What is Politics?

Politics is the power of command and study of the state. Politics is the struggle for power and in order to gain power one uses power as means as well. Famous Greek Philosopher Plato has widely discussed his views in Republic regarding Politics and how a state must function. It is concerned with the workings of the government. Politics at international level deals with the relations among various states, international organisations, laws, and foreign policies.

Struggle for Power:

Hans Morgenthau has described Politics in his book Politics Among Nations as Struggle for Power and according to him, " Power of a man is the ability to control the mind and actions of another man." Governments of states exercise their power for safeguarding their national interests.

Politics as an interdisciplinary Study: 

One can’t gain full knowledge about a subject without the help of other subjects associated with it. Politics has the subject matter of state relations and one of its main features is that it has interdisciplinary nature which means it is related to the other disciplines of study such as Economics, Sociology, Geography etc. These disciplines affect the political organisations in a major way and affect the working of the governments and their policy making programs. 

What is a Political System?

Political System defines the process of government’s Policy makings. According to sociologists there are three types of political systems Authoritarianism, Monarchy and Democracy.

Among all the political systems of the world the most famous are;

·       Democracy

·       Republic

·       Monarchy

·       Communism

·       Dictatorship

·       Oligarchy

The history of Political Thought dates back to early antiquity with influencing and developmental works such as Plato , Aristotle and Confucius.