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Political Theory - An Introduction - As Per The Latest NEP 2020 | By Rajeev Bhargava & Ashok Acharya | Updated 1st Edition | Pearson Publication ( English Medium ).

Political Theory updated 1st edition is in its new avatar innovatively embeds Indian cases and contexts in the theoretical discussions and involves students in applying theories to current issues in political thought and theory.

This textbook uses the conversational, context-specific style explicit teaching-learning process, and recreates the flavor of the classroom inside its covers. Well-accepted in its first edition, this book has been widely established itself as a textbook focused on engaging students with social and political practices in the Indian context.

Features :-

New chapter — “Indian Political Theory”

Essays critical topics for discussion in Political Theory

Enriched with Pedagogical Features like—

Outline for each chapter highlighting its main elements

An introductory section discussing the concept and rationale of chapter organization

Cross-referencing of important terms

Points for discussion

A detailed reading list.

Book Contents –

Preface to the Updated First Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Part I: What Is Political Theory and Why Do We Need It? –

1. What Is Political Theory? | Rajeev Bhargava

Introduction

What Is Theory

The Distinctiveness of Theory?

Cosmologies and Common Sense

What Is Political?

Points for

2. Why Do We Need Political Theory? | Rajeev Bhargava –

Introduction

The Big Questions of Human Life

The Emergence of Western Modernity

Explaining Human and Non-human Nature

Understanding Humans

The Difference between the Human and Non-human Worlds

Decline of Political Theory?

Types of Political Theories

Little Theories, Grand Theories

Cosmologies and Political Theory

History of Political Thought and Political Theory

Points for Discussion

3. Indian Political Theory | Rajeev Bhargava

Introduction

Absence of Political Theory

Need for Indian Political Theory

Influence of Culture

Is Indian Political Theory Derivative of Western Models?

Role of Academia

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

Part II: Concepts –

4. Liberty | V. Sriranjani

Introduction

Meaning

Evolution of the Concept

Classification: Negative and Positive Liberty

Liberty and Other Concepts

The Concept of Liberty in India

Points for Discussion

5. Equality | Ashok Acharya

Introduction

Evolution of the Concept

Why Equalize?

Equality of What?

In Conclusion: The Politics of Equality

Points for Discussion

6. Justice | Krishna Menon

Introduction

The Issue of Distributive Justice

Procedural Justice

John Rawls: Justice as Fairness

Limitations of Rawls’ Theory of Justice

Communitarian Critique

Feminist Critique

Justice, Capabilities, and Freedom: Amartya Sen’s

Extension of John Rawls’ Theory of Justice

End-State Theories

Feminist Accounts of Justice

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

7. Rights | Papiya Sengupta

Introduction

The Idea of Rights

Theories of Rights

Human Rights

Some Recent Debates on Rights

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

8. Democracy | Janaki Srinivasan

Introduction

The Concept

Direct Participatory Democracy

Liberal Democracy

Objections to Democracy

Perspectives on Democracy

Key Debates in Democratic Theory

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

9. Citizenship | Anupama Roy

Introduction

What Do We Mean by Citizenship?

Historical Development of the Concept of Citizenship

H. Marshall: Equal and Universal Citizenship

Limits of Liberal Citizenship: Uniformity and Generality

The Search for Alternatives

New Contexts and Changing Concerns:

Multiculturalism and Globalization

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

10. Power | Nivedita Menon

Introduction

Conceptions of Power

Power as Exploitation

Authority, Legitimacy and Hegemony

Feminist Theories of Power

Foucault on Power

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

11. Sovereignty | Krishna Menon

Introduction

Historical Evolution of Sovereignty

Theories of Sovereignty

The Changing World and the Concept of Sovereignty

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

12. The State | Swaha Das

Introduction

What is the State?

The Modern State

What the State is Not: Civil Society and the Nation

Justifying the State

Human Nature

The State of Nature and the Social Contract

Utilitarianism

The Neutral State: Liberalism

The Class State: Marxism

The Patriarchal State: Feminism

Governmentality: Foucault on the State

Recent Debates: Challenges to the Sovereignty of the State

Points for Discussion

13. Civil Society | Mohinder Singh

Introduction

Historical Evolution of the Idea of Civil Society

Civil society in early Liberal Political Theory

Rise of Political Economy and the Enlightenment

Concept of Civil Society

Critiques of the Enlightenment Concept of Civil Society

Contemporary Revival of the Concept of Civil Society

Civil Society in the Post-Colonial Context

Modernity and Civil Society in Post-Colonial States: Critical Issues

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

14. Property | Mohinder Singh

Introduction

The Extent and Limits of Property Rights

The Concept of Property in Political Theory

Property in Ancient and Medieval Political Thought

Modernity and the Concept of Property

Developments in the 20th Century: Socialism, Welfarism, Libertarianism

Gender and Property Rights: Feminist

Perspectives on the Concept of Property

Points for Discussion

15. Gender | Nivedita Menon

Introduction

Sex is to Nature as Gender is to Culture

Male/Female in the Non-West

Developments in the Sex/Gender Distinction in Feminist Theory

Masculinity

Points for Discussion

Points for Discussion

Part III: Ideologies –

16. Liberalism | Ashok Acharya

Introduction

A Brief History

Classical Liberalism

Contemporary Liberalism

The Foundations of Liberalism

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

17. Socialism | Sunalini Kumar

Introduction

Responses to Inequality

The Problem: Capitalism

The Socialist Alternative

Socialist Schemes: Old and New

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

18. Nationalism | Sunalini Kumar

Introduction

The History of an Idea

Non-European Nationalism

Theoretical Questions

Analysis and Critique

Conclusion: The Future of an Idea

Points for Discussion

Part IV: Political Arguments –

19. Secularism | Rajeev Bhargava

Introduction

Secularism: The Broad Definition

Political Secularism

Crisis for Secular States

Theocracy, States with Established Religions

and Secular States: A Normative Comparison

An Alternative Conception: Indian Secularism

Is Secularism a Christian and Western Doctrine?

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

20. Affirmative Action | Ashok Acharya

Introduction

Justice and Social Disadvantage

Defining Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action in India

The Limits of Affirmative Action

Points for Discussion

21. Freedom of Speech and the Question of Censorship | Aarti Sethi

Introduction

Speech and the ‘Lesser Harm’ Hypothesis

Freedom of Expression and the Search for Truth

Freedom of Speech and its Relation to Self-Government

Free Speech and Tolerance

The Autonomy Defence of Free Speech

What do we do with Hate Speech?

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

The Editors and the Contributors, Index.

About the Author-

Rajeev Bhargava was until recently a professor at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, and between 2007– 2014 served as its Director. He is currently the founder-director of the Centre’s Parekh Institute of Indian Thought. He is a permanent (honorary) fellow at Balliol College (Oxford). He has been a professor of political science at Jawaharlal Nehru University and was between 2002–2005, the HOD, Political Science, University of Delhi. He has been a fellow at Harvard University, Columbia University, Stanford University, New York University, Institute of Advanced Studies (Jerusalem), Wissenschaftskolleg (Berlin), Institute for Human Sciences (Vienna), Australian Catholic University (Sydney), and University of Leipzig.

His many publications include Reimagining Secularism (2023), Between Hope and Despair (2022), The Promise of India’s Secular Democracy (2010), Politics and Ethics of The Indian Constitution (2008) and Secularism and its Critics (1998) and Individualism in Social Sciences (1992). His work on secularism and individualism is internationally acclaimed.

Ashok Acharya is Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi and Global Justice Fellow, Yale University. He received his PhD from the University of Toronto as a Commonwealth scholar. He is the editor of Citizenship in a Globalizing World (Pearson, 2012; 2nd revised edn., 2022) besides publishing in areas of multiculturalism, social justice and affirmative action. He has been a Fellow at the Australian Social Science Academy, Canberra, the India Fellow at the University of Birmingham, UK and has also held the Henry Hart Rice Visiting Professorship at Yale University for the year 2012–13, besides being a visiting scholar at the universities of Oslo, Humboldt, Nanjing, Gadjah Mada, ANU, Sydney, Monash, and Griffith.

His areas of research interest include comparative and contemporary political theory, ethics and politics, and themes surrounding global and social justice. He has led the interdisciplinary Nyaya: Global Justice research programme at the University of Delhi in partnership with various global institutions and funding from the British Council. He is the Director of the Delhi School of Transnational Affairs, University of Delhi (Institution of Eminence) and the Founder-Director of the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Global Affairs.

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Political Theory - An Introduction - As Per The Latest NEP 2020 | By Rajeev Bhargava & Ashok Acharya | Updated 1st Edition | Pearson Publication ( English Medium ).

Political Theory updated 1st edition is in its new avatar innovatively embeds Indian cases and contexts in the theoretical discussions and involves students in applying theories to current issues in political thought and theory.

This textbook uses the conversational, context-specific style explicit teaching-learning process, and recreates the flavor of the classroom inside its covers. Well-accepted in its first edition, this book has been widely established itself as a textbook focused on engaging students with social and political practices in the Indian context.

Features :-

New chapter — “Indian Political Theory”

Essays critical topics for discussion in Political Theory

Enriched with Pedagogical Features like—

Outline for each chapter highlighting its main elements

An introductory section discussing the concept and rationale of chapter organization

Cross-referencing of important terms

Points for discussion

A detailed reading list.

Book Contents –

Preface to the Updated First Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Part I: What Is Political Theory and Why Do We Need It? –

1. What Is Political Theory? | Rajeev Bhargava

Introduction

What Is Theory

The Distinctiveness of Theory?

Cosmologies and Common Sense

What Is Political?

Points for

2. Why Do We Need Political Theory? | Rajeev Bhargava –

Introduction

The Big Questions of Human Life

The Emergence of Western Modernity

Explaining Human and Non-human Nature

Understanding Humans

The Difference between the Human and Non-human Worlds

Decline of Political Theory?

Types of Political Theories

Little Theories, Grand Theories

Cosmologies and Political Theory

History of Political Thought and Political Theory

Points for Discussion

3. Indian Political Theory | Rajeev Bhargava

Introduction

Absence of Political Theory

Need for Indian Political Theory

Influence of Culture

Is Indian Political Theory Derivative of Western Models?

Role of Academia

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

Part II: Concepts –

4. Liberty | V. Sriranjani

Introduction

Meaning

Evolution of the Concept

Classification: Negative and Positive Liberty

Liberty and Other Concepts

The Concept of Liberty in India

Points for Discussion

5. Equality | Ashok Acharya

Introduction

Evolution of the Concept

Why Equalize?

Equality of What?

In Conclusion: The Politics of Equality

Points for Discussion

6. Justice | Krishna Menon

Introduction

The Issue of Distributive Justice

Procedural Justice

John Rawls: Justice as Fairness

Limitations of Rawls’ Theory of Justice

Communitarian Critique

Feminist Critique

Justice, Capabilities, and Freedom: Amartya Sen’s

Extension of John Rawls’ Theory of Justice

End-State Theories

Feminist Accounts of Justice

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

7. Rights | Papiya Sengupta

Introduction

The Idea of Rights

Theories of Rights

Human Rights

Some Recent Debates on Rights

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

8. Democracy | Janaki Srinivasan

Introduction

The Concept

Direct Participatory Democracy

Liberal Democracy

Objections to Democracy

Perspectives on Democracy

Key Debates in Democratic Theory

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

9. Citizenship | Anupama Roy

Introduction

What Do We Mean by Citizenship?

Historical Development of the Concept of Citizenship

H. Marshall: Equal and Universal Citizenship

Limits of Liberal Citizenship: Uniformity and Generality

The Search for Alternatives

New Contexts and Changing Concerns:

Multiculturalism and Globalization

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

10. Power | Nivedita Menon

Introduction

Conceptions of Power

Power as Exploitation

Authority, Legitimacy and Hegemony

Feminist Theories of Power

Foucault on Power

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

11. Sovereignty | Krishna Menon

Introduction

Historical Evolution of Sovereignty

Theories of Sovereignty

The Changing World and the Concept of Sovereignty

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

12. The State | Swaha Das

Introduction

What is the State?

The Modern State

What the State is Not: Civil Society and the Nation

Justifying the State

Human Nature

The State of Nature and the Social Contract

Utilitarianism

The Neutral State: Liberalism

The Class State: Marxism

The Patriarchal State: Feminism

Governmentality: Foucault on the State

Recent Debates: Challenges to the Sovereignty of the State

Points for Discussion

13. Civil Society | Mohinder Singh

Introduction

Historical Evolution of the Idea of Civil Society

Civil society in early Liberal Political Theory

Rise of Political Economy and the Enlightenment

Concept of Civil Society

Critiques of the Enlightenment Concept of Civil Society

Contemporary Revival of the Concept of Civil Society

Civil Society in the Post-Colonial Context

Modernity and Civil Society in Post-Colonial States: Critical Issues

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

14. Property | Mohinder Singh

Introduction

The Extent and Limits of Property Rights

The Concept of Property in Political Theory

Property in Ancient and Medieval Political Thought

Modernity and the Concept of Property

Developments in the 20th Century: Socialism, Welfarism, Libertarianism

Gender and Property Rights: Feminist

Perspectives on the Concept of Property

Points for Discussion

15. Gender | Nivedita Menon

Introduction

Sex is to Nature as Gender is to Culture

Male/Female in the Non-West

Developments in the Sex/Gender Distinction in Feminist Theory

Masculinity

Points for Discussion

Points for Discussion

Part III: Ideologies –

16. Liberalism | Ashok Acharya

Introduction

A Brief History

Classical Liberalism

Contemporary Liberalism

The Foundations of Liberalism

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

17. Socialism | Sunalini Kumar

Introduction

Responses to Inequality

The Problem: Capitalism

The Socialist Alternative

Socialist Schemes: Old and New

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

18. Nationalism | Sunalini Kumar

Introduction

The History of an Idea

Non-European Nationalism

Theoretical Questions

Analysis and Critique

Conclusion: The Future of an Idea

Points for Discussion

Part IV: Political Arguments –

19. Secularism | Rajeev Bhargava

Introduction

Secularism: The Broad Definition

Political Secularism

Crisis for Secular States

Theocracy, States with Established Religions

and Secular States: A Normative Comparison

An Alternative Conception: Indian Secularism

Is Secularism a Christian and Western Doctrine?

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

20. Affirmative Action | Ashok Acharya

Introduction

Justice and Social Disadvantage

Defining Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action in India

The Limits of Affirmative Action

Points for Discussion

21. Freedom of Speech and the Question of Censorship | Aarti Sethi

Introduction

Speech and the ‘Lesser Harm’ Hypothesis

Freedom of Expression and the Search for Truth

Freedom of Speech and its Relation to Self-Government

Free Speech and Tolerance

The Autonomy Defence of Free Speech

What do we do with Hate Speech?

Conclusion

Points for Discussion

The Editors and the Contributors, Index.

About the Author-

Rajeev Bhargava was until recently a professor at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, and between 2007– 2014 served as its Director. He is currently the founder-director of the Centre’s Parekh Institute of Indian Thought. He is a permanent (honorary) fellow at Balliol College (Oxford). He has been a professor of political science at Jawaharlal Nehru University and was between 2002–2005, the HOD, Political Science, University of Delhi. He has been a fellow at Harvard University, Columbia University, Stanford University, New York University, Institute of Advanced Studies (Jerusalem), Wissenschaftskolleg (Berlin), Institute for Human Sciences (Vienna), Australian Catholic University (Sydney), and University of Leipzig.

His many publications include Reimagining Secularism (2023), Between Hope and Despair (2022), The Promise of India’s Secular Democracy (2010), Politics and Ethics of The Indian Constitution (2008) and Secularism and its Critics (1998) and Individualism in Social Sciences (1992). His work on secularism and individualism is internationally acclaimed.

Ashok Acharya is Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi and Global Justice Fellow, Yale University. He received his PhD from the University of Toronto as a Commonwealth scholar. He is the editor of Citizenship in a Globalizing World (Pearson, 2012; 2nd revised edn., 2022) besides publishing in areas of multiculturalism, social justice and affirmative action. He has been a Fellow at the Australian Social Science Academy, Canberra, the India Fellow at the University of Birmingham, UK and has also held the Henry Hart Rice Visiting Professorship at Yale University for the year 2012–13, besides being a visiting scholar at the universities of Oslo, Humboldt, Nanjing, Gadjah Mada, ANU, Sydney, Monash, and Griffith.

His areas of research interest include comparative and contemporary political theory, ethics and politics, and themes surrounding global and social justice. He has led the interdisciplinary Nyaya: Global Justice research programme at the University of Delhi in partnership with various global institutions and funding from the British Council. He is the Director of the Delhi School of Transnational Affairs, University of Delhi (Institution of Eminence) and the Founder-Director of the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Global Affairs.

Search Key:- Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pearson Publication, Language ‏ : ‎ English, Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages, ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9361598503, ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9361598500, Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up, Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 480 g, Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 24.1 x 18.1 x 1.4 cm, Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India, Net Quantity ‏ : ‎ 1 Piece, Generic Name ‏ : ‎ Textbook, Political Theory An Introduction by Rajeev Bhargava, Political Theory NEP 2020 Rajeev Bhargava, Political Theory Ashok Acharya Pearson, Political Theory Updated 1st Edition, Political Theory NEP 2020 Book, Political Theory Pearson Publication 2023, Political Theory English Medium Book, Rajeev Bhargava Political Theory NEP 2020, Ashok Acharya Political Science Book, NEP 2020 Political Science Book, Political Science for NEP 2020, Pearson Political Theory NEP, Best Political Theory Books NEP 2020, Political Theory An Introduction English, Political Theory Book by Pearson, Updated Political Theory by Rajeev Bhargava, NEP 2020 Political Science Pearson, Political Science Introduction NEP 2020, Pearson Political Science Updated Edition, Rajeev Bhargava Ashok Acharya Political Theory.

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