political scientists

politics is the study of the city-state

Aristotle

politics legislates what we are to do, and what we are to refrain from doing

Welsh

politics arises when humans living together are involved in conflict

Dahl

politics is about conflict

Woshinsky

politics is a means of resolving conflict

Heywood

politics can be defined as the activity by which differing interests are conciliated

Crick

politics refers to the affairs of the state

Oakshott

politics is an authoritative allocation of values

Easton

who gets what, when, and how?

Laswell

government is the arena of politics

Miller

Politics is a way of ruling in divided societies without violence

Crick