PORTFOLIO

GROUP 2
LESSON 1
THE CONCEPTS OF POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Politics (from Greek: polis means “affairs of the cities”) is the process of
making decisions that apply to members of group, it refers to achieving and
exercising positions of governance organized control over a human community,
particularly a state. Furthermore, politics is the study of practice of the distribution of
power and resources within a community (this is usually a hierarchically organized
population) as well as the interrelationship(s) between communities.
•How politics can be studied?
■Political science is the study a range of
political ideas, events, actions, and
institutions. It includes both understanding
and explaining the world of politics that is
all around us. We all participate in politics,
though most of the time we do so
unknowingly. Politics is much more than
simply voting in an election or working in
government. Reading or listening to news,
making donations to aid groups, or talking with friends and family about social issues
and values are a few of the many examples of political activity in our everyday lives.
What is governance?
■Governance is all of the processes of
governing, whether undertaken by a
government, market or network,
whether over a family, tribe, formal or
informal organization or territory and
whether through the laws, norms,
power or language of an organized
society. [1] it relates to “the processes
of interaction and decision-making
among the actors involved in a
collective problem that lead to the creation, reinforcement, or reproduction of social
norms and institutions.” [2] in lay terms, it could be described as the political
processes that exist in between formal institutions.
Articulate definition of politics they are represented by the articulation between social
movements, electoral institutions and political parties. Political articulation can be
defined as the degree to which citizens and citizen groups can influence policy
through democratic institutions. Differentiate the various views on politics. Political
parties base their political action on a certain ideology believed in their members.
Politics as a Cultural Phenomenon. Culture is the symbolic process through which
human beings cognitively order reality and transmit their ways of life. Culture is the
symbolic process throughwhich human beings cognitively order reality We
coulddivided political ideologies under the following headers with many variations
undereach header:
►Anarchism►Communism

►Conserv

atism
►Environmentalism
An environmental portrait is a portrait executed
in the subject's usual environment, such as in their home or workplace, and typically
illuminates the subject's life and surroundings. The term is most frequently used of a
genre of photography.
►Liberalism
Liberalism, political doctrine that takes protecting and enhancing the freedom of the
individual to be the central problem of politics. Liberals typically believe that
government is necessary to protect individuals from being harmed by others, but
they also recognize that government itself can pose a threat to liberty.
►Nationalism
nationalism. noun. Devotion, especially excessive or undiscriminating devotion, to
the interests or culture of a particular nation-state. The belief that nations will benefit
from acting independently rather than collectively, emphasizing national rather than
international goals.
►Socialism
Socialism is an economic and political system where the ways of making a living
(factories, offices, etc.) are owned by the workers who run them and the people who
depend on them, meaning the value made belongs to the people who make it,
instead of a group of private owners.
Explore the connection between the phenomenon (politics) and the method of inquiry
(Political Science) and transmit their ways of life. Examines the study of politics as a
social science and explores the assumptions underlying various methodologies used
in the field. Reviews methods of measurement, comparison, and the construction of
empirical and theoretical models of political phenomena. Recognize the value of
politics This means they vary across individuals and cultures and are in many ways
aligned with belief and belief systems. Types of values include ethical/moral values,
doctrinal/ideological (religious, political) values, social values, and aesthetic values.
Differentiate governance from government 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. ... The difference between
“government” and “governance” may be clarified using an example of a business
which is run by a group of people.