Political theory unlike political thought is the speculation of a single
individual who is attempting of offer us a theoretical explanation of political
reality, namely, the phenomena of the state. Every theory by itys very nature is
an explanation built upon certain hypotheses which may or may not be valid and
which are always open to criticism. Political theories are of two
types-normative or prescriptive and empirical or descriptive. As the words
indicate, the prescriptive theory relates, in a general way, to suggest the
model by which an imperfect political or social order could be made perfect. The
empirical or descriptive political theory is primarily concerned with