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.
== Fields of study of political science ==
Area studies
Coalition studies
Comparative politics
Development studies
Domestic politics (e.g. American politics)
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 activism
Political behavior
Political corruption
Political criticism
Political economy
Political fiction
Political movement
Political party analysis
Political power
Political psychology
Political research methodology
Political sociology
Political systems
Political theory and philosophy
Positive political theory
Psephology – statistical analysis of voting
systems and electoral behavior
Public administration
Public administration and local government
studies
Public law
Public policy studies
Security studies
Strategic studies
== Related disciplines ==
Philosophy
Ethics
Political philosophy
Social science
Sociology
Political sociology
== Political theory ==
Political theory
== Elections ==
Election
Voting systems
Game theory
Political Campaigning
Political communications
Political qualifications
== Political parties ==
Political party
== Political strategies and tactics ==
Political strategy
Bandwagoning
Brinkmanship
Buck passing
Cloward–Piven strategy
Filibuster
Gerrymandering
Propaganda
Starve the beast
== Political corruption ==
Political corruption
Bribery
Cronyism
Economics of corruption
Nepotism
Slush fund
== Government ==
Government
== Political philosophies ==
Political philosophy
Absolutism
Anarchism
Authoritarianism
Conservativism
Corporatism
Egalitarianism
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
Liberalism
Minarchism
Nationalism
Nazism
Socialism
Totalitarianism
== Governments of the world ==
== Political issues ==
== Politics by region ==
=== Foreign relations by region ===
=== Political parties by region ===
== History of politics ==
History of political science
History of political thinking
Political history
List of years in politics
== Political scholars ==
List of political scientists
List of political philosophers
List of social and political philosophers
List of political theorists
== Influential literature ==
The Art of War – by Sun Tsu (c. 544–496
BC)
History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
(c. 460 – c. 400 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 (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)
The Communist Manifesto – by Karl Marx (1818-1883)
== See also ==
== Further reading ==
Roskin, M.; Cord, R. L.; Medeiros, J. A.;
Jones, W. S. (2007). Political Science: An
Introduction. 10th ed. New York: Pearson Prentice
Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-242575-9 (10). ISBN 978-0-13-242575-9
(13).
Tausch, A.; Prager, F. (1993). Towards a Socio-Liberal
Theory of World Development. Basingstoke:
Macmillan; New York: St. Martin's Press.
Oxford Handbooks of Political Science – ten-volume
set covering the political science topics
political methodology, public policy, political
theory, political economy, comparative politics,
contextual political analysis, international
relations, Law and Politics, political behavior,
and political institutions. The general editor
of the series is Robert E. Goodin.
== References ==
== External links ==
American Political Science Association
European Consortium for Political Research
International Political Science Association
Political Studies Association of the UK
PROL: Political Science Research Online (prepublished
research)
Truman State University Political Science
Research Design Handbook
A New Nation Votes: American Elections Returns
1787-1825
Political links resource
