A. The study of political science

Geopolitics

A science concerned with the study of the influences of physical factors such as population, pressures, sources of raw materials, geography, etc., upon domestic and foreign politics

History

The bond between the political scientist and the historian is obvious in the observation that "history is past politics and politics present history."

Political theory

The entire body of doctrines relating to the origin, form, behavior, and purposes of the state are dealt with in the study of this subject

Sociologist

Who specializes in the study of "society" as a "whole"

Anthropologist

Who studies "mankind" in relation to physicsl, social, and cultural development

Geography

Indicates one approach which a political scientist frequently must adopt to help explain such phenomena as the early growth of democracy in Great Britain and the US and its retarded growth in certain Continental Europe, and the rise of authoritarian govnmnts in developing countries

Political science

Is a very comprehensive field. Its curriculum is almost certain to include courses in political theory, public law, and public administration as well as in various more specialized subjects

Public opinion, pressure groups, propaganda

One of the many topics which the political scientists handles from a physcological approach

Public law

Organization of governemnts, limitations upon government authority, powers and duties of governmental offices and officers, obligation of one state to another

Constitutional law, administrative law, international law

Public law subdivisions

Politics

Refers to the art or science of government concerned with the proper management of the affair of society

United States, Great Britain, Philippines, Japan

States in the political scientist's sense

Political science

Systematic study of the state and government

Psychology

The political scientist ad well as the psychologist promotes studies of the mental and emotional processes motivating the political behavior of individuals and groups - These concepts are the underlying forces in the framing of constitutions and laws

Economics

The study of the production, distribution and conservation, and consumption of wealth

States

The term is equivalent to "nation" or "country"

Statistics and logis

These involve a proper application of statistical procedures for the quantitative measurement of social phenomena and of logical procedures for the analysis of reasoning

Jurisprudence

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.

Science

comes from the latin word scire "to know"

Political

derived from the word "polis" meaning city.