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Socialism is a set of doctrines or cluster of ideas and a political programme that emerged at the beginning of the 19th century….

What is the shape that this revolt takes; in other words what is socialism? In the early decades of the nineteenth century, the common elements of what was emerging as the socialist outlook were falling in place…

The term ‘conservative’ has a verity of meaning. It may refer to a person with a moderate or cautious behavior, or a life style that is conventional, even conformist, or a fear of, or refusal to change. Conservatism is…

Nationalism is a compound of many factors, some of which have their roots in human nature and many of which have a long history. Yet it is a modern phenomenon. To discover it is a difficult. In one sense, it is the extension of a group….

Fundamentalism is variously described by different scholars while emphasizing its one aspect or the other. This why fundamentalism is religious as well as non-religious. Ideological fundamentalism may also be stated as…

In most countries, people of different religion, races and cultures live within their boundaries. How can these diverse communities of people be treated as equal within the framework of democracy? This is the question that multiculturalism…

Apart from the definitions, another important aspect in the study of nationalism is what constitutes national identity, i. e. how an individual is able to attach himself with a particular community and thinks himself…

Liberalism addressed the issue of social discrimination by disregarding ascribed identities and extending the same rights to all people as citizens. Multiculturalism, in sharp contrast to this, argues that identical rights…

The meaning of fascism poses considerable difficulties owing to the fact that the ideas characterizing fascism are ‘untidy and inchoate’ (pick Welford). These are derived from a variety of sources and socio-cultural traditions…

The communitarian perspective developed and became central and became central to political theory during the 1980s with the publication of Michael Sandel’s Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (1982)…

The origins of the term feminism are not clear. There are several opinions, but the generally accepted version is that it was first used by the Utopian Socialist Charles Fourier in the 19th century, to refer to the question of…

At the very outset, we must understand as to how political theory emerges in any historical phase. For example, why did Plato advocate the idea of an Ideal State and the rule of…

Civic republican political theory takes its starting point from a long established tradition of thinking about politics-a tradition that is understood to have contributed significantly to the development of democracy…

Civil society is a civil association. Here, society or community is viewed as a service organization which enjoys autonomy, both from the polity and the economic. In its extreme from, the theory of civil society is becoming…

In recent years, an alternative to both these strands of modern political theory has appeared in the form of Post-modernism. The post-modernists challenge liberalism for its abstract categories –like the universal rights…