UPSC PSIR Paper 2 Syllabus
Paper 2A - Comparative Political Analysis and International Relations Comparative Politics: Nature and Major Approaches Political Economy and Political Sociology Perspectives Limitations of the comparative method State in Comparative Perspective: Characteristics of changing nature of state in Capitalist and Socialist Economies Advanced industrial societies and developing societies Politics of Representation and Participation Political parties Pressure groups and Social movements in advanced industrial and developing societies Globalisation: Responses from developed and developing societies Approaches to the study of International Relations: Idealist Realist Marxist Functionalist and Systems theory Key concepts of International Relations: National Interest and Security and Power Balance of power and deterrence Transnational actors and collective security World Capitalist economy and Globalisation Changing International Political Order: Cold war Rise of Super Power...