Why is political science important?

Answer 1

Ours is the age politics. The government has become the business of everybody. Whether we like it or not, we are part of the state from the moment we are born to the day we die. Our birth, marriage, and death must be registered with the state. Secondly, it will broaden our knowledge about our duties and obligations as a citizen, what government is, what state is and discuss political issues and concerns. We can even criticize effectively cases of incompetence, dishonesty or unscrupulous in government. Thirdly, we will know about our cultural backgrounds for "history is past of politics and politics is present of history."

It is an acknowledge of understanding about state and government. It also gives knowledge of right to choose.

Answer 2

Political science, as currently conceived, is a relatively new concept that dates to the nineteenth-century United States. Prior to this time, the study of politics in the West remained a part of natural philosophy, and it tended to focus on philosophical, historical, and institutional approaches. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle is often named as the first "political scientist," but his approach differs markedly from what is currently understood to be "political science." Aristotle primarily occupied himself with addressing what sort of political system would best enable the highest human life of eudaimonia(happiness). In the Politics, Aristotle surveys an array of constitutions, separating them into six categories based on how many rule the system and whether or not they rule well. This may be considered an empirical study of sorts and perhaps the first "typology," but his method of study falls well short of what is currently considered to be scientific.

The ancient Indian approach exemplified in the treatise Arthashastra (written by Kautilya around 300 B.C.E.) similarly differs from the modern approach to studying politics. Kautilya, often compared to Thucydides, Thomas Hobbes, and Niccolò Machiavelli, discusses the importance of law, kingly conduct, foreign policy, and administrative practices in an attempt to explain that governments have the responsibility of tending to the well-being (broadly understood) of their people. While these ancient approaches to studying politics differ in important ways from the contemporary approach of political science, their emphasis on the pragmatics of political rule connect rather well with contemporary political practice in the West. The Islamic approach to political practice, however, contains some important differences. Notably, Islamic political practice is firmly grounded in religion in so far as it sees the purpose of the state to be the satisfaction of Allah's wishes, namely, the eradication of evil. Thus, whereas political practice in the industrialized West has been able to evolve as ethical and moral codes have been altered or evaporated (for example, the Christian prohibition on usury no longer carries much weight in a capitalist framework), Islamic political practice has much more difficulty with such changes because Allah is considered the One who dictates moral and ethical codes.

Political scientists of the early twenty-first century are motivated far more by an interest in attaining political "knowledge" than Aristotle or Kautilya were. Aristotle sought less to be sure of what he knew than to assess the role of politics in the good life. Indeed, this was the motivating force behind almost all studies of politics (with the notable exceptions, perhaps, of Augustine of Hippo and Machiavelli) until the nineteenth century. In many areas of the world, such as Continental Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, the importance of studying politics for more metaphysical reasons, rather than for simply epistemological ones, continues into the twenty-first century. In these places, society still generally tends to take precedence over the individual as the focus of political study. In the United States and the United Kingdom, by contrast, the study of politics has adopted a strongly scientific stance, a stance that has embedded itself in empiricist epistemology and individualism.

Answer 3

Political science isn't the most important subject known to mankind. However it is quite useful to know. Remaining oblivious may endanger an individuals relationship with public affairs public service ,health concerns and taxes. Political science studies helps the commoners to understand the mind frame of those who make major decisions in the economy, and establish laws for the people.

Answer 4

Political science is important by studying and making positive and normative analysis of matters concerning the allocation and transfer of power in decision making, the roles and systems of governance including governments and international organizations, political behavior and public policies. It measures these success of governance and specific policies by examining many factors, including stability, justice, material wealth, and peace. Political scientists provide the frameworks from which journalists, special interest groups, politicians, and the electorate analyse issues. It creates a scientific method for observing, understanding, and predicting the complex interactions that fundamentally influence our lives through politics.

Answer 5

The function of political science is to understand the behavior of a state and power. The importance to this science and art is it serves the interests of international relations, diplomacy, oversight of governments, and fostering political participation.