Outline of political science

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to politics and political science:

Politics – the exercise of power; process by which groups of people make collective decisions. Politics is the art or science of running governmental or state affairs (including behavior within civil governments), institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the corporate, academic, and religious segments of society.

Political science – the field concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior.

1 Principles of Government
2 Origins of American Government
3 The Constitution
- 3.1 Six Basic Principles
  - 3.1.1 Basic Principles
- 3.2 Formal Amendment
4 Legislature
5 Political Philosophies
6 Governments of the World
7 Political issues
8 Politics by region
- 8.1 Foreign relations by region
- 8.2 Political parties by region
9 History of politics
10 Political science
11 Political scholars
12 Influential literature
13 See also
14 Further reading
15 References
16 External links

Principles of Government[edit]

Government and the State[edit]

What is government?[edit]

Government - is a general term which can be used to refer to public bodies organizing the political life of the society. Government can also refer to the collective head of the executive branch of power in a polity.

Public policies -

Public taxation
Public defense
Public education
Public transportation
Healthcare
Environment
Civil rights
Working conditions

The State[edit]

Four characteristics of a state

Population
Territory
Sovereignty
Government

Major Political Ideas[edit]

Evolutionary Theory -

Social Contract Theory -

Divine Theory - Meritocracy Force theory

The Purpose of Government[edit]

Form a More Perfect Union -

Establish Justice -

Insure Domestic Tranquility -

Provide for the Common Defense -

Promote the General Welfare -

Secure the Blessings of Liberty -

Forms of government[edit]

Basic Concepts of Democracy[edit]

Foundations[edit]

Popular sovereignty Limited government Human equality

Democracy and the Free Enterprise System[edit]

Free enterprise system -

Law of supply and demand -

Mixed economy -

Origins of American Government[edit]

Our Political Beginnings[edit]

Basic concepts of Government[edit]

Ordered government

Limited government

Representative government

Landmark English Documents[edit]

Magna Carta

Petition of Right

English Bill of Rights

English Colonies[edit]

Charter

Royal Colonies - New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

Council
Bicameralism

Proprietary colonies - Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware

Unicameralism

Charter colonies - Connecticut and Rhode Island

The Coming of Independence[edit]

New England Confederation

Albany Plan of Union

Delegate

Boycott

Repeal

Popular sovereignty

Declaration of Independence

Critical Period[edit]

Articles of Confederation

Ratification

Presiding Officer

Creating and Ratifying the Constitution[edit]

Framers of the Constitution -

Virginia Plan -

New Jersey Plan -

Connecticut Compromise -

Three-Fifths Compromise -

Slave Trade Compromise -

Federalists -

Anti-Federalists -

Quorum -

The Constitution[edit]

Six Basic Principles[edit]

Preamble

Articles

Basic Principles[edit]

Popular Sovereignty

Limited Government

Constitutionalism

Rule of law

Separation of powers

Checks and balances

Veto

Judicial review

Unconstitutional

Federalism

Formal Amendment[edit]

Legislature[edit]

Chambers

   Unicameralism
   Multicameralism
   Bicameralism
   Tricameralism
   Tetracameralism

   Upper house (Senate)
   Lower house

Parliament

   Parliamentary system
   Parliamentary group
   Member of Parliament
   International parliament

Parliamentary procedure

   Committee
   Quorum
   Motion (no-confidence)

Types

   Congress (Member of Congress)
   City council (Councillor)
   The Estates

Legislator -

Committee member -

Trustee -

Delegate -

Partisan -

Politico -

Senator -

Political Philosophies[edit]

Anarchism -

Conservativism -

Liberalism -

Egalitarianism -

Socialism -

Corporatism -

Nazism -

Authoritarianism -

Nationalism -

Totalitarianism -

Fascism -

Federalism – a political concept in which a group of members are bound together by covenant (Latin: foedus, covenant) with a governing representative head. The term "federalism" is also used to describe a system of the government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and constituent political units (like states or provinces). Federalism is a system based upon democratic rules and institutions in which the power to govern is shared between national and provincial/state governments, creating what is often called a federation.

Feudalism -

Minarchism -

Absolutism -

Governments of the World[edit]

Political issues[edit]

Politics by region[edit]

Foreign relations by region[edit]

Political parties by region[edit]

History of politics[edit]

Political science[edit]

Fields of study of political science[edit]

Area studies
Coalition studies
Comparative politics
Development studies
Electoral systems and voting theory
Foreign policy analysis
Game theory
Geopolitics and political geography
Globalization studies
Ideology studies
Institutional studies
International relations
Nationalism studies
Policy analysis and Policy studies
Political behaviour
Political economy
Political party analysis
Political psychology
Political theory and philosophy
Political research methodology
Political sociology
Political systems
Psephology – statistical analysis of voting systems and electoral behavior
Public administration and local government studies
Public policy studies
Public administration
Public law
Security studies
Strategic studies

Related disciplines[edit]

Political theory[edit]

Elections[edit]

Political parties[edit]

Political strategies and tactics[edit]

Political scholars[edit]

Influential literature[edit]

The Art of War – by Sun Tsu (c. 544–496 BC)
The Republic – by Plato (427–347 BC)
Laws – by Plato (427–347 BC)
The Politics – Aristotle (384–322 BC)
Nicomachean Ethics – Aristotle (384–322 BC)
Arthashastra – Chāṇakya^[1] (c. 350–283 BC)
Meditations – Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161–180 CE
The Prince – by Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)
The Book of Five Rings – Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584––1645)
The Wealth of Nations – by Adam Smith (1723–1790)
On War – by Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831)
Leviathan – Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)

References[edit]

^ Mabbett 1964 "References to the work in other Sanskrit literature attribute it variously to Viṣṇugupta, Cāṇakya and Kauṭilya. The same individual is meant in each case. The Pańcatantra explicitly identifies Chanakya with Viṣṇugupta."
^ Oxford Handbook Of Political Theory
^ Contemporary Political Theory

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[1] Mabbett 1964 "References to the work in other Sanskrit literature attribute it variously to Viṣṇugupta, Cāṇakya and Kauṭilya. The same individual is meant in each case. The Pańcatantra explicitly identifies Chanakya with Viṣṇugupta."

[2] Oxford Handbook Of Political Theory

[3] Contemporary Political Theory

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