Politics
is the process and method of gaining or maintaining support for
public or common action: the conduct of
decision-making for
groups. Although it is usually applied to governments, political
behavior is also observed in corporate, academic, religious, and
other institutions.
Political science is the
field devoted to studying political behavior and examining the
acquisition and application of
power, or the ability to impose one's
will on another. Its practitioners are known as political
scientists. Political scientists look at
elections, public
opinion, institutional activities (how
legislatures act, the relative importance
of various sources of political power), the ideologies behind
various politicians and interest groups, how politicians achieve
and wield their influence, and so on.
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