PPG REVIEWER LESSON 1
through discussion, compromise,
 POLITICS
 an activity that involves the interaction of
people where their relationship is
characterized by conflicts and
cooperation (Heywood 2013).
 exercise of power, the science of
government, the making of collective
decisions, the allocation of scarce
resources and the practice of deception
and manipulation.
 VIEWS ON POLITICS
 POLITICS AS AN ARENA
 Narrow interpretation of politics
identifies politics where politics happens.
 Follows a formalistic conception of
politics.
 POLITICS AS PROCESS
 Provides a comprehensive view of
politics.
 It goes beyond what the narrow arena
approach offers in order to understand
politics.
 VIEWS ON POLITICS – POLITICS AS..
 ART OF GOVERNMENT
 Politics concerns the state. It focuses on
the personnel and machinery of the
government.
 PUBLIC AFFAIRS
 Politics is the conduct and management of
public interest and therefore, political
affairs.
 COMPROMISE AND CONSENSUS
 Politics attempts to resolve conflict
bargaining, and consensus, wherein
people arrive at a binding decision.
 POWER AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF
RESOURCES
 Politics involves the exercise of authority
in the production, distribution, and use of
resource. This describes who gets what
and under what circumstances.
 POLITICAL SCIENCE AND POLITICS
 POLITICAL SCIENCE
 It studies the state and the government.
This deals with the study of power,
politics, and government.
 It seeks to study the origin, nature, and
functions of the state, government, and all
organs.
 POLITICS
 Politics is about the human relationships
wherein it is the hand of the individuals
how will they interact with one another
when dealing with conflicts, cooperation,
and competition.
 GOVERNMENT
 It is the instrument of the state through
which the will of the people is expressed,
carried out, and formulated.
 It also serves as the bridge that connects
the people to the state.
 It is also the name given to the entity
exercising the authority.
 It also describes the means by which a
society organizes itself and allocates
authority in order to accomplish
collective goals and provide benefits that
the society as a whole need.
 GOVERNANCE
 Governance also is the exercise of
political, economic, and administrative
authority to manage a nation’s affairs.
 Governance also refers as the process
whereby societies or organizations make
their important decisions, determine who
has voice, who is engaged in the process
and how account is rendered (IOG, 2006).

 GOOD GOVERNANCE

 Consensus Oriented
 Participatory
 Follows the rule of law
 Effective and Efficient
 Accountable
 Transparent
 Responsive
 Equitable and inclusive

 VALUES ON POLITICS
 Politics helps you to know your rights
 Politics is living, breathing subject.
 Politics clarifies what you yourself
believe.
 Politics helps you to understand our
nation’s parties.
 Politics prepares you for adult life.