PSIR Optional · Paper I · Section A: Political Theory and Indian Political Thought

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Free notes, every previous year question and the solved answers for Theories of the State (Paper I, Section A: Political Theory and Indian Political Thought), arranged so you can read a topic and immediately see how UPSC has asked it. Syllabus: Liberal, neo-liberal, Marxist, pluralist, post-colonial and feminist theories of the state.

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Paper I · Unit 02

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