Politics

Politics

• Denotes a social activity.
  Is the creation, maintenance, and amendment of social norms and rules.
  Art and science of government.
  

Politics is an art of government

• Defines the activity of the government and of the state.

Politics as public affair

• Politics is played by everybody, politicians or not

• POLITICS become necessary to build a just society.

Politics as compromise and consensus

• Politics is meant to resolve conflict.

Politics as power

• Politics happen in all human interaction; within the family, among friends, among officemate etc.

Legitimacy(basic issue iin politics)

• Attitude of the people about what they consider in mind the government is a rightful rules over them.

Sovereignty(basic issue in politics)

• It is the right of the government to rule and the right of a govenment of leadeship to exist.

Authority(basic issue in poltics)

• It is the power of the leader to rule and the power exact obedience on hid people.

Traditional (classificaion od authority according to max weber)

• Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.

National - Rational (classificaion od authority according to max weber)

• Power made legitimate by law.

Charismatic (classificaion od authority according to max weber)

• Leaders exceptional personal or emotional appeal to followers.

Government

• An agency through which the will of the state is expressed, formulated and carried out.

Governance

• exercise of political, economic, administrative authority to mange nation’s affairs.

Participation (Characteristics of good governance)

• participation of both men and women

Rule of law (Characteristics of good governance)

• Legal frameworls should be fair and inforced impartially

Transparency (Characteristics of good governance)

• Free flow of info.

Concensus oriented (Characteristics of good governance)

• Meditated differing interests.