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Hi peeps. Let’s do this!

1. Previous papers from 2009 (both papers are in the same PDF):here

2. Topic-wise PYQs: here 

3. Look for PDFs of books here: b-ok.cchttp://libgen.rs/archive.org

4. Model answers from SR:here 

5. OnlyIAS notes, if you need extra matter for a few topics:here 

6. SR notes, typed:politicsforindia.com

Bajrang Lonikar,Saloni2607and93 otherslike this
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any book where i can read about topics like democracy, rights, justice , equality for clearer understanding, SR notes are extensive in this regard but i am not able to attempt certain PYQs.. so i guess i need more conceptual clarity


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any book where i can read about topics like democracy, rights, justice , equality for clearer understanding, SR notes are extensive in this regard but i am not able to attempt certain PYQs.. so i guess i need more conceptual clarity


Try IGNOU MA notes. 

ichigo_ichie,
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any book where i can read about topics like democracy, rights, justice , equality for clearer understanding, SR notes are extensive in this regard but i am not able to attempt certain PYQs.. so i guess i need more conceptual clarity


rajeev bhargava political theory

KropotkinSchmopotkin,ichigo_ichie
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@AzadHindFauz @whatonly Any recommendations for indian political thought? except VR mehta. 

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@AzadHindFauz @whatonly Any recommendations for indian political thought? except VR mehta. 

I've only done SR notes + newspaper articles on IPT that appear here and there. I didn't feel the time worth investing to read a book on that topic. 

sstarrr,
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@AzadHindFauz @whatonly Any recommendations for indian political thought? except VR mehta. 

Check out IGNOU MA notes. Some thinkers are available.



sstarrr,
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any book where i can read about topics like democracy, rights, justice , equality for clearer understanding, SR notes are extensive in this regard but i am not able to attempt certain PYQs.. so i guess i need more conceptual clarity


You can try Heywood’s Political Theory or OP Gauba too.

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@AzadHindFauz @whatonly Any recommendations for indian political thought? except VR mehta. 

Check out IGNOU MA notes. Some thinkers are available.



https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ijt0p6b00azcg/Indian_Political_Thought_-_IGNOU_notes

sstarrr,
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@AzadHindFauz @whatonly Any recommendations for indian political thought? except VR mehta. 

Check out IGNOU MA notes. Some thinkers are available.



https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ijt0p6b00azcg/Indian_Political_Thought_-_IGNOU_notes

Thank you so much! :)

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anybody has notes on chipko & NBA with scholary opinion ( research papers have low roi) + some good articles on agri movement from psir pov.

SR notes seem inadequate for social movement topic-Social Movements in India.pdf

Thanks in advance!

 


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any book where i can read about topics like democracy, rights, justice , equality for clearer understanding, SR notes are extensive in this regard but i am not able to attempt certain PYQs.. so i guess i need more conceptual clarity


You can try Heywood’s Political Theory or OP Gauba too.

@whatonly the number of books you've read gives me a FOMO 😆 . Please become a topper soon and share your notes with me , Itni kitaabe nhi padhi jaati hmse  :p

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@KropotkinSchmopotkin I am having doubt in this concept itself

Endowment sensitive means auction should be according to natural capacities. Ambition sensitive means people should have choices to decide.
Right? 
Now, Dworkin wants that those who are at natural disadvantage or having physical disabilities would be given extra clamshell. 
Iska meaning yhi hua na he want endowment sensitive auction. I am having doubt how he don't want endowment sensitive.


whatonly,
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@KropotkinSchmopotkin I am having doubt in this concept itself

Endowment sensitive means auction should be according to natural capacities. Ambition sensitive means people should have choices to decide.
Right? 
Now, Dworkin wants that those who are at natural disadvantage or having physical disabilities would be given extra clamshell. 
Iska meaning yhi hua na he want endowment sensitive auction. I am having doubt how he don't want endowment sensitive.


Read my comments again, especially the excerpt from Dworkin's essay.

SR's interpretation is internally consistent but not consistent with Dworkin's scheme-

1. Endowment-sensitive and Ambition-sensitive are not attributes of auction but attributes of distribution.

2. Endowment-sensitive means that distribution will reflect differences in abilities between people with similar ambition. This is NOT desirable for Dworkin.

3. Ambition-sensitive means not only that people have choice, but that the difference in their choices will be reflected in the distribution

Villanelle,whatonly
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@whatonly  @Villanelle Would you use "brahminical patriarchy" in an answer, or would you be worried that a conservative examiner would hold that against you? Talking about a purely academic context of course eg "Uma Chakravarty uses the term "brahminical patriarchyto draw attention to the intersectionof caste and gender oppression."

Context- While writing answers I'm always worried that my urban naxal membership card is showing

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@whatonly  @Villanelle Would you use "brahminical patriarchy" in an answer, or would you be worried that a conservative examiner would hold that against you? Talking about a purely academic context of course eg "Uma Chakravarty uses the term "brahminical patriarchyto draw attention to the intersectionof caste and gender oppression."

Context- While writing answers I'm always worried that my urban naxal membership card is showing

😂 I don’t know…it shouldn’t matter considering it’s someone else’s words. 

I do think though that what we write has to be more nuanced. Sometimes, the way things are said in THE notes makes them sound pathetic. 

@whatonly thoughts?

whatonly,
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@whatonly  @Villanelle Would you use "brahminical patriarchy" in an answer, or would you be worried that a conservative examiner would hold that against you? Talking about a purely academic context of course eg "Uma Chakravarty uses the term "brahminical patriarchyto draw attention to the intersectionof caste and gender oppression."

Context- While writing answers I'm always worried that my urban naxal membership card is showing

I used both brahminical patriarchy (Uma Chakravarty) and capitalist patriarchy (Zillah Eisenstein) in my answers this year. 
Do not worry about these things. There's full freedom to call a spade a spade in our subject, especially when something is well-established in academic circles!

Villanelle,TambourineManand5 otherslike this
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I have been in this dilemma for a while too. There's no way to know for certain yet, but out of abundant caution, I would only use such a term if it added a lot of value to the answer or was very relevant. In the above case, if it were a question about casteism or about feminism in India in general, I would probably just say Uma Chakravarty points out the intersection of caste and gender oppression. If it were specifically about the intersection itself, then I'd use the term. Might be unnecessary to be so careful - I would hope so.
Villanelle,THE_MECHANIC
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Yeh dono scholars maam ke notes me nhi hai. 

Jai Shree Ram !


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@babu_bisleri Haan IGNOU notes se uthaya tha shayad


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