THE CONCEPT OF POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Political Science.is defined as a systematic study of political and governmental

institutions and processes.

-the branch of knowledge that deals with systems of government; the

analysis of political activity and behavior.

Is the science , which concerned with the state, which endeavors to

understand and comprehend the state in its fundamental conditions, in its essential
nature , its various form of manifestation , its development- Bluntschli,

Is “that part of science which treats the foundations of the state and the
principles of government”- Paul Janet,

Political Institutions. defined as collectin of relevant rules and routines that

determines appropriate actions regarding relations between roles and situations.
CHARACTERISTICS OF POLITICS
1.Politics always involves the making of collective decisions for group of people.

2.Thosedecisions are made by some members of the group excercising power

over other members of the group.

THE SCIENCE OF POLITICS

1. It is the basic knowledge and understanding of the state and the principles and
ideals which underlie its organizations and activities.

2.It is primarily concerned with the association of human beings into “body
politic” or in a political community.

3.It deals with those relations among men and groups which are subject to control
by the state with the relations of men and groups to the state itself and the
relations of the state to another state