PSIR 1B and 2B Current Affairs for UPSC-CSE Mains 2025 and State PSC examinations. Theoretical and scholarly analysis of current affairs in PSIR.
Democracy : Classical and contemporary theories; different models of democracy—representative, participatory and deliberative. For PSIR Optional in UPSC and State PSCs
Concept of power : hegemony, ideology and legitimacy; Pluralist vs elitist theory of power. Written for PSIR Optional in UPSC-CSE and State PSC exams
Rights : Meaning and theories; different kinds of rights; Concept of Human Rights; Multicultaralism; Written for PSIR Optional in UPSC-CSE and State PSCs
Equality : Social, political and economic; relationship between equality and freedom; Affirmative action. Written for PSIR Optional in UPSC-CSE and State PSC Exams
Conceptions of Justice with special reference to Rawl’s theory of justice and its communitarian critiques. For PSIR Optional in UPSC-CSE and State PSCs
Various theories of state : Liberal, Neo-liberal, Marxist, Pluralist, post-colonial and Feminist. Written for PSIR Optional in UPSC-CSE and State PSC Exams
Ancient Indian Political Thought; The concepts of Varnashrama, Dharma, Rta, Karma, Kingship, Origin of State, on Diplomacy, Ethics and Politics from Manusmruti, Ramayana, Mahabharat etc.
A] Rise of superpowers; bipolarity, arms race, cold war, nuclear proliferation B] Non Aligned Movement C] Collapse of the USSR, Unipolarity and American Hegemony
The current happenings in the domains of democracy, human rights, environmental movement, gender justice, terrorism and nuclear proliferation. For PSIR Optional.