Politics and Governance

1. WHAT POLITICAL SCIENCE IS
Philip SJ. Soberano
Subject teacher

2. Political Science as a Social Science
• Is the systematic study of the state.
• Center on the systematic study of political and government
institution.
• The principles, processes, and structures of political and
government institutions are given importance.
• Political science students are required to study the nature of
power, types of leadership and system of government (the
1987 Philippine Constitution ), and public policy and its
impact to the society.

3. Political Science as a
Social Science
• Pol. Sci. involves the study of the
work or function of a politician or
statesman. By “Constitution”
Aristotle meant the essential
structure of an organization; in this
sense, of the polis. The structure
defines the organization’s parts, the
functions of each and their
relationship to each other. Each type
of constitution embodied ideas of
who rules and for whose benefit
they rule.
ARISTOTLE

4. Political Science as a
Social Science
• Pol. Sci. involves the study of the
work or function of a politician or
statesman. The politician’s most
important task is that of a
lawgiver. The politician plans the
appropriate constitution for the
city-state, undertake measures to
keep it in place, institute necessary
reforms and avoids situations that
might erode the political system.
(Miller, 2012)

5. Political science was confined to law.
• Jean Bodin coined the term Science Politique that gave
discipline a name, but limited its application to law.
• Montesquieu expanded the concept to mean all the
functions of government are carried out through legislation,
execution, and adjudication.
• Paul Janet defined pol.sci as a social science which deals with
the foundations of the state and the principles of
government. He focused on two political bodies, the STATE
and GOVERNMENT.

6. HOW TO STUDY POLITICS
• There are various way by which one can study politics. One
involves the study of the believed to be universal in politics,
such as POWER, JUSTICE and FORCE. Another involves the
study of the institutions and processes of politics. (Harris
1997)
• Politics can be studied through the exercise of power by
political leaders, and the effectiveness of government
institutions and official action.
• It can also studied through the prism of everyday life.

7. POLITICAL SCIENCE AND OTHER DISCIPLINES
POLITICAL
SCIENCE
HISTORY
LAW
SOCIOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY
GEOGRAPHY
PSYCHOLOGY
ECONOMICS

8. Political Science and
other Discipline
• GW historia which means
investigation or inquiry. This
etymology gives an idea on how
the past is to be studied.
• This chronicle could be used by
the political scientist to interpret
political events that happened in
the past to understand present
and even possibly anticipate
future political conditions
HISTORY

9. Political Science and
other Discipline
• GW oikonomos which means
“household management” a
concept associated with the
individual and family. Later, the
concept of household
management transformed into
“political economy” a recognition
that the economy of modern
times is no longer limited to
households alone but
encompasses a whole nation.
ECONOMICS

10. Political Science and
other Discipline
• Latin word socius which means
“partners, companions, associates,
or mates” GW logos means study.
• The field revolves around the
study of social group in society.
Family, professional, religious etc
• These group have brought
together the interest of political
scientist and sociologist in the
subfield known as political
sociology.
SOCIOLOGY

11. Political Science and
other Discipline
• GW anthopos which means “man”
and logos study.
• Deals with the study of the origin
of man or humanity.
• It concern is to establish the
cultural origin of man within the
context of social institutions,
education, religion, economy, and
government among others.
ANTHROPOLOGY

12. Political Science and
other Discipline
• Psychology deals with human
behavior.
• This field of study comes handy to
political scientist who can work
with psychologist in interpreting
the behavior of voters during
election.
• Psychology is crucial to political
science in understanding the
actions of political leaders.
PSYCHOLOGY

13. Political Science and
other Discipline
• GW geos which means earth and
graphein which means to write.
• This field is concerned with the study of
the earth and its surface features, and
how they influence human distribution
and activity.
• Related to pol sci because it deals with
location, territory and resources.
• Geopolitics involves the study of the
influence of factors such as population
pressure, scarcity of raw materials,
location and size of a country.
GEOGRAPHY

14. Political Science and
other Discipline
• Law play an important role in the
society. St; Thomas Aquinas defined
law as “ an ordinance of reason for
the common good, made by him who
has care of the community and
promulgated”
• The interdisciplinary field looks at
how law molds, and its turn molded
b such forces as politics, economics,
and culture to include liberties,
resources allocation, democratic
participation and state-citizen
relationship.
LAW

15. Political Science and
other Discipline
• The concepts and doctrines of
Plato, Aristotle, and Locke etc, are
important to the specialist in
academic philosophy.
• These concepts are the underlying
forces in framing of constitutions
and laws.
• Philo. Called ethics too, when he
contemplates the moral
background of proposed changes
in social legislation.
PHILOSOPHY

16. Political Science and
other Discipline
• Employ scientific methods in
gathering and evaluating data and
drawing conclusions.
• These involve a proper
measurement of social
phenomena and logical
procedures for the analysis of
reasoning.
STATISTICS
and
LOGIC

17. Political Science and
other Discipline
• This branch of public law is
concerned with the analysis of
existing legal systems and also
with the ethical, historical,
sociological, and psychological
foundations of law.
• Natural law (natural or divine law)
and of Statutes enacted by
legislature is indispensable to the
to the political theorist.
JURISPRUDENCE

18. Law and State are inseparable. All States proclaim law,
effective within the jurisdictions, and enforce them
through a system of penalties or sanctions.
To maintain understanding of the facts of political life,
political scientist has to combine the legal with the
extra-legal view points.

19. Function and Importance of Pol. Sci
• Is to discover the principles that should adhered to in public
affairs and to study the operations of government in order to
demonstrate what is good, to criticize what is bad or inefficient,
and to suggest improvements.
• Findings and conclusions may be immense practical use to
constitution makers, legislators and judge who need model or
norms that can be applied to immediate situations.

20. Function and Importance of Pol. Sci
• It deals also with problems of social welfare, governmental
economic programs, international cooperation, and a wide range
of other matters that are urgent concern to public officials and to
private citizens.

21. Function and Importance of Pol. Sci
• It deals also with problems of social welfare, governmental
economic programs, international cooperation, and a wide range
of other matters that are urgent concern to public officials and to
private citizens.

22. Goal in the study of Pol. Sci courses
1. Education for citizenship
2. Essential parts of liberal education
3. Knowledge and understanding of government

23. Generalization

24. QUIZ
• ½ CROSSWISE YELLOW PAPER
• WRITE YOUR COMPLETE NAME SURNAME FIRST, GIVEN NAME, M.I
• COURSE AND SECTION
• DATE TODAY

25. 1. A discipline that center on the systematic
study of political and government institution.
2. He coined the term science Politique that gave
discipline a name but limited to its application
to law.
3. Give at least 3 several factors why/how people
viewed politics differently. (3-5)

26. 6. An American Political Scientist viewed that
politics is concerned with how gov’t official in
decision making and action identifies.
7. It refers to decision making and decision
enforcing process in any group that makes
enforce for its members.
8. He defined pol. Sci as social science which
deals with the foundations of the State and
principles of government.

27. 9. A discipline that studied partners,
companions, associates or mates.
10. What are the goals in studying political
science (10-12)
13. Its concerned with the study of earth and its
surface features.
14. A discipline that deals with human behavior
15. A field that study the origin of man.