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Various Views On Politics

Politics can be interpreted differently depending on one's perspective. Some see it as positive, others as negative, and some remain neutral. Politics involves the activities of governing a society, including creating laws and allocating resources. It can be seen as both an art and a science. As an art, it involves governing through consensus-building. As a science, political science systematically studies politics and government. Political science seeks to understand the origins, nature, and functions of the state in an objective manner, while politics involves the day-to-day governance activities and issues of a particular time and place.

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Various Views On Politics

Politics can be interpreted differently depending on one's perspective. Some see it as positive, others as negative, and some remain neutral. Politics involves the activities of governing a society, including creating laws and allocating resources. It can be seen as both an art and a science. As an art, it involves governing through consensus-building. As a science, political science systematically studies politics and government. Political science seeks to understand the origins, nature, and functions of the state in an objective manner, while politics involves the day-to-day governance activities and issues of a particular time and place.

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VARIOUS VIEWS ON POLITICS

Politics can be deciphered contrastingly dependent on one's point of view. Various individuals
originating from various foundations structure various perspectives. Some consider it to be
something positive, others consider it to be negative while there are the individuals who have
nonpartisan perspectives on it. Let us investigate, the different meaning of politics.

1. Politics is a vague term.


Indeed, researchers and experts in the field cannot concede to a typical meaning of politics.
The term incorporates such huge numbers of ideas that it could mean nearly anything (or
everything). The depictions above, for instance, are excessively wide and may cover with the
significance of different sciences. Surprisingly more dreadful, its dubiousness made it promptly
associable to "double dealing, control and debasement" with the goal that its current undertone is
just everything that is "filthy." From this point of view, the meaning of politics will consistently be
contestable. The accompanying definitions in this manner will just fill in as beginning stages, and the
significance of politics will in the end be comprehended in the details of later discussions.

2. Politics is the science of government.


As a science, it is systematized body of knowledge (generally, pragmatic) that deals with the
government and the state regarding its support and advancement, and resistance and expansion. It
additionally manages the security of the rights of its citizens, protecting and upgrading of ethics, and
sociability and harmony of human relations.

3. Politics is the art of government.


It is an art since it includes the activity of control or authority in the society through the
creation and implementation of accord showed up at by the leaders. It includes the procedure
through which the government ably addresses the requirements of the public via cautiously allotting
advantages, rewards, and punishments. This is the thing that David Easton implies when he
characterized politics as the "legitimate distribution of qualities." Under this definition, politics takes
place only within the polity or the machinery of the government.

4. Politics is the realm of public affairs or the state.


Customarily, "public" alludes to the foundation of the state which is funded by the people for
their common interest. This is different from "private" which alludes to the civil society that is secretly
subsidized to help their own advantage. As the Greek utilized the term, state exchanges (open)
portray the term political. At the point when the Greek scholar Aristotle said, "man commonly is a
political animal," he implies that man is normally disposed to live in a public. Beside from his private
life, man must have a public life, for this perfects his essence and gives him the “good life.” likewise,
the social scholars even contended that the benefit of all must be achieved through the dynamic
interest of the residents. It must be noticed that while there is a division of open life and private life,
these two are personally associated in that they commonly rely upon one another. And under this
traditional sense, politics (realm of the public/state) is intertwined with ethics (realm of the
private/individual).

5. Politics is who gets what, when, and how.


This is the popular meaning of Harold Laswell. The definition underscores the truth of
"scarcity" in the society. While human wants and needs are various, the resources are constantly
controlled. The struggle involved in allocating the scarce resources, and determining what to produce,
how to distribute, and use them is said to be politics.

6. Politics is the exercise of power.


Modern political theories conform to this definition as it establishes the unique connection of
politics and power. Power creates structures and explains the struggle among individuals or groups
of individuals. It is in this sense that politics deviates from ethics in as much as any means could be
used to get whatever is desired and whenever it is desired for as long as it serves the purpose.

Four Essential Elements of Politics


1. Rule
2. Authority
3. Influence
4. Power

POLITICS AS SCIENCE

Politics is not only an art as to what concerns the state. It is also scientific because it is possible to
acquire objectives and knowledge about political reality and the complicated world about by
characterizing facts from values.

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Jean Bodin, a French philosopher was known to coin the term political science. Political science is the
marriage of power and knowledge. It is a systematic study of a state and its government , with the
relationship of the people in the community, with the relationship of people and groups to the state itself,
and the relationship of state to other sovereign states abroad. Therefore, political study of state,
government, and politics.

COMPARISON OF POLITICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

Traditionally, political science studies state and government while politics stands for current problems and
issues being faced by the government. As mentioned in the previous lesson, politics comes from the
Greek word “polis” which means “city-state”. Below is the table that contains the difference between
politics and political science

POLITICS POLITICAL SCIENCE


Applied Politics (Politics) as the practice of the Politics (Political Science) is described as the
state and government. theory of state and government

Politics is the actual process of how humans Political Science is the scientific study of politics.
interact in groups
Politics means the issues, problems, and political Political Science is a social science that deals
activities. with the studies of state and government.

Politics is concerned with the day to day activities Political Science seeks to study the origin, nature,
of the government while and functions of the state, government and all its
organ.
Politics differs from state to state and within a Political Science is universal.
state from time to time

1. Pollock suggest that Theoretical Politics (Political Science) is described as the theory of state and
government while Applied Politics (Politics) as the practice of the state and government.

When we say Political Science we are dealing with the different theories that we can apply so that
we can govern our states effectively and efficiently. When we talk about politics, it is the application of the
theories. This also involves the day-to-day activities of the state.
2. Politics is the actual process of how humans interact in groups while Political Science is the scientific
study of politics.

As mentioned in the first lesson, politics involves social action. This is also the reason why
cooperation is highlighted because through cooperation is one of the ways solve conflict. Remember that
conflict resolution is the heart of politics. Political science is the scientific study of politics that studies on
theories. Political Science is the study of politics, political systems, and governments.

3. Politics means the issues, problems, and political activities. While Political Science is a social science
that deals with the studies of state and government.

As mentioned in the first lesson, politics is concerned with conflict resolution as well as the
creation, maintenance, and amendment of societal norms or rules. While political science is a social
science that deals with the studies of state and government with the aid of political concepts, political
models and political theories.

4. Politics is concerned with the day to day activities of the government while Political Science seeks to
study the origin, nature, and functions of the state, government and all its organ.

Politics constitute an individual activity It is concerned with the everyday activities of the
government for example voting, election, passing of a bill and others.. On the other hand, Political
Science seeks to study the beginning, basis, nature, and functions of the state, government and all its
structure.

5. Politics differs from state to state and within a state from time to time while the principles of Political
Science are universal.

Politics differs from state to state and within a state from time to time. For example, Philippines
and China are two different countries with two different political structures. There are things that
government of Philippines applies that China cannot apply and vice versa. On the other hand, the
principles of Political Science are universal. For example, the theories of John Locke, Thomas Hobbes
and Jean-Jacques Rosseau, one may agree or disagree on their theories but these fixed and cannot be
changed.

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