Editing Politics (section)

== Political science ==
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[[File:Sanzio 01 Plato Aristotle.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|[[Plato]] (left) and [[Aristotle]] (right), from a detail of ''[[The School of Athens]]'', a fresco by [[Raphael]]. Plato's ''[[Republic (Plato)|Republic]]'' and Aristotle's ''[[Politics (Aristotle)|Politics]]'' secured the two Greek philosophers as two of the most influential political philosophers.]]
The study of politics is called '''political science''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is Political Science? |url=https://www.polisci.washington.edu/what-political-science |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.polisci.washington.edu}}</ref> It comprises numerous subfields, namely three: [[Comparative politics]], [[international relations]] and [[political theory|political philosophy]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQfcDwAAQBAJ |title=Comparative politics |date=2020 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-882060-4 |editor=Caramani |edition=Fifth |location=Oxford |oclc=1144813972}}</ref> Political science is related to, and draws upon, the fields of [[Political economy|economics]], [[Legal education|law]], [[Political sociology|sociology]], [[Political history|history]], [[Political philosophy|philosophy]], [[Political geography|geography]], [[Political psychology|psychology]], [[psychiatry]], [[anthropology]], and [[Neuropolitics|neurosciences]].

[[Comparative politics]] is the science of comparison and teaching of different types of [[constitutions]], political actors, legislature and associated fields. [[International relations]] deals with the interaction between [[nation-state]]s as well as intergovernmental and transnational organizations. [[Political philosophy]] is more concerned with contributions of various classical and contemporary thinkers and philosophers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-22 |title=What is Comparative Politics? |url=https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/Introduction_to_Comparative_Government_and_Politics_(Bozonelos_et_al.)/01%3A_Why_Study_Comparative_Politics/1.01%3A_What_is_Comparative_Politics |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=Social Sci LibreTexts |language=en}}</ref>

Political science is methodologically diverse and appropriates many methods originating in [[psychology]], [[social research]], and [[cognitive neuroscience]]. Approaches include [[positivism]], [[Verstehen|interpretivism]], [[rational choice theory]], [[behavioralism]], [[structuralism]], [[post-structuralism]], [[Philosophical realism|realism]], [[Historical institutionalism|institutionalism]], and [[Pluralism (political philosophy)|pluralism]]. Political science, as one of the [[social science]]s, uses methods and techniques that relate to the kinds of inquiries sought: primary sources such as historical documents and official records, secondary sources such as scholarly journal articles, [[Sample survey|survey]] research, [[Statistics|statistical analysis]], [[case studies]], [[experimental research]], and model building.