Political Thought

There are four elements or ingredients or characteristics of the state i.e. population, territory, government, and sovereignty. Hence the state cannot be imagined without Sovereignty. It is Sovereignty that not only distinguishes the state from other associations but also gives it superiority over them. The precise and definite location of Sovereignty is, however, not an … Read more

Other Rights of Nationalities is of paramount importance to the realization of other fundamental human rights. Possession of a nationality carries with it the diplomatic protection of the country of nationality and is also often a legal or practical requirement for the exercise of fundamental rights. (1) Right to Exist:- Whatever the differences of opinion … Read more

Right of Self-Determination in Mill’s Doctrine of the Nation State. As stated in the preceding article, it is one of the characteristic features of modern nationalism that most people who constitute a nationality aspire either to be independent and to live, under a state organization of their own choice and creation or at least to … Read more

Theory of Nationality – Lord Acton one of the most brilliant of modern historians, made a vigorous attack upon the whole theory of nationality, in so far as it maintains that rationality is an essential element in the formation of states, and he characterized it as being more absurd and more criminal than the theory … Read more

Development of the principle of nationalism : Origin of the principle- The political principle, and in large measure, even the sentiment, of nationality, hardly existed during the Middle Ages. They are, in the main, a development of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, although the idea may be traced back to the fourteenth century. As Lord … Read more

State, Nation, and Nationality Distinguished: The terms “state” and “nation” are frequently identified both in popular usage and in scientific discussion. Both terms, and also the term “nationality,” have acquired various meanings, and the looseness with which they are employed, even by scientific writers, has been productive of much confusion and misunderstanding. In the first … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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. … Read more

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 … Read more