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Sailor Academy (2019)
Political science was stated in where as the academic discipline that deals with the study of government….
Social sciences
Political sciences falls into the academic and research division known as __________.
Social sciences
It is the study of the human aspects of the world.
Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Theory, Public Administration, Public Policy, Political Behavior.
What are the sub-disciplines of Political Science?
Comparative Politics
It involves the study of the politics of different countries.
Political scientists
They compare countries that are culturally, politically, and linguistically dissimilar.
International Relations
It is the study of the interactions between nations, international organizations, and multinational corporations.
Realism and Liberalism
What are the two traditional approaches used by international relations scholars?
Realism
It emphasizes the danger of the international system, where war is always a possibility and the only source of order is the balance of power.
Liberalism
It is more idealistic and hopeful, emphasizing the problem-solving abilities of international institutions such as the United Nations, NATO, and the World Trade Organization.
Political Theory
It involves the study of philosophical thought about politics from ancient Greece to the present.
Public Administration
It is the art, science, and practice of effectively managing government.
Public Policy
The study of specific policy problems and governmental responses to them.
Political Behavior
The study of how people participate in political processes and respond to political activity.
Political Behavior
It emphasizes the study of voting behavior.
Power
It is frequently defined by political scientists as the ability to influence the behavior of others with or without resistance.
Influence
It is the ability to affect decisions through persuasion and has the same relational attributes as power.
potential use of sanctions
What does power depends upon?
persuasion
What does influence depends largely upon?
Political power, Economic power, Military power, and Religious power
What are the different types of power?
Authority
It is the legitimate or socially approved use of power that a person or a group holds over another.
Legitimacy
It is vital to the notion of authority. It is the main means by which authority is distinguished from more general notions of power.
Max Weber
He identified and distinguished three types of legitimate domination.
Herrschaft
It is a German word which generally means ‘domination’ or ‘rule’.
Rational-legal authority, Traditional authority, and Charismatic authority
What are the 3 types of legitimate domination?
Rational-legal authority
It is a form of authority with legitimacy that depends on formal rules and established laws of the state.
Traditional authority
A type of authority that derives from long-established customs, habits, and social structures.
Charismatic authority
It is the authority legitimized on the basis of a leader’s exceptional personal qualities.
Max Weber
He states that legitimacy distinguishes authority from coercion, force, power, leadership, persuasion, and influence.
Authority
It is the legal right to command
State
It is an independent, sovereign government exercising control over a certain spatially defined and bounded area.
Flint (2016)
According to who is State an independent, sovereign government?
territory
States are tied to _____________.
Bureaucracies
States have _____________ staffed by state’s own personnel.
monopolize
States ______________ certain functions within its territory.
Nation
It is a group of people who see themselves as a cohesive and coherent unit based on shared cultural or historical criteria.
“imagined communities”
Nations in some ways can be thought as?
Nations
These are socially constructed units, not given by nature.
Nation-State
It is the idea of a homogenous nation governed by its own sovereign state.
State
It is a political concept.
Nation
It is the ethnic concept.
Ghal, 2020
Who explained that a State have 4 absolutely essential elements?
Population, Territory, Government, and Sovereignty
What are the 4 essential elements if a State?
aliens
When citizens of another State are living in the territory of the State, they are called?
Territory
It has to be a definite, well-defined marked portion of territory.
Government
It is the organization of the State which makes, implements, enforces, and adjudicates the laws of the state.
Government
It is the agent or the working agency of the State.
Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary
What are the 3 organs each government has?
Legislature
It formulates the will of the State.
performs law-making functions
What is the i.e. of Legislature?
Executive
It enforces and implement laws.
performs the law-application functions
What is the i.e. of Executive?
Judiciary
It applies the laws to specific cases and settles disputes.
performs adjudication functions
What is the i.e. of Judiciary?
Parliamentary form of government and Presidential form of government
What are the 2 forms of government?
Sovereignty
It is the most exclusive element of State.
Sovereignty
It is the basis of which the State regulates all aspect of the life of the people living in its territory.
Internal Sovereignty and External Sovereignty
What are the 2 dimensions of Sovereignty?
Internal Sovereignty
It is the power of the State to order and regulate the activitties of all the people.
External Sovereignty
It means the complete independence of the State from external control.
Psychology
study of the human mind and human behavior
Sociology
the study of society and the relationships within it
Communications
the study of the flow of discourse through media
Economics
the study of allocation of resources
History
the chronology, analysis, and interpretation of past events
Politics is important
Why is Political Science important?
what it is, who gets it, and how
Politics is the study of power….
President
Who is the chief executive in a Presidential system of government?
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