BOOKS ON POLITICAL THEORY

Books on Political Theory refer to the enormous number of books related to politics being produced by political scholars of different period.

Political Theory has evolved through ages and has been enriched by brilliant contributions made by renowned political theorists starting from Plato. Political Theory refers to the political philosophies of these theorists whose ideas revolve around the basics of state, government, politic, law, rights and related subjects.

Eminent Scholars such as Aristotle, Plato, Bodin, Marx, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Rousseau, Hegel, Niccolo Machiavelli, David Hume, Adam Smith J.S Mill, Kant, Montesquieu, and Jeremy Bentham has produced some of the most influential Books on Political Theory which forms an integral part of the academic curriculum of Political Science and International Relations. Different theorists have focused on different important political issues through their books and have helped in answering many pertinent questions related to politics.

The present Generation political scholar such as Charles Edward Merriam, Harry Elmer Barnes, O.P Goyal, Robert Edward Goodwin, Michael J. Gargas MacGrath and many others of equal stature have also made valuable contributions to enrich political theory even more.

Some of the contemporary Books on Political Theory are as followed:

•  A History of Political Theories: Recent Times; Essays on Contemporary Developments in Political

•  Contemporary Indian Political Thought

•  Black Visions: the roots of contemporary African-American political ideologies

•  Political Pluralism: A Study in Contemporary Political Theory

•  A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy

•  Liberalism and the Modern Polity: Essays in Contemporary Political Theory

•  Debates in Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Anthology

•  Social and Political Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction

Thus, Books on Political Theory are of immense significance, both the traditional and the contemporary ones, especially in today's world for we still have a lot to learn from them.