BA Political Science Books 2024: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Year (Free PDF)

Searching for BA political science books? In which year are you? 1st, 2nd or the final year?

Well, you don’t have to worry about any of these things. In this complete guide, we have put together a list of BA Political Science books in pdf format for all the 3 years. 

These books are available for download in both Hindi & English language.

Not only this, but we have also listed some of the best hand-picked books for Political Science that you can purchase online.

You can follow the below “Table of Contents” to find out the complete list of topics covered in this post.

BA Political Science Syllabus

Before jumping into the list of books, it’s always a good idea to have a look at the syllabus of political science for BA (Bachelor of Arts)

If you’re looking for BA Books for other subjects, then you can refer to our previous post on BA Books & Notes.

BA 1st Year Political Science Books / Syllabus

Political theory is the study of the concepts and institutions that govern the behavior of people in the making of governmental policy, and an understanding of this field is essential to a first year Political Science student.

In the first year of political science, you will get to know the basic understanding of Political Science. The syllabus of political science for BA 1st year is as shown below:

Recommended Books

1. Political Theory – by R.C. Agarwal
2. Political Theory: An Introduction – by Rajeev Bhargava & Ashok Acharya
3. Theory & Practice of Modern Government – by Ravi Ranjan

BA 2nd Year Political Science Books / Syllabus

Students enrolled in the second year of Bachelor of Arts are required to take two major subjects: Representative Political Thinkers and Indian Government & Government Policy. 

You can download the complete syllabus by clicking the button below the following table.

Recommended Books

1. Representative Political Thinkers  – by Dr. Usha Tiwari
2. Indian Govt & Politics – by Peu Ghosh

BA 3rd Year Political Science Books / Syllabus

In the syllabus of BA Polity for the final year, you may have more than 2 books. However, it varies from university to university.

The most probable subjects in the syllabus of Political Science for BA 3rd year consist of Western Political Thought, Comparative Politics & Public Administration.

Recommended Books

1. O.P. Gauba’s – Western Political Thought
2. J.C. Johari’s Comparative Politics
3. Public Administration – by M. Laxmikanth

BA Political Science Books Download PDF

In the previous sections, we have shared the complete syllabus along with some of the recommended books of political science for the BA course.

In this section, we have provided links to download BA Political Science Books for free in pdf format. 

Also, at the end of this section, we have created an easy step-by-step guide (using screenshots) on how you can download BA political science books in pdf format.

Follow the below table to download the notes for each book in pdf format.

Problems in downloading? Follow the below step-by-step guide.

Step-by-step Guide to Download BA Political Science Books

Before we begin, I want to make it clear that the above links will take you to the IGNOU self learning material. 

In order to make it easy for you to access free study material provided on their website, we have provided the direct links to Blocks.

Now you might be wondering if these books are relevant to your course. Well, the answer to this question is quite simple. Obviously, if your syllabus is similar to IGNOU’s, then their books will be useful for you as well. 

It might be the case that you might not find all the topics of your syllabus but chances of it are very less.

Alright, let’s see – how you can download the BA Political Science books for free.

#1. First of all click the above links. I am showing you how to download Political Theory books. In the similar way, you can download other books as well.

#2. Once you have landed on the above page, you have to click on the Blocks. Each block consists of a number of chapters.

#3. After clicking on Block 1, I am redirected to this page, here you can see Unit 1 & Unit 2 are given. All you have to do is to click on your preferred unit & move ahead.

#4. Alright, so once I have clicked on Unit 2, I am redirected to this new page. Here you have to simply click on the View/Open button.

#5. And finally, once you click on the View/Open button, a pdf file will be opened in front of you. All you have to do is to simply click on the Download icon to download it in pdf format.

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Conclusion

We hope you enjoyed our blog post on how to download BA Political Science books in pdf format. If you are looking for BA Political Science books but don’t know where to start, these links will be a great place to start.

Additionally, we have added links to some of the best books that you can purchase online. We hope you will be able to download BA political science books by following our step-by-step guide.

Still, if you have doubts, questions or suggestions – do let us know in the comments section.

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