Vikas Publishing Modern Political Theory

Description

Part-I: Nature and Scope of Political Science
• Growth of Political Science as Discipline: Traditionalism, Behaviouralism, Post-Behaviouralism • The Behavioural Revolution in Political Science: Meaning, Purpose and Limitations • State of Political Theory Today: Decline or Resurgence? • Nature and Scope of Political Science
Part-II: Modern Political Analysis: Systems and Approaches
• Elite, Group and Power an Organizing Principles: Failure to Evolve a Theory • Major Theoretical Approaches: Lasswell, Easton and Almond • Systems Analysis and International Relations • Models and Simulations: Communication Theory, Decision-Making Approach and Game Theory
Part-III: Mainstreams of Contemporary Political Thought
• Theories of Alienation: From Sartre to Marcuse • Theories of Political Development: A Critique and Search for an Alternative Approach • Gandhi and Contemporary Politician Thought, Towards Synthesis between the East and the West