UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA (UiTM) SHAH ALAM, MALAYSIA PAD 120(INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE)
ASSIGNMENT ONE
Name
: SITI SURAYA BINTI SHAMSHUDDIN
Student ID
: 2010762989
Lecturer Lecture r
:SYED MOHD ALI BIN SYED MOHD KHALID
Group
: EAMP1C
Question 1
:
a) Explain the concept of political political science. science. b) Discuss the benefits benefits of of studying political science. c)
Question 3
Discuss the modern approaches in the study of of political political science science
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a) Describe the elements of the state.
Question 3
:
a) Describe the elements of the state.
In the Grolier¶s Encyclopaedia of Knowledge´ state is defined ³as the highest comprehensive political association having a rgognized claim to authority´ Funk and Wagnalls Encylopaedia define state ³as a group of people inhabiting a specific territory and living according to a common legal and political authority´
.Population,territory,government and sovereignty are prerequisuite element of statehood.
Politicalscience is the systematic and objective study of government in all its manifestions.The main concern of it is who gets what?How does he get it?And when or why does he get it?In other words,political science signifies the science of the state,its function and its relation to other states.Kari Deutsch writes that political science is making decisions by public means.David Easton argues political science is the human interactions involved in the authoritative allocation or values for society.Eastons definitions is significant for it gives accurate comprehension of the nature of the subject´Authoritative´has to do with power,influence and control.It also signifies official,rights,legimate,moral,legal,sometimes religion elements.
There are five major sub-fields of political science.These are comparative politics,international relations.political theory,political systems and public adminiatration.
Comparative politics concerns the values,institutions and policies of two or more
governments.For instance,a government must be legiminate but legimacy,the moral right to rule,may mean something different principles and policies.Similarly
developments on an any given government.Keeping public order in a given country,for instance,depends upon the social structure of its society.
International relations is different from domestic politics because in the international arena there is a high expectation of war rather than peace.This is so because in the global context effective constitutional consencus is lacking.For this reason countries allocate more in theire budgets for military expenditure.In international politics the state is the main actor,thought international organizations and economic organizations are also important actors.
Political theory deals with both political values and the history of political thinking.Some political scientist argue that political theory does not have clear relevance to real life.However,while in some ways political theory may seem abstract and remote from the practical concern of life,it nonetheless remains paramount.In fact everthing starts with theory then becomes practical.After all,the principal concern of political theory is those values that may be allocated authoritatively by the governments.
Public
Administration is one of the newer specialties of political science.The main
concern of this branch,as a field of study is teh development of managements in governmental affairs.In the modern age governments are no longer law enforcement agencies.Rather,they are huge business with a technological infrastructure.Subsequently,trained government personnel,governmental organizations and coordination in management have become increasingly necessary in order to ensure the functional efficiency of any modern government.Public administration as a branch of political science aims to promote this task .Business managers are primarily
concerned with governmental policies on their business and no longer interested in routine operations.Public administrarion embraces therefore the execution of public policies and public law in order to formulate programs for the well-being of political affairs.
The words ³system´is also popularly used in other branches of knowledge.We normally use the term in expressions such as legal system,belief system,or system of life.The term system could mean a set of interrelated.The strength of a system is usually measured by its longevity.
