Political Science

This book highlights new directions and developments in comparative politics, including the continuation of an ideological political science; methodological innovations such as rational-choice, historical, and post behavioral approaches; and links between political culture and participation.

    Features: Book - theoretical foundations of comparative politics Language: english Binding: paperback Binding: paperback Release Date: 01-01-2017 EAN: 9789386296306 Package Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches Languages: English

    Details: For the last several decades an influential group of Egyptian scholars and public intellectuals has been having a profound effect in the Islamic world. Raymond Baker offers a portrait of these New Islamists - Islamic scholars, lawyers, judges and journalists who provide the moral and intellectual foundations...

  Brand: Princeton University Press Color: Multicolor Binding: paperback Number Of Pages: 344 Release Date: 08-09-1996 Part Number: 8 tables 16 line illus. Details: Product DescriptionPolitical scientists often ask themselves what might have been if history had unfolded differently: if Stalin had been ousted as General Party Secretary or if...

     

   

  This book challenges the widely held view that Marxism is unable to deal adequately with environmental problems. Jonathan Hughes considers the nature of environmental problems and the evaluative perspective that may be  brought to bear on them. He examines Marx's critique of Malthus, his method,and his materialism, interpreting the...

  Details: Originally published in three volumes in 1987, this book is a selection of the key texts, collected together in a single volume. It presents an explanatory theory of society and a programme for social reconstruction as a radical alternative to Marxism and social democracy.  

      Details: Should the state be neutral with regard to the moral practices of its citizens? Can a liberal state legitimately create a distinctively liberal character in its citizens? Can liberal ideals constitute ...  

  Details: The explosion will not happen today. It is too soon … or too late.First published in English in 1968, Frantz Fanon's seminal text was immediately acclaimed as a classic of black liberationalist writing. Fanon's descriptions of the feelings of inadequacy and dependence experienced by people of colour in...

    Details: The East Asia Strategic Review is an annual publication of the East Asia Centre, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. The current volume titled “Chinese Power: Trends in Engagement and Containment” intends to present an Indian perspective on China’s strategic outreach in...

  Details: In the twenty-five years after 1989, The world enjoyed the deepest peace in history. In the rise and fall of peace on Earth, the eminent foreign policy scholar Michael mandelbaum examines that remarkable quarter century, describing how and why the peace was established and then fell apart. To...

   

  Details: In March 1998, India detonated a series of nuclear devices in the Rajasthan desert, having pledged in 1974 not to develop its nuclear capability. The author untangles many of the intertwined threads of a story often poorly understood in the West.  

      Details: Focusing as much on Marx’s private life as on his public persona and work, this classic biography looks into detail at his relationship with his mother and father, wife and friends, and includes generous quotations from a wide range of correspondence in addition to virtually every...

  Details: This book is an unconventional articulation of the political thinking in India in a refreshingly creative manner in more than one way. Empirically, the book becomes innovative by providing an analytically more grasping contextual interpretation of Indian political thought that evolved during the nationalist struggle against colonialism. Insightfully,...

    Details: This new edition of An Introduction to Political Theory examines a fairly wide range of issues concerning the ever-expanding field of political theory, in a multidisciplinary (historicalsociological-economic-philosophical-juristic) perspective. It elaborates the nature and significance of political theory, concept of ideology with a concise and critical discussion of...

      Details: The present monograph is intended to examine critically our political ideals in the light of the current state of knowledge about these issues.  

    Details: This authoritative analysis introduces the key concepts used by contemporary political scientists. Rigorous, concise, and tightly argued, the book, Modern Political Analysis makes use of everyday and historical examples to illustrate important and challenging conceptual material. The authors use the core political phenomenon of influence as a...

The authors cover topics such as: understanding global governance, the challenges of governance, the theoretical foundations of global governance and the need for global governance.ReviewDetailed and comprehensive, this accessible IO text may well set the standard for years to come. The breadth of coverage provides one-stop shopping for the full...

  Details: A Comprehensive Look at India’s Global Engagement Explore the evolution of India’s foreign policy from independence to the present day in this insightful and scholarly volume. Edited by renowned political scientist Sumit Ganguly, this book offers a structured and analytical overview of India’s diplomatic strategies, regional relationships, and...

      Details: Giving identity to over a billion people, the Indian Constitution is one of the world's great political texts. Drafted over six decades ago, its endurance and operation have fascinated and surprised many. In this short introduction, Madhav Khosla brings to light its many features, aspirations and...

     

      Details: In turbulent global times, your study of this subject is increasingly necessary and urgent.Featuring a new chapter on critical theories, and revised to take a less Eurocentric approach to concepts and case studies, this new edition allows you to tackle global politics' important concepts, debates and...

Author: Heywood, AndrewBrand: Manohar Publishers and DistributorsNumber Of Pages: 440Release Date: 18-10-2022Details: This leading text provides a concise and broad-ranging introduction to the contemporary study of political theory. Each chapter discusses a cluster of interrelated concepts and examines how they have been used by different thinkers and traditions and explores...

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    Color: Blue Features: A great option for a Book Lover Great one for reading It's a great choice for a book person Binding: Paperback Number Of Pages: 555 Release Date: 01-12-2003 model number: 9780143029892 Part Number: 9780143029892 Details: The Land of India: From then to nowThe Penguin History...

            Details: Edited by Neera Chandhoke and Praveen Priyadarshi, Contemporary India addresses issues facing the nation-state and civil society from diverse perspectives: those of political science, sociology, economics and history.The book is thematically divided into three parts-Economy, Society and Politics-and includes discussions on topics as...

Author: WilcoxBrand: Pearson IndiaBinding: paperbackNumber Of Pages: 612Release Date: 01-12-2009Details: Description Public Relations: Strategies and Tactics combinesnumerous real-life case studies with core theoretical to helpstudents relate theory to the actual practice of public relations.This comprehensive text is grounded in scholarship and includesreferences to landmark studies and time-honored public relationstechniques. Written...

That a diverse country like India has succeeded for over half a century as a thriving democracy raises many questions about the relationship between cultural diversity and social and economic inequality; the robustness of some institutions and the weakness of others; the negotiation of political space, ideologies, and identities by...

Binding: hardcoverNumber Of Pages: 208EAN: 9780195674873Languages: english

This dictionary is the first of its kind in India as well as perhaps in the Third World. It covers the terms, concepts, theories and paradigms of public administration. Each term is defined and explained concisely but clearly. The dictionary deals with the theory of public administration in all its...

This volume is the sixth in the series of essential readings in Indian government and politics focusing on political parties in India. It introduces the reader to the extensive and varied landscape of parties by bringing together seminal articles, new studies on national and regional parties and specific commentaries on...

'An invaluable collection of essays for all students of American politics providing...a comprehensive assessment of government, politics and policy under Clinton...highly recommended as an excellent text.' - Mary Lloyd, Talking Politics '...an extremely well written and erudite book which fascinates as well as instructs. If anything, the author is too...

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