Table of Contents

1. THE NATURE, SCOPE AND METHODS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE : Terminology and Scope; Value of a study of Political Thought; Political Science and its relation to Allied Sciences; Is Political Science a Science; Methods of Political Science 2. POLITICS AS A SOCIAL PROCESS : Politics as Political Activity; Different approaches to Politics; Politics as a Concept of Power; The Concept of Political System; Political Socilisation and Political Culture; Liberal and Marxian views of Politics 3. HISTORY, POLITICAL THEORY AND IDEOLOGY : Behaviouralism and History; Behaviouralism and Ideology; Debate on the End of Ideology; Dialectical Materialism and History; Marxist Theory of Ideology 4. THE NATURE OF THE STATE : Distinction between the State, Society, Govt., Nation and Nationality; One sided or False Views of the State; A Positive Statement of the State; Essential Elements of the 'State; The Organic Theory of the State; Value and Limitations; The State according to Laski and Marx 5. THE ORIGIN OF THE STATE : The Theory of Divine Origin; The Social Contract Theory; The Force Theory; The Patriarchal and Matriarchal Theories; The Historical or Evolutionary Theory of the State; Maciver on the Evolution of the State; Marxist Theory of State Origin; A 'Liberal Eritique of the Marxist Theory 6. THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE : The Evolution of the State; The Early Empire in the Orient; The Greek City-State; The Feudal State; The National State of Modern Times; World Federation; General Features of State Development