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Yvan Gumbao - PolSc2
Political ScienceAn Introduction
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Political Science
“Political”
from Greek word polis,
meaning a city or equivalent of
today’s sovereign
state.
“Science”
from Latin word scire, meaning
“to know”
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Political Science
•It is the systematic study of state and government.
•It is a social science that deals with the ways human beings organize and govern themselves.
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Political Science
•It is the association of human beings into a political community, one, organized under a government and law. (De Leon, 2002)
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Politics
•Politics, the struggle among actors pursuing conflicting desires on public issues (Van Dyke, 2004)
•To one author, politics is the struggle of “who gets what, when, how”
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politics
•In its classical meaning, it refers to the art and science of government concerned with the proper management of affairs of the society
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Political Science as Science
•It observes the cardinal rules of scientific logic.
•It has to be grounded on the comparative analysis of many political systems.
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Political Science as Art
•The power to perform selective recreation of reality inspired by experience, study, and observation.
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Scope of pol.sci.
Reynold Reyes-Laurent
e (2006)
• Politics• Governme
nt• Political
system• Power
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Scope of pol.sci.
•De Leon (2008)
1. Political Theory – the entire body of doctrines relating to the origin, form, behavior, and purposes of the state
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Scope of pol.sci.
2. Public law a. Organization of governmentb. Limitations upon government
authorityc. Powers and duties of
governmentd. Obligation of one state to
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Scope of pol.sci.
3. Public Administration – focuses on the methods and techniques used in the actual management of state affairs by executive, legislative, and judiciary.
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Exercise• Napoles controversy• Role of PNoy• Democracy• Spratly issue• ASEAN• Germany has bicameral legislative
assembly, Bundestag and Bundesrat• Right against self-incrimination (ArtIII,
Sec17 of Phil.Cons.)• Man by nature, is a political animal• Anti-Red Tape Act (ARTA) of 2007
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Importance and Function of Pol.sci
1. To discover the principles that should be adhered in public affairs and to study the operations of the government
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Importance and Function of Pol.sci
2. Its findings and conclusions may be of immense practical use
3. It deals with problems of social welfare, governmental economic programs, international coopera-tion, and other matters
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Goals in the Study of Political Science
Education for citizenship
Essential parts of liberal education• Intelligent, responsible citizenship can save
democracy; ignorance and negligence can lose itKnowledge and understanding of government• An obedient citizen who votes regularly is not
enough is not enough, he must be a citizen who knows the answers
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Assignment
•In a ½ CW, describe the interrelationship of political science with other branches of learning.
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Thank you!!
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