What is Political Science
{"Image DocumentName": "What is Political Science?", "Image ImageDescription": "The scientific study of politics and government. What political science is not? A perfect science that has all the answers. Definitions of politics. Lasswell - who gets what, when and how in a society. David Easton - authoritative allocation of values Groucho Marx - politics is the art of finding trouble everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. Schmidt et al. - conflict resolution in society Conflict is always present in society. There are differences of belief or ideology. There are differences in the perceived goals of the society. Scarce resources exist and not every want can be satisfied. Welch et al. - politics is a means through which individual and group interests compete to shape government s impact on society s problems and goals Magstadt & Schotten - the process by which rulers are selected and empowered to make decisions, take action to attain common goals, and reconcile conflicts within a political community", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}