Introduction To Political Theory || Political Science Assignment || Delhi University 1st Year Semester 1 || Political Science Discipline
Introduction to Political Theory “ Just because you do not take interest in politics does not mean politics wont take interest in you’’ Politics is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations between individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. Whereas, theory is referred to as set of interrelated concepts, definitions and prepositions that presents a systematic view of events or situations by specifying relationships among variables in order to explain and predict the events or the situations. But by political theory we do not mean simply the study of the state, for politics is far wider than the state. It takes account of activity that focuses on the state – like parties, for example, which in liberal democracies are not part of the state, but seek through elections to become the government. Nor is politics simply about activities that focus on the state. It is about conflict, ...