of Western Political Thought
George H. Sabine - A History of Political Theory
Varma – Indian Political Thought (Ancient and Modern)
Bidyut Chatterjee – Modern Indian Political Thought
Pantham/Deutsch – Political Thought in Modern India


Political Ideology

Andrew Heywood – Political Ideologies


Comparative Government and Politics

Hague/Harrop – Comparative Government and Politics
Johari – Comparative Politics
Johari - New Comparative Government


International Relations

Palmer/Perkins – International Relations
Peu Ghosh – International Relations
Mahendra Kumar – Theoretical Aspects of International Politics
Scott Burchill – Theories of International Relations
Chris Brown/Kirsten Ainley – Understanding International Relations


IR – Historical Perspective, Globalisation and Recent Trends in Global Politics

Norman Lowe – Understanding Modern World History
John Young/John Kent – International Relations since 1945: A Global History
John Baylis/Steve Smith – The Globalisation of World Politics
Jan Aart Scholte – Globalisation: A Critical Introduction
Goodin/Petit – Blackwell Anthology of Contemporary Political Philosophy
Robert Gilpin – Global Political Economy


Indian Polity and Political System

D.D.Basu or Kashyap – Indian Constitution
Laxmikanth – Indian Polity
Kalpana Rajaram – Indian Polity
Maheshwari or Avasthi – Indian Administration
Bipan Chandra – India since Independence
Paul Brass – The Politics of India since Independence


India’s National Movement – same as the GS syllabus
Sekhar Bandyopadhyay - Nationalist Movement in India: A Reader


Social Movements in India

Raka Ray/Mary Katzenstein - Social Movements In India: Poverty, Power And Politics
Ghyansham Shah – Social Movements and the State (Volume 4)
Ghyansham Shah – Social Movements in India: A Review of Literature
M.S.A. Rao – Social Movements in India

Samita Sen (article@World Bank) – ‘Towards a Feminist Politics’
http://www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org/india/indian.pdf


United Nations

The Oxford Handbook on the UN
Rumki Basu – The UN: Structure and Functions
Thomas G.Weiss – The UN and Changing World Politics
Thomas G. Weiss – What’s wrong with the UN and how to fix it


India’s Foreign Policy/India and the World

Jayantanaju Bandopadhyay – The Making of India’s Foreign Policy
V.P.Dutt – India’s Foreign Policy in a Changing World
David Malone – Does the Elephant Dance? Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy
Rajiv Sikri – Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy
Sumit Ganguly - India's Foreign Policy: Retrospect and Prospect