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required for sound achievement in a chosen field
and for functioning effectively in the face of life’s
diverse challenges.
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Politics Political Science
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What Is Political Science?
Political Science is the academic discipline that deals with
key issues and concepts in politics.
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Test Your Stock Knowledge (True or False)
Political science is the study of power and
government systems.
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Test Your Stock Knowledge (True or False)
Power is not a central concept in political
science.
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Test Your Stock Knowledge (True or False)
The study of politics involves a complex process
of quantitative and qualitative interpretations
based on available data.
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Test Your Stock Knowledge (True or False)
Aristotle defined political science as the
study of people.
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Test Your Stock Knowledge (True or False)
Politics is generally defined as the activity
that influences an individual or a group of
people.
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Test Your Stock Knowledge (True or False)
Only government officials have the right to
study politics.
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Politics and Governance
While politics deals with power in society in general,
governance specifically deals with power in government and
how this institution exerts power for the benefit of the society.
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● The Greeks formulated the word politics during the 4th and
5th century.
● Politics was inseparable from life in polis or place or state
shared by a certain group of people.
● This concept of politics may be as old as the first
organization created by man.
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● According to Aristotle and Plato,
humans are not self-sufficing so
they find the need to come together
as a community. From this union
comes the need for politics and
governance to maintain order within
a society
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● Social contract – written or
unwritten binding agreement
among the people that bids for
the creation of a government
and the consequent use of
politics for the achievement of
peace and order.
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● Political science – academic
discipline that deals with key
issues and concepts in politics.
● Niccolo Machiavelli is widely
accepted as the father of
modern political science.
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● Concepts in politics such as the concept of justice (what
and who is morally and politically right), power (source
of authority), the right types of constitutions and
governments (different types of governments and
states), political structures (different ideologies in a
state), and right and virtuous leadership (who should
lead in a political system)
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Political Theory
Deals with the different perspectives and ideas
regarding politics and governance of different political
philosophers from the ancient times like Aristotle to
Niccolò Machiavelli, to the time of Industrial Revolution
through Karl Marx, and contemporary political
philosophers like Hannah Arendt.
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Political Methodology
More concerned on the application of
political concepts into research and policy
making almost similar to the applied nature of
public administration
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Comparative Politics
About comparing various political systems
and different constitutions among different
countries through time
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International Relations
Bears resemblance to comparative politics;
but instead of comparing, it concentrates on
establishing and maintaining relations
among countries through time
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Law
Any written statement that limits or guides the
behavior of a certain group
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• The knowledge of politics and
governance is a critical attribute of a
citizen belonging to a certain state.
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• It not only helps in the participation of an
individual in the state but it also helps in
safeguarding an individual against bad
government practices and abuse.
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Why should we study the basic
concepts of political science?
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Which of the fields of interest in political science
tackled (i.e., comparative politics) should
leaders and aspiring politicians focus on?
Defend your answer.
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Which aspect of political science are
you most interested in? Why or why
not?
