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POLITICAL
SCIENCE
WHAT IS POLITICAL SCIENCE?
POLITICAL SCIENCE IS THE STUDY OF
GOVERNMENTS, POLITICAL BEHAVIOR, POWER
RELATIONS, AND POLICIES.
POLITICAL SCIENCE FOCUSES ON THE
THEORY AND PRACTICE OF GOVERNMENT AND
POLITICS AT THE LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL,
AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS.
WHAT IS POLITICS?
POLITICS IS THE EXERCISE OF POWER
THE MAKING OF POLITICAL DECISIONS
THE PRACTICE OF DECEPTION AND
MANIPULATION
THE ALLOCATION OF LIMITED
RESOURCES
WHERE DO POLITICS CAME
FROM?
• POLITICS CAME FROM THE WORD POLIS WHICH MEANS CITY ;SOVEREIGN
STATE
• SCIENCE CAME FROM THE WORD SCIRE WHICH MEANS TO KNOW;STUDY
VARYING OUTLOOKS OF
POLITICAL SCIENCE
• POLITICS AS CONSENSUS AND COMPROMISE
• PLITICS AS SOCIETY
• POLITICS AS POWER AND THE DIDTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES
• POLITICS AS A PUBLIC AFFAIR
• POLITICS AS AN ART OF GOVERNMENT
• POLITICS AS ACADEMIC
• POLITICS AS SCIENCE
WHAT ARE THE SCOPE OF
POLITICAL SCIENCE?
• POLITICAL THEORY- THE ENTIRE BDY OF DOCTRINES RELATING TO ORIGIN,
FORM, AND PURPOSES OF A STATE.
• PUBLIC LAW- COVERS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, AND
INTERNATIONAL LAW.
• PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION- METHODS AND TECHNIQUES USDE IN ACTUAL
MANAGEMENT OF STATE AFFAIRS BY THE 3 BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
FUNCTION AND IMPORTANCE
• TO DISCOVER THE PRINCIPLES THAT SHOULD BE ADHERED TO IN PUBLIC
AFFAIRS AND TO STUDY THE OPERTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
• ITS FINDINGS CAN BE USED IN SEEKINGRESOLUTIONS TO IMMEDIATE
SITUATIONS
• TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AND THE
OTHER MATTERS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CONCERNS.
NACESSITY OF THE STUDY
• EDUCATION FOR CITIZENSHIP
• ESSENTIAL PART OF LIBERAL EDUCATION
• KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF GOVERNMENT
CONCEPT OF STATE AND
GOVERNMET
• STATE= A COMMUNITY OF PERSONS MORE OR LESS NUMEROUS PERMANENTLY
OCCUPYING A DEFINITE PORTION OF TERRITORY, HAVING A GOVERNMENT OF
ITS OWN TO WHICH THE GREAT BODY OF INHABITANTS RENDER OBEDIENCE,
NAD ENJOYING FREEDOM FROM EXTERNAL CONTROL
ELEMENTS OF STATES
• PEOPLE - mass of population living within the state
• Territory - fixed the portion of the surface of the earth in habited by the
people of the state
• Government – agency through which the will of the state is formulated,
expressed and carried out
• Sovereignty – the supreme power of thae state to the command and
enforce obedience
ORIGIN OF THE STATE
• Divine right theory – hold that the state is of divine creation and the ruler is
ordained by god to govern the people
• Necessity or force theory – maintain that the state must have been created
through force
• Paternalistic theory – attributes the origin of state to then enlargement of the
family
• Social contract theory – asserts that the early states must have been formed
by deliberate and voluntary compact among people to form a government
of their own
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
1. As to the number of the person exercising sovereign power