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For starters,

Read Andrew Heywood, all the four books, it offers great insight on various topics. There has to selective reading as some topics might unnecessary for upsc. Heywood global politics is a gem for IR.

Also OP Gauba offers good explanation on some topics of behaviouralism and political systems.

Western thought can be done by Selective reading of Subrata Mukherjee

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Before starting any book first you start basic material available in M.A Political science IGNOU , here you will understand every thing that you want. but limit your study to syllabus only dont go beyond that

Then , you start standard books , choosing selected topics from selected books only .

I suggest, study recent shubra Ranjan (Vajiram and Ravi) madam notes. that is one stop destination to understand all core ideas in political science , with well and layman language

Standard books are

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