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.............................................................................................................................DescriptionThis is a concise and compendious book on the principles of political theory and organisation, specially meant for the first year Law students of five-year degree course. It is divided into two parts. Part I is a condensed presentation of the concepts of State and Government, the doctrines of natural law and natural rights, liberalism - Western and Indian, the ideology of Karl Marx and Marxist thought in India, the Hindu and Islamic concept of the State, Gandhism and Sarvodaya, the concept of sovereignty and totalitarian state. The task is undertaken from an objective perspective, presenting the pros and cons of each ideology and concept, thereby to acquaint a student to derive his own conclusions and judgements.Part II deals with the fundamentals of political organisation. The topics I ike the classifications of States, the unitary and federal forms of government, the Cabinet and presidential forms of government, the theory of Separation of Powers, the Legislature, the independence of judiciary and parliamentary sovereignty, the concept of Representation and public opinion, have been analysed in a lucid manner so as to give a clear picture to the readers.The book is not a routine description of the principles of political theory and organisation. Special care has been taken to unravel the growth of liberalism and Marxist thought in India. Apart from this, the Hindu and Islamic concepts of the State have been given a prominent place in this book for the first time. The pithy narration of theories and the critical tenor of this book make it an indispensable guide towards the understanding of the fundamental principles of political theory and organisation. The succulent presentation of ideologies that have developed in modern India is an added attraction of this book.............................................................................................................................Contents1. The Concepts of the State and Government2. Natural Law and Natural Rights3. The Western Liberalism4. Socialism and Marxism5. The Hindu and Islamic Concepts of the State6. The Liberal Ideology in India7. Gandhism and Sarvodaya8. Marxist Thought in India9. The Sovereignty10. The Totalitarian State11. The Classification of Governments12. The Unitary and Federal Governments13. The Cabinet and Presidential Forms of Government14. The Theory of the Separation of Powers15. The Legislature16. The Independence of Judiciary and Parliamentary Soverignty17. Representation18. Public OpinionSubject Index.............................................................................................................................Author DetailsDr. L.S. Rathore is Professor & Head of the Department of Political Science, University of Jodhpur, Jodhpur (Rajasthan). He is the Editor of Indian Journal of Political Studies, and the President of the Indian Political Science Association. He had been the Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in the University of Jodhpur (1979-82); elected member, Executive Committee of International Political Science Association (1982-85) and the recipient of Rajasthan University Merit Scholarship (1935-55), Netherlands Universities Foundation Fellowship (1959), Senior Fulbright Fellowship (1971), and the UCC Senior Fellowship (1963-65). He attended World Congresses of International Political Science Association at Moscow (1979), Rio de Janerio (1982), Paris (1985), and the Washington (1988); and the Round Table Conferences in Political Science at Tokyo, Urbana, Berlin (FOR), Florence, Zagreb and Helsinki. He visited Yugoslavia in March 1985 under India-Yugoslav Cultural Exchange Programme. He had been the Visiting Professor in Prague (1984) and the Berlin, CDR (1985). He is the author of five major books in political science and three books in English Poetry..............................................................................................................................
