Politics (Greek: Polis – affairs of the cities)

 Process of making decision that apply to members of the

group.
 Concerns the state.
 Practice and theory of influencing other people.

Political Science
 Systematic study of the state and government.
 Science from the Latin scire, “to know”

Political Theory
 Relating to the origin, form, behavior, and purposes of the
state.

Public Laws
 Specialized that separate courses offered in each of its
subdivisions (constitutional, administrative, international)

Private Laws
 Govern the relations among individuals.

Public Administration
 Focused upon methods and techniques used in the actual
management of the state affairs (executive, legislative, and
judicial branches of government)

History
 “history is past politics and politics is present history”
Economics
 Study of production, distribution, and conservation, and
consumption of wealth.

Geography Geopolitics
 Study of the influence of physical factors such as population,
pressures, sources of raw materials, geography, etc.

Sociology & anthropology

 Origins and nature of social control and governmental
authority.

Psychology
 Promotes studies of the mental and emotional processes.

Philosophy
 Concepts and doctrines of Plato, Aristotle, and Locke.

Statistics and Logic

 Political theorist must have abroad background and knowledge
of current political problems.

Jurisprudence
 Concerned with the analysis of existing legal systems and the
ethical, historical, sociological, and psychological foundations
of law.

State
 Community of persons more or less numerous.
People
 Refers to the mass of population living within the state.

Territory
 Terrestrial, aerial, fluvial, and maritime domain

Governmental
 To the agency through which the will of the state is formulated,
expressed and carried out.

Sovereignty
 Supreme power of the state to command and enforce
obedience to its will from people within its jurisdiction, and to
have freedom from foreign control.

Internal
 Power of the state to rule within its territory.

External
 Freedom of the state to carry out its activities without
subjection or control by other states. Referred to as
independence.

Recognition
Legal sovereignty
 Possession of unlimited power to make laws.
Political sovereignty
 Sum total of all the influences in a state which lie behind the
law,