Contemporary Political Theroy

The concept of State and Justice forms the core of Political philosophy. Both these concepts have been greatly debated right from the beginning of the systematic political theory to the present day. In different ages, various theories have come up to explain & analyse the idea of State and Justice. The book attempts to examine these different theories & thereby tries to explore and understand the inter-relationship between these two notions. Further, the book penetrates into the political theories of John Rawls, Michael Walzer & Mahatma Gandhi in order to comprehend the contemporary meaning & nature of State & Justice. The present work is an earnest endeavour to understand and analyze the concepts such as- meaning, nature and scope of state and justice, role of state in justice, contemporary liberal and communitarian perspective on justice, the eastern perspective, represented by Gandhi, on justice and several others. In the present era of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization, when the concept of welfare state is diminishing, the question which has arisen before the contemporary political scientists is how to strike a balance between the welfare state and achieving higher growth rates to achieve economic prosperity? Whether in the name of socio-economic justice, is the state becoming all powerful and what should be the role of state in establishing justice in the society? Also, while appreciating the desert of an individual, how the state can promote welfare of the backward sections of the society? The book tries to find out the answers of these questions through an empirical and analytical study of the political philosophy of John Rawls, Michael Walzer and Mahatma Gandhi.

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