A brief introduction to Political science
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE
INTRODUCTION
Political
science is an ancient subject which is brought from the ancient Greece. The
study of the state as a form of human organization is the main subject matter
of political science. It studies the state as a human creature that followed
certain rules, regulation and law.
Therefore
the subject that deals with man in relation with man related to the state and its
government is called political science. It may be defined as the study of men
in the process of governing himself. Therefore political science is the science
which studies us.
Political
science is the very important subject matter which deals with the human and its
society. Where the political organization exists people like to live there.
Every people should know about political science. It has become the major
subject now a day.
There
are many meaning of political science they are discussed below:
MEANING
The
word political science can be defined in following ways
1
Terminological meaning
2
Narrow meaning
3
Wide meaning
1 Terminological meaning
The
word political science is taken from the Latin word ‘polis’ which means the’ city
state’ in ancient times the Greeks was divided into the several city states
which were the center of civilization. Therefore Aristotle defined the word in
above manner.
2 Narrow meaning
Narrowly
political science can be used as the process of election behaviors of the
political parties, the aim and the object of the government and the
parties etc which are taken as the part of detestation
which only denotes how to win the election and to practice how to rule over the
people.
3 Wider meaning
In
modern time the politics is taken broadly. It proved itself as an important
part of study from the various angles because now a day’s politics is the only
way through which man can solve their problem. It is also essential to
understand the various political activities and the problems having the
national and international character. It also covers the theoretical and the
practical concept.
DEFINITIONS
The
numbers of experts has defined the term political science in different ways.
According
to Aristotle, “Political science is the science of the sciences.”
According
to Garner, “Defines the political science as, Begins and Ends of the state.”
According
to Leacock,” He says that,” political science deals with the government.”
According
to Blunt chill,” it is a science which concerned with the state which endeavors
to understand and comprehended the state in its fundamental conditions and its
essential nature its various forms of manifestation its development.”
From
above discussion it can be said that political science is a science which
studied the following phenomena.
Present,
past and future, political situation of the state.
Elements
of the state
Origin
and development of the state
Human
beings, government and the system etc
Functions
and objective of the state
Diplomatic
relation of the state
SCOPE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
Terminologically
the word scope means the area of the study which comes within the jurisdiction
of its study. Political science is the science which studies the human beings
as a social animal. It specially deals with the social relationship which has
the political phenomena.
The
scope of political science can be discussed into two headings.
1
Traditional scope
2
Modern scope
1Traditional
scope
Traditionally
political science was concerned only with the phenomena of the state like its
origin, function, limitations, types and the process of governing e.t.c.
But
now the scope of the political science is very wide and has covered the
following phenomena within its traditional scope.
Political
history like, origin and development of the state
Political
theories like political culture, political system and political participation
Descriptive
political science which is an analysis and examination of the fundamental
nature and the characteristics of the state
Applied
political science which is the study of the state
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