THE CONCEPT

OF POLITICS AND
GOVERNANCE
 -POLITICS
Is the exercise of power or authority,
the science of government, the
making of collective decisions and
the allocations of scarce and
resources.
 In everyday life, the term
politics refes to the way that
countries are governed and
to ways that government
make rules and laws
 -POLITICAL SCIENCE
The systematic study of state
and government.
The word “political” derived
from the Greek word
“POLIS” meaning a city, the
word “science” comes from
the Latin word scire “to
 The study of politics and
governance questions the
role of government in society
and how it relates to social
justice an democracy.
 Citizenship and human
rights; who decides local,
national and international
policy, and how decisions are
reached and conflicts
resolved.
 Importance
of studying
political science
1.Education for citizenship
2Essential parts of liberalism
education
3. Knowledge and understanding
of government.
Political Governance
- the process of decision making
to formulate policy.
STATE
 Is community of persons more
or less numerous, permanent
occupying a definite portion of
territory, having a government of
their own to which the great
body of inhabitants render
obedience, and enjoying freedom.
Elements of the state
1. People
2. Territory
3. Government
4. Sovereignty
PEOPLE
-This refers to the mass of
population living within
state.
TERRITORY
It includes not only the land over
which the jurisdiction of the state
but also the rivers and lakes.
GOVERNMENT
- It refers to the agency through
which the will of the state is
formulated, express and carried
out.
SOVEREIGNTY
- supreme power of the state to
command and enforce obedience to
its will from people within its
jurisdiction corollary to have
freedom to foreign control.
Political Governance
- the process of decision making
to formulate policy.