Political Science

Foundations of Misery focuses on the blunders of the Nehruvian era, many of which still affect and vitiate India’s present. It is hoped that once there is an enlightened understanding of the past, free from the pervasive fiction, India would be be...

The relationship between M.K. Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar has been analyzed by most commentators and critics based on the political thought and ways of working of these two great men of India and how they dealt with the issues that arose in their tim...

The book covers the period of Rao’s premiership which is marked by the great Indian leap forward. It does not attempt to trace the life history of the great man but intends to illustrate the magnificence with which Rao managed a majority vote in t...

Politics, Ideology and Nationalism: Jinnah, Savarkar and Ambedkar versus Gandhi is a new argument based on familiar historical evidences. It discusses three leaders—Savarkar, Ambedkar and Jinnah—in their opposition to Gandhiboth in terms of ideolo...

प्रस्तुत पुस्तक में ब्रिटिश कालीन भारत में किए गये संवैधानिक विकास अर्थात रेग्यूलेटिंग ऐक्ट से लेकर भारतीय गणतंत्र के संविधान तक के क्रमिक इतिहास (1773 ई. से 1950 ई.) की समीक्षा करते हुए, विवेच्य सामग्री को तथ्यपूरक ढंग से प्रस्तुत करने का प्रयास ...

This book provides a comprehensive account of the Leftist movements in India during the most decisive phase of its struggle for freedom. It also describes how the Leftist movements interacted with the mainstream Indian freedom movement led by the ...

The book attempts to present the plight of Indian Muslims after Partition and is based on the findings of Sachar Committee Report and perceptions of Muslim community. The Report convincingly proves that all is not well with the Muslims in India. M...

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...

Dr. Lohia (23 March 1910-12 October 1967), was the leader of the Socialist Party of India who advocated socialism as the solution of all ills of the suffering humanity. He also dealt with social, economic and political problems, depicting his visi...

इस पुस्तक के अंतर्गत बेन्थम, हीगल, जे.एस. मिल, टी.एच. ग्रीन और कार्ल मार्क्स के विभिन्न सिद्धांतों पर प्रकाश डाला गया है। बेन्थम -एक व्यक्तिवादी, उपयोगितावादी तथा सुधारवादी विचारक था। अधिकतम व्यक्तियों का अधिकतम सुख-उसके सिद्धांतों का मूल मंत्र था...

The palette of layers of corruption has become an unwanted part and parcel of a common man’s life in India. The Indian media is overflowing with the stories of scams, administrative failures and high-level cover-ups, which have deeply degraded the...

यूनानी राजनीति विज्ञान की जननी है। सुकरात, प्लेटो और अरस्तू--एक गुरु-शिष्य परम्परा की कड़ी है। यूनानी राजनीतिक विचारक उसी कड़ी पर प्रकाश डालने का एक छोटा-सा प्रयास है। सुकरात--यूनान के ज्ञान क्षितिज पर सदा उदित भास्कर है। वह अपने समय का सबसे बड़ा न्य...

प्रस्तुत पुस्तक डॉ. लोहिया के संपूर्ण राजनीतिक व्यक्तित्व का दर्पण है। वे आधुनिक भारतीय राजनीतिक विचारकों में अपना स्वतंत्र विचार रखते हैं जो मौलिकता से ओत-प्रोत है और राजनीतिक विज्ञान के विद्वानों को उन पर गहन चिंतन करने के लिए बाध्य करता है। सम्...

प्रस्तुत पुस्तक हॉब्स, लॉक और रूसो एक नए अध्ययन और शोध की देन है। समझौतावादी विचारकों पर एक स्वतंत्र पुस्तक का अभाव है। इसके माध्यम से इसकी पूर्ति की गयी है। इस पुस्तक के अंतर्गत, हॉब्स, लॉक और रूसो-तीनों समझौतावादी विचारकों के विचारों का विश्लेषण...

About the Book Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak has distinguished herself as one of the foremost scholars of contemporary literary and postcolonial theory and feminist thought. Known for her translation of Derrida's On Grammatology and her groundbreakin...

Injustice is in fact the denial of the “due” to the deserving. It is the justice that only negates injustice and the endorsement of this negation by the society as a whole, is social justice. In Durkheim’s terms, it is the collective consciousness...

Comprehensive History of Political Thought presents an extensive exploration of political philosophy, tracing the development of political ideas from ancient to modern times. The book delves into the ideologies and contributions of influential thi...

Ambedkar's Political Philosophy is a critical exploration of the political theory of B R Ambedkar, the Indian thinker and leader who championed the cause of the socially oppressed. Rodrigues examines the key concepts that Ambedkar used to envision...

यह पुस्तक 1947 से 2010 तक भारत की विदेश नीति के उद्भव का एक व्यापक विवरण प्रस्तुत करता है। मुख्यत:, यह पुस्तक भारत के पड़ोसी राज्यों तथा वैश्विक व्यवस्था के अन्य प्रमुख राज्यों के साथ भारत के संबंध के रूप में व्यवस्थित है। इस पुस्तक के सभी अध्याय ...

What is fascism? Is it revolutionary? Or is it reactionary? Can it be both? Fascism is notoriously hard to define. How do we make sense of an ideology that appeals to streetfighters and intellectuals alike? That is overtly macho in style, yet attr...

यूनानी राजनीति विज्ञान की जननी है। सुकरात, प्लेटो और अरस्तू--एक गुरु-शिष्य परम्परा की कड़ी है। यूनानी राजनीतिक विचारक उसी कड़ी पर प्रकाश डालने का एक छोटा-सा प्रयास है। सुकरात--यूनान के ज्ञान क्षितिज पर सदा उदित भास्कर है। वह अपने समय का सबसे बड़ा न्...

The book presents an extensive treatment of the nature, scope and significance of public policies, their implementation and policy analysis. This refreshing new textbook covers the basic and introductory aspects of public policy along with the ne...

This book deals with the Medieval period of Indian History. Most of the historians consider this period as the dark period of Indian history. According to them, ancient period was the glorious period of Indian history. During this period foundatio...

This multi-authored textbook helps to critically understand the major concepts, theories and issues of international politics in a constantly changing environment. Designed as a core textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students, this book...

The biggest story of Bengal in post-Independence India is the overthrow of the 34-year-long Marxist regime in May 2011. The collapse of Marxist rule marks the end of a dream about a corruption-free, egalitarian socio-economic-political system. Whe...

This textbook offers a lucid and comprehensive understanding of J&K politics, government and governance. Government and Politics of Jammu and Kashmir provides an engaging account of different aspects of the key themes of politics and governan...

राष्ट्र-राज्य के काल में नागरिकता से जुड़े आयामों पर एक ठोस समझ की ज़रूरत हर नागरिक के लिए आवश्यक है। ऑक्सफ़ोर्ड इंडिया की ये नवीन प्रस्तुति इस विषय पर हिन्दी भाषा में एक अदद पुस्तक की कमी को दूर करती है। लेख़क माधव ख़ोसला की विवेचनात्मक दृष्टि ने संवि...

Modi aims to steer India towards a prosperous and inclusive future. Narendra Modi: A Global Transformative Leader thoroughly analyses Narendra Modi, the fourteenth Prime Minister of India, tracing his rise from humble beginnings to his influentia...

The book (in two volumes) studies the Western or European political thought and its development from its beginning in the speculations of the early Greeks. The study has been confined to leading western thinkers and the contribution of each of the...

This book deals with History of the Marathas. Marathas became paramount power after the disintegration of Mughal Empire. After the third battle of Panipat in 1761 and of Buxar in 1765, Marathas installed Mughal emperor Shah Alum at Delhi under the...

It is important that we recognize the Indian Constitution not only as a legal or moral entity but also as a living organism, sustaining and consolidating our constitutional democracy. Indian Constitution: Text, Context and Interpretation presents ...

Millions in India have long been obsessed with the vicissitudes of the Nehru–Gandhi family’s fate. Inextricably linked to the ups and downs of their lives was the future of the nation itself. It was Jawaharlal Nehru’s leadership that guided India ...

In the summer of 1956, Lloyd Rudolph and Susanne Rudolph traveled 5,000 miles from London to Jaipur in a Land Rover and recorded their impressions and experiences of people and places encountered on the way. Their passage to India marked the begin...

Comparative Politics, which helps in the study of ever increasing political problems in a scientific and systematic way, has wit­nessed not only development on a scale nev­er reached so far but has become more and more popular in these days. Moreo...

History of Political Thought covers detailed study of Socialism and Democratic Socialism with all its forms such as Fabian Socialism and Symbilcalism. Communism based on Marxist thinking has been re-interperted, moulded and amended by Lenin and St...

Disaster Relief and the RSS: Resurrecting 'Religion' Through Humanitarianism ;studies the political implications of the humanitarian work of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) by examining the institution of seva (service) in disaster situations. T...

About the Book The global crisis that broke out in 2008 raised many fundamental questions about the present economic order. This collection of articles from authors who include some of India's leading economic historians consists of studies in the...

Civil Society has emerged as one of the most celebrated concept of the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries. It offers practices that are the means and certain normative ideals that are the ends to be achieved for the preservation of democracy...

The spectacular victory of Narendra Modi and the BJP in 2014 and again in 2019 demands a nuanced exploration of the factors that led to it. Though the role of the middle class and the media in the making of what is called the ‘Modi Wave’ is often ...

The book covers University syllabi in Political Science in the papers of Hindu Polity, Indian Political Thought and Modern Indian Political Thought etc. Divided into three parts—the ancient, the modern and the contemporary, this book analyses Indi...

मध्यकालीन एवं आधुनिक राजनीतिक विचारक पुस्तक में निम्नलिखित विचारकों वेफ राजनीतिक दर्शन पर प्रकाश डाला गया है। संत आगस्टीनµमध्ययुग का एक महान दार्शनिक है। ज्ीम ब्पजल व िळवक उसकी अमर वृफति है। उसवेफ दो राज्य हैंµ;कद्ध सांसारिक राज्य तथा ;खद्ध ईश्वरी...

भारत के संविधान के अनुच्छेद 1 का प्रारम्भिक वाक्यांश हर उस व्यक्ति को सोचने के लिए मजबूर कर देता है, जो भारत के सामाजिक और राजनीतिक जीवन के बारे में थोड़े बहुत भी विचार रखता है। क्या सामान्य कानून और किसी देश के संविधान में कुछ अन्तर होता है? विधि ...

India is a constitutional democracy. The Constituent Assembly of India was elected to draft the Constitution of India. It worked as a first parliament for independent India. The Constitution of India, drafted from sources like Government of India ...

प्रस्तुत पुस्तक भारत में राष्ट्रीय जागरण तथा सामाजिक, आर्थिक, धार्मिक एवं राजनीतिक जन-आन्दोलन जैसे महत्त्वपूर्ण अध्यायों पर आधारित एक प्रामाणिक प्रयास है। इस पुस्तक का परिप्रेक्ष्य अत्यंत व्यापक है--विभिन्न अवधारणाओं, घटनाओं और दिग्गज नेताओं के सं...

If you asked a passerby on the street what anarchism is, they may answer that it is an ideology based on chaos, disorder, and violence. But is this true? What exactly is anarchism? This Very Short Introduction provides a new point of departure for...

The essays in this collection examine the social and political thought of acclaimed poet and writer Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941). His prose writings, including correspondence, are explored here through a Marxist perspective in order to assess t...

We live in an age when most Muslims take pride in singing Saare Jahan Se Achcha, penned by Muhammad Iqbal. Many though have forgotten that the same poet-philosopher called Ram as Imam-e-Hind. The Hindutva forces, meanwhile, have forgotten the unif...

About the Book On March 23, 1931, Singh and two associates were hanged, the culmination of the Lahore Conspiracy Case, one of the most controversial, and notorious, trials to take place under the Raj. With a lawyer's insight, Noorani unveils the f...

About the Book The European Union (EU) stands out as a fascinatingly unique political organization. On the one hand, it has shown the potential for developing deep and wide-ranging cooperation between member states, going far beyond that found any...

A comprehensive analysis on the rise, assertion and dominance of the New Hindu Right forces in civil society From its forgettable electoral performance of 1984 to its historical victory in 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) story has been fo...

While Marx and Engels wrote detailed critiques of capitalism they could only suggest the bare outlines of what socialism as the order of society supplanting capitalism could be like. Lenin built on these ideas and the experience of the working-cla...

In India, land policies have been undergoing a paradigm shift since the economic reforms of the early 1990s. Conclusive land titling or guaranteed title to land has emerged as an alternative policy option to the redistributive land reform agenda b...

This new textbook shows that each of the major political ideologies gives rise to, or in some cases specifies, a particular view of human beings, with significant consequences for the ways we organise our political systems and our forms of politic...

About the Book Born in 1945 in Odisha, India, to parents who were deeply committed to the Communist cause as members of the Communist Party of India, Patnaik is one of the most outstanding economists of his generation and a leading Marxist theoret...

India has come a long way from being a nuclear pariah to a de facto member of the nuclear club. The transition in its nuclear identity has been accompanied by its transformation into a major economic power and underlines a pragmatic turn in its fo...

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it' This slogan, attributed to Voltaire, is frequently quoted by defenders of free speech. Yet it is rare to find anyone prepared to defend all expression in every circ...

Ideology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, exciting both revulsion and inspiration. This book examines the reasons for those views, and explains why ideologies deserve respect as a major form of political thinking...

यद्यपि मनुष्य एक सामाजिक प्राणी है, परन्तु राजनीति हमारे जीवन का अपरिहार्य अंग है। सामान्यतः राजनीति शब्द का अभिप्राय उस कौशल से है जिसके द्वारा शासन कार्य अर्थात् सरकारी नीतियों को लक्ष्य विशेष की ओर संचालित किया जा सके। दूसरे शब्दों में, शासन सं...

प्रस्तुत पुस्तक मोदीनामा-नमोः भारत का प्रधानमंत्री ग्रंथों, समाचार पत्रें, पत्रिकाओं, सोशल मीडिया और इंटरनेट से लिए गए वास्तविक तथा प्रमाणिक तथ्यों पर आधारित है। नरेंद्र दामोदरदास मोदी एक संन्यासी, तपस्वी, त्यागी, आर.एस.एस. के समर्पित कार्यकर्ता, ...