Political Science and International Relations Optional Books for UPSC
- Does the Elephant Dance? by David M Malone
- Pax Indica by Shashi Tharoor
- An Introduction to Political Theory by O P Gauba
- Issues in Political Theory by Catriona McKinnon (Very Good for Case studies)
- A History of Political Thought: Plato to Marx by Ramaswamy Sushila, Mukherjee Subrata
- The Oxford Companion to Politics in India by Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Niraja Gopal Jayal
- Global Politics by Andrew Haywood (Very Good for IR theory)
- The Globalisation of world Politics: An Introduction to International Relations by John Bayes
- Comparative Politics
- India’s Foreign Policy Challenges and Opportunities by GoI publication
- Challenges and Strategy: rethinking India’s Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri
- Crossing the Rubicon by Mohan C Raja
- India’s Foreign Policy and it’s Neighbours by J N Dixit