Politics (from Greek politikos "of, for, or relating to citizens") as a term is generally applied to the art or science of running

governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the corporate, academic, and religious segments of society. It consists of "social relations involving authority or power" and to the methods and tactics used to formulate and apply policy.[1]
Etymology

The word politics comes from the Greek word (politika), modeled on Aristotle's "affairs of the city", the name of his book on governing and governments, which was rendered in English mid15 century as Latinized "Polettiques".[3] Thus it became "politics" in Middle English c. 1520s (see the Concise Oxford Dictionary). The singular politic first attested in English 1430 and comes from Middle French politique, in turn from Latin politicus,[4] which is the latinisation of the Greek (politikos), meaning amongst others "of, for, or relating to citizens", "civil", "civic", "belonging to the state",[5] in turn from (polites), "citizen"[6] and that from (polis), "city". Political Sciences has several primary branches these are: 1). Political Philosophy Political philosophy is the oldest of the fields and is often referred to as normative ( how it should be ). 2). Empirical Data Analysis The newest area of the discipline, marked by the behaviourist attempts the theorise political behaviour 3).Theories of the state 4).Political economy Deals with the relationship between politics and economic processes 5).Comparative Politics this is the study of a broad range of political activity, government and other political institutions. 6).International Relations 7).public administration