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Pol it ic al Sci enc e and the St udy of Pol it ic s

Political Science

Political science is the scientific study of politics.

It is a social science dealing with systems of
governance and power, and the analysis of
political activities, political thought, political
behavior, and associated constitutions and laws. 
 Comparative Politics
 Is a branch of political science that aims to provide context to the differences in
government and political systems.

 It examines the parallelism and divergence of political systems to provide

analyses on the factors that make governments efficient and the factors that make
them fail.

 This field provides a scientific comparison of governments and political

institutions that could help aid policy formulation that is locally relevant.
 International Relations
 The study of state-to-state relations and the wider margin of the
impacts of globalization and climate change such as terrorism,
piracy, and democratization of non-Western territories fall into
the category of international relations.

 This field also covers the interaction between states and non-
state global actors such as international organizations and
human groups.
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 Public Policy
 This
field inquires on the types of governmental policies and the
underlying motivations for their enactment and implementation.
 The general perspective that policies are created to better the
living conditions within a territory is at times inaccurate, as
political actors behind policy-making are also motivated by
personal interests.
Policy

 A policy is a statement of intent and is implemented as a procedure or protocol.

Policies are generally adopted by a governance body within an organization.
Policies can assist in both subjective and objective decision making.