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Introduction To Political Science

This document provides an introduction to political science. It defines politics as the means of influencing or controlling people by controlling the government to advance interests of groups or parties. Politics exists due to limited resources and unlimited human wants, as well as differences in opinions, religion, culture, and more. Political science is the systematic study of states and governments, focusing on questions like who gets what, when, and how. It involves observation, generalization, explanation, prediction, and description.

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Introduction To Political Science

This document provides an introduction to political science. It defines politics as the means of influencing or controlling people by controlling the government to advance interests of groups or parties. Politics exists due to limited resources and unlimited human wants, as well as differences in opinions, religion, culture, and more. Political science is the systematic study of states and governments, focusing on questions like who gets what, when, and how. It involves observation, generalization, explanation, prediction, and description.

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Introduction to
Political science
What is politics?

 The term politics was firstly used by Aristotle. He called it the “Master science”.
 The term politics is derived from the Greek word “Polis” which means city state.
 Politics is used in a variety of meanings.
 (1) an activity, a process or a confict.

 (2) an occupation.
 (3) a systematic study and a theory or philosophy of the
political activities, struggles or conflicts etc.
 We may define politics as the means or the art of influencing ,manipulating or
controlling the people by controlling the Government so as to advance the interests or
purposes of a group or party in the face of opposition by another group or party.
Why is there politics at all?

 Material needs and wants of human beings are unlimited, but the means and
resources to satisfy them are limited.
 Differences of opinions and beliefs
 Differences of religion,language, culture, color, sex, caste, clan, ideology or ways
of life.
 In international arena to resolve the disputes between or among different actors.
Two levels of politics.

* The study of politics should be undertaken at two levels:


(1) Micro-political level: deals with the relations of an individual with other
individuals.
(2) Macro-political level: it is a study of group relations where direct Contact
doesn’t exist or is replaced by indirect contact.
What is science?

 Systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through


observation and experimentation.
What is political science?

 Political science originated as a social science which studies about state and its
agency, the government.
 The great Greek political philosopher Aristotle is considered as the father of
political science
 G.w. Garner says “ political science begins and ends with the state”
 Harold D. Lasswell declares that political science is primarily concerned with the
question: “who gets what, when and how?”
Definition of political science

 Political science is a systematic study of the state or government, which is a


power structure making authoritative decisions and allocating resources and
values for internal security, and development and external defence.
Nature of political science

 Observation: by sense experience


 Generalisation: Proceeding from particular to general and from general to
particilar.
 Explanation: giving reasons
 Prediction: predicting future trends
 Descriptive in nature.

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