PSIR Optional · Paper II · Section A: Comparative Politics and International Relations

Comparative Politics Notes · PYQs · Solved Answers

Free notes, every previous year question and the solved answers for Comparative Politics (Paper II, Section A: Comparative Politics and International Relations), arranged so you can read a topic and immediately see how UPSC has asked it. Syllabus: Nature and major approaches; political economy and political sociology perspectives; limitations of the comparative method.

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