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2 Sociology and politics

2 Politics and history
2 Politics and economics
2 Politics and ethics
2 Politics and Psychology
2 Politics and Geography
2 Politics and Juries prudence (science of law)
 


2 Sociology is the science of society.
2 It deals with the origin, development and
structure of society and attempts to study its
aims and achievement.
2 It describes social traditions, customs, and
beliefs and deals with the origin and
advancement of human culture and
civilization.
2 ¦ccording to Gettell, ³Sociology is a general
social science.´
2 It deals with the social aggregate and attempts
to discover the facts and laws of social life as a
whole.
2 Ratzenhofer, ³the state is a sociological as well
as a political phenomena and during its early
stages it is in fact really move of a social than
a political institution.´
2 Sociology deals with the principal, religious
and economic progress of man, while political
science is chiefly concerned with the political
progress of man.
2 Since political facts from only a part of social
facts, the scope of political science is narrower
than that of sociology.
2 We can say, sociology is the mother of all
social science and political science is a only
branch of sociology.
2 Professor Gilchirst , ³Sociology is a general
social science.´
2 It deals with the fundamental facts of social
life and as political life is only a part of the
sum of total of social life.
2 Sociology is wider than political science.
 
    





2 oth of them help each other in studying the
origin of man, living in society.
2 Sociology helps political science in the sense
that it presents those facts which help in
knowing the origin of social laws and political
institutions.
2 Similarly, political science also helps
sociology by furnishing the details about the
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2 Political science is embedded in the social and

if political science remains distinct from
sociology, it will be because the breadth of the
field calls for the specialists and not because
there are any well-defined boundaries marking
it off from sociology.
2 Political science thus remains indistinct from
sociology.
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2 ^hus, sociology provides to the political
investigator with the information regarding the
origin of political authority and the laws of
social control.
2 urns believes that, ³the most significant thing
about sociology and modern political theory is
that most of the changes which have taken
place in political theory in the last thirty years
have been along the line of development
suggested and marked out by sociology.
2 ^he new concepts of renowned sociologists
such as Robert K. Merton, ^alcott Parsons,
Merrium Levygr have greatly influenced the
writings of famous political scientists such as
David Easton, G. ¦. ¦lmond, G. . Powell and
David ¦pter.
2 ^he main reason being that all challenges
involving innovation, accident, breakdown, or
change come from society and have to be
studied from the sociological point of view.
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2 In spite of close affinity, both the sciences are

quite distinct and both differ from each other
in their approach and treatment.
2 Professor Giddings says, ³the study of both the
sciences is quite distinct and their scope and
problems are by no means the same.´
2 One is the complement of the other.
2 Sociology derives from political science the
facts about the organization and functions of
the state and political science derives from
sociology the knowledge of the origin of
political authority and laws which control
society.
2 In the words of Dr. Garner, ³the political
scientist, therefore, ought to be at the same a
sociologist and vive-versa.´