Definition - Political Science - Lecture Slides, Slides of Political Science

Download Definition - Political Science - Lecture Slides and more Slides Political Science in PDF only on Docsity! DEFINITION OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Docsity.com Politics identified • “Politics” originates from the Greek word" polis’-means a city • Oxford Dict-“The science dealing with the form , organization, and administration of a state , or part of one, and with the regulations of its relations with other state” Docsity.com SCOPE OF POL. SCIENCE • Political Theory • International Relation • Comparative pol. And governent • Public administration Docsity.com APPROACHES TO STUDY OF POLITICS i)Political Philosophy - How should humans live? - What is justice? - What kind of government is best to realize justice? Docsity.com ii)Political behavior - How citizen actually behave? - Who votes? - Why did they vote the way they did? iii)Public Choice- based on 2 assumption: - 1st : it assume that political actors are rational and they calculate the costs and benefits of their actions and choose the one that leads to the best outcome for them - 2nd : it assumes that the institutional setting within which an ind. Act influence the costs and benefits. Docsity.com