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Originally Posted by valiant222
I would like to thanks for your sincere guidance about my optionals. Now, Subject belonging to social sciences like anthropology lies in group where psychology is present and I am opting psychology as it is my subject in which I obtained my masters degree so anthropology is no option . Yes selection of public ad can be reviewed against gender studies but I heard that gender studies still need some solid books or quality notes through which someone can really score good marks and do correct me if I am wrong while public ad has different books including that of sultan khan's recommended by csp's and senior members . I am more of concern with good resource for subjects than my aptitude or special taste.
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Well, the books are already there by prominent scholars. Personally, I don't think Dogar, Jehangir or any other Urdu Bazar book can do justice to this subject. So it's better to focus on books mentioned by FPSC.
50 % of GS is psychology, 30 % anthropology and 20 % from other social sciences subjects. That was made a seperate subject in 90s. Comparatively GS jargon is easy for a social student rather than PAs. All of GSs social construction theories are taken from prominent psychologists like Galtung and Freud.
Even If you can't get a book in Pakistan mentioned by FPSC, these days it can be ordered on-line. Or, one can use Britannica Encyclopedia, Stanford Encyclopedia or other GSs journals online. (To get an idea of theoretical aspect of the subject).
Next part of GSs course is Pakistani dynamics, and interestingly these are materials by our intellectuals like Robina Seigol and Farzana Bari. These are easily available. Then there are case studies of Mukhtar Mai, Malala, Sharmen Obaid. These are all online.
Importantly, this is a research based subject and your input would give you more command on the subject.
Now the choice is yours; GS or PA