“Politics is who gets what, when, how.” Harold Lasswell (American political scientist).

When
staking a position is the “how” that helps you get something, it certainly would count as politics
by Lasswell's definition (which is arguably the most commonly accepted one in the
discipline).Dec 21, 2010

Politics (from Greek: Politiká: Politika, definition "affairs of the cities") is the process of making
decisions that apply to members of a group. More narrowly, it refers to achieving and exercising
positions of governance — organized control over a human community, particularly a state.
Furthermore, politics is the study or practice of the distribution of power and resources within a
given community (this is usually a hierarchically organized population) as well as the
interrelationship(s) between communities.

In most countries, people have formed political parties to put forward their ideas. There is
usually some disagreement between people within a party, but they work together because they
feel that they agree on enough things, and they will have more power if they join together. They
agree to take the same position on many issues, and agree to support the same changes to law
and the same leaders. An election is usually a competition between different parties. Some
examples of political parties are the Liberal party, the Labor party and the Greens.

Politics is a multifaceted word. It has a set of fairly specific meanings that are descriptive and
nonjudgmental (such as “the art or science of government” and "political principles"), but it can
and often does carry a negative meaning closely related to these (“political activities
characterized by artful and often dishonest practices”). The negative sense of politics, as seen
in the phrase "play politics", for example, has been in use since at least 1853, when abolitionist
Wendell Phillips declared: “We do not play politics; anti-slavery is no half-jest with us.”[1]

A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting or forcing one's own
political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and
exercising force, including warfare against adversaries. Politics is exercised on a wide range of
social levels, from clans and tribes of traditional societies, through modern local governments,
companies and institutions up to sovereign states, to the international level.

It is very often said that politics is about power.[2] A political system is a framework which
defines acceptable political methods within a given society. History of political thought can be
traced back to early antiquity, with seminal works such as Plato's Republic, Aristotle's Politics
and the works of Confucius.
Democratic:
Democracy is a political government carried out either directly by the people (direct
democracy) or by means of elected representatives of the people.Democracy has its
origins in Ancient Greece.
List of types of democracy
Democratic Socialism:
Democratic socialism is a description used by various socialist movements and
organizations, to emphasize the democratic character of their political orientation. The
term is sometimes used synonymously with ‘social democracy’, but many self-
identified democratic socialists oppose social democracy, seeing it as capitalist
Blue Dog Democrat:
The Democratic Blue Dog Coalition is a group of currently 54 conservative
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives, first
formed in 1995.The Blue Dog Coalition describes itself as a group of moderate-to-
conservative Democrats committed to financial and national security, favoring
compromise and bipartisanship over ideology and party discipline.
Conservative:
Conservatism is the belief that traditional institutions work best and that society
should avoid radical change. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are,
emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism and seek a
return to the way things were.
Conservative Libertarian:
Also known as Libertarian conservatism or as fusionism. Conservative Libertarian
includes political ideologies which meld libertarianism and conservatism.
Moderate Conservative:
Moderate Conservatism is usually viewed as someone having a moderate view on the
conservative policies.
Very Conservative:
A strong follower of the conservative ideology.
Liberal:
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equality.Most liberals support
such fundamental ideas as constitutions, liberal democracy, free and fair elections,
human rights, free trade, secularism, and the market economy.
Libertarian:
Libertarianism is a political theory that advocates the maximization of individual
liberty in thought and action and the minimization or even abolition of the
state.Libertarians embrace viewpoints across a political spectrum, ranging from pro-
property to anti-property and from minimal state (or minarchist) to openly anarchist.
Moderate Liberal:
Moderate Liberals are those who view moderately on liberal ideology.
Very Liberal
Strong follower of Liberal ideology.
Republican:
A person who favors a republican form of government.
Socialist:
Socialism refers to the various theories of economic organization which advocate
either public or direct worker ownership and administration of the means of
production and allocation of resources.Socialists generally share the view that
capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society
that controls capital and derives its wealth through a system of exploitation. This in
turn creates an unequal society, that fails to provide equal opportunities for everyone
to maximise their potential, and does not utilise technology and resources to their
maximum potential nor in the interests of the public.
Socialist Libertarian:
Also called as Libertarian socialism is a group of political philosophies that aspire to
create a society free of coercive hierarchies.
Green Party:
A Green party or ecologist party is a formally organized political party based on the
principles of Green politics. These principles include social justice, reliance on
grassroots democracy, nonviolence, and an emphasis on environmentalism. “Greens”
believe that the exercise of these principles leads to world health.
Independent:
An Independent is a politician who is not affiliated with any political party.
Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties,
or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do not feel that any major
party addresses. Other independent candidates are associated with a political party and
may be former members of it, but choose not to stand under its label. A third category
of independents are those who may belong to or support a political party but believe
they should not formally represent it and thus be subject to its policies. Finally, some
independent candidates may form a political party for the purposes of running for
public office.
Indifferent:
You are indifferent if you do not have an opinion on any of the political views
Other:
Usually chosen to avoid further questions!!

Difference Between Government and Governance

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Difference Between

Government vs Governance

Government and governance are two very similar words. People often get confused about the
differences between “governance” and “government.” Here we are going to discuss the
differences between these two related words.
Government

Government is a group of people who rule or run the administration of a country. In other words,
it may be said that a government is the body of representatives that governs and controls the
state at a given time. Government is the medium through which the power of the state is
employed.

Government may be of different types. It may be a democracy or autocracy, but most of the
modern governments are democratic. Here we are taking into consideration the democratic
ones in relation with the government.

A democratic government may be defined as that which has the public mandate to run the
affairs of the country with a well-defined term after which in the successive term the same
people may be elected again. The government may be labeled as good or bad according to
their ways of working for the good of the people. If a government provides capable governance,
then it has a chance of coming back into power again.

Governance

Governance is the act of governing or ruling. It is the set of rules and laws framed by the
government that are to be implemented through the representatives of the state. Simply put,
governance is what governments do.

Governance is a concept that can be followed in an organization of any size, be it a single cell
or an organism or all of humanity. Governance may function variously for profit or non-profit, for
people, or itself. The main purpose of governance is to assure good results following a set
pattern of rules.

Governance may be of various types:

Global Governance

Corporate Governance

Project

Information Technology
Participatory

Non-Profit and a few others

The difference between “government” and “governance” may be clarified using an example of a
business which is run by a group of people. The rules and regulations which they follow in order
to run the business successfully are called the management. This involves the experience and
the knowledge of the owners working together with the employees to meet the set target. On a
similar pattern, the government is a body of elected representatives which is headed by a single
person. This body makes use of established rules and a principle to efficiently run the affairs of
the country in favor of the people of the nation is called governance.

Summary:

1.Governance is what a government does.

2.Governance is the physical exercise of the polity while the government is the body through
which this is done.