Politikus Sciencus

Science: sci-ence
-The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena.
-Such activities restricted to a class of natural phenomena.
-Such activities applied to an object of inquiry or study.

Anyone asked what Politics is would easily say some shallow opinion on what it is, usually based on what they hear politics is like on t.v. not exactly giving an answer on what politics is. This is mainly because people have given the meaning of politics such small level of importance in their lives. To many it's something they'd say "i don't have to know what it is, what i know is that its messed up.". I looked up the dictionary definition of politics and i came up with this:

Politics: pol-i-tiks
-The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs.

So it is a science therefore it should be something more than a meaningless random thing that anybody can simply ignore..

What makes it a science is probably that it's a thorough study of something, something which is the Social world. As we know, politics is a social activity.. it's something that majorly involves people and their thoughts and actions. But it goes beyond than just people talking, its also a system or culture everyone needs to have in order to survive in terms of rational order and peace living in a world full of "other" people. It's something so important that so many theories have been put up about it, so many political systems have been put up adjusting each on the values and norms of people in different places on Earth, in short.. politics is something no one can probably live without. It requires alot of study and a contionuous seeking for wisdom in how to make politics, so we'd say, perfect.

The study of politics, its processes, principles, and structure of government and of political institutions, involves both science, involving methodology and analysis, and hermeneutics which means interpretting. Social science is something that constantly changes, this is because people are pretty much unpredictable and studying it requires alot of adjusting and observing. But to understand the social nature of politics, the actions of the people involved in it should be interpretted. With how politics differ and evolve in many places, to come up with a standard interprettation of it is difficult. That's the study done in political study, to continually interpret it so someday we'll come up with a norm in politics, and also as a science it's continually understanding it and adjusting the patterns of political systems to it's actors.

To put this all short, the study of politics IS a science, it requires heck of information, historical research and analysis of events, it requires major observation on its nature and flow, it varies in different places, it requires a whole lot of studying. Its so complex that has been considered a mystery to many, because of its deep and varied nature. It requires scientists to interpret it and give the people a better understanding of how the world is, it creates theories of being and theories of people's social nature, it brings about many hypothesis, understanding it requires methodology and experiments, it requires statistics and scientific analysis, and in the end of all this study, hopefully a feasible valid conclusion will come about. Politics is a continuous search for social patterns, governing systems, peace and order giving bodies. Its a search for wisdom, understanding, harmony and Meaning. Doesn't that sound like your everyday science homework? I think that's enough reason to believe the study of Politics as being a science.

Political study is an art, branch, a discipline, education, erudition, information, learning, lore, scholarship, skill, system, technique, and wisdom. And i think that makes it analogous to any other form of science.