Contents:<br><br>Foreword<br>Preface<br>Acknowledgements<br><br>Part I: Approaching Political Theory<br><br>1. Positivism<br>2. Structuralism<br>3. Postmodernism>br>4. Deconstructionism<br><br>Part II: State and Rise in Human Dignity<br><br>5. Debates on Justice<br>6. Debates on Equality<br>7. Debates on Liberty<br>8. Debates on Rights<br><br>Part III: Issues of Legitimacy<br><br>9. Political Power<br>10. Political Authority<br>11. Political Legitimacy<br>12. Political Obligation<br><br>Part IV: Porous Borders and Retreating State<br><br>13. Sovereignty in the Age of Globalisation<br>14. Citizenship<br>15. Human Rights in the Age of Globalisation<br><br>Part V: Individual–Community–State: Evolving Relations<br><br>16. Political Participation<br>17. Political Toleration<br>18. Libertarianism<br>19. Communitarianism<br><br>Part VI: State–Society Interface<br><br>20. Good Governance<br>21. Civil Society<br>22. Social Capital<br>Part VII: State Economy Dynamics and Beyond<br>23. Neo-liberalism<br>24. Market Socialism<br>25. Dependency Theories<br>26. Post-Marxism<br><br>Part VIII: Assertion of Identity<br><br>27. Multiculturalism<br>28. Identity Politics<br>29. Feminism and Political Theory<br><br>Part IX: People’s Demand—State Response<br><br>30. Debates on Democratic Political Community<br>31. New Social Movements<br>32. Green Political Theory<br><br>Part X: Political Alienation to Revolution<br><br>33. Political Alienation<br>34. Resistance<br>35. Revolution<br><br>Part XI: Indian Political Thought and Theory<br><br>36. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar<br>37. Jawaharlal Nehru<br>38. Ram Manohar Lohia<br> 39. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar<br>40. Jayaprakash Narayan<br><br>Bibliography<br>Index