Why do we study Comparative Politics. Importance of comparative politics. Comparative politics is the study of Political system of countries comparatively

1. Why do we study Comparative Politics?
We study comparative politics for the purpose of;
1: To understand political arrangements.
2: How a country functions.
3: To understand the nature and functions of political processes, discussion making, rulemaking,
political participations etc.
4: To develop political theories.
5: To understand, how regimes change.
6: To understand the drawbacks (problems) of political system.
Scope
Basically in comparative politics “scope” stands for the study of a subject.
All Political Structure:
The scope of comparative politics is limited to the governmental
machinery, for example executive, judiciary and legislation. It also focuses on non-governmental
organizations too such as Aga Khan Rural Support Program, Al-Khidmat Foundation, Edhi
Foundation etc in Pakistan.
Political Behavior:
As an aspect of political science, attempt to quantify and explain the
influences that define a person's political views, ideology, and levels of political participation.
Political behavior is the subset of human behavior that involves politics and power.
It focuses on Political demands, participations, discussions and making populism etc.
Remember the term “Populism” Stands for a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary
people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.
The Scope of Comparative Politics:
It discusses the interest articulation, interest aggregation,
political socialization and policy making.

2. Interest Articulation:
Basically interest means demands and requirements, that may be political,
social, religious, economic etc. On other hand, articulation means the opinion of public and
public demands accepted and discussed in a process.
Who Demand:
Citizens, trade unions, businessmen, student’s associations, religious groups,
political parties etc.
What They Demand:
Their demands maybe political rights, social rights, cultural rights,
economic rights etc.
References
Zubair Siyan. (2021, 09 23). Comparative Politics. (ZubairSiyan, Editor, & ZubairSiyan, Producer)
Retrieved from Class lecture of Sir Adil Baloch.
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