Includes bibliographical references.

This book written in an easy and lucid style is meant for the advanced student of social sciences. The objective is to introduce students to a variety of social thinkers of modern times now regarded as important in social sciences . the contributors have made particular efforts to bring out of the social Implications of the ideas of the thinkers. While many of the conventional social thinkers of the modern World have been considered in this book, some new and latest theorists have also been included to invoke interest in the students.