Comprehensive modern political theory
/ N. Jayapalan
. — Ghaziabad : Primemax Books, 2020.
367 p.
Comprehensive Modern Political Analysis deals with all aspects of the development of modern political theories and their application in detail. The book has 32 chapters analysing the politics and political science comprehensively. The coverage of book is very comprehensive and includes Nature and Scope of Politics, Approaches to the Study of Political Science, Growth of Political Science, Inter-relationship of Politics and Other Social Sciences, Need and Necessity of Political Theory, Decline of Political Theory, Behaviouralism, General Systems Theory, Input-Output Analysis, Structural and Functional Analysis, Distribution Analysis—Harold D. Lasswell, Systems Theory—Morton A. Kaplan, Arthur Bentley’s Contribution to Group Theory, Theory of Elites, Decision-making Approach, Game Theory, Models and Simulations, Political Influence, Political Systems, Power-Authority-Leadership, Political Culture, Political Socialisation, Theories of Alienation, Interests and Groups, Conflict—Legitimacy and Effectiveness, Political Development—Political Modernisation, Political Participation, Political Evaluation, Contemporary Political Thought, Herbert Marcuse and his Political Philosophy, Theories of Social Change—M.K. Gandhi, and Theories of Social Change—Mao-Tse-Tung. The chapters on Political Participation and Political Evaluation have been presented in a pleasing manner so as to cater to the needs of the students of Politics and Public Administration. In the last two chapters, theories of social change highlight the political ideas of Mahatma Gandhi and Mao-Tse-Tung in an excellent manner. Greater importance has been given to the methods of Gandhiji to achieve his ends in all fields for the welfare of the people.
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