SCOPE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

1. Political Theory - deals with the entire body of doctrines relating to the origin, form,
behaviour and purposes of the state
2. Public Law - its study handles following:
a. The organization of governments and the limitation upon governmental authority
b. powers and duties of governmental offices and officers.
c. Obligation of one state to another
3. Public Administration - focuses upon the methods and techniques used in the actual
management of state affairs by executive, legislative, and judicial
branches of the government.

RELATIONSHIP OF POLITICAL SCIENCE WITH OTHER DISCIPLINES

Political Science (state, politics History (chronological study of History and Political Science
and government) past events) (focuses on casual factors for
the occurrences of social
phenomenon

The band of Political Science and History is that

“ History is Past Politics and Politics is Present History”

Political Science (government Economics (allocation of Political Economy (studies

administration of peoples/state state’s scarce resources) how government uses its power
affairs) and authority in shaping the
state’s economy; vital in
economic policy making

Economic conditions affects the organization, development and activities of state which in turn
modify or even prescribe economic conditions.
❏ Use economic approach to interpret public financial policies and government regulation of
business.

Political Science (deals with
public policies relating to social
problems)
Sociology ( society and Political Sociology (deals with
culture) social structure/s and
institutions; focuses on
reciprocal relationship between
the government and the citizens

Concerned with origin and culture of social control and government authority with influence of race
and culture upon society and with the patterns of collecting human behaviour
Political Science (deals with Psychology (human Political Science and
individual and group political behaviour as defined by Psychology / Political Behavior
decisions and actions; social motivation and other factors/ (deals with political drives of
mobilizations) stimuli) political actors)

Promotes studies of mental and emotional processes motivating the political behaviour of individuals
and groups
❏ Psychological approach handles public opinion, pressure groups and propaganda.

Political Science (policy-making Geography (location, Geopolitics (studies how the

for the state’s territorial security physical, features, terrain and physical environment of a state
the physical environment of a affects its growth, development
state) and survival)

Deals with the influences of physical factors as population pressures, geography, domestic/foreign
policies