Category: Political Thought

Constituent Elements and Attributes of the State are four basic elements of the State, namely population, territory government, and sovereignty which constitute the subject of this article The necessity of Govemment: – An aggregation of people permanently resident on a given territory does not necessarily constitute a state. It is necessary that they should be…

The necessity of Territory. The second constituent physical element in the make-up of the state is the land or territory upon which the people Who constitute the state permanently reside and within whose limits its power and activities are exercised. As the state has its personal basis in the people, said Bluntschli, so it has…

What is the population in political science? The necessity of People: The state, as is pointed out in the previous article, may be viewed as both a concrete thing and an abstract idea. Envisaged in concreto it is a human group or association; viewed in the abstract it is a corporation possessing a juristic personality….

The Ends of the State in political science -From an examination of the nature of the state we pass naturally to a consideration of its objects, purposes, or ends. The conceptions which have prevailed in different ages and even among different writers in the same epoch with respect to this question have varied, although among…

The State, too, is a group of human beings. It comes into existence, like other groups, to satisfy human needs through concerted action. While each group has its distinctive character and problems, yet  all pursue their activities to secure a happy and good life. In spite of this close resemblance between the State and other…

What is the state , State is a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government. State is is the organization while the government is the particular group of people, the administrative bureaucracy that controls the state apparatus at a given time. Terminology & Definitions :- The Term “State.” Political science,…

The Relationship of political science with other social sciences are in reality relations between sectors of different disciplines, not between whole disciplines. It is not an “interdisciplinary”endeavor. Since there is no progress without specialization, the creative interchanges occur between specialized sub fields, most of the time at the margins of the formal disciplines. The current…

Observation The Province of Government : Boundary Line between Legitimate and Illegitimate Functions-Regarding the merits of the individualistic and socialistic theories of state functions, but one conclusion is possible neither to day represents the generally accepted view of the sphere and duty of the state or the actual practice. As Huxley aptly remarked, individualism and…

Directly opposed to laissez faire theory of state functions is what, for lack of a more suitable term, we may call the socialistic theory, which, contends for a maximum rather than a minimum of government. The supporters of this theory, instead of distrusting the state and looking upon it as an evil whose functions should…

The principle of individualism or Individualist Theory also called Laissez Faire in French language, which means, ‘leave the individual alone’ and there should be minimum interference, in his functions, by the government. It should be left to the will of the individual to do what he desires The Individualist Theory Explained :- The individualist, unlike…