Political Science Books for IAS
We have compiled a list of books on Political Science for the preparation of the Civil Services exam. We can vouch that these are best known references on political science for the preparation of the IAS exam. These books could be helpful for other exams conducted by the UPSC. So make use of these referred books and prepare your own notes according to syllabus on Political Science
General Books For Political Science
Books on Political Science as Optional subject for IAS Exam are as Follows:
Paper I Section A
A History of Political thought -Subrata Mukherjee, Susheela Ramaswamy Buy Now
A History of Political thought -J.P. Suda Buy Now
For Manu & Kautilya : Foundations of Indian Political thought- V.R. Mehta Buy Now
Modern Political Theory -S.P. Verma Buy Now
Modern Political Theory -Madan Gandhi
Comparative Govt. & Politics -J.C. Johri Buy Now
Comparative Govt. & Politics -Ronald Chilkote
Modern Indian Political Thought -V.P. Verma Buy Now
Foundations of Indian Political Thought -V.R. Mehta Buy Now
Indian Govt. and Politics -A.S. Narang Buy Now
Indian Govt. and Politics -J.R. Siwach
Indian Govt and Politics -M.P. Singh, Himanshu Roy
Politics in India -Rajani Kothari Buy Now
Govt. and Politics of India -W.H. Morris Jones Buy Now
Paper II Section A
Paper II Section B
International Politics -Bookhives Buy Now
Regular issues of Frontline & World Focus (magazine) Others IIPA Journal, The Hindu, Frontline
Topic Wise Books For Pol. Science - Political Theory and Indian Politics
George H. Sabine (History of Political Theory) Buy Now
Eddy Ashrivatham (Political theory) Buy Now
C.L. Wayper (Political thought) Buy Now
O.P. Gauba (An introduction to political thought) Buy Now
O.P. Gauba (Western political thought) Buy Now
Amal Roy and Mohit Bhattacharya (political theory, ideas and institutions) Buy Now
S.P. Varma (Modern political theory) Buy Now
J.C. Jauhary (Comparative politics) Buy Now
Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations - M. Laxmikanth. Buy Now
G.S. Sandhu (Modern Political Analysis) Buy Now
CL Wayper (Political thought) Buy Now
Indian Constitution And Politics
M.V. Pylee (Indian's Constitution) Buy Now
D.D Basu (An introduction to Indian constitution) Buy Now
V.N. Shukla (Constitution of India, couple of chapters are really relevant) Buy Now
John McCormick, Rod Hague & Martin Harrop (Comparative Government and Politics) Buy Now
Singh Rathore (Indian political theory) Buy Now
L.Wolf- Phillips (Comparative constitutions) Buy Now
Bipin Chandra (Freedom struggle) Buy Now
Simit Sarkar (Modern India) Buy Now
A.R. Desai (Social background of Indian Nationalism) Buy Now
Paul Brass (Politics of India since independence) Buy Now
Independent India: First Fifty Years - Hiranyamay Kelkar Buy Now
Indian foreign policy agenda for 21st century (1998 Foreign Service institute) - Lalit Mansingh Buy Now
India's foreign policy in a changing world (1999) - V.P. Dutt Buy Now
People's right and the state in the third world -Manjooran Mohanty & Partha Mukherjee Buy Now
World politics in the twentieth century - Peter R. Beckman Buy Now
Nuclear India (1998) Jasjit Singh Buy Now
General Books for Political Science
