POLITICAL SCIENCE - Profile

Introduction

Political science is a social science which deals with systems of governance, and the analysis of political activities, political thoughts, and political behaviour.t deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics which is commonly thought of as determining of the distribution of power and resources. Political cientists "see themselves engaged in revealing the relationships underlying political events and conditions, and from these revelations they attempt to onstruct general principles about the way the world of politics works."

Political science -- occasionally called politicology -- comprises numerous subfields, including comparative politics, political economy, international relations, political theory, public administration, public policy, and political methodology. Furthermore, political science is related to and draws upon fields like,the, law, ociology, history, philosophy, geography, psychology/psychiatry, and anthropology.

Comparative politics is the science of comparison and teaching of different types of constitutions, political actors, legislature and associated fields, all of them rom an intrastate perspective. International relations deals with the interaction between nation-states as well as intergovernmental and transnational organizations. Political theory is more concerned with contributions of various classical and contemporary thinkers and philosophers.

Political science is methodologically diverse and appropriates many methods originating in social research.Approaches include positivism, interpretivism, ational choice theory, behaviourism, structuralism, post-structuralism, realism, institutionalism, and pluralism. Political science, as one of the social sciences, uses methods and techniques that relate to the kinds of inquiries sought: primary sources such as historical documents and official records, secondaryources such as scholarly journal articles, surveyresearch, statistical analysis, case studies, experimental research, and model building.

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