Political Science

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This paper looks at the definition of political science, in an effort to understand what it is exactly and where it came from. The paper begins with broadly defining it as one of the social sciences that is concerned chiefly with the description and analysis of political institutions and processes. The writer then explores the history of political science, beginning in Ancient Greece with individual value being the initiating factor in the study.

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"There are different approaches evident in the literature as theorists analyze political actions and determine what is and is not effective and what should be considered normative in political action. An approach offered by Steinbruner (1974) is a rational form of decision-making, and he uses the term analytic paradigm by making rational assumptions in the restricted sense. The analytic approach is a utilitarian approach which holds that decisions will be taken which maximize value."

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