Introduction to Political

Science (1)
2nd Online Section

Sahar Safa Allah

Dr Amal Hamada Group

Remember
 School & University.

 Lecture & Section

 How to study?
Remember
 What is Science?

What is Political ?

What is Political Science?

 Relation with other Sciences & Subfields.

Power
What is Political Power?

 Why People Obey Power?

 Power & State : main concepts .

State
 Elements of the state.

 Functions of the state.

 Effective states versus weak and failed states.

 Federal systems vs. unitary systems.

 Class Work(30)
 Group Assignment.(10)

 Individual assignment.(5)

Quiz.(10)

 Participation. (5)
Resources & Citation
 Types of resources.
Foot notes & end notes – References.

 How to cite a book?

Author(s)’s name, Book title (B or U), city of publication,
institution of publication, date of publication. Pages .
Ex:
Paul A.Viotti and Mark V.Kauppi, International
Relations Theory, 5th edition (Boston: Longman,
2012), pp. 276-278.
Resources & Citation
 How to cite an essay?

 Author(s)’s name, “ essay title”, Periodical’s name (B

or U),Volume, Number, Date, Pages.
Ex:
Barbara K. Larson, “The Structure and Function of
Village Markets in Contemporary Egypt”, Journal of
the American Research Center in Egypt, Vol. 19
(1982), pp. 131-144.
Resources & Citation
 How to cite an internet site?

 link, date of publication , date of access.

 Ex:
https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/11/1078212 20,
Nov. 2020 , accessed on 21 Nov.2020.
Resources & Citation
Resources & Citation
Resources & Citation
 Reusing the same source :
1- using the same source twice or more without gap:
 Ibid.,(B or U), pages.
2- using the same source twice or more with a gap:
Paul A.Vi,otti and Mark V.Kauppi, Op. cit.,(B or U),
pages.
 If we have 2 sources of the same author, write
part of the title.