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6. Concept of the State

132
Significance of the State; The State and Other Associations— State and
Society; State and Civil Society, State and Government; State and
Nation; Rise and Growth of the Modern Nation-State; Nationalism and
Internationalism; Current Crisis of the Nation-State; Contemporary Trends
in Advanced Industrial Countries and the Third World; Status of Civil
Society
7. Concept of Sovereignty
162
Meaning of Sovereignty; Characteristics of Sovereignty; Aspects of
Sovereignty; Concept of Popular Sovereignty
8. Pluralist Theory of Sovereignty
177
Genesis of the Pluralistic Theory; The Principles of Pluralism;
Exponents of the Pluralist Theory
9. Contemporary Challenges to Sovereignty
192
Legacy of Imperialism; Role of the Power Blocs; Process of
Globalization
10. Diverse Perspectives on the State 202
Organic Theory of the State; Liberal-Individualist Perspective—Theory of
the Social Contract, Theory of Laissez-Faire Individualism; Welfare State
Perspective; Class Perspective; Communitarian Perspective; Post-Colonial
Perspective; Gandhian Perspective; Feminist Perspective; Pluralist
Perspective
11. Grounds and Limits of Political Obligation 261
Theories of Unlimited Obligation; Theories of Limited Obligation;
Theories Against Political Obligation; Gandhian Perspective
12. Concept of Law 270
Nature of Law—Natural Law School, Analytical Jurisprudence,
Historical Jurisprudence; Sociological Jurisprudence; Sources of
Law; Sphere of Law—Law and Morality, Law and Liberty; Rule of
Law
13. Concept of Power 282
Nature and Significance of Power; Power, Authority and Legitimacy—
Weber's Analysis; Different Forms of Power—Political Power, Economic
Power, Ideological Power; The Structure of Power; Class Perspective—
Power and Hegemony (Gramsci's Analysis); Elite Theory (Pareto, Mosca,
Michel, C. Wright Mills); Gender Perspective (Feminist Theory); Group
Perspective (Pluralist Theory); Constructive View of Power (Hannah
Arendt)