Philippine Politics and Governance

1. Political Science
Juvie Ann P. Gabrieles
Teacher, Tingloy Senior High School

2. •What is Political
Science?

3. Politics as Science
• Politics is not only an art as to what
concerns the state.
• It is also scientific because it is
possible to acquire objectives and
knowledge about political reality and
the complicated world about it by
characterizing facts from values.

4. Political Science
•Jean Bodin, a French
Philosopher was known to
coin the term political
science.

5. Political Science
•Political science is the
marriage of power and
knowledge.

6. Political Science
• It is a systematic study of a state
and its government, with the
relationship of men in the
community, with the relationship
of men and groups to the state
itself, and the relationship of state
to other sovereign states abroad.

7. Political Science
•Therefore is the study of
state, government and
politics.

8. RELATIONSHIP AND
DIFFERENCE OF POLITICS AND
POLITICAL SCIENCE

9. Political Science and
Politics
•Traditionally, Political science
studies state and government
while Politics stands for
current problems and issues
being faced by the government.

10. Political Science and
Politics
• Pollock suggest that Theoretical
Politics (Political Science) is
described as the theory of state
and government while Applied
Politics (Politics) as the practice
of the state and government.

11. Difference of Politics and
Political Science
• Politics means the issues,
problems and political activities.
While Political Science is a social
science that deals with the studies
of State and Government.

12. Difference of Politics and
Political Science
• Politics is concerned with the day
to day activities of the government
while Political Science seeks to
study the origin, nature, and
functions of the state, government
and all its organ.

13. Difference of Politics and
Political Science
•Politics differs from state to
state and within a state from
time to time while the principle
of Political science is
universal.

14. Difference of Politics and
Political Science
•Each one of us is involved in
politics either directly or
indirectly while Political
Science is studied only by the
students of this social
discipline.

15. Modern View: No Difference
•Political science is the study
of politics, hence can be
called politics.

16. Modern View: No Difference
•It means the study of all
political relations and
interactions.

17. What is your stand?
•In a short skit or dialogue,
show your stand about the
relationship of Politics and
Governance.

18. •What is the connection of
Politics and Political
Science?