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Political Science and International Relations — the UPSC Mains optional. Topic-wise notes, thinkers, debates and previous-year questions.
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Political Science and International Relations — the UPSC Mains optional. Topic-wise notes, thinkers, debates and previous-year questions.
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Study Notes
All study notes →- 01Regional Cooperation: SAARC, BIMSTEC and the Impediments
- 02India and Its Neighbours II: Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Maldives, Bhutan and Afghanistan
- 03India and Its Neighbours I: Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal
- 04South Asia as a Region: Comparative Politics and Democratisation
- 05Recent Developments in Indian Foreign Policy
- 06India and the Global South: Africa, Latin America and West Asia
- 07India in the Global Economy: From Dirigisme to the WTO
- 08India and the Global Centres of Power II: China, Japan and the European Union
- 09India and the Global Centres of Power I: The United States and Russia
- 10India and Non-Alignment
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The United Nations
Evolution of the International Economic System
The Changing International Political Order
Key Concepts in International Relations
Politics of Representation and Participation
The State in Comparative Perspective
Electoral Politics and Electoral Reform
Regionalism, Communalism and State Politics
Social Movements
Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics
Planning and Economic Development
Federalism: Centre–State Relations
Statutory Institutions and Commissions
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