and amend the general rules under which they live (pp. 4-5). Political science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state‚ nation‚ government‚ and politics and policies of government. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state.[1] It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics‚ and the analysis of political systems‚ political behavior‚ and political culture. SCOPE The scope of Political Science implies its area of study or subject matter. It is a very
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The roots of Indian economic thought are traced back to the 3rd century BCE during the Mauryan period (Heitzman‚ 2003). A treatise on Indian economy ‘Arthashastra’ by Kuatilya was written during this period. It portrayed a highly centralised‚ bureaucratic state‚ collect tax revenues from mining: Agriculture‚ craft production‚ commerce‚ etc. Roger Boesche’s (2002) excellent commentary on Kautilya’s voluminous text draws out the essential realist arguments for modern Indian strategic thinking and our
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approaches to Political Science was widely prevalent till the outbreak of the Second World War. These approaches were mainly related to the traditional view of politics which emphasized the study of the state and government. Therefore‚ traditional approaches are primarily concerned with the study of the organization and activities of the state and principles and the ideas which underlie political organizations and activities. These approaches were normative and idealistic. The political thinkers advocating
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Character: The Political Parties are the most important part of any democratic country. The Political Parties mobilize public opinion around their ideologies and contests elections to form a government. Generally an ordinary citizen does not have direct access to the government he can be reached only by his elected representative. Thus it is righty said that government represents will of people. It will‚ therefore‚ not be an exaggeration to say that no Political Party‚ no democracy. Political Parties are
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"Political Power and the State" According to Spencer political power is the result of cooperation between individuals in a society. The cooperation between individuals leads to a political structure that organizes the efforts and gives direction to the group as a whole. The political structure derived from this cooperation has to have the power to restrain individual behaviors in order to keep the society together for the same common goals. The political structure gets this power from the idea that
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time to time. Broken down‚ political culture is the shared beliefs and core values of the human population about how government should operate. For example‚ American political culture is the value of personal liberty‚ equality‚ popular consent and majority rule‚ popular sovereignty‚ civil society‚ and individualism. These six characteristics of the U.S. democracy are the basic concepts that were written into the Constitution. As stated by Dennis Kavanagh‚ political culture is‚ “a shorthand expression
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Honors English 118 3 December 2012 Political Extremism and the Internet David Weinberger‚ a former advisor to Howard Dean‚ said "Don’t think of the Internet as a broadcast medium...think of it as a conversational space. Conversation is the opposite of marketing. It’s talking in our own voices about things we want to hear about." This mentality towards the purpose of the internet is becoming more and more common. It is seen by politicians and political advisors as an instrument to capture the
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Legal and Political Environments The legal and political environments of global markets differ by country and often by region within a country. Global marketers must be aware of each environmental risk in global markets and develop contingency plans to overcome them. Legal Environment Clearly‚ the global legal environment is very dynamic and complex. It is the result of three forces: international law‚ U.S. domestic law‚ and legal requirements of host nations. According to Czinkota and
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Classical liberalism emerged in the early nineteenth century as an idea explaining society’s relevance to issues of poverty and wealth creation and its relationship to existing state political order or governance. In the past‚ basic human economic needs had been constrained to preserve and sustain social cohesion. The social markets were the preserve of the society and subject to many kinds of regulation and restraint. The intended outcome of classical liberal economic experiment in the mid-Victorian
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Woman and Political status According to UN women executive Michelle Bachelet (2012)‚ ‘’Democracy grows stronger with the full and equal participation of women”. Today‚ as women form half of the world population‚ their voices are still lacking in politics. According to UN women (2011)‚ worldwide‚ less than one in five members of most parliaments is a woman. And women make up less than 10 percent of world leaders. Simply turn on the television and one will find that most world leaders are men
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