The substance of politics/
A. Appadorai
- New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004.
- xiv, 583 p. ; 22 cm.
pt. 1. Political theory -- Fundamental ideas -- The origin of the state -- The purpose of the state -- Sovereignty -- Law -- Liberty -- Equality -- The sphere of the state -- Modern theories of the state -- Forms of government -- International relations -- Political organization -- pt. 2. Political organization -- Book. 1. History of government -- The Greek city-state -- The government of Rome -- Medieval European polity -- The modern period -- Book. 2. Modern constitutions -- The government of the United Kingdom -- The French Republic -- The United States of America -- Canada and Australia -- Switzerland -- Pakistan -- India -- The Republic of South Africa -- Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy -- The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -- Book. 3. Organization of government -- The classification of states -- Unitary and federal states -- Rigid and flexible constitutions -- The separation of powers -- The electorate -- The legislature -- The executive -- The judiciary.