Politics and Current Affairs

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...

यह पुस्तक भारतीय संविधन के निर्माण की उस पृष्ठभूमि में लिखी गई है, जब भारतीय स्वाधीनता संग्राम का पावन यज्ञ समाप्त ही हुआ था तथा नव स्वतंत्रा भारत अपने पैरों पर खड़े होने की कोशिश कर रहा था। ऐसे समय में संविधन तैयार करते हुए हमारे नियंताओं को किस प...

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...

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...

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 exhaustively deals with the general belief that RSS and BJP—are against Muslims and Christians; want to set up Hindu Rashtra; propagate Hindutva; want to change the Constitution; are not in favour of tri-colour National Flag; are responsi...

Information provided in this book is crucial for public to know how decisions were/are cooked inside the corridors of power. ‘Inside Stories’ expose the multifarious facets public administration, what are laws and how bureaucrats implement those l...

Dr. Ambedkar played a seminal role in the framing of the Indian Constitution, and is therefore called the architect of the Indian Constitution. The text prepared by Ambedkar provided for a wide range of civil liberties for individual citizens, inc...

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...

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...

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...

In 1993, Derrida opened a conference organized around the question 'Whither Marxism?’, and it is his plenary address that forms the basis of this book. Hotly debated then, a changing world and world politic have scarcely dented its relevance today.

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...

भारतीय स्वतंत्रता संग्राम के इतिहास के अंतिम पचास वर्ष विश्व के राजनैतिक घटनाक्रम में अत्यन्त महत्वपूर्ण स्थान रखते हैं। यह वह समय था, जब विश्व क्षितिज पर घटित होने वाली कुछ घटनाओं ने पूरी दुनिया को विस्मित कर दिया। भारत का विभाजन भी एक ऐसी ही घटन...

प्रस्तुत पुस्तक, कश्मीरः कश्मीर समस्या, प्रारंभ से लेकर मिलेनियम की दहलीज तक के क्रमिक इतिहास का उद्घाटन करती है_ इस कृति में विषय सामग्री को स्तरीय ढंग से विवेचित करने का प्रयास किया गया है। कश्मीर समस्या से संबंधित नवीनतम् अनुसंधानों और नूतन विच...

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...

Following the publication of the seminal Fear of Freedom, Erich Fromm applied his unique vision to a critique of contemporary capitalism in The Sane Society. Where the former dealt with man's historic inability to come to terms with his sense of i...

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...

This book explores the relationship between Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and discusses their relevance in India’s history and socio-political discourse. It looks back at the Indian independence movement and ...

About the Book Sartre met Albert Camus in Occupied France in 1943—an odd pair: onefrom the upper reaches of French society; the other, a pied-noir borninto poverty in Algeria. The love of ‘freedom’ brought them togetherquickly as closest of ...

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...

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...

Earlier considered as politically inexperienced, Sonia Gandhi is undoubtedly one of the strongest icons of Indian politics today. She is inspiration for crores of people for her dynamic leadership by virtue of which she could give an astounding de...

आशुतोषवार्ष्णेयकीयहक़िताबभारतीयलोकतंत्रकोसमझनेऔरसमझानेकीकोशिशहै. तथ्योंऔरसबूतोंकेजरिएभारतकेलोकतांत्रिकहोनेकीउसप्रक्रियाकोदेखनाहैजो 1947 केबादशुरूहुईथी. भारतकेउन्मादीहोतेजानेऔरलोकतांत्रिकहोतेजानेकेअंतर्विरोधोंकाविश्लेषणहै. गैर-सवर्णजातियोंकेराजनैतिक...

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 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...

1965 War was the first all-out clash between the two nations—India and Pakistan, after the Partition in 1947. Y.B. Chavan, India’s former Defence Minister, recorded in his own hand the 22-day war. The inside story reveals: • Utter failure of intel...

Gramsci?s theory of common sense is a metanarrative that can be used to explain both religion and political formations. This book examines Gramsci?s perspective and how his theories translate into South Asian society. It explores Gramsci?s histori...

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...

THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION (OIP): Cornerstone of A Nation (Classic Reissue)

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...

In the midst of growing religious fanaticism, fundamentalism and terrorism in different parts of the world which are affecting the entire humanity even in the twenty-first century, a renewed study of the philosophy and political ideas of secularis...

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...

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 ...

In this compelling book titled Hasina, Yunus and The United States: The Power Struggle for Bangladesh, B. Z. Khasru uncovers the fierce political rivalry between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, culminating in Hasina...

Nuclear weapons have not been used in anger since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Yet even after the Cold War, the Bomb is still the greatest threat facing humankind. As President Bill Clinton's fir...

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...

The Indian Constitution is primarily federal, providing for two governments—the national or federal government at the centre—and the government of each of the component units, i.e. States. A division of authority exists between the federal governm...

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...

A political scientist, historian, cultural analyst, social anthropologist, and philosopher, Partha Chatterjee has consistently provided academia with novel conceptual tools for analysing the present. This collection brings together scholars from a...

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...

भारतीय राजनैतिक चिन्तन पर यह पुस्तक समस्त भारतीय विश्वविद्यालयों में एम.ए. राजशास्त्र के हिन्दू राजनय, भारतीय राजनैतिक चिन्तन, आधुनिक भारतीय राजनैतिक चिन्तन आदि प्रश्नपत्रों के पाठ्यक्रम के अनुसार लिखी गई है। प्राचीन, आधुनिक एवं समकालीन तीन खण्ड़ो...

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 ...

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...

The study provides different phases of the history of Political Thought. In this work, the views of various political thinkers have been given in a beautiful manner. The study also provides in bother and fitter place for their life and achievement...