1. Political science is the study of politics and power from domestic, international, and comparative perspectives. It entails understanding political ideas, ideologies, institutions, policies, processes, and behavior, as well as groups, classes, government, diplomacy, law, strategy, and war.
2. 1. A study of the State and Government 2. A study of Political Theory 3. A study of Political Institutions 4. A study of Political Dynamics
2.1. - It gives information about types of Government. - Helps to plan for future activities of the state. - To be able to deal with the problems and other matters. - To assist individual in exercising their right to vote. - It gives us complete information about the rules and regulations.
3. POLITICAL SCIENCE
3.1. Scope of Political Science
3.2. Functions of Political Science
3.2.1. Political science is a classical discipline that deals with the study of political phenomena. Its goal is to deepen human understanding of the forms and nature of political action and to develop theoretical tools for interpreting politically meaningful phenomena.
3.3. Importance of Political Science
3.4. STATE
3.4.1. The state is a form of human association distinguished from other social groups by its purpose, the establishment of order and security; its methods, the laws and their enforcement; its territory, the area of jurisdiction or geographic boundaries; and finally by its sovereignty.
3.4.2. ELEMENTS OF STATE
3.4.2.1. PEOPLE
3.4.2.1.1. refers to inhabitants of the state.
3.4.2.2. TERRITORY
3.4.2.2.1. a fixed portion on the surface of the earth inhabited by the people of the state.
3.4.2.3. SOVEREIGNITY
3.4.2.3.1. the supreme and uncontrollable power inherent in the state.
3.4.2.3.2. KINDS OF SOVEREIGNITY
3.4.2.4. GOVERNMENT
3.4.2.4.1. is the instrument that provides mechanisms for determining, formulating, and implementing policies of the state.
3.4.2.4.2. FORMS OF GOVERNMENT
3.4.2.4.3. FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT