=> Politics is that set of activities which are related to the governance of state or an area. It involves making decisions that apply to groups of members achieving and exercising positions of governance—organized control over a person’s community. Politics which is a struggle for power and every activity which is concern with the struggle for power is call political activity.
“Politics” (Greek: Πολιτικά, Politiká)a great work of Political Philosopher Aristotle, where he eradicate the power, the nature of state and the responsibility of any govt for the shake of its citizen. He, the father of Political Science first used the term ‘Politics’ for indicating the subject which is concerned itself with the study of life described in ‘POLIS’. The term politics came to be popularly defined as the subject concerned with the study of state.
Definitions —
According to the view of Harold Lasswell, “politics is who gets what, when and how?”.
In the view of David Easton, “politics is all about the authoritative allocation of values for a society”.
In view of Vladimir Lenin, “politics is the most concentrated expression of economics”.
Paul Janet in his view regarding politics was, “Political Science is the part of social science which treats the foundations of the State and the principles of Government.”
According to Gettell says, “It is, a study of past, present and future of political organisations and political theories.”
Dr. Garner held that “Political Science begins and ends with the State.”
According to Leacock, “Political Science deals with Government.”
So from all the definitions of Political Science we clearly understood that the main subject of the study of Political Science is the State and Government.
Regarding the view of politics, Bernard Crick argued that
Politics which is called as a distinctive form of rule where people act together through the institutionalized procedures to overcome from differences as well as to conciliate diverse interests and to make public policies in the pursuit of common purposes.
Differences between Politics and Political Science —
•> Political Science mainly affect the masses (People) and tried to understand the problems with the aim of solving these problems through the attainment of power while politics deals with improving the structures and practices of the political organizations.
Politics which is a form of activities that are based on the base of state and government and specially it is a struggle for power.
The leadership required within and between each nation is heavier lifting that the weak machinery of government power can manage.”
It requires great understanding and skills, commoner too must have a basic grasp of politics specially during a democracy – which is actually a system of check and balances.
A democracy isn’t travel by the govt alone but by both the citizens and the government. A society which is politically aware is a society that cares about its people’s well being.
As best put in the words of Bertolt Brecht:
“The worst illiterate is the political illiterate, whe doesn’t hear, doesn’t speak, nor participates in any political events of society. Who doesn’t know the value of life, the worth of the bean, of the fish, of the flour, of the rent, of the shoes and of the drugs , all depends on only by political decisions. The political illiterate is so stupid that he’s proud and swells his chest saying that he hates politics. The imbecile doesn’t know that, from his political ignorance is born the prostitute, the abandoned child, and therefore the worst thieves of all, the bad politician, corrupted and flunky of the national and multinational companies.”
