Author: A Appadorai
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 583
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0195656334
Description
This classic text is a well-integrated and comprehensive account of the essential principles of political theory and organization.
It presents a consistent thesis that the State exists for the benefit of the individual and not the individual for the State. It provides critical as well as factual discussions on:
Form of government and inter-state relations against the background of fundamental political concepts, such as liberty, quality, law and sovereignty;
The history of government from the days of Greek city-states to modern times;
The modern constitutions of the UK, the USA, the French Republic, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, and India;Principles of governmental organization, its structure and working.
As a clear, well-written and modern introduction to politics, this book serves as a primary textbook for students of political science. Hugely successful in its previous printings, it is also useful for the general reader looking for a lucid exposition of the basic ideas of politics.