POLI 231 Lecture Notes - Party System, Graham Wallas, Positive Liberty
26 Oct 2012
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Definition, nature and scope of political science: [sharma and sharma, principles of. Study of political science began in ancient greece thousands of years ago. The word politics has been derived from the greek word polis meaning city states. Political science is as old as the greek city states. During the aristotelian times political issues were studied with philosophy, sociology and economics. The study of political science as an independent discipline started in the advanced countries of the west. Political science may be called as one of the youngest social sciences. Wide issues have come in as themes and thus. Due to this vastness there is a problem in defining the subject. There is no unanimity with respect to the definition of political science. Different approaches to the study of political science with respect to defining the subject: state centric approach: Some scholars who were traditionalists follow the classical aristotelian approach since individuals are political beings.
