PO110 Study Guide - Final Guide: Karl Polanyi, Thaksin Shinawatra, Montevideo Convention
9 Apr 2013
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Po110 exam review final: week 1: what is politics. Defining politics: the science and art of government the science dealing with form organization and administration of a state or part of one and with the regulation of its relations with other states. A process by which decisions are made within groups. Although the term is generally applied to behavior within governments, politics is observed in all human (and many non- human) group interactions: aristotle: Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of plato and teacher of alexander the. Man is by nature a political animal (pg 53) Politics is all around us pg 53 ( man indeed only the men of ancient greece ruling class) aristotle"s man as a representation of all people and politics as an ever present force in all societies pg 53. All citizens (public interest) the rulers (self- interest.
