Political Science

• Is the systematic study of the state and the government.

  Political Science
• “Polis” and “scire” = ‘city’ and ‘to know’.
• Aristotle is regarded as “the Father of Political science” on account of his far reaching and permanent contribution to the field of politics.
• He called politics the Master Science because politics determines the environment within which every person will organize his life.


  Aristotle
• An organized political community acting under a government.

  State
• A group of people bound together by certain characteristics such as common social origin, language, customs and traditions.

  Nation
• Nation - An ethnic concept; State - Political concept.