Modern Political Analysis

Modern Political Analysis studies the nature and scope of Politics and its growth. It comprehensively deals with all aspects of modern political analysis. It contains twenty-five chapters covering various aspects of political analysis—Nature and Scope of Politics, Growth of Political Science, Behaviouralism, General System Theory, Input-Output Analysis, Structural and Functional Analysis, Distributive Analysis, Development Analysis, Models and Simulations, Decision Making Approach, Group Theory, Game Theory, Theory of Elites, Political Influence, Power-Authority and Leadership, Political Systems, Political Culture, Political Socialisation, Theories of Alienation, Interests and Groups, Conflict-Legitimacy and Effectiveness, Political Development-Political Modernisation, Political Participation, Political Evaluation, and Theories of Social Change. All the topics have been discussed in a clear and lucid manner. The chapters on Political Participation and Political Evaluation have been presented in a pleasing manner to cater to the needs of the students of Politics and Public Administration. The last chapter, Theories of Social Change, describes the political ideas of Mahatma Gandhi and Mao Tse-tung in an excellent manner. Greater importance has been given in this chapter to the methods of Gandhiji to achieve his ends in all fields for the welfare of the people.