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B.A pol sci (hons) 1 semester Important Notes what is politics Layman's Nation Of Politics : (i) Political Theory  As well  Political  throughout  is concerned  with the story of politics.

(ii) Political  is  concerned  as a  "Dirty Game"  students  are  avoised  to keep  away  from  politics  judges  and  other  intellectuals  are expected  to keep  themselves  above  politics.

(iii) Well, Some forms of Politics may be  helo  responsible  for diverting  valuable  resources  of  society  to the  changes of corruption  and  cheating  the public but if we continue to despise politics  and escape from  it ,we run the risk of leaving important  public decisions to incompetent and corrupt people  and inviting disaster for all of us.

(iv). In order to avert this situation, we must proceed to understand the real nature of politics and learn  the ways suggested  by a long tradition of brilliant  political thinkers  to make politics  an instrument of public welfare.

(v). Alan Ball, In his Modern politics and government (1998) ,has indicated  two problems arising  from the general impression about political activity.


 * In the First place, "It is often assumed  that politics  is only  concerned with the public  sector , with parliament ,elections, cabinets ,and  has little relevance to other spheres  of  human activity


 * Secondly ,"there is the danger of confusing politics solely with party politics ,that it is somehow concerned with having a political opinion, or that it at least implies a distance with the intrigves and tricks of party politicians seeking power

(iv) In other words ,A layman thinks of politics in terms of public meeting, processions,, slogans , demosttrations , demands, strikes , tear - gas ,lathi- charge as well as elections accompanied by promises and false reports on their fulfilment

SYSTEMATIC VIEW OF POLITICS

1. The word "politics" itself is derived from the greek word "polis" which denoted ancient  Greek city-state .the activities of citizens  in their  role as members  and operators  of the state were  termed by ancient Greek  thinkers as "politics".

2.Thus, from the very beginning ,"politics come to be associated with the "State". In fact ,traditional writers have considered "Political Science" as the "Science of the state". and have  devoted themselves :(a) To a study of the  institution of the state: and (b) To developing ideas concerning the nature of a perfect state.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF POLITICS

Politics involves conflict or dispute regarding allocation of values

1.A political situation necessary involves a conflict or dispute regarding  allocation of rare  and valuable resoures in society .if something is valuable but available in abundance .There will be no dispute  for its allocation .If something is both valuable and rear but the people  are just complacent or ascetic, there  is hardly any possibility of conflict over its allocation.

2.Conflict occurs when something is valuable, rare and desired by many ,thus giving or expectations of rewards that  give rise to politics.

POLITICS Is Concerned With Public Goals And Decisions

1.All Conflicts for resoure - allocation Do not give rise to a political situation .politics is exclusively concerned  with  conflict involving public goals and public issues requiring public decisions for their resolutions.

2.A conflict between husband and wife on some petty domestic affair does not present a political situation .but if it takes the of form of a questions of respective claims of men nd women in the content of their mutual relationships demanding solutions at the public level ,it becomes a political questions and a fit subject of politics.

POLITICAL INVOLVES INTEREST GROUPS

A political situation arises from a clash of interest of different groups of society .There groups must be conscious of their particular interest, and be more or less organized for pursuing those interest .The conflicting claims and demands for the authoritative allocation of values Emanate from these "interests Groups', which require policy decisions.