What is political Science?

Politics and political science

Is man a political or social being?

Is political science a master science? pro-cons

Political Debate – IS and OUGHT to be.

Definition of Political Science

Traditional Definition

Definition of Garner, Bluntschili, Seeley, Paul Jenet, Gettel

They Focus on State and Government.

Modern Definition of PS

The performance of institutions, their interaction and political behavior of man.

More comprehensive scope, search for realism, for precision/accuracy.

Harold Lasswell, Gabriel and his colleagues, Catalin, Robert A. Dahl

Dahl’s four groups of political structures- the apolitical stratum; the political stratum; the power seekers and the powerful or power holder.

Nature of Political Science

Political science moves around power, authority and legitimacy.

Politics has controversy nature: no politics, there is no controversy - there are issues, there is politics.

Politics run among conflict: struggle among human being to achieve different goals and to satisfy opposing interests.

Politics includes the element of consensus and general arrangements of society

Study of Human Behaviors

Background of scope of PS

Traditional political scientists dealt political science as study of state, or government or related institutions.

On the other hand, modern political scientists rejected the concept developed by traditional thinkers. Modern American political scientists concentrate their attention upon such basic principles as the search for more comprehensive scope, realism, precision/accuracy and intellectual order. They accepted political science as an empirical discipline (as) the study of the shaping and sharing of power. "who and how" of politics;

Scope of political science

Study of State and Government:

Study of Political Theory

Study of Political institutions

Study of Political dynamics

Study of Adjustment of individual with the state

Study of international relations and international law

Study of national and international problems and political study of human being.