Filter options:  Freebase Commons Metaweb System Types /type
Object is not asserted on this topic.  Freebase Commons Common
/common    • Political science is a social science discipline
concerned with the study of the state, nation, government, and
politics and policies of government. Aristotle defined it as the
study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and
practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and
political behavior, culture. Political scientists "see
themselves engaged in revealing the relationships underlying
political events and conditions, and from these revelations they
attempt to construct general principles about the way the world
of politics works." Political science intersects with other
fields; including economics, law, sociology, history,
anthropology, public administration, public policy, national
politics, international relations, comparative politics,
psychology, political organization, and political theory.
Although it was codified in the 19th century, whe