Ms.

Anne Besin
Social Science
Doña Teodora Alonzo Senior High School
 To understand the basic concept of political science
 To develop a critical way of thinking in interpreting Politics and Government
 To evaluate how they know and understand the topic
 POLITICAL- derived from the Greek word “POLIS” –meaning a cityor the
sovereign state
 Politics is the study of (who gets what, when and how) as Harold Laswell states.
 Politics is the exercise of power, the science of government, the making of
collective decisions, the allocation of scarce resources and the practice of
deception and manipulation
 Politics - denotes a social activity - is the creation, maintenance and amendment
of social norms or rules. –
 Is an art and science of the government.
 Is the realm of public affairs or the state.
1. Politics always involves the making of collective decisions for group of people.
2. Those decisions are made by some members of the group, exercising power
over other members of the group
 the scientific study of politics
 study of politics, political systems, and governments
 focuses on the theory and practice of government
 theory of state and government
 seeks to study the origin, nature and functions of the state, government and its all
organs universal studied by few
 Is the exercise of power/ authority by political leader for the well being at their
country’s citizens or subject.
 Refers to the manner of steering/ governing and or directing and controlling a
group of people/ the state.
 Governance embraces all of the methods--- good and bad ----- the societies use to
distribute power and manage public resources and problems