1. A theory of basic rights is at bottom a political theory, a theory about the nature and limits of state action. 2. Atkin taught political theory at Hunter College. 3. But Marxism and socialism are not the only nineteenth-century political theories which have been presented in a new way during recent Decades. 4. Every week we have a seminar on modern political theory. 5. For in fact political theories, doctrines or ideologies, and political action are inextricably bound up with each other. 6. Having to tackle procedures restricted by legislation also forced us to apply political theories to practical realities without too much compromise. 7. In other words, nationalism belongs with political theory, ethnicity with sociology or social anthropology. 8. No one had told me there was a thing called political theory. 9. Political theory is the source of many of the normative knowledge claims produced by political scientists. |
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