Theory of politics

DESCRIBING THE BACKGROUND AGAINST WHICH THIS IMPORTANT STUDY HAS BEEN MADE, THE AUTHOR SAYS: "A NEW POLITICAL WORLD IS STRUGGLING TO BE BORN-A WORLD IN WHICH BOTH DEVELOPED AND UNDERDEVELOPED NATIONS FIND THEMSELVES MORE OR LESS IN A MELTING POT. DEVELOPED STATES WHILE THE UNDER ARE LEARNING HOW TO LEAD AN INDEPENDENT EXISTENCE AND SOLVE THE STAGGERING PROBLEMS OF POVERTY, INJUSTICE AND EXPLOITATION, THE MORE DEVELOPED NATIONS, HAVING ATTAINED A STAGE OF AFFLUENCE, FIND THEMSELVES CONFRONTED WITH THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN ALIENATION."
RECOGNISIN THAT THIS REQUIRES A FRESH LOOK AT THE THEORY OF POLITICS, THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS "POSITIVELY ON THE BASIS OF THE THOUGHT AND EXPERIENCE OF MORE DEVELOPED SOCIETIES AS ALSO ON THE BASIS OF THE POLITICAL THOUGHT OF ANTIQUITY IN INDIA AS ELSEWHERE, A BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE THEORY OF POLITICS WHICH SHOULD ENABLE US TO RESPOND TO THE SOCIO-POLITICAL ASPECT OF THE CRISIS OF OUR TIMES WITH GREATER CONFIDENCE." HE SEEKS TO EXAMINE THE TRADITIONAL NOTIONS IN POLITICAL THEORY IN THE LIGHT OF THE EXPERIENCE OF THE UNDERDEVE LOPED NATIONS DURING THE LAST TWENTY YEARS.
WRITTEN IN A LUCID NON-TECHNICAL STYLE, A THEORY OF POLITICS' AIMS PRIMARILY AT PROVIDING A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE VAST AND COMPLICATED SUBJECT AND TO STIMULATE FURTHER THOUGHT. THIS IS TRULY A BOOK OF THE TIMES, AND A MUST FOR EVERY STUDENT AND TEACHER OF POLITICAL SCIENCE.