Assistant Professor, Dewan Abdul Gani College, West Bengal
Online published on 23 December, 2013.
A state is known by the rights it maintains, so said Harold Laski, the Grammarian in Political Science. A state turns into an ‘Ideal State’ when the governance of the state is not at conflict with the basic needs of its inhabitants and citizen's rights. Theories in politics suggest that, a democratic state would emphasize on ensuring political rights to the people, a socialist state would guard the economic rights, whereas a democratic-socialist state would encourage both the sides. Though the non-students of Political science use the words interchangeably, they are not the same. Individuals over the ages have convinced themselves of the relevance of the existence of an institution like state.