Politics (from Ancient Greek πολιτικά (politiká) 'affairs of the cities') is the set of activities that are
associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals,
such as the distribution of status or resources. The branch of social science that studies politics
and government is referred to as political science.
Politics may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and non-
violent,[1] or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but the word often also carries a
negative connotation.[2] The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches
have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or in a limited way,
empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it.
A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political
views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal
and external force, including warfare against adversaries.[3][4][5][6][7] Politics is exercised on a wide range
of social levels, from clans and tribes of traditional societies, through modern local
governments, companies and institutions up to sovereign states, to the international level.
In modern states, people often form political parties to represent their ideas. Members of a party
often agree to take the same position on many issues and agree to support the same changes to law
and the same leaders. An election is usually a