Political science is the systematic study of state and government as a social science. It deals with how human beings organize and govern themselves politically. Political science observes the rules of scientific logic and is grounded in comparative analysis. It has both scientific and artistic aspects. The scope of political science includes politics, government, political systems, and power. It aims to discover principles for public affairs and studies government operations, with findings that can benefit social welfare and other issues. Its goals include education for intelligent, responsible citizenship and knowledge of government.

1. Political Science
An Introduction
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3. Political Science
“Political”
from Greek word
polis, meaning a
city or equivalent
of today’s
sovereign state.
“Science”
from Latin word
scire, meaning
“to know”
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4. Political Science
• It is the systematic study of state
and government.
• It is a social science that deals
with the ways human beings
organize and govern themselves.
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5. Political Science
• It is the association of human
beings into a political community,
one, organized under a
government and law. (De Leon,
2002)
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6. Politics
• Politics, the struggle among
actors pursuing conflicting desires
on public issues (Van Dyke, 2004)
• To one author, politics is the
struggle of “who gets what, when,
how”
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7. politics
• In its classical meaning, it refers to
the art and science of
government concerned with the
proper management of affairs of
the society
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8. Political Science
as Science
• It observes the cardinal rules of
scientific logic.
• It has to be grounded on the
comparative analysis of many
political systems.
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9. Political Science
as Art
• The power to perform selective
recreation of reality inspired by
experience, study, and
observation.
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10. Scope of pol.sci.
Reynold
Reyes-
Laurente
(2006)
• Politics
• Government
• Political
system
• Power
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11. Scope of pol.sci.
• De Leon (2008)
1. Political Theory – the entire
body of doctrines relating to the
origin, form, behavior, and
purposes of the state
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12. Scope of pol.sci.
2. Public law
a. Organization of government
b. Limitations upon government
authority
c. Powers and duties of government
d. Obligation of one state to another
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13. Scope of pol.sci.
3. Public Administration –
focuses on the methods and
techniques used in the actual
management of state affairs by
executive, legislative, and
judiciary.
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14. Exercise
• Napoles controversy
• Role of PNoy
• Democracy
• Spratly issue
• ASEAN
• Germany has bicameral legislative
assembly, Bundestag and Bundesrat
• Right against self-incrimination (ArtIII, Sec17
of Phil.Cons.)
• Man by nature, is a political animal
• Anti-Red Tape Act (ARTA) of 2007
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15. Importance and Function
of Pol.sci
1. To discover the principles that
should be adhered in public
affairs and to study the
operations of the government
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16. Importance and Function
of Pol.sci
2. Its findings and conclusions may
be of immense practical use
3. It deals with problems of social
welfare, governmental economic
programs, international coopera-
tion, and other matters
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17. Goals in the Study of
Political Science
Education for citizenship
Essential parts of liberal education
• Intelligent, responsible citizenship can save democracy;
ignorance and negligence can lose it
Knowledge and understanding of government
• An obedient citizen who votes regularly is not enough is
not enough, he must be a citizen who knows the
answers
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18. Assignment
• In a ½ CW, describe the
interrelationship of political science
with other branches of learning.
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19. Thank you!!
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