PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND

GOVERNANCE
BASIC CONCEPTS OF POLITICS
POLITICS, GOVERNANCE, AND OTHER KEY
CONCEPTS
• POLITICAL SCIENCE
• POLITICS
• GOVERNANCE
WORD CLOUDS….
POLITICS
POLITICAL SCIENCE
• Deals with the study of power in
society, politics, and
government.
• The dynamic character of human
society and the difference in
contexts of different states have
resulted in different views,
theories, and definitions on the
concepts of politics and
governance.
POLITICS
• The Greeks formulated the word
POLITICS during the 4th and 5th
century.
• Politics was inseparable from life
in the polis or a place or a state
shared by a certain group of
people.
• Deals with power in society in
general
GOVERNANCE
• Specifically deals with
power in government and
how this institution exert
power for the benefit of the
society.
BRANCHES OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL THEORY
Deals with different perspective and ideas
regarding politics and governance of
different political philosophers from the
ancient times like Aristotle to Niccolò
Machiavelli.
POLITICAL METHODOLOGY
• Is more concerned upon the
application of political concepts into
research and policy making almost like
the applied nature of public
administration. (Roskin et al 2007)
COMPARATIVE POLITICS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

• Is about comparing various political • Bear resemblance to comparative

systems and different constitutions politics, but instead of comparing, it
among different countries through concentrates on establishing and
time. maintaining relations among countries
through time.
LAW
• Is another central concept in
politics and governance. Law is
basically any written statement
that limits or guides the
behavior of a certain group.
1. Politics helps you to know your rights
2. Politics clarifies what you yourself believe.
3. Politics is a living, breathing subject.
4. Politics helps you to understand our nation’s
parties.
5. Politics prepares you for adult life.
QUIZ (True of False)
•1. Politics is the actual process of how
humans interact in groups.
•2. Political Science is the process by
which people try to influence them
government.
•3. Political science seeks to study the
origin, nature and functions of the State,
•Government and its all organs.
•4. Politics is universal and is always the
same.
•5. Politics involve issues, problems, and
activities taking place in the society.