Politics

Politics (from Ancient Greek πολιτικά (politiká) 'affairs of the cities') is the set of activities that are associated
with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution
of resources or status

Levels of politics
Macropolitics
Macropolitics can either describe political issues that affect an entire political system (e.g. the nation state), or
refer to interactions between political systems (e.g. international relations)
Global politics (or world politics) covers all aspects of politics that affect multiple political systems, in practice
meaning any political phenomenon crossing national borders. This can include cities, nation-states, multinational
corporations, non-governmental organizations, and/or international organizations. An important element is
international relations: the relations between nation-states may be peaceful when they are conducted
through diplomacy, or they may be violent, which is described as war. States that are able to exert strong
international influence are referred to as superpowers, whereas less-powerful ones may be
called regional or middle powers. The international system of power is called the world order, which is affected
by the balance of power that defines the degree of polarity in the system. Emerging powers are potentially
destabilizing to it, especially if they display revanchism or irredentism.
Politics inside the limits of political systems, which in contemporary context correspond to national borders, are
referred to as domestic politics. This includes most forms of public policy, such as social policy, economic policy,
or law enforcement, which are executed by the state bureaucracy.

Mesopolitics
Mesopolitics describes the politics of intermediary structures within a political system, such as national political
parties or movements
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to attain and maintain political power
within government, usually by participating in political campaigns, educational outreach, or protest actions.
Parties often espouse an expressed ideology or vision, bolstered by a written platform with specific goals,
forming a coalition among disparate interests
Political parties within a particular political system together form the party system, which can be
either multiparty, two-party, dominant-party, or one-party, depending on the level of pluralism. This is affected by
characteristics of the political system, including its electoral system. According to Duverger's law, first-past-the-
post systems are likely to lead to two-party systems, while proportional representation systems are more likely to
create a multiparty system.

Micropolitics
Micropolitics describes the actions of individual actors within the political system This is often described
as political participation Political participation may take many forms, including:

• Activism
• Boycott
• Civil disobedience
• Demonstration
• Petition
• Picketing
• Strike action
• Tax resistance
• Voting abstentionism)